We have had a great time t oday... The first thing that we did was to pick grapes this morning. Next we fixed a large meal for everyone to enjoy.. Roast Beaf, rice and gravy, peas, corn, butterbeans, biscuits, jelly and butter, eggplant and onions, candied apples....ice tea. Home chocolate cookies... by Granddaughter Katheen Then tonight.... We are making the jelly from the grapes we picked this morning...   Wonderful day on Beaver Dam Creek 09/06/2009

 To Every Fellow American!  YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT I WISH IT COULD BE SHOWN IN EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR NATION EVERYDAY.  IT'S WORTH THE REPEAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.   RedSkeltonPledge.wmv (3366KB) This is just too good not to share with you. Ginger of Southport 09/05/2009

This is awesome...If you like Pacabel..  This will take you somewhere else in your mind..   Click here: YouTube - Extraordinary Pantene Commercial   I do not share these a lot but this was so very good.  Take a minute and enjoy. Pacabel is one of my favorite composers..Take the time to enjoy this.  It is truly worth it. With warm regards,   Ginger Harper of Southport ~ North Carolina 09/04/2009

I have been on the phone with the Short Sale Department for over 2 hours in trying to resolve a short sale payoff figure. Has anyone else had to deal with a situation like this.  I am about ready to pull my hair out.  I have been on the phone with them almost daily since July 22, 2009.  I think that we can work this out...I just need to speak with someone who is in control. Help.   Ginger Harper 09/04/2009

Good Morning, I am spending much of the morning getting paperwork in order from the business that I generated from last nights CALL NIGHT.  We had 14 agents participating fropm 6: to 7: and made 23 appointments to either list or sell property.  I think that is a pretty good nights work. Have you all done it yet?  Try it ...you will like it. Ginger of Southport 09/02/2009

 AMAZING...absolutely AMAZING!!  The "Miracles" of Computers!! The painting itself is great but as you run your curser over the people it tells you who they are ... BUT .... (click on a person) and you obtain their life history. Fascinating!........................  CLICK HERE This was too good not to share.  I was amazed.. Enjoy Ginger of Southport 08/31/2009

  Nations Next Top Model Home - set in the Brunswick county's new subdivison - Compass Pointe is coming to a conclusion. Tomorrow night the 7 designers from all over the country will put down their paintbrushes to signal completion of their home designing competition. The designers were recruited to design a new model home at Compass Pointe. Each was given a budget of $ 5000. and had to paint, and purchase furniture and accessories to decorate their floorplan. The progress of the designers was videoed on a blog each Monday night. There were competitions for who was to pick their favorite house to design. Each designer also blogged about what kind of projects they were working on in the house. These homes will be available on Saturday and Sunday at Compass Pointe for people to view. The... 08/27/2009

  Coastal Living magazine has chosen a home in Historic Southport to be its 2009 Idea House. Public tours of the home will begin Sept. 3 and run through Nov. 29. The house is in Seawatch at Sunset Harbor, a 3,000-acre waterfront community 30 miles south of Wilmington. Tour hours are noon- 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Group appointments are available.Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina.The original Cape-style house is built on a bluff overlooking the tidal waters of Mercer Mill Creek and nature preserve.Coastal Living Idea Houses celebrate the best in coastal home innovation, decor, and construction and are built in coastal communities selected by the magazine for environmental consciousness and sensitivity to shoreline preservation.The hom... 08/27/2009

  I have a friend that shared this with me.  I think you will find it interesting.  To measure your job compensation to the closest match in the database, just click on the link below.  You will be asked to give your job title and loction. Try it.  I was amazed.. New Report page Ginger of Southport 08/27/2009

 Social Media Slip Ups.. With corporations making an effort to be more visible in the social media space, the term social media résumé suddenly has a new significance for employees and potential employees. With so much competition for each job opening, employees need to be careful about how they present themselves online. For potential employees, be aware that Human Resource departments do visit your social media sites when considering you for a job - and not just LinkedIn® - all of them. They're browsing through your photos, your blogs, your updates, your Tweets, so make sure that anything available to them is something that you would be willing to share or discuss in an interview. For current employees, more and more stories are being reported about workers being fired by their compa... 08/24/2009

Activerain is for us realtors...but we can get to know each other better by going to facebook.   http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/ginger.w.harper?ref=name   Would love for you to stop in for a visit. Ginger Harper 08/18/2009

I had not been introduced to the FORD system of prospecting until today.  Have you heard of it? F   Stands for Family O  Stands for Occupation R  Stands for Recreation D Stands for Dreams   It is a system for prospecting people that you know.   It begins with you telling them "who you are and then is followed by The F.O.R.D. questions. Think I am going to try it. Ginger Harper 08/17/2009

It has been a long day. Lots of good things happened.  We had rain...Much needed rain for our garden.  We are still getting tomatoes, green peppers,  banana peppers, star-ship squash, cantaloupe,  and peas.  We have thus planted the fall garden with cucumber, tomatoes and sweet potatoes.  This fall we  will  reap the benefits  of thsi season, Our goal is to put as many veggies on our Thanksgiving Table of things we grew in our garden. We usually feel aobut 25 folks.   Good evening to you too. Ginger 08/13/2009

Thank God for the Rain... WE needed it so much.  It has rained for two days now and we are blessed to have it.  The gardens were drying up and the crops were going away.  I think that this rain saved much of our garden and we are very Thankful.  Now we can can the veggies needed for the Winter. Hope that you have a glorious day today... Ginger of Southport 08/13/2009

Wow.... After needing rain for over a week.....the cats and dogs are falling... WE have needed it so much.  Our garden was drying up and the veggies were going away..Now they can be rejuvenated...May get to do more canning in a couple of days., Can you imagine listing or showing property in this kind of weather? Enjoy it...we are. Ginger of Southport   08/12/2009

I am watching a program about Hurricane Katrina, on the Weather Channel.  I was absolutely astounded and what I saw.   There was so much of a lack of response to help those folks that were stranded in New Orleans.  They were desperate for food, water and shelter.  I can not imagine what they experienced. I live in a coastal community of North Carolina and I can not fathom that happening ot us here.   Eyes open now.. Ginger Harper 08/10/2009

It has been a long time since we have missed church on Sunday and taking the grandchildren with us. Today...eveyone had something else to do...so we are going to spend the afternoon in the Kayaks in the creek.  We have only done this a couple of times..but feel that it is necessary to get out into God's gifts to us.  We will sing some hymns and pray...but on the creek,not in church..today. God Bless you. 08/09/2009

Love that song.  Used to sing it a  lot.  But  today is a rejuvenating day for me.  I have just enjoyed the day.  Not doing anything that I don't have today.  Although I may need to can tomatoes tonight.  But basically, I am having a day off. The only thing that i have to do later in the day...is to go to the dock with Jimmy and see the sun set!  and  I do plan to do that. Hope that you have been able  to have a relaxing Saturday too.   Ginger of Southport 08/08/2009

Thank God it is Actually Friday. I need a break this week with having the garden, family and listing and selling this week. Seems like the harder I work the harder the work becomes.  Are you finding the same or it is just me. Hope that you do something really great this weekend and come back on Monday ready to take on the world...as I will.   Ginger of southport 08/07/2009

At this moment, my husband is in the neighbors yard, (at Neighbor's request) picking figs so that we can do some fig preserve canning tonight. Wow...am I excited! Worked all day. Two listing appointments and now home to can.  Do you realize the work that goes into the canning process? Actually, I love it and we do enjoy doing this together.   Wish I could share them with you. Ginger  of Southport 07/27/2009