Susan Mangigian, Chester County Realtor

Stop the world, I want to get off!  How any times in a week do we feel overwhelmed by all of the things that life throws at us?  Lots of times, if we're honest.  I read about this a lot and it seems  that the way to be happy is to be grateful.  When I take the time to stop grousing and look aroun...

I'm a woman of a certain age.  56 years old, to be exact.  Well, to be really exact, I'd have to say 56 years and 42 days old as of this writing.  I don't know what time I was born and the only person that can tell me, is sadly no longer here.  But that's a different kind of blog post.Meriam-Webs...

Starting about now, the Chili Cook-Off is one of my all time favorite happenings in West Chester borough.  One year, I participated in my office's chili making and while we didn't win, we sure did have a good time.  It's a gorgeous day in West Chester today and I'm looking forward to tasting awar...

As hard as  it is to believe, it's now the last week of summer as we know it around here.  I think the local public school, West Chester Area School District, is starting before Labor Day this year.  This is my first year without a child going to public school as my youngest is now a college stud...

Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds ,you can grow flowers,or you can grow weeds.  That's a quote.   I have no idea who said it but it's a pretty apt metaphor for my mind and my garden.  At the moment, both places are growing both.I just paid an exorbitant amount of money to have mo...

There is not much that I can add to a week that had me celebrating both of my son's birthdays.  This is the first year ever that we haven't celebrated birthdays together in Ocean City, NJ.  This is also the first year ever that my boys weren't living in the same home with us when they had a birth...

Normally, this is one of the two weeks my family is on our annual FFV (Freaking Family Vacation).  I'm kind of thankful that we decided not to go this year because the weather has been nothing if not contrary.  Hot and humid or pouring rain and often both in the same day.  We dropped Max off for ...

It was a dark and dreary day... in what has been a somewhat, for the most part, delightful spring, weather-wise.  That's a lot of commas for one sentence and I have a really good friend who will tell me if that's the case (Case being one of her nicknames).  I love being corrected when it comes to...

Brandywine at Thornbury is a lovely community located at the intersection of routes 202 and 926.  You'll enjoy an easy commute to Delaware or King of Prussia, with access to tax free shopping in Delaware and the wonderful mall in King of Prussia.There is a community pool and clubhouse and lots of...

My baby graduates this coming Monday.  I've been having to let that sink in for a while now.  My baby, my little Max, is graduating on Monday.  He will be 19 in July and he will be starting his life at Temple at the same time.  He's not my little Max anymore, standing at 6 feet tall with shoulder...