National Moment of Remembrance - 05/25/12 11:59 AM
Last night was my nephew's high school band concert.  They performed a few numbers and one of them was a patriotic piece.  It included a slide-show of all the different military branches and if you were a veteran or currently serving you were urged to stand when your branch showed up on the slide-show.  Slowly but surely people began to stand and the audience cheered.
I get chills just thinking of the men and women who put their lives on the line for our safety.  Complete respect, admiration and tears comes pouring out when I just daydream of what they must … (35 comments)

RealEstate.com’s Fantastic Photo Competition - 05/24/12 03:05 PM
Round 2 'Rainers!  This is a fabulous chance to get on the front page of RealEstate.com and give you some major bragging rights.  You're all so talented showcasing your photos on AR each day why not share them with the world?!?!
Via Eric Proulx (RealEstate.com):
Real Estate Photo Contest: Round II
On behalf of RealEstate.com, I just want to thank everyone from the Active Rain community who participated in our last photo contest. It was a great success and we had a lot of fun looking over the photos that were sent to us. We even got a new homepage photo out of … (1 comments)

Wordless Wednesday - Tiger Mountain - 05/16/12 10:43 AM
This past weekend's activites included a very beautiful hike up Tiger Mountain.  Most of the people on the mountain decided to go one trail but my bro-in-law insisted we go another.  Halfway up I realized why the other, let's call them the smarter hikers went the other route; ours was pretty tough but beautiful nonetheless. 
Sunshine in Seattle is something we never take for granted. 

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May Success Be With You - 05/04/12 01:42 PM
Oh Friday, how I love thee!  You romance me from the morning light, keep me motivated throughout the day with thoughts of the weekend and I'd just like to kiss you right now!  Anybody ever just need a weekend? unplug and relax?  Very hard for most of you to do but this weekend I shall conquer such a task!  I highly recommend you try to do it too.  Unplug the tv, crank up some Beastie Boys (RIP Adam Yauch) and dance your heart out!!!  :)  Ok, back to reality...Friday work day isn't quite over yet...
This week we launched our very … (42 comments)