A Lifetime Together... with MORALES!!

The below fun-facts are in honor of my beautiful daughter and her handsome fiancee,
who are getting married in September!!   I love them both SO much!! 
Wishing them a lifetime of love and happiness together! 

In English tradition, Wednesday is considered the "best day" to marry, although Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health.  Saturday is the unluckiest wedding day, according to English folklore. Funny -- it's the most popular day of the week to marry!

The English believe a spider found in a wedding dress means good luck. Yikes!

Ancient Romans studied pig entrails to determine the luckiest time to marry.

Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck, according to Hindu tradition!

For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day. Ouch!

Middle Eastern brides paint henna on their hands and feet to protect themselves from the evil eye

Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of rice.

A Swedish bride puts a silver coin from her father and a gold coin from her mother in each shoe to ensure that she'll never do without.

A Finnish bride traditionally went door-to-door collecting gifts in a pillowcase, accompanied by an older married man who represented long marriage.

Moroccan women take a milk bath to purify themselves before their wedding ceremony.

In Holland, a pine tree is planted outside the newlyweds' home as a symbol of fertility and luck.

In Asia, wearing robes with embroidered cranes symbolizes fidelity for the length of a marriage.

Ancient Greeks and Romans thought the veil protected the bride from evil spirits. Brides have worn veils ever since.

Brides carry or wear "something old" on their wedding day to symbolize continuity with the past.

The "something blue" in a bridal ensemble symbolizes purity, fidelity, and love.

In Denmark, brides and grooms traditionally cross-dressed to confuse evil spirits!

In South Africa, the parents of both bride and groom traditionally carried fire from their hearths to light a new fire in the newlyweds' hearth.

The tradition of a wedding cake comes from ancient Rome, where revelers broke a loaf of bread over a bride's head for fertility's sake.

The custom of tiered cakes emerged from a game where the bride and groom attempted to kiss over an ever-higher cake without knocking it over.

An old wives' tale: If the younger of two sisters marries first, the older sister must dance barefoot at the wedding or risk never landing a husband.

In many cultures around the world -- including Celtic, Hindu and Egyptian weddings -- the hands of a bride and groom are literally tied together to demonstrate the couple's commitment to each other and their new bond as a married couple (giving us the popular phrase "tying the knot").

The Roman goddess Juno rules over marriage, the hearth, and childbirth, hence the popularity of June weddings.

The bride stands to the groom's left during a Christian ceremony, because in bygone days the groom needed his right hand free to fight off other suitors.

Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was once thought that a vein in that finger led directly to the heart.

August '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 374

# Sold 98

MKT Time 93

Med Sold $ -- $297,500

Geneva 

# Active 150

# Sold 56

MKT Time 93

Med Sold $ -- $315,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 121

# Sold 37

MKT Time 82

Med Sold $ -- $275,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 85

# Sold 6

MKT Time 130

Med Sold $ -- $242,500

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 65

# Sold 12

MKT Time 26 (WOW!)

Med Sold $ -- $238,500

Maple Park

# Active 17

# Sold 6

MKT Time 504 (again, one listing must've skewed the #s)

Med Sold $ 260,500

And so begins another season
for this Soccer-MOOm!

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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Wedding Traditions & Superstitions: 50 Wedding Facts & Trivia - Wedding Planning - Wedding Customs http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-customs/articles/50-wedding-traditions-superstitions-facts-trivia.aspx#ixzz2dOXmVdAQ

   

Let’s give a big cheer for a new school year... with MORALES!

JULY '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 367

# Sold 101

MKT Time 135

Med Sold $ -- $323,915

  

Geneva 

# Active 152

# Sold 48

MKT Time 60

Med Sold $ -- $315,500

 

Batavia 

# Active 116

# Sold 38

MKT Time 86

Med Sold $ -- $279,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 74

# Sold 18

MKT Time 334 -- This is WAY over their average.  They must've had one sell with a super-long mkt time that skewed the average.  =\

Med Sold $ -- $239,250

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 69

# Sold 16

MKT Time 87

Med Sold $ -- $264,000

Maple Park

# Active 19

# Sold 4

MKT Time 47

Med Sold $ 177,900

Federal law mandates that school buses be painted yellow.

Lipstick inspired the invention of the glue stick.
According to Crayola, the first box of crayons sold in 1903 for five cents. It included the same eight colors that are in a box today.
A pencil can actually write about 45,000 words and could draw a line about 35 miles long.
In the late 1770s, Old World writers used bread to erase their scribbling.

Kickball, a combination for baseball and soccer, was originally called “Kick Baseball” and was invented in 1917.

A pencil can write in outer space, upside down, and underwater.

Calcium sulfate is the scientific name for chalk.
Consumers spent $47.5 billion during back-to-school time.

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.  ~Author Unknown

Never pushy, just dependable. 

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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Living the American Dream... with MORALES!!

JUNE '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 353

# Sold 93

MKT Time 124

Med Sold $ -- $320,000

  

Geneva 

# Active 157

# Sold 49

MKT Time 70

Med Sold $ -- $310,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 130

# Sold 44

MKT Time 95

Med Sold $ -- $269,900

   

Elburn 

# Active 65

# Sold 24

MKT Time 79

Med Sold $ -- $230,500

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 70

# Sold 13

MKT Time 205

Med Sold $ -- $260,000

Maple Park

# Active 21

# Sold 4

MKT Time 152

Med Sold $ 160,000

I know it's over already, but thought I'd share some fun facts
about fireworks with you...

Dreaming about fireworks means that you like to be the centre of attention and are showing off to others. It also symbolizes enthusiasm and exhilaration.

The fireworks were used to accompany many festivities, scare off evil spirits and promote prosperity.

The word for firework in Japanese, 'hanabi', which actually means "fire-flower".

A sparkler burns at a temperature over 15 times the boiling point of water. Three sparklers burning together generate the same heat as a blowtorch. When your sparkler goes out, put it in a bucket of water.

Static electricity in synthetic clothing can set off firecrackers. People making firecrackers wear only cotton clothing while making firecrackers.

At first fireworks were only orange and white. In the Middle Ages new colours were achieved by adding different salts. The hardest colour to create is blue.

Show your American pride and live the American dream. 
Let me help you find a new home for you and your family. 

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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http://www.thefireworksfirm.co.uk/25-interesting-facts-about-fireworks.php
http://www.facegfx.com/vector/set-off-fireworks-cartoon-cow-vector

Better late than never...from MORALES!

MAY '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 348

# Sold 81

MKT Time 129

Med Sold $ -- $319,000

  

Geneva 

# Active 156

# Sold 45

MKT Time 90

Med Sold $ -- $340,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 120

# Sold 40

MKT Time 148

Med Sold $ -- $286,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 67

# Sold 22

MKT Time 133

Med Sold $ -- $280,950

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 67

# Sold 14

MKT Time 105

Med Sold $ -- $246,750

Maple Park

# Active 20

# Sold 6

MKT Time 128

Med Sold $ 188,950

Top 20 Dad phrases

1. Do you think I'm made of money?
2. Money doesn't grow on trees
3. He's thick as two short planks
4. When I was your age ...
5. I'm not sleeping, I'm just resting my eyes
6. I'm not going to tell you again
7. Were you raised in a barn?
8. Don't talk back to your mother
9. If you were told to jump off a cliff, would you?
10. They don't make them like they used to
11. Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about
12. Don't tell your mother
13. Waste not, want not
14. You're not going out in that
15. We were grateful to have an orange for Christmas
16. Now, don't go spending a lot on me
17. A little hard work never hurt anybody
18. You'll understand when you're older
19. You don't know you're born
20. Don't let the bedbugs bite

Hope you will take 2 minutes to watch this quick Dad-ism VIDEO!! 

”It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”  -Anne Sexton

”Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”  -Ruth E. Renkel

”A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.”  – Unknown

”When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, ‘Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?’ He answered, ‘If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.’”  - Jerry Lewis

 Don't forget to remember me!

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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MOO's flash!! ... from MORALES!

APRIL '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 362

# Sold 59

MKT Time 171

Med Sold $ -- $335,000

  

Geneva 

# Active 147

# Sold 47

MKT Time 114

Med Sold $ -- $312,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 119

# Sold 28

MKT Time 96

Med Sold $ -- $272,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 62

# Sold 16

MKT Time 143

Med Sold $ -- $249,250

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 60

# Sold 8

MKT Time 55

Med Sold $ -- $197,526

Maple Park

# Active 23

# Sold 4

MKT Time 111

Med Sold $ 135,500

Fun Facts about MOM's:

First-time Moms: Average age of new moms is 25 -- vs. 21 in 1970
Kids: Modern moms average 2 kids (1950's: 3.5 kids -- 1700's: 7-10 kids)
Moms with a full-time job spend 13 hours working at the office or at home on family chores
Diaper Changing Speed: Moms take 2 minutes, 5 seconds (adds up to 3 40-hour work weeks each year!)
Giving Attention: Preschooler requires mom's attention once every 4 minutes or 210 times /day

Most popular birth month:  August

Most popular birth day: Tuesday
Most popular birthday: October 5
30 Pounds: Average weight gain during pregnancy

Perfume is one of the most popular gifts given on Mother’s Day in the U.S.

 Don't forget to remember me!

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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http://www.happyworker.com/supermom/facts

http://www.deepestfeelings.com/holidays/mothersday/fun_facts.shtml

April Showers bring MOO flowers... and MORALES brings March stats!!

MARCH '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 335

# Sold 49

MKT Time 159

Med Sold $ -- $294,900

  

Geneva 

# Active 141

# Sold 27

MKT Time 201

Med Sold $ -- $320,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 127

# Sold 23

MKT Time 126

Med Sold $ -- $277,500

   

Elburn 

# Active 63

# Sold 15

MKT Time 147

Med Sold $ -- $241,000

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 59

# Sold 9

MKT Time 196

Med Sold $ -- $215,000

Maple Park

# Active 22

# Sold 4

MKT Time 250

Med Sold $ 115,000

For every minute of every day, 1 billion tons of rain falls on the Earth.

The umbrella was originally invented to protect people from the hot sun. 
The word umbrella comes from the Latin word umbra - which means shade.

Rain drops can fall at speeds of about 22 miles an hour. To take this into
perspective, a snowflake falls at about 2-4 mph can take about 1 hour to finally
reach the ground.

All precipitation starts as ice or snow crystals at cloud level.

Water generally falls to earth at a low speed, this is because raindrops have a special shape that increases the effects of atmospheric friction and helps the rain come down to earth at a lower velocity. Imagine if we didn’t have friction acting on the falling rain, or that the shape that rain forms was different. Each drop would come crashing down to earth at great speeds and cause a lot of damage.

Ombrophobia – fear of rain or being rained on

Deep Thought of the Day:  Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

April showers bring MOO flowers! 

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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http://www.infobarrel.com/10_Facts_about_Rain

      

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_interesting_facts_about_rain

http://tidbitfun.com/07/18/rain-fun-facts/

The Luck of the Irish... with O'Morales!!

FEBRUARY '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 350

# Sold 39

MKT Time 181

Med Sold $ -- $260,000

  

Geneva 

# Active 140

# Sold 22

MKT Time 166

Med Sold $ -- $299,000

 

Batavia 

# Active 118

# Sold 17

MKT Time 130

Med Sold $ -- $231,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 69

# Sold 5

MKT Time 48

Med Sold $ -- $217,926

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 56

# Sold 8

MKT Time 90

Med Sold $ -- $244,000

Maple Park

# Active 17

# Sold 0

MKT Time -

Med Sold $ --

A leprechaun is a mischievous male fairy of Irish folklore.

We normally picture leprechauns in green suits today, but according to Gaelic tradition they used to wear red.  Older works of poetry and story always depict the leprechaun as wearing a red waistcoat. Some believe that solitary leprechauns wear red coats, while leprechauns who live in colonies wear green.

Legend says that leprechauns are the cobblers (or shoemakers) for all the fairy folk. They are often depicted with a leather apron, holding a shoe.  According to legend leprechauns are cobblers because they do so much dancing that they are constantly wearing out their shoes!

Each Leprechaun has his own pot of gold hidden at the end of a rainbow.  A leprechaun's stashes away one gold coin for each year of his life.  By this logic, you should hope to catch an old leprechaun!  To obtain the leprechaun's pot of gold, you must capture him and not take your eyes off him until you get your gold.  Fairy law requires the leprechaun to be honest with you if captured, but only for as long as you look him in the eye. It does not forbid tricks, only lying, but as soon as you look away the leprechaun can vanish, lie to you, or anything else he can dream up.

Leprechauns have a reputation for being foul-mouthed, are known to swig drink from their ceramic jugs, and smoke pipes that are quite foul smelling.

May you work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
and Dance like no one is watching.

“It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years,
and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.”

“You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

And when you've outgrown your current home, call me.
I'll help you find a lucky home to keep your treasures in...

Discover the Diane Difference...
    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Leaping-Leprechauns-313731.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Little-Leprechaun-Trivia&id=4100037
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/leprechauns-castles-good_luck_and_laughter/152916.html

The SUPER Spring Market ... with MORALES!!

Someone told me recently that the Superbowl was the start of the Real Estate Spring market.  I guess I learn something new everyday.  LOL.  All I can tell you is that the Spring market here in Realtor-land is already on fire!! 

As you can see, median sales prices are mostly level, but the number of closed sales is up, up, up!!

ST. CHARLES/CAMPTON HILLS

ELBURN




MAPLE PARK




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    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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JANUARY '13 STATS

St. Charles 

# Active 349

# Sold 37

MKT Time 219

Med Sold $ -- $250,000

  

Geneva 

# Active 138

# Sold 23

MKT Time 124

Med Sold $ -- $299,990

Batavia 

# Active 118

# Sold 11

MKT Time 79

Med Sold $ -- $129,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 80

# Sold 13

MKT Time 175

Med Sold $ -- $226,000

Sugar Grove

# Active 51

# Sold 6

MKT Time 64

Med Sold $ -- $226,000

Maple Park

# Active 21

# Sold 4

MKT Time 229

Med Sold $ -- $160,450

Roman Empire, Claudius didn't want men to marry during wartime because he believed single men made better soldiers. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret wedding ceremonies. For this, Valentine was jailed and then executed by order of the Emperor on February 14. While in jail, he wrote a love note to the jailor's daughter signing it, "From your Valentine."

Many believe the 'X' symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn't write their names signed in front of a witness with an 'X.'  The 'X' was then kissed to show their sincerity.

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

Physicians of the 1800's commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love.

15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.

Approximately one billion Valentines are sent out worldwide each year -- second only to Christmas.

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    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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http://www.sheknows.com/holidays-and-seasons/articles/807655/fun-facts-about-valentine-s-day 

http://sewdarnthrifty.blogspot.com/2013/01/101-adorable-valentine-puns.html