Janet Davis Cleaners - June 2018

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JUNE 2018

LEADING BY EXAMPLE How My Dad Modeled Healthy, Supportive Fatherhood

When you’re a kid, you don’t think your environment is extraordinary. But over the years, I learned from his example and applied it to my own life. My dad and I spent a lot of time together when I started working for the family business, and we still see each other consistently and have lunch with each other almost every day. Obviously, I prefer to see him outside of work, but he is still someone I look up to, and I learn something from him each day.

The best part of being a dad is going home every night to two smiling faces calling my name and begging for hugs and kisses. Becoming a father has taught me how to be a better person. Once I had kids, I had to learn how to become a better time manager, a better delegator, and a more patient and understanding individual. It also made me cherish time away from work and the moments I get to spend with my family. As my girls grow up, I want to teach them to think for themselves and work hard, and I want them to know what love really looks like. Just as my dad did for me, I want to lead by example and provide them with positive experiences so they can look back and say, “I had a great childhood.” My dad was always there for me, even when he worked long hours, and I plan on being there for my daughters no matter the cost.

When I was growing up, my parents went out of their way to make sure my siblings and I felt comfortable and secure. My dad never let us know when business was bad, and we had no idea about those hard times until years later. Both of my parents shouldered the burden so that we didn’t have to. If we needed anything, they were there to help us get it, but they also encouraged us to work for what we wanted. Sometimes I’d tell my dad that I wanted (not needed) something, and he would say, “Okay great! Go out and work for it!” As a kid, I never heard my dad complain about anything. No matter what, even if he was in a tough situation, my dad went out and took care of business. He has always been a go-getter. As a child, I didn’t realize how valuable this attitude could be. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I realized what he did for our family.

“The best part of being a dad is going home every night to two smiling faces calling my name and begging for hugs and kisses.”

I hope you have a great Father’s Day. We look forward to seeing you soon.

My dad did a great job of preparing me to be a father to my girls. He never sat me down and told me the secrets of parenthood, but through his example, I learned what it means to be a caring, supportive father.

–Kyle Matthews

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Camping doesn’t have to mean settling for prepackaged snacks, dehydrated meals, and boring hot dogs. In fact, cooking during your camping trip can be fun, easy, and incredibly tasty. One of the simplest ways to prepare camp meals is with a Dutch oven and charcoal. Like crockpots, Dutch oven meals require very little work and dirty few dishes. Best of all, you can add an endless variety of food to your camp menu! The briquettes around the Dutch oven provide long-lasting and consistent heat distribution. The number of briquettes you use depends on the size of your Dutch oven and what you’re cooking. However, you can use the following chart as a rule of thumb to determine how many briquettes you need for certain temperatures and oven sizes. THE PERFECT CAMP-COOKING PAIR Charcoal and Dutch Ovens

At Janet Davis Cleaners, we are honored that so many customers love our service enough to recommend us to friends and family. We can’t possibly express how much these referrals mean to us, but with our new referral program, we’re coming close. Now, each time you refer a new customer to Janet Davis Cleaners, both parties will receive a $10 dry cleaning certificate, and you will be entered into the grand prize drawing, which takes place at the beginning of July. In order to qualify for the referral program, the referred customer must be new and sign up for route service. Customers entered into the grand prize drawing will have a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Joe Muer Seafood as well as a five-hour limo service! You have from now until the end of June to refer friends and family. Each new referred customer qualifies you for one entry into the grand prize drawing. If you have questions about the referral program, please give us a call. JANET DAVIS NEW REFERRAL PROGRAM!

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Cooking with a Dutch oven is as simple as combining your ingredients, heating your briquettes, and placing them beneath and on top of your oven. Each briquette adds 10–20 degrees of heat. For breakfast, prepare a hash with bacon, eggs, onions, potatoes, cheese, salt, and pepper. For lunch, try cooking campfire nachos with tortilla chips, ground beef, beans, onions, cilantro, cheese, and avocado. And for dinner, butterfly your freshly caught trout and bake it with some potatoes and butter. Cooking while camping should be an enjoyable experience. Pack a Dutch oven and charcoal briquettes the next time you’re out in the wilderness to add a fun and rustic element to your meals.

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3 GREAT REASONS TO

Preserve Your Wedding Dress

As any bride knows, the perfect wedding dress is hard to come by. Whether you’re planning your wedding or just recently got married, you know that you want to protect that dress for a long time. Preserving your wedding dress is a long-term investment that can pay off for generations to come. Here are three great reasons to preserve your dress. PREVENT DAMAGE Between all the eating, drinking, and merrymaking of your wedding day, protecting your dress can be a challenge. If you end up staining your dress during the night, it may not be a big deal at first, but these stains can hurt the fabric in the long run. Untreated stains can wear down the fabric and make it prone to tearing.

Preserving your dress can prevent stains from eating away at the delicate fabric.

PRESERVE AN HEIRLOOM If you hope to pass your dress on one day, it needs to be preserved. When you preserve and store your dress correctly, you can rest assured that the material will stay in top condition until the next wearer is ready to walk down the aisle. And if the next bride decides they want to alter the dress, preservation makes this possible by keeping all of the materials intact and in great condition. INCREASE VALUE Preservation not only protects the materials, it also protects the value of your dress. A dress that has been preserved is worth more than a dress

that has not been properly taken care of after a ceremony. Even if the value of your dress is not at the forefront of your mind, future generations may be glad you preserved your family heirloom so well. Wedding dress preservation is a must for any bride who wants to create a living memory or pass their dress on someday. If you’re in need of wedding dress preservation, call us at (248) 543-0340. We are the wedding dress preservation experts!

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Father’s Day CHILI LIME CHICKENWINGS

This Father’s Day, spice up your wings with this zesty recipe that’s sure to please the whole family.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 pounds chicken wings • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened • 1 1/4 tablespoons Thai red curry paste • 1/4 cup honey

• 1/4 cup soy sauce • 1 lime, halved • Extra-virgin olive oil • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • Chopped cilantro for garnish

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 425 F. 2. Rinse wings under cold water and pat dry. Season liberally with salt and pepper, and drizzle with olive oil. Roast on a baking sheet for 25 minutes or until skin becomes crisp and brown. 3. Blend butter, red curry paste, honey, and soy sauce in a large mixing bowl. 4. Toss wings in butter mixture. Squeeze lime juice on top, transfer to serving plate, and garnish with cilantro. 3 (248) 543-0340

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Modeling Healthy, Supportive Fatherhood

Prepare Camp Meals With a Dutch Oven

Referrals Aren’t Just Something, They’re Everything

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3 Great Reasons to Preserve Your Wedding Dress

Father’s Day Chili Lime Chicken Wings

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3 Fathers Who Risked It All for Their Kids

3 AWESOME DADS

Fathers Who Put Their Lives on the Line for Their Kids

This Father’s Day, thousands of dads will receive a “No. 1 Dad” mug to sip coffee out of at the office. But the following dads took that “No. 1” to a new level. BRIAN MUNN GAVE HIS SON A LIVER TRANSPLANT. When doctors discovered that baby Caleb Munn had a rare disease called biliary atresia, they told his parents that he was unlikely to survive past age 2 without a liver transplant. Luckily, his father was a perfect match, and he eagerly donated part of his liver in March of 2015 to save his son’s life. GREG ALEXANDER BATTLED A BEAR FOR HIS SON’S LIFE. While camping in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Greg Alexander was startled awake at dawn by the screams of his 16-year-old son, Gabriel. He rushed out of his hammock to see a black bear dragging his son away by the head. Without hesitation, he kicked the beast in the side, and when that didn’t work, he leapt onto its back and started punching it in the face. When the bear finally released Gabriel, Greg threw rocks until it fled. His son was hurt but made a full recovery in the hospital over the coming weeks.

ARTUR MAGOMEDOV SAVED HIS DAUGHTERS FROM ISIS. Artur Magomedov was devastated to discover that his wife had taken his 3- and 10-year-old daughters from their home in Dagestan under the cover of night, flown to Turkey, and crossed into Syria to join ISIS. But he resolved to get his kids back. After a long, hazardous journey, he arrived in Tabqa to embrace his two daughters. To leave the caliphate — under penalty of death — they hitched a ride to the border one night and crawled along a railway line until they were within 70 meters of the border. Then they ran under fire from Turkish border guards until they could scramble into tall grasses. After some help from the Russian consulate in Istanbul, they made it back home, together again and safe.

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