Remodeled Home in Camelot East, Sarasota, FL

Camelot East in Sarasota is a 55+ land lease, premiere, gated, manufactured home community.  Located off Clark Road, east of I-75, it offers many amenities and activities; a lifestyle the residents find very fulfilling and comfortable!

Lot 15P is offered at $14,900. It is an attractive two bedroom, two bath home, 936 sq. ft, built in 1992.  Included in this remodeled home:  Central A/C, all furnishings, ceiling fans, walk in closet, window treatments and everything you need to move right in.... linens, plates, pots and pans, etc.!  This home has been fully remodeled and has wood laminate flooring and carpeting.  There is a Florida room and shed, as well!

You can visit their website www.cameloteastmhc.com to see more details about this home and others they offer for sale, along with detailed information about this Five Star community!

Quote:
"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."  ~ Francis Bacon

Helpful Hints:
~ When packing to move, put items from one room in the same box, this makes unpacking easier. 
~ Keep tools handy for assembling beds and furniture.  Pack the tools in a box you keep with you, so you can find them when you need them.
~ Identify each box with the room it is to go in.  Keep a list of the contents of each box for your easy reference.

A Bit of Humor:  Signs
~ In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home.
~ Notice in a field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges.
~ On a local plumbing company's trucks in NE Pennsylvania: Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.
~ On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship.
~ On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed.
~ On a repair shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard — bell out of order.)
~ On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot.

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Plantation Manor in Fort Pierce, FL offers a GREAT BUY!

On the east coast of Florida!  Plantation Manor is an active 55+ land lease, manufactured home community.  Located on US 1, close to I-95 and the Florida Turnpike, Plantation Manor offers the nearby beaches of the Treasure Coast, Navy Seal Museum and Historic Downtown Fort Pierce.  Some activities and amenities you will find here:  a newly refinished swimming pool and patio, laundry facilities, card & billiard rooms, shuffleboard courts, Ladies Club, day trips, and monthly pot luck dinners.

Lot 169 is a 2 bedroom, 2 Bath, 1200 sq. ft., home built in 1977.  It has just been reduced $4,000!!!  Listed now for just $6,500 ~ INCLUDING ALL furniture, linens, pots and pans, dishes, appliances, microwave, Florida room, screened porch, shed, central A/C, carpeting, window treatments, ceiling fans and more!  It is a pet friendly home, allowing your beloved pet weighing up to 20 lbs.  Take a look at this home on our Newby Realty website:  http://www.newbyrealty.com/.  Just click on "Plantation Manor" and you will see their listings of homes for sale, including this wonderful buy!

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Spruce up your home with decorating ideas

Tired of your decor?  Ready to make some changes?  Are you at a loss for ideas?

Let us start at the very beginning!  Options are endless!
~  Select a room where you spend most of your time; living room or den, perhaps.  A few new accents may be all it needs, while removing some clutter and uninspiring items.
~ Try rearranging your furniture.  If this is something you do not often do, you may see how refreshing and satisfying it really can be!  It can give the room a whole new look, without costing money! 
~  Find a focal point - perhaps a coffee table in the middle of a nice conversational area of your sofa and chairs.  Place a floral arrangement in a colorful vase, photo album or candles on it to bring warmth and interest to the area. 
~  If you have a favorite upholstered item that is looking its age, try recovering it, or laying a throw blanket on it, in a bold color to offset the rest of the furniture. 
~  Change picture frames with frames or picture mats that blend in the colors on the coffee table. 
~  Use throw pillows in these colors for the sofa or chairs. 
~  If you are feeling the pangs of crafting or even a bigger task, do some stenciling or put a wooden molding around a window to frame it, and change drapes to blinds.
~  Add a throw carpet (even over your wall to wall carpet) under the coffee table - or in the "traffic path" coming into the room.
     One doesn't have to spend much on these changes - just look in thrift stores or consignment shops for good prices.  Others who are doing just what you are doing may have donated their 'tired of ' items - just in time for your turn with them!!

Quote:
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it. - Danny Kaye

Helpful Hint:  Plants to decorate with that are hard to kill!
1.  The Bamboo Plant!  You place the bamboo stalks in a container, add rocks around them to immobilize them and keep the rocks covered with water.  Buying the stalks and the containers to put them in is very inexpensive.
2.  Air Fern!  They don't even need water - just AIR!  Put an air fern in a container, add moss around it and it will grow!  No soil necessary, either!!

A Bit of Humor:
• The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
• Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
• When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to your youth, think of Algebra.
• Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf. 
     ~ Submitted by Mary Jo, Emmitsburg, Md.

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Check List for Leaving your Florida Winter Home

Winterset RV Resort, in Palmetto, offers this check list for those who are preparing to return to their Summer homes:

1.  Close all windows
2.  Place timers on indoor lamps
3.  Forward mail
4.  Place phone and cable "on vacation"
5.  Return all books, puzzles and DVD's from where you borrowed them
6.  Set A/C on 80 degrees (on "cool" and "auto")
7.  Turn off water
8.  Clean or replace your A/C filter
9.  Put plastic wrap over toilet to prevent water from evaporating
10. Turn refrigerator and freezer off and prop doors open
11. Make sure all smoke alarms are working and have fresh batteries
12. Put all awnings down
13. Discard all perishable items
14. Unplug all electrical items and computers
15. Ask a friend/neighbor to check on your property every week or two
16. Make sure office has your correct northern phone number, address and email address

For your travel, here's a great snack for the road!  It stores well in plastic containers or zippered plastic bags.

Chex Party Mix is an all time favorite!  It's easy to make and a great snack while traveling by any mode of transportation!  Here's the recipe! 
Prep Time: 15 minutes. 
Ingredients:
•1/2 cup butter
•2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
•1 tsp. seasoned salt
•1 tsp. garlic salt
•1/2 tsp. onion powder
•3 cups corn Chex cereal
•2 cups wheat Chex cereal
•1-1/2 cups mixed nuts
•1 cup small pretzels
•1 cup garlic flavored bagel chips
•1 cup pretzel rods

Preparation:
Oven Method:  Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Melt butter in large roasting pan in oven (5 minutes). Stir in seasonings. Add remaining ingredients and mix until coated. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on paper towels to cool, and store in airtight container.

Microwave Method: Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl on HIGH. Stir in seasonings, then remaining ingredients until coated. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH 5-6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes. Spread on paper towels to cool, and store in airtight container.

SAFE TRAVELS!!


Quote:
"Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country, from coast to coast, without seeing anything." -Charles Kuralt

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New Resident Guide

Ice Cream Social this week:
Chateau Village in Bradenton, March 11 at 1:00 p.m.

Welcome to Florida!!
     Following are guides to key steps new Floridians need to complete.  These are offered by the Florida Division of Motor Vehicles (posted on their website).
Just moved to Florida and need to get a driver license? Here's what to do:
If you have an out-of-state license, and it has not expired beyond 30 days, you may be able to convert your license without taking a written or road test. You will need to have a vision screening.  Call your local driver license office and schedule an appointment.
    
Register Your Out of State Car:
     You have just 10 days to register your out of state car in Florida.

You Have 30 Days:
     Florida law requires that you get a Florida drivers license within 30 days of becoming a resident of Florida. You are a resident if you do one of the following:
    - Enroll your children in a Florida public school
    - Accept employment
    - Register to Vote
    - File for a homestead exemption
    - Reside in Florida for more than six consecutive months

Quote:
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."   ~ Seneca

Helpful Hints about packing:
    • Packed boxes should weigh less than 50 pounds.
    • Pack heavier items on the bottom.
    • Stuff socks, scarves, pillow cases and other small fabric items
           in holes and crevices in boxes - just make sure you keep pairs
           of socks together!
    • Make sure all boxes can close properly and be sealed so the tops
           are flat. If you over-pack a box, you risk damage to the contents.


A Bit of Humor:
Oh, how we love words. These are some... strange definitions.
Read them slowly... some may take a second or two to sink in.
EYEDROPPER: A clumsy ophthalmologist.
HEROES: What a guy in a boat does.
LEFT BANK: What the robber did when his bag was full of money.
MISTY: How golfers create divots.
PARADOX: Two physicians.
PARASITES: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
PHARMACIST: A helper on the farm.
POLARIZE: What penguins see with.
PRIMATE: Removing your spouse from the couch in front of the TV.
RELIEF: What trees do in the Spring.
RUBBERNECK: What you do to relax your wife.
SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does.
    ~  Submitted by Bob, Rockville, Maryland

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More Ice Cream Socials

The Ice Cream Socials continue!  They have been enjoyed by several communities in February and now on to early March's schedule!

Buttonwood Inlet RV in Cortez - March 1 at 6:00 p.m.
Country Lakes Village 2 in Palmetto - March 1 at 1:00 p.m.
Chateau Village in Bradenton - March 2 at 1:00 p.m.

Residents, get your taste buds ready for some sweet delights!

    Thanks to all those who helped in the February Ice Cream Socials.  The communities are always decorated so nicely and the residents look forward to time of fellowship and a sweet treat!  It's a pleasure for Newby Management to share in and host this anticipated event each year.  As they manage these communities, it is always important to provide "extraordinary customer service", as Martin Newby has stated now for over 20 years!

Helpful Hint: From Heloise
Microwave Cleaning
Put a 4-cup capacity microwave-safe bowl filled with chopped citrus (lemon, lime or orange) and 1 cup of water. Since microwave wattage varies, cook until the water boils. CAUTION: To prevent being scalded, let the water cool for at least 15 minutes before opening the door to wipe out the microwave.

Quote:
"A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself."  - Anonymous

A Bit of Humor:
     A young woman was preparing a ham dinner. After she cut off the end of the ham, she placed it in a pan for baking.  Her friend asked her,”Why did you cut off the end of the ham”?  And she replied ,”I really don’t know but my mother always did, so I thought you were supposed to.”
     Later when talking to her mother she asked her why she cut off the end of the ham before baking it, and her mother replied, “I really don’t know, but that’s the way my mom always did it.”
     A few weeks later while visiting her grandmother, the young woman asked, “Grandma, why is it that you cut off the end of a ham before you bake it?”
     Her grandmother replied, “Well dear, otherwise it would never fit into my baking pan.”

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Quail Hollow in New Smyrna Beach

Quail Hollow in New Smyrna Beach offers an active lifestyle!
     There is always something going on in this 55+ land lease, manufactured home community! Crafters, Social Club, Line dancing, Shuffleboard, Poker, Hand and Foot card game, Bunco, Exercising classes, Mah-jongg, and Bingo are weekly activities and there are Non-denominational church services twice a month. Visit their website www.quailhollowcommunity.com for more detailed information about the community, amenities and to see all their homes for sale! Located at: 2051 Pioneer Trail #246, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 Phone: 386-775-2545. Managers Don and Donna Rankin welcome you!

Quote:
"We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young." ~ Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Helpful Hint When Using a Mover:
Ask your mover how they will be packing your belongings. Sometimes they will try to sell you fancy packing materials when a plain moving blanket would do the trick.

A Bit of Humor: Why? Why? Why?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they already know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
     ~Submitted by Bill, Ardmore, Pa.

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