A New Pet.

We have had several pets through the years, like a beautiful Collie when we lived on South Ivory in El Cajon, and then a white male poodle and later another white female Poodle. Then after we moved into our new home in Porterville, we had an adorable white Pomeranian for several years.

After moving into our mobile home here in Tulare, near Tony and Lucy's, we just felt like having another pet, so last week on Tuesday we decided to go to the animal shelter in Visalia and on the way there Al told me that he offered a prayer asking the Lord, "If there is a little Pomeranian, then we'll know it's for us".

We walked in the building and went to look at all the pets they had there. How pitiful to think that if no one takes them they will have to be put down. Well, to our surprise there was an adorable tri-colored Pomeranian that wouldn't take her eyes off of us, as if to say, "Please take me home with you".

When we asked about her, they told us she was a stray that they had found and they couldn't let anyone take her yet in case the owners would claim her, so we had to wait until Saturday. We got there at 9:00am on Saturday and no one had claimed her so we were able to take her home with us.

As soon as she came in the door, she ran in and out of every room so excited. She has been so loving and well behaved. Never barks and is always cuddling close to us. We got her a crate to sleep in at night and she stays quiet all night long. Al and I take her for little walks so that she can do her duties. She is a happy little Angel. Oh, by the way, that's what we named her and she really is one. We're so happy and blessed to have her here with us.

I have read several articles about how good it is for elderly people to take a pet in their home. It can bring them peace and happiness and can extend their lives. Well, I know for sure that they do fill your life with love and happiness.

Anniversaries

Today, January 23rd 2007 brings back a beautiful memory. Our dear son Tony and our dear daughter-in-law Lucy are celebrating their 36th anniversary. I can't believe it's been that long.

I remember the very first time I saw "little Lucy" was when her Dad and Mom and her little brother Alvin came to visit us at our church branch in San Diego, and when they walked by and I saw this adorable little girl with auburn (reddish) hair, I thought, how cute she is.

Several years later. we went to one of our church "camp outs" I think it was "Camp Radford",not sure. Al and I were standing outside on the balcony of the building we were in, and as we looked down below us we saw this cute young girl talking to some friends. I remember, distinctly,her wearing a pair of brown slacks with an up side down shaped v like this "/\" and it had a rose or red colored insert
with buttons on it. She looked so cute, and i turned to Al and said, "Isn't she cute, wouldn't she be nice for our Tony ? Al nodded and said "yeah". Never knowing that our Tony had already made friends with her and from that day on they started a life long friendship that turned into a beautiful life together.

They became engaged, and set a wedding date for January 23rd,1971. A few days before the wedding, my mother, Lena LaCommare, and I , along with the help of Lucy's Mom, Lydia Cavallaro, and others, we made 400 Cannoli shells and made the filling the day before the wedding. That was a lot of work, but well worth it. At the time we were living in our first Mobile Home in San Diego. The Park overlooked highway 94 and our home was above the freeway.

We had the reception at the Club House and it all went just beautifully. After the wedding, Tony and Lucy went to live in Strathmore, Calif. with Lucy's Mom and Dad.

On the day of their wedding it was Gene and Theresa's 11th anniversary.
Many joyful and beautiful memories !

A New Week!

Al had an appointment with Dr.Bryson, the doctor that treated him for "Lymphoma". He had six chemo treatments and thank God, so far the outlook is good. The last scan he had done, doesn't show any more cancer, however, we don't really know for sure. He has an appointment for another test Wednesday. His "white blood count" was quite low according to the doctor. Not sure what that means but they want to do another blood test Friday.

Afterwards we went to a new resturant in town that Tony told us about called "Cool Hand Luke". WOW !!! What a neat place and the meals are huge. I told the waitress, "It will take me a month of Sundays to finish this". We took home more than half of what we ate and saved it for tomorrow.

Well, another week and we're almost at the end of the first month of the new year. Can't believe how quickly the time is going. Pray our Dear Lord is with us and helps each and everyone of us throughout our lives.

A big surprise !

When we moved into our mobile home on March 25th, 2005, I had several boxes that really needed to be unpacked, but everything was put into the closets of our two front rooms. I asked Al earlier this week to get them down for me so that I could go through them all and get rid of what we don't want anymore.

Well, to my surprise, the very first box that I unpacked, there were many cards and letters from our dear sons and daughters in law and all of our grandchildren. I spent several hours reading all of them and they brought back so many precious memories that I couldn't stop the tears from my eyes.

Hey ! There's no way I'm going to discard these TREASURES. NO WAY !!!

Our 60th Anniversary !

January 11, 1947, Al and I were married in Detroit, Michigan. It was a wonderful day!
It's been a long time, hasn't it ? Well. we were blessed with two wonderful son's, and I'm so grateful for everything that God has blessed us with.

Today was a very quiet day, Al and I went to the "Red Lobster" in Visalia and had a wonderful dinner, nothing very exciting happening, we just came home and relaxed.

Sixty years!! Where did all that time go????

Joyful ending of '06 and begining of the New Year !

Steve came to visit us on Nov.23rd, "Thanksgiving Day"and stayed till Monday the 27th. The weather was getting bad and Steve wanted to leave before he would hit any storms. We had a great time while he was here. Listening to him play his guitar and Tony playing the piano brought back so many beautiful memories of when our boys were still home. Our home was always filled with music and singing. Oh,. to have those wonderful days back. I made dinner and planned to have our sons and daughter-in-law Lucy here with us, but since Steve left, it was just us four and it was still very nice, though we missed Steve. He called when he got home and said he had a safe trip, thank God.

A few days before the end of the year, our Precious grandaughter and her wonderful husband Chris came up from Fullerton to spend several days with all of us here in Tulare. What a treat!!! Our dear Lucy made Cannoli and we all helped with the shells, that was fun and a lot of work, especially for Lucy. They were DELICIOUS !!!!

Oh, and by the way, Chris and Andrea showed me so many things to do on the computer, including how to "BLOG". Hope I catch on to it so I can continue Blogging.

For all of you that may read this, hope you have a great day