Lake Norman Homes & Info Blog

Where’s the GAS?

I have to honestly say I have never seen anything like it before… we are literally running out of GAS! Passing gas station after gas station and the pumps are dry. The easiest way to tell if a gas station has gas is by the lines of cars waiting to get to the pump. So essentially we have gone from shopping around for the best price to just paying any price to have it.

This situation started a few days after Hurricane Ike hit the United States. We have been told that a fuel pipeline that supplies much of the southeast was shut down during the storm and the gas is flowing back to Charlotte at the rate of four miles an hour.

Industry experts are predicting that the problem should be resolved in about a week. I can honestly say that experiencing this brings new meaning to shopping on line for housing!

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Where's the GAS?*

DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES
Perfect for someone that is tired of renting and/or someone wanting to be close to the lake…. Lake Norman that is!	Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Parking Spaces: 2 Square Feet: 1080 Year Built: 1996 MLS #: 784974
LOCATION
Click to view map: 6211 Burnhurst Lane Denver NC 28037
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Teresa M Harris

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Listing on: 6211 Burnhurst Lane, Denver, NC  28037* 

DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES
Call today for your private viewing!	Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Parking Spaces: 2 Square Feet: 1512 Year Built: 1997 Floors: 1 MLS #: 774716
LOCATION
Click to view map: 6147 Burnhurst Lane Denver NC 28037
LINKS
Teresa M Harris

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Listing on: 6147 Burnhurst Lane, Denver, NC  28037*

Have you ever thought about having a first aid kit for you pet? I must admit I have never had or thought of one. According to the American Animal Hospital Association, one in four pet deaths could have been prevented by the use of appropriate first-aid procedures. Twenty-five percent sounds high, but are you willing to be in that twenty-five percent?

Pet first-aid kits are available for purchase, but you can save a little money and make your own with items you probably already have on hand. Right now you can also take advantage of the back to school after sales and pick-up one of those large plastic pencil boxes for a dollar or less to use as your pet’s first-aid kit container.

Also, having your first-aid in a handy container allows you to pack it up with the rest of you luggage when you travel with your pet(s).

•    A list of emergency phone numbers: veterinarian’s office(s) and emergency pet hospital. You can locate one in your area by visiting vetlocator. There is an Animal Poison Hotline at 888-232-8870. Using this hotline costs $35.00 per incident, and can be charged to your credit card.

•    Cat first-aid and/or first-aid book(s), which is available through the Redcross.

•    Muzzle that fits your pet. This is to keep from getting bit during treatment.

•    Blunt-end scissors, nail clippers, tweezers, a syringe, and plenty of sterile bandages.

•    Styptic powder to stop toenails from bleeding.

•    Sterile eyewash and eye lubricant.

•    Sterile water-based lubricant (i.e.: KY Jelly). Believe it or not this helps hold fur away from a wound.

•    Penlight

•    Container to hold your first-aid kit together.

•    Medical or other items for your pet’s specific medical conditions.

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*First Aid Kit for Your Pet*

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For all your real estate needs in the Joliet, Plainfield, Naperville, Aurora, Crest Hill, Aurora, Montgomery, Bolingbrook and the Chicagoland area please contact LaNita Cates!!

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*HUGE THANK YOU GOING OUT TO LANITA CATES!"

Okay, this is for all the Cat Lovers.
Read and Enjoy!

Top 10 Signs You Might be a Cat Lover

10.    The ratio of cats to people in your home is greater than one to one.
9.      Your cats have e-mail addresses, and you regularly write updates and send photos to your family and friends.
8.      You use your cats’ names for passwords.
7.      The meow on the street is that your house is the place to go for good eats.
6.      When friends with children tell you about milestones in their children’s lives, you chime in with similar stories about your cat(s).
5.      People automatically call you when a stray needs a home.
4.      You have a cat voice you adopt whenever a cat is within a one-mile radius of you.
3.      If your cat sits on “your” place on the couch, you allow him to stay.
2.      If you find the cat is taking up a lot of space on your bed, you move over so the cat has       more room.

And the number one sign that you might be a cat lover is:
1.      Cat hair . . . . Everywhere! 

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Cat Lovers Count Down*

Dear Diary,
Today is Tuesday, September 16, 2008, it’s a rainy day here is Denver, North Carolina; also known as the Lake Norman area. Just a week ago We had our male westie neutered and dewclaws removed so since then he has had to give-up his surfer dude (made in the USA ~ UpCountry) collar for the dreaded Buster Clic Collar made in Finland (also commonly known as the cone, upside down lampshade, or radar dish, you pick) so last night while in bed the collar came off, I left it off until I had to come to the office for phone duty. This is the longest I have been away from him since his surgery last week and I miss him and hope he is doing fine . . . . so he is on my mind. I am sure that our female westie Coco is looking after him while I am absent.

In thinking most of us pet owners share this certain love for our pets, a love that most people without pets will never know.



                           Scooter Boo
   

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Today is Tuesday, September 16, 2008*

What’s Hangar Skate Park?

Denver, North Carolina has something new / something different / something good and that something is Hangar Skate Park! What’s that? Well it is the brain-child of 36 year-old student pastor Chris Sigmon (aka Siggy) of the 7X Youth Group at Denver Baptist Church here in Denver. It’s a Skate Park that reaches out to the young people to help clear up misconceptions about the kids who ride boards. It was created to offer a positive place where kids can skate and belong.

Tell me more . . . the park opened on June 21, at the former R-Anell Homes property (that Denver Baptist Church purchased about a year ago) the concept is jumping ramps on skateboards or BMX bikes then breaking for Bible study. Currently the skate park is outside and the ramps and benches are covered by a roof. The 10,000 to 15,000 square foot indoor park is expected to be complete by winter.

Watch the YouTube clip!

If you want your children to come out and experience Hangar Skate Park here’s some more important details.

Tuesday’s 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturday’s 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cost - $3.00

Helmets are required and available for rental.
Kids 11 and under are required to wear full pads.
Average age is 14, but participants have ranged from 8 to 18 years old

Parents are required to sign a liability waiver.

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*What is Hangar Skate Park? It's in Denver, NC*

The third Wednesday of each month the East Lincoln Book Club meets at the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library at 10:00 AM. The Library is located on Fairfield Forest Road here in Denver, North Carolina. Their first meeting will be Wednesday, September 17, 2008.  

September
The Owl and the Moon Café by JoAnn Mapson


October
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larsen


November
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory


December
The Other Boleyn Girl (viewing of the movie)


January
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls


February
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet


March
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini


April
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky


May
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus





Everyone is encourage to join this group and enjoy some great reading and great discussions.

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*East Lincoln Book Club ~ Denver, NC* 

Transplants from New Orleans 20 years ago, Herman and Charlene Travis decided to make Denver, North Carolina their home. Both generous beyond imagination are now finding themselves in need of help. Everyone here knows Herman, he’s always friendly; my husband has worked with him a few times in the past and he always takes time to say “Hello, how ya doing”.
 
Charlene is suffering from a disease called Sarcoidosis. The late football player Reggie White and comedian Bernie Mac suffered from the same disease. It is an inflammatory disease that affects the organs. It can cause the immune system to “overreact” damaging the body’s own tissues. This disease first showed up in Charlene’s lungs in October 1998. From there it has gone to her liver, but in the process she has difficulty swallowing and breathing, due to fluid building up in her diseased lungs because her liver is not functioning properly.

She has just been put on a nationwide transplant list. There is one procedure that she could have, to buy some more time, but if it is not successful then it would speed up her need for a transplant drastically and essentially she would be moved up to the top of the transplant list. Whether she has this procedure, their main goal is to help Charlene have a decent quality of life.

The Travis’ have insurance to help offset the costs of Charlene’s medicine, which is great, but there is still a difference and there are other living costs that are not covered. In an effort to help them a Benefit BBQ will be held this Saturday.

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit www.TeresaMHarris.com for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Copyright © 2008 By Teresa Harris, All Rights Reserved...*Benefit BBQ for Charlene Travis ~ Denver, NC*