Brenda Harmon's (cstex99) Blog

One year I still needed classes for my license renewal.  I went to an environmental class at my local board office.  Right in the middle of the class the instructor stopped the class and showed an episode of the Andy Griffith show.  The episode is titled, "Barney Fife, Realtor."  I have never see...

Haven't been on Activerain for long but I have noticed some things. 1) I see some people being featured regularly.  Sometimes I understand it and other times I say    "HUH?" 2) Some people are just personable and fun and have a big following. 3) Some people have great tips and have a big followin...

Just got through reading Fran Gatti's great post on credit card companies.  Check it out you will be surprised. (or maybe you won't be.) It got me to thinking of something I learned a few years ago.  Don't ask me how I found this out. I don't know but it is interesting.  If you want to find out i...

I had a client a few years ago.  She was my husband's nurse when he had a double knee replacement. Susie (not her name) said that she wanted to buy a house.  She stated that she could tell I was a good person by the way I took care of my husband. Susie and I started at looking at houses.  She wou...

Okay, This will bring back memories for the girls.  Guys, you probably were in tents in the backyard for your parties. I think we should have a slumber party.  I used to love them. See if you could stay up all night, have a scavenger hunt, do each others hair, eat onion dip, use the ojui board to...

Looking for gift ideas? Aren't we always.  If you are from Texas or have clients that like a Western Theme do I have a store for you.  My sister found in surfing the internet.  She loves to surf! I was looking for bottle openers to put on coolers that my husband makes. We went to Humble and could...

We are remodeling our house.  It used to be an old restaurant.  It was built in 1968.  We are refinishing the kitchen cabinets (all wood).  It has a large, old stainless steel sink. Would you replace it with a new farm apron stainless steel sink, a copper sink or what? You know I will probably ge...

  We are remodeling a home.  I should say my husband is remodeling our home. My fingers won't close around a hammer or paint brush.  I told him this going in and he wanted to buy it anyway.  We bought a tankless water heater.  They are smaller than a suitcase and you don't heat the water all day ...

One of my favorite stores for cards is Half Price Books.  They have unique postcards and notecards. They usually have a rolling bin of clearance cards. Today I bought- 10 bookmarks with tassels 1 Box (15 notecards)- Hello Kitty 1 Box (15 notecards) Peeps (you know the easter candy) 1 package- 20 ...

Remember the children's nursery rhyme? Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candlestick. (It's been a while, I think that's how it goes) It got me thinking about today's market. You have to be flexible (nimble) and raise above the crowd. You have to be quick (don't sit around waiti...