Remember being young, possibly racing to the only dandelion you saw, hoping to beat your brother or sister? I do.
The thrill of being the breath that will losen, release the seeds to fly away with the wind made me a fast runner. I won!
Gently, pulling it from it’s warm bed, I would bring it to my mouth, enhale a deep breath and softly blow till the puffy white was all gone.
Something happened with the finality of my ‘Angel Girl’ dying last week. It was and still is hard to grasp that at 1:26 a.m. she was no longer with us. As my daughter said, “She exhaled”. Her last breath became part of the air I breathed. What is left of her? Pictures, a grave to visit daily, memories in my mind and that my family shares. She didn’t have puppies. Nothing from her physically, viewed, lived on. Just a hole in our hearts.
What will live on when it’s time for you to exhale? Will there be memories that seem to fade with time or pictures that one day someone will ask, “Who is that?” and no one will be able to express in detail what you were like, your passions, your likes and dislikes?
Do you do things that pay it forward? Your kind words, random acts of kindness that make someone’s day brighter and in turn they touch someone searching for something, needing their day brightened.
Yes, you can. There is no better time than the present to claim your stake in how you will be remembered and not just exhale, being air someone else is breathing in.
I’m making my life be remembered by sharing my thoughts, my ideas, my life with others. My singing is on a CD. I wrote a song about my childhood, “Who Would’ve Known” and put it on my site, sung by another. My thoughts are on blogs, papers, journals, letters, cards. My voice is inside a build-a-bear, inside a picture frame. I have already written a letter and sealed it, to my children, that explains my choices in this life. I don’t want them guessing or assuming. I am not ashamed. My choices will help them make better ones because they will see what my choices got me, whether it be heartache or no ache.
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I wanted to share with my readers, clients and current customers, (oh, I can't forget those who just might decide to use me as their Realtor!) some information that I just received from Tennessee Association of Realtors concerning the new $8,000 tax credit!
This was short but very sweet for all those who are thinking about purchasing, in the process or have already purchased a home in 2009.
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Valentine's Day was a special day for my husband and I. We are both Reatlors and had floor duty together. I thought it would be a quiet day for us to spend together but it turned out to be anything but quiet!As we arrived for floor duty around 9:00 a.m. we thought the sky looked like it was going to rain and thought it would be a day to get work accomplished with organizing files and catching up with customers who are looking to purchase or rent from our website, Last Train To Clarksville. I always had the feeling, starting in November of last year, that this year was going to be one of the best years for Real Estate. I believe we started bouncing back full swing on Valentine's Day. At least, for our Team.
Yesterday from 10 - 12:00, my husband and I pre-qualified 5 couples through Amanda Dusenberry, who is with Anchor Mortgage and can be found on my Real Estate/Blog site. Last night we produced a contract! While Art was out showing homes to one, I had a couple in 1 office, another in the conference room and another at our front desk, while a renter was waiting to be pre-qualed.
At first, I felt overwhelmed by the rush but immediately took charge. My broker happened to come in and I asked her if she wouldn't mind showing the renter some homes on our MLS. She was wonderful! After they looked, she invited them to eat at her Pizza restaurant, Gatti's Pizza, next door while I called in one of the Real Estate agents on my Team and she took the couple to view homes after they ate. I scheduled the other 3, back to back.
What a wonderful gift, huh. "Honey, Happy Valentine's Day!" So, how about Presidents Day?
We have a special that just might be for you! Get into the home you want, no money down and bring as low as $17 to the closing table! Last night I negotiated a deal for my clients to get into their home, no money down and bringing $0 to the table! That is what having a professional Realtor and Mortgage Loan Officer can do for you.
If you are interested in purchasing a home or renting, please give us a call at 931.206.2156 or email us at: TeamAgnew@bellsouth.net
If you would like to just call Amanda and see what your payments would be, she can be reached at 931.980.3999 (cell).
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Great Deal!
This beautiful home is located only 20 to 30 minutes from post and is renting at a super price! Availability will be around March 20th, possibly a little sooner. If you are interested call me as soon as possible or the office. This one will go quickly.
I personally sold a home on this street to a soldier in Special Ops and his family loves the location and feeling like your away from it all, yet knowing that you're not. The school district, currently, is zoned for the following:
The homes currently for sale in this neighborhood are in the price range between $232,000 - $289,900. Pending right now, a home for $232,000, was on the market for only 23 days!
Here is a snapshot of details for this property:
If you would like this MLS rental sent to you for more pictures or to rent, please call 931.206.2156 or email. I will send any information to your email account.
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Dear Mrs. Agnew,
Thank you for contacting my office regarding tax rebates for Social Security and VA disability recipients in addition to Homeowner Assistance Plan financial relief for military and wounded warrior homeowners in the economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts.
I know right now our country is experiencing tremendous economic turmoil and people are hurting. My heart goes out to all those who find themselves in financial situations that in many cases are beyond their control. I assure you that the difficulties being faced by Tennesseans during these times of economic uncertainty and hardship are of the utmost concern to me, and my staff and I will be using all the resources and options at our disposal to help in the months ahead.
While I share your concern regarding our veterans and service members and believe that many of the programs receiving funds in the stimulus package have merit, I believe that these funding issues are more appropriately considered in the normal appropriations process rather than through emergency spending. Going forward, I am hopeful that we will take a deliberate approach to this year's appropriations process that will not only ensure that worthy projects receive the funding they need, but also maintain a fiscally responsible approach guaranteeing long-term economic growth.
As you may know, I was not able to support the stimulus package and I believe our priority should be to address the problems in our credit markets and get banks lending again. Additionally we need to take steps to improve the challenges in the housing market. I certainly applaud those who worked together in a bipartisan way to try to improve the legislation, but trying to make this package 10 percent better, while admirable, is not really doing our country the justice that it deserves. Until the housing and credit markets are dealt with in a serious and real way, I believe that anything else we do for the economy is just throwing good money after bad.
Despite not being able to support this package, I look forward to working with Governor Bredesen in any way I can to ensure that the money provided to Tennessee is put to its greatest use possible to enhance the economic opportunity for all Tennesseans. And as we move forward, I hope to continue working with the White House and Congress to try and deal appropriately with the continuing housing and credit crisis, which I believe are essential to this spending having the stimulative effect needed to restart our economy.
Thank you again for your letter. I hope you will continue to share your thoughts with me.
Sincerely,
Bob Corker
United States Senator
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Team Agnew has been investing in Real Estate for over 10 years. Local REALTORS in Clarksville, TN, Art & Thea offer their site, www.servingclarksvillehomes.com to search the MLS today!
First things first...before we go any further, let me introduce myself! My name is Thea and before you try saying it let me help you, it is pronounced Tia. I get The-ah, Tay-ah among other tries at my name. It's great when I have tele-marketers calling because that person doesn't live here! :) Now if you call and say Tay-ah I am looking for a home or I want to sell my home, I will not have one problem! Ha-ha. Thea is my name, it isn't short for anything. It actually means Goddess in Greek! :) Gotta throw that out there!
I am from Ft. Rucker, Alabama. That's where I met my husband, 3 am on my Junior Prom night at a gas station! (Graduated at Northeast High School in Clarksville, TN.) We renewed our wedding vows after 15 years of marriage on Good Morning America and won a 10 Caribbean Cruise! We have 3 beautiful teenagers ages 14, 15 and 16! They are all involved in sports and that is basically what we watch on T.V. No more time for soaps. I have enough drama than to watch someone elses.
♥ My Passion is for our Military Men and Women and their families. Our Military are putting their life on the line this very second! My heart goes out to the spouses, girlfriends and parents of our Soldiers. I've been living the Military life for 37 years. I was born, raised and married into the Military. It's the only lifestyle I have known and I'm proud to be a part of. I've lived in Korea, Germany and in the states from Texas to Virginia. I love to travel to new places. I also love to decorate those new places we call our home. That has all stopped though at this duty station. We plan on retiring here in Clarksville after 23 years of service next year!
♥ I am a singer. I love singing the National Anthem...have you really paid attention to the words of that song? It's such an honor for me. I opened for the Nashville Preditors Season 2007-2008 and was scheduled to sing for Nascar's Qualification night on October 24, 2008 in Atlanta but got rained out! Will be singing it for the opening ceremony of AAAA and Warrior Week.
Here are some crazy things about me in a nutshell:
My name is Art, pronounced.....Art! I joined Thea in my Real Estate career earlier this year. I'm from Plainfield, Indiana and joined the military in 1986. I was the last group to go through Basic Training at Ft. Campbell, KY. I have been active duty for over 22+ years now and plan on retiring in next year after 23 years of service. Clarksville is where my family and I will settle. I am with the 160th SOAR at Ft. Campbell, KY and have been with this unit going on 10 years, June 2009. I thrive on Nascar, Football, Basketball and Baseball. Like Thea said, we are a family that is very active and are always going to games or events when we find the time. We recently went to Nascar Camping World 400 in Kansas City where I rode in the Pace Car for the honoring lap of our Soldiers being honored. Awesome experience.
We have made the transition to a new company in town named Avalar and have had investments in Real Estate for over 10 years. Being in this line of work has shown us that it isn't the name of the Real Estate Company but what that company has to offer. Just like we negotiate the best deal for our clients, we must also do the same for where we place our license. It goes further than that for you, the customer. It's the morals of the Agent you are working with. Behind every good agent is a good company! But sometimes Agents that are great might be with a company you have heard negative things about. It is important that your Agent is backed by a company that has good morals, and treats the clients as their own, since the contracts written have their logo on the header. A lot of the times, the Agent makes the company not vice versa. If you find a good agent, you will follow her/him no matter where they are! Avalar is about real people, real service, real estate.
My background is colorful. Raised in a Military family, Father was a founding Night Stalker, and being married to a Night Stalker for over 19 years, I know all about relocations and separations. My hobbies include singng, reading, sports and exercise. Sometimes the exercise gets to me! Uck but gotta do it to stay fit and not let my weight get out of hand. A little about me: I am 5'2 and have been every woman with red, brown, blonde, black and one time, green hair! That was a mess. I love baking but eating it while baking it is one of my weakness'.
Art has been with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Ft. Campbell, KY for over 9 years and serving our Nation for over 23 years. A Bronze Star recipient, he is our hero amoung heros. His hobbies include golf, sports, cooking and gardening. He loves to sleep! Must be nice. He does sleep well at night while I am sitting there hearing him snore! Anyway, on a more serious note, this area is where we plan on retiring.
Having 3 children who attend Clarksville Montgomery County School System, you know that we understand how serious choosing a home can be. We wanted to be sure that we were in a certain area after researching the schools and their numbers. We chose what was best for us. Sometime's we might not have a choice but to pick the best we can afford. Our commitment as your local Realtor® is to provide you with the specialized real estate service that you deserve. Personality and experience gives us excellent public relations and communication skills. Organization and timely follow-up with all inquiries regarding the sale or purchase of your home or property is extremely important. Our commitment to this career is full time, so you can be confident in knowing that you will be taken care of.
Team Agnew
931-206-2156 / 931-249-2165
Letters from the Buyer
My husband and I were very nervous about purchasing our first home but Thea made finding a home easy and Amanda at Anchor made our loan process go smoothly. I am eternally grateful for all the help we received. Thea and Amanda's personal attention made this first time experience an easy one.
Amy Torres
Thea,
On a scale from 1 - 10 for your survey I wanted to let you know that you were a 10 when it came to delivering what you promised. You were a 10 when I needed you to contact me. You were a 10 for listening to me. I have already recommended you to three of my friends and they all know that I give you a 10 for your service! If I was in charge of your business, I wouldn't change a thing. I wouldn't add anything to make it better either. You were a perfect 10 in your service to represent my husband, who is deployed during this whole transaction, and myself. Thank you for recommending Amanda to be our Loan Officer. She was perfect also. Oh and thank you for getting us into our home for only $17.02!
Anna Bidleman
Thea, here we go again! Both, Victor and I, would like to express all our thanks to you. The time that you gave us in selling our first home, then showing homes to us in the snow. Gosh, too funny. We will never forget the telephone call at 9:30 pm at night saying, "Hey, I found the perfect home for you!" and you taking time away from your family to come out again in the snow with a huge flood light to show us this home. And yes, you hit it on the nail. It was exactly what we wanted. So, now we are selling again to move. Wow!
Thanks for taking us on again and in 40 months we will be back to find our retirement home! Get ready, we are giving you a 3 year warning. LOL. 
Thank you for always being there and watching out for our best interests. You showed that you really wanted to find us our home. You never made us feel like it was about the money. You really care.
We will never forget you and always will refer friends to you!
Victor and Donna Martinez
The experience my husband and I had with our real estate agent, Thea Agnew, was remarkable! She was always there, day and night, to help with each and every step and process. She knew what we needed and wanted from a home. Buying a house can be a scary adventure, but she made it seem so easy and exciting.
After moving into our home, Thea was there for anything we needed. Any problems that arose after the sale of our home, she made sure they were taken care of immediately. There were many times I had to call late at night and on weekends. Thea never gave us an excuse; she just always went to work right away to help us.
It seemed to me her greatest joy was helping us find the home for my husband and me. It wasn't the sale or the profit she would make, but the joy that we felt when she gave us our keys to our new home. My husband and I will have to sale our house in the coming months. I know Thea will do everything she can to sale our home and make it an easy and exciting process.
Thanks so much! You are awesome!
Joe and Casey Black
14 months ago, we enlisted the help of Thea to help us find a new home. She was awesome at helping us find our perfect home. She was always willing to show us homes at the last minute and sometimes through pouring rain.
Sadly, 2 months ago we had to put our perfect home back on the market due to PCS orders.
Once again, we enlisted Thea to help sell it. Thea always kept a positive attitude, stayed highly motivated and was very encouraging even when we felt very concerned that it would not sell before we had to leave.
We got an offer that was better than we hoped, and believe it was all at the works of Thea (and God of course). Thank you so much Thea!
You have been a blessing!
Lindsey and Israel Carrera
In October, 2006, we found ourselves struggling to find a home. We had just bought a puppy and our living situation was lacking. We decide to start looking for a home to rent. Where we ran into trouble, was our dog. She's a Great Dane and let's face it, some places around here won't allow anyone to rent anything if their dog can't be held in one hand. We were at our wits end when I thought 'Why didn't we just call Thea?' I placed a call to her that second. She realized the urgency in finding a suitable home for us and had us pre-approved within a day and looking at houses the following day. Within 5 days, we had settled on a house that we found near post. A perfect starter home! It is close to work and all the amenities and had a nice big fenced in back yard for our ever growing dog to play in. Thea is a great person. She is also a great friend. She has been there for me on so many occasions! So to make a long story short, Thea was a no fuss kind of agent that I think anyone can appreciate. And in the business of sales or real estate, being honest is a God send! THANKS THEA!
~Jason & Randi Williamson
*A card that came with a box of flowers!
Thea,
Thank you for your motivation and your dedication. I sincerely appreciate your time and help in finding a home for my family. The laughs along the way were a bonus!
~Marissa Fulford*
Letters from the Seller
Thea, 10/17/06
Just a quick note to tell you that God bringing you into our lives was a great blessing. I know you worked so hard to do all you could to help us. You are truly an Angel, I just thank God that Billy and I had the opportunity to get to know you if only for a little while. Please don't ever change, you are a beautiful soul and it shines through in all that you do. We were blessed to have you on our side. So again, THANK YOU! You will always be in my prayers.
Sincerely,
Laura Clark
Dear Thea,
We are sorry to be so long in getting this thank you to you. We truly appreciate every thing that you accomplished for us in a very professional manner.
We were very awed at how fast you sold our house and moved into our new home in such a short period of time. If anyone we know is in the market for buying a new house or wanting to sell their, you can bet you are going to be our number "One" recommendation to them.
There are to be more real estate agents, like you in your profession, kind, professional, caring and going all out to take care of their client needs, just like you do.
Good luck, God bless and most of all, many thanks from the bottom of our hearts.
We cannot say "Thank You" enough and words cannot describe how we feel about you for everything you did for us.
A well deserved lunch or dinner is coming your way, you pick the time and place. Thank you so much for everything you done for us.
Sincerely,
Joe and Rosemary Emery
I strongly and without reservation recommend the services of Thea Agnew for either selling or purchasing a home. Thea successfully sold my home quickly and professionally in very little time. She understands the market and how it constantly changes. I had the home listed with another agency for 6 months and received no offers. Thea however generated more interest in 2 weeks than the other agency did in 6. Not only is she good at what she does, but it is obvious that she enjoys helping people in any way she can.
Once again, I highly recommend Thea for buying or selling a home.
Regards,
Jeremy White
Nine months ago we struggled to sell our home with another Real Estate Agency. After 5 1/2 long months of fighting with that agency to just do their job we switched companies and entrusted in Thea Agnew as our new agent. We used Thea's advice prior to us switching as well. She was very knowledgeable. Any question we had was answered with a quickness. She sold our house within a month and we had more interest in our house during that time than we had the whole 5 1/2 months with the other agency. I highly recommend Thea's services for anyone who is wanting to purchase, sell or just have any questions about a home.
Thanks
Jennifer DeWaters
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