COVID FLU for Karen

Karen suffered from the COVID flu from Monday, July 28th, until today, August 5th. She tested twice positive for having the COVID flu virus, and today a negative result. We stayed home together the entire period. We cancelled all social engagements. She had a very hard time with this flu.

Happy 77th Birthday for Blanche Karen Eubanks Garofalo

Happy 77th Birthday, Karen!!  

We have been married for 58 years and have celebrated your birthday on St. Patrick's Day many times for much fun and celebration.  Today, we will do the same.  

Best wishes for continued good health and happiness.

I love you, and so do many others.  

Chi Omega Sorority Event

Karen and Alicia flew from Portland to Spokane.  Then, they drove 75 miles south to the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Katelyn Flinn is a junior at WSU. Go, Cougars!

Katelyn is being initiated into the Chi Omega Sorority at WSU tomorrow.  Alicia was a Chi Omega sister at California State University at Pomona. Both will attend the secret initiation ceremony.

Karen got to tour the campus. They attended the women's soccer match against the University of Portland. They dined at a nice Italian restaurant in Moscow.

On Sunday afternoon they may take a boat tour on Lake Coeur D'alene in Idaho.

Katelyn, Karen, Alicia
Dining in Moscow, Idaho

Alicia was a Chi Omega member at California State Polytechnic
University at Pomona and has stayed in regular contact with
her sorority sisters in Los Angeles. She attended Katelyn's
initiation ceremony into Chi Omega at WSU.
and she she was allowed to att

Family Activities: Karen's Hip Surgery

 Karen had hip replacement surgery yesterday 3/8 at the Peace Health Hospital in Vancouver.  We arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am, and I left around 3 pm.

The surgery went well.  She is recovering nicely.  They had her stay at the hospital last night.  

I will pick Karen up today and bring her home.  We will have lessons from physical therapists and occupational therapists.  Once cleared by the doctor we will drive home.  

We are prepared for appropriate "by the book" recovery protocols.  They give you a large notebook with instructions, lots of verbal reinforcement, and tools and methods needed for effective recovery of a hip replacement.  

Our 55th Wedding Anniversary

Karen and I were married on January 26, 1967.  

We raised our two children together.  

We lived in Bell Gardens (14 years), Biloxi, Mississippi (4 years), Hacienda Heights (13 years), Red Bluff, California (19 years), and Vancouver, Washington (5 years).  Karen retired at age 67 and I at age 70.  

Innumerable THANK YOU's for a great life with a fine and caring wife, Karen.  Outstanding 55 Years with You!!

Happy Birthday, Blanche Karen Eubanks Garofalo

Today is the 73nd birthday of my beloved wife of 54 years.

Happy Birthday, Karen!!

She is my best friend, pal, buddy, and supporter.  We have shared a long and very happy life together.

We raised two children, Alicia and Michael.  We now have two grandchildren.

Best wishes to everyone for good health and happiness on St. Patrick's Day 2021.

54th Wedding Anniversity

 Blanche Karen Eubanks and Michael P. Garofalo were married in 1967 in Huntington Park, California.
We raised two children, Alicia and Michael.
We have lived in Southern California, Northern California, and now Washington State.

We have been a good team, worked hard, enjoyed life, and loved each other and many others.

Happy Birthday Karen Garofalo

Best wishes for good health, well being, and happiness in your 7th Decade of Life.  I love you!

Also, a joyful St. Patrick's Day.

A family dinner tonight: corn beef sandwiches, potato salad, cole slaw, and Irish Whiskey.

Yesterday, Saturday, we all went to McMenamins restaurant in Kalama, Washington.  The new restaurant and hotel are adjacent to the Columbia River in Kalama along the levy.  Here is a photo of the three generations of ladies in our family

Thanksgiving 2017

November

Seasons

Sisters Reunited

Karen returned yesterday from her 10 day trip to Indiana.  Her sister, Betty, who lives in Las Vegas, traveled with Karen to Indiana.  They visited with their two sisters who live in Indiana.  Her sister Barbara and her husband Junior live in Alexandria, Indiana.  Her sister Ginger and her husband Sam live in Sullivan, Indiana.  Betty is a widow.  

They had an enjoyable visit with each other.  Betty is the oldest at 81 years of age, and Karen is the youngest at 68 years of age.  

My wife, Karen, lived in Alexandria, Indiana, from birth to the 4th grade.  Then, her parents, Delmer and Alice Eubanks, moved to California.  

In the picture below, from left to right, are: Karen, Ginger, Barbara, and Betty.  

Karen Garofalo, Reiki Master, Red Bluff, CA

Karen Garofalo, Reiki Master, Third Degree 

In the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Tradition
Valley Spirit Center
Red Bluff, California

Schedule appointments with Karen by telephone.  

Reiki: Bibliography, Quotations, Information, Resources 
Karen's Reiki Homepage

Reiki Research Group, Gratitude Center in Red Bluff, California

Karen's husband, Mike Garofalo, has studied the Chinese energy art of Chi Kung for over 30 years, and has taught Chi Kung (Qigong) and Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) since 2000.   You can make arrangements to study with Mike in Red Bluff. 

Both Karen and Mike are active gardeners.