Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

An Honest Business In the Portland Metro Area -- Les Schwab Les Schwab is a Portland Metro staple.  Starting out in 1952, Les Schwab sold tires.  That's all he did.   In 1952 Les Schwab bought OK Rubber Welders in Prineville, OR and the rest is history.   Today, there are close to 500 Les Schwab ...

Speechless Sunday -- What's This? I'm not sure exactly what this is all about.   I see a lot of new things on the sidebar of the Active Rain site, and this sure is misleading.   On my "points" page I saw this envelope and the wording "View New Messages" Do I download it . . . ? Do I not . . . ? W...

Happy New Year 2015 From Buyers Agent Portland     When I was younger, counting the passing of the years didn't matter much to me.  Years come . . . years go, as it were. Nowadays, time matters. And it matters for many reasons . . . I'm not getting any MORE of it!  What is on the clock for me, is...

Christmas Past / Christmas Present So I'm up today but not very active.  Yesterday I was in bed all day.  The flu got the better of me.  With the achy, sneezing, brain fog that flu wrecks havoc on your body, this is the best I can come up with on this Christmas Eve in the Year of Our Lord 2014. C...

Merry Christmas From Portland OR ~ 2014 'Tis the Season . . . Yesterday I had an errand, or two, to run for Santa.  I didn't mind at all, and had a great time going downtown. My Santa run started off with catching the MAX Blue Line from Beaverton into Portland.  A $2.50 ticket for quick 30 minute...

This is Why You Do Localism Posts! If you're new to ActiveRain, or a lifer and need a boost, kick in the pants, a "get moving" inspiration . . . I hope this post rejuvenates you into doing LOCALISM posts. Here's what happened today: I have a tracker on my site and from time-to-time I'll check it ...

Sugar Plum Fairy . . . Under Glass Nothing says "Tchaikovsky" at Christmas time better than the traditional Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. And when I saw this Youtube I couldn't wait to share it. Here's a sparkling rendition from the classic The Nutcracker Suite . . . hopefully keeping your spiri...

Perfect Trifecta:  Nat'l Cookie Day, Fred Armisen & Comedians in Cars Dear Diary: Today is December 4 in The Year of Our Lord 2014.   My head hurts with all the excitement going on today. First, it's National Cookie Day!  My teeth actually started to hurt just thinking about this! I just did a GO...

Where to Find U-Cut Christmas Trees in Washington County Thanksgiving was the kick-off to the Holidays and Christmas is right around the corner. It's that time of year again .  .  . time to think about decking the halls. Which means going into the garage, getting out the snow shoes,  hone the axe...

If You Want to Know About a Property . . . Let Me Help The phone message left on voice-mail was from a caller asking about a lot for sale. I know a lot about lots! Unfortunately, the caller didn't leave the MLS # and I had no clue what he was interested in. In returning the call, I was given the ...