Nancy's Olympia area Blog
A blog about community events in the Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater area in WA including the real estate market in those communities.
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2010
Your finance contingency is there to protect you - unless you waste it, Mr/Mrs Buyer! In the Olympia, WA area we use Northwest MLS forms for purchase and sales agreements, and the majority of buyers include a financing addendum when they make an offer on a property. If you are going to be borro...
08/31/2010
Olympia's Sand in the City this past weekend had some pretty amazing and creative sand sculptures to admire - and lots more for young and old to enjoy! We headed down to the waterfront area yesterday afternoon, with 3 year old granddaughter talking about wanting to throw rocks in the water! Sh...
08/30/2010
Olympia's Waterfront Boardwalk is getting a makeover! The wooden boardwalk has been gradually deteriorating to the point of becoming unsafe in some sections, so the makeover is now underway! First, in sections, the old boardwalk is being removed, including the creosoted pilings that supported i...
08/29/2010
We're all in our places with bright sunny faces! Somehow as I was out admiring the sunflowers in my garden that phrase jumped into my mind - don't know for sure if I learned it in kindergarden?? Sunday school? But apparently there it was tucked away in my memory, ready to jump to mind looking...
08/27/2010
I know there are still some scary and depressing statistics about falling home sales - in both numbers of sales and prices. But I am noticing a bit of a counter-trend lately here in the Olympia area. The last several offers I wrote up for buyers (3 different buyers at that) have all landed in m...
08/26/2010
Sand in the City will be happening this coming weekend in downtown Olympia! No we don't actually have sandy beaches even though we do have Budd Inlet waterfront - but the sand sculptures will be amazing, amusing and well worth a trip to downtown Olympia to view. Here are some examples from last ...
08/24/2010
This weekend I made my usual trek down to Olympia Farmers Market to get tomatoes (ours are gradually ripening, but I need some more for a good sounding recipe to use some of our zucchini...), some Walla Walla sweet onions, more blueberries (to go in some zucchini/blueberry bread) and something fo...
08/22/2010
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Olympia's annual pet parade was this morning and the downtown streets were alive with kids in costumes, dogs in costumes, decorated bikes/trikes/wagons, cats in cages (not looking happy), a hamster running on his wheel in his cage - even the Olympia Highlanders bagpipe band! Note the very patie...
08/21/2010
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Olympia's Pet Parade is happening this weekend - Saturday, Aug. 21st! There is something special about the bond between children and pets, and this parade is their chance to parade through the streets of Olympia - and maybe even win a prize. The prize categories include big dogs, small dogs, ...
08/20/2010
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