Vicky 's Blog

School started this week.  We have finished our first week.  That involves  daily forms coming home requiring my due diligence of reading  (sorta of) forms and signing them.  Kids having a different need every day from a different teacher wanting this folder in this particular color.  Going to Wa...

About a month ago I looked out my back door on a Saturday morning at my golf fish pond.  I noticed something red looking around the pond.  At first I thought that it was the lilys shedding their petals.   Upon closer inspection I saw that it was my fish.  To be more exact it was my gold fish with...

The main thing that is up on the Plateau is the temperature.  It is all time record heat hitting our area.  I went to see a man that recently bought a home through me.  He had the air conditioning man putting him in a new unit.  The air guy waited until afternoon to go into the attic.  My buyer t...

If you are interested in geneology, Cumberland County has a geneology club.  It meets the first and third Monday of the month at the Art Circle Library.  This Monday we are going to go to the Oak Hill Church to photograph and document all the grave markers in the cemetary.  We are trying to do th...

If you are a University Of Tennessee Volunteer Fan and would like to hear Bruce Pearl speak he is going to be the keynote speaker at the Fentress County Boys and Girls Club 2nd Annual Hall of Fame Dinner.  Tickets will be $125 a piece or $1000 for a table of 10.  The event will be on September 6,...

If you are anywhere near Hwy 127 you are possibly, painfully aware that the 127 Yard Sale is in full force.  Those of us in Cumberland and Fentress County that are in a hurry to travel are going all the alternate routes.  The yard salers come from all over the world to view the wares that are ava...

     The real estate market is all over the place depending on what part of the country that you are in.  The market on the Plateau is a little sluggish but not disasterous.  In this day and age of instant as Realtors we can not always deliver immediate results.  For some of these people an aucti...

My kids and I spend a lot of time hiking.  One of our favorite places to go is The Big South Fork.  We have not gone on all the trails but I will highlight a great trail.  It is the Twin Arches.  It is located near Pickett State Park.  To reach it from Jamestown, TN you take Pickett Park Hwy and ...

I waited all school year for school to be out so we could have more time.  But, alas summers are busier than the school year.  Our summer has been reduced to about two months.  There is so much to do in such a short time.  Real Estate has been incrediably busy.  My two younger children play golf ...