There are so many inconsistencies in the world we live in today. The housing market is waaaayyy off and has been for a couple of years. It makes it difficult to explain the new homes being all around the area. The builders are able to offer upgrades and attractive finance packages that we cann
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11/30/2011
In our remodeling efforts we have moved several things onto the covered patio to make room to complete projects. The arrangement seems to have been favorably received by two of the outside cats who adopted us last year about this time. They have settled in on our patio and in fact made our back
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11/27/2011
Green chili chicken (Made with Chilis from Hatch New Mexico) This is an adaptation of what I used to make for my boys. It was called King Ranch chicken then and has since been changed into a dip. ( It can easily become the Ranch chicken again by layering the ingredients on top of layers of crus
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11/24/2011
I have been wanting to replace countertops in the kitchen without totally ripping out the old ones for a while now. The main problem has been is that the existing tops are laminate and they roll up in back and the laminate goes up the wall. So the question of how to quickly and easily get rid o
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11/21/2011
How many oysters does it take? We have a new favorite restaurant! We have been going there for several years when we are traveling in the FM 1960 area. The fish is always beautifully prepared and the prices are very competitive. We have had another favorite where the atmosphere and setting are
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11/19/2011
One of my favorite features about the house we bought to redo about five years ago was and is the back yard. In addition to the artfully created flower beds is the fact that we are still discovering assorted yard art. The photo for today is a remnant of a recently discovered antique plow. It wa
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11/18/2011
As we enter the season of Thanksgiving this year, there are many disturbing things going on. The media is full of gloom and doom . One can find constantly negative news at any hour of any given day. If we are not careful, we can easily be distracted from the tasks at hand. Business dies off
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11/17/2011
When you receive a referral on a listing that needs to be totally redone and the seller does not seem receptive to the idea of doing repairs, is that the time to rethink the advisability of taking the listing? When you find that the previous listing agent did not remove the listing in such a wa
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11/15/2011
Would it be fun to be green? If you look closely at the attached photo, you will see a lovely little lizard. He was luxuriating on a leaf on our exceptionally happy plumera plant when Ralph was attempting to remove the dead leaves. The surprise factor for both Ralph and Larry the lizard was int
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11/15/2011
Watching my husband and his family deal with having to put his 90 year old Dad in a nursing home has been heart wrenching. I know this is a daily occurrence for lots of folks, and I know it always puts a strain on things. I had to do this years ago for my father when he and my mother were fighti
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11/14/2011
