Friday, September 1 – Friday, September 15
On Friday, I worked on a special project for a couple of hours before going to Jackie’s for lunch and a vacation planning session. Then, I went to volunteer at the food bank and had supper with some of the other volunteers.
There was a pool party for Emma’s 10th birthday at the house on Saturday. Everyone seemed to have a good time both in the pool and playing on the big slide they had rented.
On Sunday, Emma and I had a meeting with Pastor Jonathan about her getting baptized. At the end of the meeting, her baptism was scheduled for September 17th. After church, we visited with my Dad.
Monday, September 4th, was the Labor Day holiday – a day of rest for me.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, I was back to my regular routine, volunteering in the church office then having lunch with Jackie at Jaxx in Palmetto. Wednesday morning, I visited Dad then went to choir practice in the evening.
I attended an annual meeting with my financial advisor, Evan Guido, on Thursday afternoon where we charted my financial course for the next year and was back at the food bank Friday afternoon. There was nothing on my schedule on Saturday.
On Sunday, the 10th, we did not go to see my Dad after church because his memory center had told me that he had an upper respiratory infection and we thought we should let him rest.
Some time ago, I started using the Publix Grocery Store website to create my shopping list. I just log in to their site and pick the things that I want to buy. It is put in order by the aisle in the store which makes my shopping quick and easy. When I logged in this morning, there was a pop-up that said that I was entitled to a free bunch of flowers. All I had to do was enter my phone number when checking out and the cost of the flowers would be removed. That was a nice way to start the day.
Since Tuesday, September 12, was the second Tuesday of the month, I did my volunteer work, had lunch with Jackie and then attended a Family Council Meeting at Dad’s memory care center. I also checked in on him to see if he was feeling better and to arrange to come up early Sunday morning to pick him up and bring him to church to see Emma’s baptism.
I had a normal Wednesday and attended an evening meeting of the Women’s Ministry Bible Study Group at Palm View First Baptist Church on Thursday and then returned to church to work at the food bank on Friday, the 15th.
September 16 – September 30
On Sunday the 17th, my 10-year-old granddaughter, Emma Grace Hoffmeister, was baptized at Palm View First Baptist Church by Reverend Jonathan Elwing. I drove up to Sun City Center (about 18 miles from my home) to pick up Dad so that he could attend the baptism.
In addition to Kellie, JP, Dad, and me, we were joined by a long-time family friend, Rebecca and Emma’s friend, Brooke. I do not put the young ladies faces on the web at their parent’s request.
Thursday 21, in Palm View’s Senior Saints meeting, we stuffed shoeboxes with small items to be sent to Samaritan’s Purse for distribution through their Operation Christmas Child project.
About 20 people worked together to fill about 50 shoeboxes.
Our coordinator, Brenda Rogers, had put items in an assembly-line format.
The boxes are separated into age groups for both boys and girls.
On, Friday 22, I updated our client list for the food bank and found that we had added 39 new clients in the past two months. Next week, we plan to make up 100 boxes of food for the week’s distribution.
JP and Kellie went out to eat Saturday night for an early celebration of their 13th wedding anniversary (which is Monday, 9/25.) Emma spent the night with me that night and then, on Sunday, we went to church and visited Dad before doing some quick shopping to get a couple of anniversary cards and a small gift for her parents.
Finishing out the month, I attended a funeral; had two doctor’s appointments; and three opportunities to volunteer.
