Are You A Penny Pincher Or A Time Optimizer? We all like a deal. No one likes to pay more for something than is absolutely necessary. What woman's eyes don't light up at the thought of a sale? There is also penny pinching. Trying to get a bargain to the nth degree. Sometimes the tradeoff is our t
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01/06/2010
Wintry weather can at times be fun but with frozen pipes, NO FUN. So if this applies to you some helpful advice for this time of year: Weather can change quickly, especially in the winter. A fast-moving cold front can cause temperatures to drop below freezing within hours. Outdoor pipes, pipes in
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01/05/2010
What if you saw a headline in the business section of your local newspaper that read My Chocolate Chip Cookie Says It Is A Bad Time To Buy A Home? Nonsense right? So why do we listen to either the naysayers or for that manner the perenially pollyannish among us (aka NAR) about when it is the righ
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01/04/2010
Sorry, this Speechless Sunday has some 'speech' to go along with it. As Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story. LOL. There are always exceptions. Hanging out with friends and family at one too many Tiki bars enjoying the holidays, this was the best joke I heard. I am paraphrasing it best
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01/03/2010
Having written more than 1,100 blog posts in my little over two years here in the Rain, I have had many readers and for the most part those that were reading and commenting on what I wrote, I went back and read what they wrote about. Each person had a unique perspective and style from their own l
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01/01/2010
I always thought each year people making new year's resolutions was kind of silly. Why didn't they start making them on April 20th or October 7th? This time thing of endings and beginnings and our age on our birthdays is all man made you know. It is purely arbitrary with the calendars we design.
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01/01/2010
