Sunshine Award!

I was so happy today when I got an email from Melanie over at Sarcasm & Curls that I was nominated for the Blogging Sunshine Award! I didn't know what it was, just knew it sounded like fun and I was excited! Haha! Thank you so much lady! Love you and your blog!! XO! 

For those of you not following Melanie, let me tell you a few reasons why I love her ... and you will too!1. She is hysterical, period.2. She is on the gif bandwagon and they are absolutely the funniest things ever3. She loves Pretty Little Liars (so that is an automatic given on the friendship level ha)4. Her dog Mia, and Frankie, are long lost BFF's 

Mia (left) ... Frankie (right) 

What is it with Yorkies and their curled up/cuddle position haha .. love it! 

Okay, onto the award ... 

Rules:

If nominated for this award, you must include a link in your blog to the person/blog that nominated you. You must also answer some questions about yourself, nominate fellow bloggers, link their blogs in your post, and inform them that they have been nominated.

Questions:

Who is your favorite philosopher: 

Umm... no idea. That is really a hard one. 

What is your favorite number? 

4. And I have no idea why, lol 

What is your favorite animal? 

Dogs and Turtles ... I like dogs as pets mostly and turtles are kind of something that started as an inside joke between Chris and I, snapping turtles to be exact, and then just stuck and now everyone always sends me turtle stuff, we get a turtle figure every time we go out of town lol and the kids always draw me turtles ... it's cute ;) 

What are your Facebook and Twitter? 

Facebook is HERE

Twitter I am not on .. I know, I know ... but I am on Pinterest you can follow me HERE 

What is your favorite time of the day? 

Probably at the end of the day when I can come home and hang out, relax, and watch my shows and snuggle with Chris and Frankie :) 

hahahaha this makes me laugh. both of them, knocked out. ridic. ;) 

What is your favorite holiday? 

Easter.

What is your favorite physical activity? 

Probably walking hahaha briskly walking, outside, while talking to a friend and chatting so it goes by quickly. Kidding (kinda) ... my other physical activity is Barre classes. I love them. 

What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink? 

Sweet Tea or Water. 

What is your favorite flower? 

Hydrangeas and Peonies

(which is some of what we are using in our wedding!) 

What is your passion? 

Real Estate. 

I know some people will be like, oh whatever, that's her job, she just wants her clients to read that haha but it is really true. I love real estate and building/design. I truly have a passion for it and am so blessed I get to wake up every day and do a job I love.  

I am nominating the following lovely ladies for this award also: 

Jill @ Bluegrass Belle ... 

(She is funny, has good style and NEEDS A BUTTON and this will make her make one ha!)

Lea Liz @ The Roland's  ....

 (I just won her giveaway, her blog is adorable & so are her boys!)

Maegan @ Waltz With Us  ... 

(She is pregnant w/ TWINS, blogging about her life & babies, love her!!)

 Go follow their blogs and let's pass on the Sunshine Award! 

In other news, 

my "5 Things" Post yesterday was fun and some other pretty ladies decided to join in on the fun! Go meet Shay and Jenn and learn more about them and their cute blogs!!

That's all for now!

Ready for the weekend, 

5 Things ... and a Recap!

Where do the days go?

Am I the only one who feels like it was JUST the weekend and now it's Wednesday already?
Good grief!

I have a cute recap post for today but before I get to that ... I saw a fun post over at Melanie's blog and I thought I would link up and participate in this little ditty of a Q&A ... I always love when other bloggers do these so we can learn more about each other!

So here goes ...

5 Things ... about moi :) 

5 Things ... 

... you'll find in my purse

1. Cell Phone (who are we kidding, it's usually in my hand ha)

2. MAC Lipgloss 

3. 18 different pens & highlighters 

4. Gum

5.Cash 

... you'll find in my bedroom

1. Trash magazines

2. My iPad

3. Blue Tub of Blistex

4. 80 pillows (we have so many pillows for some reason?!)

5. Frankie ;) 

... I've always wanted to do

1. Get another tattoo

2. Stay in one of those little huts on vacation on an island somewhere

3. Get Frankie a sister ;)

4. Go to the Country Music Awards in Nashville

5. Meet Dolly Parton 

... I'm currently loving

1. Cadburry Eggs 

2. Knot top buns on the top of my head, ha

3. Wedding planning 

4. Making secret Valentine's Day Plans ;) 

5. The warmer weather and sunshine!

... quirks I have 

1. I pick my cuticles majorly

2. I have OCD ha (is that a quirk or an illness?) 

3. It takes me 10 minutes to put on mascara in the morning b/c I mix three different kinds, but I would never leave home without it ha 

4. There are only 4 people on the planet I will trust to leave Frankie with when I am gone.

5. People that always want to have a pity party and play the "poor me" card literally drive me INSANE 

Wasn't that fun? :)
Link up or message me if you decide to do this so I can check yours out too!
Thanks Melanie for the idea!! XO

OK here is a recap of my week, besides the fact I have worked 11-12 hour days the past 3 days!

Kim turned the BIG 3-0!
One of my best friends, Kim, celebrated her 30th birthday this past weekend ...

hahaha I couldn't resist getting those glasses!

Kelly made her a "30 Blows" bucket ha ... cute idea! 

Frankie could never forget her birthday ;) Don't you worry!

PS. Doesn't that card look just like him? 

THIS is the card he gave her last year ... haha

I found the PERFECT gift for her ... and picked one up for myself too haha

Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the time she's 30!

Can't wait to start reading this! 

Interested to see how we're doing on the list ha!

We celebrated Kim's bday at dinner and watching the CATS play a little ball!

Then we celebrated a little more and had a super fun night!
Happy Birthday Kim! 
Glad you had a fun weekend! Love you bunches!! 

New on the Wedding front ... 
Nothing crazy new with the wedding, just typical planning, but I did find the flower girl dresses ...
How adorable are these??

Love them. They are precious and perfect. Period. Ordered. Ha. 

Need some Valentine's Day Ideas?

I am going to do a seperare Vday post in the next few days with some good ideas of gifts, etc. 

But I wanted to share with you now the shirt I will probably be wearing that day ... 

I got my favorite package in the mail this week!

 Ahhh!
Love me some Kikilarue packages in the mail!!

Above is the Maddie top in a small, color red. 

(it's honestly a little too big on me but I wanted it so bad I forced it ha, they run a size bigger IMO)

Super comfortable and the perfect Valentine's Day shirt!!

Looking for a Valentine's Day card idea for your family?

Look no further ... 

This was our card last Vday ... and I LOVED it, it was my fave. So cute! 

Last tip of advice for Valentine's Day ...
Don't buy your sweet treat from Kroger on Tates Creek in Lex hahaha

 Apparently the cake decorator doesn't know how to spell!
Especially the words "beauty" and "friend"
Bless their heart! hahahaha I have never laughed so hard, in public, by myself, as I did when I took this pic.

Lastly,
just because this made me LOL today also ...

hahahhaahahaha

That's it for today friends!
PS. SEVEN more followers until 600? what what? Yay!Follow away ladies! ;)
XO,

Skaneateles Real Estate - The Sometime Update (1/17 thru 2/4)

Usually I like to predict what will happen.  I think ahead, weigh some factors, and come up with numbers concerning closings and listings, what will sell and what won't.  It's kind of like when a seller asks me "What do you think our house will sell for?"  I say to him/her that I don't have an answer.  But when it comes to predictions I come up with what I think are answers.  After last year I can't do that, not even in jest.  It was a grand year - and one I hope - but can't predict - gets repeated this year.

I haven't written in a while because as you'll see, not a whole lot has happened.  It's snowed and gotten cold, then we had a day of spring, and it got cold again.  Really cold!  My poor Sheba and Charlie had trouble walking.  Charlie I can carry....Sheba, even with the loss of 20 fat pounds, is not the carrying type.  They both celebrate this week one year of life with us.

Currently there are only 76 active listings in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service.  I went back and looked at last year's update around this time - I was loving there being only 91 listings!  The joy of so few listings is that it puts the onus on the buyer.  It's hard when there are so many to choose from, but when there are only a few that fit a person's needs, then the choosing is made much easier.  I think we are back to the days of "Here are the five homes that meet your criteria...please decide on one soon because it may not be here tomorrow."  Because it's winter, that doesn't always play out...but one of my best months when I first started was February.  Buyers had to buy, and so they did.

Carrying this through, 18 are in the Village and 20 are waterfront.  Both numbers are usually within a few digits of each other, and so it is again, even with the numbers so low.  I can assure you that people are looking...I have walked in to Ten Mile Point five times since the beginning of the year.

Six new homes have come on the market...actually all six are re-lists.  All, most with a reduced price.  People are looking for deals, and some of these are definitely itching to be sold.

Five have moved into the under contract categories.  All except one have been on the market a while - again, people are looking a finding deals.  One came on and was snapped up - the price was literally "let's get it gone."  And it was, within days.

We also have our first closings.  Five - ranging from down the lake "country" to 2 in the Village, then also a bank-owned property and a gorgeous estate.  It is hard to characterize and appraise our homes in Skaneateles - they are so unique.  Five is a great number, just one less from last year's "6" at this time.  Compare that to 2011 when there were only two closings, and 2010 when there were none.

I said I wouldn't predict...but this is going to be another great year!

Sunday Social Link Up

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Let's be honest ... I only cared about two things for this football festivity:

1. Watching the beginning where Alicia Keys sang the National Anthem 

(and I missed it because we were late to our friend's party!)

and then watching Beyonce shake it during half time ... 

and HOT DAYUM did she shake it! 

Girl has got major talent!

 Love watching her ... she totally rocked it. 

Best half time show since Janet and Justin ha and we all know how that ended ;) 

2. Hanging out with my friends and eating yummy snacks ha!

 PS. I'm cheating on Chris ... that is my boyfriend Mack I'm holding ;) 

So freaking cute. And he loves his Aunt Dana <3 

Time for a little Sunday Social 

Go link up with Neely and Ashley! 

Click HERE link up... 

1. If you were stuck on an island what are the two material items you would want to have?

I would have my cell phone (no brainer, duh) and my blue bucket of Blistex Chapstick

(bucket is what I call the little thing you dip your finger in, Chris makes fun of me ha)

 because I can not go without that, especially on an island, in the sun, ha. 

2. What are two TV shows you’d watch over and over?

Easy Peasy ... Teen Mom 2 and Pretty Little Liars

Could watch them on repeat for days haha

3. If your house was on fire, what two things aside from family/pets would you grab?

This one is sensitive because I unfortunately know several people who actual had house fires these past few months and they are awful, horrible accidents :( So without sounding insensitive, I would have to say I would grab my God Box, which is a box that holds special things like notes, my mamaw's Bible, etc. that I keep in our room ... and then also my engagement ring if I didn't already have it on. If I did, then I would grab my laptop so I could save all the million pictures on there! 

4. What are your two most favorite articles of clothing?

This is cruel ha. Two? Ahhh.

 I guess probably my Frye Boots and then either my Burberry Quilted Jacket or my Marmot bubble vest, oh or a soft Yale tshirt that I have had for like 10 years that has 18 holes in it now ha. 

(Don't you like how I totally didn't follow the rules and only list two things? Impossible.) 

(I actually have it on right now and noticed after I typed that haha!)

5. What are two movies in the past year you have seen you would recommend to us?

I am not a huge movie watcher, especially lately because I haven't really had the time :( 

I did watch a boy movie with Chris that even though I was scared, I really liked ... Act of Valor. I liked it because the guys in the movie weren't actors they were real navy seals. It was good! 

I also can't believe I am saying this because I HATE fake/weird/sci-fi movies with a passion, 

but I did really enjoy the Hunger Games 

"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

Hahaha, couldn't resist myself ;)

6. What are your two biggest guilty pleasures?

Chris could answer these in a mili-second .... ha

Shopping and Reality TV, without a doubt. 

Have a great week!

Tomorrow I will be recapping the weekend inbetween my busy day of a lunch appointment, a closing, writing a contract with a new buyer, and then doing a walk thru! 

Xo,

February 1st and Brittany WHO?

Happy Friday Lovely Ladies (and gents ha)

I swear yesterday and today I worked 11 hour days both days, so exhausted!
I didn't even know today was Friday until around 10am today! All my days have just run together this week!

With it being February 1st ... before I get started with today's post I wanted to share something I saw on Pinterest that Chris and I actually did for the kids last year ...

I think I shared this last year ... but starting on the first day of February and going until Valentine's Day, I had cut out all different color hearts on just card stock paper from Hobby Lobby, and each day we wrote each of the kids a little note or kind words, and taped it to their bedroom door! Some days Chris wrote one, some days I wrote them ... we took turns and wrote individual things we love about the kids. They loved reading them :) and we loved writing them.

So thought I would pass along for ya'll also!

Don't have kids? 

Do some for your husband, or boyfriend!!! 

Who am I kidding, I would do them for Frankie if he could read ha

Love his sweet face <3

Ok, so last night was the FIFTH TIME that someone said I look like an actress that I had never even heard of before who I have now of course googled and looked at all her pictures. 

Have you heard of Brittany Snow?

Last week when I was at TJ Maxx I was checking out and these people were staring at me majorly ... to the point I was like do I have something on my face? Did I accidentally knock something over? Are they readers of the blog and think I look familiar? Or the worst ... did I sell them a house and forget who they are (my worst nightmare ha)???? No .. the answer was none of those. As I walk out the door they come up to me and say "Are you an actress?" to which I am trying to not laugh in their face, because let's face it, an actress I am most definitely not ha. I of course said no, and they said "We thought you were Brittany Snow, the actress!" 

I was so busy I didn't even think twice about it. Just smiled and said "Oh ok thank you I guess!" lol ???

A couple more people mentioned it and I ignored it. 

Yesterday I was getting my hair done and another sweet girl said it as soon as I walked in ... "You look just like Brittany Snow, oh my gosh!" ... 

Then last night, I put a pic on Instgram and someone said it AGAIN! 

So enough is enough...

Ok ya'll ... so who the H is Brittany Snow? 

She is 26 years old (I am 3 years her elder ha) ... 5'4" ... I am 5'3" on a good day lol ... 

She's been in several movies, sadly to say none of which I think I have seen but I am not a huge movie guru so that doens't mean a thing! 

What do you think?

I mean I guess I can kinda see a resemblance ... ha when I look at our pictures side by side of course.

Chris says he kinda sees it...

Kelly, my BFF,

says she sees it a little but not really hahaha... she is just so sweet she says she sees more Blake Lively which I think is the most hysterical thing I have ever heard ... love you Kel lol ;) <3 

Anywho,

I will take it as a compliment because regardless of if little miss Brittany and I look alike, I do think she is gorgeous and hope to look as pretty as she does! :) True story. 

That's all I've got for today friends! 

Busy day again tomorrow but hoping to finish a little early so I can get some things done around our house. 

This 9 degree weather, I told you it was coming :(  is really cramping my style ... showing houses in the freezing cold is no fun, take my word for it! 

Have a great weekend!!

XO,

Turn Key Home-Income Producing Guest House; South District, Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

  

Compass Rose Cottage is a fully licensed guest house accommodation located on an approximately ⅓ acre walled and elevated lot.  The home is within 200 yards of the western shore, sitting on a rise (approximately 20 feet above sea level) on the south end of historic Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands.  

Living Room

The home is about 1450 square feet, featuring a modern, fully equipped kitchen, furnished living area with entertainment system,1 large bedroom and a large bath with glass block shower, tiled counter and huge closet.

   

There is a large furnished screen porch, shop, laundry room, single car garage.   The property is completely walled with rock and cement cap and has a very large free standing cistern providing the potable water supply.  

There is a full-sized satellite dish ready for hookup.  This island property is income producing, comes turn-key for immediate rental income with all furnishings, equipment, Ford pickup, web sites and VRBO listing.  For more information click on this link or contact Debbie Been, Salt Cay Real Estate for investor specific inquiries. 
Price:  $417,000.00

Compass Rose Kitchen

Back Porch

Where is the Compass Rose?

Salt Cay: South District, Large Single Family Home

This quaint single family home sits on 0.75 acres of land. With 2 bedrooms and 2 and a half baths, this property is ideal for the family looking to enjoy the quiet Island style life that is indigenous to Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands. Enjoy relaxing on the wrap around balcony as you take in stunning panoramic ocean views. More info: http://www.tcrea.com/ViewDetail?id=1200255