December 1 through December 15

Normal activities this month included: volunteering; choir practices, church and Sunday school, hair cut and massage.

On Saturday, 12/1, I sang with the choir at Samoset First Baptist Church’s annual “Walk through Bethlehem”. Dad enjoyed the music.

On Monday, 12/3, Kellie, JP and Emma visited Rick’s remains and left a beautiful Christmas poinsettia.

This month I visited the dentist twice and saw my oncologist for a check-up. My hysterectomy was two years ago and I now only have to go for check-ups every six months.

We all enjoyed the holiday open house held from 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, 12/8.

On Monday, 12/10, I helped Dad mail his Christmas cards and gifts to the family and attended the North River Care Christmas dinner at Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant. Pictured below are half of the attendees including the three staff members, Laura, Monica and Teri, that I have the privilege of working with every week.

December 16 through December 25

This was a pretty busy 10 days

On Sunday, 12/16, I taught Sunday school class as Kathy, the regular teacher, was on a cruise with her children. Dad stayed home, but I brought both of my granddaughters with me.

On Wednesday, 12/19, I saw my oncologist for check-up. It has been 2 years since my hysterectomy, so I will only have to see her twice a year for the next 3 years.

Thank goodness I had no appointments on Thursday, 12/20, as we were in tornado watch area most of the day. We lost power in the morning for about an hour and the water reached the top of the pool by noon.
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On Friday, 12/21, JP and I sold the house in Palmetto Point which we built in 1984. Vanessa and I went to the dress rehearsal for the Christmas cantata at church in the evening.

On Saturday, 12/22, I traded my 2017 Ford Explorer in on a 2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid for JP, then we went to the Kia place and started the paperwork to trade in his Explorer in on a new Kia Soul for me. We ran out of time to complete the paperwork so told them we’d come back on Monday.

On Sunday, 12/23, I attended church and Sunday School with Dad, Vanessa and Emma. In the evening, Vanessa and I participated in the performance of the Christmas cantata (including a duet by us) and followed by a finger-food fellowship. JP brought Emma to see her sister and grandmother sing, but they left after our duet.

Monday, 12/24 – Merry Christmas to me! I bought a silver Soul. Rick and I called our previous Soul the “Hamstermobile”, so I imagine that name will be applied to this one as well. Below is a picture of it.

About 4:00 in the afternoon, my brother-in-law Edward Hoffmeister, arrived for Christmas. He, Dad and I joined Emma, Vanessa, JP and Kellie along with her parents and half-sister, Terry, for a delicious Christmas Eve dinner of prime rib.

Tuesday, 12/25 – Dad, Edward and I joined JP, Kellie and Emma opening presents about 7:30 in the morning. Below is a picture of the Christmas stockings. We had so much that we had to have an “overflow” basket as well.

We rejoined them around 5:30 in the evening for the second round of present opening with Vanessa, Kellie’s parents, sister and Uncle Jack. Edward left before 7:00 p.m. to drive home to Ormond Beach.

Wednesday, 12/26 through Monday, 12/31

The last week of the year was spent taking down and putting away the Christmas decorations, with lots of relaxing in between work sessions. Dad and I also visited our local YMCA to take a tour of their facilities and make our plans to return next week. I bought both of us memberships for Christmas.

Normal activities this month included: volunteering; choir practices, church and Sunday school as well as visits from Home Healthcare professionals with Dad and watching FSU play football on tv on Saturdays.

Special Occasions celebrated:  Vanessa’s 20^th birthday on the 2^nd and JP’s 39^th birthday on the 14^th and Thanksgiving on the 22^nd.

On Wednesday, 11/7, I had lunch with a group of retired Manatee County Government Information Services Department and a short visit with Ken and Jackie.

On Friday, 11/9, I took Dad for his initial appointment with a local family practicioner just to establish himself as a patient.  Then, we joined Ken and Jackie at the Bradenton Yacht Club for an early supper.

Sunday, 11/11 – While the holiday was celebrated on Monday, the veterans were honored in church services today.  A great big thanks for all who served or are serving.  My father, uncle and husband all served in the Navy.

On Friday, 11/16, Dad and I attended a senior supper at church in the evening.

The neighborhood in which we live is called Twin Rivers.  There are many areas of preserve interspersed throughout and; therefore, lots of “wildlife” to be seen.  As I was driving home from the store on the morning of 11/17, I saw the sand hill cranes pictured below.

Over the years, Dad has taken friends and family on hundreds of “woods rides” in the Ocala Forest, JP and Emma took Dad and I on a “woods ride” along a trail down by the Manatee River.

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On Sunday, 11/18 – Emma went to church and Sunday school with Dad and me as Vanessa was working at her new job at the Shake Station in Ellenton (She started yesterday).

On, Monday, 11/19, Dad had his last physical therapy session.  The therapist made sure that Dad could do all of the exercises on his own before he took him out for a walk.

On Tuesday, 11/20, Dad had his last occupational therapy session while I went for a 3-month follow-up with my doctor.  We spent the afternoon preparing to go to Ormond Beach for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dad and I drove to Ormond Beach on Wednesday, 11/21, to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my brother-in-law, Edward Hoffmeister.    Before going to Edward’s, we drove by the home we used to live in on Standish Drive when I was in school.

Thanksgiviving day, 11/22, would have been Rick’s (my husband) 69^th birthday.  I miss him every day, but was glad to be with his brother and very thankful for the 45 years Rick and I had together.  Of course, my turkey wasn’t completely thawed when I was ready to start my prep, but it didn’t take too long to get “there”.  I had anticipated eating at 2:00, but we actually ate at  3:30.  Before leaving Ormond to return home to Parrish on Friday, 11/23, Dad talked with one of his old friends, Bob Wimmer and his wife Kathy and then had an opportunity to visit with another friend, Tim Langford.  We made plans to see Tim again in March for the Alligator Enduro motorcycle race.

Saturday, 11/24 – We watched the FSU vs Gator game in the afternoon which, unfortunately but not unexpectedly, we lost.  My daughter-in-law, Kellie, has been visiting her sister in Jacksonville and JP has to leave very early in the morning to run a marathon, so Emma spent the night with me.

Thursday, 11/29 – I had a yearly exam, then Dad had a visit from the home healthcare nurse.  She says he is doing well.  Rick’s Aunt Tillie called to say they would be in town in the afternoon and would like to stop by for a visit.  My brother, Rick, called to say that he had made arrangments for the pump at Dad’s place in the Ocala forest to be repaired and I should be getting a call from the fellow letting me know where to send the check.  We had a nice visit with Tillie and Jimmy in the afternoon and look forward to them moving from their long-time home of Andros Island in the Bahamas to the Twin Dolphins Marina in Bradenton next year.