The Marquis at Rogers Ranch Apartment Homes

2010-11-12T09:10:00.001-08:00

Today is the last day to turn in your surveys! Make sure to bring yours by the officce asap!

Monday Night Football

2010-10-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for some football? Monday October 25th Cowboys VS Giants! Join us by the pool for some pizza and football on the big screen. Game starts at 7:30 pm.

Casino Night

2010-10-20T13:29:00.001-07:00

We'd ♥ to hear your feedback! Turn in your surveys for a chance to win $500 off your rent, plus some other great prizes! We will announce the winners at our Casino Night (Thursday, 6pm to 8pm). Join us for fajitas, margartitas, games and fun!

Storng life Plans

2010-02-22T13:32:00.000-08:00

Strong Life Plans
Oprah.com To get you started on your path to living your strongest life, Marcus Buckingham has written an eight-step Strong Life Plan to help you build both your career and personal life.

Step 1: Finding a Career
You have a unique combination of talents and skills—but are you fully aware of what they are? Discover the strengths that will lead you to your ideal career.
The key steps to finding a career

Step 2: Switching Careers
You've been working hard as a lawyer, as a flight attendant, as an office manager, but now you realize—and perhaps you realized it long ago—that the job is depleting you.
How to dive into a new field

Step 3: Decision-Making
The fear of making the wrong choice can be completely debilitating. We often get stuck living with the status quo because it is safe.
It's time to face your fears

Step 4: Problem-Solving
What is the most effective way to solve a problem? If you think the answer is "Find out what is wrong and fix it," you're only amplifying the problem.
The 5 steps to solving any problem

Step 5: Building Resilience
If you've suffered a setback recently, you may still be reeling, feeling helpless and hopeless. But a crisis can also bring you face-to-face with what really matters.
Find your true strength after a crisis

Step 6: Loving Connections
Choose relationships that leave you feeling stronger and foster those relationships by "supporting the being" of your partner.
6 steps to building a connection that will strengthen your life

Step 7: Resolving Conflict
Having a system or process for dealing with conflict or disagreements will enable you to spare your relationship from undue stress born from misunderstandings, assumptions and misinformation.
8 ways to resolve an argument

Step 8: Resolving Conflict
When it comes to raising your kids, you may be faced with some of the most challenging moments of your life.
Give your children a solid platform on which to build a strong, fulfilling life Printed from Oprah.com on Monday, February 22, 2010 © 2010 Harpo Productions, Onc. All Rights Reserved.

10 Ways to change your look this Month

2010-02-15T13:32:00.000-08:00

01. Add color to your wardrobe

02. Find jeans that fit your butt

03. Get a personal style icon

04. Learn the right way to wear leggings

05. Reinvent your hair (no scissors required)

06. Try out one of these transforming hair products

07. Dye your hair at home—and love it

08. Save your skin from the winter cold

09. Solve your complexion concerns

10. Make over your eyebrows

10 Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T12:31:00.000-08:00

10 Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day Sometimes there is nothing better than to cuddle up with your sweetheart on a big couch and watch a sweet romantic flick, making a journey to the magical reel world and merging yourselves with the characters onscreen, the only bond being that four letter word...love. Looking for some tips on what to watch with your sweet one on Valentine's Day? Check these out and find out all about the movies that you can catch today ( Valentine's day)! Happy Valentine's Day! Watching a romantic comedy is a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day, whether you're spending the holiday with your special someone or a whole slew of friends and family. And there are lots of lovely movies to choose from. TheHolidaySpot suggests you the following movies that are all-time hits with cinegoers and celebrate the wonderful feeling called love in a beautiful way.

An Affair to Remember (1957)

Director: LeoMcCarey Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt.

Plot: Handsome playboy Nicky Ferrante and beautiful night club singer Terry McKay have a romance while on a cruise from Europe to New York. Despite being engaged to other people, both agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months. However, an unfortunate accident keeps Terry from the reunion, and Nicky fears that she has married or does not love him anymore. Will he discover the truth behind her absence and reunite with his one true love, or has fate and destiny passed them by? An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Director: Taylor Hackford Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett, Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount.

Plot: Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Director: Mike Newell Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet.

Plot: The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Dana Ivey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell.

Plot: Tom Hanks stars in this film as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles away, Annie (Meg Ryan) hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and that she is engaged to humdrum Walter (Bill Pullman). Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letters from available women equally touched by his phone call. Will Annie and Sam ever unite?

Titanic (1997)

Director: James Cameron Starring: Dana Ivey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell.

Plot: This fictional romance features Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the 'unsinkable' ship RMS Titanic. But on 15 April 1912, Titanic meets with an accident on her maiden voyage. What happens to the lovers? Will their love survive?

The Way We Were (1973)

Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman and Lois Chiles.

Plot: The film tells the story of an intense Jewish woman who marries a carefree WASP following World War II. Fundamental differences in the way they engage the world – as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism – eventually pull them apart. The film is both a romance of star-crossed lovers and a morality tale about the importance of commitment to both individuals and relationships.
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steve Ford.

Plot: This romantic comedy centres around Harry and Sally both of whom search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?"

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Director: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden.

Plot: This fairytale romance stars Sandra Bullock as a love-starved subway toll booth operator, Lucy. who pines for regular customer Peter (Peter Gallagher), and rescues him from almost being run over by a train. While he is in a coma in the hospital, his family mistakenly believes Lucu to be Peter's fiancee. In this cofusion, Lucy finds true love in Jack (Bill Pullman), Peter's brother.

You've Got Mail (1998)

Director: Hallee Hirsh, Michael Palin, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton

Plot: Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books falls in love with a man over the internet without knowing him in person. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal, she has to close down her store and is full of hatred for Fox Books. Will she ever know that her anonymous mail-pal is actually Joe Fox, the son of the owner of Fox Books?

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

Director: Marc Lawrence Starring: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein.

Plot: Lucy Kelton (Sandra Bullock) is the Chief Legal Counsel for one of New York's leading commercial real estate firms, the Wade Corporation. George Wade (Hugh Grant), is the eccentric and remarkably self-centered head of the firm who seems entirely incapable of making a decision without Lucy's advice. When things start to get too much for Lucy, she gives him two weeks notice, and George reluctantly accepts, under one condition -- Lucy has to hire her own replacement. After extensive research, Lucy picks June Carter (Alicia Witt), a Harvard Law graduate determined to make a career for herself. Lucy soon begins to suspect, however, that June plans to hasten her rise up the corporate ladder by winning George's hand, leaving Lucy to wonder if she should warn George about his beautiful but calculating new attorney -- and whether she should tell George that she has finally realized she's in love with him.

Tips to keep your Pet's teeth healthy!

2010-02-13T12:44:00.000-08:00

Tips to keep your Pet's teeth healthyBad breath, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), is among the first signs of dental disease in Pets. During February, national Pet dental health month, Banfield, The Pet Hospital® urges Pet owners to take preventive measures to help improve and maintain the health of their Pets’ teeth and gums.

In honor of February Pet dental health month, Dr. Nancy Zimmerman, director of medical support at Banfield, would like to offer the following “dental health” tips to Pet owners seeking to build a longstanding, healthy relationship with their Pet.

Tips for keeping your Pet’s teeth and gums healthy:

• Feed your Pet a high-quality diet that promotes dental health. Select food made by companies known for staying current on the latest nutritional research. Many of the reputable Pet food companies have formulated diets that aid in the control of tartar and calculus. Some examples include Royal Canin’s dental diets and Hill’s™ Science Diet t/d. Your Banfield veterinarian can recommend the best Pet food diet for your Pet based on several factors, including age, weight, health concerns and lifestyle.

• Cats and dogs require dental exams and benefit from professional cleanings to maintain their overall health. If dental care is neglected, harmful bacteria can enter your Pet's bloodstream and cause various health problems, such as heart disease and kidney infections. Additionally, dental disease is very painful and can cause great discomfort.

• Dental examinations are recommended every six months, depending on your Pet’s needs. Your veterinarian can examine your Pet and discuss the recommended interval for professional dental cleanings. If you notice bad breath, a decreased appetite, weight loss, pain when chewing, blood on your dog’s chew toys or bones, nasal discharge, red/swollen gums, or any other signs of dental disease between recommended cleanings, bring your Pet in for an examination immediately.

• Small canine breeds, as well as most felines, are at an increased risk of having dental problems and gum infections. While these problems are often caused by overcrowding of the teeth, retention of “baby teeth” or genetic predisposition to gum disease, they are often aggravated by poor dental care.

• Tartar and dental calculus lead to tooth and gum decay. If tartar (the non-visible film on teeth) and dental calculus (the visible mineral deposits) are not routinely cleaned from Pets' teeth, they can cause gums to become red, inflamed, infected and painful (gingivitis). Prolonged tartar, dental calculus and gingivitis can also cause bad breath (halitosis), periodontal disease, dental infections and eventually, tooth loss.

• Brush your Pet's teeth regularly. By introducing the habit early in life, brushing can become an enjoyable part of your Pet's healthcare routine. Your veterinarian can recommend toothbrushes and toothpastes that are created especially for Pets. The appropriate use of chew toys can also be an effective way to control tartar. Ask your Banfield veterinarian to recommend specific chew toys for your Pet.

“To keep your Pet’s teeth and gums as healthy as possible, ensure that you brush his or her teeth at least once per week (ideally, daily), and visit a veterinarian for regular dental cleanings at a frequency tailored to your Pet’s needs,” Dr. Zimmerman says

Create a "What I Enjoy" List

2010-02-04T08:35:00.000-08:00

"As simple as this may sound, it is very important for you to make one. This list should include everything that brings you pleasure and passion in life. If you aren't sure what brings you joy right now, think back to what used to bring you joy. This may require some exploration, but what did you do when you were a little kid that brought a smile on your face? Did you used to go horseback riding? Walk outside in a garden? Whatever it may be, write it down. This list doesn't mean that you have to do them every day. It's just to make you aware that there are things in the world that do make you feel alive. If you are able to do something you enjoy at least once a week, do it and help yourself feel alive in that moment. You have to behave the way you want to feel before you feel the way you are behaving! It's about opening yourself up to a new experience or something that you stopped doing. Try to rediscover what it feels like to look or feel differently from the 'not enoughness' you have been putting into your head for a long time now. When you start doing this, you will launch yourself back into aliveness!"

— Dr. Robin Smith

2010

2010-01-02T08:16:00.000-08:00

Happy New year!!! ..... may this year be all that you want!

Happy Veterans Day!

2009-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

Thank you for the service that you provide for our country.

God Bless