After the successful contract on our personal home, time began to speed up. Adding packing and trying to get the remaining inventory in our business sold has caused us to try to make good use of every minute of every day. We obviously should have been doing that all along!In addition to getting
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04/05/2013
Last year we splurged to buy this bougainvillea .As I shared with you then, we had had dismal results with a previous attempt to grow one.This year the plant had climbed the trellis but did not produce any blooms. In total frustration I administered large doses of Miracle Grow. We also spraye
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04/04/2013
Imagine trying to show a client without the aid of the MLS system. We are slaves to that. Gone are the days when we had paper books of the current listings and comps.Those books took up lots of room and were not up to the minute but they sure worked well for information dissemination.This weeke
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04/04/2013
Have you ever really considered how incredible technology is?A few days ago we ventured off our established paths. We have come to count on GPS devices. There is one on our car and we carry an auxiliary Tom Tom which was purchased about ten years ago.The latest is one called Motion X. It is on
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03/31/2013
Early this week I received an email which said "We are an Easter People in a "Good Friday world.That phase bounced around in my brain all week!What a reassuring thought. What a priceless gift we have been given.Knowing that we are forgiven and free because of what Jesus does for us is empowerin
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03/31/2013
The marketing Gurus have all if us programmed to immediately think of a child's meal from the Golden Arches when we hear or see those words! In this case I am speaking of a healthy Vietnamese lunch At Hong Lon Vietnamese.This restaurant is one of our area favorites.When you walk in there are d
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03/31/2013
Early this week we posted a blog called "Extortion". After our tour of the mindset of the Appraisal District, we went back to the School District to visit personally with the Assessor.It was a short visit. The Assessor saw the situation from our point of view, and was intent upon seeing that th
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03/31/2013
When people put their existing homes on the market they usually have a destination in mind to move to.With all the if's involved in a transaction, moving is not one. Once a closing and funding date is established, the seller will vacate. Preferably leaving the property in clean condition with no
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03/30/2013
Tucked on the edge of Tomball just past the Railroad Tracks on Stanolind Road, is a down home country cafe.Specialties include chicken fried steak, chicken fried chicken, meatloaf, chicken and dumplings and other comfort foods. With every meal you get to select two perfectly done vegetables and
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03/29/2013
Traffic is an ongoing annoyance in the big city. It is another symptom of the escalating lack of courtesy that has been prevalent over the past couple of years.Yesterday business took us Into the depths of the BIG city.Ralph had programmed his GPS for our destination and things went well until w
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03/29/2013
