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2012
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Moving is one of the top 10 stressors in a person's life. Did you know that? Well, everyone knows that moving is stressful PERIOD . It's tough and for a teen, it's even harder. As a teen you have developed your relationships, grown your social circle and identified with it, and now you have to...
02/26/2012
Source: consideryourselfathome.blogspot.com via Susanna on Pinterest Exposed beams are beautiful. I discovered this photo on Pinterest that led me to this wonderful interior design blog. The post of 17 photos displays the stunning beauty of American Lodge and modern 'cool'. It's a dance that c...
02/20/2012
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I am happy and honored to introduce to you ESME DELANGE my fellow realtor. Esme and I attended the same real estate class with Kaplan in Colorado Springs. She is an extraordinary person: Esme was born and raised in South Africa and moved to Colorado Springs about 12 or so years ago. She d...
02/19/2012
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Today is Tuesday -Happy Valentines Day!- and as always, I am receiving my "Tuesday's Tactics" subscription email. I usually open this email as most of the time there is at least one thing I can learn from it! Today there was a post on "email mistakes". As I was reading through the list of mistake...
02/14/2012
This might sound strange but with the rise of Pinterest great visuals aka photos are even more important now than ever before. Your thumbnails might be the reason why people get curious enough to come and visit your blog and read your posts. So finding the right picture, photo or graphic is impor...
02/13/2012
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Are you wrestling with the almost Shakespearean question: To rent or not to rent? ...well, or "To Buy or not to Buy"? There are a lot of things that factor into your decision i.e. how long will you be staying in your home? Statistics show that if you stay at least 4 years then buying a home will ...
02/12/2012
God bless Brad for posting this information. I have used Fotoflexer.com before which was ok, but iPiccy.com is so similar to Picnik there is no new learning curve to climb. I love it. In a frantic scramble last week to find a replacement for the Picnik.com closure on April 19th, I had written a...
02/11/2012
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I decided to keep my first 'report' fairly general - I could have written up a 10 page report on living with wildlife in Colorado. We have lots of it, and that's part of the attraction of living here. Big ones like bear, deer and mountain lions and then, of course, all the smaller ones, coyote, f...
02/09/2012
It's only February but it seems it has been cold forever that I felt the warm rays of sun! Especially, here in Colorado Springs, where the last few days have been just so cold, snowy and icy. I am dreaming of a balmy sun, a soft sandy beach, crystal clear water and a Mai-Tai. But regardless of ...
02/08/2012
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I really think this is my last post for the 2012 BIG Jumpstart Back to Basics Blogging Challenge. In my last post about Active Rain University I was fussing: 'I have been searching for a webinar archive though so that I can look up previous classes. I missed the "Choosing a Top Notch IDX", and I ...
02/07/2012