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2009
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My children and I have been watching the transformation of a vacant (and a little depressing) restaurant off I35 in Selma into a very bright and colorful franchise restaurant Chuy's. It is finally open and for my son's fifth birthday dinner (it was yesterday), the only place he wanted to go to w...
03/25/2009
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So I have been really working on my "Internet identity" for several months. I am in my first year as a full time agent and have really been trying to learn everything I can about improving my own website, blogging, and marketing through the Internet. Active Rain has been my number one source ...
03/19/2009
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I have always enjoyed reading "Dear Abby" for several reasons. My number one reason, however happens to be her knack for finding inspirational poems and stories then publishing them. In her column today, she published a poem by Martin Buxbaum entitled "Success". This poem moved me, especially ...
03/18/2009
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I have a listing that has been on the market for quite some time. We have received lots of showings since January and two offers. The first offer fell through and the second one was one of the strangest offers I have ever seen. To make the oddities easier to read I am going to bullet them... T...
03/17/2009
So, this morning I get my coffee and open the paper to a story that made my head spin. http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/real_estate/HOA_moves_to_foreclose_on_84_Mission_Creek_homes.html We hear about all the foreclosures due to mortgages and even some due to taxes but in today's economy...th...
03/16/2009
Background (Why I even care about this topic) I grew up in a small west Texas town called Ft Stocktonin the middle of the desert; we never really heard the words "drought" or "water restrictions". Not that a lack of water wasn't a problem for us, I think it had to do more with the fact that no w...
03/05/2009
This past Sunday, I got the chance to go to one of my very favorite places here in San Antonio, the San Antonio Zoo. I have three kids ages 8, 6 and 5 and I think that I enjoy our zoo trips as much if not more than my little ones. Just about everyone knows San Antonio for Sea World, Six Flags F...
03/04/2009