Is it Really Stealing?

Hello...

Thought for the day..."Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplify, simplify..." Thoreau

Isn't that the truth? Remember - no one who loves you will care how much work you got done that day, when you are gone...let's get rid of some of the stupid activities in our lives that waste time for no reason and remember to enjoy the trip...play a little, just like our kids do...;);)

Cloudy, cold, windy, and generally unpleasant today...great day to venture out of one's warm, cozy home....and look for a brand new house! Yeah!

That might be a bit subjective coming from me, but it's still true...;)

Sitting here with my killer attack Chihuaha Spike, pondering some of the deep mysteries of modern life (Spike is pondering when he will get a handout, a walk, or a nap)...and so I shall attempt to shed light on one of them... "Is it really stealing when you take scrap lumber from in front of a home under construction? "

Having been in this business for a decade and a half, I have some thoughts I would like to share with my faithful readers... (currently numbering in the low single digits...lol)

Please note - when the pieces of wood are 3'-4' long, and piled in the front of the driveway neatly in a box, you can be reasonably certain that is scrap, and not only should you take it for your craft projects, but you are saving the environment, since it doesn't have to be discarded and sit in a landfill....:)

However....14' and 16' pieces of 2"x10", engineered trusses and structural paralams are definitely not scrap and are part of the house...lololol...

I mean really folks - does anyone not know that? Having spent a number of years being robbed, I realize most people are well intentioned and won't take what they shouldn't....however, there are always a few bad apples in the bushel... ;)

It's like you leave the house to go to work in the morning, and someone removed the wheel from your car (not just the tire - the whole wheeel)...Sure, you'll get to work eventually, but it is a bit of a pain...:):) So hard building the 2nd floor without the structural support lumber...

Not feeling too inspired this morning, and am hoping for greater words of wisdom later in the day...I may venture out to look at the ocean...or I may stay in and do a press release for our Fall Fiesta next Sunday at Visions (we are having a tarot card/fortune teller lady do readings and donating the proceeds to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission)...or work on the loads of email crap I need to catch up on....

Who else hates email sometimes? Feels like the Sword of Domacles...hanging by a thread over your head...uhhhhhh

I may also do none of these things and read a book...

More later (maybe - but who would notice? Like the tree falling in the forest thing...lolol)

Anyway, get outside and go to the zoo or play with your kids....and stop sitting in front of your computer...it doesn't love you and won't miss you when you're gone...;)

FoxBuilder

Greetings to all of the miniscule audience probably reading my first entry into BlogWorld! Hope you are all well.

Generally, I will try and start my posts with an uplifting, encouraging or stimulating thought, to uplift, encourage and stimulate anyone reading...:)

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step".
I think they said that just before the Long March in China many years ago, and I know I say it whenever I have to walk further than 100 feet or so...

Nevertheless, for all of us who are attempting a seemingly impossible task, let's remember to get out there and try each day to move forward...sometimes the person who just shows up, wins the game...

Feeling uplifted? Me neither, but its early yet...

Today was a Monday, and one very good thing about them (Mondays) is that they do finally end after a while. Other than normal beginning of the week strife, it was truly a wonderful day, weatherwise, and to top it off, we closed on a house today and moved another happy family into a Foxmoor home in Egg Harbor Township. Congratulations to our 2 site supers in Galloway and Egg Harbor (Jimmie and April) for delivering a defect free home with no items on the walk thru list!!!

At Foxland, we are looking forward to a fairly busy week, with 2 more house closings scheduled, and a closing on a round of bank financing for 16 lots we own in Buena Borough, on which we have started building. That development will be the first major subdivision in Buena Borough since the parting of the Red Seas, or at least in the last 20 years, or since they started writing stuff down in Buena...the town is eager to have us and we can't wait to get moving.

Since I have very little imagination for some things, most of our developments are called Foxmoor at "Somewhere"...(Foxmoor at Buena, Foxmoor at Hamilton, etc.). Not the most innovative nomenclature, but it has become habit over the years.

Our Marketing team made the decision today to publish and promote our Free Elevator incentive at Visions at the Shore, in Absecon. For the first 10 townhome buyers, we are including an elevator (which I think goes 3 stops, all the way to the basement). I have a feeling this will be a tremendous incentive, since no one else in this market is offering such a neat promo, and it has to be soooooooo cool to say to your guests, " Let's take the elevator, shall we?" lololol....Not that I know anyone who says "Shall we?", but maybe if I had my own elevator, I could practice....lol

Michelle is our marketing and sales (fearless) leader from Century 21, Glen Cove. When she first started with us, we called her TDW, short for Tall Demanding Woman. Usually any good marketing ideas come from her, get chewed on and commented on by me, contemplated and pontificated on by Karl, and once we have gotten used to the idea enough to claim it for our own, put into practice.
I am thinking after doing this dance for the last 6 months, that it would be a lot less work for me to just try her ideas first, then just comment on the ones that don't work...lol...One small communication issue may stem from the fact that she is about 8 inches taller than I am, and it is hard for me to hear anything spoken at that height off the ground, so I do miss a bit, and Karl is deaf in one ear... She and her team do an excellent job selling our homes (when we let them) and no, they are not all tall and demanding. lolol

I am thinking we should name the elevator campaign, "Come Ride with Us" or something catchy like that. (Usually my naming ideas get voted down - see paragraph above).

Currently, I am a bit young for Visions since it is an active adult community. I am very jealous that people 55+ get to live in beautiful, planned communities, with incredible clubhouses, and anyone younger is penalized and has to trek out in the elements, to an annoying health club....doesn't seem fair, does it?

Myself, I feel like a quick sprint to the car in the morning should be enough exercise for at least the morning....and I do occasionally walk our homes and neighborhoods, although not like I used to....too busy blogging, I guess...:)

Enough for now. Comments and requests for subjects are greatly appreciated. Next post we will talk about the new home housing market in South Jersey.

Regards,

V