Hope For Ventura Real Estate

I had no idea!  I just saw a news clip about Realtors in a California city hiring a company to paint the lawns of foreclosed properties with dead lawns.  It made me think about my own lawn and my struggle to green up the brown spots.  Cool, now I can just spray a little paint on until it comes back green!  Check out this website that sells the paint http://www.grassbgreen.com/  Of course, I have a few questions about this paint.  Is it bad for the environment?  Can you water the lawn after applying the paint?  If anyone has used this, let us know how it worked out for you.

Trying to get your kids to eat spinach?  For that matter, are you still trying to sneak those 5-8 fruits and vegtables in on yourself?  Try making your own pizza.  Here's what you need:

• Flatbread
• Marinara Sauce
• Bagged spinach
• Shredded Cheese
• Veggies (bell pepper, mushrooms, olives or whatever else you have in the fridge)

Now, here's the trick to sneaking in the spinach, put it on right after the sauce and before the cheese.  The kids will love it, and they'll get a couple of servings of veggies without complaining.  You can also try this in your pasta dishes by chopping up the spinach and throwing it in right at the end so that it gets warm, but doesn't change the texture.

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The Ventura County Asscociation of Realtors reported that a plan to build three towers on the old Levitz lot in north Oxnard has been put on hold due to the present economy.  The developer, out of San Diego, still feels the near 9 acre parcel close to Hwy 101 is too good a location not to be developed, but has made a decision to hold off from doing anything until the housing market changes. 

Good or bad news for Oxnard?  You make the call.

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As I sit hear listening to Bernanke testify to the Congress, I found myself talking (admittedly, rather loudly at times) to a TV.  It occurred to me that maybe my representatives in Congress needed to hear what I have to say.  I'm sure many of you out there have very strong feelings about the current state of our economy, what got us there, and most important, how do we dig ourselves out of this crater we find ourselves in.  I'll spare you my thoughts on this, but I hope you won't spare your government representatives.  Take action, call or email them today.  Here's a website where you can get a phone number, or send them an email http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

United Way's annual Day of Caring will be held Saturday September 27, all day.

Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. 1317 Del Norte Road, Camarillo at the United Way headquarters.

Volunteers are needed for United Way's annual Day of Caring event in which residents fan out across the county to do community service projects. The event will bring together teams and individuals to help people and nonprofit organizations in the community.  Amoung the jobs are sorting and packing canned goods, light landscaping, painting, spending time with seniors and helping youths with arts and crafts.

To regester as a volunteer and view full descriptions of available projects visit http://www.volunteerventuracounty.org. The dealine to register is Monday September 22. For more information, contact Marisa Lopez at (805) 485-6288 ext. 276 or email mlopez@vcunitedway.org

Here are some of the projects:

Santa Clara Riverbottom Cleanup

Environmental stewardship and Ecological Restoration

Clean Up for Kids

Outdoor Beautification Project

Habitat Construction Volunteers Needed in Oxnard

Help End Hunger - Sort Food!

Gardening for a Cause

 I hope to see you out there next Saturday!

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Lets just say it's like doing a Rubiks Cube while riding a bicycle.  Even though he's hiding his hands behind his back, that's Roman clad with latex gloves and his bag full of trash scoured off his local beach in Ventura on Saturday morning during the Annual Coastal Cleanup Day.

There were multilple sites throughout Ventura County that provided gloves, trash bags, and even snacks and water.  This is Kyla signing in at the Ventura Harbor site.  She attends Villanova Prepatory School in Ojai and received community service credit for participating in the cleanup.

It was a GORGEOUS day to be at the beach!  Many families with children participated.  What a great way to teach our children about respecting nature!

What did we learn?  One of the most plentiful items we found was rusty nails and screws from palets and furniture that was burned on the beach.  We also found alot of broken glass. 

I don't know about you, but I love taking my shoes off and feeling the sand between my toes.  Better make sure I get a tetanus shot before my next beach walk!

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