Thinking of moving to Tucson, AZ but worried about weather in the SWDesert? Personally speaking, I'll take our high temps over hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes and the like. We do get our own Desert 'brand' of weather, however, so with full disclosure, I'll include a couple of links
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06/29/2016
Well, I'm putting it out there for the public.We are cat lovers. We'd love TWO cats a whole lot more, but...we have four.Let me share a little history.We had two cats. One was a stray given to us and along about 9 months of age, discovered he had feline leukemia. My husband was so distraught o
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06/28/2016
Long ago (over 25 years!) when I was a new school secretary, a student interviewed me about my position that I held. One of the questions was, "What do you dislike the most about your job?" I said, "the interruptions". I just wanted to do my work! As time went on, I grew to realize my job WAS
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06/20/2016
I have been heartlessly cleaning this past month.Heartlessly, according to Merriam-Webster online, says the Simple Definition of heartless is: very cruel. Taking it a step further, the full definition of heartless says, "spiritless" or "lacking feeling.Now I looked up "spiritless" as well, and MW
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06/18/2016
Escape the Tucson Heat at Planet SmoothieWhere: I visited the location on the northwest corner of Ina and Oracle.What: Independently owned franchise owned locally.Why: Yummy smoothies made with real fruit! Great Mission Statement: " To make every guest’s day better by serving great-tasting pro
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06/13/2016
The Swamp cooler, aka Evaporative cooler, is a part of many homes built in the metropolitan area of Tucson. However, 80% of homes currently active and for sale in Tucson do NOT have evaporative coolers.What is evaporative cooling? Think...getting out of the pool on a hot day and feeling "cold"A
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06/10/2016
I've mentioned termites in two of my posts this past week and thought I ought to catch ya'll up on the current situation of Termites in Tucson.Fact: They haven't gone away Fact: They can be controlled with regular pest serviceFact: I wrote about them back in 2011 and there are some amazing pho
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06/09/2016
Wow, I was looking back at my history today and way back on June 7, 2010, I placed my first personally-written blog post, advertising my own townhome for sale.How time flies! I did a quick average of how many times I blogged a month, spread over the years, and got 15 1/2 blogs. So, averaging a
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06/08/2016
Are you relocating to Tucson, AZ and are looking for a new home? Perhaps filled with questions about life in the SWDesert area? Employees from Caterpillar will be moving to Tucson as well over the next five years and curious about the Tucson lifestyle, sent questions regarding relocation to ou
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06/08/2016
Rattlesnakes, Mountain Lions, Javelina, Scorpions and More! Acclimating to living in Tucson and SW DesertContinuing in my present vein of answering common questions from Caterpillar employees anticipating a move to Tucson over the new five years or so, here's the current topic: Rattlesnakes, Mou
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06/07/2016
