This and that

Glad to have Marvin home again after an overnight stay at the hospital. Very nice day, the weather is awesome, warm in the day and cooling at night. Perfect weather. Norbert came over and the 3 of us went for an early dinner at El Torito. It was Norbert's Saint Day. He entertained us with his new stories about going on vacation to Budapest in July, a definitive maybe. He changes his mind very often! I had 2 pineapple coconut Margaritas. Very potent. Today was the first day going to obedience school for Lulu. There were 8 dogs, all different sizes and breeds. What we were taught today: Bonding. We need to make eye contact with our dog and say "YES" and give them a treat. Repeat 10 times. Lulu was well behaved and friendly but was not too keen on the eye contact, she'd rather watch the other dogs. I am not sure we learned a lot ;) Looking forward to having Lizzie come over this weekend! And I wish Sandy, Marty and Tristan a great vacation in Belize. Can't wait to hear all about it.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to  the youngest and prettiest 46 year old ever!

Love you :)
Mama

Books, books, books

I haven't done it in a while, so I will just send a list of the books I read in May:

MAY

Sophie Kinsella – I’ve got your number

Jennifer Coburn – The Wife of Reilly

Laura Dave – The Divorce Party

Ellen Degeneres - Seriously... I'm Kidding

"Anthology" - Unwrapped

Suzanne Finnamore - Otherwise Engaged

Elin Hilderbrand - the blue bistro

Jessie Knadler - Rurally Screwed

This last one has a blog with the same name, very entertaining

Busy Sunday



We all woke up later than usual today. Normally Lulu wakes up and needs to go out and eat, but today she was a good girl and let us sleep.

I fixed a nice late breakfast, bacon, scrambled eggs and farmer's potatoes. It was very good.

It was a lovely California day, blue skies, warm but not extremely hot. The cactus was blooming, and all the flowers looked lovely. Marvin set up the sprinklers and we enjoyed the outdoors.

Marvin started the ribs on the oven, I made a key lime pie (yes finally), and also made some salsa, and side dishes.

Norbert came to help with a couple of things. One of the kitchen cabinets had some loose screws and we were afraid it would fall off. He tightened it up. He also cleaned the outdoor fountain,the birds love it! and helped clean up some of the boxes in the new shed. Only 10 boxes to go!!!! :)

We all had dinner, and it was very good. As usual Norbert ate twice as much as we did, and then ate some more! The ribs were succulent and very tender, the salsa was just right, the pie, well we all liked it but didn't love it. I think it would be better homemade (This one came from a box).

Lulu had a field day playing with Norbert, they were both super hyper. By the time he left, she was exhausted and went to sleep right away.

A very nice way to spend Sunday.





Blah day

Cactus flower



Nothing much happened today. Took Marv to dialysis, ( they have started giving the hemo through the vein in his arm) did some grocery shopping, ate McNuggets, and of course, the highlight of the day...I was gifted by a dead bird, courtesy of Lulu.

After picking Marvin up, I took a long nap and woke up a little off center. Marvin cooked his own dinner (picadillo with rice), I had a ham and cheese sandwich, and that's about it!!!  I hope your Saturday was more entertaining than mine :)

Beefsteak tomato plant



June 1, 2012

Hello,

I haven't been blogging too much, so I thought I will try to write a little everyday this month. I have read Sandy's blog, good job writing! and also Mia's. Strangely enough I have trouble putting in comments. But I have read them and enjoyed them :)
Today I went shopping, all I got was a puppy toy for Lulu! But it was nice to get ouyt of the house and walk around. I also had lunch at Camino Real taco place. I read good things about it. I had a humongous carnitas burrito, very good.
In the afternoon, Marvin did some gardening, moving the hoses and watering the lawn after the gardeners came. Is looking very nice. I had planted some flowers and is all looking good. I'm waiting for the tomatoes to grow and also the peppers!
The flowers in the cactus are just gorgeous, I counted today 10 of them open. Beautiful!
Lulu is calming down a little, she's actually kind of fun to have around. I am looking forward to obedience training on Wednesday (they canceled the first lesson because the teacher was sick)
It was so nice to have the girls home for a long Memorial weekend, we really enjoyed their stay. Love them muchiiiiiiiiiiiisimo!!!
And last but not least, I have to say how very proud I am of my grandson. He really did so well at school. He's really a nice, smart young man. Way to go Tristan!!!!! :)

Random StuffI

-I am trying to scan some old pictures and keep it in my hard drive, this one is my mother and her sisters, is the only picture I have of all of them and I think is great! from left to right: mi mama Pepita, tia Socorro, tia Carmeta, tia Juliana, tia Fernanda and in the front tia Maria Teresa.

 -Marvin and I had some blood work done and I just got the results. Marvin has had the best test results since he got sick, everything is within the norm, as a matter of fact his diabetic test had better results than mine. Anyway, that's something to be grateful for. He's really feeling a lot better and gaining strength :)

-Tomorrow at 7AM, I am taking Lulu to the vet to have her spayed. I never had Nena spayed and I think it was a mistake.
Lulu is not very photogenic, she always looks pretty raggedy with her fur flying all over with the wind, but she has a really funny personality. She's totally stubborn and likes to be contrary, like she never comes when she's called, but she can be really sweet, especially at bedtime lol

-Today I went to Jersey to have lunch with the K team. As usual we went to the little Mexican Restaurant, I had chile relleno and chicken taco with rice and beans, it was good. Tomorrow is teacher's day, they invited me to go to lunch -PTA is cooking for the teachers, maybe I will go, not sure yet.

 -I am enjoying listening to the iPod the girls got me for Mother's Day. Marvin enjoys his iPod that he got for his birthday as well. He listens to it during dialysis. Thank you kids!!! :)

 So there's some random things. You all have a nice week!