Never a boring day...

You never know what you’ll find behind a door! The surprise element is, by far, my favorite aspect of what I do. The good, bad, and ugly every day... always a fun adventure! ❤️

Buyer cashing in on Mckelvey Garden w/ MORE UPDATES COMING due to the storm

Remember when I did the post on the extensive storm damage in Maryland Heights last week?  Well, it appears that the future Buyer of ...

#11840 Mckelvey Garden Drive

Maryland Heights, MO  63043

Parkway North
$179,900
Priced 15K below Seller's 2007 purchase price

... shall benefit DRASTICALLY!  The insurance adjuster paid a visit yesterday. Improvements to be done ASAP to the property are as follows:

- BRAND new roof -tear off
- new flashing, vents, gutters, downspouts, rascia
- siding on left side and front
- reset garage doors
- window and garage door wraps (siding)
- mailbox
- comb a/c coils
- replace front deck planks and rail
- back deck railings, stain
- a few sections of fence

Wow- amazing selling point to a potential Buyer!  In addition to numerous property updates, the small private street is getting an overhaul, house by house.  That is called making lemonade out of lemons, huh? 

Full MLS link is HERE:  http://www.marismatrix.com/Matrix/Public/Portal.aspx?ID=271367711

Tornado Damage in Maryland Heights...

Most St. Louisans spent Saturday Night in the basement...

In addition to tornadic rotation, photos of hail the size of a baseballs were being tweeted and mobile uploaded from across the Metro...

The Central Corridor was the hardest hit within the St. Louis County region this weekend.  Today took me to my Maryland Heights office, the Coldwell Banker Gundaker Corporate Headquarters, and I was shocked to see the surrounding tornado damage!  Warm thoughts of our friends in the Central Corridor today, as they deal with the headache of insurance claims and repairs to their homes and cars. 

A few pics from the Maryland Heights area...

Luckily, the majority of the damage was mild compared to previous tornado updates here on the blog!

Just for fun: Bathroom Time Capsule

In prepping of the list of my own mother's house, the contractor took off 2 layers of wallpaper in the basement bathroom to reveal THIS...

SERIOUSLY?? =O

"Vintage" is an understatement!  Good grief.

My oh my...

... a lot can change in a day!

What's up with this weather? Not the top on my convertible!

While one would expect to see this in February in St. Louis...

One would NOT expect to see this...

*sigh* 
I was sad to witness in my own flower bed this AM, that the recent unseasonably warm temperatures have seriously confused Mother Nature.

While I eagerly accept a Winter pick-me-up any day of the week...

... I hope not to see my own daffodils in bloom for months.  If not, the Spring forecast calls for an ugly garden, devoid of Spring perennial blooms =(.  (wacky weather)

Seen at Portico & Ladue Rd in Chesterfield tonight...

Glad the neighborhood maintains a sense of humor regarding last week's excitement...

Spotted in Chesterfield... a MOUNTAIN LION?!

That's right, friends... as if 2011 hasn't been unusual enough thus far here in St. Louis: The Missouri Department of Conservation obtained the above confirmed photograph of a MOUNTAIN LION from a stationary wildlife camera in a wooded area near Ladue and 141 in Chesterfield last week. It was the third Missouri sighting of a mountain lion, also known as a cougar, puma or panther, since November.

This photograph was taken in the heart of an affluent bustling West County suburb. Not on the outskirts of the burbs- in the CENTER of the burbs. Not in the country. Not in the sticks. The area where this image was captured is a highly desirable and populated area just outside of the Central Corridor, littered with Starbucks and shopping and fantastic eateries and award-winning hospitals.

This trail cam is 20 minutes TOPS from the Arch in the center of downtown. 10 minutes from downtown Clayton. 5 minutes from my house.

Enough said.

Read more here. Umm, wow.