Washougal, WA

What a revelation! Work smart and make more money! Lately I have been doing what a friend, Derya Ruggles, calls "Day-Stacking," where I cram into one day what would normally be spread out over two or three days.

This translates into a morning showing, a mid-day open house and then another showing or listing presentation in the evening with previewing properties and paperwork for clients in between. This type of day can easily be 14 to 15 hours long. The great thing about Real Estate and Me is that I love it. I honestly love helping people find that needle in a haystack. It is a lot of work, but for me the intrinsic motivation is what keeps me going.

One thing I learned from an ex- is to always do my homework, so I do that, extensively for my clients. Whether that means doing a CMA until 3 a.m., staying late staging a home or practicing my listing presentation. That way, the next day, whatever I am doing, I am prepared for it. My clients benefit, because they are working with someone that bothered to take an interest in their home and their needs.

All of this Day Stacking adds up, but inspires me to do more and get more done. It makes life so much more exciting for everyone.

We have great neighbors in our Washougal River community! We help each other in all kinds of weather and circumstances. The harder times brings out the best in this community. I am grateful for my neighbors!!

This is a great place to live, especially in the summer. But floods do happen and we have had a lot of melting snow right now. Our house is right on the Washougal River and it is close to flood stage! This is a picture taken on Jan. 7th, 2009 at about 2:30 pm. It's raining so hard right now...I think it's going to be a long night watching out for the flood.

I'm sitting here at my office desk watching the rising waters. The river in summer is only about 20 feet wide but today the river looks angry and brown with some of the waves up to six feet high. I see limbs and trees rushing by in the water. O.K., there goes something that looked like a shark.

The flood water is two feet from cresting over the bottom of our property. Our house usually doesn't get flooded. It is built up on a ledge so it usually stays pretty safe. We're also in a wide spot in the river with an even wider spot downriver from us. Did I mention how gorgeous this place is in the summer??

I spent the morning sandbagging for neighbors. Some of my friends came out to help her too. Thanks Doug Alexander and Cindy Faulk!! We helped sandbag for one of our river neighbors. Her beautiful river house always gets 6-7 inches of debrie. She has a rock wall built but the waters flow over and around the wall.

Our next door neighbor's house has the water approach their house with flood waters flowing all around it sometimes. When the water starts rising, our neighbors gather together and help move items and sandbag as best we can to protect the homes along the river. My husband and I joined with about four other neighbors to move stuff out of our neighbor's basement. This neighbor has doors on either side of his basement and just opens both of them and allows the river to flow through. It doesn't do damage, it's really a big nusiance though!

I am grateful for my neighbors. They don't have to come out and help but they always do.

P.S. Kayakers...where are you now??

Have you tried out the new little Ice Cream shoppe downtown Washougal?? The name is "Papa's" and the ice cream is delicious. The store offers hot dogs and a few other fun food items but the best part is that it has a candy store inside too. I also love that it has a WII game inside the store for anyone to try out.

My grandson had his birthday party there earlier this fall. It's VERY economical to have a party there. They brought out a huge bowl with ten scoops of ice cream all covered in wild toppings. The cost was only about $25!

Check it out! It's fun! It stays open until 9:00 pm too! They have Hot Chocolate for the cold evenings and faint of heart.

Hint: The Licorice ice cream is fabulous but your mouth and teeth turn dark blue!!

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