Liberty Patriots – Onto the Semi-Finals!
November 24th, 2009Football Playoffs !
Following their triple-overtime victory last Friday night, the Liberty Patriots will face off against the Lakes Lancers in the State Semi-Final game on Friday, November 27th at 1:00 p.m. The game will be held at the Tacoma Dome and ticket prices are $9.00 for adults and students without ASB, $7.00 for students with ASB cards (you must show your ASB card to get this price so bring it with you to the game!), $7.00 for seniors age 62 and older. Children age 5 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased at the Tacoma Dome on Friday. Let’s fill the stands with a sea of Blue & Green and cheer our team on to victory! GO PATRIOTS!
Tips for Selling- clutter free; makes the move easier
November 24th, 2009
Tips for Selling – and a stress free move:
1. Get organised in way in advance. Use these winter months to do your usual “spring cleaning”. Leaving everything until the last minute will triple your amount of remorse and stress. Maximise this opportunity to minimize. There’s no point in keeping too much stuff if you’re making a big move. Become more of a minimalist and get rid of all the possessions that are compromising your freedom.
2. Catalogue your personal paperwork. Create a mobile file cabinet for essential documents like passports, birth certificates, receipts, and other certificates and keep them all together. Sort personal photos – put them in albums or plastic shoe boxes and toss all the blurred and boring ones. Get the kids to do the same with their personal items.
3. Get rid of non-essential items first - months before you leave. Toys, tools, kitchen equipment, many clothes and everything that’s broken, or that you never use but have been saving for a rainy day. Pack away holiday items, kitchen items, and only take the ones you can’t live without. This is a time to get rid of the platter that was quickly pushed to the back of the closet when you purchased a better one on your trip to Italy.
4. Have an on-line garage sale. Make a list of everything you want to sell but need to keep until you leave: furniture and big electrical items such as the fridge, washing machine, stereo and dryer. Email all your friends. Ask them to swing by on moving day and pick it up. Now you have a few extra hands to bring a box or two on their way out!
5. Sale for smaller items. Finally, have that garage sale or Donate your old clothes, toys, crockery and books to a worthy cause, or your favorite charity. By now your house, cupboards and garage should be looking nice and empty which will make cleaning easier.
6. Have a good clean up or use some of your garage sale money to hire a cleaner.
Boom! You’re ready to sell!
With less clutter tying you down, your have just bought your freedom. Trust me, it’s a delightful feeling not being weighed down by all this stuff you are “responsible” for.
You’ll enjoy the process of clearing out and moving house. Your friends will will get a great deal on your special items and its always a great compliment to later see your things in the home of your friends.
Trust me, this will tremendously reduce the stress of moving.
Mark Up Your Calendar for These Holiday Events
November 20th, 2009Snowflake Lane – Nov 28- Dec 24th. Every evening at 7:00 pm. See the heart of downtown Bellevue light up in a magical snow fall accompanies by music and dancing soldiers.
Macy’s Holiday Parade-Nov. 27th Downtown Seattle – Parade starts at 8:45am on 7th avenue and ends on 4th at Macy’s.
Westlake Center Tree Lighting Celebration - Nov 27th 5:00 pm. At Westklake Center in Seattle
Clam Lights Coulon Beach Park- Opening night is December 4th at Coulon Beach Park. There will be entertainment starting at 6:30 and the parade of ships at 7:30 pm.
GARDEN d’LIGHTS 2009
November 28, 2009 – January 2, 2010
5:00 to 10:00 pm Every Evening Including Holidays
5:00 to 10:00 pm Every Evening Including Holidays
Come see the grand opening of this year’s Garden d’Lights presentation. Thousands of volunteer hours have gone into another fantastic light show. Details…
Add Geoffrey Castle to your to-do list
November 19th, 2009A few years ago, some friends and I stumbled upon an amazing violin/fiddle player named Geoffrey Castle at a church in Sand Point. This is music and a performance anyone would enjoy, no matter what your taste in music. It’s described as rocking-out with a fiddle. The music is awesome and the show (he tends to get pretty into it) is engaging. Click on Geoffrey Castle’s picture to see what I mean. This is music, in my opinion, that ANYONE could like. He puts on quite a show too. 
He has shows at Bar, lounges, church, festivals Click here to see Geoffrey Castle’s Calendar. Whats coming up:
Monday, November 23
The Wilde Rover Celtic Night 7:30pm-11pm (ish)
Tuesday, November 24
Grand Cru Wine Bar
1020 108th St, Bellevue 7pm-10pm
Wednesday, November 25
Big Daddy’s Place
13420 NE 177th Pl Woodinville, WA 98072 8pm-10pm
Saturday, November 28
Grinder’s Hot Sands
19811 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline WA 98133
Geoffrey Castles 3rd Annual Celtic Christmas Celebration
Sunday, December 6th
Center for Spiritual Living
5801 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle
6 pm
Newcastle Elementary Brown Bear Car Wash Fundraiser
November 12th, 2009
Brown Bear Car Wash Fundraiser
Got dirty cars?? We can help! The 5th Graders are currently selling Brown Bear Car Wash Tickets.
Each ticket is valid for one Bear Essentials car wash at over 20 Puget Sound Brown Bear locations. You can purchase 1 ticket for $7.00, 3 for $18.00 or 5 tickets for $25.00. Ask a Newcastle Elementary 5th grader, or contact Debbie McAllister at debbiemcallisternew@hotmail.com to purchase your tickets before they are all gone! Supplies are limited.
Newcastle Home Sales for October 2009
November 9th, 2009
115 homes sold in October
- 13 residential average sales price- $595,885 ~ Average days on the market - 167 (3 of them were over 400 days)
- 2 condominiums average sales price- $210,000 ~ Average days on the market - 117
Pendings: 31; 26 residential, 5 condominium
Currently there are 83 listings on the market, 62 residential, and 21 condominiums
** An note of interest: in searching for a personal client I found that there are currently only 6 listings in the $300K range for Newcastle. When I added the Issaquah School District criteria, there is only one home at $399K. The rest of the 24 listings start at $649K and upwards. The great news is that most of the short sale/forclosure inventory has been getting soaked up in the past two months.
Kennydale Home Sales Statistics for October 2009
November 9th, 2009
9 homes sold in October
- 7 residential Median sales price- $426,000
- Average Days on the market – 136
- 2 condominiums Median sales price- $435,000
- Average Days on the market – 134
Pendings:19; 18 residential 1 condominium
Currently there are 62 listings on the market, 59 residential, and 13 condominiums
Newport Hills Home Sales Statistics for October 2009
November 9th, 2009
8 homes sold in October
- 5 residential median sales price- $406,000
- Average Days on the market – 61
- 3 condominiums median sales price- $195,000
- Average Days on the market – 59
Pendings: 17; 14 residential 3 condominium
Currently there are 36 listings on the market, 26 residential, and 10 condominiums
Liberty Played it well and takes it with a 32-22 win
November 8th, 2009Liberty will advanceto take on O’Dea this week in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs. Read The Seattle Times
Watch the Video Here !
