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2007 

Almost 5 years ago my family moved from a 1200 sq.ft. Rancher into a 2800 sq.ft. Cape Cod. The cape cod at the time was about 12 years old and had one peculiar feature which we knew nothing about. It had 'Geothermal' heating and cooling!I'm not going to go into the technical aspects of this techn...
09/30/2007
As a child, one of my favorite and most requested to repeat nursery rhymes was Jack And The Beanstalk! Why it so fascinated me is 'food' for another post!For the next couple days I will be attending the annual Old Republic Title PA title agents seminar! Although I am not by nature fond of meeting...
09/30/2007
Win or lose, make the playoffs or not, our fightin' Phillies have given us a season to remember and it ain't over yet! All season long they have struggled to overtake the NY Mets, and just about 10 days ago they were 7 games out and struggling for even a 'wild card' finish to make the playoffs.No...
09/29/2007
Not only is real estate local, but each property is unique---no matter how broad a brush we use to paint!The other day, my sister called to inform me that her son and his wife put an offer in on a home in our area. The home was listed for $439,900. dollars. My nephew and his wife had a concern ab...
09/28/2007
Now that Jo-Anne Smith's 'Honesty Contest' is over, I can safely write this post! First of all, every entrant in the contest was amazing. And the winners, in particular, were outstanding---both in topic, content and style! I, for one, agree with the outcome and personally congratulate the winners...
09/26/2007
Who can forget that hilarious comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy---I can laugh just thinking about it!So, go out today and buy one of those 'not too frilly' midsize cars---spend around $35,000 dollars, keep it for around 2 years, and after fuel costs, maintenance, insurance, etc., you ca...
09/26/2007
As I have mentioned in some of my past posts, I am a 'puzzle lover'. Hard crosswords, cryptoquotes, sudokus, etc. are what I thrived on before my Active Rain addiction! One of my favorite thought activities are ACRONYMS. I offer one here for your consideration:A---AC---COMMUNITYT---TOI---INSPIREV...
09/25/2007
Years ago at a seminar attended by 40 or so people, I remember the moderator suggesting that there were probably 2 people in the room who share the same birthday! To my amazement, there were! Now, I'm not a statistician, so I'm not quite sure how all this works out, but I was truly impressed! The...
09/25/2007
One of my favorite expressions when asked 'What Title Insurance Is' or more particularly 'What Do You Do In Title Insurance' is: "Even My Wife Isn't Quite Sure What It Is That I Do".Truth be known, the Title Insurance Industry, and agents as well for that matter, have done a lousy job in educatin...
09/22/2007
Douglassville Pennsylvania is a community of residential neighborhoods 80% of which have been developed over the last ten years. It is where I reside and it is an excellent place to raise a family. Families are middle income, highly educated, and of diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds. The...
09/20/2007