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      <title>Happy New Year from Spring TX!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Fireworks on the New Year is a Texas tradition and this year we have heard them going off since early in the evening.  With our severe drought this summer there was no fireworks on the 4th; believe me people are making up for lost time this evening.  (It helps that is is 70 degrees out at 10:00 at night.) I just heard on the news the fireworks stands are doing record sales! Our dog and cats will be happy when we finish ringing in this New Year!  Our dog is honestly too big to be a lap dog but this evening he is a lap dog (lol).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:25:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Thanksgiving swing dancing at DIA!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Can you imagine being at a busy airport getting ready to fly out on one of the busiest travel day of the year and all of a sudden you hear swing music over the loudspeaker and young people start dancing swing? That is what happened a few days before Thanksgiving at Denver International Airport.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; I can't tell you how many times I have been in Jeppesen Terminal, as we have family in the Denver area, but from now as I visit the terminal I will remember this video of swing dancing. I thought it was so much fun to see these young people dancing to swing music. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:54:42 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Harry Gifford - World War II Veteran - United States Army!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Harry Gifford in World War II - driving a supply truck" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/5/4/4/5/ar128473379154451.jpg" height="323" alt="Harry Gifford in World War II - driving a supply truck!" width="200"&gt;On this Veterans day of 11/11/11 I am writing this post to honor my Dad Harry Gifford.  My Dad was drafted in to the Army prior to Pearl Harbor and served through the entire war.  It has only been in the last few years that I have been able to get my Dad to talk about his war time experiences and I was amazed to find out that the draft was going on before Pearl Harbor happened.  I had always thought the draft started after Pearl Harbor but that is not the case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After getting drafted he called his 4 brothers and told them if they wanted to choose the branch of the service they wanted to be in they had best enlist rather than be drafted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Greatest-generation-the-brothers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Greatest generation the brothers" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Greatest-generation-the-brothers-300x220.jpg" height="220" alt="Gifford boys in World War II" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The picture to the left are the Gifford boys. Two of them were in the Army, two were in the Air Force and one was in the Navy. All of them came home safe and sound. My Dad's oldest brother stayed in the reserves and at the time was told he would not be called up and if he was would not go to the front line. As it turns out that was not true and he died on the front lines in the Korean War. My Dad was the second to the oldest and is the only one of his siblings that is still living. (He also had an older sister.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My Dad at 94 years of age and my Mother at 86 years of age still spend 6 months in Colorado and 6 months in Arizona. My Dad drives them back and forth pulling a small travel trailer and I would get in the car with him any day as he is still an incredible driver. He got a lot of practice during World War II as his job in the Army was to drive a supply truck to the front line in Europe.  He was with a group that followed Patton's tanks.  He said that Patton would clear an area out and then they would have to come back and clear the area out again. His job was to drop the kitchen off and then he would spend the rest of the time picking up more supplies or taking troops back and forth to the front line. He said that often he would get where he was going only to find that the front line had been moved. In the video below he describes one of my favorite stories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My parents are from the small town of Kinsley Kansas. When he left for the war my Mother was just a young girl and he did not give her a second glance.  When my Dad came back from the war my Mother was all grown up and the rest is history. They will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on December 1st. We will be having a celebration in January in Arizona as that will give time for all their winter visitor friends to get in town.  They have decided this will be their last year to winter in Arizona so it will be a bittersweet year for them.&lt;img title="Harry and Lucylle Gifford and their girls" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/6/8/8/0/ar128473475108866.JPG" height="200" alt="Harry and Lucylle Gifford and their girls" width="300"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are by no means a military family but we are a family with a long history of serving our country when needed. Between my husband's family and my family we have had someone in almost every war since the Revolution. The only one that we could not come up with was the War of 1812. The most recent addition to that history is our son who served as an Intelligence Analyst with the Army. He was in for the same length of time as my Dad 4 years 10 months serving two tours of Iraq. He got out in June of 2009 and is now a junior at Texas A&amp;amp;M in Ocean Engineering.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have been blessed to have wonderful parents. I always say I had an Ozzie and Harriet upbringing and I'm so blessed to still have them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My Dad and Mother truly are my HEROES !&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:42:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Tomball Business &amp; Professional Women (TBPW) 2011 Fall Food Fest - October 18th, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM!! </title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/People-at-tables.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="TBPW Fall Food Fest" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/People-at-tables-300x200.jpg" height="200" alt="TBPW Fall Food Fest" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tomball Business &amp;amp; Professional Women 13th Annual"Fall Food Fest" will be h&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;eld at Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last year we were able to give 6 high school Seniors scholarships plus one additional scholarship to a Lonestar college receipient and one scholarship to a Leadership North Houston recipient from our organization. We are hoping that we will even be able to give more this coming year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This event serves as  one of our organizations's primary fund-raising effort to secure funds for scholarships. Additionally our organization's fund-raising contributes to numerous community needs.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Local restaurants will be providing samples of their food.&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Main-Street.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Main Street at TBPW Fall Food Fest" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Main-Street-300x182.jpg" height="182" alt="Main Street at TBPW Fall Food Fest" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pizza, Cassaroles, Chicken Friend Chicken, Soups, Mexican food, Deserts&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Pies and More! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Adult Plates are $8.00. Seniors 60 and over are $5.00 and children under 10 are $2.50. If you don't have time to stay To Go Plates are also available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/TBPW-logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Tomball Business &amp;amp; Professional Women" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/TBPW-logo-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="Tomball Business &amp;amp; Professional Women" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A raffle, along with a silent auction, is part of our fund-raising efforts for this event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Raffle tickets are presently being sold with the winners of the raffle items announced at the Food Fest. Raffle tickets are $5.00 apiece or 5 for $20. In previous years I have sold 4 winning tickets. You could be my next winning ticket! Please come and support our scholarships for High School seniors and others in need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We appreciate Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street allowing us to use their Church for our fundraiser.&lt;/strong&gt; This is an easy location to get to. If you are coming from 2920 turn north on Baker and you will curve to the church on the left. If you are coming from SH 249 turn to the east on Baker and the Church will be on your right.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:24:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Drought at Lake Conroe!!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;The pictures above were taken Labor Day weekend. I was going to post them right away but then the wild fires started and after that the lake issue seemed trivial. Now that the fires are over I am back to posting about Lake Conroe. Lake Conroe is a back up water supply for Houston and with the severe drought we have been in they have had to start taking water out of Lake Conroe. It is so sad to see the lake being depleted but at the same time I understand why it has to be done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have followed my blog you know that we are in two active sail boat clubs on the lake. We were out at the lake Labor day weekend and it looked like a ghost lake. Typically you would see several sailboats and a lot of motorboats out on the water. We saw maybe three motorboats, a couple of jet skis and &lt;strong&gt;NO sailboats&lt;/strong&gt; on the lake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have a Catalina 22 which is a relatively small sailboat. We have the retractable keel and keep it at Conroe Yacht Club on dry ground. Our friends with the larger boats have had to find creative ways to get their boats off the water.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I expect it is going to be several years before the lake is back to normal. We will miss our sailboat races but in the grand scheme of things people having water to live with is more important.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please pray for rain in Texas.&lt;/strong&gt; It is going to take a lot of rain to get us back to normal levels.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:15:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Friday's Photos - Life is Rough!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Dundy-sleeping.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Dundy our Rescue dog sleeping" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-997" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Dundy-sleeping.jpg" height="426" alt="Dundy our Resuce dog sleeping" width="640"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is Dundy; we rescued him over 2 years ago and what a joy he has been. His cute Golden face got him in the Golden Rescue but he is only about 50 pounds so is for sure a mix. Other than Golden we are not sure what he is although I think he has some Border Collie. I hear we could pay $60 and do a test to find out but it is kind of fun to guess. He is the best guard dog we have ever had; his bark sounds like he is a Rottweiler. Problem is when you open the door you have this cute bundle of fur greeting you. He is happy we found him and the feeling is mutual!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are so many dogs and cats waiting to be rescued.  Personally I think rescues make the best pets. They are so happy to be rescued!!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro (Results Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:06:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Get Organized Before Applying For A Mortgage</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I often have people ask me what they need to do to apply for a mortgage.  George gives some great insight on getting organized to make your loan application.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Via &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/2480650/get-organized-before-applying-for-a-mortgage"&gt;George Souto NMLS# 65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages Connecticut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/2/6/3/2/ar131466920323624.jpg" height="334" alt="" width="282"&gt;What should be one of the simplest steps in purchasing a house sometimes turns into one of the biggest problems.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When I Pre-Qualify someone for a loan, I tell them that they need to start organizing the documents that they will need, especially if they plan on purchasing soon.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I then go over the list of documents that they will need for the type of loan that they will most likely be applying for.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Some documents may differ based on the Loan Program, but there are some documents that are needed regardless of the Loan Program, such as:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;One month of paystubs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;W2’s for the past two years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Bank statements, 1 month for conventional loans, and 2 months for FHA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;As simple as these documents may seem, they can create delays when a Borrower does not listen to my advice, and does not start to comply them right away.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am always amazed at how many people do not keep their paystubs and bank statements.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Bank statements we can get around by just having the Borrower go to their bank and getting a bank printout of their account, but paystubs are a different matter.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If they do not keep their paystubs, and cannot get duplicate ones from work, then we may end up having to wait a full 30 days for them to acquire them.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That may not be a major issue for someone who has plenty of time to Close, but for someone who has to Close quickly, that could be a big problem.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;W2’s can also create delays if we have to wait for duplicates from work, or for the Borrower to get them from their accountant, or IRS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Other documents that are commonly needed with some loan programs that Borrowers don’t always have handy, and could slow down the loan approval process down are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;2-3 years Tax Returns needed for:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Self-Employed Borrowers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;CHFA Loans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gift money documentation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Copy of Gift Check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Proof of withdrawal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Proof of deposit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Divorce Decree:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Proof of receipt of Alimony/Child Support payments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Bankruptcy documentation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Certificate of Eligibility (VA Loans) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are other documents that are sometimes needed, but these are the most common.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying a house can be a very stressful process, but much of the stress can be eliminated if the Borrower follows the advice of the Real Estate professionals that they are working with.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A little time spent on preparation and planning, can sometimes save many hours of delays, and stress during the Home Purchasing Process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"&gt;******************************************************************************************************************&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"&gt;Who To Call For Your Mortgage Needs In Connecticut:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"&gt;George Souto NMLS# 65149 is a Loan Officer who can assist you with all your FHA, CHFA, and Conventional mortgage needs in Connecticut. George resides in Middlesex County which includes Middletown, Middlefield, Durham, Cromwell, Portland, Higganum, Haddam, East Haddam, Chester, Deep River, and Essex. George can be contacted at (860) 573-1308  &lt;a href="mailto:gsouto@mccuemortgage.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;gsouto@mccuemortgage.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or visit my McCue Mortgage Homepage. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro (Results Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:45:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Understand Your Monthly Mortgage Payment</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know that PITI is sometimes hard to understand and George does a GREAT job of explaining it in language that is easy to understand!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Via &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/2457915/understand-your-monthly-mortgage-payment"&gt;George Souto NMLS# 65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages Connecticut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/1/6/3/9/ar131353181293613.jpg" height="277" alt="" width="352"&gt;A common assumption that is often made by those in the Mortgage Industry is that Homeowners understand what makes up their monthly mortgage payment, but in reality many do not.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So it is important that Loan Officers take the time to explain to each of their Borrowers, not only how much they will be paying each month, but also the different components that make up their monthly payment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;A common term in the Mortgage Industry when referring to the monthly mortgage payment is &lt;strong&gt;PITI&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PITI&lt;/strong&gt; simply stands for:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;rincipal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This is the portion of the monthly payment that reduces the remaining balance of the money that was borrowed.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;nterest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This represents the cost of borrowing the money, and is stated as a percentage of the outstanding balance on the loan.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On a 30 year fixed loan, the total interest is almost the same amount as the amount of money that was borrowed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;axes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This is the money that is collected each month as part of your monthly payment, so that the Lender can pay the town the property when they come due.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In most towns in Connecticut, property taxes are collected every 6 months, with the exception of one town that collects taxes every 3 months and 6 other towns that collect taxes just once per year.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Taxes will differ from town to town, depending on the mill rate that the town sets for that year.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The mill rate is calculated as a percentage of each $1,000 that the town assesses the property value at.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;nsurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This is the money that is collected each month as part of your monthly payment, so that the Lender can pay the Homeowners Insurance premium to the Insurance Company each year.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Homeowners Insurance is required on most loans to protect the Homeowner and the Lender for a loss or damages caused by fire, or other similar things.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Homeowners Insurance, also provides protection for theft, and injury.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;These are the 4 components that make up the &lt;strong&gt;PITI&lt;/strong&gt;, but there may be one other fee that could also be part of a monthly payment:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; -&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If a Borrower makes a downpayment that is less than 20% of the selling price of the house that they purchase, they will need to pay PMI.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;PMI is required by the Lender to protect the Lender in case the Borrower defaults on the loan, and the Lender has to foreclose on the property.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When a Borrower is required to pay PMI, it will be calculated as a monthly amount that will be collected each month as part of the monthly payment.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A Borrower will be required to pay PMI until the Borrower has acquired 20% equity in the property on a Conventional Loan.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On a FHA Loan the Borrower will continue to pay the Mortgage Insurance (MI) each month until the Principle Balance has been reduced to 78% of the beginning loan amount, and the Borrower has been paying it for a minimum of 5 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hopefully the above explanation helps homeowners better understand what makes up their monthly mortgage payment, and why it is a part of their payment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;******************************************************************************************************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Who To Call For Your Mortgage Needs In Connecticut:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;George Souto NMLS# 65149 is a Loan Officer who can assist you with all your FHA, CHFA, and Conventional mortgage needs in Connecticut. George resides in Middlesex County which includes Middletown, Middlefield, Durham, Cromwell, Portland, Higganum, Haddam, East Haddam, Chester, Deep River, and Essex. George can be contacted at (860) 573-1308  &lt;a href="mailto:gsouto@mccuemortgage.com"&gt;gsouto@mccuemortgage.com&lt;/a&gt;, or visit my McCue Mortgage Homepage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro (Results Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:41:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Motivational Monday - What animal are you?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I found myself in my car for a fairly long stretch of time waiting for a client who was running late.  Typically when that happens I bring out the cell phone and start surfing.  In this case I was out in the country and was only getting one bar on my phone so surfing was out.  I then started digging through my c&lt;img title="What animal are you?  Surviving the Serengeti" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/3/9/5/6/ar131163198265938.jpg" height="374" alt="What animal are you?  Surviving the Serengeti" width="300"&gt;ar to see what I could find.  What I found were two REALTOR magazines from back in April; both of them unread by me.  In the NAR magazine I found an article entitled “What animal are you”?  I am not familiar with the book but Stefan Swanepoel has written a book called “Surviving the Serengeti” which draws business survival skills from the animal life in Africa’s Serengeti region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this time in April 20,000 people (it says mostly real estate practitioners but I am not sure how they tell that) had taken the quiz.  It was intriguing to see how the respondents landed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;31% &lt;strong&gt;Enterprising Crocodile&lt;/strong&gt; – Enterprising Crocodiles see the possibilities in the future that others cannot see.  They are passionate about work, learn from mistakes and understand their weaknesses as well as their innate strengths.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;24% &lt;strong&gt;Graceful Giraffe&lt;/strong&gt; – Graceful Giraffe’s develop interdependent relationships that are fostered through patience, self-dignity honor and respect.  Grace is a disposition that requires compassion toward others and the desire to extend good will.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;13% &lt;strong&gt;Communicating Elephant&lt;/strong&gt; – The Communicating Elephant is a good communicator.  They understand that it is not always best to use a lot of words.  They understand how critical verbal and non-verbal exchanges are.  They understand successful relationships depend on good communication.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;10% &lt;strong&gt;Strategic Lion&lt;/strong&gt; – To the strategic Lion it is all or nothing. The Lion’s primary skill is strategy; it is all about organizing their thoughts, ideas, experience, skills, expertise and expectations to accomplish the desired goal. Strategy is not just about the end; it is the means to the end.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;8% &lt;strong&gt;Efficient Cheetah&lt;/strong&gt; – The Efficient Cheetah finishes the job in the shortest possible time with the least amount of wasted resources.  They are able to overcome interruptions, distractions, mistakes and mental and physical fatigue. They focus on being effective thus producing the desired results.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7% &lt;strong&gt;Risk Taking Mongoose&lt;/strong&gt; – The Risk Taking Mongoose evaluates all the options before making a decision.  They review goals and determine the various routes to get to the destination.  Often they choose the path with the highest risk to gain the maximum reward.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7% &lt;strong&gt;Enduring Wildebeest&lt;/strong&gt;- The Enduring Wildebeest keeps their mind going even when their body wants to quit. They continue moving forward despite obstacles, hardships, pain or fatigue.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of the article I found that I could go online to take the quiz at &lt;a href="http://www.whatanimalami.com/" title="What animal are you?"&gt;http://www.whatanimalami.com/&lt;/a&gt;.   Reading through the different animals I was guessing that I would be the Communicating Elephant but bookmarked the page so when I got home I could see what the quiz said.  I took the quiz twice and yes I was a Communication Elephant both times.  I thought it was kind of fun and wanted to share it with you.  So what animal are you?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If anyone has read the book  please share how you liked the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:20:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Lake Conroe Sailing Association Thursday night sail boat races!!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Lake Conroe Sailing Association's Thursday night races are in the middle of the season and we are still experiencing plenty of wind. Typically in the summer our winds die down and lots of races get canceled due to lack of wind.  Not so this year!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The wind is the good news but the bad news is that we are not experiencing any rain.  We have lived here for almost 15 years and this is the driest we have ever seen our area.  My sister lives in the Denver area and for some odd reason they seem to be getting all the rain.  Typically at this time of the year they look brown and dull and we look green and lush but that is not the case this year.  Again trying to find a positive out of our drought we do have a lot of wind so consider coming out to join us on Thursday nights.  You don't have to own a boat to participate people are always looking for crew.  I help on the committee boat and my husband crews.  For more information visit &lt;a href="http://www.lakeconroesailing.com/" title="Lake Conroe Sailing Association"&gt;Lake Conroe Sailing Associations website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:22:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Happy 4th of July but no fireworks this year in Spring TX!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Fireworks at Augusta Pines golf club 2010" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/picture_library/Fireworks2010.gif" height="427" alt="Fireworks at Augusta Pines golf club 2010" width="640"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The pictures above were taken at the Augusta Pines firework display  last year.  My slideshow will be the only fireworks we will be seeing in  Harris County this year as all firework displays in Harris and  Montgomery County have been cancelled due to our severe drought.  We had  a nice thunderstorm the other night but being about 17 inches low the  ground just immediately soaked it up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have lived here since December 1996 and it is so strange not  seeing the fireworks stands open.  Usually they are doing a booming  business but this is also the driest that it has been since we have  lived here.  Typically the entire day of the 4th I hear firecrackers  going off but today it has been blissfully quiet.  As much as we love  our fireworks we love our Texas land more and I’m proud to see everyone  going along with the fireworks ban. (Mind you there is a $500 fine being  imposed if you do shoot a firework and that means any kind of  firework.)  As dry as everything is I think we all understand the  importance of no fireworks this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other hand our dog Dundy does not like fireworks and is THRILLED about the ban (lol).&lt;br&gt; I wish you all a happy 4th of July.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:48:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Motivational Monday - Flying around Mt. McKinley/Denali!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mt.McKinley.gif"&gt;&lt;img class="size-full wp-image-947 " title="Our Alaskan vacation - flying around Mt. McKinley" src="http://www.agentwithresults.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mt.McKinley.gif" height="427" alt="Our Alaskan vacation - flying around Mt. McKinley" width="640"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have to be honest when my husband came up with the idea of taking a sightseeing trip around Mt. McKinley on our Alaskan vacation I was not sure about the whole idea.  I could tell he wanted to so I decided to buck up and I'm so glad I did WOW what an INCREDIBLE experience!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look at what I would have missed if I had let my fear keep me down.  So it is with life sometimes we just have to conquer our fear and do it anyway!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have to admit I did have my bible study  praying that I would have a peace that transcended understanding as I'm  not a huge fan of small planes. It worked as I had a TOTAL sense of  peace the entire time.  We only had a few days of beautiful clear skies  and we were blessed to have one of those days and we have tons of pictures and videos to remember it by. Our only hitch was that we were supposed to land on a glacier but the glacier was socked in with fog.  We were thankful that safety came first with our pilot.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Soaring on wings like Eagles!!</title>
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&lt;h3&gt;Isaiah 40:28-31&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup class="versenum"&gt;28&lt;/sup&gt; Have you not known?    &lt;br&gt;      Have you not heard?  &lt;br&gt;      The everlasting God, the LORD,  &lt;br&gt;      The Creator of the ends of the earth,  &lt;br&gt;      Neither faints nor is weary.  &lt;br&gt;      His understanding is unsearchable.  &lt;br&gt;       &lt;sup class="versenum"&gt;29&lt;/sup&gt; He gives power to the weak,    &lt;br&gt;      And to &lt;em&gt;those who have&lt;/em&gt; no might He increases strength.  &lt;br&gt;       &lt;sup class="versenum"&gt;30&lt;/sup&gt; Even the youths shall faint and be weary,    &lt;br&gt;      And the young men shall utterly fall,  &lt;br&gt;       &lt;sup class="versenum"&gt;31&lt;/sup&gt; But those who wait on the LORD    &lt;br&gt;      Shall renew &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; strength;  &lt;br&gt;      They shall mount up with wings like eagles,  &lt;br&gt;      They shall run and not be weary,  &lt;br&gt;      They shall walk and not faint.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Copyright © 2011 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. &lt;strong&gt;*ActiveRainPhotoBloggerContest: Sailing at Lake Conroe!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:19:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>ActiveRainPhotoBloggerContest: Sailing at Lake Conroe!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img title="Sailing at Lake Conroe" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/1/4/7/ar130603164074188.jpg" height="413" alt="Sailing at Lake Conroe" width="640"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;One of the many things that we love about living in Spring TX is our accessibility to Lake Conroe.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We are in two sailing clubs at Lake Conroe and today Lake Conroe Sailing Association had a destination sail for lunch.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We had 5 sail boats and 13 people meet at County Line Barbeque for lunch. We had great wind and it was a fun time for all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;We started our racing experience on a 52’ sailboat with a friend in San Diego Bay. That experience was enough to give us the sailing bug and shortly after moving to Spring TX we bought our first sail boat.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We bought a newer Catalina 22 and we named it Sanity.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;With real estate being so stressful I envisioned us relaxing on the lake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;However, once we started sailing my husband got interested in racing our sailboat. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We soon realized that our newer sailboat was pretty but it was also pretty slow.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Catalina 22’s are supposed to be a one design boat but they changed the design back in 1986 and the newer design weighs about 500 pounds more than the older design. &lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My husband tried everything he could think of to try and get our newer boat to compete with the older boats but the longer the race the more we would fall behind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In 2002 the Catalina Nationals took place here in Houston at Houston Yacht Club at Galveston Bay.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Our son was supposed to crew but being a sophomore in high school he decided he had other interest so we ended up with a 13 year old crew member from another boat.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As I said the longer the race the more we would fall behind and so as the race proceeded we were in dead last.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was a rough day on the water and my husband went on top to change the whisker pole as the winds had shifted.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At this point in time I was a fairly new sailor and would get my left/right confused; when you use the tiller left is right and right is left.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I was at the tiller and my husband said to go right; I went left and oops I knocked him off.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We had practiced man overboard and now I had to put it in to practice with a 13 year old crew member and in rough water.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We use fanny packs that have an air pack that can be deployed and thankfully my husband had it on as it took me two turns to get him back on the boat.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;His clothes were weighing him down and without that pack I’m not sure he would still be with me today.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was not a pretty experience but thankfully I got him in the boat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;After that incident I I told him if you want to race we need to have the right equipment; so we sold our pretty but slow Catalina 22.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We bought another Catalina 22 but this one was built in 1971 with sail number 501; it had been rigged for racing and had a racing history. &lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We named our new old boat INSANITY as it seemed insane to sell a newer boat to buy an older boat.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At the time we bought Insanity it was not a pretty boat my husband prettied it up for me and long story short we have loved our Catalina 22.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The picture above is not a picture of our sailboat as it is hard to get a picture of your own boat since you are usually on it. This is a friend’s boat that my husband often crews for in our Lake Conroe Sailing Association Thursday night races.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On Thursday nights my husband crews and I help on the committee boat as we keep Insanity at Conroe Yacht Club on the other side of the lake.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As you can tell from this story you don’t have to have a lot of experience to start your sailing experience.&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;As with everything in life the longer you practice the more experience you get. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sailing has turned in to a wonderful hobby for me and my husband.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As your children leave the nest it is nice to have something that you can spend your spare time doing and for us that has been sailing. If you live in the Spring/Tomball/Magnolia/Conroe area and have an interest in sailing come out and join us sailing on Lake Conroe. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Copyright © 2011 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. &lt;strong&gt;*ActiveRainPhotoBloggerContest: Sailing at Lake Conroe!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 22:53:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Blue heron flight at Lake Conreo!!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;One of the many things we like about living in Spring is the accessibility to Lake Conroe.  Today we went out to the lake for the day.  I'm constantly trying to get pictures of Blue Heron and as soon as they see me they take off.  This guy did not see me right away so he got his picture taken and then of course he took off.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. &lt;strong&gt;*Lake Conroe Sailing Association racing season begins!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro (Results Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 22:38:01 -0400</pubDate>
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