In the early morning, Saturday, September 18th I stood in awe with a growing crowd of spectators as we watched from afar the balloons lifting to the air on the second day of the Plano Balloon Festival. It is hard to pick a favorite so below is a sampling of the balloons that passed over us.
09/19/2010
Five (5) houses will be participating in the OPEN House Extravaganza at the Grand Heritage in Lavon, Texas. Do Drop IN. The Grand Heritage is a master planned community located on N Hwy 78 in the city of Lavon, Texas. The community offers many amenitities to enhance the lifestyle of its res
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09/18/2010
In a recent news release the city of Murphy reported that the FBI placed Murphy as one of two safest cities in regards to violent and property crimes during the year of 2009. The FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report is a national report of over 18,000 locations. The city of Murphy falls within the c
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09/17/2010
Today is going to be a fun Friday. It is the start of the Plano Balloon Festival and that's a big deal for all the folks in the Plano area. Although I don't exactly live in the city limits of Plano I do live relatively close to where the Plano Balloon Festival is to be held. For those of you that
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09/17/2010
Today's blog title, the flowers of all tomorrows are the seeds of today, is believed to have originated from an old Indian proverb. I came across it because a friend of mine had posted the proverb on their Facebook status. I found my mind being drawn back to that saying over and over. As I though
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09/16/2010
Murphy Middle School is located in the heart of the city of Murphy, Texas at 620 N Murphy Rd. It is one of three middle schools that Murphy residents send their children to learn. It is the only one of the three that is rated exemplary by the Texas Education Agency. To achieve the exemplary ratin
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09/14/2010
Remember when you were a kid how traveling in the car could get way too long? On our family road trips we kids would often play a version of the game I SPY. It would help to make the miles go by. At least until we would get on the rowdy side and dad would put an end to the game. I always enjoyed
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09/14/2010
I am now the Zealous Blogger. Blogging in the 30D30C has really helped me with staying focused on the need for consistency. Until Sunday I considered this a good thing as blogging iinconsistently I figured was hurting my chances of building any type of continuous rapport with members or the publi
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09/12/2010
You've heard of the neighborhood where residents agree to host a garage sale on the same date and time as other residents. But have you been to the neighborhood where sellers and their listing agents agree to host open houses on the same date and time? If you would be interested in organizing a n
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09/11/2010
If you live in or around the city of Plano you are probably very much aware that the weekend of the Plano Balloon Festival is quickly approaching. For 31 years the skies of Northeast Dallas have been filled with the colorful array of the hot air balloons coming from all different parts of the cou
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09/11/2010
