New Home or Resale

New Home or Resale
A resale home is for you if you…· like developed landscaping and lush natural surroundings and don’t want to have to have to establish it, a resale home may be the right choice for you.
· want to know the character and history of the potential neighborhood and want to
associate yourself with its identity, then you may want to choose a resale home in a
location that allows you to do that.
· want to know your potential neighbors before you move in and not expect surprises
like a shopping mall or restaurant next to your new home, a resale home may be the
right one for you.
· wish to spend a little less
· desire more land or space

A brand new home is for you if you…· like the experience of a fresh start, and enjoy fostering relationships with other new
home builders. Families, who buy a new home in a particular area, are at a common
level, facing similar challenges and life-changing situations, which draw them
together into a community.
· are concerned about the electricity consumption and want a more energy-efficient
home. New homes have technological improvements to heating and cooling systems,
insulation, construction technology, etc.
· consider technology access critical. This includes pre-wiring for high speed internet
connection or multiple phone lines.
· love decorating the home from scratch like picking your own colors.

Who Was Saint Patrick?

Who Was Saint Patrick?

Even though Saint Patrick the patron saint of Ireland and one of the most celebrated religious figures around the world, the factual information about his life and times is quite vague. Most information about St. Patrick has been twisted, embellished, or simply made up over centuries by storytellers, causing much ambiguity about the real life of St. Patrick. However, there are a some elements of his story about which most scholars accept to be true.

According to Coilin Owens, Irish literature expert and Professor Emeritus of English at George Mason University, Saint Patrick is traditionally thought to have lived "between 432-461 A.D., but more recent scholarship moves the dates up a bit." At the age of sixteen he was kidnapped from his native land of the Roman British Isles by a band pirates, and sold into slavery in Ireland. Saint Patrick worked as a shepherd and turned to religion for solace. After six years of slavery he escaped to the Irish coast and fled home to Britain.

While back in his homeland, Patrick decided to become a priest and then decided to return to Ireland after dreaming that the voices of the Irish people were calling him to convert them to Christianity.
After studying and preparing for several years, Patrick traveled back to Ireland as a Christian missionary. Although there were already some Christians living in Ireland, St. Patrick was able to bring upon a massive religious shift to Christianity by converting people of power. Says Prof. Owens, "[St. Patrick] is credited with converting the nobles; who set an example which the people followed."
But Patrick's desire to spread of Christianity was not met without mighty opposition. Prof. Owens explains, "Patrick ran into trouble with the local pagan priesthood, the druids: and there are many stories about his arguments with them as well as his survival of plots against them." He laid the groundwork for the establishment of hundreds of monasteries and churches that eventually popped up across the Irish country to promote Christianity.

Saint Patrick is also credited with bringing written word to Ireland through the promotion of the study of legal texts and the Bible, says Prof. Owens. Previous to Patrick, storytelling and history were reliant on memory and orally passing down stories.

Patrick's mission in Ireland is said to have lasted for thirty years. It is believe he died in the 5th century on March 17, which is the day St. Patrick's Day is commemorated each year.

The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in America in 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts. The first official St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City in 1766. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades.