We have four Chihuahuas.As Chihuahuas are, they're small dogs.You wouldn't expect they could change a whole lot in our yard. They're not diggers. When we take them out, they take care of business, maybe sprint after each other a few times when they're a few ounces lighter, and head back to the
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01/09/2020
People do rude things (at least based on our personal standards).People do stupid things (at least based on our evaluation of the situation).Anyone who doesn't think like me is a _________________ (there's a wide choice of words to fill in that blank).I've seen evidence on Facebook that mindreadi
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01/08/2020
"Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation."Seneca"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."Oscar WildeThe problem with quotes is you can find something to support almost any viewpoint!Seneca indicates if you go too far, you risk crumbling.Wild
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01/07/2020
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."Lincoln or Twain dpending on sourceI'm an introvert and an engineer, so I have resting silent face :)Silence is my natural state. Ask me a question and I'll answer.But around me, there is much being said,
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01/06/2020
I enjoy squeezing in watching some sports as I can, although it usually means I'm doing something else at the same time. The teams I like to follow are geographically scattered, mostly adopted as a kid as we moved from one area to another. Every now and then I'll attend a Reds game or a Blue J
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01/05/2020
"What can you tell me about the house?"That's a question we get asked periodically about our homes for sale by other real estate agents.The reality is 99% of what we can tell an agent is already spelled out in the MLS. Home features, the facts, some marketing remarks. And the property disclosur
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01/04/2020
Cincinnati MLS has roughly 6400 active real estate agents. That number fluctuates with the housing market. When the market gets rough, those agents who find the going too tough will go pull out of the business. When the market is going great, those agents plus lots of new agents will go take t
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01/03/2020
We love watching our honeybees. They work with a purpose.We too are in a business that is VERY time sensitive and requires working with a purpose. A sense of urgency is essential.If a home comes on the market, our buyers may have less than a day to view and decide to offer or not. The market i
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01/02/2020
It's a new year and like most years, we're putting to use the new things we learned the previous year.Last fall we built a catio on our back deck to allow some of our cats to have some outside time while still being protected from anything that might think of them as a furry appetizer. It took s
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01/01/2020
Hear that sound as 2020 draws near?It's the sound of the same drum you've heard beaten before, but are you ready to listen to it?Early on in my blogging career Anita Clark provided me some blogging tips about how to make this blogging effort actually turn into BUSINESS rather than just upping my
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12/31/2019
