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Thirty Lessons Learned at 300,000 Active Rain Points

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:05:20 -0400

Thirty Lessons Learned at 300,000 Active Rain Points is a good way to commemorate this milestone, so here you go!

1. As much as you give, you receive that much more.

2. It's a community, a family, a seat at the Bar.

3. It's funny, sometimes it's sad, and sometimes you're just glad to get a dose of daily inspiration.

4. It keeps you thinking and pondering and questioning.

5. Tech tools, YUM. This is half the fun.

6. Rain Camp, yowza! It's the power!

7. Cutting edge... Industrial Strength Scissors.

8. You observe more around you...so you can write a post about it...

9. You photograph more around you so you can illustrate the daily posts.

10. You read more industry magazines and articles to explain them and interact about them.

11. You inspire others to learn about blogging and social networking.

12. You can picture subdivisions around the country.

13. You learn marketing techniques you never would have encountered.

14. Someone says a city, and you can picture the agent and blog post comments.

15. You know tidbits about different areas of the country...restaurants included!

16. You learn different customs around the country.

17. You develop friendships here and there and want to meet them when given a chance.

18. You exchange ideas.

19. You meet local agents you would have never known.

20. You learn areas further out than your market but are still useful.

21. You learn about new laws coming down the pike that affect us all.

22.Your photography skills go up a notch.

23. Your dedication to blogging improves as you watch the SEO and friendships develop.

24. You realize this is the Google of Real Estate..ask and you shall get many answers!

25. You can complete each others sentences...or more accurately, you can take a comment and run with a whole new post of ideas.

26. You realize the best is yet to come...more SEO, inquiries, friendships etc.

27. You realize all kinds of people are reading your stuff that you have no clue about.

28. Everything becomes a blogging opportunity.

29. You learn from marketing experts around the country who share warmly their systems and tools.

30. You introduce yourself as a Realtor Blogger, and that , you see, is a cool thing to be.

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Confessions of a Southern Maryland Realtor Snack Food Addict...for the record...

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:23:45 -0400

Confessions of a Southern Maryland Realtor Snack Food Addict...for the record...Okay, this post was inspired by Richard Weisser's Georgia Post about domain names. However, this confession is made possible by the 30 days of 30 postings without a listing post contest sponsored by Active Rain. So, for posterity, my Snack Food Addictions have included but are not limited to:

The entire Sixth Grade of lunch bags filled with Peanut Butter and Marshmellow Sandwiches. You'd have to be there...no comment form the Peanut Gallery!

Several years of Jeep Rides for a McFlurry with Oreo and Reese's Pieces and Trapper Triever by my side.

Several calorie laden years of "my Jeep brakes for all Starbucks" as in the Venti Java Chip Frap.

And currently, unveiled, are the Jeep Jaunts to Rolands for the 100 calorie Ice Cream Klondike Bars. The only problem is that there are six in a box.

I would trade this for the name domain addiction any day. But Riley Rover has a say, and clear as day, he likes the last bite of the Klondike Bar. And if there are six, he gets more licks!

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Announcing the 124th Calvert County Fair SEPT 29-OCT 3, 2010

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:53:44 -0400

Announcing the 124th Calvert County Fair SEPT 29-OCT 3, 2010! In Calvert County, when the Fair comes to Town, Youth Day means no School and all FAIR! Information can be obtained at www.calvertcountyfair.com or just meander down that weekend for livestock, baking, photography, beauty contests along with tractor pulls, horse pulls, and Bavarian dancers. Come check out the goats, the swine, and the baked goods, too. The Calvert County Fairgrounds are located in Barstow MD on Rt. 231 just a couple of miles from Rt. 2/4. There's even a First Annual Calvert County Fair Idol Contest. You may also call 410-535-0026 for additional information.

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Calvert County Md "How Grateful I Am" Children's Writing Contest

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:57 -0400

The Fall 2010 Parks and Rec Bulletin has a Calvert County Maryland "How Grateful I Am" Children's Writing Contest. It's geared toward the Thanksgiving range so entries must be submitted to either of the Twin Beach Community Centers by November 17, 2010. The winning entries will be displayed at the Northeast Community Center. Visit www.co.cal.md.us for more information.

Children between the ages of 10 to 16 can write an essay of 300 words or less expressing why they are thankful. It's not so hard to do, but the results can be Golden for a lifetime.

When I was in Sixth Grade, the American Legion sponsored a writing contest titled. "What Freedom Means to Me." I wrote my entry and proudly showed my Dad. He was less impressed. He said I would not win any contests with that entry. So I quietly rewrote it and submitted it.

Now, when they announced the winner of the "What Freedom Means to Me" at the Sixth Grade Graduation, I was one of the THUDS but what was much more fun was to know my Dad was the other THUD on the floor. I won a paper certificate that has given us a lifetime of laughter. Even way back then, I knew to never, never, never give up.

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Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo,...Which is the next Southern Maryland Listing to Go?

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:57:56 -0400

Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo,...Which is the next Southern Maryland Listing to Go? Okay, I am on a Cliffhanger. It has really got me curious. Each time there is another cell phone text message from Centralized Showing Service, I am making a bet in my head. I am really stumped this Labor Day Week.

I have some hot to trot Southern Maryland Listings. Razor sharp, bleeding edge pricing. Staged to the NINES or priced bigtime to make up for not. I cannot figure it out. Usually I have a hunch. It's like microwave in the popcorn. You know as a Listing Agent that sound when a Southern Maryland listing is about to get an offer. Or several. But which one first?

Okay, since I am stumped, you figure it. Here you go....and the winner of the first offer in this week for these Golden Results Southern Maryland Listings is?????

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You are invited to the Komen Boardwalkathon in North Beach and Chesapeake Beach MD Saturday AM Sept 18, 2010

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:38:07 -0400

RE/MAX 100 and Friends invite you to join us for the Fifth Annual Komen Boardwalkathon in North Beach and Chesapeake Beach MD on Saturday Morning Sept 18, 2010 from 7:30 to 11:00 AM. The entry fee is $25.00 and all proceeds are donated to Komen. We start at the North Beach Fire Department and head toward the North Beach Boardwalk first. It's always a pretty day on the Chesapeake Bay but this time in the Fall is fun for all! Then we swing around that Boardwalk, round the corner near Sweet Sue's and head back. We have water in coolers along the way. The beach and views and charity event always makes this a fun walk to do!

After we return to the North Beach Fire Department, we walk the sidewalks past Rod n Reel and swing up some back roads to pick up the Chesapeake Beach Boardwalk. We do that loop and then if you really want to know the scoop, a bunch of us hit the deck at Trader's and order up big country breakfasts outdoors on the last leg of the walk.

Bring your friends, neighbors, coworkers and family to join us on this yearly event. You'll want to come back! You can make donations at RE/MAX 100 10425 Southern Maryland Blvd. Dunkirk MD 20754 OR lace up your Sneakers and join us. We'd love to have you come this year!

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43rd Maryland Seafood Festival Sept 10-12 2010 Sandy State Park

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:01:27 -0400

The 43rd Maryland Seafood Festival Sept 10-12 2010 Sandy State Park has a magical component. It is called the 20th Annual Crab Soup Cook Off. If it is anything like the Chilli Cook Off at Homestead Gardens last weekend, this should be a delight.

The tickets can be purchased at the door or online. Bring a non perishable item to donate for a $2 savings! For event updates and advance ticket purchases visit www.mdseafoodfestival.com . There is music on two stages featuring Jimmie's Chicken Shack, The Reagan Years, and the Kelly Bell Band. There will be new Seafood Specialties and old favorites contributed by Phillips, Lures, Real Seafood, and the Ammapolis Seafood Market.

Event Hours are 11-9 Friday and Saturday and for Sunday, 11-6PM. When you think Maryland, you think Seafood, so what a great place to check out!

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For every action there is a reaction...in Active Rain Blogging, too!

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:04:54 -0400

For every action there is a reaction...in Active Rain Blogging, too! Okay, I am about a third of the way through the Active Rain Challenge of write thirty blogs, one a day, no listings included, for thirty days. Sound easy? Try it!

I have noticed with blogging that I now observe my surroundings more and then take more photos. A basic non interest in photography has zoomed up to a very healthy interest. This means I notice my surroundings more and then take time to photograph them to illustrate a point.

Hence, I pulled over on a sunny day and took photos of a sunflower field. Then I stopped and took note of a gaggle of geese. This same gaggle caused a traffic jam in the Beach the following week. I am thinking of posts during the day. I am reading Realtor articles more intently to discuss different items. I am more engaged I would say. Not to mention I am in Barnes and Noble looking over photography books.

My Physics Class had it right. For every action there is a reaction. Have a Safe Labor Day Weekend and enjoy the unexpected sunshine. Hey, wander down to Southern Maryland to soak up some Bay on a Sunny day! You just may want to check out homes in this easy D.C. Getaway..for every action there is a reaction, and it will be love at first sight in Southern Maryland. P.S. The Geese have the right of way. P.S.S. There's a place to stay overnight and a Breakfast Buffet in the morning at the Road n Reel Complex below. Oh, and order up a crabfeast at Abner's across the street. That Southern Maryland combo is tough to beat!

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Traffic Jam Southern Maryland Style in Chesapeake Beach MD

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:42:14 -0400

Traffic Jam Southern Maryland Style in Chesapeake Beach MD means no ambulance , no police car , no temper tantrums no...HUH? It's the Feather Flotilla. The Geese. They gather and cross at the intersection of the Town of Chesapeake Beach. They have right of way, too. They trump everything. We hang our heads out the window and watch, but shout or grumble, nope.

They seem to have a pecking order. A series of job descriptions. An order to their day. I would not miss it for the world. Darn, I need to have my Flip with me and film it sometime. It's just part of an ordinary Southern Maryland Day by the Bay in Chesapeake Beach MD.

"The Feather Flotilla "

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Labor Day Holiday Weekend Stuff to do in Southern Maryland

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:55:59 -0400

If you would like some splish splash by the Chesapeake Bay but do not want to spend part or your day crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge for sounds of the surf, venture down Pennsylvania Avenue Labor Day this Holiday Weekend and spend some time in Southern Maryland. The White House is at one end of Rt. 4 but you'll want to find a house at this end once you discover the charm and beauty of this within commuting distance to DC every day by the Chesapeake Bay area.

Check out the Water Park in Chesapeake Beach MD this Labor Day Holiday Weekend on your list of Stuff to do in Southern Maryland. Or head down to the Old Fashioned Candy Store in North Beach MD. Then tote your fishing pole out on the North Beach Pier. Stroll the Solomons Island Boardwalk. Check out the crabs at Mels near Ponds Wood Road on your way home. Just toss in some Old Bay and a can of beer, or have them prepared for you at Abners in Chesapeake Beach MD. There's Bay and Boats and Beach and Barns and most of all, it is a place to call home.

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Labor Day Weekend Plans in Southern Maryland

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:48:14 -0400

What are your Labor Day Weekend Plans in Southern Maryland? One thing special about living in Southern Maryland is that you don't have to go anywhere on a Holiday Weekend to be somewhere special. We are already where a lot of people want to spend their free time. So what are some fun acitivities for the Labor Day Weekend?

I would put crabs at Abners or a Crabcake at Stoney's near the top of the list. Or the Rod n Reel Breakfast Buffet which never disappoints. A stroll down the North Beach or Chesapeake Beach or Solomons Island Boardwalks would be special. Who can miss a stop at Starbucks or Panera in Prince Frederick for some java or tea? These plus the beach will be my favorite places to be!

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How to make the flashing light in the Jeep right!

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:27:47 -0400

How to make the flashing light in the Jeep right! About the time my newest client and long term neighbor was making decisions on which repairs would be selected out of the Amerispec home inspection completed today, I was making the decisions on which Jeep repairs would be selected. He wisely noticed that we had the same problem but he had more digits or zeros at the end. We forget because we do this so often how big a deal this is in preparing a home to go on the market.

Somehow my tune up routinely suggested at Valvoline in Prince Frederick became a $530 estimated repair job plus $200 on something else and $1050 on something else at a local place that ran all the tests today. Cylander three got kind of expensive. I think it is time to go shop the quote. And I am doing a service for my clients when I get them bids, too, and understand and assist in prioritizing which ones will be required for loan purposes. I need to check out these prices and find out the real deal on the Jeep like I do on home inspections for my clients.

How to make the flashing light in the Jeep right! I need to work further on this project this week. $500 for a tune up seems kind of steep for my Jeep. I only put about 12K miles a year on my Grand Cherokee! I'm going to explore some repair options. Old Blue, my first Real Estate Car, looks really pretty in moments like this. Especially when I have nonstop appointments coming up in Southern Maryland before the Holiday Weekend.

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I got a Business Card from a Dog, Theo, at the Homestead Gardens Annapolis Tomato Festival

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:13:21 -0400

While I was taste testing at the Annapolis Tomato Festival at Homestead Gardens over the weekend, I picked up my first business card from a DOG. And darn , it was not my idea first. Theo is an assistance dog from Fidos for Freedom. You can reach this organization at www.fidosforfreedom.org or mail them at P.O. Box 5508 Laurel MD 20726 or call them at 410-880-4178 and 301-490-4005. This organization has special trained hearing, therapy and service dogs...that have their own business cards, mind you, encased in plastic thanking the person who has inquired about them.

Hearing dogs alert their hard of hearing or deaf owners to significant sounds. Service dogs help with mobility. Therapy dogs are awesome companions in health care facilities and valuable contributors to helping provide a relaxed atmosphere for elementary school students to improve their reading skills.

Fidos for Freedom, Inc. is a non profit organization comprised of volunteers for residents in the Washington, DC and Baltimore areas that need special trained Hearing, Service and Therapy dogs. You'll Retrieve Golden Results with Cheryl Ritchie, RE/MAX 100, for all your Southern Maryland Real Estate Services. Visit www.GoldenResults.com for more details.

P.S. Riley Rover wants to know when he gets a business card, too.

P.S.S. Theo's Mom and Dad won the Judges and Peoples Choice Award for their chili!

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What's up with all the mop up, clean up and tidy up of old Active Rain Posts?

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:31:58 -0400

What's up with all the mop up, clean up and tidy up of old Active Rain Posts? And pray tell why? Okay, it has occurred to me at 300,000 points and blogging away that I need to go back and make an excel chart of my old posts and do some post clean up. Why? Okay, pray tell, here you go:

Improved SEO tips and tricks such as 2-4 links out

Spell check

Photos and clip art and centering properly that I learned along the blogging way

Resource of post locations to send links to questions asked and to easily locate to reference in new posts

Pride in my work

But my question before I tackle this project is, what items would you also add to this list so it can all be done in one fell swoop? What's up with all the mop up, clean up and tidy up of old Active Rain Posts? Let's Brainstorm this Active Rain idea!

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Severn School Salsa, Chili Cook Off and Facebook Meet Up in Davidsonsonville MD Saturday August 28, 2010

Cheryl Ritchie, Southern Maryland Real Estate (RE/MAX 100) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:05:31 -0400

Severn School Salsa, Chili Cook Off and Facebook Meet Up in Davidsonsonville MD Saturday August 28, 2010 aligned some 70's Severn School Alums for great Admirals fun! It started with Ann Wallace Rieffe and Geoffe Rieffe's decision to enter the Annapolis Tomato Festival Homestead Gardens Chili Cook Off. Then they mentioned it to Anne Chandler who mentioned it to me. Ann Wallace facebooked Susan Snyder who said she may drop by. John Norton facebooked me and said he was driving across the country and that he would like to reconnect with some Severn Alums. I facebooked back again and asked if he was in the area yet, and if so, could he drop by Homestead Gardens? It went down kind of like that. The Severn School Seventies stars just kind of aligned some Seventies Alums with a little Facebook NUDGE. It was a little extra dose of that Severn Serendipity I have mentioned before.

Now you know the Homestead Gardens parking lot for one of these events is HUGE. So, I had sent John a message and said GREEN Jeep, RE/MAXX tags, purple dress, see you there. Figure the odds of me pulling up right next to John Norton's Green Jeep with Severn tags. It was the Severn tags that got me. Anyway, after laughing about the odds of this, we walked in to find Ann and Geoff's booth. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, their chili contest entry was over the top. Yes, there was a tried and true Severn Connection, but it shined on it's own merits. Anne Chandler joined us and while Ann and Geoff fed the masses, we strolled around and checked out the competition. We voted and no we did not stuff the ballot box. The Severn School Honor Code still exits. We could not find any contenders we felt had the competitive edge. Anyway, all of a sudden, I noticed Mrs. Snyder and Susan and Susan's tall Texas Beau over by the doorway trying to get our attention.

Now I know where I was the day Elvis died just like I know where I was with President Kennedy and with the Challenger milestones. I know clearly because I had just spent a few days in Rehoboth Beach Delaware with the Snyder family. I had turned on the radio as I left to head home. The trip had started my lifetime love of Rehoboth Beach. This was one of the last few times I clearly remember talking with Mrs. Snyder. I do remember seeing her for a split second at Claudia Clanton's Celebration of Life but she vanished in moments. I think I saw her once or twice in the interim but it was a very long time ago. Anyway, I still make the Elvis connection. I also remember as kids she had served fresh strawberries and pineapple at a skating party and I think of her to this day when I slice them up together. Those Severn memories are alive so it was great fun to walk over and chat with them as a complete surprise. The Severn School Seventies friendships have lasted a lifetime so they can pick up where they left off without a bump in the three to four decades highway since Severn.

Then Anne, John and I decided to check out the Salsa and Tomato entries in the adjacent tent. John's son has developed a gourmet ketchup so he has extra experience taste testing and following food news. Per the PROUD Papa:

"My son's ketchup company is Sir Kensington's Gourmet Scoping Ketchup(http://sirkensingtons.com) and it was chosen as one of the best new items at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. The bottle design is causing a stir in design circles as well. My son Scott and his two partners took business courses in college and then took business seriously. Sir Kensington's Gourmet Scoping Ketchup is in gourmet food stores such as Dean & Deluca and Hunt Valley Catering. Oh, and the product photography on the web site is my work."

So when I dragged them to a booth with this fabulous lemon salad dressing now being sold at Whole Foods, you can imagine my surprise when John observantly said he had noticed the article about the Salad Dressing in the Capital. Nope, it must not have been the addition of girls to Severn that added to the grade point average at Severn. Anyway, the Salad Dressing "Mom" had developed the salad dressing to get her three sons to eat their veggies. One son figured they were really on to something when one of his buds came over to his house and raided the frig and swiped the salad dressing. John picked up the literature but I know I can find it at Whole Foods and of everything at Homestead, it was my second favorite entry. No, it did not have a Severn School Connection.

Our day in the sun included 6 Severn Alums who had not been in the same location in 35 plus years, one JUDGE and PEOPLE's Choice award winning Severn Classmate Chili Cookout Entry (Yahoo!@#&...and I hear they are bringing their chili to the Severn Homecoming Chili Cookout Event) and lots of hugs and laughter and memories in the end of summer sun....right before another Severn School year is about to begin.

Contact Cheryl Ritchie at www.Facebook.com/GoldenResults or email GoldenGirl @GoldenResults.com for an invitation to the PRIVATE Severn 70's site open to ALL Severn Admirals. Also, Ann Wallace Rieffe is organizing a one day seminar at Anne Arundel Community College for small businesses on April 23, 2011. I will be speaking on Social Networking for small business for an hour for Ann and already Anne Chandler and also John Norton, who has a video production company called deClarity, have decided to sign up. I'll be throwing in some tech tips and blogging tools here and there, too!

John Norton's company, deClarity, is a complete communications for corporations through video, web sites, and print. They create corporate image and marketing materials for internal, business-to-business and business-to-consumer purposes. His bioCommunications units, his specialty, creates high-end 3D animations that show how new drugs work on an ultra-microscopic level, for pharmaceutical companies. John's living his lifelong dream of returning to the Eastern Shore by opening an East Coast deClarity branch.

Visit www.declarity.com to catch up with John Norton and also join us all for some laughter and memories and Severn Fun in the Spring! Or slip by the Homestead Gardens train event that Anne says is a lot of fun at Christmas!

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