Siesta Key Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world with it's power white sand, which is nearly 100% quartz. I know some people would disagree but I'd much rather have powder white sand in the winter than powder white snow. No matter where you are in Florida you're never more than 2 hours or so from the beach. Siesta was just rated the #1 beach in America by Dr. Beach.

I love all the sunshine, warmth and bright sunny days. You know that the local paper used to give...

Area 1 in LEXington is the part of town on the NW side between Leestown Road and North Broadway.

Overall, the schools and amenities aren't quite as good as they are on other parts of town. The main draw to this part of town is value.....You can just get more house for the money in Area 1 than you can any place else in town.

Since most people reading this will probably be looking to buy a place, I'll skip the closer in to town neighborhoods that have houses selling for...

Mortgage backed securities opened higher and held steady for most of yesterday, but late in the day they did come under pressure giving back some of the earlier gains. Lenders passed along improved rate sheets yesterday morning and issued no reprices on the day. No surprises came from the FOMC statement which offered a long road ahead recovery outlook. At the open this morning, the downward pressure is continuing thanks to positive economic data out of Germany and easing of tensions between...

Perhaps what I had intended by the title is not a double standard or even a pun, but a little special report on a condition I'm trying desperately to do something about. I've struggled for years with a lower back problem, but now, the problems had extended to my upper back, shoulder, and arm.

Enough had become enough when some pain in unwanted places began. That was the light bulb for me to go do something about it (pardon the dark humor). I had thought for...

My Daughter took the criticism very well, when I told her that she scared me half to death, and it will take all the courage I can muster to ride with her again! I told her that she was a 'very safe driver' before she took the advice of the nuts from Drivers Education Teachers, and became a 'road hazard' to anything on the sidewalks, be it moving or not . I think she concurred with me and she is going back to the 'old ways'

She passed her 'test' last night, so that she...