Kristin's Blog

Today is National Flag Day.  Commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, in 1777.   Although it's not a national holiday The week of June 14 is designated as "National Flag Week." During National Flag Week, the president will issue a proclamation urging U.S. citizens to fly the Am...

Happy Birthday to the United States Army!! Thank you to all the soldiers who cuurently serve and to those that have served!  Please rember ALL our soldiers in your thoughts and prayers!  Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, the United States Army was established to defend our Nation. From the R...

Are you a knitter?  Interested in helping our troops?  Here are instructions to knit a helmet liner!   Knitting Instructions for Wool Helmet Liners for Soldiers Materials: Cascade 220 or any soft wool yarn that will knit to gauge. Approx. 175 yards (5 hanks of 220 will make 6 hats). Colors allowe...

We can bake it - One soldier at a time! (edit/delete) I found this great group in Northeast Ohio and immediately joined.  What a great way to send a piece of home to our soldiers overseas! Operation Baking Northern Ohio Oh Bakes is an Ohio group of Operation Baking GALS which supports our militar...

Mark your calendar for the second annual ReBar O-H-I-O! What: RE Barcamp Ohio When: August 17-18, 2010. What will happen? Welcome Session, Sessions, War Room, and Beer and Bloggers. Where: Columbus Board of REALTORS, 2700 Airport Road, Columbus Who: REALTORS, lenders, title, escrow, appraisers, i...

Thought this was worth reposting!  Thanks Gayle!Citizens from around the country are justifiably concerned about the environmental impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm afraid the Gulf may never recover from this devastating assault.  During my days as a scuba diver many years ago, I...

I found this great group in Northeast Ohio and immediately joined.  What a great way to send a piece of home to our soldiers overseas! Operation Baking Northern Ohio Oh Bakes is an Ohio group of Operation Baking GALS which supports our military by sending over homemade goodies made with LOVE ever...

Vote for your favoites brought to you by Cleveland Magazine and Mercedes-Benz of North Olmsted.  You can vote online at www.clevelandmagazine.com/bestof.  Vote on everything from Food and Nightlife, Sports players (LeBron) I am sure will win hands down......Deadline July 1, 2010. One winner will ...

Top 20 Suburbs in Northeast Ohio   1: Twinsburg, Ohio 2: Orange Village 3: Avon 4: Solon 5: Aurora 6: Pepper Pike 7: Richfield Village 8: Kirtland 9: Moreland Hills 10: Rocky river 11: Beachwood 12: Independence 13: Hudson 14: Bay Village 15: Avon Lake 16: Mayfield Village 17: Westlake 18: Medina...

A client of ours Realtor A calls and says Realtor B wants to use their ABA for Title work......Realtor B then says on voicemail the offer 240,000 is good with my title company if you want to use your title company (it's not an ABA) the offer will need to be 241,000 or 242,000.  Realtor A's radar ...