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The Naperville’s Last Fling is one of the last summer family events to take advantage of!   Start your Labor Day weekend off by enjoying:

• An Extensive Carnival
• Main Stage – featuring national artists
• FREE Entertainment Stage – featuring local groups
• Beer garden and dozens of food vendors
• Business Expo booths
• Many Special Events

The Naperville’s Jaycees Last Fling runs Friday, Sept. 3rd through Monday, Sept. 6th.   Come downtown to Naperville and have a good time!  And the best part about it is that it’s not far from Thornberry Woods!

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To answer both questions, yes.

Whether you’re in tune with soul music, or weather you like sports, there’s two events in Naperville that I’m sure you’ll be interested in.

Tonight, Scott Lies and Friends will play at Brookdale Music at 7:00.  They will feature music from Duke Ellington, George Gerschwin, Joe Henderson, Bud Powell and more.  Tickets are only $1o.  Call 630.983.5100 for details.  You can purchase tickets online at Brookdale Music.

And if you want to go for the adventure, archery lessons for beginners will be held at the St. James Farm Forest Preserve in Warrenville on Mack Road from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Lessons are free!  Call 630.933.7248 for more information.

Which event will I attend? I’m not sure yet.  I would love to listen to some good ole’ jazz music, but at the same time, I wouldn’t mind learning about the history of archery.

Decisions, decisions….

Which one will you go to?  I think both places are fairly close to Thornberry Woods Apartments.  Mapquest it!

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The summer is almost over!!! Will you miss it?  There are plenty of things that I will miss about summer time, like:

• outdoor festivals
• Memorial Day and Fourth of July
• fireworks
• outdoor dining
• swimming
• eating watermelon!

Sometimes, it’s the little things about summer that I will miss more than big vacations.

But now, we can start preparing for fall festivals!!!

What are your plans for the fall? Do you plan to do more than you did during the summer?

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I’m so excited!  The Chicago Jazz festival starts next week  (Can you believe that September is almost here?)!

From September 2-5, you’ll be able to hear some of the best jazz music around!

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The new movies for this week are in!!!! Which one will you see?

I am definitely going to see “Lottery Ticket,” starring Bow Wow, Loretta Devine, Ice Cube and more.  Anytime one of those actors are in a movie, you can expect a good laugh.  In this movie, and young boy and his grandmother wins the lottery, only to find out that they have to wait three days to claim their prize because it’s a holiday weekend.  Will they survive the wait?

Sounds pretty interesting, huh?

But there are other movies coming out as well!  Which one will you see?

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Don’t forget!

Community Pet Walk is tomorrow! Bring your pups to Downtown Naperville around 6:00 p.m. for the community summer group pet walk along the Riverwalk.  The walks are normally 40 minutes long.  It’s an awesome way for both you and your pet to get a little excercizing in, along with the fun of socializing and meeting new people (and pups!).

The meeting spot is in front of Two Bostons (103 W. Jefferson at Main).  

Hope to see all Thornberry Woods pets!

Get ready to see one of the most exciting shows in Chicago!

The Bud Biliken Parade and Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, August 14th at Washington Park (5500 S. Cottage Grove Ave.).  It will be celebrating its 81st birthday!!!!

Over 75,000 people will be participating…. and brace yourselves for this number…. over 1.5 million people are expected to line the streets!!!! And why wouldn’t it be? It’s only the nation’s largest of it’s kind.

Be prepared to feast your eyes on enormous floats, marching bands, bands, celebs, dance and step teams, and more!
The show starts at 10:00 a.m.!  I feel a Thornberry Woods’ road trip coming on– don’t you?

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I can’t believe it… I actually found a “When-to-Wash-It” handbook! I didn’t even think one existed!

And it’s a great “book” to have because for me, I might wear things more than once (just so long as they aren’t dirty) before I trunk it to the wash room.

And now that I’ve found tips on Real Simple to help me decide when it’s time to wash something, I wanted to share with you some of my most common garment questions, like:

Q. How many times can I wear jeans before I have to wash them?

A. 4 to 5 times! And when you do wash them, flip them inside out and wash them in cold water. This will help it keep its color.

Q. How many times can I wear dress pants before having to wash them?

A. 4 or 5 times! You should also take them off as soon as you get home from work and put on some lounging gear.  That will keep them looking new longer, too.

Q. My jacket/blazers?

A. 5 or 6 times.  It may vary during the summer months because you tend to perspire more during that time.  Just like dress pants, take it off as soon as you get home from work.

There’s plenty more where that came from!  Guess I’ll hang my jeans back in the closet when I get home today!

And when you do get ready to wash, use your washer and dryer found in your Thornberry Woods‘ apartment!

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This eco-friendly gig just keeps getting better and better.

Kids are going back to school soon, which means they’ll need tons of school supplies.  But who would have known that there would be eco-friendly tools that kids could use?  If you haven’t done the back-to-school shopping, here are some “Go Green” items that you can pick up:

• Soy Crayons- stubbypencilstudio.com
• Paper Stationery- gxonlinestore.org
• Biodegradable pens- grassrootsstore.com
• Reusable sandwich bags- reusablebags.com

But there’s more! Visit Realsimple.com to find out other things that you could buy that are eco-friendly!

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That’s right.  My favorite chocolate candy (REESE’S) in the whole wide world has teamed up with Q100 and  is giving away $100 or $500 in cash!

All you have to do is enter your name on Q100’s website and tell them what’s the best pairing since chocolate and peanut butter!  Simple enough? I don’t know… this one migh be kind of hard!

There will be a new winner every week! So be sure to sign up!

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