Relocate to Wisconsin : Happy Birthday Baby Brother Blog !

 Today is my little...ok he is six feet tall and I am not...make that younger brother's birthday...

  John Joseph Repa - John after a cousin and Joseph for both Grandfather's.....today he is visiting  his former home in Minneapolis...closing on a house and going back to his new home in Palm Springs, California where he will prepare shortly we hope...to close on another house.

    The day he was born...I was at Susan's birthday party and my Dad called to say he had arrived.  He was supposed to be Amy Jo...but sister Barbara Kate and I decided we would keep him anyway...it was sort of like having a doll that really worked...even if it cried louder and got messier than the dolls we played with...we loved him anyway.  In the olden days...kids didn't come home a day or two after they were born...they took up residence at the hospital for a few days....and John came home on the fourth of July.

   For many years...we told him that the reason for the flags and fireworks on the 4th were to celebrate his first homecoming....and of course, he believed us.

   For years...when he did the things little brother's do...break into your piggy bank and take the change to the candy store...etc., etc.  my sister and I would threaten a trip to "The Different Brother Store."  As everyone knows, the pickup place for that store is next to the garbage cans in the alley.  A glance to the back door and taking him as far as the backyard was enough to have him begging forgiveness....and making our beds for a week...no charge.

   Gone are the days of the stroller rides to the dime store giving him a french fry to goober all over the front of him while I sipped vanilla cokes with my friends. No more trips to the Different...or as John used to say "Disserent" Brother Store...he smells better and has better table manners these days.

    John is now an international gaming and hospitality expert and consultant....see his website.His clients include 

• Native American Tribes
• Hotel Companies
• Gaming Companies
• Municipalities
• Owners and Investors

• Lenders
• Developers
• Legal Counsel
• State Government
• Construction Companies

   Soooo Little Brother...I can't give you a cake....or a hug today....maybe through the magic and mystical powers of Active Rain someone will call with a referral for a consulting assignment.WOW that would be some present !

   Hey Active Rainers...who do you know needs some consultation...an expert witness...an authority on buying, selling, expanding gaming and hospitality properties anywhere...and everywhere....someone does...my little voice says so and inspired this blog.

    Instead of a trip to the backyard John...this blog is for you...with the love and best wishes from a sister proud to have you as a friend....and won't be calling those "disserent" folks anytime soon.