We had a very nice day today - met with some dear friends from the bay area to celebrate our collective birthdays. We had a very nice time, great food and plenty of catching up. Their daughter has created drawings for us in the past - she loves to draw and has sure matured over time. Kathy has captured her creativity with the pictures inserted. Kathy has also added her own shot at drawing, she stated with the eyes then moved to the nose and next we will get the mouth and more. They are both doing great with their artistic expression.
Another project I'm working on are fabric transfers using citri-solv. You take a xerox image face down on the fabric. Blot the back of the paper using a cotton ball with citri-solv. Burnish with the back of a spoon or the edge of a credit card and voila. Heat set with an iron. Search Citri-Solv Transfers on YouTube for video instructions. Here is a picture of one I did as a practice run...
Last week end we had a interesting experience at 2:30 the morning. The fire alarms throughout the house went off. We investigated and found no smoke or other odors. I pulled some of the alarms off line and it finally cleared. I changed out the batteries and that seemed to correct the problem. I had the batteries to-do list but never got them changed out. The house has 10 or more smoke alarms - some of them are very high at 20 feet or so. In the future we need to do a better job in managing the battery back ups.
Lots of exercise this week for both of us. Kathy, her sister, Rosemary and Pete (Rosemary's husband) have taken on life style change with extra emphasis on healthy behaviors. They are tracking such things as exercise, food, vitamins, stress management, and being kind to their friends and family, etc. I am the judge and have given them the challenge metrics and will award the points accordingly based on their efforts. The focus of this challenge is really targeted at a healthy life style and it does not place much emphasis on the pesky scale. I am sure that each of them will have a great experience over the next few months as they reap the benefits of the new and different way of life.
Great golf this week as usual - some bad news however as several of the regulars at the course have sustained some sort of heart problem. One of the marshals had a mild heart attack several weeks ago. They did some tests did not not find any major blockage. He is recovering nicely, taking it easy. I have talked with him several time - he seemed to be getting cabin fever so I volunteered to take him to the mall to walk in that cool environment. He liked that and the exercise was very good for him and he enjoyed the opportunity to get out. I need to keep an eye on him in the future.
Enough babble - - hope you all have a great week.
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie
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