Today is October 22, and I am STILL trying to retrieve my memories of the past month
of September. I believe they are very important. A few weeks ago I snooped around my own
blog, and I was so surprised at how many things I wouldn't have remembered if I hadn't
taken the time to preserve them in this blog.
So here I am. Once again capturing my memories until I can move on to blog about October...
and November... and... Hmmm... What day do you think I should end this blog?
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CAPTURING BITS AND PIECES OF:
SEPTEMBER
WEEK 80 Thu 1 - Wed 7
WEEK 81 Thu 8 - Wed 14
WEEK 82 Thu 15- Wed 21
WEEK 83 Thu 22 -Wed 28
OCTOBER
WEEK 84 Thu29- OCT 6
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To my grandson, Alonso, who brigthens my days!
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It's late September, but summer days still linger in Georgia...
Inviting little boys to place their hands in cool water...
Savoring the warmth of the sun and the playfulness of water...
As only little boys can...
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Itsy Bits...
*There has been a slight change in the weather. Alonso does not like it. Neither do I.
*My friend, Dave, gave a me book to read- The Jester, by James Patterson. Let's see if I am able to finish it.
*I wrote a new story- "Don't Poop Out of Parties Lentils"
* I wrote "Fishy People's Cod"
* Some things don't change... Sandra still doesn't have a plan.
* Alonso names a little blue bunny " Seven". He thinks that number is the bomb!
* Made Huli Huli sauce for shrimp,ate the shrimp, and wrote "Turn, Turn Shrimp"
*I Nearly had a heart attack when working on Food Stories, and suddenly my screen was filled with Japanese-looking signs!
*One day out of sheer desperation, I actually WANTED to cut the lawn. And I did.
*Another day I weeded until exhaustion. But the landscape looks great.
*My neighbors look suspiciously at my sudden outdoor activity.
* My paella story is giving me a hard time. I have three options, and I can't seem to weave three into one... argh!!
* There are days I don't see myself finishing my book... Sometimes, I simply avoid it. Why? Is it that I am afraid of a publisher's "NO"?
*After one long, boring, lonely week, (Not that I sit around- I am packing and packing some more) one night I head out the door at 10:00 P.M. I really was in need of some human company so I went to the movies to watch "anything" and have someone around, even if they were strangers. It turned out I was the only one in the theater. It was like being at home, only darker, louder and with a bigger screen of course. Go ahead laugh... I did.
* I have my nephew Oscar's wedding coming up the 8th of October in Florida, and don't even know how I am going to get there... my car is too old, the airplane fares are too high... sigh... sigh... sigh...
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KEEPING MY SENSE OF HUMOR
It was one of those days when nothing was going well
Yet I managed to reach for my sense of humor
and make a prank call to my daughter, Mayra.
I knew she would fall for it, since I had never called her at work before
And because at 30 years old, Mayra, has kept a childlike innocence in many ways...
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I dial the number at Zelebra.
Mayra has already closed the store, is alone, and is counting the till.
Riiiiing, riiiiiing, riiiiiiiiing.
- "Hello! Thank you for calling Zelebra!- This is Mayra speaking, how can I help you?"
- "Hello!! Do you hear me? I can't hear you!!
- "Yes! I can hear you! How can I help you?"
- "Oh, hello.Yes, I wanted to know why you called me?
- "Pardon, Mam? Umm... you called me!"
- "No! YOU CALLED ME!!"
- "Mam... the phone rang here, and I picked it up!"
- "Excuse me, but I don't understand you?"
- "Oh! Sorry...you can't hear me?"
- "No, I can't hear you. Furthermore, I can't understand you... what language are you speaking?"
PAUSE
Now by now anyone else would have hung up, right?
- "Ummm... Spanish...."
- "Really? Spanish? Well, I don't understand a word you are saying. But anyway... what I want to know is why did you have to call me this late at night!"
- Mam, please, I did NOT call you!!"
- " Look, I was here doing nothing, and you called... so I answered."
- "Ummm... I don't know... what to say..."
PAUSE
And I couldn't take it any longer so I started laughing...
- "Hahahahaha... I am your mother!! Hahahahahaha... your mother!!"
- "Mam? Are you alright?"
- "Mayra, it's me! YOUR MOTHER!! Don't you recognize your own mother?"
-"Oh, ooooh, ooooooooooooooh!!! Hahahaha, MOM!!! Wow, I thought I was talking to some crazy woman!"
Oh, Lord! This child of mine had me rolling on the floor!
YOU GOTTA LOVE HER!!
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