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After years of searching for that just-right career, I finally found it a few years ago: Texas REALTOR®! It’s a flexible job where I can be my own boss, grow a business, help people with their real estate needs and their career goals, continue to be challenged and learn something new every day, and work…
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Now that I work weekends, I feel like I'm on a huge rollercoaster… I spend the first part of each week trying to catch up on emails, my favorite blogs and laundry and then, just when I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I hit the fast track and before I know…
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I have this photography addiction, see, and just had to do something with it. If I don’t have my Nikon with me, I take photos with my iPhone. Houses, sunsets, clouds. I just can’t help myself. So I started a photography blog, Confessions of a Photography Addict , a place to stash my overflow of photographs, write…
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I am… Christian. Prayers and candles. Mom. Shorts, t-shirt, tennis shoes, and flip-flops. Wife. Sexy black dress and heels. Sister, daughter, cousin, aunt… Realtor, matchmaker, advocate, negotiator. Houses to homes. Austin. Lake Travis. Texas Hill Country. Exploring, learning, meeting awesome people. Making friends. Helping make dreams come true. Aiming at being a blessing to everyone I…
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This morning the wind tugged at my umbrella as I headed down the road with the puppies. It sang in my ear, accompanied by the rain pattering on the umbrella, the jingle of the dogs' collars, the sound of my breathing. My morning music, creating order from the noise in my head, soothing me, energizing…
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It's a Saturday in high gear. We were up late last night enjoying the company of friends… therefore slept late, making LATE the word of the day. It's been rush, rush, rush ever since… Max isn't just limping, he's hopping, so while Tom examined his leg, I had to hold baby Belle back to keep…
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Mermaid of the Tree, originally uploaded by Barbara Shallue. Hurricane Ike destroyed about 40,000 trees in Galveston. By transforming the trunks into whimsical creatures like this mermaid, chainsaw artists have given new life to the trees and lifted the spirits of island residents. I passed this mermaid on a stroll through Ann’s historical neighborhood this…
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Rounding the tight curve, I’m swallowed by a cloud of caliche dust. Bulldozers are devouring the hillside next to me, bite by bite, along with the cedar and oak trees that once called it home. The highway department has decided to straighten this serpentine section of FM 1431 north of Austin. I watch the wasting of…
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“Has she ever been exposed to benzene?” The question ricochets through my mind as I head for the hospital. Every day for two weeks I’ve driven this way down Texas 225, “Chemical Plant Row,” the question bouncing around in my head, loosening a memory here, triggering a question there, until now there’s an avalanche of…
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My "Introduction to Screenwriting" class started this week - my third online class in a row. There are obvious advantages to these "distance" courses…you save on gas and commuting time…you "attend" when you want to…you can wear your pajamas to class (actually, I guess you can do that on campus, too, depending on your pj's.) And if…
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