I hope everyone is doing well, and you have gotten to enjoy at least a little bit of this beautiful, warm weather! I'm glad it's finally here, and I'm sure you are too! Pretty soon, the pools will be open and the ocean will be warm again!
Other than a small chance of thunder showers, it looks like this weekend will be a great time to be outside!
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Here are your upcoming weekend events:
Thursday, April 26th
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Friday, April 27th
Swingin On a Rainbow, Auction & Fashin Show, 15th Annual
Swingin on a Rainbow takes you on an exciting fashion tour of colors, by day or night. All fashions are provided by Vintage Values, and all proceeds benefit the Domestic Violence Shelter. Many fabulous auction items, including savory meals at some of Wilmington's great restaurants, dinner parties, cosmetics, fashions, jewelry, and dining with celebrities will be on hand for your bidding pleasure. Enjoy a luncheon and fashion show from 11am-1pm and then a repeat dinner auction and fashion show from 7pm - 9pm. Call 910.343.9969 ext. 17.
Coast Line Convention Center
501 Nutt Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.domesticviolence-wilm.org
Pleasure Island Talent Show and Concert
6:30:00 PM
60th Anniversary Pleasure Island Talent Show and Concert featuring the best local amateur talent followed by Laura McFayden Quartet at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. 6:30 pm. Call 910.458.8216 or 910.458.7435 for details. Advanced tickets may be purchased at Town Hall or by calling 910.458.4390.
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
900 Loggerhead Rd
Kure Beach, NC 28449
Fourth Friday Gallery Nights
6:00:00 PM - 9:00:00 PM
The gallery nights offer an opportunity for guests to enjoy evening hours at many of the downtown art venues once a month from April through November. Participating galleries and artist studios are open evening hours from 6 to 9 pm, and each is easily identified with a cluster of brightly colored beach balls outside. Featuring fifteen locations, Fourth Friday Gallery Nights includes Bottega Gallery and Art Bar; Corporate Canvas; Creations by Justine; Crescent Moon; ERA 20th Century Furniture and Art Gallery; Independent Art Company; Knucklebonz Gallery of Art and Music; New Elements Gallery; Peacocks Fine Arts; Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts; Small Space Gallery; The Golden Gallery; The WHQR Gallery; The Wilmington Gallery At New Castle and Three Hounds Gallery. Come and enjoy a cultured evening supporting your local arts community as we feature new exhibitions and special promotions. Call 910.343.8997 for more information.
Various Art Galleries
Downtown Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.fourthfridayswilmington.com
Battleship Alive
8:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM
Watch and interact with World War II living history interpreters as they bring the Ship to life by enacting daily duties and drills. An excellent field trip opportunity for families and groups! Included in regular admission. For information call 910.251.5797 Ext. 2046.
Battleship North Carolina
#1 Battleship Road
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.battleshipnc.com
Saturday, April 28th
** Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty will be participating to support Thomas Alexander, our fellow colleague and friend. If you would like to participate, or make a donation on Thomas's behalf, please contact me. We would love to have your support!**
Riverfront Farmers' Market
8:00:00 AM - 12:30:00 PM
The Riverfront Farmers' Market is held from April through the end of December each year in Riverfront Park. The market features local farmers, producers, artists and crafters. Products offered include fresh fruits and berries, vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheeses, meats, seafood, honey, baked goods, fudge, legumes, pickled items, jams and jellies, art, crafts, and more. Call 910.520.6875 for more information.
Downtown Wilmington
Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.wilmingtonfarmers.com
Wrightsville Beach Marina Spring Challenge, 3rd Annual
2 fishing days. 4/26 at 6:30pm Captains Meeting, 7pm open house boat show at Wrightsville Beach Marina. 4/27 8am-3pm fishing hours and 4/28 8am-2pm fishing hours with a 7pm victory party at Wrightsville Beach Marina Club House. Call 910.256.6666 for more information.
Wrightsville Beach Marina
6 Marina Street
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
www.wrightsvillebeachmarina.com/springchallenge/
Hammerheads Soccer Game
7:30:00 PM
The Wilmington Hammerheads take on the Western Mass Pioneers at 7:30pm tonight. Tickets are $12 adults/$8 youth. Call 910.796.0076 ext 23 for tickets.
Legion Sports Complex
2221 Carolina Beach Rd
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.wilmingtonhammerheads.com
30th Annual Antique Automobile Show
9:00:00 AM - 4:00:00 PM
The Cape Fear Chapter Antique Automoblie Club of America will be presenting the show. Vehicles 25 years or older are allowed. Trophies will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place. As many as 100 cars and trucks are expected. Call Jeff at 910.343.1330 for more information or visit us online!
Independence Mall
3500 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
local.aaca.org/northcarolina/capefear/index.htm
Battleship Alive
8:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM
Watch and interact with World War II living history interpreters as they bring the Ship to life by enacting daily duties and drills. An excellent field trip opportunity for families and groups! Included in regular admission. For information call 910.251.5797 Ext. 2046.
Battleship North Carolina
#1 Battleship Road
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.battleshipnc.com
Sunday, April 29th
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides of Oakdale Cemetery
3:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM
Narrated tours every 30 minutes beginning at 3:00 PM, last tour at 5:30 PM; $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 and younger. embers of Friends of Oakdale will receive $2 discount off the regular price. Call 910.762.5682.
Oakdale Cemetery
520 N. 15th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.oakdalecemetery.org
Farmers' Market @ Poplar Grove Plantation
8:00:00 AM - 1:00:00 PM
A variety of local fresh produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, farm-raised beef, flowers, jams & jellies, plants, fresh fruit (in season), goat cheese, handmade items & more. Call 910.686.9518 for more information.
Poplar Grove Plantation
10200 US Hwy 17 North
Wilmington, NC 28411
www.poplargrove.com
*info provided by Star News Online*
"How to make more storage space from what you already have"
From the corners of your closets, to the drawers that pull out in your kitchen, you would be surprised at just how much space you can find in your home that is not being put to good use. Do any of us really ever have enough space? Do we ever get rid of enough things to make us feel comfortable about our storage areas?
No matter how much space we seem to create, buying more to fill up those spaces seems to be an overwhelming habit for many people. The first step in finding more space in your home is going to be cutting back on the things that you buy, and what you store that you really don’t need. Do you need that box from Christmas stored in the laundry room or should it be in the attic? Should those balls and bats be in the kitchen corner or in the basement? Do you really need four boxes of garbage bags stored in the kitchen or can you get away with just two at a time? These are the types of questions you should be asking yourself.
We all save jars, stock up on stuff, buy extras, buy in bulk, and keep more stuff on hand as we find those great bargains. Putting them out of site is going to help you start finding more space! Extra paper towels, garbage bags, paper plates, and even extra laundry detergent and cleaning items that we find great bargains on can be stored in the attic. Storing these items right up the stairs or right inside the door of the attic is going to free up space in your kitchen and in the laundry room alike.
To find more space in the shelf areas for your kitchen and in the laundry, start using shelving. If you have a cupboard that is just a big open space without shelves, at least half of the space is going unused. Putting some type of vinyl wire coated shelving in the cupboard is going to give you more space than you had so you can put different items or more items nicely in this cupboard. If you use it for pots and pans, you can keep more pans in one cupboard, if you are putting canned goods in the cupboard you may even be able to put three shelves in this cupboard getting triple the space that you had before!
If you find that inside your cupboards below the sinks in the kitchen or in the bathroom are open areas that are wasting away you can use vinyl wire shelving in this area as well. These types of shelving are great because you can move them in case you have to work on the sink it self. There are all types of hangers and hooks that you can put right inside the door to use as hangers for your wash clothes, rags, and towels or even your cleaning towels and rags so they are kept dry and out of the way. Some types of garbage cans are going to fit right in this space and slide out while others are going to hook nicely to the door if you would like one that swings out for your use.
Stacking more items in spaces where you have space going up instead out sideways is going to help you fit more in the cupboards and drawers. Standing boxes on top of each others, stacking cans on top of each other, and putting them in the cupboard so they fit nicely is going to give you more space as well.
If you find that your dishes are taking up too much space, you might want to look for some new dishes. Thick glass, or ceramic type dishes are just that, thick. Corell or thinner types of dishes will take up ½ to ¼ of the space and will last so much longer as they are not going to break as easy. It is an investment that very well will create more space in your kitchen. The dishes that used to take up three to four shelves could easily fit into just two!
Look at your cups, drinking glass and your mug cupboard. Most of us have this cupboard that just seems to be over flowing, nothing matches, and it is always on the verge of having something fall out. Throw some of them away to create more space! Get rid of the chipped glasses, the things that you don’t like and start focusing on the items that you use more. Do you need fourteen mugs in the cupboard? There are just four of you in the house, so keeping six on hand is really all you need. If you don’t like the idea of throwing anything away give them away to a home that doesn’t have much or to a charity that can really put these items to use.
Lazy susans in corner cupboards and in cupboards in strange places such as above the stove or above the fridge are going to help you make the most of these spaces, while still be able to see what you have in that space. Lazy susans are small round turn tables that are going to move with a slight touch of your hand. Turning the lazy susan you can see what you have in the cupboard without forgetting about anything. This could include spices, certain containers, foods, and small items or cans, depending on the size of your cupboard and the size of your lazy susan!
All types of hanging boards can be added to the kitchen. Under the cupboards you can find a space to hang your special glasses while putting them on display at the same time.
Behind the stove on the wall, you can hang a container that will hold all those large utensils that just don’t fit well in the drawers, yet keep them close at hand for when you want them most.
A large ceramic or metal container can sit on the counter top to hold those large utensils that you use most in the kitchen but you feel they are overwhelming those already full drawers in the kitchen. Remember; keep only those that you use the most. If you only use it once a year or so, do you really need to be keeping it at all or could you do the same job with another item in your kitchen?
* Article provided by www.tips.net*
I hope this article assists with your spring/summer cleaning!
Have a great weekend and enjoy the sun!
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