Stephanie Jones's Blog

"I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way."  Franklin P. Jones quotes (American Businessman, 1887-1929)     I grew up in a family that was told to look it up when we didn't know the answer to something. In my ho...

"The challenge is in the moment,the time is always now."James Baldwin (1924-1987)Novelist and essayist   "When nothing is sure, everythingis possible."Margaret Drabble (1939 - )English novelist   "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every diff...

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."  Nicholas Murray Butler   If you know me, you know my glass is always half full. But I will admit that the continual media bombardment of doom and gloom has started to empty my glass. But after spe...

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter for yourself"  Chinese Proverb  "What Doors Will I Open For You?" Stephanie Jones           Can you believe it; I found a quote that combines doors & school! Yes, I am excited that school starts on Tuesday. Nothing quite says the end of summer like sch...

Top Ten Back to School Quotes Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever." — Mohandas Gandhi "Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." — Will Durant "The important thing is never to stop ques...

Ok just a little rant from my litle corner of the world....how come we (Members of NAR) as an organization are so quick to jump on NAR's butt when they do things we don't like but one of the few things that they require from us most members get wrong? I am talking trademark here.... the word REAL...

"Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days."  Benjamin Franklin   Why I hate Febreze  And Love the New York Times   Ok I will start with the New York Times; on August 11th they profiled our little old Marquette County Fair in a recent article This Land - Where the Competition Is Stiff but Sweet - NYTimes....

Ok fellow Real Estate survivors talk to me about photos, personal photos. I am seeing so many casual pictures in peoples blogs and their promo stuff and call me old school but I am having a hard time getting used to it. I try to use a casual picture for MySpace but for me even that is hard. I hav...

Ok fellow Real Estate survivors talk to me about photos, personal photos. I am seeing so many casual pictures in peoples blogs and their promo stuff and call me old school but I am having a hard time getting used to it. I try to use a casual picture for MySpace but for me even that is hard. I hav...