A caregiver is an everyday hero, they take on many roles. Every single day can oresent new challenges. And, there are many tasks. A caregiver wears many hats - nurse, activities director, cook, housekeeper, chauffer, pharmacist - just to name a few. For caregivers in the mid-Hudson Valley, a FREE
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10/26/2008
In a few days, at a more appropriate time - I will ask for family permission to pay official tribute to a wonderful man. I have been absent from Active Rain for a few days because I was feeling too blue. Yesterday I attended a funeral of a friend and a well respected real estate attorney. At 73 y
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10/25/2008
"I love to tease my New York agent friends! If you don't negotiate the deal, what do you do to earn that big old check"? This was a comment by Patricia Kennedy on one of my previous posts. Now, Pat works the Washington DC market, where a lawyer is not needed for a real estate transaction. She al
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10/20/2008
Nobody who's ever ventured north of NY City or Westchester County would ever imagine this! Only 70 miles away from the Big Apple is a beautiful and peaceful landscape. Manhattanites who come up here for a weekend drive usually fall in love with the Upstate NY countryside. Often I've heard it said
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10/15/2008
Have you let yourself become a last minute Realtor? It's a fact - there are fewer and fewer buyers to work with. And, for every listing there are fewer and fewer showings. Sellers have pretty much let their guard down these days. Many sellers are requiring 24 notice. Do you tell buyers this? I do
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10/13/2008
Some of you will call me OCD. Go ahead! But, I found myself one cheapskate builder when we built 9 years ago. I wasn't in the real estate business back then and maybe I didn't know any better. I didn't pre-determine if the completed construction project would include a garage paint job. I should
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10/05/2008
I was talking to a friend today about the differences between our parent's generation, the generation before them - and how they were so much more resourceful than we are today. We have become a wasteful society and I am guilty as well as the rest of you! The conversation had started when I was
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10/05/2008
While driving home from my belated birthday celebration tonight, a few deer friends jumped out of the woods to surprise me! It was dark and we almost didn't see them. My husband hit the brakes just in time. We stopped and so did they - in the middle of the road they stood there staring back at us
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10/04/2008
I got caught in a traffic snarl today and was running 5 minutes late to my inspection. Turns out the inspector arrived long before the scheduled time! Enroute to the inspection, my phone rang. It was my buyer client telling me the inspector wanted the lock-box code so he could start. Perhaps, no
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10/04/2008
Many of you know Gary Woltal. What is there not to love about this guy? If I am addicted to Active Rain - and I am, it's probably because on any given day I can always look forward to one or two of Gary's inspirational posts. I think I have become a groupie! And, I am only one of many. If you don
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10/02/2008
