Spring Cleaning Anyone?

Moving isn't the only time to rid your home of used-up electronics. Or to purge your files of long-expired paperwork. But disposing of toxic hardware and information-filled documents isn't like tossing out last night's pizza box.

Join me on Saturday, May 14, when my Windermere office in Poulsbo will host a FREE disposal day for computers and paper. Bring your old computers, laptops, monitors and TVs and we'll dispose of them properly through Secure Data Destruction. The company All Shred will be there, too, to destroy your personal documents.

Come hungry and feast on our hot dog lunch to benefit the Windermere Foundation. It's a nonprofit organization that works to
help homeless and low-income families.
You can follow their blog at http://foundation.windermere.com/.

Knock-Knock

What do real estate and an espresso bar have in common? You’d be surprised.

I started my portable espresso bar in 1990, long before Starbucks became a household name. I pitched my idea to arts & crafts fairs, horse shows, garden tours, and the like. They’d never heard of such a thing. It took some convincing that, yes, in fact, people spending a weekend day outdoors would welcome a double latte or Italian soda.

17 years later – the longest running espresso bar in Kitsap County – I was ready to move on. I wondered where I could find the same variety, the people contact, the hands-on creativity? The answer came from across the street.

I live in Indianola. My husband Jerry grew up here, as did his father. My kids jumped off the same rock into the Sound as their grandfather. They took the same bus to school as their father. And today directly across the street from us lives my mother-in-law.

“You should go into real estate. You’re a natural,” Peg suggested. She’d never steered me wrong. So I did.

That was 2005. Since then I’ve had not one second of boredom. Every client, every transaction, and every day is different. An open house with few visitors? There’s always the plate of cookies.

What do real estate and an espresso bar have in common? They bring into my life my most favorite part of any job. They bring you!