December Recap

 I will do a quick recap of December, and later I will do a recap of 2020. 

The month started with some appliances needing replacement: New refrigerator, and new water heater. I also had to have my kitchen sink unclogged.

We decorated the house inside and Norbert came and put the lights outside. All is merry and bright. We also drove around to see the decorations around the neighborhood.

There were some celestial happenings: The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn during the winter solstice, a meteor shower,full moon on Dec 29 called The Wolf Moon. And weather-wise, we had a GREAT storm on the last week of 2020. Thunder, lightning, hail storm. Very rare. We also had some 85F days.

It was also the month of my 78th birthday, December 17th. That makes me a full-fledged senior citizen ;) I had face to face calls from Mia, Nuri , Sonia and Sandy. Very nice.

We had a nice Christmas the 3 of us. We enjoy gardening daily,(my new garden of succulents are thriving) talking to Sandy on Mondays, It was fun getting presents for both my birthday and Christmas. Thank you girls!

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN DECEMBER

BOOKS I'VE READ IN DECEMBER

I didn't reach my goal of reading 77 books, I made it to 75

Goodbye 2020 - Welcome 2021

Sunset and Full Moon

 Ever since the pandemic started to be noticed by me, in March 2020, I have hardly gone anywhere. Just to the grocery store (Trader Joe's mainly) and to some other stores. And to get some take out food, many times. I have also drive around town and walked the dog daily. But that's about it.

I have missed going to the beach. So today I told Lizzie that I wanted to go watch the sunset before the end of the year. Sunset now is at 4:50PM, so we left at 4:09 because I had to get a few last minute things, and drove all the way down Valley View. There was a delay in the traffic and we got down to Sunset Beach just at the nick of time to see the sunset. It was gorgeous,you could see Catalina Island very clearly, blue skies, and bright orange as the sun disappeared in the horizon. I was happy.

When we were driving back home, we saw a very bright full moon above us. It was magical. I took a picture of the full moon as seen thru our backyard pergola, which was decorated with Christmas lights.

 

SERENDIPITY

My birthday :)

  I turned 77 years old last December 17. I guess I'm a very senior citizen now! 

When I turned 75, my daughters had a surprise for me, we were going to spend a few days in Savannah, GA, it was a city I had always liked to visit and I was not disappointed. We also went to Charleston and Tybee Island.We enjoyed a lovely stay, great cities, good food (at a beautiful Restaurant on my day), great company!

When I turned 76 last year, they had another great thing planned. We stayed in a very nice hotel in San Diego, with views of the Bay, and went to the Star of India for a great show. Lizzie read a poem and we met all the musicians etc. It was a fun time. We had my birthday dinner at  Ruth Chris's Restaurant and it was incredible

This year, well. We are having a pandemic. We are advised not to travel, restaurants are closed. Sandy wanted to fly down but couldn't because of these circumstances. So it was Lizzie and me, and Lulu. We thought we could go to La Huasteca (I love their Margaritas) but  no outside dining. So we had a steak dinner from Blue Apron, with Freixenet Cava, and chocolate cake. It was very nice. 

My sister Mia called me from Sweden and we had a nice talk, she's looking very well. Then my niece Monica and my sister Nuri called me from San Feliu de Guixols, and as usual, we had a pretty chaotic conversation, Sonia also called, and of course Sandy called too :)  

I had very nice gifts. Sandy gifted me with a DIY succulent garden, that was fun to put together, Lizzie gave me some toe socks, I've been wanting some of them for a while, so fun. An address, internet book, very needed, some yummy cookies and a lovely birthday candle.

Hopefully next year the pandemic will be over and we can spend my 78th together in some cool place :)

Thank you girls!!! :)

November Recap

 November went by fast. Still in the middle of the pandemic that has no sign of slowing down.

The main news was the Presidential election. I'm not getting into politics, but it seems like Biden is going to be the president-elect, although it has not been made official yet. 

Lizzie had a birthday but because of Covid, we couldn't celebrate properly. I cooked for dinner her favorite things, breaded pork with cheese, all I oli and asparagus. It was a nice day. She got a new tennis racket too :)

There's been all kinds of weather this month, from hot 98F yo pretty chilly in the high 40's, to very windy. But no rain and mainly mild days and cool nights. And sunny.

Thanksgiving was nontraditional. We decided on a Mexican meal from Reventaco, it was good and satisfying. Our next-door neighbor gave us some cookies and a pumpkin pier, we also bought a pecan pie.

We talk to Sandy every Monday and it's so nice to at least be able to see her and get some peeks of Tristan and Marty, and of course, Mac.

We had to replace our refrigerator, basically we got a clone of the one we had, that was Lizzie and my Christmas gift to each other.

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED THIS MONTH

BOOKS I'VE READ THIS MONTH

Wishing you all a great December