Saturday afternoon

Saturday afternoon, I went to Frontier Park to enjoy some of the things offered by the "La Mirada for Change Group". My daughter Lizzie was one of the participants.

I spent a very nice time, meeting some of the people in the group. They had a nice set up, but unfortunately, not many people came to take advantage of the offerings.

This was Lizzie's poetry area, she had different pens and papers and poetry books. You could lay down and read or write your own poem etc. Very nice.

The painting area. JoMo had acrylic paints, different sizes of canvas, and brushes.

We could also paint pots.

Planting and potting area. Brandon and Alex  had different sizes of pots, 

a tray of succulents and other plants.

A Free area, with popcorn, water, bananas and oranges, 

and other snacks. Dante and his boyfriend enjoyed painting.

This is what I did :)

I chose some succulents and planted them.

 I also painted the little red pot.

It was a nice cool day.

A haircut

 Finally, after many months of letting my hair grow and not doing anything with it, because of the pandemic, I decided it was time for a haircut.

Here are some before and after pictures. I feel better now :)

before

I don't know why there's a tiny picture here lol

April Recap

 April has been a long month. I've been out around town a little more now that I am vaccinated, but it's the first time in many years that I haven't gone to the beach, just to walk in the sand and the water, or to look at the sunset. I miss that. The beach is my happy place.

April 1 - Norbert came to fix my living room blinds, one broke. I cooked a very nice chile verde pork.

April 3 - Lizzie went to San Clemente to meet her friend.

April 5 - My oven was acting up. I couldn't heat my pot pie. It seems to be more or less OK now.

April 8 - They came to install our new screen door.

April 8 - To podiatry. Then lunch at Panda Inn.

April 14- Went to the succulents garden, bought a few more.

April 15 - Lizzie got her first vaccine (Pfizer)

April 17 - An idiot smashed her car window and stole her bag and shoes. POS.

April 19 - We went to have lunch at El Cholo. First time in a long while.

April 30 - Hottest day of the year so far.

I had my phone talks with Sandy and out once a month Face to Face. Did some Spring cleaning, mainly clothes.

MOVIES I WATCHED IN APRIL

BOOKS I READ IN APRIL

Not really a poem

Sometimes

reading my daughters' blogs

depress me

I wish

they'd lighten up

March Recap

 March was a long month, but it was OK. 

We had a lot of rain the first 2 weeks of the month. Very much needed

Planted 2 tomato pants, Cherry and Celebrity.

Got my 2nd dose of Moderna. With few side effects, mainly fatigue.

On the 19rh T turned 23. It was also my Saint day. To La Huasteca.

Got my last beautiful plant from Sandy.  Bought 15 succulents.

Had to buy a new TV, and a security screen door.

Check up with my doctor on the 31st. All's well. GBurger.

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN MARCH

BOOKS I'VE READ IN MARCH

April is one of my favorite months

San Jose

 I was sure I had written one more post after I did the February recap, but either I am mistaken or my post is hovering in the ethernet.

February seemed to go by very quickly, but March seems to be dragging a bit. 

There has not been a lot going on, I got my second vaccine on a rainy day, and felt a bit poorly for a couple of days. The 19th was my grandson's 23rd birthday, it was also my name day. As I think I said before, while growing up, we celebrated our Saint day much more than birthdays. My grandmother named her oldest son Ricardo and that was the Saint of the day he was born, so he had a double celebration. Other than that, we only celebrated birthdays when we were little, after 5 or so it was only name days. San Jose, the 19th of March, was special because both my mother and I were named after San Jose, I was Maria Josefa, my mom was Pepita (a very common nickname of Jose) . My mother was only known as Josefa for documents etc, everybody else always called her Pepita, but my father called her Pita.  My daughters called her Mama Pepita.

Altar to San Jose in Mission San Juan de Capistrano

There's a children's song about the name Jose, so I'm going to write it:

Jose se llama el padre, Josefa la mujer, y un hijo que tenian tambien se llama Jose...se llama el padre, Josefa la mujer....It's a never ending song, There's lots of Pepe's and Pepita's too.

San Jose is also Father's Day in Spain.  San Jose is a holiday, so all the family came to our house to celebrate. This is the typical dessert, crema catalana or crema de San Josep. Creme brulee is similar but of course is a copy of crema catalana.

Among Europe's oldest desserts, Catalan Cream dates back to at least the 14th century, the first time it appeared in print in the cookbook Llibre de Sent Soví, whereas the earliest known recipe for crème brûlée didn't appear until 1691 in Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois.

Mi mama y yo

February Recap

 February 1, I woke up with a very sore toe. I was hoping it wouldn't be gout, but alas, it was. This time I didn't want to suffer pain and I took a colchicine tablet that I didn't take the last time I had gout, and next day my toe was still red and a little sore but no pain. Yay! (I found out that colchicine is not sold anymore because of side effects, etc) but it sure helped me this time.

February 8, I found out I have a new relative, on my paternal grandmother's side. Mia let me know about a man that had a DNA similar to hers. I got in touch with him, Marc Carbo. He lives in Sabadell, near Barcelona, and seems to be a very nice man.

February 10 I got my first vaccine shot at Kaiser in Tustin.

February 12, I got a new pair of shoes at Skechers and because it was Chinese New Year, I also had a very nice take out meal from Renu Nakorn.

February 19, it would have been my 56th wedding anniversary. It was also My friend's 65th birthday.I  also had what might have been the stomach flu. I did not feel too well for about a week.

We did a lot of gardening, and made a nice area for my succulents.

As usual, we had a lot of good Blue Apron meals, take out meals, and of course meals cooked at home.  I enjoyed talking to S every Friday. And watching L's shows: Lifebeat and Black poetry.

MOVIES I WATCHED IN FEBRUARY

BOOKS I READ IN FEBRUARY

Be good, be well, be happy