“Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.” ~Kristin Armstrong There are certain things in this life that bother me and I don’t know why. Sometimes what bothers me doesn’t make sense but it doesn’t matter, does it? I need… Continue reading The Dreaded Thumbs Up
A quick look through my past posts will clearly show anyone who is curious that I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I even took about six months off from the social media giant last year (nobody noticed) after I realized I was becoming depressed when I didn’t get the attention I expected; that realization… Continue reading A Pet Peeve About Facebook
My family and I recently remodeled our house. It was a process that took well over four months to complete and involved us moving out for three of those months. I must confess that I would have preferred to buy another house rather than remodel but my husband got cold feet last year and he… Continue reading Top 5 List as of September 23, 2016
I read these powerful words today from Jon Austin, a man I don’t know but he has single-handedly captured my utter disgust with Donald Trump over his recent battle with Khizr Khan about his wife’s reason she didn’t speak at the Democratic National Convention that I felt compelled to share them. He stated what every American… Continue reading How Will You Explain Trump to Your Kids? Please RT
Rarely do I complain about a company but it seems there’s been twice this year (ok, maybe three) when I’ve felt the need to let the Internet consumer know about my experiences. Perhaps my experiences are not typical; however, what if they are? Wouldn’t you want to know prior to submitting an order what the… Continue reading Red Light Rant: Why I Won’t Be Buying from Lumens.com Again
Although I blast AirBnb in my title, I will also include HomeAway, VRBO, and any other home-away-from-home kind of site where private homeowners are thrown into the job of professional property manager. Mere mortals were not meant for property management. I should know–I have over 14 years in real estate and as of this writing,… Continue reading 5 Reasons I Will Never Stay at Another AirBnb
Honestly, I do not feel like writing today but I’m doing it because I told Michael Katz of Blue Penguin Development that I would to honor his dad who passed away this week with making a blog post. You see, his dad followed through on running for exercise nearly every single day. I have made… Continue reading When a Neighbor’s Hobby Bugs You
What I noticed today is who contacted me to make sure my family and me were okay during the recent Poinsettia Fire. We were really, really close to the second fire with the first one being dubbed the Bernardo fire. We were given orders via Reverse 911 to get ready to go. My family and… Continue reading What I Noticed Today Is…The News is Harming Friendships
Somebody who doesn’t know me just called me a judgmental racist because of an opinion I shared on Facebook about Richard Sherman’s behavior on camera after “The Big Game.” I wrote the opinion after reading a post on HuffingtonPost.com a friend shared on her wall. I must admit that I don’t follow football and I… Continue reading What I’ve Noticed Today Is…I’m Not a Racist
No doubt there is more to the story, but when a child in 7th grade is given a detention for working ahead of the class, there is clearly something wrong with the educational system. The call came in on Wednesday to my friend from the teacher. I cannot imagine how that conversation went although she… Continue reading What I Noticed Today Is….My Friend’s Daughter
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