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Brain Candy on Active Rain!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY REB.755648

It's been a little slower paced day here in the office today.  And once in a while that's okay. It was a good thing today, as I like to respond back to those who comment on my posts, and I've been working hard on the 30 Blogs in 30 Days Challenge.  I had a features today and yesterday on Active Rain (you guys are wonderful and really know how to make me feel great!), and keeping up with my responses actually took a little work today.

But in between posting those responses, and juggling e-mails, and updating a couple of CMA's for listings, I spent a little more time than usual on Active Rain and got to read a lot more of the wonderful posts from so many of you!  It was kind of like walking through Candyland!

Active Rain and Candyland have something in Common!Active Rain and Candyland have something in Common!

 

 

 

Candyland is this wonderful place we discovered as I brought my daughter to Marshall University in Huntington, WV, last year!  It's located at Hilltop Fruit Market in Grantsville, Maryland, and became a "we've gotta stop here" place on each of the three trips we made out there! 

It was aisles and aisles of over 900 of your favorite goodies, and lots of goodies you've never heard of before. All the old standards of course, and many things I hadn't seen since I was seven--like squirrel nuts and MaryJanes, and Neapolitan coconut candies, Boston Baked Beans and Root Beer barrels, and Pixie Stix!  And don't forget those little wax bottles full of koolaid colored juice! Of course, I stocked up on some of my favorites, but had to sample a bunch of things I'd never tried before like Ginger Cuts and chocolate raspberry balls, and some Coffee Rio hard candies!  Kind of like Active Rain: always stopping in on those favorites on my subscription list, and today I had the extra time to sample a bunch of new and wonderful treats!  There was Good N Plenty for everyone, and for many of us, I'm sure there are a few PayDays!

So tonight I'm heading home, and I've filled my brain with a wide variety of real estate brain candy! Thankfully I don't have the over-indulgence stomachache that I would have had if I tried as many samples of the calorie-laden candies as I did of all of your informative and entertaining posts!  Have a great night Active Rain!

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 Broker/Owner of The Master's Key Realty LLC, 340 Broad Street, #320, Windsor, Connecticut 06095

To contact Lisa, call 860-688-1400 or send an e-mail to lisa@masterskeyrealty.com

Copyright, Lisa Orme, 2010.  All rights reserved.

Malcolm Johnston
Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario - Trenton, ON
Trenton Real Estate

Lisa, brain candy is good, and Active Rain does provide quite a bit of it. It keeps the mind limber. Congrats on the features, you're in a groove.

Sep 04, 2010 08:42 AM
Ellie McIntire
Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate - Ellicott City, MD
Luxury service in Central Maryland

A dentists delight. Candyland looks like my kinda place. I agree that AR is a wild assortment.

Sep 04, 2010 08:45 AM
Wendy Hayden
Photographer, Home Stager, ePRO - Richmond, VA
Chesterfield, Richmond & Powahatan

Wow, I'll have to remember that store if I ever get up that way. YUMMY!  My kids would explode with joy and sugar!

Sep 04, 2010 08:46 AM
Jennifer Prestwich
Henderson, Thornton, Broomfield and Westminster - Henderson, CO
Madison & Co Properties

Cute analogy, Lisa!  And oh boy on the candy!!

Sep 04, 2010 08:50 AM
Lisa Orme
The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY - Windsor, CT
Broker/Realtor, ABR, CRS,GRI, PSCS, SFR, Notary Pu

Malcolm - thanks!

Ellie - It is a FUN place - but it IS a fruit market and there's a good assortment of healthy snacks too - Just like on AR!

Wendy - I don't think I've gotten out of there spending less than 30 bucks at a clip yet, but Yummy? YES!

 

Sep 04, 2010 08:52 AM
Lisa Orme
The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY - Windsor, CT
Broker/Realtor, ABR, CRS,GRI, PSCS, SFR, Notary Pu

Jennifer - you betcha!

Sep 04, 2010 08:53 AM
Karen Bernetti
Southington, CT

Lisa - Oh Lisa my son Tim would so love this place!  Of course any child would, but he has a extra special fondness for candy and already wants to own a candy store one day! Congrats on all those features Lisa!  Keep up the good work!  What day are you on?  

Sep 04, 2010 08:56 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Oh, my Lisa!  It's hard to even read this one and not be tempted to fall off the old Weight Watchers wagon!

Sep 04, 2010 08:58 AM
Lisa Orme
The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY - Windsor, CT
Broker/Realtor, ABR, CRS,GRI, PSCS, SFR, Notary Pu

Karen - 12 days done, 18 to go. (I posted a new listing the day before you announced the NEW rules, so I had to start over) But it is going WELL! You started a good thing!

Pat - SOOO true! But it is a fun place to visit!! Did you see Roger Mucci's new group Take It Off In The Rain?

Sep 04, 2010 09:06 AM
Bill Travis
Captain Bill Realty, LLC - Gilbert, AZ
Broker/Owner

I'm tying to cut down on sweets, and today my wife puts a cake out within my sight, and now you show photos of candy. It's a conspiracy; that's what it is. I'm going to have some of that cake now.

Sep 04, 2010 09:11 AM
Lisa Orme
The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY - Windsor, CT
Broker/Realtor, ABR, CRS,GRI, PSCS, SFR, Notary Pu

Bill -- Did I mention that they have a whole aisle of sugar-free treats?  It's worth the stop if you're ever in that area!!

Sep 04, 2010 09:18 AM
Mike McCann Nebraska Land Broker
Mike McCann - Broker, Mach1 Realty Farm & Commercial Land Broker-Auctioneer Serving Nebraska - Kearney, NE
Farm & Commercial Property For Sale 308-627-3700

Oh my...I would be like a ...like...well...like a kid in a candy store there...almost heaven West Virginia...Blue ridge Mountains...Shannendoah river....

Sep 04, 2010 03:48 PM
Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528
Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY
Real Estate Salesperson

Lisa, love your analogy and yes, AR is like a candy sstore full of brain treats.  I think I'll stay away from your candyland, just beacuse it is so tempting.

Sep 04, 2010 04:05 PM