July 7, 2013
This weekend we
started section 4 of the Tia Chi form class, which is where I started a year
ago. I am feeling a lot more comfortable with the moves, the terminology and
the stances. I don’t directly remember the moves, but I noticed with all
experienced people in the class that we went a lot faster than last year, so I
think I am getting the hang of it. I figure that I may actually know the form
by the time I reach retirement age.
I thought that the Demo last Canada day went
very well, and was somewhat surprised that my cane application with Sifu Prince
was judged “most violent”. After all it was just an old guy with a cane
defending himself, right? Spears and Swords and other scary looking implements
of destruction seem like they should be the violent ones, not an innocent
little cane. Must be Sifu Prince’s acting skills, thank you for being a great
partner.
In other non-kung fu type stuff, other than trying to fit
more projects into my life, I think that we have found the product that we
would like to put on our house in place of the poorly installed, mouse friendly
vinyl siding that is currently there. The product is called NovaBrik,
and is a concrete block veneer. This will add 3 ½ inches of thickness to our
walls, but once installed it will be completely mouse proof. I am intending to
tackle just one side of the house at a time to make the project a bit more bite
sized, as opposed to an immense, overwhelming task. It will also be a learning
curve, as everything with this house has been, but it is the only way that I
can see to get what I want (the vinyl was not our first choice, but we needed
something to seal up the outside, and it was getting into November that year we
built). So if you are considering something like this for your own house, and
want to get some hands on experience, I expect this fall I will be needing a
bit of help.
Dennis Donohue
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