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2012
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The pressure is on. I have written a blog the last 29 of 30 days, so why am I procrasinating writing the 30th Blog?? The time is ticking by. The clock will strike midnight soon, and I will be a blogging failure. I am a definitely a procrastinator. It seems I require some pressure to get the ...
11/30/2012
A Christmas Poinsetta is a great holiday centerpiece. The Mental Health Association in Abilene sells Poinsettas each year before Christmas and I got this beautiful plant delivered to me today. The Christmas card came in the mail today from the Abilene Association of Realtors. Place the poin...
11/29/2012
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STAGING MAKES YOUR PHOTOS BETTER. Here is a vacant den that has been staged. What a contrast from empty to staged! This home has been staged and sold. However, if I could retake this photo I would turn on the lamp on the left and hang something on the wall on the left to balance the ri...
11/28/2012
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WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD SHOPPING CART? What goes in to your food shopping cart is going to end up in your mouth. To make it healthier, only buy foods that are healthy. Now, you are probably going well, duh?! The reason I mention this is that I have proof. If I buy cheese puffs, I eat them. ...
11/27/2012
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CHRISTMAS TREE FRESH OR FAKE? Do you prefer a fresh, living Christmas tree or a plastic, artificial one? Growing up on my childhood, farm in Oklahoma, we had a fresh, cut tree usually cut from the farm pasture that had volunteer evergreen trees growing. As an adult, I have had both someti...
11/26/2012
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NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS GOING UP! THANKSGIVING IS DEFINITELY OVER, THE WEEKEND AFTER THANKSGIVING, STRINGS OF LIGHTS ARE BEING PUT UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SEEMS THERE A RACE TO GET THE LIGHTS UP BEFORE DEC 1. ACTUALLY, IT IS PROBABLY THE VERY PLEASANT WEATHER WE ARE HAVING HER...
11/25/2012
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Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) Competition Voting I am a current member of the Real Estate Staging Association, which is advancing professionalism and excellence in Real Estate Staging. There is an annual staging competition this year that members have the privelege of voting on the en...
11/24/2012
Why does a seller need a staging consultation? The seller doesn't see the house the same way, a buyer will see the house. That is not to say the seller is not perceptive, it is that we are all like that. We get used to the surroundings we are in and after a while we no longer the space with t...
11/23/2012
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My Vegetable Garden List idea is the result of having eaten too many sweet potatoes and stuffing and gravy this Thanksgiving Day. Now I am most thankful for my food and I enjoyed every bite! Tomorrow is a good day to eat healithier! Tomorrow means it is time to add a green vegetable to the diet a...
11/22/2012
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There is a special part of real estate called property managment where you never run out of hearing unusual questions! There is always a new question! Today's question from a prospective tenant is: "DO YOU TAKE SNAKES?" Even funnier is I thought I heard: "DO YOU TAKE Section 8 (eight)? ...
11/21/2012