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If you're like me, you like to sit out in the evening when the sun and heat are disappating and a little breeze is blowing as the sun sets and the darkness slowly surrounds you.  Unfortunately the mosquito has awoken from the oppressive heat also and wants YOUR blood. And if you're like me, you hate giving it to them.  What to do to have your evening and not get bitten?  Don't want to spray yourself all over with anti mosquito spray?  Don't want to cover up every square inch of your exposed body? (They even will bite through t-shirts) Don't want to attract and kill the beneficial insects with the blue electric zapper? (Plus the noise of it all). Don't want to sit right on top of a citronella candle? OK, you say, get on with it, what is your great idea already????  Simple and it works. It helps if you have one of the large floor fans but I suppose smaller ones are effective also.  Buy two or so of the citronella pails (find them at outdoor stores) and set them BEHIND the candle and light them.  Obviously you are going to turn the fan on, and obviously you are going to have the fan blowing on you and your party.  So now you know what to do. Keep the candles far enough away from the fan so it doesn't suck the flame out, thus negating any effects.  After awhile you'll get the hang of it and the mosquitos won't get to hang out on you. A win-lose situation.  Enjoy your evenings, get a small breeze without paying the dues, at least that's what the mosquitos call it for being in their path.  This small bit of life returning info is brought to you by http://www.alamoareavirtualtours.com Pass this on to your clients and they will love you, respect you, remember you,  and buy/sell their homes through you. :>)  If you like this info, please leave a short comment, (I Like) or something like that so I know I'm appreciated and will strive to bring you more little tidbits of useful (hopefully) information. Ciao and have a great weekend.

Don't you just get tired of cleaning out those outside night light globes?  I did and I thought 'what can I do to keep those bugs out and not have to clean them so regularly.  If your light globes are anything like mine, they don't fit real tightly against the base thus allowing bugs, spiders, etc. to get in and die, piling up and eventually causing dimness in the light out put. Solution:  go to the hardware store and get some 1/4 inch weatherstripping, the foam type with the paper back that covers the sticky surface.  After cleaning out your globe for the last time, dry it thoroughly, fit the foam up to the inside of the fixture, (after cleaning the fixture surface also) (don't stretch it!) cut it, peel off the paper tape and stick it to the fixture where the globe will fit.  Make fure the foam is sticking to the fixture. Place the globe up against the tape and fixture and tighten the globe carefully, but firmly. Wallaaa, the bugs can't get in and the lights will remain bright.  While you are cleaning the fixture and you have the light bulb out, it makes sense to replace the bulbs also, with the coiled flourescent bulbs which don't use as much current nor do they give off as much heat. A win-win situation, except for the insects!!! When San Antonio Virtual Tours are produced, it doesn't show well when the outside lights are full of bugs or the night shots aren't as bright and crisp as they should be due to the forementioned problems. To see an outstanding virtual tour with night shots, visit www.alamoareavirtualtours.com and on page one, view the first featured tour.

It has finally happened.  As of May 1, AlamoAreaVirtualTours has gone full time to better serve the San Antonio community and the surrounding area, including Uvalde, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass.  It has been a dream in the making to become my own boss in which I can make the decisions, and innovate as I see fit.  It will give me the time needed to market properly and build the business in an area that is ripe for expansion.  With the help and great backing received from Real Tour Vision there can be no failure.  <AlamoAreavirtualtours.com>  is a little over a year old now and business is building.  That was one of the factors in making the decision to go full time. You can’t efficiently market your business and accomplish a good business volume if you are giving someone else your 8 hours of prime time day rather than your customers.  It would not do to tell your new customer that you couldn’t get to a shoot for a few days.

The inovations and technology of the Alamo Area Virtual Tour company and the pricing make it MORE than affordable compared to standard advertising.  Check out our website and you're sure to agree that 

"We have more of what it takes to make your time more efficent".

The other day I wrote about 'Life gets in the Way'. Check my blog past.  Now I want to talk about roundtoits.  I wonder how many of you already know what a roundtoit is?  Roundtoits are closely linked to 'Life getting in the way'.  Many people have roundtoits in their lives, some of them big, some small, some expensive, some cheap.  Having said that, I must state that a roundtoit is worthless!! A roundtoit is worth just about as much as a dream, especially a day-dream.  Actually roundtoits are worth about as much as a wooden nickel.  Some people actually give roundtoits to their friends, the friends that they know can handle it.  Some people carry their roundtoits in their pockets to remind themselves.  So OK, what is a roundtoit?  Just that, it is something that you want/need to do but don't have the time now, so you will eventually get ROUND TO IT!   Now when I offer you all the positives in having a San Antoinio Virtual Tour done, and you say, yeah, that sounds good, but I don't/can't take the time now, but I want/will look into it, you have just generated another roundtoit. Some people get so bogged down with their roundtoits, that they never get ahead.  They're too busy because "Life Gets In The Way".  Don't put off making use of the technology and professionalism brought to you by AlamoAreaVirtualTours   Stay tuned for Earth Shattering news brought to you by L'oeil L'esprit (Mind's Eye) under the tutelage of Real Tour Vision.

Life just gets in the way!  Where am I going with that?  Most of us get in the comfort zone and tend to stay there as we know where we are at and what the reasonable outcome will be, if we continue as we are and have been. When something new comes along, we may look at a change, but unless we are duly impressed, we don't act on it.  Even if we are impressed, with life going on so fast, we may tend to put something aside and figure we'll get back to it, someday.  We also think, well, I've survived as I am pretty well so far, so why put a possible wrench in the works.  Many resist change and are hesitant to even try change.  However in the high stakes game of real estate sales and competition, especially in the San Antonio area,  Realtors need to be open to change for the changing profile of tomorrows home buyers.  Tomorrow's home buyers are more technologically savvy and Realtors need to realize and change with this.  While a picture is worth a thousand words, a virtual tour, done right, presents a house in a different way than simple a slide show of stills.  A professional virtual tour provider will be able to show you the benefits and the highlights that makes a virtual tour more, much more, than simply a group of pictures stitched together.  L'oeil L'esprit Interactive virtual tours are produced with the highest quality filming and hosted by the world renown RTV servers.  But it doesn't end there.  The little add-ons mark the difference.  You tell your children, 'if you don't try it once, you may never know what you missed and you may even find you like it'.  I say that to you also, if you don't try at least one virtual tour to find out what it can do for you and your business, you'll never know what you may have missed. Life gets in the way. 

AlamoAreaVirtualTours wants to fill in that void for you.  We provide the highest quality interactive virtual tours in the San Antonio area,  and include Uvalde, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass.

Spring is just around the corner, well at least in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas it is!!!  And thoughts turn to romance?? no, no, no, they turn to the grill and having Barbecue etc. (Well OK, romance too).  However along with barbecue comes the cleanup of the grill in order to keep bugs etc out and not have it caked with crude.  The answer I found is to use a cast iron griddle.  Cast Iron griddles that are 24 X 18 inch with flat side and other side a raised grill side is the answer for more than one reason. 

1st) The juices stay around the meat and don't cause burning of the meat, etc.

2nd) The heat is more even

3rd) The grill is taken out when cool and easily cleaned. (the secret to cleaning the grill is that the grill is properly seasoned).

Well how do you season a grill?  Most of these grills come preseasoned. If not, you need only to heat the grill up hot,hot,hot and then put grease on it and keep the grease on it until the grill turns black. Then allow it to cool.(check the web for a better description than I'm giving here)

4th) Each time you grill, you actually season the grill a little more.  In a few grill sessions, you're grill will have a black satin sheen, and you will find it to be relatively stick proof. yes, you will still have a little sticking, but not like on your grill's steel/open cast iron. 

5th) The ease with which you can clean the grill is delightful:  After the grill is cool, simply set it in/on the sink, put some water on the grill and allow it to set for a couple of hours.   WHOA you say. That will cause it to rust.  NO, it will not rust, b/c it is so well seasoned, the water will NOT get in the pores or be able to react with the iron, it will simply loosen up what little is sticking.  A good BRASS brush that is gently used will complete the job.  You can even use a little dishwashing soap to help clean the grill. Rinse and dry with paper towels, preferably not your spouse's dish drying towel (there will always be a little grease spots to come off)

For the first couple of months, after cleaning I would spray some pam on the grill, let it set a few minutes and then wipe off well with some more paper towels and put the grill to bed till next time. 

The price:  $40 plus depending if you go on line or to Bass Pro shop or a sport shop.

The name:  mine is 'Camp Chef'

Happy grilling!!!

This is what I do between virtual tours provided by AlamoAreaVirtualtours