Good Monday Morning. What a FANTASTIC weekend! I was trying not to get my hopes up since it is only March, but it was hard not to dream about summer while I was hosting an open house which was right across the street from the community pool in Clarksburg Town Center... AND I just found out that I have been invited to throw the Opening Pitch for Clarksburg Baseball's Opening Day Ceremony on April 10 at Ovid Hazen fields in Clarksburg. I will have to start practicing so I don't throw anything too lame or too wild!
The SPRING market is definitely upon us. There were over 100 open houses in the North Montgomery County area yesterday. Many sellers are pushing to get their houses on the market before the first time home-buyer credit expires at the end of April. Do you know about the $8,000 1st time home buyer credit or the $6,500 move-up credit? Many people don't even know that these benefits are available! If you or someone you know would benefit from these tax credits, please give me a call so that I can give you the details and help you achieve your real estate goals.
Spring Break starts this weekend. Yes - another 10+ days of no-school for the kids. :) Enjoy the coffee and have a great week. ~Lisa
Community Information
Companion Rabbit Care & Training - An Education and Adoption EventWhether you already have a rabbit, or are just considering adopting one, this original Washington Humane Society seminar will give you the tools you need to successfully care for and understand your pet rabbit. Meet adorable bunnies that need homes and learn how a rabbit can be the right companion for your family.We will discuss: Proper Housing, Litterbox Training, Health & Wellness, Trick Training, Bonding Instructions for multiple rabbits...Seminar fee: $20 (Adoption fees waived for rabbits adopted from this event. This offer available only to seminar participants.)Pre-registration is required. Seats are limited. Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmWashington Humane Society Behavior & Learning Center7319 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20012For registration details please contact askthetrainer@washhumane.org
4th Annual RE/MAX Town Center Golf Tournament - Monday, June 7 at Little Bennett Golf CourseSave the Date! More Information to Come...
The SPRING market is definitely upon us. There were over 100 open houses in the North Montgomery County area yesterday. Many sellers are pushing to get their houses on the market before the first time home-buyer credit expires at the end of April. Do you know about the $8,000 1st time home buyer credit or the $6,500 move-up credit? Many people don't even know that these benefits are available! If you or someone you know would benefit from these tax credits, please give me a call so that I can give you the details and help you achieve your real estate goals.
Spring Break starts this weekend. Yes - another 10+ days of no-school for the kids. :) Enjoy the coffee and have a great week. ~Lisa
Community Information
Companion Rabbit Care & Training - An Education and Adoption EventWhether you already have a rabbit, or are just considering adopting one, this original Washington Humane Society seminar will give you the tools you need to successfully care for and understand your pet rabbit. Meet adorable bunnies that need homes and learn how a rabbit can be the right companion for your family.We will discuss: Proper Housing, Litterbox Training, Health & Wellness, Trick Training, Bonding Instructions for multiple rabbits...Seminar fee: $20 (Adoption fees waived for rabbits adopted from this event. This offer available only to seminar participants.)Pre-registration is required. Seats are limited. Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmWashington Humane Society Behavior & Learning Center7319 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20012For registration details please contact askthetrainer@washhumane.org
4th Annual RE/MAX Town Center Golf Tournament - Monday, June 7 at Little Bennett Golf CourseSave the Date! More Information to Come...
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."- Marcel Proust
ON MY HONOR . . . !
The Boy Scouts have long espoused the same set of principles. It goes like this: "A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent." How simple life could be if we all practiced just that short list. Each in itself denotes a wonderful trait. When put into action, all can make the world a better place.
So, what happens between the age of scouting and age 30, 50, or 75? How is it that we turn from being a friendly 12-year-old to a suspicious, stand-offish adult? How do we turn the corner from being obedient to our elders to challenging the authority of our employers or government? Why won't we open the door for someone who can't? Did simple courtesy die with our youth?
Perhaps experience has taught us that others are not always friendly, courteous and kind. "Turn-about is fair play," we may respond. Why should we be thrifty, taking care to save for our future, when everyone around us has "maxed out" their credit cards? Reverence for all we know to be of value seems to have become the victim of political correctness. Why should we be any different?
The greatness of our country was built on the solid rock of "principles." The soft, easy life of an affluent society may be our undoing. Our forefathers had it tough. Most of us living today had a cake-walk, comparatively speaking. Our forbearers had to live their principles - or face the defeat of poverty, ill-health, and despair.
Our children can bring us back if only we will take the time to teach them those simple principles. More than teaching, we might help them practice those principles in their daily lives until habit makes them permanent. Begin while they are still playing in the sandbox. They will grow soon enough into men and women who live principle-centered lives!
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