December 2011

Paradigm AdvantEdge 2011 — a Year in Review

December 30, 2011

As we launch into 2012, looking for a great year ahead, I thought I’d take a look back at Paradigm AdvantEdge in 2011. Three new offices were brought online. Some were begun in 2010, but we did have 3 grand openings this year. Our number of agents increased by 36% to nearly 200. This makes [...]

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The Glass is Back

December 28, 2011

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will be celebrating a decade in downtown 2002-2012. The Museum’s collection of glass by American artist Dale Chihuly reopens New Year’s Eve. Exhibited on the third floor, ILLUMINATIONS: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly presents a fresh look at the Museum’s popular Chihuly collection. Redesigned in collaboration with the [...]

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December 27, 2011

Celebrations “ I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it if I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.”  Madame Bollinger Champagne. It is [...]

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Emergency Animal Hospitals

December 26, 2011

It’s the day after Christmas.  All the presents are unwrapped.  Most are put together; some are put away.  In our laundry room, our cat Loki is recovering from an emergency surgery he had yesterday.  He had apparently gotten into a fight with another cat recently, and the bites on Loki’s hindquarters had become infected. The [...]

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Tis the Season To Be Jolly

December 23, 2011

Decorations on the tree—Check. Christmas parties—Check. Presents for the family—Check. Five dozen cookies baked—Check. Presents wrapped—No Check. Baking for the weekend guests—No Check. Property searches for 2 new clients—Check. Showing 3 houses in the freezing mist—Check. Enjoying all the Christmas music and decorations in Oklahoma City—Absolutely!  The life of a realtor is the best!  We [...]

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My Christmas Card List

December 21, 2011

I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book.  And every year when Christmas comes, I go and take a look.  That is when I realize these names are all a part, not of the book they’re written in, but of my very heart. For each name stands for someone who [...]

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Christmas Shopping is Fun?

December 18, 2011

December 1976 was a cold winter in Florida with the weather down around 50 degrees and no snow in site.  However, we weren’t planning on spending Christmas in Florida because my leave was approved, gifts were wrapped, the Christmas candy was made and were packed and ready to check out at midnight and head toward [...]

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Santa Paws Could Use Some Help

December 17, 2011

“No Matter how little money and how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich.” -Louis Sabin Here’s a slightly different twist to the tale of holiday philanthropy: food drives for our four-legged friends. This is about food drives for animals – pretty much all animals, I guess. Several local businesses in Enid [...]

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Beware Craigslist (and others) Rental Scams

December 15, 2011

With the Oklahoma City rental market heating up, we are seeing more and more rental scams – primarily on Craigslist. A local news crew caught up with a scammer recently in Sacramento.

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Tis the Season…

December 14, 2011

Tis the Season…this has different meanings to each of us. For many of us it means, decorating our homes with holiday spirit, baking Christmas cookies and gift shopping. This is a time of year that many of us tend to dig a little deeper into our pockets to contribute to charity organizations that have meaning [...]

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