End of summer...2013

By kiki


Well, it looks like the end of the summer of 2013 is just around the corner. I think a little reflection is in order.

For me, it was a quiet summer. Nothing exciting happened all summer, oh, I take that back, our son, James, and Veronika’s June wedding was exciting! It had been a long time since all the family had been together in one place. I had a great time with Connie, our daughter, and all our "sons" and their families at the wedding dance.

One thing we didn’t do this summer, or haven’t done so far yet, was have a family backyard barbecue; and that I miss very much, maybe before we reach that corner we’ll have one, we’ll see.

Other than the wedding and our granddaughter, Sierra, birthday party; this summer was really nondescript, for me anyway. We didn't go anywhere, we didn't make many new memories that will be talked about in the years ahead. But then again when I am asked to go do something fun, go somewhere enjoyable, I don't wanna do any of those fun things, or go anywhere enjoyable, but I guess that's how you get to be when you get old, I really don't know as I had never been old before, but I am learning the ways of the "old life" and other than you're on a short clock; it's not too bad at all. So maybe I could have made this summer 0f 2013 more memorable if I would have gotten off my duff and done something other than spent most of the day on Facebook, but if I would have done that than I would have missed out on all the chismes...Hopefully, I will be around for the summer of 2014, and maybe my computers will all break down next summer, maybe that way I will get out of the house and enjoy the summer with the family. We still have a few hot days ahead of us, after that, we need to start getting ready for autumn. I love autumn!!

Happy Birthday, Mija

Happy Birthday, Mija; we wish you well, and may you have many Happy Birthdays after this one.

By kiki

On August 21, 1956, our beautiful daughter Linda was born after nearly two years of marriage. I vividly remember picking Connie and baby Linda up from Los Angeles County General Hospital with my late sister Mary Ellen's then-boyfriend, later husband, Danny, and goofing off like kids in the hospital hallways.

I have so many fond memories of Linda growing up, but one memory embedded in my mind is when Linda was about two years old or younger. One Sunday afternoon in the days before child car seats and seatbelts, I took Linda out for a spin in my '46 Chevy, just her and me. 

Linda was standing up on the car's front seat as we were cruising and listening to some tunes in Pico Viejo. I would like to think that we both were rocking out to the Rock & Roll music blaring out of the car radio, but Linda was too young to understand the concept of that new music called Rock & Roll, or any kind of music for that matter.

As we were cruising; a stray dog cut across us, and I had to slam the brakes to keep from hitting the dog; as I did so, Linda went flying forward; I tried to grab her to keep her from hitting the car's dash but was too late. I noticed a bruise on her right eye as I gave Linda, scared and crying, a good look to see if she was hurt. I got her home, and before I had a chance to explain, Connie wanted to kill me, my aunt Tillie came over, and she tried to kill me; heck, everybody wanted to kill me! All the time, I was yelling at everybody, "no fue culpa mia, fue culpa del pinche perro" (it wasn't my fault, it was the freaking dog's fault), but nobody was listening. I'd survived the killing machine. But my baby had a black eye for a week or so. I have so many memories of Linda as she grew up, but I will take this one to my grave with me. Happy Birthday, Mija, We Love you!!

Through good and bad times, Linda, who has fought a great fight against cancer, has grown up to be a proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother in her own right.

Chevrolet Silverado

                              The truck of my dreams-2014 Chevrolet Silverado

                                                   By kiki

This morning as a TV commercial was been run for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado trucks I told Connie "I would sure like to have one of those trucks"

Connie's response to that was "What for? With the years, you have left you can do with your old truck"

My response to that was "that's cold"

She then told me I could have a new Silverado as soon as I got a job, I then told her "Now that's really cold"

   

    My old truck, a '03 Chevrolet Silverado still runs great. It’s going to have to do!!!...LOL!!!

Our Love: Growing Old Together

By kiki

Our lives have changed, and so have we, since all those years ago when we were young and full of dreams and loved each other so.

But through the changes that have come and made us more mature, there also is serenity, a feeling we're secure in knowing that our love has survived through everything we faced.

And this great love we've shared for so long could never be replaced, that's why, as I remember that the years are passing, too, I don’t mind growing older and sharing life and love with you.

                                                           The way we were

A Brief Moment in Time

By kiki

Yesterday evening as Connie was doing some ironing in our tiny kitchen, I walked up to the kitchen sink to rinse a glass. Rinsing the glass with my back to her, she squirted water from her ironing water bottle onto the back of my neck; I cupped some water from the water faucet in my hands and threw it at her. She squirted me again, so I threw more water at her. In our golden years, Connie and I were laughing like kids as we threw water at each other. I write this because you don't hear Connie laugh often, but Connie, with her beautiful laughter, brightened our lives and made us young again for a brief moment in time. It's innocent and spontaneous moments like this when you appreciate that particular person in your life, moments when you know the love; after sixty-plus years of marriage is still there...Love you, Babe!!