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2008 

I can't believe it's time for the Arizona State Fair again.  Every year, my sisters and I and my mother - who is 90 - get together and go to the Fair. Last year, we brought my little brother - well, he is 56 now - and we had a ball. We drive mother around in her wheel chair, and until last year w...
09/20/2008
As I shared with everyone in my last post, my husband and I traveled north and east of Mesa, Arizona - about four hours to the spectacular Petrified National Forest Park with pristine views and vibrant colors. I shot so many pictures that I had to break this post into three portions....only givin...
09/16/2008
It is my custom to share my day trips from Mesa, Arizona as evidenced by previous blog posts. Last week, my husband and I traveled 18 miles east of Holbrook, Arizona on Highway 180 to the south entrance to the Petrified National Forest Park. There will be three parts of this post. The first and s...
09/15/2008
As many of my readers know, wherever I go, I take pictures. THEN I share them with my readers. Since there are so many, many wonderful places to see in Arizona, I will share as I see. This will be Part I of my trip to Holbrook, Arizona and to the Petrified National Park, located within four hours...
09/14/2008
Located just four hours north and east of Mesa, Arizona, is Holbrook, Arizona. Lots of history here, and I will share. As my husband and I drove into Holbrook, we pulled into a gas station on the corner of 77 and Route 66. As he was putting gas in the car, I happened to notice a restaurant across...
09/13/2008
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has brought jobs, and a convenient access to an airport to the east valley. 15 years after closing Willliams Airforce Base, the airport is now a thriving and important hub in Mesa, Arizona. With easy access to freeways along with Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek, ...
09/10/2008
I had a few moments, and wanted to try out our new MLS or Flexmls as it is now called. There are many very cool options, one of which is to be able to pull up the 35,914 sold properties from January 1 through August 31, 2008 according to the MLS data. With that list I was able to pull up a chart ...
09/07/2008
I thought this was really cool. For those of you who don't tweet yet, or even for those of you who do - what a great idea to be a follower of the police department in your area. Apparently the city of Scottsdale and the fire department have decided to tweet as well. The idea is that putting out s...
09/06/2008
My beautiful listing in the community of Crosspointe just went under contract this past week! Inspections are done, appraisal, and we're on our way. Upgraded to the nines with granite in the kitchen AND the bathroons, new stainless appliances, fireplace, plantation shutters, new carpet and cerami...
09/05/2008
Free firewood is available as a direct result of the monsoon storm last week. More than 170 mesquite, cottonwood, pine and eucalyptus trees were lost in Tempe Beach Park, downtown and the surrounding areas. Those wishing to stock up for their wood burning fireplaces and firepits, can stop by on S...
09/05/2008
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