Bye Spring, Hello Summer

 

Summer Solstice 2022

This month has not been very good to the family. It started with getting the second Covid booster, it didn't affect Lizzie too much, but I got a big reaction. I basically slept for 2days, with nausea, headache, joint pain etc.

Mia was still waiting for surgery for her kidney stones problems.

Sandy  was feeling sick, had a negative Covid test, but it seems to be a big bout of flu, had to take a few days off work and is still recovering.

I woke up with pain in my lower intestines ( I think), I'm not going to write about it because is gross, suffice to say I was concerned about internal bleeding. I feel OK now.

Even Lulu had a little intestinal problem. Maybe something we both ate?

Lizzie had a big pain in her lower abdomen, which she thinks is a diverticulitis flare-up, very painful. We made the decision to go to Kaiser Urgent Care. After waiting for over 2 hours, she had a phone call from a doctor that prescribed antibiotics and a pain pill. She's still having some pain but hopefully, she'll be better soon.

 Marty had a work related accident with a chop saw and had to go to Urgent Care where he got 5 stitches and the possibility of losing part of a finger. 

Mia had the surgery and was sent home the next day, but the day after she got very sick again with a big infection and she's now again at hospital not feeling well at all.

Let's all hope that July is a better month for all of us :)

At last, May Recap

 

My May harvest, tomatoes, bell pepper,Anaheim and strawberry.   Missing the oranges which are juicy and sweet!

May 3  - To Doctor Ha to check how my tooth extraction is doing, so far, fine.

May 4 -  to Podiatry Dr Chopra.

May 6 - La Habra for blood test. World Market and Torito Grill

May 7  - To Melrose Bread, Farmer's Market and Library

May 8 - Mother's Day. Bubbles from Lizzie and Blue Apron. 

A cute Garden Gnome and pretty pots from Sandy. 

Thank you daughters, love you!!! :)

May 9 - Popeye and Cookies

May 11- Dr Glass dentist for teeth cleaning. And again May 18. Jersey Mike's.

May 13- Burrito from The Market. Big Lots. Talk to Sandy.

May 14 - Farmer's Market

May 15 - Total eclipse of the Moon.

May 17 - Long Beach, Pacific and 2nd. Ola. Cake from Gelson's

May 20 - Lizzie to see Robert and Heather

May 23 - Lizzie moved to La Mirada 3 years ago today :) Marty's BD tomorrow (61)

May 25 - Horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX. School children :(

May 26 - Sonia's BD 49. Buy succulents.

May 31 - Hair cut and colored. 

BOOKS I HAVE READ THIS MONTH

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED THIS MONTH

Fun note: Marv's old computer was taken to be repaired  June 2

This week, my old PC is working pretty well, especially today!!!

May recap. Not!

My computers are not cooperative so I will do the recap after Kaddy fixes them. 

APRIL RECAP

 Sorry I didn't write any posts in April. Nothing much to write about. But because of my tooth extraction, I was on a liquid/soft foods diet for 2 weeks and lost 5 lbs. 

My garden is looking good!

4 - Visit with Dr. Kent @ Kaiser in Orange. After some tests, she informed me I had advanced Carpal Tunnel and would need surgery. Went to La Huasteca for a Margarita 

7- Lizzie went to Yucca Valley for a long weekend. Very hot days in LM

12- Got orthopedic shoes as per Dr. Chapra, at Marsden's.

13- Sandy and Marty left for a Mediterranean Cruise. From Barcelona, where they met with Sonia & Eric, to Gibraltar, Marseille, Genoa, Florence and Rome.

19- To Dr. Ha, for a tooth extraction.

20- Conference Call with Orthopedic surgeon. Call back in August. 

27- Sandy and Marty back from their trip.

BOOKS I READ IN APRIL

MOVIES I WATCHED IN APRIL

Hello May, be nice!

March Recap and Note

 NOTE: I don't know why my last post post from Marchis not showing.  So I'll just do a day-by-day of March. Also, I  have  put together the February and March books and movies, which didn't show in the February recap. February.

March 1- Went to the dentist, again. Nicole went to Hollywood.

March 2- The 3 of us to the Fullerton Arboretum. Lunch at The Hat.

March 3- Nicole and me to Korea Town in Buena Park. Pollo Loco.

March 4- Pizza. Talk to Sonia. Cool days.

March 5- Nicole to Santa Monica. Very windy.

March 6- Nicole cooked Carbonara, very good.

March 7- The Source. La Huasteca

March 8- to Kaiser, check-up with my doctor.  Lunch at Red Robin. Target. Armstrong Garden. Amazon Fresh.

March 9 -Nicole to Beverly Hills.

March 10 - Black Bear Diner

March 11 - Nicole to Universal Studios. Lulu's haircut.

March 12- Get some succulents. El Cholo.

March 13- Nicole left, back to Barcelona. Bye Bye. 

March 14 to 22 - Spring started  March 20. T's 24th birthday March 19, and my Saint Day. Let It Brie.

March 23 to 31 - Lizzie left for Utah. I found my jewelry!. Just Lulu and me chillin'. Big rain on the 28th. Marsden Shoes in Whittier. Lizzie got back. Lulu got a rabies shot at Petco, on the 31st. Habibi Grill.

BOOKS I READ IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN FEBRUARY 

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN MARCH

February Recap

 

Huntington Beach pier with Nicole

February was not my favorite month. DENTISTS AND MORE DENTISTS and nothing was done, also my cousin Ferran died of Covid! My podiatrist said I might need inserts (in my shoes). In the international scene, there's war between Russia and Ukraine :(

Good things: I got my new glasses and my driver's license and I had my hair cut and colored. Nicole came to spend 2 weeks and 4 days :)

Dentists: I went to My La Mirada Dentist, on the strength of their website and reviews. They were lies!  

The first dentist Dr Sophie was nice and said she'd do the root canal. We made an appointment. Then they called me that she was sick, and had to cancel and made another appt. Dro Sophie was still sick so I went to Dr Lufken for the root canal. After working on my molar for over an house, she couldn't do it and referred me to an specialist. Made an appt with an endodostist, and he couldn't do it because there was not enough tooth left for a crown. So he advised to have it extracted, plus he found another too that had an infection and had to go too!!!!   It's been a nightmare for me that I have always been very weary and scared of dentists.

On the 23rd Lizzie and I went to LAX to pick up Nicole. It was nice to see her, she's 19 now. That Saturday we went to Huntington Beach and Pacific City

  

Having late lunch at El Ranchito

And watched a nice sunset

Mid February

 

February is orange time!

On February 8, I planted a tomato plant and a strawberry plant.

This month has been very busy so far. I wanted to update what's been going on so far.

To start with, I got my new glasses both for long-distance daytime and nighttime. I can't wait to go get my driver's license! After getting the glasses we went to La Huasteca for a much deserved Mango Margarita.

Tuesday the 8th, Lizzie took me to the DMC. I was so prepared. Knew the driver test questions100% and I was very confident I could read even the smaller numbers in the chart. We get there, they call my name., they said because of Covid they don't give the written test, what? and after checking I had previously paid for the license, I got my temporary one. I didn't even have to read the chart!!! I'm happy but it was such a letdown in a way.

Then here comes the saga of going to the dentist to take care of what I thought was going to be a non problematic filling of a cavity. How wrong I was! We went to a new dentist, she said I needed a root canal and a crown, but the appointment was canceled because she was sick, a couple of days later Feb 16, I tried another dentist at the same office, she was going to do the root canal! It was going well (I took my Xanax) and she spent a long time working on it, then stopped and said she had to refer me to a specialist. I couldn't get an appointment until Feb 28. In the meantime, I can hardly eat, only soft stuff. Oh I also had my hair cut and colored on Feb. 16, it was a full day

Some bad things happened this month. My sister Mia has been in and out of hospitals with a kidney stone, an infection and other problems. She has had a lot of pain and they may have to have surgery since she cannot pass it naturally.  On Feb 11 I got a call from my niece saying my cousin Ferran had died of COVID and other complications, I got very upset and sad, he was my favorite cousin, we grew up together. I'm so glad I got to see him during our trip to Spain. My sister Nuri called me to talk about Ferran, she was also sad.

Flowers from my cousin before lunch at Can Culleretas, Barcelona

February 19th would have been my 57th wedding Anniversary, it was also my friend Norbert's 66th birthday.

Today is 2-22-22 a palindrome

In Spain is 22-2-22 also a palindrome

And just for fun, here's Lulu begging for some of our take out lunch

I love my silly Lulu!

My niece Nicole will be arriving from NYC on Wednesday

....to be continued