Making Moving Easier For Your Children
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In an effort to make your move smoother and less stressful, here’s an article that gives great ideas for making moving easier for your children.
Making children part of the process and letting them put in their ideas is a way to make them feel more valuable. Here are several practical ways to bring your children into the move. There’s an idea for making a memory box, to fill with pictures and articles from their friends. There’s also an idea for making a treasure box, this would hold special small toys and your child’s favorite things. He/She can use crayons and stickers to decorate the box and take it in the car (so it stays close) during the move.
Another idea is to help your child create a picture board of how his/her new room will be, including paint swatches and pictures of furniture and fabrics. And one more, have a goodbye party for you and your child, invite friends and family and have hot dogs or pot luck.
By just doing one or two of the suggestions your move will be easier and your child will feel included.
Click through for the entire article at http://www.parents.com/parenting/money/buy-a-house/how-to-make-moving-easier-on-kids/.
Here’s another article about moving and children…
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Published in categories: Moving With Children, Stress-Free Moving
Making Your Oversees Move Less Stressful
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As usual I am always looking for ideas to make moving less stressful and more enjoyable. This time the focus is on making your oversees move less stressful. But, keep in mind that these ideas are also valuable for any move.
The article advises that couples talk to each other in advance, sharing feelings and needs. And that they involve the children as much as possible. Another great piece of advice discussed in the article is preparing as much as possible before the move, there is even a check list (and you know how much I love those) that starts 90 days out and brings you up to the move.
Another important point is to know that you don’t have to stay if you don’t like your new home. It seems sometimes we believe we must stay to save face. Also suggested is to find a way to let off some of the stress, such as walking, listening to music or going for a massage, this way you can diffuse some of the stress as it comes and enjoy your move more.
Here’s the complete article “7 Top Tips for Dealing With the Stresses of Moving Overseas”.
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Austin Duck Adventures – Cool Things To Do In Austin
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Austin Land and Lake Tour with Austin Duck Adventures!
You’re gonna love this, the small bus takes you around town to see some of the Austin sites and into the water it goes right into beautiful Like Austin! Enjoy 75 minutes of fun!
Welcome to Austin Duck Adventures. We’d like to invite you on an amphibious tour of downtown Austin and beautiful Lake Austin inside one of our Unsinkable, US coast guard inspected, Hydra Terra vehicles. Austin Duck Adventures is Austin’s best tour with 75 minutes of sightseeing that includes Historic Sixth Street, the State Capitol Building, Bob Bullock State History Museum, the Governor’s Mansion, and Lake Austin.
Schedules & Pricing
Tour times are subject to change, please call 512-4-SPLASH for reservations and the most up to date schedule.
Check back often for special holiday tour schedules.
Additional tour times may be scheduled if current tour times sell out.
Summer Schedule (June 1 – Labor Day)
Monday through Friday: 11am and 2pm
Saturday: 10am 12pm, 2pm and 4pm
Sunday: 11am, 2pm and 4pm
Regular Schedule
Monday and Tuesday: 2pm
Wednesday through Friday: 11am and 2pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am, 2pm and 4pm
Ticket Prices
Call 512-4-SPLASH to purchase tickets or make reservations by phone.
Tickets are also sold inside Austin Visitor Information Center at 209 E. Sixth Street.
Charters are available. We accept all major credit cards.
Adults – $25.95 + tax
Children (2 and Under) – Free
Children (Age 3-12) – $ 15.95 + tax
Seniors and Students – $23.95 + tax
Tour starts at the Austin Visitor Center
209 East 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 478-0098
For More Information and Photos visit Austin Duck Adventures
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For Sale By Owner – How To Sell Your Home Yourself
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Selling your home is not for everybody, but it just might be for you…
For the most part a real estate agent does the following:
Advertises your home
Advises you on how to make your home appealing to a wide variety of buyers
Takes care of the contracts
Communicates between you and the title company
Recommends a lender
Helps with the negotiations
Helps you understand the market and set a realistic price
After you read this list you can decide for yourself if selling your home is something you can handle yourself. It isn’t for everyone, but for some it is a way to possibly sell quicker and/or make more money.
I found this article on the For Sale By Owner website, on how to sell your home yourself. It is filled with ideas and directions in case you do decide to sell yourself.
Still interested…read on…http://www.forsalebyowner.com/home-selling-tips
Learn More About Selling Your Home
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Published in categories: Buying Or Selling A Home, Selling Your Home
Go Local With M&M Moving And Save
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Go Local With M&M Moving And Save! Now get extra savings through our offer with Go Local Austin! Now you can save $50 on packing supplies with your Go Local Card.
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Moving With Children – Understanding Your Children
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I wanted to bring you something about moving with children and as I searched around and read pieces of several articles it became clear that there really are some clear-cut things you can do to understand your children during your move and to make things much easier for them and yourself. I came upon an article from Iowa State University that breaks things down into age groups with strategies for each set. I know if you are reading this that you feel it is important to help your children adjust to their new home, and to understand what they are going through….
Understanding Children, Moving To A New Home
Although moving has become a common event for American families, it is a “moving” experience in more ways than one. No matter how often families change
residence, moving brings with it a variety of emotions and situations. One out of five American families moves each year, and most of those moves are within the same community or to a neighboring state. Read More
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Inner Space Cavern – Cool Things To Do In Austin
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If you are looking for cool things to do in Austin, you’ll want to visit the Inner Space Cavern! It is located 20 miles north of Austin in beautiful Georgetown. The story goes that in 1963 the Texas Highway department was drilling through 40 feet of solid limestone when they came upon what is now the Inner Space Cavern. One of the employees was lowered into the cave while standing on the drill bit. What a cool thing to see!
“Inner Space Cavern is one of the best preserved caves in Texas and one of the few places where remains of prehistoric animals were unearthed.”
Now the cave is available for us to tour…
Inner Space Cavern offers three different tours to entice visitors of all ages. Choose from our classic Adventure Tour, our thrilling Explorer’s Tour, or our challenging Wild Cave Tour. Our Adventure Tour departs every 20 to 30 minutes on a first come first served basis. Reservations are accepted for groups of 20 or more. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended and cameras are welcome. The Adventure Tour and Explorer Tour are walking tours.
The year round temperature in our cavern is a delightful 72 degrees with a relative humidity of 98%. After your tour, please feel free to visit our gift shop and enjoy a beverage or snack at our concession area. Our other attractions include panning for gems and minerals at the Inner Space Mine, or relaxing under a canopy of Texas Live Oaks in the picnic area while you watch your children on the play-scape.
Prices
Adults $19.95
Children (Ages 4 – 12) $11.95
Children (Ages 3 & under) Free
Hours of Operation
Weekdays 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Summer Hours
June 9th – August 26th
Monday – Saturday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location
Inner Space Cavern
4200 S. IH-35
Georgetown, Texas 78626
Want to Know More
Phone (512)931-CAVE (2283)
Toll Free: (877) 931-2283
http://www.myinnerspacecavern.com
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Moving Into A College Dorm Room
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There’s a lot to plan for when you go to college….and don’t forget to think about what you’ll need when you are moving into a college dorm room. Here’s a place where you can really use some ideas for maximizing space. You’ll need the obvious items like, sheets and pillows and towels, and of course your clothing and personal items. You may also want to bring your television, a small fridge, a sound system, your computer and printer and sports equipment.
Dorm rooms are small, probably about 200 square feet for two people. This means you’ll need some innovative ideas and products to get it all in, and organize everything. Before you start be sure to check with the school to see what you can and cannot have in your room.
I found this article online that offers great ideas for organizing your dorm room. Check it out…
The days when students arrived at college accompanied by a single suitcase or footlocker are long past. Now there’s a long laundry list of items, ranging from electronics to transportation, needed for college life when moving into a dorm room. Read More
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For more great ideas for packing to move check out these great articles…Creative Ways To Label Your Boxes and Re-usable Moving Boxes from EcoBox.
Published in categories: College Move In and Out
Round Rock Real Estate Update July 2012
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The Round Rock Real Estate Update July 2012 is furnished to us by Lora Tucker Kaasch, Realtor® – The GoodLife Team
It’s that time again! Time to get up-to-speed on what real estate is doing ‘round town. Round Rock continues to out-pace, out-perform and out-sell most all other national markets. It’s more than just us that have fallen in love with our beautiful neighborhoods!
This report uses Round Rock home sales data* based on transactions that closed in July, 2012, and compares it to closings that took place during the same period last year. Traditionally, closings occur four to six weeks after a contract is executed. For that reason, the sales activity you see here trails the actual market conditions just slightly.
If asked to narrow the market activity to the most profound monthly statistic, it would be how fast homes are selling. Days on market for homes in our area have slimmed to 48 days. Start to finish – that’s incredibly fast! More perspective – that’s a 35.8% drop from 12 months ago! Homes are moving at near break-neck speed, and sellers are garnering 96.3% of their original asking prices.
The number of new listings in July has climbed to 316, an 18.4% jump from the same period last year. Even with more listings entering the market, demand continues to outpace supply, and detached single family home inventory figures are dropping. In fact, inventory is down over 20.8% from July, 2012, from 893 to 707 homes.
Home prices are nudging higher; the median sales price in Round Rock went from $214,250 in June, 2012, to $215,000 in July.
Interest rates remain at historical lows, and it appears that the current rate atmosphere will continue into the foreseeable future. If you have questions about the real estate market in our beautiful community or about homes in general, I am ready to provide you with unparalleled expertise and seasoned insight.
Lora Tucker Kaasch, Realtor®
The GoodLife Team
lora@goodlifeteam.com
512.539.7547
*Information from the “Local Market Update – July 2012” by the Austin Board of Realtors®
**Does not account for seller’s concessions.
More Information on Austin Real Estate Market and Cedar Park Leander Real Estate Markets.
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Published in categories: Round Rock Real Estate News
Selling Your Home – Make Your Home Appealing To Lots Of Buyers
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When selling it is so important to make your home appealing to lots of buyers. The market is turning and there are pleanty of buyers now, especially in our Austin market. And yet, there is always competition for the best homes. By getting your home in it’s very best shape and making it appealing to a wide variety of buyers you can attract discriminating buyers who are willing to pay for what they want. You never know, you might even find yourself in a situation where buyers are bidding on your home.
I found these 52 ideas to make your home more appealing. Among them is the usual getting rid of clutter and cutting the grass, which are a must if you want to get the most from your home sale. But, i think you will find some other ideas that don’t seem to be a big deal, but make a whole lot of difference, like rolling up your garden hose right after you use it and removing your winter clothes from your closet so that it feels larger.
Read The Complete List 52 Tip to Make Your Home More Appealing To Buyers
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Published in categories: Buying Or Selling A Home, Selling Your Home
