Pat Kennedy - Home in the Capital

It was a fun week with a day off to say thanks.  And there was a lot to be thankful for on ActiveRain, including these favorites:Friday's Fotos--Things that Happen at the Lake--Well, You Know the Rest Gayle Rich-Boxman: Now here's a flirtworthy guy!Black Friday & Black Cats Sale in Santa Barbara!...

With the election over and a new administration, there's a new contingency coming to town!"This offer is contingent until   whenever   upon purchaser being confirmed for Dream Job in the new president's cabinet ."While there will be many job openings for appointees from cabinet level to Assistant...

Six years ago, one of my favorite people (and my sister's boyfriend) called asking for advice.  He wanted to buy a house, maybe a little land, in Northern Virginia.  He was thinking about something in the general Leesburg area in Loudoun County.  I went onto MRIS and found some possibilities, ran...

                      When you go over the river and through the woods for Thanksgiving dinner, there is often an opportunity for a cow photo or two.  And coming home this morning,  this pretty lady decided she would pose for me.  She even flipped her right ear a bit when she posed for me.  I hop...

Debbie Reynolds ( that would be the real Debbie Reynolds) challenged us to write daily posts for ten days leading to Thanksgiving sharing what we were thankful for.  And earlier this evening, I finished the last one.  And as I sit in my sister's living room about to crash on her couch, I am flood...

Most  years, I've hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at my house for nearby family and a few friends thrown in. This year, when my sister Joan suggested she host the Thanksgiving dinner, I was a little bit dubious.  You see, Joan is a serious vegetarian.  And I'm not talking about one of those vegetari...

Tomorrow I'm heading to Lovettsville, VA for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, prepared by my sister, Joan.Now, all week, publications from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post have been publishing articles about the perils to avoid at this year's turkey dinner - don't talk about the ele...

You can't get around it.In real estate,  lead generation is a contact sport.And the highest quality leads you can get are the ones that involve face-to-face encounters and your telephone.Yes, a good website will produce some prospects.  But to get a truly great base of people who will work with y...

No list of blessing is complete without a great big thank you to Willie the Labradoodle.Willie came to live with me a few months before I discovered ActiveRain in 2007.  I got him from a rather dubious breeder who lived in a trailer in West Virginia.  She had a great website.The breeder told me o...

Today's thank you is for growing up Noon and Kennedy.When my mother was still in high school, my father spotted her at a skating rink.  He had just graduated from college (at age 19) and right after Pearl Harbor they got married and had a bunch of children - seven, six of whom made it.  To explai...