Susan 's Blog

I cannot wake up in the morning without coffee and reading the paper.  The two combined just seem to jumpstart my brain.  There was a nice piece in the Greenville News regarding the recent success of Greenville's latest campaign called I WAS BLOWN AWAY. All of you golfers who may have watched the...

According to an article in NY Times, Time Warner is starting a trial where customers will pick a plan (like cell phone plans) and will be charged a surcharge should they exceed their bandwidth limit.  Comcast plans to "manage" traffic by slowing the speed of the heaviest users - the so-called ban...

I just noticed a blog from Michelle Way about realtor open houses ( for agents, not buyers)and do they work.... But the comment section was closed and I was curious about everyone's opinions on this.  I suppose in a niche market, or higher end luxury homes it may help with exposure.  What's your ...

Have you noticed that over the last few months, the Saudi's refused to increase production, saying there is no need.  Lately, over the past few weeks, the talk of us actually exploring for more of own has been rising.  Today, I just heard the Saudi's have decided to open a new oil field and incre...

Did you know that there are 42 gallons of crude oil in a barrel?  Out of that barrel they produce 19.5 gallons of gasoline, 9 gallons of fuel oil and 4 gallons of jet fuel.  But get this - a 747 uses 5 gallons of jet fuel per mile!  Jet fuel is amost $6 per gallon, depending on the area of the co...

Just read an interesting piece in Realtor online magazine.  The article claims there have been over 100 judgements valued at 17 million dollars against real estate bloggers in the last 3 years.  60% were for defemation, 25% for copywright infringement, and 10% for privacy.  One agent in Miami is ...

A recent Harvard Business School Study recently came out with the 4 key elements for success in life. 1 Experience 2 Knowledge 3 Intelligence 4 Attitude How would you rate these as to most important?  The study showed this - Experience, Knowledge, and Intlelligence accounted for 7%!  Attitude acc...

I believe these are from Steven Wright - If the professor on Gilligans Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? What disease did cured ham actually have? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? If corn oil is made from corn an...

According to NAR's latest survey, these are the top ten buyers must haves: 1 Central Air 2 Garage , 2 spaces 3 Walk in closet, mb 4 Backyard space 5 Cable/ satelite ready 6 Highspeed internet access 7 Separate shower in mb 8 Patio 9 Fencing 10 home less than 10 years old Is this what you are find...

My father in law just emailed me a picture that I must share.  This photo was taken on Friday the 13th, 1969.  At about 5am a garbage truck lost its brakes and rolled down a big hill right into their house!  At the time, my husband was about 14 and had 4 younger brothers and sisters.  The younges...