Several things were completed today. The person who usually does our church bulletin left this last week so I ended up taking on the task. It was a bit of a challenge as it requires using Microsoft Publisher but I've also been working on a newsletter for the park on the same program so have been getting comfortable with it. So with input from the pastor and choir director and a template created by one of our members, I got it put together, printed and folded for services tomorrow.
I've also been tackling the job of preparing food for our Mid Florida Winnies campout that will be held in April at Cedar Key. We are expecting 66 people and have only a small kitchen in the club house where we will meet so much of the food needs to be prepared in advance. I've been busy making a variety of muffins and freezing them. I also bought a flat of strawberries from the local farm market and got them all clean and cut up for part of the mix of fruit for breakfast one of the mornings.
A friend came over to do a bit of sewing on my machine. Then once she was done I tackled the last steps of binding a quilt I've been working on. It will be going to a child at the Shriner's Hospital in Tampa - one of the places our missions group supports. I've been using lots of donated material scraps to create this one.
In the late afternoon we took a break and went to the local theater to see Miracles from Heaven. Truly enjoyed that movie and obviously picked the perfect time as it started to spit as we were going in and by the time we came out the rain was over but it must have come down hard as there were huge puddles everywhere.
Beth called today to tell us that Don Thayer was doing a little better but is still on a vent in ICU up in Midland. He has been diagnosed with myasthinia gravis and is in a major crisis - unable to even breathe on his own. Today they removed all his blood and cleaned it before putting it back - not sure how that process works but it did perk him up a bit. They expect to have to do this several times over the next week. Beth and Dean had driven through an awful snow storm Thursday night to go to Petosky for a special weekend only to get in after a harrowing drive and only a few hours later get a call saying that Don had a stoke so they raced to Midland. It really wasn't a stroke but certainly was a crisis. Twelve inches of snow made it a couple of harrowing drives for the two of them though. And this is suppose to be spring.
I had a wonderful long chat with Jen today as well. She had called to see how Don was doing and then we had time to just catch up with each other. Noelle's archery team did well enough in the state competition that they may be going to Nationals in Louisville, KY in May.
I called and wished my good friend Mary Elizabeth Luttenbacher a very happy 95th birthday today. All I could do was leave a message as the family was having a huge gathering to celebrate and she of course was tied up with that.
Then tonight I found out that long time friend Dick Dusenbury died this morning. He had a bad fall last weekend and never recovered from it. He sure will be missed! They are long time members of our church in Royal Oak and were part of our couples bridge club.
Its been a full day!
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