Team Psaradelis Blog

Almost everyone has seen the 1993 hit movie Sleepless in Seattle. The houseboat used as Tom Hanks home is a real house boat that sits on Lake Union in Seattle. Only the exterior of the home was used in the movie and all the interior was shot on a sound stage. But low and behold, that home hit the market last week and is listed for 2.5 million dollars.

It's a great looking houseboat, and really spacious. I was amazed how open and bright it is, not that I've been inside it but the pictures make it seem so.

If you would like to take a look click here for the agents website of the property that includes pictures.

I just heard about this great program that pays you to recycle your old electronics! Costco has teamed up with a third party company that will pay you for your old electronics in Costco Gift Cards. They will even pay the shipping! It's crazy and totally worth checking into. Your old cell phone could earn you $20.00

They have it broken down by category and the item has to be on their list but their list includes game systems, digital cameras, cell phones, monitors, the list goes on and on.

Just an FYI, normal cell phones are included in the PDA/Smart phone category so be sure to check there too!

Click here for the link.

This week I took my twin 4 year old boys to our local fire station to get them some new helmets. It was a great field trip!

A fireman personally fit the helmet to my boys to ensure we get the right size plus the helmets are cool looking and more affordable than any store. The station we went to asked for a suggested donation of $9.00 per helmet but if you can't afford that it's ok, give what you can. It's more important that kids get a helmet!

After the helmet fitting the fireman took us to see the fire truck and ambulance. We were having so much fun and then the station got a call and the firemen had to leave. They gave my boys a goodie bag full of stickers, coloring pages, toys, and the best part was a plastic fire hat!

Not all stations have the helmets so you might need to do some checking. We live in Snohomish County and within each county there are fire districts and within each district is a fire station. I live in Mill Creek so I'm in District 7 and station 72 was the one closest to my house. It's a great field trip!

Everyone needs to laugh from time to time. If you haven't done your taxes yet you're probably stressing out about now. If you house is on the market and hasn't sold as quick as you would have liked you could use a little laugh. It's the best medicine.

Enjoy these babies, not one but quads, totally laughing it up!