September Recap

September was not much of an improvement over August, and July, and June, and May...

Here's some highlights (and in some cases lowlights)

I talked face to face/telephone/ text..with  Sandy, every Monday., Tristan. With Mia for her birthday, with Nuri for her name day, with Monica and Irina, with Sonya, with Dewey, with Jennifer, and with Rosa, a friend from Idaho that I had not heard of for about 30 years. And of course, daily calls with Norbert.

Healthwise, I had my diabetes test and is at goal, and I feel good although I had a weird day September 22 (1st day of Fall) when I felt out of sorts, that's the only way I can explain. I do my daily exercise walking the dog, nothing extraneous here ;)

We had a pretty sharp earthquake on September 18, a 4.8. It shook me and Lulu quite a bit!

Damn pandemic still hanging around, so I'm still sheltered at home and very happy to have a large garden, and flowers, and herbs, and tomatoes, to keep me happily busy. And as usual, I do a lot of reading, lots of movie watching etc. I still haven't done any painting. But I will start soon. It's been HOT!

I miss my daughter and grandson, and I'm glad Lizzie lives here with me. I miss being able to travel and drive around. We thought about driving to Utah, but I chickened out. It's still not safe for me and I don't want to risk it. 

My hopes for October...

I hope things get better for my Utah family. Love you all.

I hope Mia and Hasse's health improves. Love you both.

I hope things get better, in the US and Spain. And the world.

I hope the pandemic goes away!

BOOKS I'VE READ IN SEPTEMBER

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN SEPTEMBER

And a lot of Schitt's Creek :)

Let's all have a good October, please :)

September days

 There's still fires going on in California. But the weather is starting to feel like Fall. It's not as hot although we've had 100F weather a few days. Is very pleasant in the evenings. 

I just was reading Instagram, and one of the people that I befriended when we were doing the August IG challenge asked me if I wanted to participate in an October challenge (I don't know who started this one) but the title is MINDFUL IN THE GARDEN, and because my garden and gardening is something that I like to do and take pictures of, I'm going to do it. Here's the challenge if any of you want to play along :)

It will give me something to do, right? :)

Tomorrow is "my" shopping day at Trader Joe's. I enjoy shopping there, is clean and has cool stuff and it's easy to keep the distance to other customers in these pandemic days. Because is Fall, it's all about pumpkin in its many different varieties. I don't like pumpkin although one of my favorite things to eat are ensaimada rellena de cabello de angel. My daughters take joy in reminding me that cabello de angel is the "hair" inside the pumpkins, ew!

Some information...Cabello de ángel is a transparent threaded jam made from Siam pumpkin pulp and white sugar. It originated in Mallorca. There are even easy recipes to make cabello de angel with the fibers of the more common spaghetti squash lol

Siam pumpkin

Stay safe and positive, and remember I love you all very much :)

Reminiscing

 Both my daughters wrote about our trip to Barcelona 5 years ago in September. It was my first trip back home after 15 years and it was just a great trip. I just hope I can go back at least one more time.

Here's some pictures...

                                                                 And back to La Mirada
                                    

I'll be back...

Musically speaking

 I like that sometimes Sandy posts about some music she's listening to or that she likes. So I think I will try to do that too.

~JERUSALEMA~

 I heard it first in Tik Tok. It's a South African song, from Angola, and there's a dance that has gone viral, people from all over the world has done a version of it.  The original is from a South American DJ and producer named Master KG, featuring Nomcebo. 

I will also put a link to the song danced by an African family in Boise Idaho. If you check You Tube there's many versions of that dance, some very cool ones.

I hope you listen and enjoy it.

Fun Fact: I learned the words in the original language (Zulu) and I can move to  it (very badly) along with the video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIHhfl8fIj4         with lyrics in Zulu, English and French

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZVL_8D048     Original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7gzv9q0_AA       Boise family

Something different

I was hoping for something a little different for September, but the first couple of days were the same as August, hot weather, staying at home, going to TJ's etc.

One day in August Lizzie and I talked about having a "drinking day" at home. On Friday she got tacos from Reventaco for lunch. I had 2  crispy fish tacos with no cabbage and extra crema. It was delicious, we usually have Reventaco once a week. I had a Coronita with it. I was going to take a picture of the lunch but by the time I though about it, I had already finished it. But I took one anyway.

After lunch, we decided to have a Margarita, it comes in an 8oz can and it has the tequila in it, it's pretty good. We went outside and drank the Margarita, and then we had another, and another. We sat in the "galin galan" and talked and shared stories and had fun looking at Lulu running around the garden. 

We decided to have some more Margaritas, this time they were smaller cans and they were fizzy, we had 2 or 3 I guess. Then we went back inside and had some Mai Tais from the same San Diego Company  that made the 8oz Margaritas.

We kept on talking and about this time I decided I was getting tipsy.

I called Sandy, I called Norbert and I told him I was drunkish, I texted Sandy some very nonsensical words: "I'm like may e drinkish:$ Yassss!"

After that I sort of blacked out. Lizzie decided that I needed some fresh air and we went to take a walk with Lulu. It seems that I was saying hi to any neighbor that was outside on my street. 

When we got inside I was ready to go to sleep. I'm afraid  I puked a couple of times and then I lay down in my room, on the floor between my bed and the chest of drawers. L wanted me to get into my bed but I said I was comfortable on the floor but I wanted a pillow.

After a while I woke up and the world was turning so to speak, plus I was all yucky. I got into bed and the next day I asked L if she helped me put my nightgown on but she said I did it myself (I have no recollection of it).

At 4AM I woke up and went to take a shower and washed my hair, then I felt a little better. I also took an Alka Seltzer and went back to sleep.

Next day I of course had a hangover and a headache.

And that, dear readers, is what made my day something different. 

August Recap

The main thing about August is that it was HOT! We had many days around 100F and over. So good we have AC!
Basically August has been a repeat of May, June and July. The Corona Virus is still around soI've been staying home, just going out to walk Lulu, and a couple of times to Trader 's Joe. So glad I have a nice garden both front and back, with a great tomato plant, and nice flowers and herbs. 
Sandy and Marty has their 27th Anniversary, and also a new dog called Mac that keeps her busy!
Norbert had a fall again, still not so sure how he did it but he hit his back and shoulder pretty badly and call 911 to take him to ER. His sister came from Las Vegas to help him because he was in pain. He's OK now.
Lizzie and I are doing well. We've been eating very nicely this summer, getting take out, having Blue Apron and even  I cooked a few times. 
I watched a lot of movies, read a few books, and enjoyed posting daily in IG for #augustbreak2020.

BOOKS I'VE READ

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED

Here's hoping that September is a great month!

Stay home, wash your hands. Love you all!