Snow place like home... with MOOrales!

FEB '17	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	363	155	100	73	55	14
# SOLD	48	16	15	5	13	3
MARKET TIME	159	137	102	133	117	161
MEDIUM SOLD $	$321,750	$364,500	$297,500	$330,000	$267,000	$223,000

​​Since we've had a freakishly warm winter, I searched out some
fun-winter facts, just because:

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Every snowflake has six sides.

​Snow is not white. 

Snow is actually clear and colorless.

“The complex structure of snow crystals results in countless tiny surfaces from which visible light is efficiently reflected. What little sunlight is absorbed by snow is absorbed uniformly over the wavelengths of visible light thus giving snow its white appearance.”
80% of all the freshwater on earth is frozen as ice or snow.  This accounts for 12% of the earth’s surface.

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A blizzard occurs when you can’t see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more.  The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classed as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.​

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The USA averages 105 snow producing storms per year. 

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When it comes to larger, complex snowflakes, no two are alike

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 However, it’s possible that a “nano-snowflake,” a tiny flake with only a few molecules, could have a twin.

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And something fun, for us original Chicago-folks:

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The 1967 blizzard was one of Chicago's most bizarre weather events. On Jan. 24, the high temperature was 65, and there was a tornado watch. Two days later, a storm dropped 23.1 inches of snow in 29 hours.

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 But the Windy City is not easily intimidated. Seven hours after the storm began, with snow falling at a rate of about an inch an hour, 193 people showed up at WGN-TV's studios for the "Bozo Show."​

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 place like home

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Call me when you, your friends or family are in need of a new one...​

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Shopping for a new home?

     Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty  
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Shopping is my favorite too... with MORALES!

NOV '16	ST CHARLES	GENEVA	BATAVIA	ELBURN	SUGAR GROVE	MAPLE PARK
# ACTIVE	374	160	99	64	57	13
# SOLD	57	38	25	17	5	4
MARKET TIME	155	84	92	74	82	67
MEDIUM SOLD $	$309,000	$330,000	$290,000	$277,000	$314,500	$213,000

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​So you think you know everything about the movie, ELF?

The lead role was originally offered to Jim Carrey

​ who turned it down. 

 

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The actor who played Ralphie in ‘A Christmas Story’ appears as an elf

​.​  He had an uncredited cameo as one of the supervising elves in Santa's workshop.

​The director came up with the brilliant idea to use ​characters from classic Christmas specials and they were filmed in stop-motion animation mode.

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The elf costumes are exact replicas of the elf costumes from ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’

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Ferrell’s jumpy reactions to the laughing clowns were genuine.

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The very last jack-in-the-box was controlled by 

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off-stage by remote control. 

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e wanted to wait until Ferrell thought it wouldn’t jump out to get the right scare out of him for the scene.

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The voice of Brain on ‘Animaniacs’ had an uncredited role as Buddy’s 12-second burp

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Ferrell suffered from headaches and a lack of sleep from eating all the sugar

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 used an old movie trick called “forced perspective” to make the elves appear smaller in the presence of Ferrell

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Some of the workshop sets had to be built twice so Ferrell would appear bigger than the elves while they stood on a separate platform in the larger sets. The right lighting helped blend the two scenes together on film.

Will Ferrell turned down a huge chunk of money to do ‘Elf 2′

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Ferrell said in an interview just before ‘Elf’ was released that he actually played Santa in an outdoor shopping mall

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hen you're ready to go shopping for a new home,
call me!!  ​

And oh, by the way,
the Holidays are the best time 

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          Got referrals?  

     Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty  
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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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Play Ball... with MORALES!

​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.

Discover the Diane Difference!

     Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty 
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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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They say a shark never sleeps...  You can contact me 24/7 by phone/text, email or Facebook. 

    Diane MOOrales
Never pushy, just dependable. 
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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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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BUG ME anytime with all your real estate needs!! 

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    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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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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Call me when you need someone to guide you
thru the home buying/selling process...

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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