ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2014 

Every blog offers a learning experience Home staging professional Kathy Streib posts a weekly blog that list some recent ActiveRain blogs that offered a learning experience. I always like to check this list to see what I may have missed. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comment...
01/19/2014
Boomerang Home Buyers Ed and Tracy Oliva remind us that loan officers and real estate professionals need to we well prepared to advise and guide boomerang home buyers as these families recover from foreclosures. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments that will be seen by Ed ...
01/19/2014
Rice Pudding Recipe Thanks to real estate professional Kerry Klum for providing this Rice Pudding Recipe. I love rice pudding and will pass this recipe on to Chef Dolores. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments that will be seen by Kerry. Have you ever wondered what to do wi...
01/19/2014
Matisse’s Marguerite:  Model Daughter, Baltimore Museum of Art   Dolores and I took advantage of a beautiful day in Maryland and visited the Baltimore Museum of Art to see Matisse’s Marguerite:  Model Daughter. It is about a one hour drive to the museum from our home in the Kentlands community in...
01/19/2014
Email Hacking, Fraud Scheme Alert   Recently we read a blog by Debbie Reynolds telling us that her gmail account had been hacked. Many of us had received unusual email with an attachment from Debbie. This morning, several members of ActiveRain received the same suspicious email from me and advise...
01/18/2014
Matisse Exhibit, Final Weekend, The Baltimore Museum of Art   This is the final weekend for art lovers to enjoy the current Matisse exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The weather will be cold and it is a good time to visit this outstanding museum. The Baltimore Museum of Art is one of our fa...
01/17/2014
Book Recommendation:  The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny   I just finished reading The Beautiful Mystery (2012), A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny. The setting for this murder mystery is the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entreles-Loups in the wilderness of Quebec. This is a must rea...
01/16/2014
Forever Stamps, A Good Investment   Now is the time to purchase Forever Stamps!  The cost of first class postage will increase by 3 cents on January 26, 2014, to 49 cents.  The Forever Stamps that you purchase now may be one of your best investments of the year. “Beginning Jan. 26 it will cost th...
01/16/2014
Housing Report, Prince George’s County, MD, December Summary   Today, there are 1,646 active listings of homes for sale in Prince George’s County, Maryland. 181 (11%) of the available properties are lender owned foreclosures (REO).  335 (21.57%) of the active listings are short sale pre-foreclosu...
01/16/2014
Orange for Rob Thomas and the Tennessee Volunteers   Orange is the primary color associated with the Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers.  My friend Rob Thomas frequently asks why I do not post more photographs of orange flowers in my blogs.  Rob, in fact, now has me trained to think of him ...
01/15/2014