70th Anniversary: Thanking Volunteers & Families

Today was the big celebration thanking all the volunteers who come to make Maunalani an enjoyable place for the residents. There are over 200 people who come at various times of the year to help out. I was able to get Dad out of bed to attend the celebration which started with CNA Chin performing on Korean taiko in traditional Korean outfit. Then CNAs Marissa & Ki'ini performed a hula. After the video that was shown Dad wanted to go back to his room, so we did.

CNA Chin playing Korean taiko drums.

L to R: Marissa & Kiʻini.

The video was a short, professionally done promo about Maunalani. It was really interesting to see old photos of the construction of the original residence along with current shots of the facility and staff. There was also footage showing the facility from the air; I'm not sure if that was done by drone or by plane. Some of the shots were in a calendar that was given out.

The main entrance to Maunalani.

Popokilani's 15 minutes of fame!

An aerial view from a few years ago.

On my drive up to do my sunrise walk I saw Mary & Noe on their way back home; they must have started quite early this morning. During my walk I saw Mike & Dulci with Laure, Champ, & Molly just starting their walk. Later I saw Dean at the bottom of Lurline. I didn't see any other regulars while walking or during my cool down stretches.

Nineteen minutes before sunrise on Waiʻalae.

Eight minutes before sunrise on Maunalani.

Nine minutes after sunrise on Sierra.

Kai called while I was doing my cool down stretches. The car donation folks picked up the Loyale. Dan never called Kai to check out the car even after I left a message saying he needed to get to it before the car donation people contacted us again. He had almost 2 weeks but he never initiated any contact about the Loyale.

I have misplaced my water bottle again, its the nice metal one Suzanne gave me. I thought I had left it either in Restroom #1 or at the Reception Desk at Maunalani yesterday afternoon as I was on my way out to the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi class but I could not find it at either place. I later found out it was found at the reception desk and was placed in the staff break room. But someone moved it and they are on the look out for it.

Dad appeared to be completely done with breakfast by the time I arrived at his room at about 8:30. They brought his breakfast a lot earlier today. Or maybe it is me that is running late this morning? It turns out there was a staffing shortage so Dad's breakfast arrived at near 10 so I skipped my mid-morning walk. He ate all his fried egg sandwich, papaya, and banana. He drank 240 ml cranberry juice but no water.

Lunch today was Spaghetti and meat sauce, Italian mix vegetables, Tossed salad, Fresh honeydew cubes, and Cream of broccoli soup; obviously it was not honeydew for dessert. Even though he had a late breakfast, Dad ate all his 1/2 peanut butter & banana sandwich and 2 pieces of cake He drank 240 ml orange juice but no water.

The cup of water is because I couldn't find my water bottle.

I left after Dad fell asleep after the celebration and found that there was a small gathering with light refreshments after the celebration. I had seen Mrs. Kunisaki earlier so I went and sat with her to chat for a while; her husband passed away in November. Both she and her daughter are adjusting to their loss. We both enjoyed the shrimp scampi dip and she was able to get the recipe from Tyler; he'll give me a copy when I see him later. It might become the replacement for the hot crab dip that I would take to potlucks; I have been unable to find the seasoning mix that I used to make the crab dip.

The cats seem to be figuring out how to get in to the Wireless Whiskers feeder. Luna has been eating enough so that the Wireless Whiskers has not been giving an Underfeed Alert for her for several days. S'mores is still getting an Underfeed Alert. But this afternoon I saw her eating on her own.


There was a meeting of Kokua Market members this evening to discuss whether to keep the co-op open. According to the bylaws, the board must give 70 days notice if they are going to close the co-op; so every 70 days or so there is a meeting for an update. If things begin to look like there is no hope, then they will take a vote on whether to close the co-op. Tonight's meeting, however, was promising. Weekly sales have gone up, partly due to increases in number of shoppers and amounts people are buying. With a weekly $2/basket increase in sales at the current number of shoppers they will be able to sustain a level that will enable them to get a $10,000 grant. Which will help them do other things to increase sales. So the next 70 days look promising.

My plan was to head over to Curtis' house after the meeting and spend the night there. The next morning he would drop me off at the airport to catch a flight to Hilo to meet my friend Michelle & her husband Mark, who are visiting from the Seattle area, and spend the day with them. While I was at the meeting I got a text from Michelle; Mark had slipped and fallen, hitting the back of his head. He was in the ER with vision problems; awaiting an MRI. They needed to cancel our visit. Fortunately, Hawaiian's policy is that (since I do not buy trip insurance) I have up to 1 year to rebook a flight and the fee I paid will be credited to the new flight; I also have to pay a small flight change fee. Since I fly often it is not a big deal.

Since I got back late, I did not do any art homework tonight. I had intended to finish watching Angela Fehr's video of yesterday's Beginner Watercolor Bootcamp; I started it earlier in the day and got about half way through before I had to stop.

Still not in ketogenesis. Although I can see a hint of pink by the end of the day, I think for me the key may be walking at least 3 miles a day along with eating no more than 25 g of carbs each day, in order to get me strongly in to ketogenesis.

At 6:26 am, upon waking.

At 4:08 pm.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau to Jennie!