Spring is coming soon

Well, my son is now 18 and ready to graduate from high school. Hard to believe this little guy is all grown up into a strong young man ready to enter the adult world.

Things have changed over the last 18 years, some good, some difficult but in the end they were for the best. I am so happy to be moved back to California, I missed the nice calm weather, well when you compare it to LA and WA weather this is calm.

Well had a great time last Friday celebrating my cousin Wyatt's 8th birthday and enjoy holding the newest addition to the family, Mindy's first granddaughter, baby Kia. It is so wonderful to see my grandmother holding baby Kia...the oldest and the youngest in our family.

We are settling into the new house, love our cute little condo! Now to get some painting done and get it decorated. Tony put up my cutains in the living room for me and I have most of the boxes unpacked, little by little, I am getting them unpacked and finding a place for everything. Still on the lookout for a nice buffet and hutch for the extra storage and a place to put my pretty dishes and such.

Tony is in physical therapy for his hands, getting better but still not able to straighten his ring finger where the doctor did the sugery. We go see him in march to see what has to be done next.

Well, I have things to get done and we meet with the Priest later next week to prepare for our renewal ceramony next year, have lots of planning for that and already found my dress; now to get it ordered!

The "new" Veca mobile

Well, as much as we wanted the HHR, with the economy as it stands, we chose to buy a used truck from my cousin. I really do love it and having wheels again is nice. Ours is white with all the goodies.

With Tony's recent health issues, we started looking for an apartment that is not a townhome. We found one and I love the neighborhood, what is even better, our new home is right behind the ward building and that makes me really happy.

We have a great park in our new neighborhood which will be great for our evening walks and not too much a drive to my office or the library when i need to do research for school.

Halloween was quiet and Thanksgiving was fun, we drove to LA to spend the holiday with Tony's father and step-mother. I miss the big family gatherings, but since grandpa passed back thru the veil, the family only gets together at Christmas, so I am really looking forward to then.

Fall has arrived

We are settling in living in Bakersfield, Tony is getting better every day. The weather is finally turning cool, not as cold as it was in Seattle, but enjoyable. We found a nice large condo we looking into renting, move from the townhome since it a bit difficult for Tony to handle the stairs now.
We "Meme" has given in and is buying a new car. Tony finally has won his discussion that we can afford a car note and it is time to give in and admit, I really do want a new car, well at least newer than I have had in the past 7 years. We are waiting to hear from the bank, we are looking at buying a 2007 Chrysler HHR. I do love the style of the car and it has plenty of room with great fuel mileage.
Well, need to get back to the books.

It's been a long week

Monday was ok, then things got a bit difficult. My husband hasn't been feeling well and so I called his doctor to make a appointment to bring him in and after talking to the doctor, I was told get him to the ER now.
We went on in and found out that he was having and had been having small heart attacks! Well the hospital admited him for a further testing and he ended up in the cath lab for a electrical study of his heart, that came out good. They sent him home wed night and I thought ok, he will be good just needs time to heal and give his new blood pressure meds time to do their job.
I was wrong, he woke up at 6am, unable to talk clearly to me and had lost feeling on his left side, so I call 911 and back to the hospital we went, found out during the nite he had a TIA stroke. He is home now and getting better, with physical therapy and time he will gain back his strength on the left side.
We do have to be even more careful since now he could have more of the TIA strokes or a full blown stroke.
We are just taking each day as it comes and enjoying it. You just never know what is around the next corner.

Finally a day off

Well, I love the new job and so glad to back living in Bakersfield, CA. I will be even more happier when I get the living room semi-unpacked and straighten up.
We are settling in and Tony is getting use to the weather, no more dampness and rain. We went down to his dad and step-mother's last weekend. It was really wonderful to be around them and we are making plans to enjoy more time with them, they are excited to have us around to go and do fun things with them, since we are only a few hours drive from them now.
I am also enjoying the time to catch up with my little sister, Jenn and her boys.
Well, need to get some household chores done while I have the time.