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I have to thank Sharon Simms for putting it out there in the rain about whether having an auto-responder to take the place of you personally commenting and acknowledging all the Active Rain members and non-members who took the time to comment on your blog is really the way to go.  If you haven't ...

I don't know about you, but where I live there are always signs of nature that represent the changing of the seasons.  Here we are in the Fall and this is the only time of year in Eureka California that the Pumpkin Spiders come out. I think they get their nick name "Pumpkin" because of their oran...

I just read Liz Moras's most recent post in the rain,  It's Just a Matter of Perspective Isn't It?  An Elephant Story.  She has some great insight definitely check out the blog.  But it inspired me to take this concept of "Perspectives" in a different direction.  It definitely got me thinking abo...

I got a phone call from my husband this morning telling me, "You need to read the Eureka Reporter.  You're on the front page and they wrote a great story about you too!" A story about me?  I knew that the Eureka Reporter was going to publish a story about the upcoming networking event for local w...

An agent friend of mine, after advising her buyers against "low balling" the seller, then went to the other listing agent and apologized for the low offer. The offer was rejected with a nasty letter pretty much telling the buyers to shove it. In the world of negotiation, if we left our emotions o...

It's cool to know that Eureka California had been chosen as one of the "2008 Best Towns" in Outside magazine! Check out the article: Eureka California 2008 Best Town to visit and move to A few months ago I got a call from Katie Arnold, one of Outside Magazine's writers asking me for information a...

Ok, maybe I'm stubborn.  I have one of the newer mac notebooks (macbook) which does have the ability to handle some PC based programs by creating a wall that separates the PC side from the Apple side.  But to be honest, I really just want to be Apple based and not  be forced to have to use a PC f...

As many of you already know, especially since I associate with Jennifer Allan and the rest of the Sell with Soul supporters, I'm also not a fan of asking my sphere or influence, let alone a stranger for a referral.  Now don't get me wrong, asking for business outright does work for some, but it n...

Yesterday I uploaded a more candid (and, yes updated) photo of myself.  I figured it was time for a change, since I'm in the process of growing my hair out.  But I also made a change, because although I had a very professional photo done by some great photographer friends of mine, I constantly go...

My brother in-law and his wife came to visit my husband and I this past Labor Day weekend and it was such a pleasure to take them around and show them some of the highlights of Humboldt County.  I can't tell you how many times I have done this for out of town friends and family.  And I have so mu...