Good Monday Morning! The first Monday morning in a while that has been rainy and cloudy. We need the rain, but it has been so pretty it's hard to welcome the rain. Maybe the trees will start turning their beautiful colors now. It seems kind of late for them to turn this year. Nevertheless, this is the time of year you need to carry your camera with you, because you never know when you will come across a beautiful tree and landscape or maybe the sun hitting a tree a certain way that will make a wonderful shot. (Just make sure you are stopped when you take the photo and don't do any "drive-by shootings" that might get you in a wreck.

War Eagle Craft fair is this coming weekend. We had Motorcycles a couple of weeks ago and now we have crafters! I think the crafters might be a little more quiet than the bikes, but you still have to watch out for them because they don't know the area either.

I just got a new fangled phone last week and I am trying to learn how to use it. I kept whining that I wanted a new phone and now that I have one, I have to learn how to use it. I had to ask the poor guy at Verizon how to answer a call! I wonder if they get that question a lot. Maybe they should write a book about some of the questions they get asked. It would be interesting. I also got a new computer in the office two or three weeks ago and I went from Windows XP '03 to Windows 2010. I am still looking for stuff on my computer too. So I have had technology shock for the last month. I sometimes think I am too old for this. But I think I can absorb this and carry on. I just to have to ask my children or someone about 20 years younger than me what to do. Always ask someone younger than you for tech advice. They grew up with this stuff and it is like second nature to them. Aren't we glad they are around!

This past Saturday night our own Candace Landers became Candace Linderman. She has worked here at the Board office for 12 years and has grown up here in the office and knows nearly everyone in the Board. I am lucky to have her working here. And she is lucky to have me because her mother and I went to school together and there have been several times I'll make a statement and she tells me that sounds just like something her mother would say! So I think she is lucky to have two women giving her their opinion!
Anyway back to the wedding. Candace married Edward Linderman who is a very nice sweet man and you could just really tell they are in love and meant for each other. It was so nice and refreshing. I just love weddings that aren't big productions and you don't lose sight of why you are there! No offense to huge weddings, but they sometimes seem like a competition with others. But Congratulations to Candace and Eddie and may they have the rest of their lives to grow with each other and love each other! (But please hurry back to work!)

Next week, Thurs. Oct. 21 will be the Rogers Board of Realtors Monthly membership meeting. It will be a lunch meeting and lunch will start serving at 11:30. The meeting will start at 12:00 noon. It is Affiliate Appreciation and Affiliates will be given a time to tell about their company, products and/or services. It will also be the Annual Election of Officers. Members only will be able to vote. Voting will take place before the meeting. Please RSVP to the Board office before Tuesday, Oct. 19. The Magic Hat drawing will take place at the meeting and the amount is up to $800.00!!! You must be present to win!!! Hope we will see you there!

Well, I am signing off for now. Hope someone out there is reading this and will tell someone else to read it too! Hope your Real Estate business is doing well. Only 3 more months of this year left! Who can tell what 2011 will bring?

Thank you --Cindy Keeling