For many years, the start of the school year would creep sooner and sooner into the beginning of August. When I first moved to Richardson back in 1984, I thought it was weird that school started in August right before Labor Day, but it was ok because we would go to school for a couple of days, b
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05/25/2007
Well, I've been Meme'd several times over the past few months, and I've never really had the time to respond. I got memed again today by Stephanie Edwards-Musa, so here I am with a few moments to respond while I wait for an out of state seller to respond to an offer we received on a listing.So,
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05/24/2007
The new "Dallas" Cowboy's stadium in "Arlington" isn't even built yet, and we have already won the bid for the 2011 SuperBowl XLV!! How does that happen? I guess the pictures of what the stadium is supposed to look like blew them away enough to not care that it's not built yet.I also wonder if
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05/22/2007
Here are some before and after pictures of my new listing in Mesquite, TX. With Five kids, it took a couple of extra days to get everything ready, but I'm so glad we waited until today to list it so that extra time was used. Look what a little decluttering can do. We removed
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05/21/2007
Great house and versatile floorplan. 4 bedrooms plus a study and two and a half baths. 2 Dining areas. 1 or 2 Living areas, depending on how you do the floorplan. The Current Formal Dining can be 2nd Living area & the Study can be the Formal Dining, right off the Kitchen. The 4th bedroom is do
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05/21/2007
Some very interesting statistics have been released by NAR. Median income was $47,700 in 2006, down from $49,300 in 2004. Members licensed as brokers earned a median of $73,700 last year, while sales agents earned $34,600. Men earned a median income of $58,600 in 2006 and were more likely to be
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05/17/2007
When I was in school, every two years we had to take a standardized test in order to pass that grade. For me, the tests were very easy and I always scored well over the 95% range for the state, but that's just me. I remember my first day of seventh grade. First period was English with Ms. Gorm
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05/16/2007
There is some new legislature that has been introduced for this session. They are wanting to increase the amount for a Texas Marriage License to $60 from $30. However, if you can show you had pre-marital counseling, you only have to pay the $30 fee.What? Is this supposed to deter people from g
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05/16/2007
Well, I would like to apologize for my disappearance over the past few weeks. I've had a lot going on, and I ran into a snag. The snag being exhaustion!!I knew people would get tired while pregnant, but I never thought it would effect me the way it did. I'm a very active person, and I was left on
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05/14/2007
As I've said before, anyone is welcome to join the 24 Group if you're a fan. WOW! What a surprise ending! I was sitting there watching thinking this episode might be a drag as well, until the last 20 minutes or so. Then it was, hmmm... what's going on. I actually guessed it, but we'll get to
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05/09/2007