MARY IACOVELLI

WOW, Eastwood Homes is #1 for the J.D. Power New Home Builder Satisfaction Study! J.D. Power ranked the New Home Builders in The Greenville Metro Area and found that Eastwood Homes excelled above the other builders. "Eastwood Homes achieves a score of 814 of a 1,000 point scale and performs particularly well in the Greenvillemarket in six of nine factors:builder's sales staff; builder's design center; workmanship/materials; home readiness; builder's warranty/customer service staff; and price/value." This quote was taken from the press release by J.D. Power. they also said, "Eastwood homes ranks highest in new-home design in the Greenville Market,.." and "Eastwood Homes ranks highest in new-home quality in the Greenville market,.."

I work for Eastwood Homes and I can help you buy a new Eastwood Home in Any of our Fantastic Locations in the Greenville Metro Area. We currently have 17 Active communities (one just sold out last week and more are coming SOON). From Travelers Rest to Greer to Mauldin, Simpsonville and Greenville. Single Family Homes and Town Homes alike.

Eastwood Homes is a Regional Builder owned by Joe Stewart from Charlotte NC. It was started in Charlotte about 30 years ago and today is a Power House in the Greenville Market! I take pride in working for Eastwood Homes and helping families purchase new homes everyday!!

I have been in Real Estate in Greenville for about 8 years and have helped hundreds of families buy new homes and resales also. I have found Eastwood Homes to be a great builder and reputable company, that's why I came to work for them. I can only sell what I believe in!!

Contact me to receive any information about our new homes and communities at (864)230-4769 or miacovelli04@charter.net.

A Girls Night Out After Marriage

The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls.'
I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, 'I promise!'

Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily.
Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home.

Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway
started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing my husband would
probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times.

I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a
quick-witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with
him. (Even when totally smashed.. 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals 12
cuckoos=MIDNIGHT! )

The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, I told
him 'MIDNIGHT'.. . he didn't seem pissed off in the least.. Whew, I
got away with that one!

Then he said 'We need a new cuckoo clock.' When I asked him
why, he said,

'Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then
said 'oh crap.' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed
another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped
over the coffee table and farted.

author unknown

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HAVING MOM OVER FOR DINNER - You don't even have to be a mother to enjoy
this one..

Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the
meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but notice how beautiful Brian's
roommate, Jennifer, was. Brian's Mom had long been suspicious of a
relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and this had only made her
more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact,
she started to wonder if there was more between Brian and Jennifer
than met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Brian volunteered, 'I know what you must
be thinking, but I assure you, Jennifer and I are just 'roommates'.

About a week later, Jennifer came to Brian saying, 'Ever since your
mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver
gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?'

Brian said, 'Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an e-mail just to be sure.'

So he sat down and wrote:
Dear Mom,

I'm not saying that you DID take the gravy ladle from
the house; I'm not saying that you DID NOT take the gravy ladle. But
the fact remains, that one has been missing ever since you were here
for dinner.

Love, Brian

Several days later, Brian received an email back from his mother that read:

Dear Son,

I'm not saying that you DO sleep with Jennifer; I'm not
saying that you DO NOT sleep with Jennifer. But the fact remains,
that if Jennifer is sleeping in her own bed, she would have found
the gravy ladle by now.

Love, Mom

LESSON OF THE DAY - NEVER LIE TO YOUR MOTHER.....they'll catch ya every time!!!!

author unknown, www.activerain.com/miacovelli04

I must tell you that I am not imaginative! I am a factual, almost engineering type person. My mind does not roam, I am not quick witted, I have been told I have a 'dry sense of humor'.

I do however have many friends that are very imaginative and have a 'wet' sense of humor! If mine is dry theirs must be wet, right?

I get e-mails and text messages ALL the time with humorous stories, jokes, comics, serious stories, friendship rings and the list could go on & on.

My blogs have become most of these. Good, bad or indifferent! I open these e-mails/texts and start to laugh at the funny ones or tear up at the sad ones. I notice you too must be laughing because the funny blogs get the most hits and comments. Some people don't like that I'm putting funny blogs on AR BUT if I laugh then surely someone else will think it's funny also. RIGHT??

In the AR Comedy Group, the guidelines say to put an 'R' in the Title if it could be offensive. I also add on my own if its suppose to be humorous. I don't want anyone thinking I'm a sicko!! Well I think that putting the warnings in the title should suffice for most people. If i see an R in the title of something, I think R Rated movies, over 17 years of age, watch out!

It seems thought that everyone is not the same. There are people that are reading the R rated blogs and still find it offensive. I think it is humor and they say it isn't. As I have said in my comments back to people, I do not want to offend anyone. I want to make other laugh the way that I do when I get this stuff. I hope I don't get kicked out of AR for my blogs! I am enjoying sharing this stuff with you guys!! Active Rain ROCKS and So do YOU!! Thanks for sticking with me and let me know what you think!

W.W. Grainger Inc. intends to invest $27 million at its Fountain Inn distribution center and hire between 200 and 250 people over the next five years. There are more than 330 people working there now according to GSA Business.

Greenville County Council, as they usually do, has already approved financial incentives for the company. This is how our County keeps growing and prospering with new jobs and Industry!!

Grainger currently ships office maintenance products and janitorial supplies throughout the East from the 1.1 million sq. ft facility which houses 100,000 products. That number will grow to 350,000 after the company invests $27 Million in this facility. With their customers cutting back on inventory, Grainger is raises their inventory to fit the needs of their customers.

The project should begin early 2009, said Marty Van Kanegan of Grainger. The company will work with local suppliers to install racks and conveyor systems, modifiy fire protection and HVAC systems and expand its parking lot.

Wages range from $12.50 an hour to "considerably more" based on experience and responsibility, he said.

More jobs coming to the upstate!!