I made it home from vacation on Saturday! My family and I had a wonderful time visiting the House of Mouse in Orlando! We strategized and hit the parks at the best possible times and worked some shows (with A/C) along with roller coster and other great rides. I must say that it was fun making me
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08/01/2010
I'm about ready for a vacation! I'm getting excited too :-) I think a vacation is a great time to step out and step back from the day to day routines of work and life in general. I love hanging with my family and I will be hanging with them all of next week at an "undisclosed location"! I had a
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07/20/2010
My study time this morning gave me a lot to think about the word distress. It is usually associated with negative situations, but I began to see it as a positve. Someone once told me, "the things that don't kill us ususally make us stronger". Distress can produce a positive result. It can reve
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07/16/2010
Carroll County Georgia - History Before January 24, 1826, the land that is now Carroll County belonged to the Creek Indians, one of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes. More specifically, the local Indians were called the Lower Creeks because they were served by the south fork of a trail used by
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07/15/2010
I live, work and play here in the deep south. There are still a significant number of mobile homes that have been built onto a permanent foundation, the wheels, axcels and towing stuff removed. They are fixed to the property. In the eyes of the county government they are a home - however, in the
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07/14/2010
It's the 4th of July celebrated - Monday! I'm at home with the family. I'm not a sleeping in kind of guy. My body clock gets me up early on days I could sleep. Oh well. After some reading time and my morning wake up stuff, I began picking up around the house. I took some washed and folded clothe
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07/05/2010
I woke up this morning with a family on my mind who are struggling to make things work. They've tried the short sale route and almost closed only to have a buyer give up late in the game. They're being told that the house will be sold on the courthouse steps in less than a week. My heart was just
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07/01/2010
I had the opportunity to go for a four-wheeler ride with my son Matthew after dinner Thursday evening. He rides around Paw Paw's farm by himself each evening, but to ride in the subdivision across the road, he is required to have an adult. I became a passenger to supervise a ride. After returning
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06/24/2010
I was out showing houses today and it was hot and sweltering. I had 6 properties on our list. The first one was shaded, but a bank owned property with no air. Then we went to others that were resells. The fourth or fifth house was a resell and the air was probably cranked down to 65 degrees! I
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06/23/2010
My dear Mom is celebrating 70 years of life today!! I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with her this afternoon. She is not trying to hide her age, yet her beauty does that quite well. My Mom could have been the Mom of Forest Gump - lol! She has so many sayings just like Forest's mom. Over the year
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06/13/2010