Shar Giard's Blog

Another pound lost....yahoo!!! Another stressful week too...but I am coping without the usual need to grab food as my painkiller...a few more weeks of this diet and maybe I will be able to completely eliminate that need. Had to go to a fancy restaurant yesterday for lunch...it was interesting ord...

I think I'm past the worst....not that I had any of the physical discomforts they said I would...but I seem to have caught my second wind...I'm not looking at the clock as often to see if it's time to eat....it's just fuel for my body and not the pleasure I used to enjoy. I'm amazed how many lean...

Day 6.....minus 4 pounds...the weekend....a new challenge, as I have a different schedule than during the weekdays....I'm in the office for 8-10 hours a day Monday thru Friday, working short sales....but Saturday and Sunday are my sleep in, list property, show houses days...so the eating schedule...

Friday and day 5 of my very strict diet....I was warned about headaches and other physical discomforts during the first week, but none have appeared....Yahoo!!!! Almost 4 pounds lost....a little tired, but otherwise in great spirits....looking forward to sleeping in (all the way to 7AM) tomorrow....

Day three....two days down...three pounds lost....a little tired, but pleased that I am doing fine! Today I have a 'lunch' appointmernt with a client...should be interesting...he chose a pizza place and instead of suggesting a different location, I've decided that I'll order a side green salad an...

Monday, Monday....not only am I staring a new and busy week...I am also beginning a new strict diet.... You see, I have accepted an opportunity to visit a friend in Paris France for 10 days in Septemeber and I am determined to be as healthy and ready as possible to walk the city and see all there...

Trust comes to us in various shapes and sizes…at different times in our lives and at times when we least expect it… It begins when we pick up our newborn for the first time and hold them close to us…or hold our grandchild for the very first time…it continues as we feed and change that child…..the...

Every once in a while the busiest of agents needs a day off....so when an opportunity arose-I jumped on it. My son and his partner planned a trip to Puerto Vallarta for Thanksgiving and scheduled a layover day in Seattle, on their way back to home in Juneau. I decided to fly from Portland to Seat...

They were in their mid 70's. He was a retired general manager for a Fortune 500 company. Their poor health and fixed income was forcing them to sell their 4600 square foot home on an acre, with a beautiful in-ground pool, in a gated community. They were listed with another agent, about $100,000 o...

Last week I closed the toughest , longest short sale of my career. The seller, a Portland 6th grade teacher, was pink slipped, due to the economy, and forced to leave the state in order to find another teaching job. They paid $565,000 and owed $565,000. The house was listed on October 9, 2009 for...