2012 Year In Review

Celebration

When Facebook decided that they could give me the top 20 items for the year, I realized that my Christmas card often serves as a collection but that didn't quite get done this year.   Can you tell that I love living in Maui!Our almost annual trip to California Wine Country in January.   Great … [Read more...]

This Month in Real Estate – Winterizing Your Home

Aloha! This month the regular feature from Keller Williams talks about home values, what buyers are looking for and winterizing your home.  While winterizing is not all applicable to our Maui climates, it is a good time to do house repairs.  I have a few tips at the end. Kathy's … [Read more...]

Finishing my Kitchen Project

I'm finally getting around to finishing and blogging my kitchen project. Most of the supplies are put away. My paint brush for touch-ups is still in the freezer... I really hate cleaning paint brushes! The project took 7 days and mega-hours. Peter was off to Photoshop World and my goal was to … [Read more...]

Home Office or Not…

When Keller Williams Maui started offering offices and cubicles to team members for a monthly fee, it was a godsend to many agents. I even considered signing up because I thought I might get more referrals if I spent more time at the office.The thing is, I have a pretty nice office set up at home, … [Read more...]

Washing Windows

I've complained about the Kihei dust many times but yesterday I decided enough of it had built up on windows to do something about it. Why have a nice ocean view if you can't see it? So here is reminder to me and others on best tips for washing windows. Since it is a job I hate, I want to do it … [Read more...]

Garage Project is Done

Ok, we finally finished one project-- THE GARAGE. It is the garage so it will never be totally done but we had decided that one car in the garage would be great progress. It was our first painting job and was planned to be done before our stuff all showed up. Well my tennis elbow stopped that … [Read more...]

Open for guests

Our guest room is open for business! I finally got the boxes unpacked, the bed made and guest bathroom cleaned. Of course, the kitties were having fun helping in the new room.So guests are welcome! I still have some decorating updates (will they ever end?) but can be scheduled around visits. … [Read more...]