Grrrrr

I wrote a long post and I don't know why, it got deleted. I don't feel like rewriting it right now because I am p.o. :) Anyway, here's a video I took of Lulu and her new toy, a ball that makes noises. It's in You Tube because it's too long to download here. Here's the link if you want to look at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBX3m0rlbo&feature=youtu.be I hope the weather starts cooling down soon, it's hot!!!

Estate Sale

There was a Estate Sale down the street from my house. In an house with turrets, lived an old woman with her sons and daughter. There was always a bunch of things in the garage, they fixed fancy cars, etc. I don't know much about them. Marvin said the father was in jail. Anyway, the matriarch of the clan died  about a couple of weeks ago, and so they had a sale in their large front yard. I saw it driving by and told Lizzie about it and this morning, we walked down to see what they had, Lulu came along. I was afraid she would bark and growl at all the stuff but she was well behaved and strangely quiet. Overwhelmed maybe :)

It was quite a different sale. There was so much stuff. The main things were hundreds of stuffed animals, all sizes and shapes, mostly bears, but also rabbits and other species. Most of the animals wore outfits.



There was also a long table full of  cats, also all sizes and shapes. Most of them ceramic.

There were about 5 or 6 big doll houses. They were rather pretty. Fairly old, well made, Victorian style. Also at least 2  fancy decorative bird cages. I thought they were quite interesting looking and pretty. Some interesting furniture as well.

And dolls. All kinds. Some life like, some scary looking, there were also 2 large prams. This one in the picture had a beautiful dress on. You can see a doll house in the background.

I think I've become somewhat obsessed with the whole thing. I debated for a long time whether to go back and buy stuff (a birdcage for $40.00), a nice piece of furniture that was white with an oval mirror and 3 drawers, really nice (was $40, but I could have it for $30). I'm pretty sure if Lizzie had not been here I would have gone and bought them. But she kept me sane lol. I really have no room for it and I don't need more stuff.

Lizzie took a bunch of pictures and put them in Facebook. I will put some of the same here too. But it doesn't really do justice to the sheer amount of stuff they had for sale.

Today was the last day and there were tons of stuff left. I wonder what they'll do with it.

In other news, I fell off the bed and woke up on the floor this morning!

This and That

On Tuesday,  I tried to get Marvin ready for dialysis, but he awoke confused and listless and just wanted to keep sleeping. He was acting much like the way he was June 4th. It is very disturbing, even though I sort of knew what was happening, it is hard to deal with. Kaiser told me to call 911, which I did. In no time we had a huge firetruck, a paramedics truck and an ambulance in front of the house. 12 big firemen came in and worked on Marvin checking BP, sugar level etc and decided he needed to be transported to the nearest hospital immediately, and then proceeded to do so.
He stayed at the Whittier Communityt Hospital ER and after some tests, he was transferred to Kaiser Irvine. He was released today.
My friend Jennifer drove me to pick him up since I hate to drive highways and it's about an hour from home. We first stopped to eat at the Daily Grill in Irvine.

Marvin's brother and sisters have been visiting Friday and Monday. They brought their little poodle Petey. He has a bad attitude and is always trying to bite Lulu.

Petey is Dewey's dog but he seems to have become Mary's dog now. She's always carrying him on her arms, and she reluctantly puts him down in the backyard to play with Lulu. It was pretty funny.

Lizzie was here last weekend, the 3 of us went to Johnny Rebs and had a nice time, she's also coming this weekend, after spending a couple of days days in Disneyland for Dakota's 15th birthday.

Sandy is getting prepared for her surgery on Monday. I wish I could be of more help to her, but she knows I will be with her in my thoughts.

To my readers, I love you all :)

July Recap

July has been a good month. Is the first month since Marvin got sick, that we have not had any emergencies or setbacks :)
It was also the first time in over a year that Marvin drove to go to the store.

We had Tristan come over to visit for a week, and it was great to have him here. Sandy and Lizzie also came that weekend, it was good to be all together.



I had a hearing test and found out that even though I can hear "normally" I cannot hear certain sounds in 2 and 3 syllable words, therefore I say "huh?" a lot. So now you know why!

Lulu graduated from dog training 101 but she didn't get a certificate :(
but she's doing better. She also got a puppy haircut and looks cute.

She loves to play outside in the sprinkler, we have fun watching her!



Books I've read in July

Didn'r read as many as usual because Tristan and the girls were here and I did a lot of gardening and cleaning etc. But I enjoyed the books I read!

JULY

Jonathan Kellerman - Victims

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - Country Plot

Polly Williams - A Bad Bride's Tale

Jennifer Weiner - The Next Best Thing

Susan Elizabeth Phillips - The Great Escape

Tristan :)

We are so happy to have Tristan coming to spend a few days with us. Marvin and I went to pick him up at the airport, and stopped at McDonalds for dinner (his choice). Lulu, of course, was besides herself with joy! She jumped and peed all over. I told Tristan to go outside and play with her a little or else she would have baptized the whole house! This morning I took Marvin to dialysis, and went back home. Tristan didn't get up till noon then stayed in bed a while longer playing with Lulu. Later we went to Stater to get some groceries (and 4 movies). I asked him what he wanted for dinner, he chose spaghetti. We were going to Chipotle for lunch, but it was getting time to go pick up Marvin so we just snacked on ham and cheese and pickles and chips.

In the afternoon, Marvin and Tristan went outside and sat in the galin-galan and talked and enjoy the nice weather, Lulu played by the aprinklers. After dinner, Tristan decided to get a little dip in the Jacuzzi. Tristan is such a nice boy, polite and very pleasant to be around :) I am proud to be his gramy!!!!

It's Official!

Yes, I am hard of hearing! Not a big surprise here, but today I went to the audiology doctor, and she made some tests and confirmed that I have some severe loss of hearing in some areas.

I can hear all kind of noises very well, vacuum cleaner, dog barking, normal 1 to 1 conversation, etc etc. Among other things, I  have some problems  hearing a conversation in noisy places, like restaurants, parties, etc.

Interestingly enough, is mainly in English where I have a hearing problem, but not in Spanish. The doctor explained it has to do with the lenght of the words.

She said it's a permanent loss, cannot be recovered by surgery or medication, but it can be helped with a hearing aid. She said I can hear well enough now but at some later point I may think about getting one.

I had lots of earaches when I was little and I kept on having them well into adulthood. That obviously contributed to my hearing loss.

So, when you write some comments, make sure  to write in capitals so I can hear them LOL!!!!!  :D