Quick Tip To Share – Wonderful Uses for Lemon Juice and They’re GREEN!

Lemon juice can be used for so many different situations around the home!  Because of lemons acidity they are perfect for some tough cleaning jobs and are somewhat antiseptic and antibacterial.  Here are some great ideas for using lemon juice around the house:

• If you have light colored countertops and they become stained with kool-aid, wine, food stains, etc just pour a little lemon juice on the stain and let stand for a few minutes.  After only a few minutes sprinkle some baking soda on the spot and scrub – the stain will disappear.  **I have personally tried this on a home I had listed that had a small cigarette burn/stain on a counter and IT WORKED!  Now, it wasn’t a deep and nasty stain but a stubborn one nonetheless.
• Use a fresh cut lemon to clean your copper pots and copper fixtures!  Just cut a lemon into wedges or halves and rub over the copper – it removes spots FAST!
• Add some lemon juice to vinegar and place in a spray bottle – you have a fantastic everyday cleaner!
• GARBAGE DISPOSALS!  I am ALWAYS throwing lemons down my garbage disposal!  Not only does the juice of the lemon help deoderize the disposal bit the rinds help to sharpen the blades.

Live well, Live Green and Choose to Live in Wake Forest NC!  😉

 

Wake Forest NC – Updated Foreclosure Report! October 26, 2009

The new Foreclosures Report for the Wake Forest NC area has just been uploaded to my website!

There is a wide variety of styles, price points and floorplans to fit any family profile! After personally inspecting many of the Foreclosures on this report I can say that there are some fabulous homes in great condition just waiting for new owners.

If you are on the market for a new home and would like more information regarding the Wake Forest NC area you should check out my website! If has local area information regarding schools, things to do, places to visit, and of course, homes for sale in Wake Forest NC. There is a page dedicated to Foreclosures that can help you see what is currently available as well as explain a little better the terminology associated with Foreclosures and Short Sales.

On the market for a Historic Home in Wake Forest NC? You might want to check out What’s YOUR Circa?
A little more info regarding the Wake Forest NC area? Life in Wake Forest NC and Wake Forest NC – Small Town with Big Outllook will definitely help!

Anyway you look at it you should call a Wake Forest NC resident for all of your real estate needs! My family lives here, we work here and we play here – I KNOW the Wake Forest NC real estate market!

13129 Sargas Street, Raleigh NC – Amazing Price Adjustment!

This Gorgeous Home in Wakefield Plantation is priced to sell TODAY!

Property Details:

• 4702 square feet
• .31 acres
• Finished basement with:
  • theatre room
  • exercise room
  • kitchenette
  • fireplace
  • wine cellar
• 2 car garage
• culdesac location
• 5bedroom / 4.5 bath

Come see all this gorgeous and stately white brick home has to offer!

With a newly adjusted price of $549,000.00 this home will be gone FAST!

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100 New Castle Court, Youngsville NC Home For Sale ONLY $130,000

100 New Castle Court, Youngsville NC!

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$130,000 Single Family Home For Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms Interior: 1224 sqft Lot: 0.70 acre(s) Location 100 New Castle Court Youngsville, NC 27596

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Wake Forest NC – Calendar of Events October 26 – November 1, 2009

Wow – this is THE week!  The official “Let’s Celebrate Halloween” and start the fall festivals!  This week in Wake Forest NC has EVERYTHING!  There is a Business Expo on the calendar, Halloween festivities, the ever-popular Farmer’s Market, a Spelling Bee, Fall Festival and SO MUCH MORE!

Life in Wake Forest NC is simply wonderful!  If you ever need more information about it here in my wonderful Small Town – With a Big Outlook I am just a phone call or email away!

From the Town of Wake Forest NC website:

Firing Range Training
Monday, Oct. 26; 1 pm – 9 pm
Police Department Firing Range, behind Flaherty Park Community Center
Residents in the area are advised that the Wake Forest Police Department will conduct firing range training at the police department firing range, located behind the Flaherty Park Community Center. The firing range is utilized by Wake Forest Police officers who require instruction and practice in order to obtain current certification in the use of firearms. This certification is required in order for the officer to fulfill his/her duties for the Wake Forest Police Department. www.wakeforestnc.gov/residents/police_firingrange.aspx 

Jazz Night Out
Monday, Oct. 26; 6:30 pm – 10 pm
Blue Fin’s Bistro
Join us for a night fun and fine dining at Blue Fin’s Bistro. Tickets are $60 (admits 2). To purchase, call (919) 496-3056 or contact any Franklin County Chamber member.

Community Business Expo 2009
Tuesday, Oct. 27; 3 pm – 8 pm
The Factory
The EXPO is your chance to learn about local businesses and their products and services. For more information, call (919) 556-1519.

Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Spelling Bee
Thursday, Oct. 29; 6 pm
The Forks Cafeteria
Every penny raised goes into our local schools in the form of teacher grants. You can help us reach our goal by sponsoring a business or school team for $250 or buying a word back to keep your favorite team in the game for $25. Mail donations to the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce at 350 S. White St., Wake Forest, NC 27587 or contact Carolyn Furr at (919) 556-1519.

Fall Festival
Friday, Oct. 30; 7 pm – 9 pm
North Raleigh Church of Christ, Corner of Falls of Neuse and I-540
Join our free fall festival! Dinner is provided. Enjoy games, crafts, trunk-and-treat, hayrides, and more! Bring your carved pumpkin for our Pumpkin Carving Contest. Enjoy a Hay Bale Toss from 7 pm until 8 pm and a Lumberjack Contest for people 15 and older at 8:05 pm. (919) 562-7875

Trick or Treat at the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market
Saturday, Oct. 31; 8 am – Noon
Downtown Wake Forest – Municipal Parking Lot, 110 S. White St.
Bring the kids out to the Farmers’ Market to enjoy a safe and fun Halloween experience. Children of all ages are invited. Children dressed in costume will receive a healthy and fun “treat” as parents shop for locally grown and produced fall vegetables, mums, cakes, breads, honey, jams and jelly, cheese, meats, candles, soaps, and much more. The Farmers’ Market is open from 8 am to noon every Saturday from April through November. www.wakeforestmarket.org

 

 

Wake Forest NC – Calendar of Events October 19 – 25, 2009

Wow – the temps sure did take a dip in Wake Forest NC this past week!  I wimped and turned the heat on and put the flannels on the bed! 

As for events?  Well, as always residents were still out in full force for all the fun albeit a little more bundled up that usual…… This upsoming week has some great activities in store for just about everyone!  The extremely popular Halloween Spooktacular takes place this week and we have the MOST AMAZING OktoberFest this upcoming weekend – be sure to look for a detailed post about that one!

From the Town of Wake Forest NC website:

Halloween Spooktacular
Thursday, Oct. 22; 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Flaherty Park Community Center
Stop by this free event for a hauntingly good time! A wonderful variety of ghostly games and activities, including hay rides, ghoulish face painting, Dracula’s haunted maze, and Goblin for apples, will be offered for kids ages 12 & younger. Costumes are optional, but a prize for “best costume” will be awarded. Free pumpkins will be given away while supplies last. (919) 556-4818

St. John’s Holiday Harvest
Friday, Oct. 23; 4:30 pm – 7 pm
Saturday, Oct. 24; 9 am – 4 pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 830 Durham Rd., Wake Forest
Come join us for the first annual St. John’s Holiday Harvest for fabulous gift ideas and fun for the whole family. We have over twenty vendors bringing their best jewelry, hair bows, embroidered goods, beauty products, quilts, handbags, candles, and more! There will also be food, fun, music, face painting, and games. This event benefits St. John’s Episcopal Church Preschool. Visit www.stjohnsholidayharvest.com for more information!

Wake Forest Farmers’ Market
Saturday, Oct. 24; 8 am – Noon
Downtown Wake Forest – Municipal Parking Lot 
The market offers fresh produce, pasture-raised beef, poultry and pork, free-range eggs, fresh and dried herbs, honey, jams and preserves, plus a whole lot more. The Farmers’ Market is open from 8 am to Noon every Saturday April through November. www.wakeforestmarket.org 

OktoberFest
Saturday, Oct. 24; Noon – 6 pm
Festival Park, 527 S. White Street, Wake Forest
Join the OktoberFest for a wonderful German celebration and fundraiser for the Graham Johnson Cultural Arts Endowment (www.GJCAE.org)! Admission is free for children 12 and under and only $3 for persons over 12 years old. Entertainment will be provided by Harbour Town Fest Band from Wilmington, NC, who will perform on an outdoor stage from 1 pm until 5 pm. They will lead us through German dances and toasts, while guests enjoy plates of great German food including bratwurst and warm German potato salad which will be for sale, along with beer, to benefit the Endowment. Fun snacks such as caramel apples and German pretzels will also be offered. Free activities for the children include face painting, a culture coloring station, and games and prizes as well as German storytelling by a professional story teller. The event will feature some great German beers and an Oktoberfest microbrew. Come by and meet the Brewmaster! For more information about the event, visit www.festivalpark.org. To learn more about the Graham Johnson Cultural Arts Endowment, visit www.GJCAE.org or email ejohnson@medfaxxinc.com.

 

Youngsville NC – 100 New Castle Court – NEW PRICE! 3/2 – .7acre – Great Location

Fantastic Cape Cod styled home in great location in Youngsville NC!  This home has a huge rocking chair front porch and a great deck in the back just perfect for cookouts!  The large .7acre lot affords multiple opportunities for outside activities and the possibilites are only limited by your imagination!

Inside this home there is a comfortable Family Room with a fireplace, large kitchen with breakfast bar and tons of counterspace, a mud room with laundry area and great dining area with sliding doors to deck.  The master bedroom is located on the first floor and great walkin closet!  Secondary bedrooms are located on second floor and have plenty of closet space and they are quite roomy!

Property Details:

 

• 1224 sq ft
• .7 acre
• 1st floor master bedroom
• Year Built 1995
• $130,000.00

Come see all that 100 New Castle Court in Youngsville NC has to offer!

 

Always Two Sides – John Baldwin vs Bath NC

Incredibly interesting article regarding a developer from the Raleigh NC area that has moved to a quaint, historic hamlet on the North Carolina coast. I am familiar with John Baldwin and his portfolio of estates in the Raleigh NC area – some of you are as well! Victoria Park in Rosemont in Wakefield Plantation? Surely that rings a bell for some of you….

While I am most definitely “for” economic stability in small towns and “keeping in local” I can’t condone changing the landscape of a location that has preserved a way of life and atmosphere for so many years. Businesses are vital for an area to retain the local workforce and keep money flowing into the local economy but at what cost?

Obviously, I have not attended any of these meetings and I am just on the outside looking in basing an initial opinion on an article. However, I do know some of the story from the Wakefield Plantation side of the equation…… just saying.

Please, take a moment and read the article – what are your thoughts? I know developers that specialize in preserving historic elements and I don’t think they would approve.

Bath fights developer for its soul – Local – The Sun News

The Chatwal New York Revives Gotham Elegance

1930 Gotham Glamour to be reborn in New York! The Chatwal New York

The restoration of this iconic landmark is being undertaken by world renowned master architect and interior designer Thierry Despont.

A little history of the original building occupants: Established in 1874, The Lambs Club was the gathering place of those who would make Broadway and Hollywood history. Legendary member names include George M. Cohan, W.C. Fields, John Barrymore, Milton Berle, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin and Will Rogers.

The Chatwal New York Revives Gotham Elegance

Wake Forest NC – Calendar of Events October 12 – 18, 2009

Whew – are ya’ll still catching your breath from this weekend?  Wake Forest NC was amazing over the last few days and proved that this is a Small Town with a Big Outlook!  

Next week rolls in with a great week on tap as well!  There a few festivals on tap, the Farmers Market and some great seminars that you might not want to miss!

Life in Wake Forest NC always has something happening!

From the Town of Wake Forest NC website:

 

Board of Commissioners Candidate Forum
Tuesday, Oct. 13; 7 pm
Wake Forest Town Hall
The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidate forum for the Town Board of Commissioners candidates on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Wake Forest Town Hall. All candidates will be asked the same questions and have an opportunity to respond. Each candidate will also be given the opportunity to make concluding remarks. The Town Board elections will be held on Nov. 3, 2009. The forum is free and open to the general public to attend. For more information, please contact the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce at (919) 556-1519.

Live Green and Clutter Free
Tuesday, Oct. 13; 7 pm – 9 pm
The Mill Room in The Factory, 1839 S. Main St.
A free workshop filled with real-life strategies for reducing clutter and making your home more efficient and healthy will be held in The Factory’s Mill Room. Cyndy Ratcliffe, certified professional organizer with Organizing Solutions, Jeff Ammons, President of Live Green, and Morgan Crawford, Program Manager of Live Green, will present a 2-hour program.

Rain Harvesting System Demonstration
Thursday, Oct. 15; 10 am
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Rd., Wake Forest
The Town of Wake Forest invites you to attend a special Rain Water Harvesting Demonstration on October 15. The short program will explain the Town’s newly installed cistern water collection system that allows water to be recycled for a variety of uses by the Town. For more information contact Betty Pearce at (919) 554-6120.

Kids Night Out at Polar Ice House
Friday, Oct. 16; 6 pm – 10 pm
Polar Ice House at The Factory, 1839-200 S. Main St., Wake Forest
Bring your kids for a full night of fun including ice skating, dinner, and games. The cost is $15 per child (ages 5-12) or $5 per sibling (ages 3-4). To register, contact Sherri at sherridavis4@hotmail.com by Noon on the day of the event.

Yard Sale and Bake Sale to Benefit ChurchNet
Saturday, Oct. 17; 7 am – Noon
ChurchNet Office, 121 Front Str., Wake Forest (across railroad tracks from municipal parking lot)
ChurchNet, a non-profit organization coalition of 15 churches, pools financial resources to area residents who need assistance in paying utility bills. In 2008, ChurchNet spent $46,000 helping 270 families keep their power on. You can help by providing items for the yard sale or by shopping the yard sale/bake sale on Oct. 17. If you have unwanted “treasures” lying around your house that you want to get rid of, please donate them to be sold. Donations will be accepted after 3 pm on Thursday, Oct. 15 and all day on Friday, Oct. 16. We ask that your items be priced and you do not donate any adult clothing or computers. Receipts will be available. And, stop by the sale on Saturday, Oct. 17 to see what wonderful bargains are available. For more information, contact Mary Hitchcock atmahhitch@embarqmail.com.  

Taste of the Market  – Wake Forest Farmers’ Market
Saturday, Oct. 17; 8 am – Noon 
Downtown Wake Forest – Municipal Parking Lot 
Delicious dishes prepared with ingredients sold at the Market, made fresh on-site for tasting. Fall produce, mums, cakes, breads, honey, jams and jelly, cheese, meats, candles, soaps, and much more grown or produced locally available. The Farmers’ Market is open from 8 am to noon every Saturday from April through November. www.wakeforestmarket.org 

Wake Forest Baptist Church 5th Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, Oct. 17; 10 am – 2 pm
12120 Wake Union Church Rd., Wake Forest
What could be better than spending time outdoors on a beautiful fall day with friends and family? Take a break, breathe deeply, and come play with us. Entry is free! Games and parking are free! Hot dog lunches are available for a modest price. For more information, call (919) 556-5161 or visitwww.wakeforestbaptistchurch.org.

Hope Fest at Hope Lutheran Church
Saturday, Oct. 17; Noon – 4 pm
Hope Lutheran Church, 325 Rogers Rd., Wake Forest
Join us for games, bounce houses, food, hay rides, music, Trunk-or-Treat, pie contests and a bazaar. The event is free and open to the public.

30th Annual Wake Forest Lydia Lowie CROP Walk
Sunday, Oct. 18; 2:30 pm  
Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 S. Main St.
For 30 years Wake Forest Churches, civic groups, and individuals have walked to help fight hunger and poverty locally and around the world. Join us in the effort at the Crop Walk! 25% of the funds collected will be donated to Tri Area Ministries. The canned food collected will be given to the WEB Dubois Community Development Corporation’s food pantry. To walk, donate, or request promotional information, contact Martha Loftin (556-7776) or Linda Klose (556-2293).