Just In Time For Thanksgiving - A New Exercise Program

Now that we are all over 40...I found a great exercise plan for us...

Begin by standing on a comfortable surface where you have plenty of room at each side.

With a 5-lb. potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides, and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute and then relax.

Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer.

After a couple weeks, move up to 10-lb. potato sacks.

Then try 50-lb. potato sacks. Then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.)

Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.

Rules for a Great BBQ

Came across this today on the internet. This should help clarify roles.


BBQ Rules

It is important for you to know the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine...

(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine...

(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great.. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again:

(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine...

(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:

(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed 'her night off ' and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!

Making It Happen

In today's business environment where teams, groups and committees are all the rage sometimes you have to step back and remember past advice and apply it today.



When I was a young corporate latter climber and the team concept of management was just starting I had a manager who gave me two pieces of advice about these practices.



A committee of 3 gets more done when 2 people are absent.


You don't call a committee to kill a rattlesnake, just kill it.


In our daily business lives there are times we just need to make a decision. Not stand around and wait for others or see what the "mood" is today but take action.



In the end we are the only ones responsible for our success or failure.



Make it Happen Today!

Larry Gray, Realtor

REALTY WORLD
Homes of Distinction
4222 S. Florida Ave
Lakeland, Fl 33813

(863) 205-8420 Cell
(863) 701-2386 Fax

LarryGraySells@live.com

www.Larry-Gray-Sells-Lakeland-Florida.com

Blogging - What am I Thinking

My 24 year old, college educated, daughter in her sweet and encouraging way was reading my blog (www.growingupinauroranc.blogspot.com) series "Growing Up In Aurora NC. After she finished I ask her what she thought of it. Her response was so helpful, "Where did you learn to write and spell. Haven't you heard of spell check?"



Yes that has always been a problem and you would think spell check would help. The problem is spell check does not know the difference between "to, too, or two" and similar words. If you put a misspelled word in a sentence but the misspelling is actually another work it does not help.



And add to that I am Dyslexic.



Well let's just blame it on the keyboard.

Larry Gray, Realtor

REALTY WORLD
Homes of Distinction
4222 S. Florida Ave
Lakeland, Fl 33813

(863) 205-8420 Cell
(863) 701-2386 Fax

LarryGraySells@live.com

www.Larry-Gray-Sells-Lakeland-Florida.com

Thoughts 11-8-2009 Buyers & Sellers - Let's Dance

Another great week draws to a close. This weekend Sara and I had 4 of our listing show and two have positive responses. Now the task of converting a positive comment into a bona-fide offer begins. On one hand you have sellers living in the past and can not understand that prices have falling in the past and most likely will fall more, in our area, no matter what they hear on TV. And, on the other hand you have buyers who believe if you offer more than 50 cent on the dollar they are giving money away. OH WELL, let the dance begin.

What I really need is a good Sunday afternoon nap to ponder on all of this. LOL

When 99.9% Is Not Good Enough

I ran across this several years ago and still find it thought provoking and true. In our line of work do we give our clients 100% or do we settle for 99.9%.



If 99.9% Is Good Enough, Then . . .


12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

114,500 mismatched pairs of shoes will be shipped/year.

18,322 pieces of mail will be mishandled/hour.

2,000,000 documents will be lost by the IRS this year.

2.5 million books will be shipped with the wrong covers.

Two planes landing at Chicago's O'Hare airport will be unsafe every day.

315 entries in Webster's dictionary will be misspelled.

20,000 incorrect drug prescriptions will be written this year.

880,000 credit cards in circulation will turn out to have incorrect
cardholder information on their magnetic strips.

103,260 income tax returns will be processed incorrectly during the year.

5.5 million cases of soft drinks produced will be flat.

291 pacemaker operations will be performed incorrectly.

3,056 copies of tomorrow's Wall Street Journal will be missing one of the
three sections.


Larry Gray, Realtor

REALTY WORLD
Homes of Distinction
4222 S. Florida Ave
Lakeland, Fl 33813

(863) 205-8420 Cell
(863) 701-2386 Fax

LarryGraySells@live.com

www.Larry-Gray-Sells-Lakeland-Florida.com

Central Florida - Beautiful Frostproof, Florida

Another beautiful day in Central Florida. 73 Degrees, low humidity and a nice breeze blowing. I am spending the day in Frostproof, a quaint little town in the center of the state which offers some of the best fishing lakes and hunting areas in all of Florida. If you like the small town life but with the conveniences of major cities, Tampa and Orlando, within 60 miles Frostproof is the town for you.

Call Sara Gray (863-232-2987) or myself (863-205-8420) and let us help make your dream of Florida Living come true.










Larry Gray, Realtor

REALTY WORLD
Homes of Distinction
4222 S. Florida Ave
Lakeland, Fl 33813

(863) 205-8420 Cell
(863) 701-2386 Fax

LarryGraySells@live.com

www.Larry-Gray-Sells-Lakeland-Florida.com