Lately I have felt like the world was somewhere I wanted to see from some place else. I have been humming the song and wanting to leave on a jet plane for weeks. I understand that wherever I go, I take myself with me, but there is a freedom in escape, and in travel. I usually go somewhere at this
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12/23/2012
My three dogs, all of whom are rescues, don't really get into the holiday spirit, because they are happy and spirited all year long. Dogs are like that. No matter how bad or good their days are, each day is a new and happy event, to be experienced and slept through at one point or another. Today
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12/22/2012
It is said that "each of us is the only one who can give another what each of us wants to have." With that in mind, there is so very much to consider when relating to those we love or even those we know who need a little encouragement. Every day there are simple things that make us feel good or b
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12/21/2012
Yesterday while in Massachusetts to make choices on my home there, I lost my credit card. One of the best things about the trips I take back and forth in the same day are the lunches shared with my general contractor Jim. I love to eat and I know that Jim enjoys the chance to take a break and int
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12/20/2012
After leaving at 5 AM and driving largely in the dark, I arrived in Massachusetts yesterday to a muddy mess. I finally got in the house and it is looking really good. I guess the best way to describe it is: it looks like it was always as it is. I met my general contractor, the excavator/landscape
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12/19/2012
Well I did it, I re-listed my home with my Broker/Owner, reduced the price another ten grand and had professional pictures taken after I changed the furniture in a third bedroom to look like it. I also repainted the two bedrooms that were most unique and now they are linen white. So if this doesn
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12/18/2012
It's difficult to explain to sellers why a colleague couldn't, or didn't, follow directions. I never got that and yet now that I am a seller I understand why sellers get frustrated on an up close and personal basis. Real estate isn't rocket science so....why wouldn't you lock the door when asked
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12/17/2012
I was so very happy because one of our senior dogs who has been with us for about a year was finally adopted on Saturday: or so I thought. Jake is a loving and smart Miniature Pincer who was in a home and given up because the owners..."no longer had time for him." I will never understand that. Po
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12/17/2012
Today I am going to my rescue groups adoption center in Englishtown, New Jersey. This particular place is located at a flea market that operates twelve months a year and is usually packed with people and given the season, my bet is there will be a crowd today. That said, it doesn't always mean pe
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12/16/2012
In another life many many years ago I used to teach. It was a great and important job and for ten years, first as a teacher and then as a guidance counselor I enjoyed working with children. My first teaching job was in Newark New Jersey, in a tough high school where education wasn't prized and th
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12/14/2012
