12 Days to Christmas ERA Home Towne Realty and Auction!!

Christmas At Home, And Other Places, For ERA Home Towne Realty And Auction:

 Brothers, I have started our 12 days of Christmas as the song goes a little early this year.  The whole month of December is family packed with activities and there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the days.

JR, Cherry, and I started the season right after Thanksgiving with a little decoration on the house exterior and interior.  I decided to put up lights this year.  Well—we got them on the roof, and after all the work of putting them on the roof, we tried to turn them on.  Duh—they didn’t work!  Well, I had to get two different workers on two different occasions, to climb up and trouble shoot.  Well, half of the lights work now.  Hopefully—I can get someone to replace the other half before Christmas, or we’ll have an unbalanced—weird looking roof.

The night before last, Cherry tried to put up a Christmas tree.  It went well until our two young Maine Coon cats saw it.  They decided that the cords were good to eat.  So, we’re not going to have a tree this year—oh, well.

Yesterday, JR and I went to the Chamber Christmas Auction.  A member on the auction committee told me that nearly ten thousand dollars was raised for scholarships for local students.  I bought 2 Chamber wreaths (picture) and hung one in the office.  It made me feel in the Christmas spirit.  Danny Ford did a great job calling the Auction.

Speaking of the great jobs for the season, last night we had the annual Lake Cumberland Association of Realtors’ Banquet.  Out outgoing President, Donnie Foster, provided very entertaining musical groups and the food was great!  BBT, I believe, provided that—great job guys!

The banquet hall was full of a lot of good, determined realtors who have survived some tough times, like many Americans, but seemed eager to plunge forward and serve their customers.  Our new Lake Cumberland Association President, Ron Shaw, made a great uplifting speech and seems ready to help us all.

Well, closings are up some.  The news on Wall Street seems better.  So, there is a lot to be thankful for, not just in Real Estate, but life in general.  It is great to be alive during the Christmas Season.  I still have several more things to do before the 25^th.  The Lions’ Club Banquet is at my house this year.  The Sunday School banquet is at Cumberland Falls.  Presents to buy or let Cherry buy.  And family and friends to celebrate with!  Of course, I’ll probably work right up to the last minute!

I have an exciting group of new realtors to mentor, and I am looking forward to them joining our office.  Altogether, this is a Great Christmas Season for us at ERA Home Towne Realty and Auction.  Thanks to everyone for making it so!!