As I’d mentioned, Susan and I have enjoyed having our daughters and son-in-law home with us for the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. We’ve had a great time visiting relatives, eating gobs of great food, and traveling to the mountains for the day. But the most momentous (to me) occurance during the holiday was the burining of [...]
Archive for November, 2008
A Mother’s Warm Love
Posted in Entertainment, Mooresville, Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged Christmas season, fireplace, son-in-law on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carolina Mountain High
Posted in Entertainment, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, tagged Blowing Rock, Boone, NC Mountains, ski slopes on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My wife, Susan, and I are very fortunate to have both of our grown daughters, Laura and Kathryn, and our son-in-law visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday. Kathryn’s husband, Ron, is originally from Oklahoma, and they now live in Washington, DC. Ron has never had the opportunity to visit our NC mountains, so the order of the [...]
Mooresville Christmas Parade
Posted in Entertainment, Mooresville, tagged Christmas, parade on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re in the mood for a good dose of Christmas spirit, and you like marching bands, you’re in luck. There are several local parades coming up in the Lake Norman area. The first is Mooresville’s 64th annual Christmas parade is Tuesday, Nov. 23 (tomorrow) at 3:45 pm. That takes me back to my youth when I [...]
Music Next Sunday
Posted in Entertainment, Iredell County, tagged Christmas music, Iredell Concert Association, Iredell County, live music, music, Statesville on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the local groups which I support and work with is the Iredell Concert Association. This group has been bringing a wide range of live musical performances to Iredell County for 40 years. Each season, we arrange 5 performances beginning in the fall and ending the season in the spring. For $40, you can [...]
Lighten Up!
Posted in Real Estate on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, here’s something to think about that’s more important than the economy: If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him – Is he still wrong?
Crystal Ball Time
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged economy, Home Buyers, home prices, housing on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know about you, but my crystal ball has been a bit foggy lately. Everyone asks me what’s going to happen in the economy, and particularly “when’s the housing market going to pick up.” So, I tell them that if they know an economist who’s been really accurate over the past 6 months, [...]
Langtree at the Lake Update
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Real Estate, tagged Langtree, Langtree at the Lake, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, real estate development on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I asked the good folks at The Langtree Group to give me an update of what’s going on at Langtree at the Lake, a planned luxury mixed use development near Mount Mourne. We hadn’t heard much from them as far as progress goes recently. They’ve had some legal and legislative issues in the news but [...]
Media Mortgage Mess
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Real Estate, tagged home sales, Lotus Restaurant, Mooresville, Mortgage on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My bride and I went to Lotus Restaurant in Mooresville for Sunday lunch yesterday. If you’re not familiar with it, Steve at the Lotus provides one of the best Chinese meals around, and on Sundays in particular, you are very likely to see other folks you know having lunch there. Well, of course we did [...]





