Orange U glad it's the weekend? This is the last Friday in September and then we begin a new month refreshed. Leaves are beginning to tumble to the ground, grass no longer needs to be cut as frequently, the air is beginning to feel differently. Last night Flower Mound was blessed with a beautiful
...
09/30/2011
Effective October 1, 2011, the costs associated with getting a VA mortgage are going DOWN! An overview: VA mortgages are bundled, securitized and sold in the secondary market with the backing of the Federal Government. In order to insure these mortgages, the government charges a type of insurance
...
09/29/2011
September 28, 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. September 28, 1961 – In the episode called,”What’ll We Watch Tonight,“ Hazel purchases a color T.V. This is the only first season episode
...
09/27/2011
When Larry Bettag of Illlinois offered all ActiveRain members a chance to enter a contest, I had to think about the National Association of REALTORS© Code of Conduct and reflect on my own Best Practices for business. Breaking through the complexities of the housing crises, and the financial woes
...
09/27/2011
There are only 98 more days; then 2011 will be gone forever, and the New Year begins. I am spending the next five days in September to savor the memories of autumn. I will embrace the beginning of change. Next comes October, an opportunity to harvest my thoughts, do good things, and prepare for t
...
09/25/2011
"I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore." ~Luke Perry The Texas Wildfire Relief Fund supplies Texas Firefighters equipment, water
...
09/21/2011
"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance." ---Charles Lindbergh (American Aviator remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927. (1902-1974) How's your day? Did you wak
...
09/19/2011
Today, I put in 13 1/2 hours of labor; in the end, this is all I ended up with - but isn't it beautiful! Surely, I thought we'd have a good thunderstorm; but not a drop of rain. So I settle for the beauty of a painted sky; patiently, I wait... .Copyrighted Photo - Patricia Feager
09/18/2011
Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new and fresh and astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing. When the world gives you a feeling of "déjà vu," when you are used to existence, you become an ad
...
09/16/2011
The OASIS on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas is a beautiful place to enjoy the sunset. The food is excellent, the atmosphere is unique in that you have individual tiered cliffs with seating arrangements to enjoy the view of the lake. This is a great place to capture the sun, watch someone getting ma
...
09/14/2011