Staying fit on upcoming show

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Creative Living

Information on ways to use a grapefruit section, preventative measures that keep eyestrain at a minimum, and the five components of fitness will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon.

Eleisha Ensign is the executive director for TexaSweet Citrus Marketing in Mission, Texas. She’s going to go over all the different ways you can use a grapefruit section. She’ll also show how to section a grapefruit quickly.

Since so many people spend a great deal of time in front of a computer screen, this experience is now being called computer vision syndrome. Dr. Edward Kondrot will talk about preventative measures that can be taken to help keep the problems to a minimum. He is with the Healing the Eye & Wellness Center in Dade City, Florida.

Author and fitness guru Kate McKay is going to talk about the five components of fitness. She says that being fit is defined by how well your body performs in each category. Her book is titled “Living Sexy Fit…at Any Age.” McKay is from Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Information on making a Messenger type bag, doing a faux wall painting, and felting fabric will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Sewing expert Pat de Santis will show how to make a Messenger type bag incorporating a dimensional Grandmother’s fan by using the EZ Dresden tool. This quilting lesson is a play on the Dresden plate but much easier to do. She is the vice president of corporate marketing with Wrights in West Warren, Massachusetts.

Barbara Wurden, owner of Faux Fun, Inc. in Long Beach, California, will demonstrate how to do a painting technique on walls using a sea sponge, masking tape and any type of water-based paint you already have on hand.

Vivian Lavinskas is the manager of consumer affairs with the Singer Sewing Co. in Lavergne, Tennessee, and she says that felting is a phenomenal way to recycle. She’ll show how to take an old sweater and “felt” it in the washer and dryer to create a piece of fabric to use for making a purse or other items.

Rio Star Grapefruit Lemonade

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 1/2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (14 lemons)

• 2 cups freshly squeezed Texas Rio Star Grapefruit juice (3 large grape fruit)

• 1 grapefruit cut into thin round halves for garnish

Prepare an ice bath. Combine the sugar and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan. Stir well and set over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until all of the sugar has dissolved. About 10 minutes. Pour the sugar syrup into a medium bowl and set the bowl in the ice bath to cool. Syrup should yield 2 1/2 cups. When ready to serve the beverage, combine the lemon juice, grapefruit juice, and the sugar syrup in a medium pitcher. Add the grapefruit garnish and fill with ice cubes. Serve immediately.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS

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