The following year Bill’s ex-wife had taken ill and was now unable to take care of their three boys, Peter, Paul and Patrick. Peter moved in with my cousins and lived with them. Paul went to Canada and lived with his mother’s relatives and Patrick moved in with us. Two years later my mother and Bill married and now Patrick was part of our family.

Patrick had the most gorgeous curly hair as a kid and was your typical three year old. But, one thing he had that most kids didn’t have was Hemophilia. Every time Patrick fell down he would bruise very easily and have continuous internal bleeding until we could inject him with a blood factor that would stop the bleeding. As a little kid this was quite often and very painful for my mother who took care of Patrick.

Patrick would never be able to play the sports that we could all play as kids and take for granted. He couldn’t play football, baseball, basketball, hockey or even dodge ball because any physical contact would mean internal bleeding and a black and blue body.

Patrick led more of a normal life than most would think, but as he got older all the bruising and falling down had taken a toll on his knees and he had a hard time walking. His leg was extremely hard to bend and he always walked with a limp.

One thing Patrick had to have a lot of was blood clotting factor concentrates that helped stopped the internal bleeding. These were little bottles that we got from the hospital and Patrick would get injected with this blood clotting factor to help stop the bleeding and save his life.

The early eighties brought us the scare of HIV/Aids and due to Patrick’s Hemophilia he would be very accessible to contracting the HIV virus from blood transfusions. Sure enough our fears came true around 1985. Patrick needed a blood transfusion and contracted the HIV virus from tainted blood. I never found out for a few years as the family kept it hush hush.

As the years rolled on Patrick led as normal a life as he could and became quite ill in 1999.  One of his goals was to live to see the ball drop in 2000, the new millennium. As the Christmas season neared in 1999 Patrick became extremely ill and fell into a coma. The doctors told us to gather the family as Patrick was slowly slipping away and may never regain consciousness again.

We were able to contact his brother Paul, who was living in Seattle at the time and had not seen Patrick for many many years and I had never met Paul as well. Paul was able to fly in right away.

We all were in Patrick’s  hospital room when Paul and his wife walked in and Paul walked up to Patrick’s bed to say his goodbye’s when all of a sudden Patrick woke up and sat right up to say hello to Paul.  This was a miracle and shocked us all as well as the doctors. I know it is hard to believe but if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I probably wouldn’t have believed it as well, but I did.

Patrick stayed awake and celebrated Christmas with us and in the next few days he started to slip away again and on January 1st, 2000 at 4:00 pm Patrick passed away.

Patrick was able to see the new millennium as he so wished.

May you rest in peace Patrick we all miss you.

She is not one for early mornings but she day in and day out is either heading to Concord for meetings or taking her buyers out to show homes. Then when she gets home she takes care of everything that needs to be done around the house. A true Champion.

She is always working on the computer, if she isn’t out with clients, enhancing her online presence whether it be by blogging or Social Networks.

I think she is hooked on RE Bar Camps. RE Bar Camps are when a group of real estate agents get together and share their knowledge  in a peer to peer enviremont. She has been to ReBar Camp’s in Virginia, Philidelphia and Boston. All great experiences for learning. At the Boston event she won a free pass to to RE Tech South another gathering of agents for learning the most in Real Estate Techonolgy. I am sure she is counting the days to March 26, 2010.

While she wasn’t on for a long time she was, I hope, able to communicate some crucial information. You can listen to the show here.

There is no doubt that January saw a major market stall as many people put home buying on hold in anticipation of what President Obama would do once he took office.  Early February saw some mass confusion due to the up and down real estate stimulus package potential of a $15,000 tax credit.  Some buyers moved forward in anticipation by making offers contingent upon the 15,000 tax credit becoming a reality.

Of course we all know that did not happen.

The reality is that people buy homes not sticks and bricks, they buy lifestyles, they buy a dream and while everyone wants their home to appreciate in value, it’s important to remember that long term real estate is an excellent investment.

Are we at the bottom? I really don’t know but I do know that investors have stopped looking and have started buying! Which tells a very important story.  If  you’re a buyer “On the Fence” don’t let this opportunity slip by you.  It would be pretty sad to look in the rear view mirror someday soon and kick yourself for missing this opportunity.

The last week of  February in our Londonderry office alone, we had 24 homes go pending in one week alone.

That’s a lot of homes and to me that speaks volumes.

The chart below shows a 10 year history of the Rockingham County real estate market.

I was able to go out during the day and shovel the driveway a few times so I wouldn’t have to shovel it all at once.

The next inch was all sleet and my driveway was coated with ice.

The next morning I was able to walk on the driveway with no problem as there was still a dusting of snow on top of the sleet.

I brought the trash down to the end of the driveway, a bag in each hand, when all of a sudden I fell to the ground with my feet coming out from underneath me. What a bummer as it really hurt my right hip and I also got  a nice raspberry on my right arm. I am beginning to really hate winter.

On Wednesday I noticed the bathroom ceiling sheet rock was splitting. I knew right then and there that time was needed to get on the roof and shovel the snow off to relieve the ice dams that were forming.  Out comes the ladder and the roof rake.

I am not a big fan of heights and my roof is not that high only about a story and a half. No sweat right?

I was able to get a lot done on Thursday on the northwest side and  I needed two sets of gloves as they got soaking wet pretty quickly.

One thing to always remember never rake the roof on the side that the wind blows. Gets a little chilly when the snow blows back in your face. The good thing is the ice dams have been relieved an no further damage will be done.

This is where I started Thursday.

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Monika has been invited back to speak on AM radio station WKXL1450 today at 1:00 PM. So please listen live on your radio or by following their link WKXL1450 to listen on your computer,

This station comes in faintly in Londonderry on the radio. Best heard if you are close to the Concord area.

So tune in to hear what Monika has to say.

She will be interviewed by fellow REALTOR® Brenda Perkins from Concord, NH

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I never have to pay for another phone bill again. This includes local and long distance calls. I am paying almost $ 60.00 a month for local and long distance service now. I will have this system paid off in 6 months as I also kept my home number and upgraded to the Premier version.

The Ooma™ system works with my high speed internet system and my current home phones.

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I have made a few calls and received a couple of calls and the quality is just as good as to what I had before. Actually I went outside with my portable phone and I was able to walk further away from my house than ever before.

i would like to thank Kristal Kraft who read my Twitter post a few months ago and purchased Ooma™ and told a group of Realtor® Cyber Professionals™ at this years meet up how pleased she is with it.

That sealed the deal for me. So I would highly recommend you check it out.

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Their topic for the show was the code of ethics and Monika’s training. Monika felt the time flew by and she enjoyed it immensely. She has always wanted to be on the radio and this day her dream came through.

Monika and Brenda ran out of time so Monika will be back in the studio on Monday October 13th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm and it should be  a lot of fun.

They did a nice job and one thing to remember is don’t roll a ball near a sand trap as they have grown the rough quite long and it is pretty gnarly if your ball lands there. The greens were in great shape and the fairways were decent as well.

The course is not that long and not that difficult. It’s a fun course to play and I always enjoy playing there. The last two times I have played there in tournaments we have finished 2nd this year and 1st a few years ago. It’s always a great feeling to win.

But, remember it’s not all about winning it’ sjust a lot of fun to just be out there playing.

When our other hosting company’s term ended our sites went down. It took me a little while to figure out how it happened. Thanks to Blue Host they pointed me in the right direction.

I needed to export the old database and import the old database into Blue Hosts sql servers. I didn’t do it. Then I needed to re-configure the config.php file properly to reflect the Blue Host server. Thanks to the helpful technicians at Blue Host I finally understood how to do this properly.

My old hosting company only gave me back up files and the backup file of the sql database was a year old. Now you can see why I am no longer with them.

Stay tuned as we will be bringing you more Real Estate information and good topics of our surrounding communities as we write about how great New Hampshire is.

This Wednesday the 13th was not like every Wednesday it was the first Wednesday in quite a while that it didn’t rain. Sean and his dad, my step-brother Peter, were working in the driveway together tinkering with an engine in one of their vehicles they had. Father and son working side by side on a glorious sunny day, something they enjoyed to do a lot.

Peter was moving some stuff out of the way and he needed to move Sean’s Harley Davidson to make room to repair the vehicles engine. While moving it Sean decided since it was such a brilliant day why not take the bike to work. He then thought that he probably shouldn’t because he also had to carry a lot of gear with him but his dad offered to take the gear for him and deliver it to the station in his truck.

Peter also mentioned picking the bike up for Sean but Sean said no problem he’d like to ride it home. Peter will second guess that decision for the rest of his life.

As I read through the comments on WMUR.com and Union Leader.com sites it makes me feel good to know Sean was extremely loved by all that came to know him.

Here is an interview with my nephews Scott and Daniel, Sean’s younger twin brothers. Scott is following in Sean’s footsteps and is in the Marines as well. Their grandfather William J. Powers also was in the Marines and was extremely proud of his grandsons.

Pictured in the first row. Peter Powers, Sean, my son Justin, my step son Michael Gosselin. Behind him is my step son Marty Gosselin, nephew David Powers, Sean’s uncle Billy Powers, one of the twins Scott or Daniel, hard t otell them apart at that age, next is Sean’s uncle Michael Powers, then facing away either Scott or Daniel. In the back is my mother Pauline Powers, Sean’s dad Peter, me Jay McGillicuddy, Sean’s uncle Paul Powers and Patrick Powers and William J. Powers Sean’s grandfather.

Patrick, Paul and William J. Powers have all passed away since this Christmas photo was taken in the mid nineties and now Sean has gone to join them in heaven.

May God Bless You Sean and keep you with him by his side. We will miss you!

Love Uncle Jay and Aunt Monika…

Since it may be the best day of the week we decided to head out to the loop road in Acadia National Park and we headed on down to Sand Beach to take a hike up to what is called the Great Head Loop. Supposed to be easy as stated in the Acadia Weekly magazine. Maybe it wasn’t as easy because I did it in my Teva’s.

We are hurting a little this morning as i guess we used some muscles that we ordinarily don’t use. My right heel hurts as it took a lot of pounding yesterday climbing up and down the boulders all over Great Head Loop. To see more photos of our visit to Bar Harbor visit our photo blog Through the New Hampshire View Finder.

This makes things tough when trying to calculate miles per gallon. Do I calculate by how much gas I put in or by how much gas used on my console computer?

Well, we filled up and headed to a listing we were updating pictures for and then headed back home.

We were traveling down route 3 and our gas mileage kept creeping higher and higher. I must admit I am more conscious as to how I drive as I keep a much better steadier foot on the accelerator.

The nice part about where we were heading to was to Pawtuckaway Lake to visit friends and we were able to get the miles per gallon all the way up to 22.7. This has to be the best I have ever seen for our SUV.

I did notice Sunday and today that while driving around town mileage has dropped to 19.8 as of tonight. It will be interesting to see how we do as time goes on.