Lisa Walston's (hoosierhometeam) Blog

In one of my previous blog posts I told about cleaning out closets, which was one of my New Year's resolutions. In doing so, I came across a ledger that my grandfather kept. I never knew my grandfather as he died more than 10 years before I was born. Gottlieb Klenk was born in Germany and came to...

This remarkable essay was sent to me via e-mail but was unfortunately misattributed. Apparently this one makes the e-mail rounds every few months but is attributed  to everyone from Ben Franklin to George Carlin. Each time there is a slightly different version, some of which can be viewed on www....

Several years back the great state of Indiana used "Wander Indiana" as a marketing phrase and placed it on our license plates. This was not the most popular move as many people did not care for the tag line. I was fairly neutral on it. I didn't love it; I didn't hate it. Yesterday my partner and ...

In my efforts to keep my New Year's resolution regarding simplifying my life and bringing order to my chaos, I came across my grandfather's ledger while I was cleaning my closet. I never knew my grandfather. He died about 11 years before I was born. Gottlieb Klenk, of Defiance, Ohio was born in G...

  Have you ever wondered where your time goes? I certainly have. Here it is Friday evening and I wonder what I've accomplished today, let alone this week. Sometimes I will enumerate what I've actually done that is what I deem "productive", just to make myself feel better. And although that is a g...

Northern Johnson County, Indiana, is one of the fastest growing areas in Central Indiana. It has great school systems, an educated workforce, wonderful neighborhoods, an awesome trail system, Parks and Recreation, a thriving Arts community,  and is family friendly. All of the above means more fam...

The City of Greenwood has now decided that it would be to limit access and to route traffic on the busy SR 135 corridor to service roads whenever possible. Well, duh! Currently, one can exit and enter this major north/south artery via multiple access points: side streets, traffic signals, drivewa...

Today is my mother's birthday. She would have been 92. This tremendously loved and lovely lady died 3 years ago. Her goal was to live to be 120. Mom was a hard task master. She insisted that each of her 3 children did their very best. If I received an 'A' on my report card she wanted to know why ...

We were incredibly fortunate to be able to spend a week on Maui. Talk about LOCATION! I suppose if you lived or worked on Maui there would be places that are more desirable than others. Certainly ocean front would be a contender. Although we were flying there at the same time "the tsunami that wa...

One of the things I like best about a home office is being able to work in my jammies. I'm not talking Victoria Secrets or Frederick's here...I'm talking good old fashioned PJ's. The problem, of course, is getting too comfortable.  I've blogged before about how much I hate being an Indiana realto...