Traveling To Idaho

May 6, 2011 we began a trip to Idaho to visit my sister-in- law.  No one, who knows me, could imagine me driving a 30 foot motor home to Statesville let alone all the way across the country!  Because of health problems my husband cannot see well enough to drive at this time so it [...]

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Women and Heart Disease

I know that in the past women were sometimes ignored when going to the emergency room with chest pains.  Well, folks, that was not the case for me.  Recently, one afternoon, while doing some spring cleaning in our motor home,  I experienced some very uncomfortable pain in the middle of my chest.  I tried not [...]

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Easter Wedding

       Forty-seven years ago Easter Sunday  fell on Sunday  March,29 th,  so I will be married to my husband for forty-seven years tomorrow.  My Husband, on the other hand, celebrates our anniversary on Easter Sunday no matter what day of  March or April Easter  falls on.  This year we will celebrate the last of March and almost [...]

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Affordable WaterFront Home On Lake Norman

How does a nice waterfront Lot with a cute cottage on it sound to you? “ This Cute, Clean, Updated, Bungalow has between 2000 and 2500 HLA with a large open kitchen ; Breakfast and Greatroom have wide windows to enjoy the view of the lake.  Three Bedrooms, Bath, on the main level.  It has a finished Basement with a second living [...]

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Waterfront Homes at Lake Norman

  Have you ever thought you might be interested in living on the waterfront at lake Norman?  Well let me tell you, homes are more affordable on the lake now, than they have been for years.  There are foreclosures, short sales, and homes that the owners have reduced the price to have a better chance to [...]

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New Listing At 204 Steele Ave. Cleveland, N.C.

Hi folks,      I am pleased to announce that I have just listed a nice double-wide in the North Western part of Rowan county just after crossing  the Iredell county line. Its just a few miles from Statesville. The MLS # is 999826 With 2,128 Square ft. of heated living area it sits on a 2 .21 acre wooded lot. [...]

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Remembering Mama

Although I am still grieving the passing of my Mother, I have been advised to concentrate on happy memories.  So I am going to start with the things she enjoyed.  She did love watching the birds.  We put up several bird feeders just outside her window. The Gold Finches were among her favorites. The Cardinals, [...]

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Mourning the Loss of My Mother

I am in mourning.  My precious Mother passed away recently.  She was in the hospital and I was there with her.  I knew that she was in bad shape but I was also in denial. Being an only child I have been taking care of her at her home, for the past five years but [...]

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Celtic Music In North Carolina

Friday night I had an opportunity to be a guest of an Irish Band at a small Irish pub in Pineville, N.C.   The band, Clann Darragh, is made up of several Irish gentlemen, some people not from Ireland and my grandson, Colin, who plays the Irish flute and the penny whistle.  His mother is of Irish decent hence the [...]

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Heat Wave in June

Hi Folks!  Boy Howdy, we have had a heat wave here in the Lake Norman area.  It  has been in the nintys almost the whole month of June,  Great for the tomatoes.  We have had a lot of rain fall this spring but now that Summer is here things are getting a little dryer.  We only have [...]

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