Month: December 2019

Ring Day 2019 + Last Christmas

Exactly one month ago today, it was Sean’s ring day at DC, in the church. I had made arrangements to procure a van so as to go to the church and see him in his graduation gown for the first time.

My Mom took my phone to take pictures before the mass started. I was getting situated in the church. I thought the mass was absolutely beautiful and I’m not ashamed to say that I cried a little bit but I tend to do that when I am happy a lot these days. We were able to snap some pictures of Sean and his friends and the gathering space after mass:

Connor and Sean have been going to school together since they were in preschool. When they graduate, in May, sadly, that will end:

Sean went to lunch with a group of his friends and I felt that I was getting tired. He went by himself. Before my Mom and I left the church, I looked at her and told her that since we had the vehicle to accommodate my chair, we should go to the movies! I ordered the tickets on my phone. Last Christmas was already out and I really wanted to see it.

Retrospectively, putting two things in the day at once proved to be too much for me but I didn’t know that until after the movie. That’s why it’s been a month since I posted pictures of my Beeb in his gown. (He’s on the left).

The movie was in a smaller theater and only two other people were there. It was my aunt Crissy and my cousin, Layla. It was like it was the show just for us. I wanted to see this movie because it’s named after my Christmas jam!

I was also interested in the movie, I had no idea what the storyline was going to be:

Because I saw this movie before Thanksgiving, my Christmas preparations were a little bit earlier this year. but I was cool with that!

I dug the movie and I am looking forward for it to be one of the movies or watch leading up to Christmas next year on my TV. Emma Thompson was hilarious in it and there were a couple other George Michael songs that I really dug in it:

It’s a two whole days for me to begin to recover. I have only been out of my house one other time since then and that was to get my eyebrows waxed and my haircut for Christmas.

27 Days of Christmas Movies – Day 24

Day 24, Movie 24 Twinkle All the Way

As I searched through the free movies that were offered OnDemand, this one interested in me. I wanted to see, Eight Crazy Nights but I had to pay for it today. Yesterday, it was free but since it is the first night of Hanukkah, maybe a lot of people are watching it.

I started watching it with an open mind. It had the feeling of a Hallmark movie because I saw the Lifetime logo in the corner of my TV. I thought it was cute and I’m a huge fan of any movie that features single parents!

27 Days of Christmas Movies – Day 23

Day 23, Movie 23 This Christmas

I saw this movie yesterday when watching, Last Holiday. It was a suggestion and I’ve always liked that song. Once I started watching, who could go wrong with some Idris Alba?! 😍😍😍

I wasn’t sure how I felt about all the drama but there were five kids just like my family. However, there were two girls! Even though they didn’t get along for most of the movie, they know what it’s like to grow up with a sister! That’s something I do not know.

Peppermint

Today, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to try the fourth flavor of my chapstick 4 pack that I got in the mail not too long ago.

I’m not sure what I expected but I was thinking that it would be similar to the original Burts Bees chapstick. I think it has been a really long time since I had the original chapstick. I’ve been using the Grapefruit since I busted my knee because I couldn’t use the Açaí Berry one because that one is my Barwis’s chapstick. I swear I will get back there one day!

I am excited that now I have tons of choices when choosing my chapstick in the morning. What can I say?! #SimplePleasures, man!!! I do think tomorrow may be Ginger Spice because I can have the Cocoa Mint anytime during the year!

NOT So Much…

So, this video popped up in my YouTube feed last Sunday:

Anyone who knows me, knows that this one is my ULTIMATE, Christmas jam!!! I was surprised that it took so long for it to show up this year! I’ve been pretty festive this year even though I still can’t find my tree skirt and I rarely leave my house now.

When I am tired of watching TV, I jam to my, “December Faves” that I posted on my blog or Wham! from my phone. I learned something new a few days ago. Well, sadly, it is official. Even though I am by myself in my home, I can’t bring myself to belt out any of my favorite Christmas song that I’ve been listening to for the past three days.

I can’t muster up and I need strength to let any words to come out of my mouth. Because this song is my jam however, I’ve been listening to it repeatedly. It’s been three days that I listen to it multiple times in the day but I can’t sing anything. No sound will come out of my mouth. Not without a lot of pain. MS is really kicking my butt! Maybe it’s so painful because I used to be able to do it and now, I can’t.

I will let you know if mouthing the words is the same as belting them out at the top of my lungs because OF COURSE I know every single word! But for now I can tell you that yeah, not so much… 😒😒😒

Ginger Spice OR Old-Fashioned Christmas Candy

Yesterday, when I received my chapstick in the mail, it was a 4 pack and I immediately tried out the Cocoa Mint.

I tried the Ginger Spice cut this morning because it sparked my interest. After I applied it to my lips and rubbed my lips together to spread it around, I immediately thought of my Abuela and the Christmas candy she had in a jar at her house every year.

That was the candy and if I remember correctly, the jar looked similar to this:

The bottom of it was more dainty but the smell of this Chapstick reminds me of her house at Christmas.

I had my Mom smell the chapstick this morning and told I her that it reminded me of that hard Christmas candy at Abuela’s. She laughed and told me that Abuela really liked it! She told me that she thought she’s first received it from the Good-fellows at Christmas When she was young.

It is only now, as a woman and a single mother that I truly understand how extremely strong she was! You see, my Abuela had no family here in Michigan except for the man she married. I call him, “The man she married” because I never knew him.

Over the years, my Mom has told me that he left their family when my Mom was 15. He left my Abuela with nine kids (The youngest one was five) and when he left, he turned off all of the utilities and took the family car. My Mom has told me that it was through the Grace of God that she made it happen for her and all of my aunts and uncles.

My Abuela died in 1989 when I was 7 years old. I knew that all of my aunts and uncles loved and respected her! The whole neighborhood respected my Abuela!

I know firsthand how difficult it is to raise a child by yourself but I only have one instead of nine and I have the love and help from my family. I was seven when she died and she was my height.

27 Days of Christmas Movies – Day 19

Day 19, Movie 19 A Christmas Kiss

I first saw this movie about seven or eight years ago. I saw it on my newly given iPad from work. I watched it on Netflix instead of sleeping because that was the very beginning of my sleep problems.

I was going to use this picture as a picture to show the movie but it seemed a bit too dark but it showed her glittery, “Sugarplum fairy eyes”:

I found a brighter picture that also showed them in the elevator which is the whole premise of the movie:

I didn’t know the name of this movie so I google searched, “Sugarplum fairy kisses man in an elevator” and I discovered its name. It’s no longer on Netflix so I had to start a trial subscription of some channel in order to see it.

It’s kind of a cheesy movie but I dug it back then and now anyway! They discuss classic Christmas movies and they watch them together before falling asleep. I have seen all of the movies that they discussed in this movie except for one. Maybe that will be my Christmas movie choice for tomorrow.

I am watching, Love Actuallyright now but I think I may have to rewatch this one again tonight.