Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042...There are currently 113 homes for sale with prices ranging from $174,900  to $2,799,000.•1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 7•3 bedroom homes for sale: 43•4 bedroom homes for sale: 51•5+ bedroom homes for sale: 12 There were 89 homes that sold in June, 2016.   83 were re-sale homes and 6 were new construction.A further breakout shows what type of homes sold...•New Construction:  6.5%•Bank Owned: 4.5%•Short Sales:  4.5%•Regular Re-sales:  84.5% The average sale price was: $368,796   Average Days on Market was: 28Low sales price was: $205,000High sales price was: $653,000 *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 07/03/2016

   Happy Friday to all. I hope that you have a lovely day and a fantastic weekend. They say the weather round these parts should start to get really nice again. Yippee!!   As you know… me and my flip flops will LOVE that!  Since next weekend is the 4th of July, I am going to take Friday off and enjoy a long weekend. Thus enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I will see you in two weeks with some new ones.  Happy Friday, happy weekend and Happy 4th of July!  …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart. ~Unknown  True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist. Nor can it be hidden where it truly does exist. ~Unknown  B... 06/24/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington. There are currently 3 homes for sale with prices ranging from $291,900 to $535,000 Winterwood - 3 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 0  There are currently 6 homes under contract for sale with prices ranging from $499,900 to $569,500 Winterwood - 3 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 2   In  2016 there have been 11 sales with prices ranging from $348,500 to $550,000 Winterwood - 5 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 6  A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned:  0% Short Sales:  9% Regular Re-sales:  91%  Average Days on Market was:  64  *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 06/21/2016

  Happy Friday!  Any big weekend plans? They say the weather should be nicer… again…. finally 'round here. I had to go pull a sweater out this week – crazy??!! My flip flops are not happy – and LOL neither am I!! Here is to SUN and warmer temps on the way.  Whatever you do this weekend I hope it is grand! I think my weekend is going to be mostly work so live it up BIG cause I will be living vicariously thru you!  Enjoy the quotes and I will see you next week! …geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours. ~Unknown  In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ~Daniel L. Reardon  Your present circumstances don’t de... 06/16/2016

  Happy Friday! Yep, if I a sharing quotes then another week is almost over. Crazy, where does the time go?  What do you have planned for the weekend? Last weekend we were in the midst of summer here in the PNW – we got over 90° which for us with no A/C is quite warm! And this weekend, back to spring with temps 30 degrees cooler. I am headed to the Ms game on Saturday and I will be layered up and probably taking a blanket. LOL, what a difference a week can make! Enjoy the quotes and I will see you next Friday with some new ones. …geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do not understand the mystery of grace - only that is meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us. ~Anne Lamott  Kind words can be short and easy to spea... 06/10/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042...There are currently 106 homes for sale with prices ranging from $169,950  to $2,799,000.•1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5•3 bedroom homes for sale: 36•4 bedroom homes for sale: 52•5+ bedroom homes for sale: 13 There were 68 homes that sold in April, 2016.   65 were re-sale homes and 3 were new construction.A further breakout shows what type of homes sold...•New Construction:  4.5%•Bank Owned: 1.5%•Short Sales:  6%•Regular Re-sales:  88% The average sale price was: $368,071   Average Days on Market was: 24Low sales price was: $182,00High sales price was: $571,700 *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 06/04/2016

  Happy Friday, I hope that your week is ending nicely. Are you ready for summer - I am and good thing cause it appears it will say hello this weekend here in the PNW. They say lot of SUN and upper 80's to near 90!!!  And as you know… me and my flip flops are ready!!!!!   I see some good deck sitting / baseball watching on my horizon!! :)     Go M’s!  I hope you have a lovely weekend. And I hope you get to enjoy the SUN! …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Where we love is home… home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes  If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. ~Frank Lane  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is... 06/02/2016

  Good morning! Are you ready for a 3-day weekend?  What big plans do you have?  Traveling?  Sticking close to home?  A picnic?  A hike? Or maybe hanging indoors for a movie marathon weekend?  Yeah, the weather is looking so/so ‘round here.  Sad, where has our SUN gone?  April was stunning!  But May sure has been socked in.  Here is to lots of bright sunny days again…  soon!!!!!!!!!!! For me there will be lots of baseball watching this weekend.  How about them M’s?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   WOW have they been fun!  Here is to a whole summer of this :)    We are beyond overdue for some post season play! Enjoy your long weekend.  And enjoy the quotes.  I will see y’all in June. …geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... 05/26/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington. There are currently 3 homes for sale with prices ranging from $307,200 to $569,500 Winterwood - 2 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 0  There are currently 4  homes under contract for sale with prices ranging from $409,000 to $559,950 Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 3   In  2016 there have been 9 sales with prices ranging from $348,500 to $550,000 Winterwood - 5 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 4  A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned:  0% Short Sales:  0% Regular Re-sales:  100%  Average Days on Market was:  46  *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 05/21/2016

 Happy Friday! I hope that your week is ending nicely. They are saying a pretty rainy spell for us, but right now I have sunshine!! Woo hoo for me J     I hope wherever you are your Friday is going great. And remember… you’ve almost made it to the weekend! Way to go!!!!!!!Enjoy the quotes and I’ll see you next Friday with some new ones.   Until then, I hope you have a lovely day/weekend/week.…geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.   ~Mae West  Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it ~Confucius  We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. ~Jean Paul Sartre  Beware of false knowledge;... 05/20/2016

  Happy Friday! I hope you are having a lovely day.  Sure is beautiful in my little corner of the world.  I hope you are having sunshine wherever you are toda as well. Enjoy the quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones. ...geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try. ~Dennis DeYoung  If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t you assuredly won’t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. ~Denis Waitley  It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls. ~Unknown  If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured the world will not raise your price. ~Unknown ... 05/13/2016

  Happy Friday! I hope this finds you having a lovely day! Below are some quotes to brighten your day and hopefully bring a smile to your face. I have some stuff going next Friday, so I may or may not be able to bring you quotes. Thus enjoy todays and I’ll see you in one, or maybe two weeks. …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. ~Douglas Adams  Committee – a group of people who keep minutes and waste hours. ~M. Berle  I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman where the self-help section was. She said if she told me it would defeat the purpose. ~Dennis Miller  Tact is the art of making guests feel at... 05/05/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042...There are currently 89 homes for sale with prices ranging from $129,000  to $1,590,000.•1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5•3 bedroom homes for sale: 40•4 bedroom homes for sale: 34•5+ bedroom homes for sale: 10 There were 68 homes that sold in April, 2016.   65 were re-sale homes and 3 were new construction.A further breakout shows what type of homes sold...•New Construction:  4.5%•Bank Owned: 4.5%•Short Sales:  4.5%•Regular Re-sales:  86.5% The average sale price was: $375,565   Average Days on Market was: 31Low sales price was: $180,000High sales price was: $1,050,000 *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 05/04/2016

  Good morning!   I hope your Friday is starting off nicely.  They say a bit wet today 'round here toda, but then SUN and warmer temps are back in store for us as we move through the weekend and into Monday.  Woo hoo -  me and my flip flops are raring to go J I hope you have a lovely day and a fantastic weekend.  Enjoy the quotes and I will see you next Friday with some new ones. …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.  ~Erich Fromm  Do not listen to those who complain, for their disease is contagious.  ~Og Mandino  Love doesn’t make the world go round.  Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.  ~Franklin P. Jones Goal setting is similar to traveling from point A to poin... 04/28/2016

  Good morning! I hope that your week is ending nicely.  After this nice run of SUN again – mine sure was.  But I have to say it felt more like August this week than April.  WOW, can you say find the fans!!   But for me and my flip flops, it was just perfect! Enjoy the quotes and I’ll see you next Friday with some new ones.   …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Be not afraid of growing slowly, be only afraid of standing still.  ~Chinese Proverb  Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.  ~Swedish Proverb  You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.  ~Anonymous  How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.  ~Thomas Jefferson   You must do the thing you think you cannot do.... 04/22/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington. There are currently 2 homes for sale with prices ranging from $323,300 to $475,000 Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 1  There are currently 4  homes under contract for sale with prices ranging from $409,000 to $530,000 Winterwood - 0 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 4   In  2016 there have been 7 sales with prices ranging from $348,500 to $549,900 Winterwood - 5 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 2  A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned:  0% Short Sales:  0% Regular Re-sales:  100%  Average Days on Market was:  59  *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 04/15/2016

 Happy Friday! We are having the most beautiful spring. So nice after enduring the wettest winter on record. And honestly I think the reason we are is because my honey dialed it up for me as he knew it was the only way I would get through these first few weeks. My husband has been gone 3 weeks now and in some ways it feels like hours and in other ways it feels so much longer. Funny how life can be like that. So this week my quotes are to honor him. Enjoy and I’ll see you next Friday with some new ones. …geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  When tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we are apart. For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart. ~Unknown  Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a m... 04/15/2016

 Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042...There are currently 71 homes for sale with prices ranging from $169,950  to $1,738,000.•1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5•3 bedroom homes for sale: 31•4 bedroom homes for sale: 28•5+ bedroom homes for sale: 7 There were 50 homes that sold in March, 2016.   44 were re-sale homes and 6 were new construction.A further breakout shows what type of homes sold...•New Construction:  12%•Bank Owned: 4%•Short Sales:  10%•Regular Re-sales:  74% The average sale price was: $368,084   Average Days on Market was: 56Low sales price was: $152,750High sales price was: $622,000 *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 04/08/2016

  Good morning, It is with a heavy heart that I come to you this Friday. I am so very sad to share with the news that my husband Joe passed on this week. He fought such a hard fight for the past two years and I know in my heart that he is in a much better place. He is once again a whole and healthy person, full of life and energy. I will miss him beyond words, but for him I am glad it is over.  I will be a bit MIA for the next few weeks. Not putting a definite timetable on it, I just don’t know how long I will need to catch my breath. So enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and in a few weeks I will be back.  Until then, happy Easter! …geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned s... 03/25/2016

     Happy Friday! And Happy (belated) St Patty’s Day! Did you get some green beer yesterday? Or maybe some beer in a green cup??? :)    Whatever you did to celebrate St. Patty’s Day I hope it was wonderful!   I celebrated by being outside. WOW, yesterday was beautiful. I moved my office to the deck and worked out there, watching basketball of course!! And they say another beautiful day is in store for us again today. Although a bit breezy… man it sure was blustery overnight!  My wish for you this Friday is that your bracket may not bust by Sunday! Enjoy your weekend.  ...geri  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for. ~Albert Schweitzer  Life is an adventure. I can... 03/18/2016