Lulu

 After a very hot summer and fall, the weather is getting to be quite chilly in the early morning and after sunset but stays mild and nice in the daytime.

Lulu had a haircut last Saturday, she really needed it. I think it had been 5 months since her last visit to the salon. She looked like a little bear.

She had to have her hair cut very short because it was matted, and hard to brush. 

When she came home from doggy salon she looked happy and perky but at night she came to my room after her nightly walk, and she was shaking a little, I think she was cold.

On Tuesday, I stopped at Marshalls to try to find a little sweater that she could wear for her night walk. I never liked dogs or cats wearing outfits I think they look ridiculous ( it goes back to the time I was a teenager going to school in Barcelona, and a famous gypsy singer and dancer lived in the building next to my school and she had a chihuahua that wore a different outfit every day, she even had a yellow raincoat with a hat and boots to match. I'm sad to say we made fun of the poor animal, and her owner, La Chunga, hated us)

I found a little flannel onesie with festive candy cane decorations and I hoped she liked it. My neighbor Amy had gifted Lulu a bee Halloween costume and she seemed happy wearing it. 

We tried it on and she was happy!!! She looked very fashionable and grateful.

 

Lizzie thinks she looks adorable...

...I agree :)

Oh God / Dios mio

 After reading Sandy's blog, I pondered about what she wrote and decided to share my thoughts.

I was raised Catholic, my mother and grandmother and my sister and I went to Mass every Sunday and holidays, my dad not so often.  Marvin's parents were Baptists and very active in their church, Bettie also went to church with them. Marvin, Mary and Dewey not so much.

When we had our daughters, I had them both baptized in the Catholic church, but I had a pretty bad experience with the priests in the US so we didn't attend church. I told both of them that when they were older they could choose what religion, if any, they wanted to follow.

Ever since I was a little girl I have said my prayers every night. As I grew older, it was more like a recap of my day, and always included a prayer of thanks for good health, good life, or it was a prayer for help during some bad times. It comforted me. It is a bit of a ritual I have every night, it's changed thru the times. Interestingly enough my prayers or thoughts or recaps, whatever you may want to call them, are always in Spanish and catalan.

I have always thought I have a guardian angel, metaphorically speaking. When I am under stress or feel anxious, I do talk to "it" and it helps. Sounds weird maybe but it works for me. 

To get back to her post, I think most everybody uses the term Oh God! as an exclamation more so than in a religious sense.

thankful and grateful

 I sort of knew I was not going to write every day. Mostly because of laziness, and also because I don't have anything interesting to write about.

Then there's the grateful and thankful thingie that Sandy wrote about, but I'll try.

I am thankful that we finished working on the front lawn area by the picket fence, it looks much better now.  And I am grateful to Lizzie for all the work she put on it, she did a good job! Did I do it right? lol

I will put some pictures tomorrow to show you how it looks.

Today it was really hot, about 90 degrees, but they are forecasting rain for the weekend. I hope so.

Here's a Fall tag I made anticipating a rainy weekend.

Love you all :)

Thankful

 My oldest daughter said she was going to write on her blog daily this month, she wants to write about things she's thankful for every day.

So I thought I'd give it a try although I will probably not write everyday.

Today was a lovely day weather-wise. I did some gardening, took a shower, had a nice breakfast (sugar donut), Just a nice Sunday.

We just changed to DST and it gets darker one hour earlier, I watered the lawn and I did take Lulu for a little walk around 5PM , the neighbor kids came over and played with her and she was so happy -she loves people-

There was a beautiful sunset, the temperature was mild, I wore a shift with short sleeves. My neighbor Jose was out washing his car and he said, isn't it a lovely evening? I said it indeed was lovely and we agreed we would love to have every day be like this.

While I was outside with Lulu, Lizzie was cooking dinner. We had a nice meal from Blue Apron, steak with carrots and mashed potatoes, and we shared a bottle of Pinot Grigio

Later on, Lizzie, Lulu and I went for a walk again, the moon was coming out. I could see reddish Mars  and Jupiter and Saturn shining brightly in Saggitarius (My sign). This picture is from my Sky View Lite app.

When we got home, I took a picture of the moon, still full and surrounded by clouds.

I am thankful for a very lovely day

October Recap

 Another weird month!

There was a weird date in October.. 10.10.2020

There was a full moon on Halloween

There was a conjuction of Jupiter and Saturn, and Mars was very close to the Moon.

I went to the dentist!!!

Lulu had her 9th birthday this month, but sometimes she thinks she's a puppy.

Los Angeles basketball and baseball teams got lucky

Next month will be weird too, Presidential election. Trump or Biden, roll of the dice.

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN OCTOBER

And many Netflix series:  Merli (Catalan) Emily in Paris, Rita..etc

BOOKS I'VE READ IN OCTOBER

Goodbye October, Hello November

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Musical Friday

 Nothing much going on, so I will post the latest Tik Tok dance challenge, it's very catchy. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32QsuHZ_bY0

It's by OMEGA (Dominican singer)

Pegao

Me miró y la miré
Sonrío y le sonreí
Y yo la invité a bailar
Y ella me dijo que si…

I tried to find someone dancing to it but the ones in You Tube are terrible ewww

But there are some cute ones in Tik Tok

Have a nice weekend, and dance!