Coachella, CA

Selling a home and living in your home aren’t the same. When you are ready to sell your home, it’s important to unclutter every room in the house, including the closets and garage!Let’s start with the closets: If you are like many, you’ve probably held onto that old jacket, dress or sweater “just in case” you might wear it again, and in some instances, fit into it again. The rule of thumb here is “if you haven’t worn it in the past 12 months, then get rid of it.” Take it to your favorite thrift shop or hold a garage sale and let someone else enjoy them for a while.

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Once you have discarded all those unworn items, now it’s time to arrange your clothes in an orderly fashion. Hang all the blouses or shirts together, hang the slacks together. Suit jackets should also be hung together. You can even color coordinate now that you have room to spare! Put shoes on shoe racks or in labeled boxes. Purses should go on the top shelving. If you have room, buy a circular belt rack and keep all your belts together. You can also store away winter/summer items in the garage in the off season.

Now that you have become an expert at uncluttering closets, you can now move out to the garage and apply the same principles there. Pantries are also a favorite “catch-all” place to accumulate clutter. You’ll be amazed at all the clutter found here. And while you are at it, don’t forget to remove the clutter from kitchen and bathroom countertops. As mentioned earlier, your home needs to also be as de-personalized as possible when you are preparing it to go on the market, so this is a good time to remove all those family photos lining your hallway. Pack them up now, and enjoy them in your next home.

Not only will uncluttering help your home sell faster, but you will have less to move to your new place of residence. This will also save you time and money.

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If you are creative and love live music...You can INSPIRE Thousands Of Festival Goers And Win A Pass To the Weekend Of Your Choice!

Coachella Music & Arts Festival and Global Inheritance are confirming artists to participate in the TRASHed exhibit taking place this April in Indio, California.

Founded in 2004, the TRASHed :: Art of Recycling program is an interactive art walk on the Coachella grounds that encourages festival goers to recycle using redesigned recycling bins designed by artists from around the world.
50 artists will be selected to design a 65 gallon recycling bin for the festival in 2012. These recycling bins will be on display during both Coachella weekends and then donated to a local school in the Coachella Valley.

A TRASHed Coachella art exhibit will take place in Los Angeles before all the redesigned recycling bins are shipped to the festival grounds.

All artists will receive a festival pass for the weekend of their choice plus the opportunity to have their artwork displayed and promoted on the Coachella and Global Inheritance websites.

Interested artists must submit samples of their work before January 31st to:
TRASHed@globalinheritance.org

STAGECOACH is becoming just as popular as the exciting music festival COACHELLA!

This year at STAGECOACH, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton will visit the desert in April to headline Stagecoach, California’s Country Music Festival, in Indio, organizers announced Thursday.

Aside from the four headliners, the 2012 festival’s lineup also includes Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry and comedian Steve Martin playing with bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers.

Stagecoach, which had been a two-day weekend festival in its first five years, expands to include Friday in 2012. The festival is set to run April 27-29.Festival promoter Goldenvoice is also expanding its Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2012 to span two consecutive weekends, April 13-15 and 20-22.

Three-day passes for Stagecoach will go on sale next Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m., according to the festival.

The first 5,000 general admission passes sold will cost $161 including venue and charity fees, and the festival website did not list the price that goes into effect after that initial special ends.

The full list of 2012 Stagecoach performers released by the festival Thursday:

• Brad Paisley
• Jason Aldean
• Miranda Lambert
• Blake Shelton
• Alabama
• Martina McBride
• Kenny Rogers
• Luke Bryan
• The Mavericks
• Sara Evans
• The Band Perry
• Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers
• Chris Isaak
• Justin Moore
• The Jayhawks
• Eli Young Band
• The JaneDear Girls
• The Del McCoury Band
• Brett Eldredge
• Aaron Lewis
• Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys
• Uncle Monk
• JD Crowe & The New South
• Sara Watkins
• Sunny Sweeney
• Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones
• The Unforgiven
• Greensky Bluegrass
• Split Lip Rayfield
• Elizabeth Cook
• JD Souther
• Old Man Markley

Information: www.stagecoachfestival.com

Every Friday night you can get your groove on at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella, CA.

Here are some of the upcoming FREE FRIDAY CONCERTS!

OCTOBER 7TH: STEVIE NICKS/FLEETOWOD MAC TRIBUTE

OCTOBER 21ST: JIMMY BUFFET TRIBUTE

NOVEMBER 4TH: JOURNEY TRIBUTE

NOVEMBER 18TH: ROLLING STONE TRIBUTE

DECEMBER 9TH: AEROSMITH TRIBUTE

Spotlight 29 Casino is located at46-200 Harrison Place, Coachella, CA 92236

Thermal Racetrack & Motorsports Club gets a green light from an investment by a major backer!

Thermal Motorsports Track & Club , a membership-based country club of road courses for car enthusiasts and wanna-be race car drivers announced that Tim and Twanna Rogers have acquired a majority stake in the facility. The Rogers own Tower Energy Group Corp. an independent wholesale fuel provider based in Torrance.

Located near the Jacquiline Cochrane Regional Airport in Coachella on 344 acres, the Thermal Racetrack is slated to be the next new attraction to entice auto collectors and drivers seeking a challenging track to let their inner Mario's loose and push their sports cars to their limit. Members of the club will be able to house their pricey cars and also enjoy many amenities including golf, tennis, spa and shopping at the La Quinta Resort & Club.

According to the Desert Sun, the track, approved by the county Planning Commission in July, is slated for clearing this month. Project planners hope to have the land prepped and approvals in place for paving by mid-November.

Get ready to start your engines!

Call me for more info: Kathy Schowe 760-333-8886