Germany is a lot closer to 2012 than we are - 6 hours (from the East Coast) to be exact! I'll be sure to toast into the New Year early again as I skype with my family around midnight/6 pm - or actually I'll be ringing it in twice. We'll be having a fun evening with friends we haven't seen in over
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12/31/2011
Recycle your Christmas Tree - Howard County, MD This season was the first one in a long, long time that we enjoyed a real Christmas tree and it's been wonderful from beginning to end - from researching the Christmas tree farms, to cutting our own at Triadelphia Lake View Farm to decorating it wit
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12/30/2011
Recycle your Christmas Tree - Montgomery County, MD: If you have enjoyed a real Christmas-tree this season like we have, you are now inevitably faced with the question of how or where to recycle your Christmas tree in Montgomery County, MD. The easiest way would be to place it out by the curb on
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12/30/2011
Have you Spokeo'd lately? No? Well maybe you should. I first learned about Spokeo through an AR blog some time ago and made a note to check it out. I did. Spokeo has me spooked. Spokeo claims to be "a people search engine that organizes vast quantities of white-pages listings, social information
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12/29/2011
2012 BAH: more in line with the average housing costs in the Washington, DC Metro Area *Update: click on the links to find a break-down of the 2013 BAH Rates for Fort Meade and Walter Reed NMMC Bethesda* The yearly publication of the new BAH rates are always highly anticipated. The BAH rates for
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12/27/2011
TRACKING SANTA around the world It's a quarter past 4 pm on Christmas Eve. The cookies are in the oven, all the presents are wrapped, stockings are hung and the house is clean (mostly). Now all that's left to do is wait for SANTA! NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) is a tremendous
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12/24/2011
LIGHTS ON THE BAY at Sandy Point State Park & SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS in Columbia, MD Driving through one of the Festival of Lights in Central Maryland is a highlight for every child - my girls look forward to it all Season but we usually save this special event until right before Christmas. For th
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12/23/2011
Count on Mike Cooper to call it like it is! He's been known to ruffle some major feathers before - I can only imagine hope what this blog will do! The no-spin zone in full effect! Well done Mike! Cornerstone Business Group, Inc.
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12/22/2011
Closing days are exciting but always a bit bittersweet! Today I converted another buyer to a 'boughter' (Congratulations again!). I am very happy for them but I'm also a bit sad that this relationship has ended. We got along great and have A LOT in common and I know I've made some new friends. B
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12/20/2011
Today was our last chance to cut our own Christmas tree at TRIADELPHIA LAKE VIEW (TLV) FARM in Glenelg, MD. Since this is the first time that our little family set up a real tree, we wanted to make it a family event and had to wait for hubby to come back home! It almost turned out as I had imag
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12/18/2011
