Where do you donate your time?
August 13, 2022 by
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Where do you donate your time?
Diablo Valley Lions Club of Walnut Creek celebrates another productive season. In July, we installed the officers for this upcoming year. I am pleased to be a member of this club.
Our Installing Officers, Darlene and Bill Ridle, had special aprons made in our President, Michelle Strong’s, favorite color purple, and each of the incoming officers got one. The aprons were all titled “Michelle’s Team” to honor our continuing President. Darlene and Bill really know how to make installations fun. (Aren’t I really stylin’ the apron?!)
These last few years have been hard on all non-profit clubs. So, I am very proud that Diablo Valley Lions Club continues to give scholarships, support Special Kids Day, Adopt-a f-Family for Christmas, collect and sort eyeglasses for donation, donate to the Food Bank, donate school supplies in Concord, donate to the Contra Costa Lions Blind Center and volunteer in many other ways.
We are all searching for fundraising ideas to help finance the cost of donating. This October, we will have a pasta feed with all donations going to the many causes we support. Even though the pasta feed will be in Pleasant Hill, you are more than welcome to attend; just buy a few tickets to support Lion’s causes.
And if we can help you with anything around your home, just let us know. Our motto — Making Your Dreams Come True, One Fix-It Project at a Time. What dream do you wish to come true? One that we might be able to help along the way to make that happen?
?>We’re getting ready for spring, are you?
March 10, 2022 by
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We’re getting ready for Spring! Are you?
Unfortunately, our weather is still going back and forth from 70 degrees during the day to the low 40s with high winds at night.
That is tropical weather for someone from Wisconsin; however, for us spoiled San Francisco Bay area folks, the 40s are cold.
To welcome in the warmer weather of Spring, Joan, Eldred, and I have picked up new outdoor chairs.
Last year, when it wasn’t so cold outside, we started enjoying early morning sunshine in our driveway. We had to drag our heavy upholstered old chairs out and back inside when we were through for the day. We used the chairs also to sit in the garage.
The upholstered chairs were a gift from Joan’s parents 21 years ago when we first moved to Pittsburg. They had served us well, initially in our master bedroom as a comfy sitting area. Over the years, as we rearranged our bedroom, the chairs were moved to other places in our home, finally coming to rest in our garage.
So with loving gratitude, we released the very well-used upholstered chairs and replaced them with stackable, woven sling back chairs. Much easier to move to the driveway, garage, or patio. We are now looking forward to warmer days to again sit in the driveway and enjoy the sun and all the neighbors as they go by, just like the days neighbors used to sit on their front porches.
Give us a call If we call help in some way to bring your home into Spring readiness.
?>Happy Birthday to Me! Let’s Have Some Fun!
November 30, 2018 by
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Today is my birthday… Happy birthday to me!
I am thankful for all the blessings I have received; wonderful wife Joan, daughter Lisa, son-in-law Danny, grandson Everest, and many supportive family and friends.
Joan and I got our “Wish Come True” this year; watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade in our PJ’s, with Lisa and Everest. We supplied the sweet rolls & eggs and Lisa brought the Starbucks. So great to share the parade and our lives for a few hours. We have a daybed in our TV room, and Everest said it was perfect for viewing the parade laying down.
Since my birthday was only a few days away, Lisa and Everest brought me presents. One of the gifts was a 365-day desk calendar game called “Fact or Crap”. My grandson picked it out just for me, he knows me so well — Must be why he calls me “Silly Papa”.
We had such fun sorting facts from crap. The joy of laughter and delight. It did give us much to think about, what was fact and what was not (crap)!
So, we made up a few ourselves. Here are some to think about. See if you can figure out which one is fact and which ones are not!
?>Are you ready to save time, money, and labor?
September 14, 2018 by
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Joan and I belong to a “Movie-lovers book club" (MLBC) at our local Pittsburg book store. We read and review the book then settle in with a bag of popcorn and snacks, and watch the movie made from it. Generally, the book we choose is far better than the movie, in fact most times the book is way better.
For example, Fahrenheit 451, was a very deep, thought-provoking book with a lousy movie. Ugh! Down right stinky, in fact. And, as one of the book club members says, and has the t-shirt to prove it, "Don't judge a book by its movie!"
This month the club selected, and I just finished reading, A GOOD YEAR, by Peter Mayle. It is a romantic story about an Englishman who returns to his uncle’s French wine estate, after his uncle dies. The biggest part of the story is the “romantic” idea of making wine; growing grapes, harvesting, wine production, and the ultimate enjoyment of the wine.
There is a great deal of labor that goes into wine production. One can only hope they love all the work, because I'm not sure I could do it.
In my business as handyman and electrician, I am always looking for more efficient ways to do what needs to be done. I step back and assess the situation to determine the best way to tackle the job. After all, time is money.
That is why I am sharing our Top 10 Time, Money, and Labor Savers.
Is your home “staycation” ready?
One of Joan's and my favorite things to do is to walk along the river near our home, pulling our 17-year-old dog Lexi in her wagon. We are so fortunate our housing tract is right next to the Pittsburg boat harbor, on one side, and bordered by the river. It is so enjoyable to see the ever-changing river; one day smooth as glass and the next choppy and rough.
Just this week, as we took our evening walk, we were serenaded by music with every step. The Pittsburg "Blues & Funk" festival venue was right around our the bend on the Pittsburg Marina. It is such a great venue, on the grass next to the Harbor Pilot offices, overlooking the harbor with all the beautiful yachts.
We stood for many moments and watched the people dancing under the festoon lighting and big white tent. With the moored boats on the water bobbing along to the music, too. I, personally, love Blues & Funk, the music I grew up with. It gets me to humming and sets my soul on fire.
It was a wonderful concert there at the Marina in old town Pittsburg. Who can beat that for an evening walk serenade?
Not to mention, it certainly makes for a wonderful place to vacation -- a staycation at home!
Is your home ready for a staycation? What if you made your home a bit more staycation friendly to insure it really is better than going abroad?
And, in case none of the top 10 are not in your area of expertise or desire to do around your home, consider asking for our help with our with our August special -- Make Your Home a Vacation Destination.
