Sarah's Hurricane, WV Real Estate Blog

Day two with Team Whitten!  We're actually trying to decide what we should actually be called, but I think we'll be sticking with Team Whitten. In my head I refer to us as the Powerhouse Team, though that might not go over too well with the rest of the brokerage.  ;o)Misty was the only one I didn...

This morning I begin my career at my new brokerage, Old Colony.  It’s located in Hurricane along Teays Valley Road, a nice, big building but bursting at the seams with agents.  Good thing I’m not claustrophobic!  Old Colony has a higher market share than any other brokerage in our area, and I be...

Yesterday I got a comment from someone who gave their name as “Please Help” and asked me to go look at the WSAZ News website.  I had written a post on the death of Marlo Gonzales, “Gonzo”, a West Virginia State Trooper who shot himself here in Putnam County while on duty.  I went to the site and...

On the news this morning I kept hearing how having overweight friends make you fat. Horsehockey.  :oP I do believe that you take on bits of the people that you allow to get close to you, don’t get me wrong.  I have a few friends and family members that could stand to lose a few pounds, but I don...

If you have decisions to make, go somewhere beautiful.  Trust me on this.  If something is weighing heavy on your mind, take yourself somewhere you love, look at whatever it is that gives you peace, and THEN think it all over.  It helps, it really does.  (And don’t forget to ask your friends for...

I bought the children’s book “The Little Prince”  today just because of the section about the fox.  The Little Prince is sad and asks the fox to play with him.  The fox says he can’t, because he’s not tame.  Then he explains what tame means. “For me you’re only a little boy just like hundreds of...

Supposedly, I’m on vacation.  Yesterday I got a phone call from Melissa Nottingham as I was walking down a hotel corridor, suitcase in hand.  She knew I was going on vacation soon, but was sure I hadn’t left yet because I had been commenting on her posts.  Well, yeah – laptop, hotel wifi – the w...

My little sister in law got married on Saturday. She had my whole family involved in her wedding, and we were so proud to be there with her! I’ve known Alison since she was five or six. The first time I met her she crawled into my lap and showed me everything she wanted out of a Christmas catalo...

Last night, one of our West Virginia State Troopers shot himself.  He was stationed here in Putnam County. I don’t know how to get across to you how that makes me feel.  I knew him a little, but he wasn’t a close friend. But he was a Trooper.  He was someone who would lay down his life for any o...

Yesterday I got a phone call from Scott Edwards, the new mayor of Hurricane.  Apparently I'm not the only person who uses Google Alerts, and Scott’s name popped up on The Putnam Scoop, my new local blog.  I’d written a little reminder about that whole dog limit law issue.  (I’m not a fan.)  Scot...