My son’s idea of Hell is dressing up as someone he is not and asking strangers for candy. My daughter’s idea of Heaven is the same thing.
Daughter and I went out and trick-or-treated almost to exhaustion.
We saw tons of people I knew and some kids from her class at school – glassy-eyed and stumbling, because [...]
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Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Oct 30th, 2007
This is just about the coolest tool going. Type in your address, type in your rent, and see if you’re paying too much, just about right, or too little for your area.
http://www.rentometer.com/
Now sometimes, of course a higher rent will be justified by condition of the place, just like there might be a very good reason [...]
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Posted in Real Estate Industry on Oct 25th, 2007
My brothers used to threaten to burn my Little House books when I picked up Little Town on the Prairie to read for the twenty-third time. One brother drew body parts on my Raggedy Ann doll. The same brother would tie my Fisher Price Little People to paper napkins acting as some sort of parachute contraption and [...]
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At William Wiley Elementary in West Richland, WA, they have an annual food drive. Two years ago, the Apple Cup Canned Food Battle began. Children donated canned goods and instant meal packages into their favorite team’s box. We have a ton more Cougar fans than Husky fans in this part of the state, so the Cougars [...]
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Posted in Real Estate Career on Oct 20th, 2007
In the sixth grade, I sat next to a boy named David Jackson. David had dark red hair and freckles and I remember thinking he was cute.
David was also smart (hey, I’ve always been a sucker for a guy with a high IQ). In our class, you were allowed to wander over to the library/game area [...]
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