Visit the April 2007 newsletter on my website MaureenMcCabe.com for spring cleaning info.  Wow that  sure sounds like a lot of work...

" Dry-clean all curtains and draperies, and wash your windows inside and out."

You better believe someone else wrote that.  And took the photo of a young woman cleaing house in a skirt.   It says: "Spring cleaning is a great time to complete those chores you've been putting off all year — or in some cases, for the last few years."    

Or never....

I have monthly home maintenance tips on my website if you have any energy left....

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

No, the City of Worthington does not have a Mardi Gras celebration or a Queen.  The Worthington HER Real Living office takes Mardi Gras serious.

Yes this is the end of my reign....I was crowned Queen Maureen at the 2006 Worthington HER Real Living Mardi Gras party.   Tonight at the 7th Annual Mardi Gras Party I will reliquish my crown.

It's been a year. 

 Hopefully 2007 will be a better year with all my queenly duties over.

What can I say?

Laisse Le Bon Temps Rouler!

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

A Columbus Best Blog 2006 Review before we get too far into 2007.... My blogging year on 'Columbus Best Blog', a RealTown Blog now named 'Discover Columbus'  was heavily influenced by Sellsius Blog naming me a Top 10 Women Real Estate Blogger 2006 along with Bonnie Erickson,  Joeann Fossland , Christine Forgione, Maggie Knowles, Ardell DellaLoggia, Marlow Harris, Claudia Wicks, Alma Dizon,  and Fran Bailey.

Maureen Francis is using the Julian calander as her excuse that she just did her 2006 review of her Michigan real estate blog.. MI Oakland County ...I could wait a few weeks and use the Chinese calendar too.. I just never thougth of doing a retrospective of my blog until Mo In MI did one.

'Columbus Best Blog'  had a year that was influenced by Sellsius° Blog, Zillow, Columbus restaurants and food, and other real estate bloggers around the country....

Feb. 9, 2006 - Everyone's talking about Zillow 

Feb. 21, 2006: Color Coded Trash 

May. 19, 2006 - Dead Market?  

Aug. 5, 2006 - Why are they sitting in a tree? 

Aug. 9, 2006 - "In Defense of HIStory and BlogHERcon"   

Aug. 12, 2006 - The Ten Best RealTown Blogs 

Oct. 2, 2006 - Real Living Zillowed? 

Oct. 25, 2006 - A casino in Columbus?  

Nov. 13, 2006 - 10 Riskiest US Housing Markets - Fall 2006  

Nov. 26, 2006 - Columbus "Best Goat" 

Dec. 8, 2006 - Loves Z, Loves Z not 
 
Bloggers what entries defined your blogging year in 2006? This is a meme to all RT Bloggers, "Tag you are it."  What are the best entries, the most memorable entries of 2006 on your RT Blog...don't worry if you don't have a lot of entries... do a 2006 retrospective.... just do it...

   What "search" for Columbus and Central Ohio homes do you use?   

HER RealLiving.com  

Realtor.com                                                     

KingThompson.com 

Other

Is there another search for homes in Columbus and Central Ohio that you prefer to these?  What's the Best Search for Homes in Columbus and Central Ohio

Why do I ask?  Some real estate boards / associations / multiple listing services across the country may not provide their listings to REALTOR.com in the future.   Notabley NWMLS in Western Washington State.  At least one of the market leaders there has never had their listing's on Realtor.com  Sellsius Blogs -Top 10 Complaints ... these are industry complaints not consumer complaints.

I have heard nothing locally about Columbus Board of REALTORS® making any changes.

I think with Real Time listings and all the other search options on HERRealLiving.com  there is no contest for Central Ohio properties but  I may be biased.