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Happy Birthday to My Soulmate My wonderful husband, Larry, has a birthday today!!!  Over 46 years ago I met this brilliant Renaissance man. Every day, I thank my lucky stars for the day we sat by our apartment pool and he beat me in several games of backgammon.  He may not have been who I’d ever ...

Throwback Thursdays…Market Reports, Listings, and Comments. Several years ago I wrote a post that was inspired by one from our Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400   It had to do with being courteous and professional with our comments on consumer-focused posts of fellow members.  For example, som...

Wordless Wednesday…Thanksgiving Leftovers Redux It didn’t take long for us to tire of turkey, dressing, and the rest of our delicious Thanksgiving leftovers!   We’d sent guests home with doggie bags and yet we still had enough for several meals.  When in doubt… make a casserole!!! A friend made t...

How To Decorate When Your Home is For Sale When providing Home Staging Consultations for sellers during the holidays, one question they have is…Can I still decorate for the holidays?My answer has always been YES… with one caveat…KEEP IT SIMPLECreating the feeling of home with a holiday spirit can...

Motivational Monday…No “I” in Team Playing in some kind of team sport when you’re young teaches much more than the importance of fielding in baseball.  With luck and guidance, we learn that it takes the whole TEAM to win. Recently I heard this saying….  Sometimes being a team player meanssitting ...

  Posts Just For You- This Week at ActiveRain November 19 to November 25, 2023  Every day there is something to learn here at ActiveRain.  With this series, I try to highlight posts that gave me that lightbulb moment. It could be something techie, something about Real Estate or other professions,...

This Week…One Down…Two to Go We made it through Thanksgiving! Whew. One holiday down…two more to go.   Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitudeis the richness of self. May SartonAs much fun as I have seeing family and friends over for Thanksgiving dinner….and spending days cooking, cleaning, a...

Friday Fun…Thanksgiving Leftovers Raise your hand if you’d rather eat Thanksgiving dinner leftovers!  I love them!  Since I host a large gathering on Turkey Day, I love having dinner the following day in peace and quiet.      If you cook a lot I’ll bet you know what I mean.  It’s not just during ...

Full of Gratitude For Thanksgiving Writing the posts for this month’s Gratitude Challenge and preparing our Thanksgiving dinner for our family took me down Memory Lane.  My first memory was growing up and playing flag football with my cousins in the front yard after Thanksgiving dinner. One Thank...

Wordless Wednesday…Stop and Breathe This is a busy week for most of us. We’re either preparing our annual Thanksgiving dinner or planning to travel for the holiday. We’ll have the usual crowd over on Thursday. I’m a list maker so the only way I know how to get a handle on everything is to make my...