Wrightsville Beach Ocean Breezes

I heard it again today.  LIFE CAN CHANGE ON A DIME.  This is not a new one.  I've heard it at least a million times.  But today, it struck me, I always take it negatively.  You know, "Drive carefully, life can change on a dime."  Don't forget to say I love you, life can change on dime."  But why ...

Do you enjoy reading?  Do your kids or grandchildren?  Here are a few tips to help your New Hanover County student become a life-long reader. I have always loved reading, it was a wonderful way to escape the boredom of growing up in a small town.  I visited so many exotic locales, had so many adv...

Fun Facts about August 2010   I know, I'm a little late with this one.  It's been sitting in my draft folder and I almost forgot about it.   This August has: 5 Sundays  (let's try to take at least one of them off!) 5 Mondays  (like we really needed one more of those!) 5 Tuesdays (really pushing y...

Event:  Last Day of Summer Vacation 2010 Blow-Out! Where:  Wilmington & Wrightsville Beach NC When:  Today! Who:  The Great Mimi           Zoe's Mommy           Rachel  age 8           Zoe      age 7 Why:   Because I love my girls and I HATE that they are going back to school!   We started our Bl...

Hey North Carolina -- did you hear the news?  Second lowest closing costs in the nation!  Many thanks to Shay Campbell for this post!North Carolina has second lowest closing costs in the Nationfor home mortgages according to a news article in CNNMoney.com.  This is a fact that I have been telling...

Hurricane Preparedness in Wrightsville Beach, NC   Hurricane Season started in June and we've been lucky not to see any hurricane activity here in Wrightsville Beach, NC so far this season.  That could all change with Tropical Storm Danielle.  It is believed that she will reach Hurricane status w...

Here's some great info and a link to get some help if you can't make your mortgage payment.  Many thanks to John Mulkey, The Housing Guru, for allowing me to re-blog this! A new Fannie Mae website, KnowYourOptions.com, provides help and answers questions for homeowners struggling to make their m...

Overheard at the pool this morning -- "I'm not showing her listings ever again!"  "Why?" "Where do I start?  First, I hate dealing with her assistant, she's a real pill.  Never tells you where her boss is or exactly what time she'll be back.  And she ALWAYS has to accompany on showings.  And then...

This post was inspired by Lisa Orme's post Solving the Foreclosure Crisis -- One Person at a Time.  Lisa has some great ideas to help out our neighbors and I hope you'll take the time to read her post. Mine's a little long, but it's a story, and they often take on a life of their own when you sta...

From Lisa Orme in Windsor, CT.  However you do it, just do it, folks.  Consider it as my daughter does,  "I help out because it's the right thing to do and I hope that someday, when I'm gone or just not close by, if my daughter needs a hand up, someone will pay it forward."  We're in this togeth...