Mary Maxie's (maxiemary) Blog

Stay Cool & Healthy looking for Arizona Homes Excessive heat is always a problem when you are out looking at houses for same in Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun. Temperatures over 100*F are called excessive. Between 111-110*F the media calls it Extreme Heat Levels, & over 115*F, it is known as Dan...

When you are looking for a new home in Arizona or is the Phoenix area specifically, remember to stay hydrated. You should drink at least 6 eight oz glasses of water a day. Otherwise you risk Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, or Heat Stroke. PhxCdn Realtor gives these tips about staying healthy in the...

Top Heavy Administrations should be combined   I live in a city where there are many different city gov'ts and many different school districts, each with their own buildings, staffs, managements and rules.Could we not combine at least the smallest of these to cut out all the administration costs ...

Canadians Love Arizona Over 7000 residential properties in Maricopa County have Canadian addresses listed as their primary residence. The five primary reasons for this are:1. Timing: the Canadian dollar is high, bargains abound in the valley, boomers have retirement money and oil bonuses in Canad...

Bugs, bugs everywhere-- how not to sell a house in Arizona: Mary's funny Real Estate Stories: 3 houses, same subdivision, full of crawling bugs. My bug expert said they were either flying ants, or termites. In either case, couldn't wait to get out. Funny part was when listing agent called to get ...

Yes, we have lakes in Arizona. Bet you didn't know we had such nice lakes so close by! In fact there are more boats per capita in Arizona than in California! And this is why! http://www.azcentral.com/travel/articles/2010/08/10/20100810bartlett-lake-boating-skiing-fishing.html Maxiemize Fun! www.m...

Granite is great in your home, but know how to care for it In recent years, granite has become a popular surface choice for bathroom and kitchen countertops. Granite is beautiful and extremely durable, but some homeowners hesitate to use it because of myths about it being unsafe or diffi cult to ...

Big bird lives in Phoenix, AZ. Mary's Funny Real Estate Stories: Walked into a house yesterday and needed to leave my sunglasses on. Entire house (except for one room that was lime green) was bright, Big Bird, egg yolk yellow! Even the ceilings! My clients felt like they were in an egg, and we wo...

Phoenix Fun things to do in the rain We don't get rain in Phoenix very often, and when we do, it's still very warm and humid. Even if you get wet, you still won't get cold. But if you don't want to get wet, try a Museum! Take a trip to the Musical Instument Museum on Tatum t the 101 to hear Kimbe...

I don't recall where this came from-- if anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know & I'll give them credit. On the same subject, someone once told me that whoever decided to put lockboxes on hosebibs, must have been a man wanting to look at women's rear ends as they bent over to get the lockb...