The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral on steriods! Don’t think that this is silly or unimportant. I love this… according to the ALS.org website they’ve raised 31.5 million dollars compared to 1.9 million in the same time frame last year. Awesome!! – Bill Salvatore, Realty Executives East Valley – 602-999-0952 – AZVHV Heroes Home Advantage
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Tip #5 – Not Your Daddys Home Selling Tips
12 Suggestions for Surviving Today’s Real Estate Market Tip #5. Look Before You… Well, You Know. As a homeowner planning improvements, you should always keep your entire neighborhood in the back of your mind. Sound a little extreme? Surely you would concede that a million dollar home in a hundred thousand dollar neighborhood will never… Read More
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The Granite Mountain Hotshots, One Year Later
Mathematician and Meteorologist Edward Lorenze coined the phrase “butterfly effect” theorizing that the flap of a butterfly’s wings could, weeks later, influence the progress of a hurricane. The theory is of course much more in-depth than that, but the upshot is that a very small occurrence can have enormous and unforeseen consequences. Exactly one year… Read More
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World Cup – Daughter vs Son
Let me say right up front that I’m not a sophisticated soccer fan so feel free to correct me if my facts are a bit off. It’s not that I don’t have an interest in soccer, I think it’s more that I’m so completely consumed by Baseball this time of year, and Football all year,… Read More
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“There’s no better time to learn.” ~Willy Wonka
I am a sucker for nostalgia… baseball cards, penny candy, drive-in movie theaters. It doesn’t always work out, you know, the whole “you can’t go home again” thing. But every once in a while something feels or tastes or sounds exactly the way you remember. (think Bullseyes) When that happens it can make your life… Read More
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I Want to Just Listen
I don’t have any personal connection to D-Day. I don’t know anyone who landed on the Northern shores of France that day, or flew support missions as a precursor or over the battlefield. Though I would love to meet someone who served during that action, oddly I never have. I can’t even imagine the composite… Read More
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How a Piece of Shrapnel Changed My Father’s Life | Next Avenue
This is a poignant account by John Stark, of an honorable man who turned adverse circumstances into an admirable life. It is well worth reading the complete story. There’s a link to the original article below. ~Bill ———————————————————— How a Piece of Shrapnel Changed My Father’s Life posted by John Stark, May 21, 2014 An… Read More
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Is that today?
I’m not sure what this date means to you. Anything at all come to mind? This day has been a holiday of sorts since, believe it or not, 1949. It stems from a government action but has little to do with the government, it has far more to do with folks just like you. In… Read More
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If it soothes your soul, say it!
Has anyone else been thinking that more and more network television programing is crap? Every single day a little bit larger portion of the news is blatant advertising. I’m not talking about the obvious ads, the ones that we can choose to mute or fast forward through, I’m talking about actual news stories. I am… Read More
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Good Chocolate and Misunderstandings
#170167286 / gettyimages.com We had an exchange student once. I know that sounds like we had a puppy once but to say that an exchange student lived with us would be to imply that he purposefully chose to reside in our home with our family. That is not at all the case. Oddly it seems… Read More
