It's that time of year again. As I get closer to the holiday season I begin to spend my lunch hours in My Local Yarn Shop trying to figure out what handmade gifts must be started and completed before Christmas. You see, I spend a good deal of time waiting for clients to arrive at properties and
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10/21/2014
Wordless Wednesday - October 15, 2014 Well, almost wordless. Annual family outing to pick apples and pumpkins at the Homestead Farm in Poolesville, Maryland. If you haven't been there, they have great apple pie ala mode, hayrides to the pumpkin patch, farm animals (g
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10/15/2014
Worried about Radon? Lenn Harley wrote this great blog post about radon testing and I think it pretty much tells it like it is. She even includes the EPA radon maps. I couldn't have said it any better myself. Radon Inspections in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Courtesy, Lenn Harley, Homefinders
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10/08/2014
Don't you know it's contagious? This morning I called a showing service that to see if I could show a home later this today. Their call center is located in a different time zone. This means that the woman on the other end of the line is up an hour or two earlier than I am to answer my call. I co
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10/07/2014
Here is a great post for buyers who are thinking about moving up, or buying a larger home than they currently own. I think Myrl does a great job of laying the steps to take and pitfalls you might encounter. Check it out. When you purchased your first home, you were single. It was a small
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10/02/2014
I'm So Thankful To My Eye Witness Yesterday I wrote a blog post on my personal blog titled "Possibly the Most Expensive Cup of Coffee." It's about the damage that was done to my Honda Pilot while I was parked on the curb and getting a cup of joe. As you can see, it was a considerable amount of da
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09/24/2014
In my job as an exclusive buyer's agent, I spend a good deal of time in my car listening to the radio. A few days ago I heard an interview with Ken Burns about his latest project, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate Hisory" which will play on PBS this week. Ken Burns read a quote that was delivered by F
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09/15/2014
Cup of Joe Report - Greenberry's in McLean, Virginia I am always on the lookout for a good cup of coffee. Yesterday I arrived to a McLean, Virginia home inspection early so I ventured out and see what I could find. Wanting to find a place I hadn't already tried, I stumbled across Greenberry's Cof
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09/03/2014
Woo Hoo! - First Day of School We know that kids are excited and nervous about the end of their summer break and the beginning of a new school experience, but the first day of school is also a big day for parents. Once they stop doing their "Happy Dance" as the bus pulls away, parents return to t
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08/24/2014
Bethesda Maryland has it's Own Dog Oasis Have you seen it? I was walking to lunch with a co-worker today and saw something up ahead. It was next to a restaurant that I recently reviewed on my website in a post titled, Eating in Bethesda - Tia Queta Restaurant. On the way back from lunch I got a
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08/08/2014
