Know Your Audience. When playing with others here in Rain, it's important to mind your manners, especially when it comes to fellow members. If something is written and taken way out of context by someone, you can guarantee it will reported to ARMS or go further up the ranks, to the higher ups. Apparently, no warning shots will be fired, only an error message that appears in the place of the member's blog, no second chances to amend. It sure does get many people wondering what happened! Very few people will have insight into the 'why' of such an action took place. Comedians research areas, prior to entertaining, to discover what may be funny, relevant and acceptable (well, maybe not always acceptable), effectively reading the room becomes all important. Laughter plus creating a fanbase a... 02/07/2025

A Hurkle-Durkle Kind of DayFor some real estate professionals, Saturday is just another business day to get up, dress up and show up to the office or show properties at their clients convenience. Many others lounge around a bit, catching up on reading or doing nothing at all, before making their way to get a cup of coffee or tea and prepare a bite to eat.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The Scottish term, Hurkle-Durkle has a history of 200 years, they insist it leads to happiness. A long week of work, means relaxing or lounging in bed long after it's time to get up. For me, it's a day to get up, check messages, finish the blog and prepare for showing properties in outlying areas, to potential buyers.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿No Hurkle-Durkle for me on this day. Maybe tomorrow...😋  How is your Sa... 02/08/2025

Today is National Home Warranty Day! Home warranties became popular in the 1990’s, the first one that I ever heard of was the 2/10 Home Warranty. Once purchasing a home, I came to realize the value that a good home warranty brings. Our washing machine motor quit working, and ladies, (I refuse ot go to the public laundromats for many reasons)! Total cost was $60 for a new one to be installed, no questions asked.Here's why you might consider getting one:Protects Against Repairs: A home warranty can cover the majority of high ticket items such as: refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, heating & cooling sysyems. Instead of paying for total cost, a small fee is paid.
 Provides Peace of Mind: Knowing you have a home warranty can provide peace of mind, especially items that are most prone to fai... 02/10/2025

That's how the light gets in. Recently, a quote left me profoundly touched. It was of few words, succinct and to the point and left me contemplating the spritual meaning behind the author's intent, as to why it was written. After giving it much thought, it reminded me that at our most vulnerable, do we heal. "There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen.  Researching further uncovered these words that were written by Leonard when struggling but knew that Anthem stood for something clear and strong within his soul. Words are powerful, especially when meant to grab empathetic hearts, to share a troubled past or to simply inspire.  Anthem
The birds they sing, at the break of day. Start again, I heard them say.
Don’t dwell on what has passed away.
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