On Friday, I attended my last closing of 2008. I worked for the buyer, who happens to be a friend from church. She'd been thinking about buying for several years, but called me out of the blue just before Thanksgiving and said she was ready, pre-approved and even knew which house she wanted to
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12/30/2008
Let me set the scene: Saturday, December 27, 2008. The relative calm before the BCS Bowl Storm that begins next week. West Virginia Mountaineers, led by Coach Bill Stewart and WVU Quarterback Pat White, show up in Charlotte, NC to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl against the North Carolina Tar
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12/27/2008
I was challenged in my last blog post to write this blog. Hoping Mr. Lane Bailey will write his version too! On the First day of Real Estate, my broker gave to me, a license to hang on the wall. On the Second day of Real Estate, my sellers gave to me, 2 new listings(an overpriced re-sale and a f
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12/23/2008
I comment on other's posts because other people are always writing interesting and thought provoking posts. Mostly, I think I write pretty good comments...not just your average, "thanks for sharing," or "Awesome post!" Real comments, including my point of view or a relay of a similar event in m
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12/22/2008
As a proud Mountaineer Fan, last night's game against South Florida was bittersweet. Yes, them 'Eers came through and finally beat the Bulls, but it was the last regular season game for our hero, Patrick White. Wearing their white uniforms, fans waving white towels and God showing his love for
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12/06/2008
This morning I read with great interest the following blog post by Todd Clarke: http://activerain.com/blogsview/823171/Putting-our-experiences-together-to-make-the-banking-experience-better-for-all His most wonderful idea is to gather together all our nightmare short sale/foreclosre stories in on
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12/05/2008
Here's my Baby Lily, clearly enjoying her first Halloween! Obviously this photo is a few weeks old, but she's up to about 9 pounds now, and is staying awake for longer periods of time. She and her parents spent Thanksgiving with us, and I've even gotten to babysit for her twice! Th
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12/05/2008
It has been weeks since I posted an entry to my blog. I'm a bad bad blogger. I haven't even done a lot of reading and commenting. I'm a bad bad commenter. After becoming a member of Active Rain earlier this year, I left it alone and kind of forgot about it. How I got turned onto it again i
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12/03/2008