Month: January 2020

“Sickies”

Sean stayed home from school again today. He is sick. This morning, the left side of my throat hurt when I swallowed. I’ve always told Sean that he needs to stay healthy because if he gets sick, that means that I will get sick and then I said that I will die! I would say it but I didn’t really believe it until this morning when my throat hurt. When my Mom got here, I asked her to make this drink that is supposed to help. It has apple cider vinegar in it so it’s disgusting but my throat hurt.

Sean got out of his bed and my Mom asked who she was making it for first. I told her to make it for Sean and he drank it and thought it was really gross and I knew it would be. I just told him that I had to drink it too! My mom put together chicken soup for Sean and for lunch, I just drink the broth.

I told Sean that we are two, “Sickies.” Sean corrected me that he is a, “Sickie” and I am not. I told him that it is very possible that I can get really sick and even be hospitalized if I don’t nip this one in the bud. I told my Mom that we need a red X on our house or a skull and cross bones on the door because this house is sick. hopefully, we both will get over it soon but I can feel my head pounding right now.

Rob Lowe

So, I really thought about this since finding out which teams were in the Super Bowl on Sunday evening. It is, as Kay says it, Super Bowl Liv (Pronounced with a short I like, Liv Tyler). Sean watched both games with me and once I found out the Chiefs were in it, I wasn’t super happy. Sean told me that Patrick Mahomes is good enough to win him his fantasy football league Super Bowl so he was okay with it. I wasn’t so sure though.

When we watched the NFC championship, my son commented on Rob Lowe. He was wearing an NFL hat and NOT rooting for either team:

The 49ers won the game and it wasn’t close. So, it’s between the 49ers or the Chiefs. I have to pick one of them because the Detroit Lions aren’t you going to be in a Super Bowl anytime soon, even though Kyle went with them opposed to the Cincinnati Bengals to get the Lombardi trophy next year.

I really am not a Chiefs fan (even though Mahomes is pretty impressive) nor am I a 49ers fan. My Mom thinks Jimmy Garoppolo is really handsome though. She told me that a couple years ago when Kyle started talking about him. This year, she also saw a bunch of 49ers players reading to kindergarten classes and then we were told that they read one-on-one with 2nd to 4th graders. My Mom is convinced that they will win the Super Bowl because they read with kids. I told her that most teams do stuff like that but it didn’t matter because she thinks the 49ers will win because Jimmy Garoppolo is handsome.

For me though, Jimmy Garoppolo really isn’t my cup of tea and I’ve been watching the breakfast table to see who they’re going with. On Monday, the whole table was all about the Chiefs which didn’t really sit well with me. I am not sure who to go for though. Maurice Jones-Drew (sitting in for Nate) was talking at the breakfast table today that the 49ers have a really good defense and the Chiefs have a really good offense.

He added that it definitely will be a game which I am excited for. I usually make the decision for who I am going to jump on the bandwagon for early on in the playoffs but when the Saints were knocked out again, I didn’t know who to go for. Maybe I should wait until tomorrow’s Throwdown Thursday to decide which team I should hook my bandwagon to, or maybe I think I will be like Rob Lowe…

Dove Chocolate Commercial

I haven’t seen this commercial for a while and I just recently saw it again. It reminds me of a dear friend and former colleague of mine and I really like it. Recently, I have allowed myself to have one or two Dove dark chocolates. I eat them slowly and it takes four bites for me to eat in one piece. I can no longer read what’s inside of the wrapper because my eyes have gotten so bad.

Today, my Mom read my chocolate wrapper to me. It’s sad, “You got this!” See?:

That was a really nice reminder for me. I searched on YouTube for the commercial and I saw this one. I never saw the entire commercial but here it is:

Tune #52 & #53 Inspired by GMFB

So, I woke up late this morning and after watching the first broadcast of GMFB, I felt that I was missing something so I continued watching the replay. I saw a new segment today that I hadn’t seen before. “Trend of the World.” Kyle began singing a line from the REM song but I didn’t know if I wanted to put that one on my blog.

As I was debating that in my head, Kyle began saying the lines from Conga by Gloria Estefan. Gloria Estefan was my aunt Rita’s favorite singer! Whenever I hear anything by her, I always think of my aunt Rita now with fondness! I think the segment may have changed to the three words to describe the upcoming game. I think Kyle chose ”Miami Sound Machine“ which is her band.

***GMFB just tweeted this:

As Kyle was talking, they showed a picture of Gloria Estefan singing at a concert and I couldn’t stop thinking about my aunt Rita! This isn’t the picture they showed on GMFB but it looked similar:

I was able to get out of my thoughts enough to hear Nate talk about Patrick Mahomes’ touchdown from the game against the Titans last weekend and he chose this song to describe it:

I really dug his choice of songs because in the wee hours of the morning, when I can’t seem to fall asleep, I watch my YouTube feed. Specifically, I watch the blind auditions on The Voice. I don’t watch the show on TV but rather just watch the videos that show up in my YouTube feed. I remember seeing a girl sing that song and Boy George didn’t realize it was his song for a little while because she sang it so differently. I think I watched that in a longer 17 minute video but I searched that particular audition today and I found it:

So I’ve been thanking about this particular audition and my aunt Rita all day long!

You Know What I Miss? Volume 8

Continuing with the focus on things that people don’t realize I can no longer do. 

I miss having my finger on the music pulse while teaching middle school students.

During my first year teaching, it was the very beginning of, the ”Justin Bieber Mania” I remember grading papers in my classroom while a school dance was taking place and I could never forget the middle school girls’ screams that accompanied the beginning of that, “Baby” song.

Once I became the Reading Specialist, after a few years, my classroom changed to being adjacent to the cafeteria where the students’ physical education classes took place. Mr. Curl always played music! I always knew which songs my students liked and overtime, I liked them too!

i’ve recently been seeing this commercial over and over again:

I really liked this song but I didn’t know who sang it. It wasn’t until I saw that the musical artist, “Lizzo” took a break from her tour to pack lunches for firefighters and people displaced in Australia.

I didn’t know who she was so I looked it up. She is the one singing in the GrubHub commercial!!! I would’ve known that if I was still teaching.

I miss teaching for so many more reasons than, “Knowing what the kids are listening to” but that’s one thing that I can admit without crying.

Andy Reid’s Time? OR Tune #51 Inspired by GMFB

Friday, on GMFB, Peter Schrager told a story about seeing a movie star at his local coffee shop. He immediately recognized the man but the man did not recognize him. He began talking football with Peter and another person.

As the story went on, Peter let the table and the viewers know that the person he saw was Ethan Hawke. Ethan Hawke just wanted to talk football and he asked the question, “Is this Andy Reid’s time?”

The table was amazed that Peter was NOT recognized and they all started talking about Ethan Hawke movies. Nate said that he’s favorite Ethan Hawke movie was Training Day and Peter said that his was Reality Bites.

Of course, Kyle had to make a remark about this song, “My Sharona”:

I think that that movie is the best, even though I haven’t seen it in so long, but that song is the best. I would agree with Peter about that being the best Ethan Hawke movie.

Now,I am not rooting for them so much but I like the idea of Andy Reid finally winning a Super Bowl. I guess it depends on who they play. That game is just about to start so I will wait to make that decision.

ALMOST Forgotten Tune #85

Anytime I write a new blog post, I have to manually share it to Facebook. Whenever I post something, I check Facebook to make sure it posted. I check my story to make sure it’s there. So, this evening, I did just that and when I opened Facebook, I saw an absolute gem!

I completely stole this song from my brother’s Facebook story and it immediately took me way back to being a child! So, Ray, this one is an absolute gem! I really forgot about it until I saw that you posted it today:

Live Symphony Orchestra & Choir

Lately, live symphony orchestra and choir versions of popular songs that I love have been showing up in my YouTube feed. The first one I saw was a Keane song which I hadn’t heard in a long long time. I shared that one here on my blog. The second song I saw, and I was really debating about sharing this one was, Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But then, that song was completely eclipsed by this one:

Anyone who knows me or has read my blog knows that I absolutely, unquestionably LOVE U2 and Bono!!! This one is my jam!!! I shared the version on Facebook with Mary J singing not too long ago:

Both of these versions came out of the original song which I absolutely love! I can no longer song out loud along with it but I know all of the words and I mouth them with unapologetic tears streaming down my face!:

I LOVE YOU, BONO!!! 😍😍😍!!!