NICHOLAS BATE IS READY FOR ICE CREAM

I have never thought about ice cream being for summer only, it would be a terrible

world if we had ice cream for only three or four months a year!

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5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DIVORCE

One part of the real estate business no one ever thinks about is divorce. We see it often, sometimes in the "heat of the battle" other times you talk to a couple and try to figure out why they are making this decision. They are holding hands and talking about splitting up a household. 1. On Marriage Status, Go by the Calendar Even if your divorce was finalized between Jan. 1 and April 18 this year, you are still officially hitched to your ex-spouse when it comes to filing your 2010 taxes. 2. Splitting the House May Be Harder Than Splitting Up You don't have to pay income taxes on assets that are transferred during a divorce. But if you end up getting the house, you won't be getting it tax-free. 3. Just Because the Kids Spend Time with You — Even Equal Time — Doesn't Make Them Dependents Some couples switch who claims the kids from year to year in order to share the tax benefit, and if you only have one child that's the only option. 4. Alimony Looks Good on Your Tax Return Even better, alimony is an above-the-line deduction, which means you don't have to itemize to get the tax advantage. 5. Child Support Is Always Tax-Neutral While alimony is considered a taxable event, child support is always tax-neutral, meaning it doesn't affect your taxes in any way. For more detail you must read the complete TIME article by clicking here.

Big Brother Big Sisters Bowl for Kid's Sake

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Goodbye Crabgrass + Dandelions!

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BEST YEARS OF LIFE COULD BE IN YOUR 80s

It turns out that rather than reminisce about the "golden age" of youth, we should look forward to turning our grandparents' age to be happy. There's much more to old age than fading sight, weakening muscles and declining short-term memory. A number of recent studies indicate that happiness is more easily attained after middle age. A book by Lewis Wolpert, professor emeritus of biology at University College London, sheds some light on the topic. Called You Are Looking Very Well, it argues that people are just "averagely happy" in the first third of their lives and that even that level of contentment declines by midlife. "But then, from the mid-40s, people tend to become ever more cheerful and optimistic, perhaps reaching a maximum in their late 70s or 80s," Wolpert told the Telegraph. Several factors are at play, including maturity, diminished responsibilities and the ability to focus on the things that matter rather than chase elusive goals. A study by the American National Academy of Sciences has found that the mental state of well-being that's associated with youth gradually abandons us as we live through adulthood, hitting rock bottom in our mid-40s. But later, things get better, and our mood probably peaks at the ripe age of 85. Other research quoted by the Telegraph article seems to suggest that some mental faculties improve with age. Our vocabulary and decisionmaking skills increase, though we lose our math skills. "Aging is a lot less scary than people are afraid it is," says George Vaillant, 74, curator of the largest longitudinal study on happiness. The study has tracked the lives of 268 young men since their Cambridge years in 1937 and still chugs on today. We sure hope he's right. (via the Telegraph) Thank you to TIME for tweeting this article, check out more by clicking here. No wonder Dan is so happy on his 83rd birthday, Happy Birthday Dad!

Why not to carry a pen in your shirt pocket!!

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JUST ANOTHER TREE HOUSE.....

Maybe one day, we’ll all live in houses that blend in so closely with their surroundings they simply vanish into the environment. Until then we’ll just have to settle on innovative offerings in the hospitality industry, like the Treehotel in Northern Sweden. One of their several surreal treehomes, the Mirrorcube, designed by architects Tham & Videgård and built in 2010, is a vaulted lightweight aluminum structure 4x4x4 meters in size with a mirror clad exterior that quite literally reflects upon its surroundings. The interior provides 360 degree views through several windows and is perfectly situated for a couple complete with double bed, bath, living room and even a roof terrace. Further throwbacks to an indigienous-meets-modern lifestyle is the Endor-like rope bridge leading up to the cube. And in case you’re concerned about low flying aves, a clever solution is already in place: an infrared film visible to birds eyes only is laminated over the entire surface. The person responsible for cleaning windows is an entirely different matter. Rates: $586 per night for 2