Actually, it would be nice if the snow would stop for a bit. I need to get out there and preview homes for a client who is flying in and I never learned to drive in the snow! My husband often jokes that I am the only Russian he has met who is afraid of the snow! Still, our kids just love this w
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12/22/2008
Very often I am asked about information for particular schools in Bellevue. Therefore I hope the following links are useful for you. General links Bellevue school district Seattle Times school guide Attendance boundary maps Individual schools Name Type Attendance maps Web site Seattle Times PTA
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12/19/2008
As with a number of workplaces out there, my office adopted a family for the holidays. In our case, the family has two critically ill children at Childrens' Hospital in Seattle and that is just one of a number of heartbreaks they have faced. Faced with not meeting all of the wishes for the famil
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12/18/2008
As I have already blogged, I grew up in Tajikistan and moved here when I was nineteen. Towards my last years there, things became progressively worse. My father used to own a clothing factory, but it was taken from him because we are Jewish. To make ends meet, he would spend the week creating s
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12/17/2008
A number of years ago, my aunt wanted to buy a painting for her house. She was a busy executive and did not have time to investigate all of the artists and prices for work, so she called my grandfather - who collected art. They arranged to meet and go to several galleries together to look at pie
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12/16/2008
Recently, I have noticed a strong upswing in buyers backing out of deals. I have seen this personally twice and many other agents in my office have noticed the same phenomenon. The pattern is rather similar. The buyers place an offer on a property. The offer is accepted and there is a mutual
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12/15/2008
A long time ago there lived a king in a far away land. The king lived in a huge castle - visible for miles through the land. However, the king's children had long since grown up. They had built there own castles not far from his - and he felt very lonely in the huge place. At long last, he sum
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12/12/2008
Imagine that you have a relative who is getting on in years and really wants to get married but is a complete dating failure. I'm sure for many of us imagination is not required. Your relative comes to you and asks you how he/she can get married. What does it take to meet the right person and m
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12/10/2008
I found it rather amusing not long ago when some 'official' group of economists announced that the United States was 'officially' in a recession. At the announcement, stocks fell significantly in value. Now wait a minute...Were things necessarily much better the day before the announcement? I
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12/10/2008
I found it rather amusing not long ago when some 'official' group of economists announced that the United States was 'officially' in a recession. At the announcement, stocks fell significantly in value. Now wait a minute...Were things necessarily much better the day before the announcement? I
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12/10/2008
