My diary - January 28-30, 1972

Missy watering plants in her backyard in Los Robles

Me in Missy's backyard next to Alfred's doghouse

January 28, 1972 Fri.

Dear Diary:

I stayed after to work on yearbook. Today was the last deadline & it wasn’t done our section. Missy came on the bus with me. I then went to her house & ate lunch. I came back & did some of my homework. She came over around 5:00 Watched T.V. She went with us the Chile party. Boyscouts gave it. It was good chile. Watched T.V. Read.

BYE!!!

Note: Mom helped make the chili. Here is mom’s special chili recipe adapted to using canned beans. Every time I make it, I think of her.

Mama Fisch’s Famous Chili

1 lb. ground beef

1 onion chopped

1 can of Rotel (diced tomatoes and green chilies)

1 15-ounce can of diced tomatoes

1 can of tomato sauce

3 cans of kidney beans (drained)

1 can of black beans (drained)

1 teaspoon of garlic powder or fresh garlic

1 to 2 tablespoons of chili powder

1 to 2 teaspoons of cumin

1 teaspoon of oregano

1 teaspoon of paprika

Brown meat and onion. Drain fat. Add the rest of the ingredients plus meat to the crockpot. Cook on low for several hours. Serve with cilantro, green onions, cheese, tortilla chips, and sour cream.

January 29, 1972 Sat.

Dear Diary:

I finished "A Tale of Two Cities." I did the report had to type it. Now all I have to do is finish La Si de las Niñas & write report tomorrow. I did the Biografia today. I read on it. We went to mass. Dad’s celbrating his Birthday party tonight. It’s noisy!! I’m dead tired. Read on Teen. Got to take bath.

BYE!!!

Note: Teen magazine was a racier version of Young Miss.

January 30, 1972 Sun.

Dear Diary:

Emmas daughter is here. Rosa is going on vacation. Daddy opened his present. I think he got 49 from people. Joke present & wiskey. We ate breakfast. I finished “La Sí de la Niñas & did the report. Watched T.V. I gave Dad his present of card “Your the 1000 interuption Today. I washed my hair. Dad leaves tomorrow for Miami. BYE!

BYE

Note: Not sure what I was thinking giving Dad that card, lol.

Mrs. Nelly de Habed was an outstanding Spanish teacher from Chile. She had us reading all the Spanish classics. El sí de las niñas (The Maiden’s Consent) was written by Leonardo Fernández de Moratín as a three-part play in 1801. Francesca is a poor 16-year-old girl set up in an arranged marriage by her mother to a wealthy 60-year-old man, Diego, whom she has never met. The saga continues as Francesca is in love with someone else.