Unfortunately the current real estate market in Northern Virginia has proved a rude awakening for some renting military families. Landlords who decided NOT to pay their mortgages have left the tenants holding the bag when the sheriff comes to the door. Military familes who are forced to make a l
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12/22/2008
While flying to Denver for the Christmas holidays our flight seemed to take longer than usual. The pilot came on to announce that it wasn't our imagination that we were facing 190 knot headwinds and though it might seem like we were standing still we were making progress towards our destination.
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12/21/2008
More information on Kings Park West Links My Blog My Website Photo Gallery Eat In Kitchen Updated Kitchen Recreation Room Guest Room Master Bedroom Dining Room First Floor Family Room Description Take advantage of new low interestlow rates and great pricing on this 3 level colonial in Kings P
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12/20/2008
During the holiday season it is easy to become overwhelmed. With the music, decorations, shopping, crowds and business it can make us cranky and short tempered. You can see it everywhere with pushing, shoving in stores and fighting for parking spaces. Yet just across the interstate from one of t
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12/18/2008
As the holidays come roaring now is a great time to lend a hand to a military family "left behind" while their loved one is deployed overseas. If you live near a military family with a loved one deployed this holiday season stop by and volunteer to help them out for a few minutes or a few hours.
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12/18/2008
The minute you start down Westridge Drive into the community by the same name you realize you have found a special neighborhood. At the bottom of the first hill you come to the pool and community center, a busy place with a variety of activities year round. A small lake featuring a fountain in
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12/17/2008
Take one house with closets already overflowing, throw in holiday decorations and a few deliveries from UPS and soon you have a house that is ready to explode. The holidays are a great time to put your home on a diet. A clean up of all of those items that have been sitting on the closet shelves
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12/16/2008
In conjunction with my new listing at 4948 Gainsborough Drive in Kings Park West I have updated my original Kings Park post from Feb 2008. It isn't hard to figure out what the developer of the first Kings Park was planning when they laid out the plan for the community and the homes. With one loo
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12/15/2008
Margaret Woda recently wrote a great post "Dozens of Houses Donated" about her gingerbread cookie making extravaganza. Margaret is one of the local bloggers that I've come to respect and admire over the last 18 months of Active Rain.We have managed to get together on a couple of different occasi
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12/14/2008
It was a shock. The email threatened bodily harm and destruction of personal property. The email came from....my family! Many of us have been working at full speed all year and our families have been there to support us all along the way. Now with the holidays approaching they are ready to s
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12/14/2008
