2010 - Day Fifty Four...

Calling all cars...calling all cars...be on the look-out for a late model Toyota Prius, reported stolen early afternoon by a hardly-coherent real estate agent. The 'perp' is reported to be a tiara named 'Pat', allegedly from the Miami area. Suspect will most likely be seated atop a couple dozen pillows, many with fringe and tassles attached. Most likely headed south, last seen in a Central Austin area parking lot, complaining bitterly about its' 'jewels' beginning to freeze, and needing to find a place to thaw. Should be considered armed and extremely 'semi-precious'. That is all...

So, today is being kind of a fun day...kind of a snow day...kind of a 'is it still snowing outside' kind of day. When it started raining this morning, we were all opening blinds and trying to take photos, with little or no success. There is really no accumulation on the roadways, but there is some snow staying on the ground, and there were a few slicky spots on the bridges and overpasses during my trip (early) home this afternoon. Kind of fun, the BIG snow flakes have quit, and the tiny snow flakes are starting. When I was growing up outside Detroit, we would always say the big flakes were not anything to worry about, it was the small little bitty flakes that meant problems. We shall see. I have an 8:30 appointment in the morning, and everything will be dependent on what the Austin Independent School District does. That is the benchmark. It the schools close down, my meeting is cancelled. If the schools open two hours late, my meeting is two hours later. Not a bad way to figure things out. None of us have any rules for this kind of stuff.

BEFORE ALL THAT started, though, I was at a breakfast meeting this morning that started at 7:15. The TREPAC Awards breakfast this morning, and the guest speaker was our Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, Todd Staples. A nice breakfast, nice company, and a good speaker, letting us know he appreciates the involvement of the REALTOR community in the affairs of the State of Texas. Again, I am still learning all the complexities and the intricacies of a the various associations, local, state and national. Fascinating stuff!

AND THEN...I headed off to the office, and got a lot of work done. Yesterday my Buyer/Seller client got his sale transaction finalized (out of option now) and the purchase of his new property negotiated, and he is in option for the purchase of his new home. Got contracts receipted, earnest monies delivered, option fees delivered and receipted, and then it was time (almost) to head home. Once I got home, there was more work to do (but in sweats and t-shirts) and a lot of looking out the window at the snow falling, and going outside every now and then to see if I can take ONE MORE PICTURE. Every time I get close to the tank where the ducks are, they freak out and head out. If you look closely at the first picture, you can see the ducks in the tank. There are about a dozen that have taken up residency in the tank, and we hope they will stay around. If we get to another really bad drought, we will have to come up with a way to keep water in the tank, and that will most likely mean digging a well just to keep the tanks full...it could be worse, and hopefully worth the expense for the sake of nature.

The second photo is just kind of a nice photo looking to the back of the property from about the corner of the house. No cattle is sight, hopefully they are in the barn where there is some shelter. Earlier they were seen chowing-down on the hay, and the neighbors cattle have no shelter at all. Totally not common for us to have this kind of weather. REMEMBER, it was 77 degrees here just two days ago. Kind of crazy, even for us!

Pretty much done for this post...

Deeds, Changes, Actions, SNOW FLURRIES, kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!