Sunshine, the Garden and the Toe

It's glorious sunshine today in Baton Rouge and the real estate business is blooming.  Great action on new listings and dropped off a market analysis for another.  And, wrote an offer on another property this week.  Thank the Lord for a Spring market.

It feels so great to work in the Garden.  Been cleaning the beds, planted the first tomatoes and the potatoes are peaking out of the ground.  They'll be harvest ready in another 30 days.  The Organic Gardening Classes at the First United Methodist Church are scheduled for March 12, 19 and 26th.  Already have several signed up and have to make another poster to advertise the classes.  Have a little bit of "magic potion" left, so will be making more soon.

Irene's been on a 2 week series of antibiotics to cure the famous toe.  Today is the last day for her meds, so the proof will be if she starts that "lick, lick" business again in the next 24/48 hours.  She did Kujo on Ms. Lucky again, and she's about healed up.  Got her over her eye again and this time took a chunck out of her head.  Poor 'ole girl, all Irene has to do in the evenings when we're on the bed is put forth a shallow growl and Ms. Lucky turns tail and sleeks out to the other room.  Irene is a bull-dog, mean girl.  Keep your fingers crossed.

The mid-east mess has those gasoline prices rising.  I was able to get gas late yesterday for $2.99 per gallon and just saw it advertised for $3.25 per gallon in less than 24 hours.  Sure hope it stops before we have to show clients that want to see everything! 

Off to visit with my Reading Friend at the Bernard Terrace Elementary School.  She's pretty cute and reads quite well. 

She's still here!

High drama on the banks of the Mississippi!  Irene/Kujo's toe/foot flares up again.  She "kujo's" on Ms. Lucky and at me and won't let me anywhere near her footie.  Curse her!  So, I'm dialing for Jesus and planning the service on the way to Dr. Bernie's.  Dr. B's not in and Ms./Dr. Emily Taylor is the doc of the day.  Not to worry, we have options! Fine options, ($$$$) another round of antibiotics, pain meds and anti-inflammatory drugs; if that doesn't work, amputate the toe; and if all that doesn't work, PROZAC! We're on the next round of bactrim and if that doesn't work, we may just go straight to PROZAC.  And, wouldn't you know, that 'ole Irene couldn't have been sweeter last night and she actually stayed on her side!

And, the good news is that this morning, I had a message from one of the friends on the Green Committee at the church.  We looked at some properties and she's packing.  Meeting tomorrow with another client that's listing her home and hopefully, buying another.  Spring has sprung.  The flowers are about to start blooming and the birds chirping.  Hello, Dellarina Lively!  Time to rock 'n roll. 

Technology challenges

Alright, there's a class on Thursday, where I'm going to learn to post the videos to the blog.  We'll see if the old puppy can get some new tricks!

I've supposedly "sync-ed" the blog to the cell phone, but that's as far as I can go.  Experiencial learning exercises. 

After 10 days, so far so good, with Irene's blessed toe.  She's through with the antibiotics and if it just won't swell up like a frankfurter, then we may have it made.  Ms. Lucky rolling her eyes, every time she gives the "Kujo" alert, i.e., a low throated growl.  Ms. Lucky does give 'ole Irene a wide birth, though, as we all know the girl will bite.

Yoga at 6:00 a.m., is a challenge to get to, but once we're through, it's a great way to start the day.  Just blows out the pipes and calms the spirit.  So, began with Yoga, off to CB1 office meeting, then office for DVD copying and assembling packages for Sellers.  It's important to nail the list price.  This should be a mantra for all Sellers!   Now to the GBRLD Alumni meeting and then for the Senior patrol to Wesley Group.  Home Charles, after that.

It's cold outside and it MIGHT sleet/snow/rain...

Excuse me, what a bunch of chicken littles!  Had a very productive day and the traffic was not bad.  And, they've cancelled school for tomorrow.  In Dallas, Paige has had the week off with the Super Bowl in Big D on Sunday.  Maybe 1/3 of the people in my office today. 

The East Baton Rouge real estate market is starting to get calls from home owners that are finding themselves in "trouble" with their properties.  These are such sad situations, where the lenders should have never made the loan and where people have flat out made poor decisions.  A recurring senario that I'm hearing is that a couple purchase a property, lived there for a while and got a home equity loan.  These loans ballooned the debt on the property and now they will not sell, 2/3 years later for the original loan and the home equity loan.  When the homeowner gets behind on the payments and fall behind on their payments, the penalties, loans and fines are overwhelming.  I'm just curious.  Who's going to make up for the deficit these properties leave behind.  Who really eats the difficiencies?  I hope this doesn't last long.  It takes a lot out of you to work through all the banking b.s. and fall-d-rall to work to sell the property.