Ann-Marie's Blog

I accepted an international job early last month and I’m currently waiting for the “GREEN” light for my Chinese “Working” Visa, coming from the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, ON. I began this morning, with 2 high school kids coming to my backyard, 2 hrs late, to take all of my construction items to t...

      Having a Math/Science background, I used to play with my daughter's toys, especially her mechanical toys.  I definitely want to meet this guy, while I'm in Beijing!  I wonder if I can transform this transformer into a giant Jet Flying Ferrari that flys through their week long traffic jams i...

  With the news that China has bumped Japan as the 2nd economic powerhouse in the world, it was time for me to make a decision!  I hadn't looked falling back into my teacher role, after 6 years not teaching, except for some 1 or 2 “supply teaching” short-term jobs here in Canada.  The “supply tea...

      Today is a beautiful sunny & warm provincial holiday in New Brunswick, it’s New Brunswick Day!  It’s celebrated every year on the 1st Monday of August, since 1976.  Each year, the province picks a city for the official provincial ceremonies.  This year the NB celebrations are in the Town of...

  Larry Estabrooks, an Independent REALTOR from Moncton, has a great representation of the New Housing starts comparison for Saint John, Moncton & Fredericton...  ;>))   Moncton surges, Fredericton holds steady and Saint John slows down. My chart illustrates the end of June 2010 numbers supplied ...

  in Boston, MA   I met more than a speeding light of FANTASTIC 90+ RainCamp BOSTON Attendees I met!!!  All these people were here to learn and update their skills and contacts to the next level.  I have put a list of most of the attendees that i collected business cards from.  I put it in an ord...

                  This is a photo of a sunset I took today, here on Hwy 7, in Grand Bay-Westfield, NB.  I didn't realize the mushroom cloud above it, until I downloaded the photo to my MacBook.  ENJOY!  

Sitting here today, I was thinking of creating better questions for my potential seller and I remembered from my education years about "Open-Ended" questions.  What are "Open-Ended" questions?  They are questions designed to elicit a full response from your potential seller.  They are the opposit...

                                                                                                                                          Have you heard the commercials for Priceline.com with Captain Kirk, aka "William Shatner"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNL9xx3Ie0 Well, I got a platinum ac...

Two years ago we had a problem, we had a small 4'X4'  2nd Floor Side Deck with a gigantic hole in it that needed to be torn down before one of us fell through it!  We brought it down before we repainted our home. We had a red pine deck on the back yard of our home, that needed serious cleaning, s...