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Another Estate Seller, another scammer.

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  Putting this photo here, because its pretty and for attention. Yes, I took this photo for a neighbor's cattle business. Back in 2012, a bit after my mother in law passed away, we had an estate sale to help us with the collected things from her life. Its was hard, and we were scammed. I am not speaking out of turn, the Texas Attorney General's office became involved, due to my blogging about it. That person not only scammed us but many, many others. She did time in prison.  Flash forward to 2023. My mom couldn't stay by herself anymore. We had space for her, but not ALL her stuff. I asked the real estate agent if she had a referral for an estate seller. Especially working so far out of San Antonio, it was gonna be tough. She had a referral for us, a nice couple from San Antonio. We met them in the house after we moved all the things mom wanted to keep and they seemed nice. They were excited and between projects and could fit us in right away.  I got mom moved (which is a...

Catching up...

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  I've been away along time. A LONG TIME. The last post i created was in 2012. By then, this blog had taken us through my time at USAA, my departure through there, the start of my commercial photography business SnowPro Photography. I was too busy to post after that.  Flash forward to 2020. 8 years, whew. Where has time gone? Let's see. In a nutshell and in order: my daughter married, my mother-in-law moved in with B and I, my daughter divorced. B & I went to Italy on a Rick Steve's tour, my father became ill with the first of his long battle with cancer, I closed my business to help take care of him. B and I bought property out of state, moved, saw & photographed the 2017 eclipse in Tennessee.    We bought an RV, moved out of Texas & built a house on said property. I went back to Texas in 2020 and in 2021 for months at a time to help with my dad's care through his battle with the big C.   I keep bees now, and B built his observatory that he has alwa...