My Rockstar Birthday

Hello everyone it's Josh again this is my second blog now so I will get started now. As you can probably tell by the title it is my birthday this month, and it was my rockstar birthday. For anyone who doesn't know what that means, it's when the date of your birthday is the same as your age. So I turned 28 on the 28th of march and it was the best birthday ever. At the party we did it potluck style so anybody could bring their own favorite finger food, my dad and step mom brought this awesome layered dip. My aunt Mary and uncle Frank brought some really really good deviled eggs, our friends Brandon and Sharon brought these cool fruit kabobs, our friends Toby and Shea brought this real good bean dip, our other friends Hollie and Ray brought some great lasagna, Grandma Poe and John brought some cornbread served with stolen grape jam. Me and Jessica made the cupcakes and the zesty heart healthy potatoe skins. After we all had food it came time to open presents I got my hunting and fishing liscense, a couple of bottles of wine to add to my collection, two high temp rubber pot holders they work awesome, some fishing lures and bait, and the best present I got that night was a photo album/scrapbook from my dad and step mom of pictures of their side of the family and of my dad . . .

Well it's been nearly two months since Joshy started this blog, so I'm going to bring you up to speed. On March 28th (Josh's birthday) Josh passed the real estate exam (WOO HOO) and . . . haha, our car caught on fire. What an incredibly unforgettable day!

I took a great new listing in the begining of April up High Heaven, know anyone who wants 5 acres with a nice sized day-ranch style house? Business is great! Also in April: Josh was accepted to the Citizens Police Academy; he attends a class once a week to learn about virtually every aspect of being a police officer. Josh has really enjoyed learning so much about local law enforcement and getting to know so many great people. He's decided to test to become a Reserve Police Officer, after he gets through the test and interview process he'll be in training about twice a week in Brooks. A reserve officer has the same authority and education as a paid officer but instead is a volunteer.

We had a wonderful Easter that lasted the whole weekend long! On May 16th, we saw Josh's 2nd cousin Kayleigh in Music Man wtih Dwayne and Debbie and Debbie's mom Mildred. Josh, Dwayne, Debbie and I wrapped up th evening with dinner and drinks at McMenamins with Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary.

And this week Josh got released to run as well as the go ahead to take the agility course required to become a reserve officer. We learned that the surgeon that did Josh's initial surgery at Doernbecher pretty well screwed up; the surgeon and the cardiologist certainly didn't do anyone any favors by not letting us know. We also learned that because of the procedure and mistakes from the last surgery (in addition to what he's been through this year) his pulmonary valve is leaking a lot but Dr. Spear says that valve because it's low pressure can function like that for life without affecting Josh. Yesterday we attended an excellent motivational seminar in Portland sponsored by Wells Fargo where we got to hear Terry Watson (www.terrywatson.com). He's hysterical, maybe a little sick (Terry's the first to admit it) and extremely intelligent. These conferences are always valuable but especially when the media is so negative and with Josh being wet behind the ears we've got LOTS of new ideas.

Right now Josh is fidgeting in a police car . . . LOL, he's doing a ride along with Officer Cerda and having the most wonderful time. Tomorrow Josh is doing a wine tour (this is one of the biggest wine weekends of the year) and I get to go along for the ride, I can't wait. And Sunday we're looking forward to a gorgeous day in Seaside clamming with Dwayne.

Well in the famous words of Porky Pig . . . That's all folks!