Gary Poppens's Blog

The year was 1968 and we were planning a trip to New York, not the city but Ithaca. I had an aunt, uncle and two cousins living there and we were going to visit. Having never been to New York I was extremely excited to see what the east coast looked like. Unfortunately just a few days before we w...

In previous blog I wrote how mydaughter and son-in-law bought a home that I had listed. Well the time came they closed on the house, and the transformation started. Why can't they just leave things the way they were and not have to paint before they move in. It didn't take long for about three or...

This past week my family, two daughters,husbands, and children and of course my wife, went on a little vacation to a lake about an hour and half away from where we live. We rent a condo on the lake for the week there are only two bedrooms, so we have to stack up on the sleeping arrangements. I al...

A movie came out a while back about two older gentlemen that were on their last legs and wanted to do somethings that they never had the chance to do before they died, thus the Bucket List. One of my aunts passed away this past week, her husband had been gone for about ten years and she was livin...

This past weekend we had a family reunion, now that's no big deal except there were people that came from both coasts, parts of the mid west, and of course our own locality. My aunts and uncles I see once and awhile but there were cousins that I haven't seen for 15 to 20 years. Some of these cous...

As this past week transpired I took the time to read a book and visit with my father. The book made me reflect on what is important in our lives and gave me an new insight on the creation and how our world evolved into the vast expanse that it is, and what our purpose is and how we should carry t...

We all have had homes that haven't sold as fast as we thought they should have, or at least I have. One home that I had was on the market forever or so it seemed we lowered the price and had great turnouts at the open houses but no offers. We advertised in all the media had all the updates done i...

This is the time of the year when graduation takes place and all the graduates embark on an adventure unknown to them. Some will further their education and some will choose the job market. Then some further their education after being in the job market for awhile. No matter how you do it it's co...

As I was driving home from an open house the call came, it was from my mother, can you come right away your father needs to go to the hospital he can't breathe. Panic was my first thought, then I asked how bad it was and determined we probably didn't need the ambulance but wasn't sure, he had thi...

Have you ever done something that after you did it you just knew it was the right thing to do? As we go through life we come upon challenges that try our patience, temper, and knowledge, but if you go back to the basics and apply those principles that you learned, or should have, things will work...