For anyone who is interested in Buying or selling real estate in Baton Rouge, here are some numbers that may motivate you.

* The first 6 months of sales in 2010 is up from 3602 from 3410 of 2009.

* In area 61, the area in which Tara Subdivision is located, the average # homes sold were 116 with a average price of $261,817. The average days on the market is 87.

This is good news for buyers and sellers. Homes are selling in this area in less than 3 months...

The “flight to safety” bid is still in effect. Yesterday, benchmark treasuries and mortgage backed securities both benefited from stocks selling off. The economic data came in as expected and the final treasury auction of the week posted weak results but with treasury yields so low, it is not surprising to see investor demand weaken. Most of the price gains with MBS occurred prior to the auction results, so the weak demand didn’t hurt. As the price gains held, all lenders did reprice...

In 2010 :
Lo : 76 °
Hi : 95 ° Heat Index : Felt Like 115 ° In the Shade at 2 p.m. : It was Raining at 3 p.m. here in Bemis, Tn. and the Temp dropped from 95 ° at 2 p.m. to 78 ° at 3 p.m. : A 17 ° drop in 1 hour
Rainfall : 0.59 ” : Rain fell during the 2 – 3 , 5 p.m. hours

In 2009 :
Lo : 71 °
Hi : 89 °
Rainfall : 0.11 ”

In 2008 :
Lo : 74 °
Hi : 98 °
Rainfall : 0.00 ” ...

Chuck E. Cheese's Restaurant.
Pizza and fun for the whole family. Video arcade, games and Birthday Party Packages. 905 44th Avenue West, Bradenton. (941) 752-4448.

Circus Sarasota.
A not-for-profit performing arts educational organization. Circus Sarasota's long-range goal is to have a permanent professional circus school based in Sarasota County, offering a progressive educational program to keep the circus arts alive. Our aim is to educate and encourage students to...

Yesterday on the drive along I-90W from Chewelah to Cle Elum, we stopped at a rest stop to give the dogs (and ourselves) a chance to stretch our legs. As we stepped from the RV, I noticed a sheriff's deputy and a DOT driver standing next to a tarped mound next to a parked car.

"That looks like a covered body," I said to DH.
"Nah, too big for a body," he replied.

We walked on to circle the pet walk, and headed to the refreshment stand. There, a...