the hard boiled egg that wasn't

Are we a snack society or what ?

My teens have their favorite snacks. Some are healthy, some are not. I stay out of their way and for the most part, we as a family eat pretty healthy.
The teens know one of my favorite snacks on hand in the frig are my organic jumbo trader Joe's hard boiled eggs. I keep no less than a half dozen chilled always.
A late night Cobb salad, an egg salad sandwich or if I'm in a hurry, I'll crack a few, salt and pepper them up and be on my way.
Standing over the sink dressed in some nice clothes because I'm a nice guy, I'm important, starving and need a quick snack.So I grab the bowl of eggs and proceed to smack one on the kitchen counter. This particular egg had not been boiled.  SPLAT !
This is no accident. This is teen abuse.
The process of boiling an egg is simple. Carton of eggs next to boiling water, eggs dropped into boiling water
for 15 minutes, then let sit in cold water for 30 more minutes. Voila ! The hard boiled egg.
So for a raw egg to be mixed into my boiled eggs can only be one thing. 
Teen abuse.
They got me and they got me good. 

I have no idea where they get this prank side to them from, but I will say this;
 "the ball is now in my court."

I know ~ so innocent looking

It's a Great Life !

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3.13.13

The day started like any other day. I get in the car still asleep and get my daughter to high school.
Pulling out of my driveway I see this mess.

A dead tree on my property decides to snap and break. 
In doing so it absolutely demolishes my neighbor's mailbox. 
What are the odds of such a direct precise hit ?
The universe decides it's time for a decayed tree to snap and hits my neighbors mailbox right on the money. 
Being a Realtor. 
What is the liability here ?
The tree is on my property, but the mailbox isn't. Who takes the blame on this one ?
Or is it an act of God, or how about just "rub of the green" as we say in Golf.
Shit ~ really does JUST happen sometimes.





So I got my daughter to school and went about my day.
Later in the day I needed my real estate license number which is on my real estate license, which hangs in my agency like a shingle.
 I'm trying to complete an online request for a short sale bid I'm working on and they were requesting my RE license number..
So I go back to the wall where all the agents licenses are displayed and find mine.

I look close and see that my license was first issued from the state of Washington on March 13, 1991.
So now I stop and realize today is March 13, 2013.
So I am celebrating an anniversary I had no idea was coming.
 Purely coincidental that I needed my real estate license number on this very day and to see my license on March 13, 2013. 
22 years later to the day.

22 years !
That's officially a career. 
I ponder 22 years of selling real estate and more importantly 22 years of my life has come, and now gone.
I'm like the mole. Or what I call mole ing.
Head down digging away and occasionally popping my head out and saying "where the hell am I and how did I get here"?
I remember 22 years ago today very well. Like it was yesterday. Time really does fly.
The day my license was issued in 1991, my oldest daughter was 39 days old. 
The perfect motivation for me to succeed.

It's a Great Life !



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Thurston County Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales Report

Thurston County, WA

 Thurston County ~ NW, SW, NE, SE area 441-455
(including Yelm, Tenino and Rochester)

 the numbers for  February 2013:

• Homes for sale ~ 1,011 homes are currently listed

Low $31,500 ~ High $5,788,800

Median $249,950

Avg. days on ~128

• Pending  ~ 183 homes are in escrow

Low $44,500 ~ High $475,000

Median $225,000

Avg. days on ~ 120

• February Sales ~ 180 homes sold in Thurston County in February 2013

Low $37,000 ~ High $870,000

Median $223,750

Avg. days on ~ 131

• February 2012 ~149 homes Sold in February 2012 in Thurston County

Low $29,900 ~ High $799,900

Median $215,000

Avg. days on 135

A +4.1% increase to the median price in Thurston County for February 2013 compared to February 2012. 31 more homes sold in February 2013.

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Thurston Co, WA

                                 Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Olympia Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales Snapshot

Olympia WA

Olympia  ~ area  445,447 & 448

 the numbers for  February 2013 :

• Homes for sale ~ 107 homes are currently listed

Low $115,000 ~ High $2,499,900

Median $259,950

Avg. days on ~168

• Pending ~ 20 homes are in escrow

Low $142,000 ~ High $349,950

Median $244,975

Avg. days on ~ 103

• February Sales ~37 homes sold in Olympia in February 2013

Low $105,000 ~ High $389,950

Median $ 237,000

Avg. days on ~ 120

• February 2012 ~17 homes Sold in Olympia in February 2012

Low $122,500 ~ High $625,000

Median $249,950

Avg. days on 124

A -5.25% dip to the median price in Olympia sales for February 2013 compared to February 2012. 20 more homes sold in February 2013. The average market time is still too high in all categories.

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is."C. S. Lewis

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Lacey Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales report

Lacey, WA ~ SE

Lacey  ~ SE area 450

 the numbers for the February 2013:

• Homes for sale ~ 83 homes are currently listed

Low $69,900 ~ High $459,000

Median $217,500

Avg. days on ~ 75

• Pending  ~ 20 homes are in escrow

Low $110,000 ~ High $379,950

Median $184,000

Avg. days on ~ 59

• February Sales 2013 ~ 22 homes sold in Lacey in February 2013

Low $90,000 ~ High $322,000

Median $197,475

Avg. days on ~ 107

• February 2012 ~ 21 homes sold in Lacey in February 2012

Low $62,500 ~ High $717,000

Median $212,000

Avg. days on 93

A -6.9% fall to the median price for Lacey in February 2013 compared to February 2012. The average market time for both the active and pendings are staggering. Lacey has been experiencing a very healthy real estate market since last summer.

"Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life."

Michael LeBoeuf

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Tumwater Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales report

Tumwater, WA ~ SE, SW

Tumwater  ~ SW, SE area 443

 the numbers for  February 2013 :

• Homes for sale ~ 107 homes are currently listed

Low $130,000 ~ High $545,000

Median $259,000

Avg. days on ~155

• Pending  ~ 29 Homes are in escrow

Low $44,500 ~ High $449,900

Median $226,900

Avg. days on ~ 128

• February 2013 Sales ~ 17 Homes sold in Tumwater  February 2013

Low $113,500 ~ High $283,300

Median $233,000

Avg. days on ~110

• February 2012 ~17 Homes Sold in Tumwater in February 2012

Low $90,000 ~ High $330,000

Median $196,550

Avg. days  on 116

A solid +18.5% increase to the median price in Tumwater for February 2013 compared to February 2012.
 N  I  C  E !

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"Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present."Roger Babson

It's a Great Life !

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Delphi Hills Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales Report

Thurston County ~ SW

Delphi Hills  ~ SW area 442

 the numbers for February 2013 :

• Homes for sale ~ 27 homes are currently listed

Low $139,900 ~ High $2,000,000

Median $374,900

Avg. days on ~ 197

• Pending  ~ 1 home is in escrow

Low $130,000 ~ High $130,000

Median $130,000

Avg. Days on 30

• February  2013 Sales ~ 4 homes sold in Delphi Hills in February 2013

Low $189,900 ~ High $280,000

Median $275,000

Avg. days on ~ 167

• February 2012 ~7  homes Sold in Delphi Hills February 2012

Low $29,900 ~ High $390,000

Median $289,000

Avg. days on 259

Not a enough data to report any real trends


"In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure."Malcolm X



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West Olympia Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales report

West Olympia ~ NW

West  Olympia  ~ NW area 444

 the numbers for February 2013 :

• Homes for sale ~ 103 Homes are currently listed

Low $139,900 ~ High $2,399,000

Median $ 270,900

Avg. days on ~ 152

• Pending  ~ 21 Homes are in escrow

Low $105,900 ~ High $350,000

Median $219,950

Avg. days on ~ 150

• West Olympia February  Sales ~ 10 Homes sold in February 2013

Low $148,000 ~ High $341,250

Median $252,475

Avg. days on ~ 246

•  February Sales 2012 ~7 Homes Sold in West Olympia in February 2012

 Low $106,000 ~ High $799,900

 Median $294,950

 Avg. days on 147

A - 14.4% fall to the median price in February 2013 compared to February 2012.

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."William Penn

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Hawks Prairie Home Sales Snapshot ~ February 2013

Kevin Lynch’s Home Sales report

Lacey ~ NE

Hawks Prairie  ~  NE area 446

 the numbers for the  February 2013:

• Homes for sale ~ 110 Homes are currently listed

Low $164,900 ~ High $5,788,800

Median $305,448

Avg. days on ~142

• Pending ~29 Homes are in escrow

Low $88,000 ~ High $445,900

Median $294,900

Avg. days on ~110

• February Sales ~16 Homes sold in February 2013

Low $140,000 ~ High $466,000

Median $323,725

Avg. days on ~ 209

• February  Sales 2012 ~18 Homes Sold  In February 2012

Low $120,142 ~ High $446,000

Median $251,248

Avg. days on 159

A +28.8% spike to the median price in Hawks Prairie February 2013 compared to February 2012. Average market time is sluggish in all categories. The best being the pending sales at 110 days is proof we need inventory. A nice clean home priced right, will sell in under 30 days and the average market times will begin to shrink.

"You may delay, but time will not."Benjamin Franklin

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A Cannon Beach getaway in February means
several trips to the Cannon Beach Bakery

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2013 Palapalooza ~ Mom and son (4-11yr) event

Mom's and their sons start arriving right at 6:00 pm.

The boys are 4-11 years old and when I looked around the gym at the moms, I would say the average age was mid thirties. 

These mom's and their boys enter the gym and it is pretty much chaos with games of every kind a 5 year old boy might enjoy. The best games are the interactive games where it's mom's vs their sons.
The evening is a fund raiser for a good cause at our children's high school. It raises a lot of money, which is nice. But the real joy is watching  these kids spending quality time with their mom.   
What a blast !
My role is DJ and I take this shit serious. I'm given this remote and full use of the Capital high school gymnasium's sound system. I then  spend the evening cranking the volume as things get louder and crazier.

My Favorites from tonight's playlist;

• 4 Beatles Tunes ~ Ob La Di, Baby you can drive my car, Magical Mystery Tour and Octopus's Garden. Thank you as always John, Sir Paul, Ringo and George .
• 3 McCartney songs ~ Rockestra, Hi Hi Hi and Band on the Run.
• Stevie Winnwood ~ Roll with it.
• Tears for Fears ~ Everybody wants to rule the world.
• The Plimsouls ~ a million miles away.

Nearly 4 hours of music on my IPod as I walk around the gym wireless providing the music for all the chaos. 

Forever a humble promoter and servant to rock and roll.

It's a Great Life !

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