Hughesville, MD Real Estate

photo credit: Dion Rainey

Whoa! Stop the Presses!

Dion Rainey is an agent in my Maryland office. I haven't met him yet, but was alerted to his blog on Active Rain by my Sales Manager a couple of minutes ago. No she's not here either... yet. I was on the phone with her when she told me another agent in the office is writing on Active Rain.

Whoa! Stop the presses! I've been trying to get some of my friends in that office to cross the blogging threshold for quite some time. I had just about given up.

Introducing Dion Rainey

According to Dion's Active Rain profile, he's got some mad skillz:

Dion has been serving the Washington DC metro area since 2001. He began his real estate career specializing in short sales and assisting homeowners in avoiding foreclosure. Today, Dion provides real estate services for buyers and sellers all over the DC Metro area to include Charles County, Montgomery County, Prince Georges County and Northern Virginia. In addition, the Rainey Group LLC provides BPO and REO services for banks and financial Institutions. The Rainey Group prides itself on making outstanding customer service for it's clients the #1 priority!

So, Let's Welcome Him... Active Rain Style

Dion has already written a couple of excellent posts. Now that he's been found and outed, let's give him a proper greeting. Please welcome him. Dion, we look forward to getting to know you here. I think you'll find Active Rain to be a friendly, helpful and professional community.

I know I do.

Lenn Harley provides some of the best advice and facts in the Southern Maryland Real Estate market.

Here Comes Santa Claus

Santa's coming and his elves have finished the schedule. Santa will arrive with a parade of fire trucks and ambulances at the locations listed below between the hours of 6:30pm and 9:00pm each night. Santa wants everyone to have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Parents are reminded that it will be dark outside and difficult for Santa and his helpers to see everyone clearly. Please hold the children tight until the fire trucks stop moving.

Santa also wants to tell everyone that he can not get to every street because of the size of the fire trucks. Santa's elves have tried to identify streets that Santa can turn around on. GROUP MEETING PLACES have been established for those children that do not live in or near a subdivision and will be Santa's first stop. Have a great holiday and we'll see you soon!

NOTE: Santa runs will be cancelled due to weather and emergencies without notice.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6

VILLAGE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING 4-6PM

(Corner of Old Leonardtown Rd & Prince Frederick Rd.)

STARTING AT 6:30PM

Hughesville Manor

Deborah Drive

Denise Lane

Westchester Drive

Langley Court

Scout Camp Road (to Juliette Low)

Oak Glen Drive

Oak Glen Circle

Wood Glen Drive

Juliette Low Lane

Homeland Drive

Merri A Lee Way

SUNDAY DECEMBER 7

HUGHESVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK

Patuxent Woods Lane

Harvest Ridge Lane

Swanson Creek Subdivision

Ivy Hill Court

Carriage Crossing

MONDAY DECEMBER 8

James Lee Drive

Lake Jameson Subdivision

Cracklingtown Road

Beverly Drive

Randall Drive

Cindy Lane

Sandy Level

Bryantown Estates (Bittersweet Dr)

Paternoster Lane

Stiles Place

TUESDAY DECEMBER 9

Oaks Road

Poplar Street

Ash Drive

Arborview Subdivision

Tall Oaks Place

Kent Drive

Traleigh lane

Independence Village

Carrico Mill Lane

Bell Ridge Court

Cameron Ridge Road

Serenity Woods

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10

BRYANTOWN STORE

Langley Road

Bryantown Hills

Bryantown Drive

East Court

Sunnyside Drive

Huckleberry Drive

Finn Court

Huckleberry Court

FRIDAY DECEMBER 12

GILBERT RUN PARK

Chambord Court

Dents Lane

Old Home Place Drive

Paps Parkway

Rupert Drive

Elizabeth Lane

Amberleigh Lane

Crescent Run Street

SUNDAY DECEMBER 14

BRYANTOWN SPORTS COMPLEX

Maguire Place

Bryan Meadows Lane

Ogrady Place

Clayton Road

Clayton Court

Woodmount Lane

Green Springs Street

Gallant Lane

Bassford Road

Woodridge Drive

Racoon Run Court

Robbers Roost Court

Eagle Ridge

MONDAY DECEMBER 15

Truman Manor Lane

Stowe Lane

Woodgate Place

Truman Manor Place

Truman Manor Lane

Celestial Lane

Plumage Lane

Burreed Court

Young Road

Hens Rest Lane

Spikerush Court

Flatbill Court

Sorrel Ridge Lane

Christy Lane

Greenwood Lane

Prescott Court

Humbolt Court

Collins Court

Lockwood Place

Hunters Harbor Lane

Stillwater Lane

TUESDAY DECEMBER 16

Creekside Drive

Ridgeway Drive

Meandering Drive

Hilltop Drive

Wilkerson Road

Sarah Court

Ladysmith Court

Crawford Court

Woodlark Drive

Inheritance Drive

Beechnut Drive

Celestial Lane

Ginger Root Lane

Formosa Lane

Check out hvfdems.org for updates to the schedule.

photo credit: chippenziedeutch

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees

Zekiah Farms has beautiful Fraser Fir fresh cut Christmas Trees, fresh roping and wreaths. They are selling now and until supplies last. The trees are displayed undercover in the barn, so there is no need to worry about the outside weather.

Enjoy a Visit to the Farm

While you're there, see the farm animals or take a tractor ride (weather permitting). Stop in the store for gift ideas. They have unique arts and crafts, fresh apples, greens, winter squash and Zekiah Farms own naturally raised, antibiotic and hormone free meats.

Directions and Hours of Operations

In Bryantown, MD at the traffic light on Route 5 (Leonardtown Rd) turn onto Bryantown Road. Proceed approximately 1.0 miles and the farm will be on your left. You will see two white barns with greens roofs.

Their Street Address is:

5235 Bryantown Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20601

About Zekiah Farms

Nestled in historic Bryantown with the environmentally rich Zekiah Swamp running through it, Zekiah Farms makes the perfect place for family, school, youth, or corporate outings.  Zekiah Farms has developed programs to help educate and give memorable farm experiences.  These programs will not only be educational, but entertaining and fun as well.  Our goal is to share an understanding and love for agriculture and the environment.

Please remember this is a farm, please wear appropriate clothing and shoes.

photo credit -Sylvar

You Talkin' To Me???

What started as a friendly $50 bet to see who could lose more weight in two weeks between between Jay Thompson and Dean Ouelette, has grown into Real Estate’s Biggest Loser. Anybody can participate, all it'll cost you is $50 towards the winners charity of choice and a commitment to lose some weight.

How Do I Participate

To sign up just send me a tweet or if you don't have twitter, sign up in Jay's comment section, then sign up for a twitter account.

Weigh in on Friday, December 5. and on February 1, 2009 whoever has the largest percentage weight loss wins. Honor system rules. It's a win/win... err... lose/win for the participants and the charity!

Hey, Aren't You That Running Guy?

Yea and if I want to get faster, I've got weight to lose too. My charity is the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. I run marathons as a civilian member of Team Semper Fi. The program was inspired by wounded Marines and Sailors who refused to allow their disabilities to get in the way of their participating in sports and as a way to move forward with their lives.

What's Your Motivation

The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund provides financial assistance and quality of life solutions to:

• OEF/OIF Marines and Sailors injured in combat, training, or with life threatening illnesses
• Their families- to help defray the expenses incurred during hospitalization, rehabilitation, and recovery
• Other OEF/OIF service members injured while in direct support of Marine units and their families
• Help with expenses associated with the purchase of specialized equipment, adaptive vans or vehicles, and handicap home purchases and/or modifications

So, when I saw Jay's tweet to lose some weight, trash talk, make new friends, get my charity some exposure and hopefully some hard cold cash, I jumped at the opportunity. So far, there are 15 people participating in the challenge! Wow!

I think I can dig deep and lose some weight with these fine men and women. The weight loss challenge for charity is from December 5, 2008 to February 1, 2009.

UPDATE 12/7

Turns out I only saw the twitter part of the story. The whole thing started when Steve Belt, upon hearing Jay Thompson was a (former) avid cyclist, had been proding Jay for a long time to ride with him. After witnessing another prodding on twitter, Dean Ouelette issued a private challenge to Jay to lose weight. Jay thought it would be fun to get few other to join in and from that, the Real Estate Biggest Loser was born.

There are 42 46 participants! You guys ROCK!