smiling fourCraig Daniels' post, Which ActiveRain Yearbook Page Are You On? just reminded me that it's been four years to the day since I fell down the ActiveRain rabbit hole.

I stumbled across ActiveRain while searching for best placed websites across the country.  Once I found ActiveRain I never looked back.

I thought today would be my blog's birthday but I guess I didn't get up the nerve to write a blog post until January 7th.  I was already hooked by that point since my post was titled "I Need An Active Rain Intervention!"

Real estate blogging instantly clicked for me when I saw what people were doing with it on AR.  Prior to finding you all real estate blogging made no sense to me.  Any examples I'd seen were kind of pathetic and I just didn't get why you'd want to blog about real estate.

ActiveRain's in a different league however and it opened my eyes to the possibilities.  I decided to make my new website a blog. Lately I spend a lot more time there than here but just dipping into the AR posts reminds me of how much there is to learn here - and how many hours I can spend cruising the blogroll if I let myself!

Happy 2013 to all!

 

4th of July Is Right Around the Corner
06/21/2012
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4th of July is right around the corner. Is your blog ready? Holidays are popular blog posts and July 4th is one of the biggest. I let too many special days and events pass me by - the flyer's buried on my desk, the email I forwarded… more
Moving Furniture
01/16/2012
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For all of her adult life, one of my mother's favorite hobbies has been moving furniture - as in rearranging furniture. She can't stop. Chances are, when you visit the house it will look different than the last time you were there. My father grew… more
Do You Spend Too Much Time At Your Desk?
01/07/2012
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Do you spend too much time at your desk? I know I do. Ever since I started blogging and my online world expanded, I spend hours and hours and hours at my desk. Many nights it seems the only time I get up is to grab a snack before finally… more
Winter Storm Warning?
10/29/2011
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A winter storm warning? How can that be? I snapped the photo at right of my father's iris in bloom two weeks ago - and the other bud opened after that. Today Massachusetts may get several inches of snow - wet heavy snow. At least… more
Customers and Agents - Cup in Hand
09/15/2011
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A number of times lately - real estate related and otherwise - I've been taken aback and irritated by the people I see with coffee cups glued to their hands. We're not in Dunkin' Donuts, or Starbucks, or a restaurant. No, we're at the… more
Home Alone
07/01/2011
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It's been a fairly busy spring market this year. Too many days (nights! ) I came home to this. Or worse - Champ would be in the window as I pulled out the driveway. Home alone for another long day. The guilt! It kills me. I… more
A Real Estate Agent In Winter - 2011
02/14/2011
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A day in the life - Winter 2011 It's a challenging season for Massachusetts real estate agents. We won't soon forget the winter of 2011. 8:30 am: Leave the house for work. Realize that you can't leave since the front door is frozen shut. 9:30… more
I Predict A Good Year For Florida Real Estate
01/27/2011
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It dawned on me in the midst of today's five hour shoveling marathon that real estate may be picking up in Florida this year. Here in chilly Massachusetts we're on track to break records for snowfall. We are buried. There simply isn't anywhere… more
Last Minute Frenzy
12/24/2010
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While wrapping the stocking stuffers and presents I bought yesterday I had to acknowledge - I was deep in the throes of "last minute frenzy' as I shopped yesterday. I'll make the assumption that my family won't have time to read my blog today and… more