I love Doug's approach. Giving first can be very profitable. What is the key to great success ? Testimonials. Ah ! You are thinking ask people to write you testimonials and to get a lot of testimonials; a lot of 5 star Yelp reviews and Google + reviews. That will work but the key to great contin...

04/30/2018

Weekly Round-up: April 22 - 28, 2018

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Here is a round-up of links to all my posts from last week, in case you want to catch up on some you missed: Wenatchee, WA: Consistently Making A Difference "One of the greatest gifts you can give is your time." Testimonial Tuesday: Maisy's Mirror -By Mimi Foster "A reader lives a thousand li...

04/30/2018

How Vice Grips Improved My Life

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"My mind says I'm 30. My hands say otherwise."-Carol WilliamsI'm trying to find the humor in the fact I need to use vice grips to get my bottle of Joint Juice open. This is no exaggeration. I, literally, have to use vice grips to get the sealed lid off the Joint Juice. Why do they have to make ...

04/29/2018

Second Chance Saturday: Week 66

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"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."-Carol Williams Does getting Featured here in The Rain sometimes feel like a roll of the dice? Not anymore. I'm always o...

04/28/2018

NO, You Can't Pay Me! YES, I Will Help You Sell Your House!

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"Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do."In the last few weeks, I have had 2 friends ask if they can pay me to help them sell their home. I told them YES, I will help them but NO, they can't pay me. Let me explain: First, I am no longer a licensed agent so I can't accept compens...

04/27/2018

Throwback Thursday: Maggie Magellan

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"You know your driving is bad when the GPS says 'After 300 feet, stop and let me out!"In last weeks Throwback Thursday, I shared an old post from our personal blog about the challenges we experienced getting to England in the Fall of 2005. Today's Throwback is an entry made right after we got hom...

04/26/2018

Word Wednesday: Tagging

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"You learn something new every day."Have you ever experienced having trouble "tagging" an AR member in a blog post? I learned recently that if you don't Follow a person, you can't tag them in your own blog post. So, if tagging doesn't work check to be sure you are Following them.There is also a ...

04/25/2018

Testimonial Tuesday: Maisy's Mirror - By: Mimi Foster

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"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."-George R.R. Martin I take solo road trips fairly often and enjoy listening to audio books. On my last road trip, I downloaded Mimi Foster's book Maisy's Mirror. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it oth...

04/24/2018

Weekly Round-up: April 15 - 21, 2018

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Here is a round-up of links to all my posts from last week, in case you want to catch up on some you missed:Signs of Spring In Central Washington "Spring is nature's way of saying let's party." This Is What Happens... "Sh*t happens fast!" Testimonial Tuesday: Ron's Birdhouses "I love buying bi...

04/23/2018

Wenatchee, WA: Consistently Making A Difference

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"One of the greatest gifts you can give is your time." Last Thursday, April 19th Wenatchee Make a Difference Day leaders received the news that Wenatchee, Washington has once again received one of 13 National Make A Difference Day Awards. There were over 800 projects submitted in 2017 for consid...

04/22/2018