Once Upon A Time

Once upon a time, there was this family who was a very close family. A middle class family.
The mother was a Real Estate Agent and the father was an Advertising Agent for a large prestigious company. The mother's name was JoAnna and the father's name was Sebastian. They were blessed with two children, a boy and a girl. James was their 14 year old son and Tamara the 13 year old daughter. Both children are very sharp and very popular in school. This family, a very normal, middle class all American family. Every morning mom would have to rush off to work at another deal outside the city limits, and Dad he had to get to the agency on time for all kinds of negotiations, and creative ideas for the advertising agency.
James and Tamara, well, they would also rush to get to their school early to meet up with their friends in school. The school is a very upper middle class school, football, baseball, swimming,cheerleading, fundraisers for various trips and holiday parties; Halloween, Christmas, etc.Tamara, James and their parents followed the same routine every day.

On weekends, the two siblings would meet up with their friends and go to the movies, arcade, pizza place, or just go out bowling or shopping at the mall. Typical family. The parents would stay in and watch a couple of movies and eat popcorn, and call their friends in between television commercials. Typical family. They were all in tune with one another and happy for the time being.

Monday, comes along, and here we go again, Mom and Dad have some coffee, and rush out the house,
Tamara and James, have a piece of toast and orange juice, and out they go running to the school, the school is not far from where they live. The distance is about 15 minutes away from where they live. Their neighborhood is pretty nice, and the people in the neighborhood know Tamara and James and their parents. A normal day for the family.

JoAnna calls Sebastian and suggests that it's time for both of them to go out and have lunch together. Sebastian tells her, JoAnna, just give me 30 minutes more, and I will meet with you for lunch. JoAnna responded, o.k, 30 minutes and not a minute more, with a happy sound on the other end. Sebastian laughs, and tells her, I will be there.

JoAnna meets her client and shows her the house. Gives her a complete tour of the house,
and gives her all the details of the house. The client seems very interested and asks a lot of questions, and she looks like she is very impressed with the house, however, the client tells her that she will get back with her in a few days, she needs to talk it over with her husband, and her husband needs to come and see the house too. JoAnna smiles and tells the client that she will be waiting for her call, and if she does not call, then she will call her back to remind her of the house and follow-up and set an appointment with her and her husband to see the house, the sooner the better, she says, because this house will sell real quickly, it's a great deal and it's a beautiful home. She says good-bye to the client and the client drives away.
Joann awaits for her husband outside the house, and so she feels that she did very well, and has a good feeling about this client. Meanwhile, her husband drives in the driveway, and smiles at her, and says, hey, are you available,for a date? she smiles, and says, "who's this stranger, this lonely stranger with a nice smile, and bright blue eyes". He smiles, and tells her to get in the car with him. Sebastian, tells her about his meeting at work, and how well things are going, and he is very excited about the this one advertising deal. Joanna, tells him that she might have a client pretty soon, and it may be a very successful transaction, but she needs to follow-up and be persistent with the client. As they are talking, and laughing, Sebastian turns on the radio, and their favorite songs comes on. "You Only Just Begun", They are both quiet as they are listening to this beautiful song. Sebastian and Joann seem very much in love with one another, and they seem to be in their own little world.
Meanwhile Tamara is practicing her cheerleading with the rest of the girls and James is practicing football with the guys out by the field. Both are very intense and want to do well, so they practice for long hours. Suddenly, Tamara feels sick and wants to vomit, and James starts feeling dizzy and starts sweating. They don't understand why they feel like that. Tamara tells the girls, "I will be back, I need to sit down and drink some water, don't feel that hot, may be it's the heat". James, just tells his coach, "hey couch, I will be back, I need to go to the restroom", James goes in there and washes his face with cold water and looks at himself in the mirror, stares for awhile, then goes back to practice. Tamara, she just want to call it a day, and waits for James to finish his practice so she can walk home with James.

Sebastian and JoAnna are listening to more music, and this time, it's rock and roll and they are both moving to the rhythm of the music. They are having a good time, the two of them by themselves in the car, just like it was back then in high school when they were teens themselves. All of the sudden a car is coming fast, and is going the wrong way, Sebastian tries to protect JoAnna and JoAanna tries to protect Sebastian, and they both hold each other, the car comes straight at them and kills them instantly. Only the music is playing, and there is a silence, no more laughter, a dead silence. The driver of the other car is also dead. The ambulance arrives, and takes the bodies away. The attendants just shake their heads, "there is no life in these bodies, all died instantly".

IPHONES AND IPADS

The market is getting so compatible and there are so many gadgets to compare now. Should I get an IPHONE or Should I get and IPAD? That is the question. I love them both, however, I need to take one product at a time, and save my money to buy 1 and then buy the other. I know they are both great products, and I am looking forward to buying them. Like all gadgets nowadays, makes our lives much easier with all the running we all have to do nowadays. Check them out. Well, have a great day and enjoy your weekend. By the way Apple has those gadgets, go check them out.

Gorditas

My personal recipe. It's great. When I was a little girl, my mother would give us an economical meal. There were a total of 11 of us, so she had to think of a way to feed us. She had to be creative. The following recipe is one of my favorites, I still use it with my family, and they love it.

Ingredients:
Flour
Water (preferably warm water)
Baking Powder
Salt
Canola Oil or Vegetable Cooking Oil
Margarine or Butter

Supplies:
Roller Pin
A Clean surface to roll your gorditas
A hot griddle to cook your gorditas


You get 2 cups of flour, the more flour, (the more flour you add, you need to increase your dry ingredients. Maybe 1/2 of teaspoon of both if you use more flour)
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of Baking Powder
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of salt
Mix all dry ingredients well.

Then, gradually add your warm water to it
Keep mixing it.

Then once you mix it well, you then start gradually using little amounts of cooking oil,
This will make your flour more flexible to work with, and it won't stick so much on your hands
or roller pin. Remember use a very clean area to work your dough and make your gorditas.
Once, your dough is smooth and does not stick on your hands or on the roller pin.
You are ready to make your gorditas.


You then add a little bit of flour on the surface you plan to roll down your dough., Spread
the flour in the area, where you plan to work with the dough, not too much flour, that's not good. Make your balls of flour the size of a two baseballs, I had to describe it, much easier that way. Now start with your pin by rolling the dough and working it so it is about 6 inches wide all around, and about 1/2 and inch all around, Once you are done, place it on the griddle,
The griddle should be on medium heat. You place your gordita on the griddle, and right away turn it on it's other side, let it cook very well, toast it or brown it, then turn the other side, cook it well, then take it out. You now have your gordita done. Next, you place it on the plate. You cut the gordita by slicing it in little squares but not all the way, just the top, then you add your favorite topping. We use margarine, and spread it on the gordita, then we add refried beans, or we can add chicken or chili con carne, fresh beans with chili sauce, whatever you like. You eat it with a fork and a knife. It is real good. Try it, see if you like it. Do you have a recipe you want to share, please email me. Thank you.

Head Start

When I was younger, I was unaware that there was a program called, Head Start. If I would have known now what I know today, I would have taken steps to register my children in this program. The program is great and it is exactly what it says it is, a head start for your children before they go to kindergarten. It's a preschool program for ages 3 - 5 years old. Qualified teachers and qualified nurses are there to help and educate the child. They have qualified nutritionist to help and balance a healthy diet. It is a free program for low-income families and it is a free program for the child and parent. Parents also get to participate in the program and help in the classroom. It's a great program, a win win situation. Head Start Preschool is a great program. Check the program in your part of the woods, and find out if you have a Head Start Program. You will be glad you did. The children go to school for 3.5 hours, and they have a morning session and an afternoon session, some have a full time session for parents that work or go to school all day. Find out more in your city, you and your child will benefit from it. Well, take care and May God Bless You. Have a great day, every day.

Health News

I know and you know that eating a healthy balanced diet is very important. We know that, but do we do it, no, we try, but then we go back to our old habits, I know I do, and then I just keep on trying. Exercise, we supposed to do them too, and we try, and we try, and they say you can exercise for 20 minutes a day, and that will keep your weight at a stable level, maintained. You won't lose but you won't gain. I say 1 hour a day can make a difference, just make sure you do the adequate and appropriate exercises for your age and your health, ask your doctor. Anyway, there are a few things to remember to eat. For instance, the following can help all of us one way or the other: Example: Tomatoes, Flaxseed, Kale, Salmon, Cranberry Juice, Greek Yogurt and Walnuts. Check them out. They are very beneficial for your health.

A funny thing happen to me

It is 10:00 a.m. and I answered the switchboard at work, "Good Morning", May I help you, the response I get is "Good Afternoon", I wish to speak to ... "o.k. whatever you say", I think to myself.

Then, the next call comes in, "Good Morning", may I help you, I would like to get the number to and she gives me the name of a location, so I give that person the phone number, and she does not quite get the number, I give her the number, and she repeats the number incorrectly, I give her the number again, and she still gets it wrong, I give her the number again, then she tells me, "just a moment, let me get a pen and some paper", so I wait for the lady for about two minutes, so she can get a pen and some paper. You know that as an employee, you must have patience by now. Wow! that was not easy for me.

The Immigrants #4

Grandpa was not aware of the things that were happening between the daughters and the stepmother. The stepmother would get very angry when her flour tortillas were missing.
One day, great grandpa got on his white horse and traveled to go see his son and his family. He saw that his son needed some help with his daughters, so he decided to help with one of them, and that was the five year old, my mother, the middle child. He took her and placed her on his horse, and away they went to his home and his family. Grandpa favored my mother and adviced everyone in the household to guard her and watch over her, but there shall be no spanking or harsh words to that little girl or else, they would face the consequences from him. My mother was not a mischevious young lady, she was pretty much curious about things and how they worked. She spent her days watching and doing housework, and learning from all those people in the household. One day, she was told to watch the chickens, and to bring all the eggs. So, she went to where the chickens were and there the eggs were, lots of eggs. Her curiousity was how did the chickens lay eggs, she thought the eggs came from the chicken's peak, so she waited to see and watched for a while until she could see results, to her surprise, it came from the other end. Later, I will continue my story, I must get to work. Have a great day,