Month: October 2019

Bye-Bye

So, all of my Facebook friends know that I have watched Hocus Pocus 31 times up to this point. It’s my favorite Halloween movie. I did not join Facebook until I stopped working in July 2017. I didn’t start watching Hocus Pocus 1million times until last year. I watched it 11 times. I purchased it on October 1st on Xfinity. I wanted to get my money’s worth! I have watched it so many times that it has only cost me $.64 each time I watch it. And, I own it for next year too! I went with Sean and my Mom to see it at the IMAX and The Henry Ford:

A different Facebook friend told me about that one and it was great!

Another friend tagged me in this post on October 4;

And the tags from my Facebook friends have not stopped! And a lot of them are really cool! I love every single one of them! I will share some here:

My YouTube feed was filled with random, interesting facts about Hocus Pocus

I shared those on my Facebook timeline often. For example:

Then, there are the videos also. I tried to share them here but I couldn’t. The first one I received was from a cousin in Florida:

It was Hocus Pocus through the lens of Snapchat filters:

And then two more of my cousins shared this song which made me laugh hysterically!

I was tagged in this post today:

Also, my niece sent me this shirt today:

I received it when I was already dressed for the day and I currently am bundled up in my sweatshirt with my hood tied around my face pretty tightly. In fact, that’s the reason I haven’t watched the movie today. I feel awful! It has been raining for days, my body hurts, and my knee is killing me on top of everything!

I will definitely rock that shirt next October often because:

But now, I have to say “bye-bye” just like Winnifred in her song.

Because I am not feeling well, I seem to be falling in and out of sleep often today. I will just play my favorite October song that I don’t think I have posted here this year yet:

I better do that before it’s too late!

“SaQUAD” OR Tune #40 Inspired by GMFB

My Mom was over at my house on Sunday when I could catch the second half of the Lions game. Things were going pretty well but then I saw Saquon Barkley‘s run. He shed three guys for a first down. My Mom was in the kitchen but I called her to come see the replay because it was so amazing (Even though it was so not cool!).

I explained to my Mom about last year, the breakfast table naming him,”SaQUAD” because of this picture.

We scrolled through the images and also saw this one:

My Mom saw the pictures and asked me if he works on his legs. Well, YE-AH!!! I told Sean later in the day that she asked me that and then we both laughed.

I remember seeing him work out because he was injured a few weeks ago so they had footage of him working out on GMFB when I first saw the video, I wondered why he always wears spandex. Then, I thought about it more and those aren’t spandex! His quads are just HUGE!!!

So, GMFB had their #AngryRuns segment yesterday and I knew this run was going to be on it. What I didn’t know or expect was the unanimous vote!

I tweeted them after the segment was over:

I wanted to post about that segment yesterday but my Dad was on my mind pretty heavily! At the end of the segment, Kyle references Gnarls Barkley so, here you go:

Good Show

Toward the end of GMFB, my Mom got to my house and went to the kitchen to begin making us some breakfast. It was more of a brunch because it was kind of late but we can’t begin our morning routine until after I have eaten something. Because it is gotten colder; I have stopped drinking my protein shakes. I prefer to eat something warm.

She brought tortillas with her for Sean and I told her that I wanted eggs and sausage. She asked me if I wanted them in a tortilla. Well, OF COURSE I do!!! Is that even a question?!

She handed me a tortilla filled with hard eggs and bits of sausage. I took a bite, closed my eyes, and I told her that it reminds me of Texas! Breakfast burritos will always do that to/for me! We started talking about the fact that my Dad had always made the BEST eggs!

Because Sean will be 18 on Saturday, I recounted the story of my Dad waking me up and offering to cook me breakfast because he had something to talk to me about. He told me that my Mom and he were bothered and concerned about the fact that I was NOT coming home for dinner. It was the summer after my senior year?! I was moving to Kalamazoo in the fall to attend WMU, I just wanted to be with my friends! I told him that I was moving to the OTHER side of the state and that he just didn’t understand.

I continued my story by telling my Mom that back then, I was seated at her dining room table and was freely swinging my legs. (Back when I still could control my legs). I told her that I will never forget in my entire life my Dad taking a step back in her kitchen so he could look directly into my eyes and telling me with the utmost to gravity, “At least you know you’re coming back!”

I stopped swinging by legs immediately and understood that even though my Dad did not have the, “College experience,” he’d let me know in those six words that being shipped up to Vietnam to fight in a war was so much bigger than anything I was doing that summer! I NEVER was late for dinner again as long as I’ve lived with my parents.

After we both finished our breakfast, we began our routine. My Dad was on my mind and we started talking about his funeral. There are so many events from that time, even 13 years later, that are crystal clear to me but I still can’t remember anyone’s face at the mausoleum. I do not even know who was there. Everyone wanted to hug me though but I was so distraught I just let my hands fall to my sides and allowed myself to be hugged but I could not even return the hug.

As my Mom washed my hair this morning, I let the tears flow freely. My Mom added that that was the best funeral! It really was! I think it was the day after the funeral where I told my Mom that I pictured my Dad standing in the back with his arms crossed over his chest and slowly nodding his head with a determined frown on his face and saying, “Good show!”

It really WAS a Good show! Pretty much the BEST! Even as I write this, I can’t stop crying but I have had fond memories of my Dad and I wonder what he would think about Sean being 18 in just five days!


A 3rd Day?!

I think that it’s primarily the weather that has caused my, “Fun Day hangover“ to continue for a 3rd day. Really?! A 3rd day?!

I was pretty out of it this morning as I watched GMFB. My Mom commented on my face while we completed our morning routine. She told me that it looked miserable and I let her know that it FEELS miserable! My knee popped out three times as we completed our routine which hurts so badly!

I spent the early afternoon in and out of sleep and I was extremely uncomfortable. I have already graduated to wearing a winter hat in my house. It’s actually Sean‘s winter hat. It’s a Carhart hat and it’s pretty warm!

After a while of sleeping on and off, I was awake and I watched Hocus Povus. I kind of had to set myself straight because it’s too early for Christmas movies just yet. We haven’t even had Halloween! I think it is the 29th time I have watched that movie this October and it was well-worth the price of buying in on Xfinity. I’m getting my money’s worth for sure!

Maybe this is just the cold settling into my bones and I’m just going to feel this awful until spring. That really stinks!

2 Days

So, today, it has been two days since I saw Hocus Pocus with my, “Sacreds” (Sean and my Mom) and I really liked it!

But then comes the recovery.

At this point, the recovery takes two days… at least! Both of my football teams won this weekend and I’m still not really feeling it. I recorded both of them so hopefully I will get Hope at the rewatch! Today, after the Lions game (which I have only seen the last half of) I watched Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel. Now, when I say, “Watched,” it really wasn’t that. I was in and out of sleep for the entire movies but they are movies that I saw last Christmas season so it was OK.

So, today is also a lazy, napping day. I wonder if I will recover on Monday to continue my Hocus Pocus movie watching because I haven’t reached 31 yet but then I saw this trailer on Facebook:

I’m pretty sure that it’s too early for Christmas movies but this song is my jam! i put the Packers game on that’s starting very shortly and I wonder if I will stay awake… because I am not interested in either team, like the Magic 8 Ball that I have always wanted; “The outlook is not so good…”

Giant Screen

So, I saw Hocus Pocus last night at The Henry Ford with my, “2 Sacreds.” (Sean and my Mom)

One of my Facebook friends said that it would be so much better with the giant screen. She was COMPLETELY correct! I bundled up to the nine‘s last night and even wore a blanket on my lap. Getting there was a bit on the brisk side and a little bit longer than I thought it was going to be but we made it!

Sean said that he missed some of the dialogue but he caught it on the giant screen. I reminded him that I have seen the movie 28 times this October so I didn’t miss anything but I really enjoyed the giant screen!

Sidewalks on the way there were a little bit bumpy and even a bit hazardous for me but with Sean and my Mom looking out, I made it there and back safely!

This was only my second venture out of my house and using my chair as my mode of transportation. I don’t think I will do it again though! I will have a year until I do this again so I will just save money to rent a vehicle because I think this could be a new tradition!

I’ve spent the day not feeling well and that is just how it goes for me the day after something exciting happens to me! Overall, this was DEFINITELY exciting!!!

Tune #39 Inspired by GMFB

Shaun O’Hara covered for Kyle today and he covered for Nate for the beginning of the week. He did a really good job! His eyes were so much more striking than when he would be in a suit for Total Access. He looked really at home today at the breakfast table:

They talked about Ron Rivera wearing his GMFB shirt and his presser and copied this picture from Twitter, I tweeted it out too:

I DEFINITELY will have to get one of those shirts! I think Shaun held his own and this song is playing over and over again in my head (It reminds me of my oldest brother) since he referenced it when talking about Aaron Donald:

Tune #36, #37, #38 Inspired by GMFB

I wasn’t up and in front of my TV until almost 8 o’clock this morning. So, I missed the first hour but I would catch that on the replay right after. I haven’t been feeling very well in the morning lately so I haven’t Tweeted the breakfast table much. I still was able to get out a few though. Kyle was talking with Kay he said, “Discombobulated” which made me laugh and I thought of young Sean and his deductive reasoning of a five-year-old and thinking that “Combobulated” was word. A follower of mine let me know that Kyle muted her a while ago.

I wondered about that because I annoy all of them with tweets constantly and wonder if I will ever be muted on Twitter. I did send a tweet to Kyle regarding Peter’s top-five underrated quarterbacks:

When Peter talked about #4, Kyle said that, “He moves in mysterious ways.“. Well, OF COURSE!!!:

Then the conversation switched to back up quarterbacks. Seeing that this is pretty much the year of the back up quarterback, Peter talked about replacements for Hollywood roles that I wasn’t aware of! He said that Chris Farley was supposed to be Shrek but due to his untimely death, Mike Myers filled in with his Scottish accent. Kyle said something about Smash Mouth which got me thinking about my senior year and this song played in my car when I was with my friends all the time!:

Lastly, I watched the beginning of the show after it ended at ten-o’clock. Shaun O’Jara (filling in for Nate) was talking about the Panthers and Cam not playing in the back of did you get into the rhythm and he talked about Janet Jackson’s, Rhythm Nation:

When I searched for information regarding this post on gmfb’s Twitter page, I saw this picture of Ron Rivera and I HAVE TO get that shirt!

“Oh Mom, Your Face?!”

Our alarms didn’t go off this morning so consequently, Sean woke up almost an hour after he should have first school! He was in the shower when my mom got here this morning to get me out of bed. She got me situated in my will chair and I will put two in front of the TV and turned on GMFB.

Normally, my Mom goes into the kitchen to make herself some coffee as a sit and try to acclimate myself to being awake. This morning, Sean was in the house and he caught a glimpse of my face.

Now, I am definitely NOT a morning person that I have written about TONS of times! Sean really never sees me in the morning! Things have morphed to him just kissing me on my forehead just before he leaves for school and after he does this, I lay in bed and still try to wake up. I don’t wake up until my Mom comes over and helps me.

He came out of the bathroom and looked at me as I tried waking up with GMFB playing on TV. He’s sad, “Oh mom, your face?!” I almost smiled and then my Mom called from the kitchen that she thinks that my face looks awful too! She told Sean that my face looks like that for about an hour. Hearing him say that makes me believe that l REALLY AM allergic to the mornings!

I am so, “Out of it” in the morning that I didn’t even think to take a picture but I think my face is pretty close to the picture above because that’s how I feel! Sean took me to get my eyebrows waxed this evening and here is proof:

I snapped that picture of myself as I retrieved Hocus Pocus.

I just finished watching it for the 26th time this month. It has only cost me $.77 each time I’ve seen it and the month isn’t even over yet!

Looking Forward

My Mom picked up Chinese food for me yesterday. Actually, I think it’s Cantonese. Either way, I got almond chicken. I ate my dinner yesterday and my lunch today because they give out a lot of food. I got a fortune cookie yesterday and this was my fortune:

I liked reading that fortune and I would like to believe it’s true. However, I can’t really see that right now because every day my disease progresses. It kind of bums me out! Looking forward to me may not necessarily be a good thing! That was a topic of discussion in one of my MS support groups and I really have been thinking about it.

I got pretty bummed out and during the month of October, when I am bummed out, a sure fire way to cheer up is to watch Hocus Pocus. Today was my 25th time seeing it this October. That means that it only has cost me $.80 each time I watch it and the month isn’t even over!

I’m not going to count my viewing on Friday because I am going to the IMAX to see it. So, I guess, that’s something to look forward to!