One of the cool things about history is that it gives us some perspective. This week, NASA launched a new experimental rocket to test the design. It was 327 feet tall. The tallest rocket ever launched was over 360 feet tall. That’s big, right? The launch reminded me of an article in one of the old [...]
Archive for October, 2009
How Big is Giant?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged how big, rocketry, rockets, space travel on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension?
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged economic recovery, first time buyer tax credit, first time home buyer tax credit, first time home buyers, Iredell County Real Estate, Lake Norman Real Estate, mooresville real estate on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News reports are telling us that the Senate has agreed in principle to extend the first time home buyer tax credit, allowing it to act as an incentive to first time home buyers who go under contract by end of April, 2010 and close by end of June, 2010. They’re also working on the possibility [...]
Troutman Library Book Sale Saturday
Posted in Entertainment, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library, Troutman homes, Troutman Library, Troutman Real Estate on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Set aside a few bucks for books this Hallowe’en weekend. The Troutman Library Fall Used Book Sale will be held Saturday, Oct. 31 from 8:00AM til 7:00PM or until the voluteers just can’t take it any more. Along with that will be a Halloween Carnival from 4:00PM til 7:00PM. The location is Ole World Market [...]
Wooly Worm Wisdom
Posted in Entertainment, gardening, General Real Estate Market, Quality of Life, tagged north carolina real estate, winter weather, wooly worm on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The North Carolina Town of Banner Elk recently held their annual Wooly Worm Festival. This is an important occasion each year because this publicizes the prediction for what kind of winter we’ll be having for the coming season. According to the experts, wooly worms have an 80-85% accuracy rate, so they do bear watching. At [...]
Do Something About It
Posted in Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged mooresville government, mooresville housing, mooresville real estate on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mooresville Tribune recently ran articles on the upcoming election for Mooresville mayor and at-large commissioner positions. I’ve got my own ideas of who should win and who should lose, but regardless of that, I’m happy to see people run for local office who think they can do a better job and are willing to commit [...]
Writing Spider!
Posted in gardening, Iredell County, Photography, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged iredell homes, lake norman homes, Troutman homes, writing spider on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do kids still play in the yard? With all the digital diversions available, including sports with a Wii, I’m wondering if kids are going to lose touch with the real world. I thought of this the other day when mowing my yard and running across the big black and yellow spider shown below. When I [...]
Carolina Balloonfest This Weekend
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Statesville, tagged carolina balloonfest, hot air balloon, hot air balloons, Iredell County homes, Statesville homes, Troutman homes on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 36th annual Carolina Balloonfest is coming to the Statesville Regional Airport this weekend- Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There will be 50 hot air balloons doing their balloon things, food, crafts, and entertainment. For more info, click HERE. Hope we have good weather!
Ed Murdock’s Christmas Trees
Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged Troutman homes, troutman north carolina on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An article in today’s Statesville Record & Landmark (HERE) tells of the recent demolition of Ed Murdock’s produce stand in Troutman near the Old Mountain Road intersection. It brought back memories of growing up with the Murdock family, going to church with them and having Ed’s mother as a neighbor for many of my early [...]
Sit Down and Shut Up- Not!
Posted in Finance, Quality of Life on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watching Frontline the other night on PBS helped me understand that given the problems in our economy, what we’re trying to do now is recover from too much “sit down and shut up!” The Frontline program was about the story of the head of a small federal agency who, back in the 90′s, saw serious problems [...]
Getting Mortgage Payment Help
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Real Estate, tagged credit counseling, first time home buyers, Home Buyers on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today our Coldwell Banker United office in Mooresville hosted an enthusiastic presentation by Louise Mack, President and CEO of Prosperity Unlimited, a local non-profit housing counseling agency. They help people hold onto the houses they have or help them purchase a home. Louise is a “ball of fire” and really knows here stuff. I think we’ve [...]





