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ooh! Albondigas sounds really good right now. Maybe that's what I'll make for dinner tonight!

Monika, I'm glad everything came out well and I'm glad the family is there taking care of you.  But you better watch out with them albondigas.  They're my favorite too but with onions, frijoles, cilantro and all the hot spices!!  I remember when I was in that motorcycle accident and broke all my bones.  Being disabled and watching the world pass me by through my livingroom window was not a good feeling.  But seeing the world pass me by was better than not seeing it pass by..... que no?

I also had family and friends bringing me food all the time and of course, I don't like to leave an empty plate.  It was great that everyone showed they cared but the only drawback was all the food that they brought and what goes with it.  Yeah!!  Calories!!  I exploded and gained 30 lbs.  But my disabled period was like 6 months and 3 of those, I couldn't walk and didn't think I would ever again.  The greatest feeling I ever had was when I took the first step (like a baby) after my accident.  Yeah.... even better than that!!  Be careful and quidado con las albondigas!!  I think that's the reason they make them "Round" because they grow on you.

That's ok, Twinkie, Everything came out fine, I'm here with my laptop doing well, my sister is here helping me and made me some albondigas' .  MMM they sure were good, just like my mother useto make when we were young.  The best think about being sick is that you get spoiled by everyone.  I told my daughter it is was pay back time for all the times I took care of her when she was sick.

Then your relatives come and visit.  My older sister and mother are coming on Sunday to see me.  They rarely come over since I live one hour away.  I feel loved. ha ha!!!

Monika! I didn't mean to make you depressed. I'm sorry. I am sure your surgery will go just fine! *HUGS*

That's awesome, gramps! My hubby and I dream of taking off like that in our trailer someday. Watch some baseball games, visit family and friends, do some golfing!

That's what we are doing Twinkie, and it is the right thing to do.  Will be spending more time this weekend with my older sister, and will include time watching our University of Montana Grizzlies play football.  Funerals are good as a family reunion however.

<<<<<<<<<<  Ignore this picture when I'm trying to talk serious!!  It's the Halloween season so TRICK OR TREAT!!

Monika, good luck on your surgery.  If it's five weeks, it must be pretty serious.  Hope everything turn out well.  As for who will make decisions when you're not able to,  what I did was obtained a Living Trust & Will with a Power of Attorney as to who decides for me.   I had to do this and I recommend everyone do something similar because, as I've explained, you never know when your number is up.  I really hate talking about death but since we're on the topic, we have to prepare it so that our families will not have to suffer too much with the expense of it all.  They'll be hurting enough as it is.  Again, I pray that everything will be okay and I wish you a long and great future.

I was reading your comments and getting depressed.  I am having surgery tomorrow and decided to read the package that was given to me By Kaiser,  It say that I should have an agent to make health decisions in case I can't make my own, when the time comes.

I thought and thought of who  I would trust enough to make decisions on weather I live or die.  So I asked my daughter what would you do if I had to live on a machine and she answered, I would let you stay on the machine for ever, until the time comes,

Your family will all ways try to keep you alive as long as they can.  So, I've come to the conclusion that it would have to be a close and true friend that I would pick as a agent to make the last minute decisions and follow my wishes.

 

Now happy thoughts! I'm looking forward to being off work for 5 weeks even if its for recuperating.

ha. Joe... I always call my mom and say, "Mom, vengo a visitarte. Me haces mole?" tee hee.

*(that means, Mom, I'm coming over. Will you make me "mole")

Daydreamer!!!! HUGS!

Vero... I can't wait till Saturday! I'm glad you're joining our MAS Twinkielicious outing!

How come you always come up with good questions Twinkie??  I'm been to a whole lot of funerals and always hear people saying, "It's unfortunate that we had to see each other, after so many years, under this circumstances."  The way I see it, people are so caught up in their own personal affairs that they never have time for the most important thing in their lives and that is............ their family.  La Familia is the most important part of anyone's life.  Not until a member of the family dies, do they remember him or her and get together.

Family includes your parents, siblings, primos, sobrinos, tios, grandparents and close friends and even your pets.  In my case, my fish in my fish pond.  I also hear at funerals, "We should get together".  Well...duh!!  But do they?  Yes they will.....at the next funeral !!  Life is so precious and short and can be taken away in an instant and it usually does.  One minute you're happy as a lark going through an intersection or driving down the freeway, enjoying life.  The next second, you're no longer  here.  You don't even have time to think if you really enjoyed your life or not.  You never know who's next to die.  You never know when your number is up.  With this face paced world whirling around us, any one of us can be next.

"Why her?" we ask.  "Why did she have to go so young?"  Good question.  Do you blame the speeding car that ran the red light?  Do you blame the robber that fired the shot?  Do you blame the guy that punched you in the nose?  Do you blame the weather and it's elements?  Do you blame Mother Nature?  Who do you blame?  Some people blame God.  "it was God's will", they say.  She is up in heaven with the angels!!  Would it be better if she was here with us, enjoying life?  Is it really God's fault?

I think I've mentioned this before, We only have one life!!  After that......Poof!!  no more!!  We've talked about heros dying while doing heroic acts, we talked about our family members and friends going to fight in the war.  Some come back, some are carried back.    The fact is that we are a recycled species here on Earth.  People are being born every minute and people are dying just as quick.  As you know there are two things that are for sure guaranteed in life?  Death and Taxes.  Knowing that for sure, we're going to leave this Earth at the wrong time, why do we live like we're invinsible and going to live forever?  Why do we drive the way we do?  Why don't we have time for anyhing?  You probably heard all the excuses, "Oh, I've been too busy.", "I got too much work, I haven't had time.", "I'll go visit you when I can.", "I'll go visit you on my next vacation." , "I don't have any money right now for gas".  etc. etc.

Heck!!  If you have a father or mother or brother or sister or primos or anyone, living anywhere.  You should pick up the phone, dial their number, talk with them, tell them you are thinking of them.  If you can, tell them you're on your way to visit them and to have dinner ready.  We are all guilty of not visiting our relatives until it's too late and then you HAVE to visit them to pay your respects but they are no longer with you.  You can't touch, hug or kiss them anymore.  You can't laugh or cry with them.  You can't share your memories with them.  Why?  They're not here.  They're gone into the new world, wherever that may be.

Norma, you always make me think about what's happening in my life with your questions and Although I talked with my sister in San Jose 2 days ago, I'm gonna call her again tonight and give my mother a jingle too and tell her I love her.  I talked to my prima in Guadalajara last week.  I think I'll call her too and see if everything is okay and see how my sobrinos are doing, send everyone un beso y un abrazo.  I always think of how precious life is and we must do everything we can to preserve it because some day, our number will be up.

Why wait for the wedding? La Quiceñera?, Los Cumpleaños?, the reunion?, Do it now!!  Visit your loved ones or stay in touch with them.

 

By the way, I had to register even to leave an anonymous comment. Every time I tried to leave a comment before it would send me to login page and then delete my comment entirely. I figured it was time I registered. :)

I think you should come visit me "just because"! :) Really. This Saturday? Okay. :)

That is so true, though. I'm actually going to go visit family in Palm Desert next month. I haven't been to visit in so long and the reason I'm going is because my cousin is getting married. That's only a 4 hour drive from me. I should be visiting much more often.

You've motivated me. I'm want to visit my friend in San Diego now. I haven't seen him in years.

Veronica

That's a really good point Norma. We really should. And you crack me up too!