Greetings, friends! Another year is drawing to an end,
and another holiday season is upon us. It must be time to send out our news for
the past 12 months or so. Read on if you want to know what we have been up to.
Back in January, we left our home of the past 23+ years
in Grapevine TX to move back to Thousand Oaks CA, into the townhouse where we
lived before moving to Texas and which we had been renting out. The relocation
went smoothly and we got settled back into our townhouse fairly quickly. We
reacquainted ourselves with Thousand Oaks and the surrounding area, discovering
how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. Pat found some classes
to take through the local adult school and senior center. David connected with
the Los Angeles branch of a murder-mystery company that he worked with in Texas,
and has performed with them a number of times this year. He also registered
with a couple of companies that cast extras for films and TV shows, and he has
worked as a “background” actor a couple of times. He hopes to do more acting work
in the coming year. He is also volunteering on the marketing committee for Sci-Fest
LA, a one-act science fiction play festival which will be produced in May of
next year. Go to www.sci-fest.com for
more information about that.
We also took a few trips this year. We went back to
Grapevine to visit Ben, who is still living in our old house in Grapevine. He
got a job as a contractor with Fidelity Investment Services back in February,
and that led to a full-time permanent position with them which started in the
summer. He is doing very well there and enjoying it. Our big trip was a cruise
of the British Isles area in July. We had wanted to sail this itinerary for
several years, and the opportunity came up for us to go with our friends from
Cruise Trek, a group we have sailed with before. We visited Paris, France; the
Channel islands; Cobh and Dublin, Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; Holyhead, Wales; and
Liverpool and London, England. It was a fabulous trip that lived up to or
exceeded our hopes.
Another large part of our lives is visiting with and
helping Pat’s dad in Culver City. We drive to his place frequently, take him
out to eat, drive him to doctor’s appointments, and generally lend him a hand
when he needs it. Being closer to him was one of the main reasons we moved out
here, and we are glad to have the chance to spend time with him and offer him
any assistance we can. We had a very nice Thanksgiving with him and Pat’s
brother Bill.
We will be flying back to Grapevine near the end of the
year to spend some holiday time with Ben. We don’t know everything that 2015
holds for us, but we will make it the best year we can.
We wish you peace, harmony and joy this holiday season
and in the new year! Please keep in touch!
David and Pat Westbay
texas [dot] westbay [at] verizon [dot] net
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