A day in the life
The Pioneer press has an article in today's paper about local blogs: A Day in the Life: Who is Minnesota? Look online at some blogs to find out.It is an honor to be included in the article. I know a few of the other blogs and bloggers, and look forward to reading the rest.  There are many local bogs of local interest on a wide range of subjects.  Read the article and check out the local blogs.  They are listed in the order that blog posts were published around the local bloggoshere on October 28, 2009

Squirrels
by Erik Hare One of the fun things about living in a well forested city like Saint Paul is the urban wildlife that lives around us.  No, I don’t mean the creatures that frequent the bars and Wild games, although they can be fun, too.  What’s fun are the creatures that live among us, often right outside our windows.Irvine Park is righ

About Thursdays Post
I have been busy, not unusual for anyone who works full time. On Thursday I had a post that just showed some interior photos.   It is a test post and I do that sometimes.  I have noticed in my flickr account and on my blogs that photographs of home interiors and exteriors get more clicks over time than other photos do. People like to look at them.  Unless you have a job like mine chances are you don't see the interiors of a wide variety of homes on a regular basis.   This is where I could go on a tirade about the really crummy photographs in our MLS but I won't bother if you are looking for a home you have seen plenty of them.  Now I am noticing that some of the photos are ta

An unusual Friday
Usually Fridays are for fun and I guess today will be fun at some point but for now I have to interrupt my regularly scheduled nonsensical post for News. The big news today is that congress has extended the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit until April 2010 and they have added a  home buyer tax credit of $6500 for those who have owned a home and lived in it for five consecutive years, when they buy another home.  Hard to write but to put it in simple words if you sell your home and buy another you may be qualify  for a tax credit.   I will write more about this next week. Everyone

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