Yesterday was our annual awards ceremony at RE/MAX Properties. It was surprising to me that I came in #11 out of 275 agents, given that it really was a pretty tough year. I have hopes for a stronger 2008, and have mentioned the rationale for them in this space before, but they bear some repeating.
1. Interest rates are in the mid 5's, which is great
2. We are starting to get some of our troops home to Fort Carson who have been on deployment in Iraq
3. Fort Carson is growing
4. Some our private sector employers seem to be growing
5. Colorado Springs is an awesome place to live!
They are calling our weather today "the warm before the storm", with highs in the 50's today, and the 20's tomorrow. It's always interesting at least!
We celebrated our Valentine's Day a little early last night, with dinner at the New South Wales Restaraunt. I have to say we were a little disappointed. The food wasn't bad, it just wasn't special. I had the rib eye steak, and Holly had a fish with some kind of artichoke sauce on it. They had been closed for a while with all the construction at I25 and Nevada, and have only recently reopened. Hopefully things improve for them, it is really a good location, and the menu looked like it should be very good.