Springing into step

18. Jun, 2010 0 Comments

Members Janet Harden, Alice Ellison, Mollie Midlik, Joy Patterson and Peggy Yarnall.

The Vestavia Country Club was the site of this year’s Spring Dinner Dance sponsored by the ladies of the Cheramis Dance Club. Members were served a pork tenderloin dinner in the Ballroom, and tables in were covered in white linen with centerpiece baskets filled with bright tulips, lilies, irises, and gerbera daisies. After dessert, everyone enjoyed dancing to the music of the Classics, a popular Birmingham band. New club members Wilma Thompson and Ann Duncan received roses and a warm welcome from President Joy Patterson.

Members were served a pork tenderloin dinner in the Ballroom, and tables in were covered in white linen with centerpiece baskets filled with bright tulips, lilies, irises, and gerbera daisies. After dessert, everyone enjoyed dancing to the music of the Classics, a popular Birmingham band. New club members Wilma Thompson and Ann Duncan received roses and a warm welcome from President Joy Patterson.

Shelby County members enjoying the festivities included Secretary Nancy Coggin of Hoover with Thomas Coggin, Treasurer Mollie Midlik of Pelham with Bill Midlik, Parliamentarian Alice Ellison of Hoover with Tony Ellison, Club Photographer Vickie Barnes of Highland Park with Bob Barnes and Social Chairman Bess Speegle of Inverness with Alan Speegle.

President Joy Patterson and Robin Skipper.

Other Shelby County Cheramis included Rosemary Boatwright with Olen and Shirley Whitlock with Gil Bokenkamp, all of Helena; Mary Klemenc with Elmer, from Maylene; Marilyn Kelly of Calera with Willie Larson, and from Pelham, Robyn White with Steve Yester and Betty Rogers with John Bosshart.

From Hoover were Reyford Nichols with Ed Nichols, Reba Huffman with Stan Biggs, Jerrie Kitchings with Charlie Harwell, Zella Listerman with John Sherrill, Shirley Mays with Orbie Mays, Mary Pate with Don Hamner, Lisa Powers with Robert Powers, Jane Crouch with Frank Jones, Yvonne Norton with John Norton, Ginnie Stewart with John Anderson, Beverly Rives with Bob Rives, Regina Smith with Louis Chaney, Wilma and Charles Thompson, Gayle and Pete Maenza, and Teresa Weaver with Buddy Hart.

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Powerful pockets of time

By Lisa Phillips

Those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” are here along with high humidity, no school bus traffic and endless hours of sunshine. When you heap all of that together, you get long hours that need our energy in many places other than behind a desk or dishwasher. We yearn to be outside pulling weeds, pulling for the home team, or pulling skiers during an afternoon on the water. Family members demand and deserve more of our head, heart, and wallet, so it is important for you to get a grip on what can be done in “powerful pockets of time.” Here are a few ways to simplify your daily routines. Although they may sound very simple, ask yourself how many of these things did you did today.

Grocery list:

: Keep an on-going list where all family members can add to it.

Cleanup:

Load the dishes in the dishwasher as soon as you are done cooking and eating.

Laundry:

Fold each piece as it comes out of the dryer. This one tip can save you a ton on time versus heaping clean clothes in a pile to be dealt with later. Have a basket for each person and put the folded clothes in there for one trip to be put away.

Never go empty-handed:

Take something with you on your trips to the basement or up the stairs. Unload a car the same way.

Buy a Ninja:

This one appliance does everything from kneading pizza dough to making soft serve ice cream. (The infomercial is amazing!)

Mail:

Open the mail in the same spot every day, preferably over a trash can or shredder. Think iRAFT. Make a decision on each piece of paper: Deal with it Immediately (within five minutes), have a place for things you need to Read, Action (bills, RSVPs, etc.), File and Toss.

Email:

Check and respond three times a day. You will process it faster than checking it every time a message appears.

“Do it now, later is already booked.” What a great concept to remember when you are feeling like “I’ll do it later.” Work in the moment. When you take the time to do it now, you will have used those “powerful pockets of time” that you didn’t even know you had. It’s that simple.

Lisa Phillips in the owner of SimpleWorks. She can be reached at lisa_phillips@bellsouth.net or 981-7733.

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