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<\/a><\/p>\nOn the First Day of Christmas I got a great new listing. On the Second Day of Christmas I discovered that my listing On the Third Day of Christmas my seller called to say On the Fourth Day of Christmas my partner pointed out On the Fifth Day of Christmas I wrote a Herald ad: On the Sixth Day of Christmas my seller raised his price. On the Seventh Day of Christmas I was horrified to find On the Eighth Day of Christmas my seller dropped his price. On the Ninth Day of Christmas we planned an Open House. On the Tenth Day of Christmas we held the Open House. On Eleventh Day of Christmas we finally got an offer — On the Twelfth Day of Christmas we finalized the deal! Wow, was that really us? Our fabulosity level is skyrocketting! Let’s meet here later and sing it all over again!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you had enough of the holidays yet? Of course not!! We’re just getting started, right? The food, the drinks, the parties, the Sing-Alongs!!! Yes, yes — the joy, the peace on earth, the good will toward men (and women). Every bit of it makes me happy, happy, happy. And, on top of it all, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59,79],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt had a back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHad a two car garage
\nAnd a back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHe had three French doors,
\nA two car garage
\nAnd a back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThere were four spacious bedrooms,
\nThree French doors,
\nA two car garage
\nAnd a back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFive lines of copy,
\nFour mis-spelled words,
\nThree exaggerations,
\nA two-phrase description
\nOf the back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI told him he was crazy.
\nHe said I was lazy.
\nWe fought for three hours.
\nI said two bad words
\nAnd left him in his back yard with the mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSeven tiles a-broken,
\nSix dirty windows,
\nFiiiiive bathtub riiiinnnngs. . . .
\nFour calling creditors,
\nThree cracked counters,
\nTwo old unpaid ad bills,
\nAnd a squirrel family in the mango tree!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEight people gave him
\nSeven reasons why
\nSix neighboring houses
\nSpent fiiiive yearrrrrs on the marrrrrrkkkkket!!!!
\nFour never sold,
\nThree foreclosed,
\nTwo were still for sale.
\nAnd only his had a back yard with a mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWe ripped up all the carpet,
\nGot eight windows sparkling,
\nUnclogged seven sinks,
\nReplaced six broken tiles,
\nScrubbed fiiiiiiive bathtub riiiinnnnngs . . . .
\nCaulked three counter tops,
\nPainted two bedrooms,
\nAnd moved the squirrel family from the mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTen people saw it,
\nNine people liked it,
\nEight could afford it,
\nSeven didn’t stay long,
\nSix loved the bedrooms,
\nFiiiive lovvvvved the baaaaaaathrooooooms!
\nFour said that they’d call,
\nThree spoke French,
\nTwo slipped out the door
\nTo see the back yard with the mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEleven problems surfaced,
\nTen could be solved,
\nNine were fairly easy,
\nEight took some thinking,
\nSeven were financial,
\nSix made me nervous,
\nFiiiive requiiiiiired a lawwwwwwyer!
\nFour were really stupid,
\nThree were inconsequential,
\nTwo took me by surprise,
\nAnd one involved the back yard with the mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTwelve associates gave me
\nEleven congratulations.
\nTen people kissed me –
\nNine got real jealous!
\nEight people laughed.
\nI paid seven ad bills
\nAnd blew six hundred dollars on:
\nFiiiiive gollllldennnnn riiiiiiings,
\nA new calling phone,
\nThree French manicures,
\nMy little turtle dove,
\nAnd a pear tree for my own back yard!!<\/em><\/p>\n