Routine activities this month include: physical therapy on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons; work in church office Tuesday mornings; an on-going data input project for the pregnancy center at home several days a week; and recordkeeping for the church food bank on Friday afternoons.
November 1 through 15:
Tuesday, 11/2, was my granddaughter Vanesa’s 23rd birthday. She came to have supper with JP, Kellie and Emma and came over to see me and her great-grandfather for a few minutes so I could give her birthday gift to her. The following Tuesday, 11/9, Dad and I were guests of our financial advisor, Evan Guido of AKSALA Wealth Advisors, on a client-appreciation luncheon cruise out of Marina Jack’s in Sarasota. The weather was perfect for our two-hour cruise around Sarasota Bay.
Thursday, 11/11, was Veterans’ Day. There was no school for Emma, so we went on a morning walk. This was the third walk in a row that ended with us in the rain. Both my Dad and my husband, Rick, are veterans. Dad served in the Navy during the Korean war and Rick, pictured below, served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. They went to many of the same places in Asia while in service.
Saturday’s in the fall usually mean watching college football on tv. Since I graduated from FSU, I try to watch them. Today, Saturday, 11/13, it was FSU vs Miami. FSU won. On Sunday, 11/14, my son, John Philip Hoffmeister, turned 42. He wanted to have a quiet, restful day, so we just opened gifts without any fanfare.
Thursday, 11/18, was a rainy day which might have been the reason that we had fewer than usual attendees join Dad and me at the Senior Saints pot luck “Give Thanks” supper at church.
Hence go for herbal products. cialis samples
Regardless of that, we had a good meal and a nice visit before heading home to watch Thursday night football. I returned to church Friday, 11/19, to attend a Senior Saints Planning Committee Meeting before working at the Food Bank which provided food to more than 72 families in two hours.
Saturday, 11/20, it was FSU vs Boston College on tv. FSU won.
Monday, 11/22, would have been Rick’s 72nd birthday. I miss him every day. The picture below was taken in June 2017.
Thursday, 11/25, was Thanksgiving. It was just immediate family at J.P. and Kellie’s for dinner this year – Kellie’s parents; Dad and me; Kellie, J.P. and both of their girls. The girls had helped Kellie the day before with some of the preparations. Vanessa is now 23 and Emma is 8. The table setting was very festive. We had a traditional dinner and the homemade apple and pumpkin pies were delicious.
On Friday, 11/26, J.P. and Kellie started putting up their Christmas decorations and on Saturday, after the Florida/Florida State football game (which FSU lost, making this the last game of the season), JP came over to get all of my Christmas decorations out of my attic for me. I am still restricted to picking up very little weight with my left arm, so I would not have been able to do it without his help.
Emma was supposed to sing in church on Sunday, 11/28, along with some of her classmates; but a couple of them were sick, so that was postponed.
I took Dad to get his hair cut early Monday morning, 11/29, then dropped him back at home and headed to the Kia dealership. My “tire air pressure” light had been coming on for about two weeks – even after I filled the tires. My friend, Jackie Sosville, is in town, so she picked me up at the Kia place and I had a nice visit with her and her mother while the dealership updated some software in the car and found a nail in one of the tires and fixed it. On Tuesday, 11/30, I put a Christmas arrangement at Rick’s stone which Emma calls “Papi’s rock”.
Our journey has been inspired by Joy and Steve Fredrick. You can see more of their story at