'Jonathan' asked a question about our wood flooring in yesterday's post. here's a few photos of the old renovating days... We still have a lot of projects to do but our house is very comfortable and livable now...! Jack is shown here inspecting the work we did... 
OK, it's really my fault, but Peepers has to share some of the blame... I left my computer on a couple of nights ago, and Peepers slept on my keyboard and walked all over it and now I'm having some issues with my picture resolution...
It's not the first time she's reconfigured one of our computers, either. She just likes the warmth it emanates... I don't blame her... She's just being a cat... But it is particularly annoying...! A couple of years ago when Hobbes was a kitten he chewed Monica's power cord to her computer... We had to get a new one... Hobbie was lucky he didn't get fried...!
But I guess If my computer issue is the only problem I'll face today, I'll be fine... A lot worse things could have happened...!
Today I ma heading out to Clear Lake in just a little bit. I have lessons all morning and then all afternoon. In fact... this morning is the start of 4 solid days of action packed tennis. Saturday I'm going to Columbia Lakes in the morning and then I'm helping with a tournament the rest of the weekend at Quail Valley Country Club. Then Monday I'm back at Columbia Lakes with the first of my week long Thanksgiving Break events...! I may not have much opportunity to update this site until the middle of next week... Stay tuned and see what happens...!
This is Coach Sam Signing off... Bye for now...
Here's Jack . He's catching a little sun, napping on the floor of our living room. Peepers is just barely visable in the shadows above Jack. In case you're wondering about the statistics on Jack, he's a little over 20 lbs...!
Today I have experienced another rain out... Tennis Coaches that work outside can't ply their trade if the courts are wet... So I've spent the day inside working on the house. I've been cleaning the floors and since we have nearly 2000 square feet of wood laminate flooring, that's no small job... I'm taking a short break from the floor project for this quick post. Peepers is thinking she needs to lay in my lap every time I sit down at my desk... She's especially cuddly today!
After the floor project I'll probably work in the garage for about an hour or so and then back to work in my office. It's a mess. There's ton's of filing to do... And actually that's why I need to work in the garage because I have some file storage out there, too. Plus... There's just something cool about working in the garage. I guess it's a 'man' thing...
Well, I posted a few more Chadwell Cat photos. Jack loves to lay in the sun...! And Gabriel is up to his usual mischief. He loves to have his picture taken. Jack is fairly neutral on the subject.
Ok, this is getting boring. I'd better get back to work...
Bye for now... Coach Sam
Here's a photo of Hobbes working out on Monica's exercise mat. Yeah, Right. Actually it's just one of the many photos I have of Hobbes taking a cat nap in an unusual position.
I was able to get in one private lesson yesterday. Then it rained me out the rest of the day. But I used my time wisely, stringing some racquets, straightening my office at Columbia Lakes, and making some phone calls and sending and receiving emails.
This entire week looks like a rain out. Oh well... I used to get depressed over stuff like that but now I'm better at taking it in stride. This just allows me to get caught up on many projects I have here at home. I'm going to journal a bit this morning... Including my tennis tip journal... Then I'll update my website a little... Then I'm going to clean the hardwood floors here at our house. The floor is absolutely yuchy right now. We've had several days of contractors coming in and out, not to mention that yours truly is not the neatest person around, either...
Anyway, that will take up my morning...
Today's Chadwell family photo is of Hobbes. He's just collapsed after a vigorous pilates workout...! Actually, No. It's just Hobbes in his natural state: sleeping.
Thanks for reading my journal. Bye for now...
Coach Sam
I'm up and at it early this morning. I've been writing in my journals since 4 AM. It's 5 AM now and I'm starting to rub off on my wife, too. She's instructed me to awaken her every morning at 5 AM so she can do her pilates workout. I need to go ahead and get her up... Ok, I'been istructed to give her ten more minutes... what am I...? a human snooze button...? Oh well... I guess I am...!
So, I want to be on the road by 5:30 AM if I can... I want to miss all the bad traffic. And it won't hurt me to get to Columbia Lakes early this morning because I need to string a few racquets for someone. My first leson is at 9 AM then I have a gap in my schedule for a bit. Then I go back on the court starting at 3 PM and stay on until 8 PM... So, it's a good 6 and a half hours of lessons today...!
That's about it. My 'gap time' will be spent making phone calls and sending emails. Hopefully the weather will hold out for this afternoon. But I can't control that so what ever will be will be... Take care and have an awesome day. Thanks for reading my journal.
Coach Sam
Here's my partner for the first round, Paloma Escobedo. She played great and we won...! Wow, look at my stomach...! I'd better start doing Pilates workouts with my wife...
I tried to post an update this morning but was having some technical difficulties with my computer and lost the information.
I participated in a Pro Am to benefit the Houston Parks and Rec's junior program. There were 6 teams in the event and my team played very well and we placed second over all, winning 3 matches, losing 1 and tying 1. I played 5 of my 6 matches on clay. That was fun. i haven't played on clay in awhile.
Members of my team included Delfin Ochoa, Jim Monts, Doug Phillips, Ginny Meis, and Daisey Quail, Paloma Escobedo, and Arriana Molina.
I'm definitely in poor shape these days. And my feet are killing me. By my last match which was just an 8 game set, my feet were killing me and my left knee was giving out a little bit.
But all in all it was a fun afternoon. I'm very proud of my team. You can check out some more photos of the pro am at tennisphotos.blogspot.com
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading my journal. See you next time. -Coach Sam
Emily Schaefer, Director of Tennis for the City Of Houston addresses the players before the Charity Pro Am begins. The event was held at Houston Racquet Club.
Today was a full day...! I had lessons this morning, then a full afternoon of working on the office marketing my Thanksgiving camps and then more lessons and drills to round out the evening. I always have a little trouble falling asleep right away on Wednesday nights. Probably because I play in the last drill and I've got a bit of adrenalin running.... At any rate, I feel like writing a bit tonight....
Right now Gabriel is playing on my desk as I'm typing. He's so cute...! ...A very good kitty!
And Peepers is hanging out here in my office, too. Hobbes is sleeping in the bedroom with Monica. I think Jack is outside some where. That's the kitty inventory....
Tomorrow I can stay home until 10 AM. Woohoo! Then I have to head to Clear Lake for afternoon lessons. It started raining a little tonight, but I don't think the weather is supposed to be too wet tomorrow. Just a little bit colder.
I thought I'd post a few more pictures of Hobbes and Gabriel. Here they are laying on my Wilson Briefcase. It's really neat how they've become so close. Hobbes acts like a caring big brother. He's very patient. And Gabriel seems to idolize Hobbes. He follows him around everywhere. And they really look quite a bit alike, too. They've got the best relationship of all our cats. Jack is kinda grouchy and hisses at Gabriel all the time. And Peepers... Well she doesn't like anybody. But she especially hates Hobbes. Cat psychology really is quite interesting. And our 4 cats have 4 distinctly different personalities.
Well, I think that's going to be it for tonight's posting. Thanks for reading my journal. I know it was kinda boring tonight. So thanks for hanging in there and reading to the end.. Now please, don't go straight outside and try to operate any heavy machinery or handle any sharpened objects..!
Bye for now.... Coach Sam
Here's Gabriel about to have a snack. Peepers has been trying to teach him to beg from the table. You can just barely see Hobbes' tail at the bottom of the picture. He has his back turned to Gabriel because Gabriel has been driving him crazy...!
Gabriel and Hobbes are watching someone or something very intently. Never mind that they are sitting on top of my toshiba satellite lap top computer which is inside my Wilson Briefcase...!
Here they are from another angle. Gabriel is squinting because ths is is the third or fourth picture I took in the span of a few seconds and the flash was bothering him...
My day tends to fall apart if I don't get out of bed by 4 or 4:30 AM... Today I didn't get up until 5:08 AM.... Sigh... I won't be able to spend the amount of time on my blogs that I like to...
Let me just recap yesterday by saying it was a good day. Monica had a good day, too...! Today I'm about to go to Columbia Lakes for the whole day. I plan to have a busy and productive day, there. I'm still working on my Thanksgiving schedule...
I think there's a slight chance of rain today so I might be able to go to church this evening... We'll see...
Today's Photo is of Gabriel and Hobbes. They look almost like brothers. I wish I could learn to relax like my cats... They've definitely got a good life!
The BIG Weigh In this Morning: 220 lbs...! Aaaagh.... That stinks. I gained a half pound. I don't see how that's possible. I was very active yesterday and really ate well. Alright. That's ok. I'm even more firm in my resolve to lose weight today. I'll bet tomorrow shows a decrease in Gravity's pull on my tissue...!
Well, I only have about 30 minutes left of my morning to get 45 minutes worth of stuff done so I'd better log off here.
Bye for now. Coach Sam
