Home Maintenance How Much Do You Spend on Your Home’s Maintenance? In Q3 2024, the average annual cost to maintain a single-family home rose to $10,433. Maintenance is crucial to keeping things running smoothly. And so… It’s that time of year,  when I start talking about what are you doing to keep your home in its best shape?   Recent sales included three home inspections with a […]
Real Estate Guide to Relocating with Purpose and Ease Image by Freepik Making Your Move: A Guide to Relocating with Purpose and Ease Relocating to a new state often brings a chance to redefine personal goals and explore untapped opportunities. This shift offers a unique space to step outside comfort zones, cultivating growth and fresh perspectives. Moving also opens doors for professional advancement and […]
TO DO Citrus Festival Time Inverness Art ; Stone Cram Jam It’s that time of year when the festivals and many special events start occurring in Citrus County.   This weekend is the Inverness Arts Festival. It’s a Saturday today and Sunday (included pictures of the different vendors—- a lot of them.) The Stone Crab Jam is tonight (Nov.2)  and the festival is going on during […]
Restaurants Linda’s Weekly Blog November Restaurant Update Citrus County FL  After taking last week off to recuperate from shoulder surgery, this week I thought I would do a restaurant update. We have not been  to many  restaurants lately because of the hurricanes and medical issues.   I did want to spotlight some places that we have been to including Prime  88 in Brooksville. Stone Crab […]
Uncategorized Citrus County Who To Call for Home Services Recent hurricanes Helene  and Milton have left us with quite a clean up.  I thought this week I would repeat my updated “Who To Call”  list.  I have added: gutter cleaner, massage therapist, tire service, and our Century 21 office vendor list. I include  insurance info on hurricane recovery.   Enjoy our cooler fall temps […]
Real Estate Citrus County Resale Single Family Homes Fall 2024 This week I update Citrus County real estate: single family homes in the Black Diamond/Citrus Hills Terra Vista/Pine Ridge areas.  As the article from the Florida Association of Realtors points out, home prices are up, fluctuating mortgage rates are making a difference. I include what has sold in the last six months and what is […]
Home Maintenance Keep Your Home Clean! Key Home Maintenance Tasks for Homeowners By Roxana Loomes (FAR) Whether you just became a homeowner or bought a house years ago, keeping it clean is always a priority. Nevertheless, there are some tasks that you probably avoid because you think they’re time-consuming or difficult. If you don’t do these cleaning and maintenance tasks regularly, […]
Restaurants Fall 2024 Citrus County Restaurant Update In the last month, we have been all over Citrus County, trying different dining places and some new ones including Tipsy Tarpon.  Checking out the new  Panera Bread and revisiting Bangkok Thai  and its new owners and trying  Black Diamond specials. NEW:  Crystal River’s Tipsy Tarpon…nice Water view…it was raining and it was trivia Wednesday […]
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TO DO Citrus County “To Do” Festivals and Events 2024-2025 This week I update the ANNUAL Citrus County Florida  Events and FESTIVALS… CLICK ON This link:  gives you the lastest on what to do in the county…arts and crafts, swim with manatee, snorkel, dive, scallop, kayak, fish, bike, hike… What’s coming up in Crystal River and Citrus County, FL?  I include 6 places in Florida […]
Home Maintenance Citrus County Who To Call For Home Services Homeownership is the American Dream but owning a home requires a lot of regular maintenance tasks to keep the investment in good shape.  I am including a list of service companies and maintenance people who can help you, if you are not a DIY person.    Hope you find  this  helpful info  and PLEASE let […]
Shopping How to Shop at Citrus County Aldi Citrus County awaits the opening of ALDI. I have included in two good articles on how to shop in this special store (bring your quarter and your own bags.)  September 1: added Simplify article on Aldi shopping tips Read how the store operates an article by Southern Living on the best things to buy in […]
senior living Citrus County Important Numbers click:      Resident Information 2024
Restaurants Citrus County Restaurants: Lecanto, Hernando; Beverly Hills   Printable   .pdf: 7:24 Lecanto, Bev Hills, Hernando Restaurants     Citrus County Restaurants: LECANTO, HERNANDO, BEVERLY HILLS. This area of the county has some franchise and fast-food places… I usually don’t rate them. You will find: Culver’s, Wawa, Burger King, McDonalds, Wendys, Dunkin’ Donuts, Subway, PaPa John Pizza… New or coming: Starbucks, Arby’s, […]
Restaurants Homosassa FL Restaurants 2024 Citrus County Eateries Homosassa, Florida  July 2024 printable pdf: Homosassa 7:2024 Restuarants Waterfront dining: Crumps Landing. Great location on water, good food, good service and live music. Children’s playground, corn hole game. Make a reservation. 11210 West Halls River Road. 352-765-4942. https://www.facebook.com/crumpslanding/ Marguerita Grill: Always noted for the large drink…they have large menu and have […]
Restaurants Restauants Inverness-Citrus County Florida July 2024 printable pdf:Inverness 7:2024 Restaurant   Citrus County Restaurants Inverness (small town done right) Inverness Dining Indulgences: 2024 Citrus County Florida. I don’t generally review chain restaurants and in the Inverness area there are several good ones: Applebee’s, Outback, Olive Garden, Panera Bread, Papa Johns, Jimmy Johns, Huddle House, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sonny’s BBQ, Ruby Tuesday, […]
Restaurants Crystal River Florida Restaurants 2024 Crystal River Florida Restaurants  (2024) Printable .pdf :Crystal River 2024 Restaurants   Crystal River has an abundance of chain restaurants: Wawa, Chilis, Arby’s, Applebee’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mc Donalds, Hardees, Taco Bell, Dunkin’ Donuts, Sonic… I will start with my favorite CR restaurants:  Vintage on 5th (has atmosphere, service and good food plus the prices […]
Restaurants Citrus County Restaurant Update Early Summer 2024 Time for the monthly restaurant update featuring two newer restaurant venues. NEW:  Restaurant to try in Dunnellon: Roughstocks Grill: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner;  Local steakhouse and Creole Seasoning;  20199 E Pennsylvania, 352-509-1406  https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=roughstocks%20grill NEW:Saturday, June 15 at Crystal River Aggregation Distilling, 255 S.E U.S. Highway 19 , Crystal River . This local business has just started […]
Uncategorized Black Diamond Ranch Golf Lecanto FL This is a great video and commentary on the Quarry Course. Cole in the BD golf shop has been a follower of Grant Horvath and Grant is known as a golf  “influencer”…  AND after his video posted on youtube  BD received many stay and play requests and memberships leads! P.S. You can hit the “skip” […]
Hurricane Prep Citrus County Hurricane info 2024 Hurricane season starts June 1 and typically peaks in early September, according to federal data.  Time to get supplies ready and the home ready.  I took most of this info from the Bay News  9 website.    https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weather/2024/05/17/noaa-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-outlook The forecast calls for 23 named storms this season. Of those 23 storms, 11 are expected to become hurricanes […]
Home Maintenance Home Improvement Ideas In last week’s blog I presented some prices per square foot for homes that have sold and are now on the market in Black Diamond. As reported: the age of your air conditioner, hot water tank and your roof make a big difference on the price of your home. But also important to the price […]