I did the challenge! I thought I’d share this post because I agree. ~Bill Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Reasons NOT to do The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Phoenix Real Estate
You’re Right! It’s a baby jaguar.
If you’ve ever watched TV with a kid you’ll know what I’m talking about. My grandchildren recently visited for three weeks. Three kids with remarkably varied personalities, a wide range of interests and completely different taste. They all love to swim which is fortunate as we live in Arizona, and it goes without saying that… Read More
Tip #8 – Not Your Daddy’s Home Selling Tips
12 Suggestions for Surviving Today’s Real Estate Market Tip #8. Chasing Your Tail Will Only Make You Dizzy. Do not chase the market down! I cannot say this enough… do not chase the market down! Setting your price too high and waiting for the market to catch up, setting it too high because you’ve put… Read More
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
Location, Location, Location…
Success and failure of almost any business is Location. Your home is no different. Listen to your Realtor when they talk to you about location, it could mean the difference between your dream and a nightmare.
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
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
“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
Amazon destroys the competition. Seriously?
I only have one viewpoint of Amazon, that of Joe-Consumer. I’ve tried everything on their site from Christmas shopping to grocery subscriptions, digital books to streaming videos, (holy cow I can’t wait to get a look at the new phone!) I guess I don’t get what all the controversy is about. From my admittedly narrow… Read More
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