The Hideout, in Lake Ariel, is a popular gated community in northeast Pennsylvania. Situated on over 4.5 square miles, The Hideout has something for everyone!The Hideout is a 2,700 acre community with six lakes and ponds. The largest lake in The Hideout is Lake Roamingwood, which is 225 acres and
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04/24/2007
My kids were pretty revved up about Earth day here in the Pocono Mountains, (but they don't think about septic systems). My youngest had a ball when her first grade class went out to the surrounding woods to pick up litter. She wanted us all to go around our neighborhood near Lake Wallenpaupack a
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04/23/2007
Open Office Suite - Everything You Need Without The Software Maker's Greed While Microsoft Office (or Corel WordPerfect) may be the standard office suites /word processors of choice, I have found the free Open Office program to be useful, versatile, and CHEAP...definitely something REALTORS like
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04/20/2007
Recently, I received an email from a family member asking my opinion about homeschooling. She has very young children and is concerned about her current school district, which has a less than stellar reputation. As concerned parents, she and her husband are exploring some options for their childr
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04/18/2007
It's not secret that not everyone is into email. Some agents really hate computers and know nothing about it. (I found a local real estate agent's website - if you could call it that - that was simply one page, featuing a picture of their office, with their phone number and address on it...snai
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04/17/2007
Settled in a valley in the Pocono Mountains, the sleepy little village of Lackawaxen can be found where the Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers converge in Pike County. Once upon a time, the northeastern PA town bustled with activity from logging, quarrying for Pennsylvania blue stone, shipping on the
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04/12/2007
Northeastern Pennsylvania's Wayne County and Pike County have some beautiful, breathtaking scenes dotting the landscape. I can never get enough of the woods, the trees, the fields, the piles of moss-covered rocks, the brooks, the Lackawaxen River....There is one thing I do get enough of - winter
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04/10/2007
early November, I wanted to have a family portrait taken outdoors, in the leaves. Too bad, on that day it was bitter cold; the wind was attacking with an icy blast. Mr. Rice and I were not looking forward to a winter that started with such cruelty! Then, magically, December and January were almo
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04/08/2007
How to pronounce Wallenpaupack: wall-en-paw-pack. I have heard all sorts of funny attempts, my favorite is "Wuh-linn'puhpack" said as quickly as possible, with the "linnpuhpack" said very in a very rushed and staccato way. Another one I have heard is "Wall-en-poo-pack", which would have made my k
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04/07/2007
My husband has an almost Pavlovian response to the magic words "Honey, I have an idea!" A sharp intake of breath, eyes rolling backward, and a desperate "oh no..." muttered just loudly enough for me to hear. Poor honey. He does suffer through one crazy scheme after another, I guess. As a real
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04/06/2007
