MEME- It Shouldn’t Be About ME, But Today It Is…

I got tagged to write a meme by Blog By The Bay's Ginger Wilcox.  What is a meme?  Basically, in the blog world, a meme is a question that is asked on one blog and answered on another.  SO in this meme chain, Ginger tagged me and asked me to (1) list 7 things about myself, (2) tag 7 4 people to do the meme on themselves including a link to their site. 

It is all in the name of good fun, and probably helps with "transparency" too.  So here are 7 random things, all about ME!

1. I am born and bred in Vancouver, WA. I was born at Memorial Hospital downtown Vancouver  and have lived every day of my life here.  You can draw a radius of about 5 miles and hit every home I've ever lived in.
2. I met my wife Bridget working at Chicago Title back in 1993.  She started working there the day after me and we became great friends, dated and got married.  Hard to believe it's been almost 15 years!
3. My family roots in Clark County go back to the early 1890's!  Yes, you read that right, the 1890's.  My great-great grandfather Sylvester Huffman and his brother owned and logged land in Hayes, WA and then moved into the Amboy, WA area.  They also owned 40 acres that was the first saw mill in Amboy, WA.  My great grandfather followed in the logging and my grandfather worked the lumber mill his whole career.  I now sell homes made of that lumber.  I believe my families commitment to Clark County is pretty significant.
4. In 1997 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease (I was staged IV-B).   After a full year of prayer, chemotherapy and the support of a loving family and friends I will celebrate 10 years cancer free this July!
5. I have two siblings.  My brother Darin is a dancer and photographer in New York City.  He lives in Hell's Kitchen and has for 15 years!  His photo website is www.DoItDigitalPhotography.com.  My sister Lori still lives here in Vancouver, WA.  She is a stay at home mom taking care of her baby girl.
6. My family has been full time in the real estate business for over 20 years.  We are a team made up of my mom, myself and my wife.  Tracy my mom has over 20 years experience.  I was licensed in 1994 and have been full time with the team almost 5 years.  Bridget is our unlicensed behind the scenes teammate.  She is really the brains of our team.
7. I love to play Texas Hold Em.  We host a fairly regular event at our house.  I have been down to the WSOP the last 2 years.  Haven't played in any events yet.  Just watched.  Hopefully one day soon I'll get a chance to play in one.  Also love to cruise.  My kids have been on 6 cruises each.  How sick is that?   Favorite type of cruise is a Card Player Cruise.  They are the best of both worlds!

 

 

As for tagging, the following people are it (I don't regularly perpetuate such things but thought it would be good to find out a few new facts about the following):

• Sarah Cooper-The Putnam Scoop
• Rich Jacobson-SoundBiteBlog.com
• Dustin Luther-4Realz.net
• Daniel Rothamel- Real Estate Zebra

I can’t wait to read about all of you!!

Take care,

Dale Chumbley

Life In Clark County
The Chumbley Team

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