Spring has Sprung...or is it Summer?

We've been having very nice warm weather in January. The trees are starting to bloom and so are the flowers. It's very nice especially considering the bad weather people in the East had been having, and  is cold in Utah, and in Sweden. California needs RAIN. It is very dry.



Today it was a hot 85 degrees, this weekend will be  in the 80's too. Too hot for January in my opinion. We wore shorts, I watered my thirsty plants. In the evening I took Lulu for a walk at the La Mirada Park. It was nice, a young man was sitting on a bench singing and playing the guitar, people and children were walking or riding bycicles.

I think we need some mild winter weather now :)

Snow flakes? nope ..Ash flakes!

This morning I took Lulu outside and the sky was a bright beautiful blue. Then I saw what seemed like little snowflakes falling, I turned around and one side of the sky was brown and black  and then I smelled smoke (strong enough that I could smell it), it spread fast and covered the blue sky. The flakes were ash.
There was a big fire in the mountains in Glendora, about 25 miles north of La Mirada.
It didn't help that it was 82 degreees, but luckily the wind  was not too strong.
The fire still is not contained.

We all got sick!

Lizzie came home Friday night, and as usual, we didn't know what to have for dinner. We decided on Panera. Lizzie had grilled cheese, Marvin had turkey and bacon, and I had chicken with bacon and  chipotel sauce, they were all paninis.

Friday night Marvin got sick, throwing up and (d) diarrhea.didn't go to dialysis on Saturday because he was not feeling well at all. Lizzie and I went to GBurger and it was yummy. For dinner  we had breaded pork, Marvin only had scrambled eggs.

Sunday we had our usual waffles and bacon. Lizzie left around 1PM. Marvin seemed to be feeling a little better but stil a lot of"d". Sunday night I got really sick, I was throwing a lot, all night really, I hardly slept, I also had "d".
Monday I called the dialysis place and they said to go from 6 to 10PM Monday night. I slept most all day.

I called Lizzie tonight, and she said she had to leave work early because she had a bad stomach ache and also "d".

I think it's too much of a coincidence that we all got sick with basically the same symptoms.

Hopefully we'll all get better :)

Clean House

I tried to change the look of my blog, but it didn't come out exactly the way I wanted it, but it'll do for now.

Today we had the carpet cleaner over, I think we'll have it done more often until Lulu is totally trained (she's been doing pretty good lately). They did ther whole house, and it looks nice, but we had to have all the windows and doors open so it would dry and it got a bit chilly. Glad is Southern Cal and it was in the 60's, supposed to be in the 80's this weekend!

Lizzie got home today around 6PM and we went to Panera, and we had sandwiches and salad for dinner. Tomorrow Lizzie and I will go to the GBurger, for lunch.

Wednesday Norbert came over to take down the Christmas lights, and do a few other chores. He's so nice and helpful, he brought pictures of his new house up in the mountains  around Las Vegas, close by the ski areas. It got a lot of snow last month. Instead of going out to eat afterwards, like we usually do,I cooked beef stroganoff with noodles, I kid you not he had 4 helpings and seemed to enjoy it very much. It's a joy to cook for him, he's so grateful lol.

Last night I watched "August - Osage County" Now the reviews say: This tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family

Frankly, my idea of hilarious is quite different from the reviewers. I thought the movie was a big DRAMA with over the top acting.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!!!!

Epiphany

 

Happy Reyes Magos day!

 

 



Books and movies

I forgot to write about the books and movies I read/saw in December 2013. I will begin rating them with 1 to 5 stars. Just for fun.

Books

Haywood Smith – Out of Warranty  *

Lauren Weisberger – Revenge wears Prada  *

Debbie Reynolds – Unsinkable  ***

Lauren Graham - Someday, someday, maybe  ****

Terry McMillan – Who asked you?  ***

 

Movies

Cold Turkey (2013) **

Expecting (2013)   **

Rumor Has It... (2005)  **

A Case of You (2013)  ***

Eurotrip (2004)  **  

The Spectacular Now (2013)  *****

Enough Said (2013)  ****

 

 

Resolutions?

Well no, I haven't really given it a thought. I'd like to aim for something other than the usual more exercise, lose weight etc...

However one thing I already started doing today, for a short time, is to organize. I started by putting things in the safe that I bought in October. I put in my jewelry, some cash, coins my father gave me, etc. The main thing is I got it done.
As usual I start something and I get sidetracked oh so easily and start doing something else. I need to focus, and finish something, then and only then I will start the next thing, maybe.


I see myself in her so many times! ;)