Teresa Parker’s Blog

Check out this new property that I just posted on my Web site. It is at Michigan Street in Lake Mary. 3.9 acres on Lake Marietta. Buyer must conduct due dilligence. Great opportunity to build your own home in one of the best cities to live in…

ALERT! Two important deadlines are on the horizon: the Fed will stop buying Mortgage Backed Securities at the end of March (which means home loan rates may soon be on the rise), and the Homebuyer’s Tax Credit is due to expire on April 30. If you or any of your friends, family members, neighbors or colleagues want to learn more about how you can benefit from the current situation, give me a call or email .  www.TeresaPaker.com or parkertjm@aol.com

I’ve just sold a Lexington Green Heathrow property at 395 Devon Pl in Heathrow. Come and visit my site to see other properties in that area. If you are interested in looking for or selling your home, please Contact Me.

I’ve just sold a Golf & Country Club property at 1252 Stonehaven Ct in Heathrow. Come and visit my site to see other properties in that area. If you are interested in looking for or selling your home, please Contact Me.

Following an unprecedented response to our first event, E-PASS is sponsoring another shredding and electronics recycling event Saturday, February 20th from 10 am to 2 pm. It will be at the Colonial Plaza (2728 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803) near the intersection of Primrose and Colonial, in the parking lot area in front of where Circuit City was once located. Look for the orange E-PASS tent for giveaways.

If you missed the first event, now is your chance to help prevent identity theft by shredding those documents you’ve accumulated and recycling electronics you’re no longer using. This is a free event, open to everyone. Residents can bring their documents and watch as they are shredded. In an effort to reduce wait times, there will also be an option to drop off documents for shredding at a secure, off-site facility.

In addition, participants can bring working and non-working electronics (excluding TVs) for recycling. Data will be destroyed as appropriate and a certificate of destruction will be available to be emailed to you. See below for accepted items. E-PASS and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority are not responsible for any items dropped off during this event.

The following electronics will be accepted, working or not working: desktop, tower, laptop computers; CRT, LCD, plasma monitors/displays; printers/plotters; fax machines; telephone systems, switches; cell phones, PDAs, radios; stereos; VHS/DVDs; video games; projectors, cameras; any kind of storage media. At this time, we CANNOT accept TVs.

For computers and other items like cell phones and PDAs, a private company will process the item for data destruction (factory clearing cell phones and degaussing the sim cards; three pass electronic erasure and Department of Defense level sanitization of hard drives.) All identifying marks, stickers and labels are removed. If media cannot be securely destroyed electronically, physical destruction is carried out at their facility.

For more information, please call 407-690-5000.

I wanted to share this with you, it came from a good friend and it really puts things into perspective during these challenging times….. 

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 hours in a day is not enough;
 remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
 
 A professor stood before his philosophy class
 and had some items in front of him.  When the class began, wordlessly,
he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
 and start to fill it with golf balls.
 
 He then asked the students if the jar was full.
 They agreed that it was.

 The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
 it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
 The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
 
 He then asked the students again
if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

 The professor next picked up a box of sand
 and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else
He asked once more if the jar was full… The students responded
 With an unanimous ‘yes.’

 The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table
 and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
 filling the empty space between the sand.
 The students laughed.

 ’Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
 ’I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.  The golf balls are the important things - God, family,
 children, health, friends, and favorite passions
 Things that if everything else was lost
 and only they remained, your life would still be full.
 
 The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car.

 The sand is everything else –
The small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued,
 ’there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
 The same goes for life.

 If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
 You will never have room for the things that are
 important to you..

So…

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
 Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

 There will always be time
 to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
 
‘Take care of the golf balls first –
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’

 

I’ve just sold a property at 1542 Cherry Blossom Ter in Lake Mary. Come and visit my site to see other properties in that area. If you are interested in looking for or selling your home, please Contact Me.

I’ve just sold a property at 1542 Cherry Blossom Ter in Lake Mary. Come and visit my site to see other properties in that area. If you are interested in looking for or selling your home, please Contact Me.