Day 27 - 2011 December Blogging Challenge - Looking Forward and Backward Today I picked up a new listing which will help me start the new year right. I am also working on dissolving one of my corporations so that I can start the year with less baggage. Still more to go to get the year started
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12/27/2011
Merry Christmas 2011 from Orange County, CA Sometimes I realize how lucky I am to live where I do, and others I simply forget as this has been home for most of my life. Today is Christmas, and I took a ride to the beach in 70+ degree weather. Not only was the weather great; the scenery is
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12/25/2011
To Infinity and Beyond - Speechless Sundays Who needs fancy electronic toys? The iPad2, DS, Wii . . these may be the fancy electronics all the kids wanted this year, but I'm here to tell you with just a little imagination and some cardboard, kids are ready to launch themselves in to space.
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12/25/2011
Blog It, Video It, They Will Come - Snoopy House on TV Monday, as I was stepping out to an appointment, I received a call from NBC News asking for DonovanBlatt. I asked how I could help. She told me that they were doing a story on the Snoopy House being moved to the Costa Mesa City Hall and wa
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12/20/2011
Snoopy House Moves to Costa Mesa City Hall Just a few weeks after Wells Fargo foreclosed on Snoopy House, Snoopy has a new home. The City of Costa Mesa volunteered the use of its front lawn as Snoopy's new home. So, Jim Jordan along with many volunteers was able to move the display from its old
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12/20/2011
103rd Newport Beach Boat Parade - 12-14-11 to 12-18-11 The 2011 Newport Beach Boat Parade will run from 12/14/11 to 12/18/11. This fantastic holiday spectacle has been part of my holiday for as long as I can remember. The parade starts just off Bay Island at 6:30 each night and finishes in the
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12/17/2011
Wells Fargo Forecloses on Snoopy What is the World Coming To? Last month the foreclosure crisis took a famous victim, Snoopy. Apparently, even Snoopy isn't immune to foreclosure which Wells Fargo proved when it foreclosed on Costa Mesa's famous Snoopy House. For nearly 45 years, Jim Jordan has
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12/17/2011
Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade - 12-14-11 to 12-18-11 The 2011 Newport Beach Boat Parade will run from 12/14/11 to 12/18/11. This fantastic holiday spectacle has been part of my holiday for as long as I can remember. The parade starts just off Bay Island at 6:30 each night and finishes in
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12/16/2011
There have been questions in the past days about whether or not there can be friendships/relationships formed through social media. I believe Clint answered that question with a resounding yes. If you would like to help his family through this difficult time, please see Mimi's post below. Clint
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12/12/2011
The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney with Care - Speechless Sundays I may not be ready for Christmas but the house sure is. The kids and hubby did a great job helping me get the house ready for Christmas over the weekend. Now that the stockings are hung, we just have to wait for Santa t
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12/11/2011