Texas : Walker County : Huntsville : Winterize your outdoor pipes--Complete "How To"-What You'll Need, Where to Find it and a Video Showing you How
Sun. December 5, 2010 at 08:05 PM
Texas : Walker County : Huntsville : Winterize your outdoor pipes--Complete "How To"-What You'll Need, Where to Find it and a Video Showing you How
Be Safe-Not Sorry!
It's that time of year---frost on the pumpkin means freezing temperatures at night. Even here in East Texas, it gets pretty cold. Take measures now to be sure you won't have an issue with freezing pipes during this Holiday Season.
This weekend as you are going to the stores to pick up holiday decorations and gifts, be sure to stop by Lowes, Home Depot or your local Hardware store to pick up some pipe insulators for your outside plumbing fixtures. The Holiday Season is MUCH more fun without broken pipes!
Foam pipe insulator:
Faucet Insulated Cover:
And, here's a BRIEF instructional Video, complete with outdoor chimes as "background music." ( This could be my husband's big chance for a movie role!)
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Recipient "Best in the Business 2010"
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Immigrant Dreams : From Croatia to PA to TX : The Gift of Freedom and a New Life is Born at Ellis Island
Sun. December 5, 2010 at 05:53 AM
Immigrant Dreams : from Croatia to PA to TX : the Gift of Freedom and a New Life is Born at Ellis Island My Grandfather, born Viecoslaw Zuvic, later Louis Zuvich came through Ellis Island with a dream, like so many. He not only held a job, but was a supervisor, and never learned English. Talk about your great communicators. The tongue of my family is Serbo-Croatian, the "umbrella language" of the former Yugoslavia. Viecoslaw means "forever glorious." I will never forget because I looked through the Ellis Island manifests for a long time and never found "Louis Zuvich." Well, it gets more complicated. My surname, "Zuvich" was "Zuvic." My grandfather added the "H" in hopes that the name would be pronounced properly with a "ch" sound, to compensate for the symbol in Serbo-Croatian, that the English language does not have. Well, "that" didn't go...
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Texas : Montgomery County : A Dallas Cowboy Profile in Courage: A Special Teams Hero!
Sun. December 5, 2010 at 03:34 AM
Texas : Montgomery County : A Dallas Cowboy Profile in Courage: A Special Teams Hero!
Stunning, isn't it? Cowboy stadium in all of its glory, and the Cowboys? Well, I dunno. Who will "show up" tomorrow again the Indianapolis Colts. Should be "some" game.
I mean, how inconsistent can they get? Picked to not only play on the Super Bowl---but WIN the Super Bowl. What happened?
So many expectations, yet so much disappointment. Players let us down, coaches let us down. But let me say this: The special teams coach, Joe DeCamillis, is an amazing man and an amazing coach.
Now, I do not pretend to be any kind of expert about football--but, let me say, I know people, and I know courage, excellence and an impregnable spirit when I see it. He is quite a coach as demonstrated by the quality of the calls and successes he has had during this season.
Tom Landry is in a class all by himself, but DeCamillis is amazing also.
Last season----yikes. It was May 2nd, 2009 at the...
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"I Dreamed a Dream" Yes....and Music...my Muse, My First Love Stirs my Soul
Sun. October 31, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Huntsville TX Realtor, Mari Montgomery, Dreamed a Dream. She dreamed that her world would always be filled with music, she dreamed of sharing her song, literally and figuratively.
But, as in every good Sonata Form in Music, that Dream had a "Development" section.
Fast forward to the present--there was a "present." As I sat in the new "James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center" on the campus of Sam Houston State University last evening, my heart began to swell along with the crescendos of the fabulous brass section of the Houston Symphony Orchestra in their very first selection, Fanfare, Op. 59 by Aulis Sallinen The performance was last evening in Huntsville TX.
As the cacophony of overtones and undertones refracted from the smooth light wood finish, reminiscent of the look of Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, New York City, and was met by my very receptive and appreciative senses, I remembered. I remembered the feeling...
The feeling of the my...
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Huntsville TX Homes -- Room for You AND Your Horse!
Sun. October 31, 2010 at 05:00 AM
Huntsville TX Homes -- Room for You AND Your Horse!
Big ticket items----DONE----waiting for your touch. Roof, Hot Water Heater and HVAC replaced with the last year and a half. .99ac unrestricted property in a super convenient location awaits YOU! Brick 3/2--great floorplan with den and formal living area. Convert the formal living to that office you've wanted, but not been willing to give up a bedroom. Less than a minute from I-45, you are minutes away from shopping and other conveniences. Own an unrestricted acre w/great home--Live large
Check it out!
TRYING TO FIND YOUR DREAM HOME? Click here for a DREAM HOME finder!
THINKING OF SELLING? Click here to find out how much your home is worth.
SEE THIS HOME? If you would like to view this home, click here to request a showing.
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Conroe Homes -- This Could be Your Castle on Lake Conroe
Sun. October 31, 2010 at 04:56 AM
Conroe Homes -- This Could be Your Castle on Lake Conroe
Well, this is quite a deal. Check it out!
Your Castle on Lake Conroe! This waterfront property boasts ICF constr with 7'' thick concr walls rated to withstand 350 mph winds. Builders personal home--gorgeous stone--super high quality materials thru-out. Dream Kitchen with stainless appliances and a pot-filler!' Open floor plan-2200 sq ft-with plans/structure in place to finish 2nd floor! Double Boathouse-Double Lifts--double fun on the Lake! Swing,rock,sleep,chill on 2909 sq ft of outdoor living space.Gated Comm in the Nat'l Forest. Ahhh
TRYING TO FIND YOUR DREAM HOME? Click here for a DREAM HOME finder!
THINKING OF SELLING? Click here to find out how much your home is worth.
SEE THIS HOME? If you would like to view this home, click here to request a showing.
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Huntsville TX Community Events : A Night w/ the Houston Symphony Orchestra
Thu. October 28, 2010 at 06:54 PM
Huntsville TX Community Events : A Night w/ the Houston Symphony Orchestra
The Houston Symphony Orchestra is coming to the Gaertner Performing Arts Center on the Sam Houston State University Campus in Huntsville, TX.
When: October 29th
Time : 7:30 pm.
Where: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center
For tickets to School of Music events, please call 936-294-2339 or email tickets@shsu.edu
The James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center just had its Grand Opening. This facility is state of the art and the perfect performance hall for the Houston Symphony Orchestra to visit just an hour north of its home base in Houston.
Directions to the Performing arts center
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Huntsville TX Real Estate -- North Houston Real Estate -- A personal Book of Revelation
Wed. October 27, 2010 at 04:50 AM
Huntsville TX Real Estate -- North Houston Real Estate -- "How -a-bout that!" A personal Book of Revelation:
You know, I cannot get specific --it is about a transaction-- Let's just say--maybe---just maybe there's justice in the world.
I have been attempting to figure out a situation with a transaction for several weeks. I finally got to the "bottom of it" just to find out--"ouch--that was the bottom and well, maybe--that wasn't the best thing to do---Maybe, I shouldn't have gotten to the bottom of it.
After all, ignorance is bliss. Or.....
Quick Sideline----don't worry, the dots will connect---however this is not a guarantee -- it all depends on your "randomness configuration calibration system." Never mind, here goes:
Got a call from a long time friend tonight who was in teaching on the secondary level for a very long time. Let's just she has definitely "earned her stripes" through a mega-school of hard knocks. And, just like is such a...
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