Let's forget about the Election... for just awhile... with MOOrales!

OCT '16

	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	417	181	112	67	73	15
# SOLD	64	32	30	15	9	4
MARKET TIME	127	75	59	125	85	99
MEDIUM SOLD $	$360,750	$330,500	$278,250	$278,000	$270,000	$256,480

​Let's have some TV fun-facts and
forget about the election ... for just awhile, aye? 

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Full House - There are two staircases shown downstairs — one in the kitchen and one in the family room — but only one stair entryway upstairs! ​

Saturday Night Live -- When the show first started, another show was called “Saturday Night Live,” hence the iconic opening line being worded, “Live from New York, it’s ‘Saturday Night.’”​

​The Simpsons- Marge was originally supposed to have bunny ears underneath her blue hair.
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​The Bachelor & The Bachelorette --  "The Biggest Loser” has produced more successful marriages than “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” combined.​

The "Addams Family" Living Room Was Pink -- This home's spooky vibe was achieved by the black-and-white filming — not the props, which when photographed in color reveal a technicolor mish-mosh of eclectic items.

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​Lucy and Ricky's Bedroom Had Two Jobs --  All the set designer's had to do was swap out some furniture, and the Ricardos' bedroom became the Mertz living room (a common cost-saving TV trick). ​

The "Brady Bunch" Bathroom Didn't Have a Toilet  -- it was considered gauche in the '70s to show a toilet on screen, so the producers skipped it in the Brady kids' iconic Jack-and-Jill bathroom.
The first ever television commercial was about toothpaste.

50 Funniest TV comedies of all-time?
The condensed version...

49. Everybody Loves Raymond
47. How I met your Mother
46.  The Big Bang Theory
45. M*A*S*H
40. Roseanne
39. Malcolm in the Middle
38. That 70's Show
37. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
31. All in the Family
28.  Married... with Children
27.  Friends
25. Modern Family
22. Newhart
21.  Will & Grace
20. Sanford & Son
19. The Golden Girls
17. The Honeymooners
16.  The Abbott & Costello Show
14. The Three Stooges
13. Cheers
12. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
10. The Cosby Show
9. Taxi
8. I Love Lucy
7. The Office
5. Seinfeld
2. 30 Rock
1. Arrested Development

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​Who planted the ivy on the outfield wall at Wrigley?  -- Former Cubs front-office assistant Bill Veeck (who later owned the White Sox) planted the ivy in 1937, the same year the bleachers and scoreboard were built.​

​What happens if a ball lands in the ivy and gets stuck there? -- The batter is awarded a ground-rule double.​

​What took so long for the Cubs to install lights at Wrigley? -- Former owner P.K. Wrigley planned to install lights for the 1942 season but instead donated the fixtures to a shipyard for the war effort on the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked.​

​There's a flag on the roof of Wrigley that says "Hack 191." What does that mean?  -- It commemorates Hack Wilson's 191 runs batted in during the 1930 season, a major-league record that still stands.​

​There's a sign on one of the rooftops beyond right field reading "EAMUS CATULI!" and then another sign with letters and numbers. What do those signs mean?  -- "Eamus catuli" is an imperfect Latin translation of "Go Cubs." The other sign starts with “AC,” which means "anno catuli" -- Cubs time. The first numbers indicate years since the Cubs won a division title (that gets reset to 00 now). The next numbers indicate years since the Cubs last won a National League pennant (71); and the final numbers indicate years since the Cubs have won a World Series title (108). If the Cubs win the 2016 World Series, the sign will read "AC000000" on Opening Day in 2017.​

​What should you do if you catch an opponent's home run ball in the bleachers?  -- Throw it back onto the field, or ask security for an escort out of the park.​

​How many Cubs teams have reached the postseason?  --Counting this year, it's 18. They've appeared in 10 World Series (1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1945) but won only two (1907 and 1908). They have qualified for the National League playoffs eight times (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2016).​

​What's the Curse of the Billy Goat?  -- It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry Sianis declared that the Cubs would never win a World Series again.

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It might be. It could be. It is! A Home Run!...with MOOrales!

​The BEST random things about April​

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• ​The first full month of Spring. 
• Earth Day, April 22 -- an honest reminder to be appreciative/respectful to the ground and beaches we walk on and to the trees we sleep under.
• Record Store Day, April 20 -- a day to support your local music provider.  And for some of you, there is another celebration that coincides with "420."  I'll let you figure that one out on your own.
• International Pillow-Fight Day, April 6 -- today is the day you  have a reason to more or less knock someone’s lights out in the office with a pillow.
• National Wear Pajamas to Work Day, April 18 -- it's too bad that this day doesn't land on Pillow Fight Day. 
• Take Sons and Daughters to Work Day, April 25.
• World Autism Awareness Day, April 2 -- a day to bring awareness to those who struggle with it. 
• Arbor Day, April 27 -- plant a tree for Mother Earth
• April Fools, April 1 -- Try not to look completely foolish when someone pranks you.
• Husband Appreciation Day, April 20 --  since it’s not a commercially successful holiday, odds are you’ll just end up on the couch all day.
• and the Number One reason that April is awesome-- Baseball Returns!!  "America’s Pastime" is back.

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You're gonna need a bigger boat! ... with MORALES!

JULY '14	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	486	175	165	109	88	35
# SOLD	84	62	27	11	18	5
MARKET TIME	78	126	124	95	77	75
MEDIUM SOLD $	$323,225	$337,250	$249,900	$288,000	$253,650	$147,525

​In honor of Shark Week  (starts August 10th on Discovery)​

​ and also in tribute to the latest Sharknado craze, I thought I'd dig up some fun ​

​sharky facts...​

​Shark teeth are popular and often inexpensive beach souvenirs. Sharks shed their teeth constantly; an occurrence from which humans benefit.

A great white shark can fast as long as three months after a big meal.

Sharks tan too. Some hammerheads swim near the ocean’s surface since darker skin means better camouflage.

Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island were inspirations for the fictional town of Amity Island in Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller Jaws.

Sharks' eyes are on the sides of their heads, so they have an amazingly wide sightline spanning nearly 360 degrees. Their panoramic view of the undersea world is inhibited only by two blind spots, one in front of the snout and the other directly behind the head.

Signs that a circling shark will attack: it will hunch its back, lower its pectoral fins (fins near its belly) and swim in zigzag motions.
The average shark has 40-45 teeth and can have up to seven rows of replacement teeth. Because sharks lose a lot of teeth and grow them back quickly, they often go through more than 30,000 teeth in a lifetime.

Sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies. Their skeletons are made of cartilage.​

​Hammerhead sharks are born with soft heads so they won’t jam their mothers’ birth canals.


The first tiger shark pup to hatch inside its mother’s womb devours its unborn siblings until only two pups remain, one on each side of the womb.


About 30 people die during shark attacks each year, which means you have a greater chance of being killed by bee stings or struck dead by lightning.


For every human killed by a shark, two million sharks are killed by humans.
Scientists study shark cartilage to research possible cures for cancer because sharks rarely ever develop cancer.

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​http://list25.com/25-crazy-facts-about-sharks-you-can-sink-your-teeth-into/​

  

Bug me anytime.... with MORALES!!

MAY '14	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	451	169	147	104	85	29
# SOLD	65	42	39	9	18	3
MARKET TIME	136	102	109	136	98	59
MEDIUM SOLD $	$342,500	$309,000	$280,000	$190,000	$288,000	$187,500

​Summertime, summertime brings fun, fun, fun and BUGS too!

The 17-year cicadas are due back to Western IL.  -- What??  I swear they were just "here" a couple years ago.  Yuk!

• Mosquitoes -- more people are killed by mosquito-borne illness than any other factor. In the United States, mosquitoes can spread different types of encephalitis and can transmit heartworms to domestic animals like dogs and cats.
• Wasps -- Wasps usually have a slender, shiny body but they can often look like Honeybees. Unlike Honeybees, when wasps sting their victim they do not lose their stinger, allowing them to sting their victim repeatedly.
• Ticks --  Ticks can be very tiny and some can also carry Lyme disease. Prevalent throughout North America, ticks can attach themselves to exposed skin after time spent outdoors. It’s important to do a full body check for ticks and to remove any ticks immediately.
• Flies --  During a fly's lifetime (usually a 30 day cycle), a female fly will lay anywhere from 400-600 eggs. Each fly egg hatches into a small, grub-like, creature (larvae), which looks more like an inchworm than a fly. By eating  nutrients from soil, ponds or even in the sea, larvae will grow to adult fly size within a few days.
• Ants -- Ants live in colonies of millions, building underground homes and trails. Most ants are worker ants, which gather food and building supplies. They have a keen sense for your picnics, sweet treats and any food laying around. In the summer heat, keep your food and drinks wrapped up, or you will be sharing it with millions of these critters.

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Man's Best Friend... and MOOrales!

	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	424	181	135	101	74	22
# SOLD	49	36	18	8	5	5
MARKET TIME	125	90	91	148	198	88
MEDIUM SOLD $	$309,000	$341,250	$330,000	$247,500	$375,000	$200,000

Fun facts about our favorite four-legged friends:

Dogs are capable of understanding up to 250 words and gestures, can count up to five and can perform simple mathematical calculations. The average dog is as intelligent as a two-year-old child.
Some stray dogs have figured out how to use the subway system in order to travel to more populated areas in search of food.

Dogs don’t enjoy being hugged as much as humans and other primates. Canines interpret putting a limb over another animal as a sign of dominance.

Two stray dogs in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.
The Beatles song “A day in the Life” has an extra high-pitched whistle, audible only to dogs. It was recorded by Paul McCartney for the enjoyment of his Shetland sheepdog.
One of Michael Vick’s former fighting dogs, Leo, went on to be a therapy dog who comforted dying children.
Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know it’s business time. When you take it off, the pups immediately become playful and energetic.
Tiger Woods stuttered as a child and used to talk to his dog until he fell asleep in an effort to get rid of it.
Seeing eye dogs pee and poo on command so that their owners can clean up after them. Male dogs are also trained to do their business without lifting their leg.
The wetness of a dog’s nose is essential for determining what direction a smell is coming from.
Spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect dogs throats from wolf attacks.
The most popular male dog names are Max and Jake. The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.

The name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box is Bingo. The Taco Bell Chihuahua is a rescued dog named Gidget.

Petting dogs is proven to lower blood pressure of dog owners.

A person standing still 300 yards away is almost invisible to a dog. But a dog can easily identify its owner standing a mile away if the owner is waving his arms.



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​http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/02/15_dogs.html

Warming up...with MORALES!

		Feb '14
St Charles
# Active		302
# Sold		40
MKT Time		171
Med Sold $		$304,967
Geneva
# Active		138
# Sold		12
MKT Time		111
Med Sold $		$313,500
Batavia
# Active		107
# Sold		13
MKT Time		187
Med Sold $		$215,000
Elburn
# Active		62
# Sold		12
MKT Time		127
Med Sold $		$217,500
Sugar Grove
# Active		67
# Sold		7
MKT Time		70
Med Sold $		$260,400
Maple Park
# Active		14
# Sold		1
MKT Time		106
Med Sold $		$189,000

Spring Facts for us to Warm-Up to...

The day when there are 12 equal hours of daylight and darkness usually happens before the first day of spring.

Benjamin Franklin was the first American to propose Daylight Saving Time in 1784. However, it wasn’t fully implemented in the US until after the Second World War.

Daylight Saving Time starts and ends at different times around the world.

The reason that there’s more daylight during spring is that the earth’s axis tilts towards the sun at this time of year.

Dandelions originated in Asia.

Spring fever is not just a myth – the body may experience physiological changes due to changes in diet, hormone production and temperature.

Children grow faster in spring.

Spring is when birds return home after migrating in winter. About 1800 bird species migrate.

Everything is coming up roses in the real estate market! 

If you've been thinking about buying or selling,

now is a wonderful time to make a move. 

Call me for all your real estate needs! 

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http://www.parkrideflyusa.com/blog/2012/03/21/16-fun-facts-about-spring/

   

Phil predicts more Winter and I predict a Seller's Market... with MOOrales!

January '14 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 277

# Sold 36

MKT Time 210

Med Sold $ -- $298,500

Geneva 

# Active 125

# Sold 18

MKT Time 102

Med Sold $ -- $331,500

 

Batavia 

# Active 104

# Sold 19

MKT Time 66

Med Sold $ -- $238,000

   

Elburn 

# Active 61

# Sold 9

MKT Time 298

Med Sold $ -- $190,275

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 64

# Sold 6

MKT Time 61

Med Sold $ -- $258,000

Maple Park

# Active 18

# Sold 2

MKT Time 118

Med Sold $ 215,500

I know I'm a day late, but I've always wondered why we celebrate the rodent....  Here ya go!!

Groundhog Day was adopted in the U.S. in 1887 after the editor of the local paper Punxsutawney Spirit, began promoting the town’s groundhog as the official “Groundhog Day meteorologist.”

While original traditions utilized hedgehogs to forecast the weather, early German settlers in Pennsylvania reportedly use the groundhog for their annual celebration due to its resemblance to the European hedgehog and their belief that the critter was the “most intelligent” and “sensible” creature to complete the task.

Of course we know that if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter... But apparently the world’s most famous groundhog uses “a chirp and a click and a wink of an eye” to inform about his vision. How magical!

Don’t get too down if Phil predicts six more weeks of winter this year. His accuracy is reportedly only 39 percent.

Phil, has been forecasting the weather from his hob in Pennsylvania for over 125 years.  (Punxsutawney Phil, according to legend, is the original groundhog, as his life is extended another 7 years every summer and he swigs a gulp of his “groundhog nog” at an annual picnic at Gobbler’s Knob. Groundhog nog’s life-extending powers do not work on humans.)

In the 1960s, the top hat and tuxedo uniform was initiated, noting that such an important figure as Punxsutawney Phil should be greeted with a sense or reverence and formality.

Punxsutawney Phil and 3 other groundhogs — including his wife, Phyllis — live in a heated area of the children’s portion of the Punxsutawney Memorial Library.

A Groundhog's shadow is a fun way
to

predict the beginning of Spring.

When it comes to buying and selling, however,
it is best to refer to an expert.

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http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/01/31/groundhog-day-trivia-2014-february-2-facts/

   

http://www.ibtimes.com/why-do-we-celebrate-groundhog-day-1551495

http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/articles/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-groundhog-day