About Clarksville's Exit 1

Are you busting the seams of your home? That is precisely what happened to us. In 1999 we bought our very first home. This 3 bedroom, 2 baths with about 1400 sq ft was exactly what we wanted, or so we thought. We had it all planned, the girls could share a room and our son would have his own. The problem, realizing after the fact, was when we looked for a home, we were looking at new construction that didn't have the carpet on the floors yet. So the rooms looked much bigger. The day before closing when we did our walk thru, we couldn't believe how small the rooms were. There was nothing we could do about it, so we automatically started thinking of ways to make it work. Our family of 5 lived in that home for 5 years and a For Sale sign was in the yard when we knew our family had definitely outgrown our home. We loved this home. It was our first major purchase as a family and the kids heights were drawn on the door frame leading into the kitchen. We had an attachment. Our home sold in less than 7 days.

So how do you know if it's time to make a move because you have outgrown the home or rental you are in now? Chances are you were just as excited as we were, with being qualified for a home, that you didn't take the time to ask yourself questions about what you were wanting in a home. You might have looked at the kitchen and thought, it's kind of small, but it will be alright. Your dining area might be just big enough to get a table and chairs but you can make it work. No matter why you chose the home you are in now, you have probably lived in it long enough that you have some equity built up and it's time to move on to bigger and better things. You have sacrificed long enough in that tiny kitchen or that bedroom that can't hold the bedroom suit you got for your anniversary.

So here are the 10 Signs That You Have Outgrown Your Home....

•1. When you keep your salt and pepper shaker on your coffee table.

•2. When you have already changed the carpet to hardwood and back again.

•3. When the girls/boys who share a room are always arguing and want their space.

•4. When your car window is shot out while in your driveway.

•5. When the light pitter patter of feet have become stomping grounds.

•6. When the trip to the sink from the stove is just a heel turn away.

•7. When you have to put socks in your kitchen junk drawer.

•8. When your replacement furniture for a larger family doesn't fit.

•9. When you have to use your neighbors bathroom to get ready.

•10. When you know you can have better and it's alright!

If you find that it's about time to move on up to something bigger and better, then let Team Agnew help with your needs of getting you where you want to go! Our Team is well trained to ask the questions you might have forgotten the first time and help you to not settle just because you can. We want our clients to be happy in the long run with their decisions.

Please call us or email us with any questions you might have to getting started! TeamAgnew@bellsouth.net

If you have a better top 10 sign that is hilarious, please comment and I will put it on my list!

I have a license plate that is kind of different. I have people come up to me at WalMart or at a Restaurant saying that they were behind me and are wanting to know what my plate says..

ARLTR4U

It's a great way to hand out your card! They are approaching you!

Do you know what it is?

Do you have a specialized plate that gets attention? I would like to see who is Marketing their license plate. Care to share?

My Momma for the longest time, probably about 20 years now, (did they do specialization back then?), has had the license plate

IAMANUT

Now talk about making people smile when your in a traffic jam and you started it! They raise their hands and laugh as if to say, of course! You are a freaking nut! You gain attention that is for sure and it's attention that isn't caused by the traffic jams! People love to read other people's license plates, to try and figure them out. It can be a way to break up the day, cause you to think, like a crossword puzzle. A brain game!

What is your Marketing Plate?

Well, we are so proud of our baby!  Isn't she a beauty.  It has been a long labor but it was all worth it.  Right now we are still in the hospital getting ready to be discharged, so if you see something that doesn't look right, please email us and let us know! 

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Thea

I read this book in a day and a half. I realized half way through it became my shack. To see God, to see Jesus, to see the Holy Spirit in this light made so much sense. To see the views of church, religion, how we burden ourselves with religious rules, the views of criminals, the views of those who hurt you and you hurting yourself by unforgiveness, seeing God with a sense of humor and joy.

This book opens the heart and mind of the reader to a healing, even when you think you are just fine, like I did. It opened a flood of tears that were collected and changed my heart.

People have been talking to me for over 4 months about getting the book. I just couldn't read the words of a man in pain due to the loss of his daughter. I wasn't ready to imagine it being my child. I do that when I read. I try and place myself in the character and what I would do. I feel the pain they feel. The story only talks about the kidnapping for a chapter and then the shack comes into view.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has been faced with the tradegy of a loss. This book answers the question of where God is when the world suffers pain. It's for anyone who knows God and has seemed to become so busy in their life that they have not allowed Him to be center of it. It brings you back to what is REALLY important. It shows you have to return to love and what love really is. How God sees us.

If you have $15, go to your nearest bookstore and buy this book by WM. Paul Young.

The Shack

The Shack is at any bookstore. I got mine at Borders for $14.99

I believe everyone should have a Vision/Mission Statement. It can keep you on track with where you need to be. Read this statement every month, every week or even every day. Here is mine. I hope it will inspire and motivate you like it has me. I haven't read my statement in over 2 months!

THEA'S VISION/MISSION STATEMENT

My Life Scripture: Matthew 5:43,44 "You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

We live in a world that is an instant gratification and ME generation. Loving others is being replaced with loving me, first. The hardest thing I have been asked to do is love my enemies and those who persecute me. It shouldn't be hard but it sometimes is. My life will be to overcome and endure the persecution by loving through it. I will in turn love my enemies and my enemies will no longer be viewed as such.

My Vision Statement: (Vision is the art of seeing the invisible )

To love through the eyes of God and pray to see what God sees in others.

In doing so, people will be at peace around me; they will trust me; they will pay it forward; they will eventually ask me why I am different; God will be glorified through my life and my actions. Most of all they will find the love of God. They will be reconciled. If they have the love of God, they will be encouraged and rejuvenated.

My Mission Statement: (the how and who of what I see God calling me to)

Return to Love and reconcile others to Love. Through my daily walk and where the Lord leads me, I will love. To always remember that Love is the only thing real. Anything else is just a perception of my mind.

I am being called to help others; to counsel them in their financial decisions and help them with their purchases. I am here to help them, not me. I will be taken care of. I do not see a dollar amount, I see a head count! I will not be led by the mighty dollar but by the Mighty Lord.

What God has said to and about me:

This world is full of people who aren't full of love but themselves. These people think they are looking out for themselves by hurting others but really they are hurting themselves. In knowing this:

I will be successful at being a helper to those in need. I will listen more than I talk. I will speak with wisdom and research all avenues to help those in need. I will serve in love. When I am spoken to outside of love, I will remember that they need to be reconciled to love and pray for them; show them God's love through my actions. I am a counselor of the heart. I am a truth seeker.

God will send those who need God's love through me, to me. I have no fear of not being taken care of financially. If I am financially not producing, there is a lesson. Either I am out of God's will and need to make things right or He is fixing to bless my socks off and he is teaching me patience or someone in direct contact with me.

I am a woman who loves challenges. I love to research and find the best for others. I want my customers, my clients, to be given the right information and to not be taken advantage of. I will be the best I can be in protecting others.

Vision to accomplish my life's mission: (Practical strategy to ensure I maintain focused)

Daily walk with the Lord.

Love others through the eyes of God, not the eyes of Thea.

Be sensitive to the Spirit and obey.

Never turn anyone away. Always find time to help others, to listen to others.

Research my field and be the most knowledgeable in it.

Pray for wisdom and always seek improvements.

Pray God sends a Mentor to help develop the skills He wants me to have to be complete. I pray for the best to rise up and offer their training. I will constantly improve.