Sandy Childs's (sandychilds) Blog

I take great pride in being on top of things and being in complete control over what is happening in day to day life. How frustrating this must have been ~ for both my father, who passed on and my mother, who is still fighting with the disease of Alzheimer's. It must be maddening, not to be able ...

We have all heard the expression: "You are what you eat." Well, with that being said and generally accepted, are we what we tell ourselves we are?  Any situation is just as good or bad as we perceive it to be and how we react to it.  During this shifting market we need to find things to be posit...

Every year my nephew has a contest at his school to see which kids can bring in the most box top for eduction, and of course there is a prize for the kid who bring in the most of the box tops. I found a site on the computer that lists all of the products that carry box tops for eduction and thoug...

Only two weeks ago we were at Myrtle Beach. The sun was hot and the ocean was just wonderful. We played on the beach with the children, rode the boogie boards, built sand castles, and all of that beach stuff. We ate at the seafood buffet, rode the go carts and played putt-putt. Did we have fun o...

This is just too funny!!!!A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.  The man gets up and goes to the door, where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. "Not a chance," says the husband, "it is 3:00 in the morning!"  He slams the d...

  Thanks for all of the well wishes, good thoughts and especially the prayers for my wisdom tooth extraction from yesterday. I am doing great and enjoying the pain meds, which are just about to get the best of me. It has been some time since I have gotten to spend this much time on Active Rain in...

Not everything you hear is true, read this and believe me!We got a call from a potential short sale seller....Her lawyer told her...    - She will never owe the bank anything in a short sale    - The house is pricced high enough to avoid any shortage to the bank    - The house is priced over 30% ...

Words of Wisdom from a Great Agent, Who Knows the Market of the Moment, please read!Most agents I know will give a seller a price range during a listing presentation. Somewhere on the scale is where the house should sell, based on what is happening in the market now, not 4 or 5 years ago. Most se...

Tomorrow at 11:30 am est I'll be in the dentist's chair having my upper wisdom teeth extracted. So far it's not bothered me. Today was busy and there was a lot to do. Tonight is a different story. I made the mistake of googling wisdom teeth extractions. Even the word extraction sounds creepy. Of ...

Hopefully you have already read the blog post on Sunday open houses that I posted before this one. I try not to post on the same day, however my wisdom teeth are being extracted tomorrow morning, so her goes the blog. I have really enjoyed reading what some of you guys do at open houses. Here ar...