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Keller Williams Family Reunion 2010 was unforgettable. Wonderful speakers, educating classes, KW family fun, and much more! One of the inspirational speakers stood out among the rest. His name is Kevin Carroll.

“Never underestimate the transformative power of a ball.” Kevin Carroll asserted during one Tuesday morning’s keynote address. The founder of Kevin Carroll Katalyst LLC, and a renowned author, speaker and agent in social change, Carroll captivated attendees with his compelling life story that began with a “dysfunctional, nomadic childhood” and abandonment by two drug abusing parents. Salvation bounced into Carroll’s life at the age of 6, when he found a red rubber ball on a playground. After playing alone for a few hours, he heard “the words that changed his life: ‘You want to play with us?’”

Carroll says he’s been chasing his “Red Rubber Ball” ever since and encourages others to do the same. For Carroll the Red Rubber Ball is a “simple, little icon” that represents passion, joy and play.

A proponent of play and sports as vehicles for resourcefulness, unity, social inclusion, conflict resolution and celebration, Carroll observed how a Super Bowl victory has lifted New Orleans’ spirits. “They’re now champions. Just look how a football game healed a city.”

“Adults don’t think play has importance or a purpose.” But having seen the difference that a ball can make he emphasized. “a ball can change the world.”As Keller Williams associates, “you are in alignment with me.” Carroll said. “We’re committed to making a difference in the world.”

Making a difference is a matter of getting in touch with “what you are willing to chase after every day. We have 86,400 seconds every day that are filled with possibilities. Will you waste them or maximize them?”

Check out this quick video about maintaining your Mechanical Systems and Appliances. I thought it was useful reminder and hopefully it will be a good reminder for you, too!

We wanted to share some of our “Bloopers or Out Takes” with you!  Enjoy!

And YES we had a blast taking preparing for the Feb. postcard!

I know the cold weather hit months ago, but I am just not use to seeing snow all the time. So I thought I would remind you about a few things that will help you keep your home in tip-top shape during the winter.

First, be sure to turn your sprinkler system totally off during the winter. Some people even have a sprinkler repair company come out and winterize the lines by draining all of the water out of them so they do not freeze.  Second, if you see any water spots on the ceiling, call your insurance company or a roofer immediately. Hail, sleet, snow and rain can damage your roof and cause more damage if they are not repaired quickly. Making sure your doors are sealed correctly can be a great money saver. Some seals get pulled out of place or ripped off and then a cold draft come through your warm house. Even keeping your curtains shut can help keep the warmth from your heater inside.  Lastly, if you don’t want to damage you concrete, don’t put ice melt on it. Ice melt causes erosion and may cause your concrete to become very porous and erode.

Hope these tips will help you out sometime in the future.

It is always entertaining learning new interesting facts. Most of which you would have never thought about. We just wanted to post 30 of the 327 interesting facts listed on www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm. We hope you learn something new and interesting!

1. 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S’s highways.
2. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world’s widest road.
3. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
4. 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.
5. 315 entries in Webster’s Dictionary will be misspelled.
6. 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year.
7. 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
8. A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
9. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
10. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.
11. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate
12. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
13. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
14. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
15. A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.
16. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
17. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it’s there.
18. A hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute on average.
19. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
20. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
21. A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
22. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
23. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
24. A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.
25. A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
26. A skunk can spray its stinky scent more than 10 feet.
27. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
28. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!
29. All porcupines float in water.
30. Almonds are a member of the peach family.