by Dave McVay
Hi friends,
It sure is hard to predict the real estate market. I have mixed emotions with regard to government involvement; however, if the Feds allowed the market to seek its own level, I believe that in the long run the market would be better off.
The baby boomers are coming!!!! With the incredibly cold winter in the midwest and east coupled with hurricanes, tornados and oil seeping onto their shores, we will start experiencing a plethora of new retirees…meaning, our over abundance of houses for sale is coming to an end…good news!
Your friend,
Dave
Posted on May 17th, 2010 in Miscellaneous, Real Estate | No Comments »
by Dave McVay
As an only child born to elderly parents, I was protected from other children, the “cold” of Tucson (huh?) and anything else my parents thought might be damaging to me. Until I was 16 years old, I had very few peer friends and my parents, Charles & Pauline, felt that television was detrimental and maybe sinful; therefore, we did not own one. (They may have had a point)!
After school, I would listen to western radio programs, do my chores and read. (Sounds like I was bored and lonely, right?) I don’t remember being either! I loved reading about my heroes and my favorite of all was Roy Rogers. I wanted to be like Roy Rogers. I wanted to BE Roy Rogers. I love and have owned horses partially because my hero loved horses.
I was a member of the Roy Rogers Rider’s Club. We had 10 rules we aspired to follow:
Roy Rogers Rider’s Rules
1. Be Neat & Clean
2. Be Courteous & Polite
3. Always Obey Your Parents
4. Protect the Weak & Help Them
5. Be Brave, But Never Take Chances
6. Study Hard & Learn All You Can
7. Be Kind to Animals & Take Care of Them
8. Eat All Your Food & Never Waste Any (I was really good with this one)!
9. Love God & Go to Church
10. Always Respect Our Flag & Our Country
Where did my values come from? Probably from the surrounding culture of the desert southwest, my wonderful attentive parents, friends, church teaching, school teachers and yes – my “Heroes”!
I believe we emulate the heroes we attach our heart and minds to while we’re young. Maybe if we weren’t fortunate to have “healthy” heroes while we were young, we now can look and find values we “want” to emulate.
Heroes are perfect when you’re young, not so when you’re an adult.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah & a wonderful 2010!
Dave
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
by Dave McVay
An Arizona Summer
The Devil wanted a place on earth
Sort of a summer home,
A place to spend his vacation
Whenever he wanted to roam.
So he picked out Arizona
A place both wretched and rough
Where the climate was to his liking
And the cowboys hardened and tough.
He dried up the lakes and the valleys
Then burned and scorched it all,
He dried up the streams in the canyons
And ordered no rain to fall.
Then over this barren desert
He transplanted shrubs from hell,
The cactus, thistle and prickly pear,
The climate suited them well.
Now the home was much to his liking
But animal life he had none.
So he created crawling creatures
That all mankind would shun.
First he made the rattlesnake
With its forked poisonous tongue,
Taught it to strike and rattle
And how to swallow its young. |
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Then he made scorpions and lizards
And the ugly horned toad
And he placed spiders of every description
Under rocks by the side of the road.
Then he ordered the sun to shine hotter
Hotter and hotter still
Until even the cactus wilted
And the horned toad looked ill.
Then he gazed on his earthly kingdom
As any creator would,
He chuckled a little up his sleeve
And admitted it was good.
Twas summer now, and Satan
Lay by a prickly pear to rest.
The sweat rolled off his swarthy brow
So he took off his coat and vest.
“By golly,” he finally panted,
“I did my job well.
I’m going back to where I came from,
Arizona is hotter than hell!!!” |
-C. David McVay
Posted on October 12th, 2009 in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
