Column: If You Want to Sell Your House … You Have to Let Go
If You Want to Sell Your House … You Have to Let GoDuring my career as a Realtor, I have noticed a common obstacle that sellers face – they are too attached.
It’s perfectly understandable. After growing up in a house, raising children in a house, and adding countless personal touches, it becomes a “home.” Nostalgia makes it hard to see things from the buyer’s perspective.
When it is time to sell, you need to take a step back and go back to thinking of it as a house – just brick and mortar.
Here are a few ways you can disassociate yourself from your house before you begin the process of Read More
Letter to the Editor: Zip Lines Continue to Garner Big Followings Worldwide
Zip Lines Continue to Garner Big Followings WorldwideScribble Works Reviews: THE LAME RANGER
Naftali Burakovsky, left, and Lorenzo Venneri
Scribble Works Reviews
THE LAME RANGER
The Lone Ranger is, contrary to the ill conceived title, the story of a duo composed of odd Comanche Tonto (Johnny Depp) and East coast city lawyer John Reid (Armie Hammer), as they face off against bandits and greedy railroad owners.
Jerry Bruckheimer’s film is the second major western released in the last year, following Django Unchained. We’d rather watch Tarantino’s masterpiece than this pointlessly action packed and childishly Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Lucy Goose
How the Hen House Turns: Lucy GooseWe inherited Lucy the goose in 2002, when my neighbor said she couldn’t keep a goose in the house. Lucy kept banging on the glass door, wanting in when she saw the people inside. My hen house and pen were available, so I said—not realizing that geese live 25 to 30 years—okay.
Young Lucy fit right in, with Little Bear the turkey, White Silkie hen Fluffy, and two Polish chicks sporting creative feather-dos (another story for another day).
The young dogs, DeeDee and Scooter, our pointer-heeler mix fugitives from the 2000 fire, Read More
Your Money: Do You Know The Facts About Social Security?
Your Money: Do You Know The Facts About Social Security?I regularly speak to groups around northern New Mexico on the topic of Social Security. (In fact, I’m giving such a talk next week in Santa Fe – details are at the end of this column.) It’s a financial planning topic that people have plenty of questions about.
That’s understandable, since it’s a topic rife with confusion. Adding to that, Social Security Administration employees, by law, cannot provide advice about your individual situation. They can offer you information about your benefits, but that’s about it.
One Read More
Dispennette: Speed Kills
SPEED KILLSAdd another concern to the reason learning to drive is so risky: Speed kills.
In fact, speeding is a primary culprit in a third of fatal crashes involving teen drivers, according to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). The report was funded through a grant from State Farm®.
“Speeding-Related Fatal Crashes Among Teen Drivers and Opportunities for Reducing the Risks,” authored by Dr. Susan Ferguson, reports that speeding as a contributor in fatal teen driver crashes has inched up over the past decade from 30 percent in Read More
Food on the Hill: Wilted Spinach Dressing
This Week’s Recipte:
Wilted Spinach Dressing
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients:
Directions:
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Fry bacon until crisp. Remove and cool on paper towels. Remove one-half of the bacon grease and discard, Save the fond (bit in the bottom of the pan). Whisk in all other ingredients off the heat until mixed well.Heat until thickened.
Note: Serve hot dressing on a spinach salad with mushrooms, sliced eggs, and crumbled bacon.
