GL Swanson Homes Blog

Dawn wrote a great post on helping us understand what all the new acronyms we have been hearing mean.  I'd like to share it with you.There are so many acronyms flying around out there that it can be confusing if you don't use them all the time. So, I have taken a few that show up fairly often to ...

Late For Work Again! For all of you employers and employees out there who have an absenteeism problem, I offer a simple solution. You already know how agonizing it is, whichever side you are on - as an employee, you hate to go through the grilling procedure just because you've messed up again. As...

Jaywalking Teachers I don't know how many people watch Jay Leno's new show, but since the great Johnny Carson left us, I find myself oftentimes lazily watching and I keep seeing the Jaywalking segment where he interviews people on the street. Has anyone else noticed how many young teachers that s...

Best Seafood - Grants Pass, Oregon  When it comes to the Best Seafood, The Laughing Clam on "G" Street in old-town Grants Pass is a nice surprise! This old building has been here since the 1800's.  It was originally a cigar factory.    You can see the cigar molds hanging on the wall. Then, in the...

MLS Photographs - Grants Pass, Oregon I wrote a criticism on Realtor photos and have had additional thoughts to improve our client representation. When listing homes, I suggest checking for proper grammar and spelling.  We need to show professionalism!  Poorly constructed descriptions and misspel...

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - TOYS IN THE ATTIC

An Unlikely Hero                                                               EDDIE ALBERT aka EDWARD ALBERT HEIMBERGER 1906 - 2005. As I was doing some homework on the University of Minnesota (my home state), I discovered Eddie Albert had attended there, and I was surprised to find out that he ...

LEST WE FORGET   NAVY JACK 1775 - One of our first colonial flags with 13 stripes.   GRAND UNION FLAG 1775 - The first flag of rebellion, used by John Paul Jones.  BENNINGTON FLAG 1777 - Carried in the battle of Bennington.  FIRST NATIONAL FLAG 1777 - Adopted by Congress as our first official fla...

Valley Girls Quilters Club - Cave Junction, Oregon Cave Junction Quilters Club earn Kudos! Special thanks are richly deserved by the Valley Girls Quilters Club. These nice people recently held their 2009 quilt show and donated the proceeds from their quilt raffle;  $750 went to the Illinois Valle...

Jim recently posted this terrific blog!  It have been having so much fun with it, I wanted to share it with any who read my blogs. By now lots of us have likely heard something about www.Wordle.net, the website that lets you build a "word cloud" like the one below which is made of words used in ...