Happy end of the week :)   I hope that your Friday is going swell and that your week is wrapping up nicely!   All is good at my house - just still crazy busy! What a month - the real estate market is hopping 'round these parts :)      And I am hoping to list one and maybe two more homes before the month is out. Woo hoo! How cool is that!! Then I might have to sleep. Ha ha ha!   Any big weekend plans? From the previous paragraph you can see I'm working - so y'all go out there and do something FUN for me!!   Enjoy the quotes and I'll see you next week with some news one. Until then have a lovely day!   ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo E... 03/28/2014

  Happy Friday! And Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!! The SUN yesterday sure was nice and it made it feel like spring round here!!! Here is hoping for some more of that today! :) How is your bracket doing???   Oh my, I did pretty good yesterday - but I certainly did not pick Dayton over Ohio State nor did I pick Harvard over Cincy. What an upset that was! Hopefully I can pick 'em all right today!!!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week with some more. ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two men look out through the same window: One sees the mud, and the other sees the stars. ~Fredrick Langbridge   Dreams are but thoughts until their effects be tried. ~William Shakespeare   Failing can be good, as long as it doesn't become a habit. ~Micha... 03/21/2014

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington.   There are currently 2 homes for sale listed at $455,000 - $659,000. Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 1   There are currently 4 homes under contract for sale with prices ranging from $325,000 to $464,500 Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 2     Since the first of the year 6 homes have sold in with prices ranging from $278,900 to $449,900 Winterwood - 4 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 1   A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned: 16% Short Sales: % Regular Re-sales: 84%   Average Days on Market was: 107     *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 03/17/2014

    Happy Friday! I hope that your week has been lovely.  We started out very WET!  We have already surpassed our normal rainfall for the month - I was about to build an ark.  But then the SUN came out and we had three glorious spring like days in a row.  Ahhhh, I love the sunshine.   I hope you had a wonderful week as well. Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones.  ...geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do not stand idly waiting for some great work to do; Fortune is a lazy goddess, she will never come to you.  ~Ellen M. H. Gates  Your past is not your potential.  In an hour you can choose to liberate the future.  ~Marilyn Ferguson  It is simple to be wise.  Just think of something stupid to say and say... 03/14/2014

Search current inventory of Single Story Homes in Covington WA  Listing Details   Single Story Home For Sale in Covington    18807 SE 263rd St, Covington WA, 98042Price: $203,500MLS number: 601200Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 1.75Square Footage: 1452   Call Debi Braulik at 206-949-4785 to see if this property is still available and arrange a showing. Easy One Story Living There are only a hand full of One Story Homes (Ramblers) that are for sale in Covington. As of this post, there are 14. Built in 1985 by Executive Homes, this HUD owned house features a living room with a wood burning fireplace, large windows, and a low maintenance yard. Entertaining is easy with the sliding glass door from the family room out into the fully fenced back yard with the private deck that faces the trees behind th... 03/12/2014

    Happy Friday! And though I know this is out there somewhere behind the clouds - we have not seen it for a bit.  Wow have we been having rain here in the Seattle area!  At the rate we are going we will probably hit our monthly average rainfall for the month by this weekend!!  I hope I don't have to build an ark!  :) Below is this weeks selection of quotes - enjoy!  I'll see you next week with some new ones. ....geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower   Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. ~Aldous Huxley     Inches make champions. ~Vin... 03/07/2014

                  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 106 homes for sale with prices ranging from $74,000.00 to $1,295,000.00 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 6 3 bedroom homes for sale: 57 4 bedroom homes for sale: 35 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 8   There were 33 homes that sold in February, 2014. 29 were re-sale homes and 1 was new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 3% Bank Owned: 24% Short Sales: 9% Regular Re-sales: 64%   The average sale price was: $305,720.00      Average Days on Market was: 78 Low sales price was: $142,500.00 High sales price was: $475,000.00   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales. 03/03/2014

    Happy Friday! I hope this finds your week coming to a nice conclusion.  Any big weekend plans?  For me mostly work, but that is good - nice to see the real estate market going strong :) I hope whatever you do this weekend you have FUN!!   Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week with some new ones.  Until then have a lovely day! ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ~Andrew Carnegie   Approach a goat from the back, a horse from the front, and a stupid man from no direction whatsoever. ~Yiddish Folk Saying     Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone... 02/27/2014

  Happy Valentine's Day! I hope that your Friday is off to a great start!  And I hope you are have a really nice Valentine's Day.  Mine is going to be super cause I get to spend it with my daughter.  Yep a mom/daughter day - woo hoo!!  I am one lucky girl :)    And then this evening I get to hang with my husband on the deck by the fire.  A perfect Valentine's Day spent with my two favorite people. Enjoy the quotes!  I won't be posting any next Friday as I'm taking the day off - but I'll see you in two weeks with some new ones. Until then have a lovely day! ...geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The easiest person to deceive is one's self. ~Edward Bulwer Lytton   Please understand my friend, that where you find yourself tomorrow is a function of the decision... 02/13/2014

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 110 homes for sale with prices ranging from $100,000 to $1,295,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 5 3 bedroom homes for sale: 58 4 bedroom homes for sale: 37 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 10   There were 30 homes that sold in January, 2014. 29 were re-sale homes and 1 was new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 3% Bank Owned: 30% Short Sales: 13% Regular Re-sales: 54%   The average sale price was: $269,371   Average Days on Market was: 61 Low sales price was: $116,000 High sales price was: $550,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.   02/10/2014

    Happy FROSTY Friday to you!  Yep, we are a bit chilly here.  The sun is up and it looks beautiful out there, and it is if you like 17 degrees!  I know for many you are way colder than that, but for us here in Seattle that is brrrrr cold! I hope you have a fantastic day!  Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with some new ones. ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The person who you're with the most in life is yourself and if you don't like yourself you're always with somebody you don't like. ~Marc S. Lewis   Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things. ~Jim Rohn   There is an important difference between giving up ... 02/07/2014

    Are you ready for the Super Bowl?????? Oh my we are in my household!  The hawks have provided us with many "thrilling" games this year. Here is hoping that Sunday will be one more fantastic game! Are you going to a party, having a party, or doing what I am doing....  Sitting on the couch all alone and biting my nails!   And food?  Making anything especially yummy?  If so do share :) I hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy the quotes and GO HAWKS! ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man should choose with careful eye, the things to be remembered by. ~Robert Peter Tristam Coffin   Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. ~Lyndon B. Johnson   Imagination was given to us to compensate us for what... 01/31/2014

  WOW - I never get tired of seeing that!  We have had a very dry winter and with that has come some very socked in foggy days, but quite a few sunny days as well - and on the sunny days you see this!  Again... WOW!   When the sun is out and the skies are blue, the PNW is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth! I hope you have had a good week.  And I hope maybe you have had some SUN too!  :) Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next week with some new ones.   ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The giant oak is just an acorn that held it's ground. ~ Unknown           * I love this quote so I very likely have shared it before - if so sorry!   If there is no struggle, no there is no progress. ~Fredrick Douglas   ... 01/23/2014

          Happy Friday!  I hope this finds your week ending nicely.  Any big weekend plans?  Mine will be a mix of work and football watching!  Saturday I have a buyer out and it will be a marathon day of looking.  But luckily they are big Hawks fans so they want to wrap it up on Saturday so that we can all watch the big game on Sunday.  Woo hoo - go hawks!!  I hope you have a fantastic weekend.  Enjoy the quotes and I'll see you next Friday with a new selection. ....geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Do what you can, with what you have, where you a are. ~Theodore Roosevelt   The difference between whether you say, "I wish I would have" or "I'm glad I did" at the end of your life is whether or not you take DECISIVE A... 01/17/2014

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington.   There is currently 1 home for sale listed at $379,950 Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 0 Remington - 0   There are currently 7 homes under contract for sale with prices ranging from $279,000 to $449,000 Winterwood - 4 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 2     There were 23 homes that sold in 2013 with prices ranging from $280,000 to $429,000  Winterwood - 10 Lake Winterwood - 2 Remington - 11   A further breakout shows what type of homes sold in 2013... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned: 0% Short Sales: 8.5% Regular Re-sales: 91.5%   Average Days on Market was: 35     *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.     01/16/2014

    Happy Friday! I hope your day is starting off swell and that your first full work week in 2014 is wrapping up nicely.  Below is this weeks selection of quotes.  I hope you enjoy them.  Have a fantastic weekend and I'll see you next Friday with some more quotes. Enjoy, ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   If you develop the habits of success, you will make success a habit. ~Michael E. Anier   Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse! ~Derwood Fincher   Nothing is less worthy of honor than an old man who has not other evidence of having lived long except his age. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca   Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for ... 01/10/2014

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area, zip code 98042... There are currently 118 homes for sale with prices ranging from $74,000 to $1,350,000. 1 and 2-bedrooms homes for sale: 9 3 bedroom homes for sale: 56 4 bedroom homes for sale: 41 5+ bedroom homes for sale: 12   There were 41 homes that sold in December, 2013. 36  were re-sale homes and 5 were new construction. A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 14% Bank Owned: 19% Short Sales: 11% Regular Re-sales:56%   The average sale price was: $278,990       Average Days on Market was: 58 Low sales price was: $101,000 High sales price was: $530,000   *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflect any private sales.   01/04/2014

    Happy New Year!  I hope that 2014 is starting off just swell for you!  And I hope you had a wonderful holiday season.  Ours was lovely - lots of eating, drinking and chillin.  Exactly what I had hoped for.  I hope that your holiday season was exactly what you had hoped for too. Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and I'll see you next Friday with a new selection. ...geri   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain   When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. ~Leo Burnett   Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~George Bernard Shaw         I'm sure I have shared this before... 01/03/2014

    Happy Friday!  I hope that your week is wrapping up nicely.  It has been a lovely week in my world - some quiet time to read, shopped a bit, spent time with my family and friends, and baked some more cookies - YUM.  I so love this time of year!  I hope you are enjoying all that the season has to offer. Since work is quite I am going to take some time off with my husband and take advantage of it.  Thus I won't be posting any quotes next Friday like normal.  Enjoy this weeks selection of quotes and see you in two weeks with some new ones. Have a fantastic Christmas and a very Happy New Year and I'll see you in 2014 with some new quotes.  ...geri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relentless, repetitive self-talk is what changes our self-image... 12/20/2013

  Here is a quick look at what it going on in the real estate market in our area... Winterwood, Lake Winterwood and Remington.   There are currently 3 homes for sale with prices ranging from $349,950 to $449,000 Winterwood - 1 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 1   There are currently 6 homes under conract for sale with prices ranging from $189,950 to $428,000 Winterwood - 3 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 2     There have been 21 homes sell since the first of the year with prices ranging from $280,000 to $429,000 Winterwood - 10 Lake Winterwood - 1 Remington - 10   A further breakout shows what type of homes sold... New Construction: 0% Bank Owned: 0% Short Sales: 9.5% Regular Re-sales: 90.5%   Average Days on Market was: 35     *These are sales listed in the MLS only, it does not reflec... 12/16/2013