FHNA will run a neighborhood yard sale on Saturday August 23rd from 8AM-12PM.  If you want to participate, please comment on this post with your name and house number/street. If you will  be selling a lot of one particular thing (electronics, furniture, etc) please also indicate that.  Participants will kick in 10$ (which I will pick up from you on the day of the sale) and the money will be used to do the following things:

-Create a map of the neighborhood with all of the participants marked on it

- Map will be sent to local websites and list serves and distributed at yard sale

- Advertise on the AJC

- Make signs advertising yard sale to be posted around neighborhood on Friday

If any neighborhood kids also want to do a lemonade stand or something similar, this would be a good time to do it!

Thanks!  And please enter your information in the comments below.

The FHNA will be holding the summer block party on August 2nd at 4PM in Walter’s Woods on N. Carter Road. – Be aware that N. Carter (between Chester and Wiltshire) will be closed to car traffic.

Come join your neighbors for this popular annual event.   Josh McDowell will be cooking his famous BBQ, and there will also be hot dogs and veggie burgers on the grill.  Please sign up to bring a side dish or other needed item here.  If you have trouble adding something to this google doc, please just list the items you want to bring in the comments section below, and I will add it to the doc.

Meals are 5$ a plate, or 10$ for a family.  Meals are FREE for paid FHNA members and you can pay your dues at the block party (35$, cash, check or credit card).

New this year!!  We will be selling tickets at 1$ a piece that can be used on various items (Cash, check or credit card accepted).  Desserts, face painting and trampoline jumping (kids only!) can be bought with tickets.  All proceeds go to FHNA.

We are also THRILLED to announce that Rachel and Lawson Wright will be performing at the block party!!!  If you haven’t heard them play, they are amazing performers!

Come by and sit on our brand spanking new chairs and tables, bought with your FHNA dues money  (bring your own too, if you have some chairs!)

FHNA is planning a neighborhood-wide yard sale for sometime at the end of the summer.  We are hoping to have at least 15 participating households.  Each household will donate 10$ to the FHNA, and those funds will be used to:  Buy, construct and place signs on the streets surrounding our neighborhood, create a map showing all of the houses participating (and if you are selling a lot of something in particular, we can note that on the map) and to take an ad out in the AJC.

The map will be sent to surrounding neighborhood’s listservs and blogs.  It would also be great if we can get some neighborhood kids to set up coffee/lemonade/soda/popsicle stands near the entrances of the neighborhood and they can distribute maps as people come in.

In the comments section, please list if you would like to participate and what Saturdays in July or August would be good for you.  You can list more than one date – the most popular date will be chosen, the second most popular date will be our backup in case it rains.  If you have a kid that wants to run a stand, please comment on that too.

Our next FH neighborhood meeting will be held on April 14th at 7:30PM at the Columbia Presbyterian Church in the main sanctuary.

We will have a presentation, Q&A and discussion about the possible annexation into Avondale Estates. AE mayor Ed Reiker and Dekalb commissioner Larry Johnson will both be on hand. Questions will be taken from the audience, but please visit THIS PAGE in order to see what questions have already been answered by the mayor.

Other topics, time permitting, will include: upcoming social events, neighborhood cleanup.

Light refreshments will be provided…. see you there!

After the final round: Final winning bracket:
bracket-ncaa

Jessica P. 69
Todd O. 66
Alvin L. 64
Elaina O. 61
Josh M. 61
Allan B. 59
Mark M. 59
Amos. L. 50
Michael S. 23

So, Jessica P is the winner!!

Round 3

Elaina O. 61
Alvin L. 56
Jessica P. 53
Josh M. 53
Allan B. 51
Mark M. 51
Amos L. 50
Todd O. 50
Michael S. 23

Round 2

Alvin L. 44
Amos. L. 42
Jessica P. 41
Josh M. 41
Elaina O. 41
Allan B. 39
Mark M. 39
Todd O. 38
Michael S. 19

Round 1

Jessica P. 25
Alvin L. 24
Amos L. 24
Josh M. 23
Mark M. 23
Allan B. 21
Todd O. 20
Elaina O. 19
Michael S. 15

Hello all! Today is your last day to drop off your brackets for the March Madness FHNA fundraiser!! Please being completed brackets, and 10 dollars cash or check (made out to FHNA) to 986 N. Carter Road. If no one is home, please leave it on the doorstep (not in the mailbox, the mailman will take it!!) Brackets with the first round filled in can be found here: Bracket

Forrest Hills will be running a March Madness bracket tournament to raise money for the FHNA! The cost will be 10 dollars to enter, 5 of which goes to the FHNA and the other 5 in a pool for the winner.

We will be using a point scoring system: Points for the winners of each round – 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and then 32 points for the winner of the championship.

If you want to join, please use the bracket on this website for your choices BRACKET

Completed brackets and the 10 dollars (cash or check) can be given to Jessica Parilla anytime between March 16 and March 19.

Thanks for everyone who participated in the holiday progressive…. good time was had by all!

Here are some recieps from the progressive:
Here is the recipe for the Corn, bean, feta dip
1 can shoepeg white corn, drained
1 can black beans, rinsed
4 oz. feta cheese
1 bunch green onions
dressing:
1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. apple cider vinegar
garlic powder, salt
Mix and enjoy!

24 fresh asparagus spears
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (4 ounce) package crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
12 slices bread, crusts trimmed off
12 slices thinly sliced deli ham
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
paprika
Garnishes
green onion, curl
red bell pepper
Directions:

1
Snap off tough ends of asparagus, and remove scales from stalks with a vegetable peeler, if desired.
2
Arrange asparagus in a steamer basket over boiling water.
3
Cover and steam 4 to 6 minutes or until crisp-tender.
4
Remove from steamer, and cool on paper towels.
5
Stir together cream cheese and next 3 ingredients.
6
Roll each bread slice with a rolling pin to flatten.
7
Spread 1 side of each slice with 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture; top each with 1 ham slice.
8
Place 2 asparagus spears, tips pointed toward opposite ends, on one end of each bread slice; roll up, and place, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet.
9
Brush with butter; sprinkle with paprika.
10
Bake at 400°F for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
11
Serve immediately.
12
Garnish, if desired.
13
Note: Freeze unbaked roll ups up to 1 month in an airtight container.
14
Thaw in refrigerator, and bake as directed.
15
Yield: 12 appetizer servings.

Walk ‘n Talk Fridays

Marcia Partin, 1075 Forrest Blvd, is hosting Walk ‘n Talk on Fridays at 8:30. Gather at her home at 8:30 for social time or arrive at 9:00 to walk the outside perimeter of the neighborhood. Sometimes, some of us walk on to the Avondale Pond. Hope to see you there!

We need volunteers to provide food and beverages for the party houses If you would like to sign up to bring a dish, please visit our list here: GOOGLE doc

Appetizer Houses 6:00 – 8:00
David and Nancy MacLeod, 1085 Forrest Blvd
The MacLeod’s have lived in the neighborhood for 30 years. For two years, we lived on Walker Drive and then in 1985, we purchased the house on Forrest. We raised three daughters in the little house on Forrest Blvd along with numerous cats, one dog, two ferrets, and two squirrels that fell out of the oak tree in the driveway. At this time, our only pets are two cats – Rosie and Rascal. David is a psychotherapist in Decatur and Nancy is a housing counselor/paralegal at Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Until recently, we had done any needed work on the house ourselves. However, there was never enough time to tackle big projects. So, last November, we bit the bullet, hired contractors, and embarked on a whole house renovation. The renovation work is complete and we would be happy to show it off. So, please drop by during the Holiday Progressive!

Brooke Doan, 985 N. Carter
Subjecting my real estate friend to constant complaining coupled with the price of gas and a long commute FINALLY landed me in Camelot. I found the “Margi Gras” house in late summer of 2012. She tried to talk me out of it; the overgrown yard, the broken windows, the copper torn out of the basement, the electrical work (shall I go on?). But I took one look at the fireplace and that little window that looks out at Kate’s house and I was smitten. “She has good bones” I said to my friend. So the work began. The flora and fauna were removed (Thanks John!), the kitchen was gutted, a new electrical panel was installed, new roof, and finally every surface of the house was painted. Yes, even the yellow and purple. Other than those things, not too much needed to be done. I moved in on March 1st of this year. Next year’s plan is to renovate the bathroom and maybe, just maybe, finish out the basement. This neighborhood has landed me 7 miles from my office where I am the Marketing Manager and Cultural Champion for a privately owned bakery. It’s taken me almost 30 years to live in Decatur and I’m happy to be where I am. Oh, and by the way, I have the best cat in the world – Lacey, she belongs to Kate!

Dessert House 8:00 – Late
Kate and Nate Pawlicki, 993 N. Carter

Please email, call or text Jennifer Murkison to sign up to bring a snack or a beverage.
Jennifer – 404 218 5455 Jennifermurkison@gmail.com
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ — Brooke’s place is next door to the dessert house. Please plan your night so that some of you actually go to her house first….otherwise there will be a very big crowd at both houses if everyone hits Brooke’s last and the MacLeods first. Fyi, it is a .4 mile walk 