Month: March 2021

Skinny Jeans

A Facebook friend of mine posted this a while back and it made me laugh!;

I didn’t know that skinny jeans weren’t a thing anymore but I laughed as I thought of a student of mine back when they just got big. She had already known that purple was my favorite color and told me that I should wear a purple sweater and skinny jeans and that would be really cute!

I remember smiling at her when she told me that and she said it to me a couple more times. It was the third time that I looked at her and told her that, “Honey, in order to wear skinny jeans, you have to be skinny!“. I was teaching from a manual wheelchair then and I told her that it may not look like it because I am sitting down but I have LOTS of junk in my trunk! She laughed at that and I think I got a, “No, Miss!”

I did think of her when I wore a purple sweater and my purple chucks on a date even though I was wearing boot cut jeans. I saw this post on Twitter not too long ago and figured that I should write this post today because it is the final Saturday thatI will be 38!;

I also thought of that student after reading this tweet. I don’t remember her name but I can still see her face.

The 3rd Friday of Lent

So much of the movie, Jesus Christ Superstar really gets to me! I chose to focus on Jesus today. I still cry every single time I hear the songs!

As I watched this movie today, I chose to take advantage of not reneging on my Lenten promise and I had two dark chocolates today because I received a mug in the mail today. My Mom bought it for me for my birthday:

I still wish I was Irish and forewent watching an Irish movie today because I had to feel close to God and Jesus even though I can’t attend church right now.

Reading the note that came in closed with my order let me know I’ll couple things: The first being that my blog is FAMOUS and the second thing that was reinforced is that I have GREAT taste in music! 😂😂😂

“Birthday Month” Day 4

First of all, Disney+ needs to get their stuff together and be compatible with Xfinity!!! I did watch my fourth Irish themed movie yesterday though, it was on Disney+ and it was from 1959, Darby O’Gill and the Little People. I haven’t seen this movie for about 33 years and all I remembered about it was the girl’s stupid bangs, and the banshee. I remembered a little bit about the king. But I watched it yesterday on my Mom’s laptop. It was actually a pretty good movie filled with Irish accents, greenery, ruins on a hill, and Sean Connery singing!!! I seriously forgot about that!!!

No traditional Irish dancers, but instead, leprechauns!!!

But, alas, “Birthday Month” or not, it does NOT excuse me from having an MS-y day and 20 years in, you think I would be used to it but that is just NOT the case.

“Because It’s Gross!” OR “One of Your Songs”

I was on the phone talking to Sean and I asked him if he had seen the new Diet Coke commercial. I texted it to him last week:

He laughed after he watched it and we talked again after that. I told him that I didn’t do anything with a Diet Coke in my hand and he agreed and said, ”Because it’s gross!” I laughed and told him that, “If it were Cherry Coke Zero, then we could talk!” He started to laugh then because he knows that is my pop of choice!

We continued to talk and he told me that he has been listening to, “One of, ‘Your songs’ a lot lately.” I didn’t say anything and waited to hear what song he was speaking of. He let me know that it was, “Hard to Handle.”:

I laughed and told him that Shake your Money maker was a great album! I remembered listening to it in the car on loop when he still sat in the backseat because he was so young. He told me that he has never listened to the album as a young adult and I told him that it’s great and he should listen to, “She Talks to Angels”!:

I told him the first line of a verse ”She has a lock of hair…” and he finished the verse for me! I laughed and told him that he HAS heard the album before and he corrected me by saying that he has heard the song over and over again when he was a kid and it was when I was listening to the album! I guess I did raise him listening to some really GOOD music!

“Birthday Month” Day 2

I really feel that I am killing two birds with one stone! Because it is my, “Birthday Month” and Saint Patricks Day is drawing closer, I figured to watch Laws of Attraction.

I love this movie because it is jam packed with Irish accents, Irish dancers, castles, and greenery! I have seen this movie so many times but I still LOVE it!

I was thinking of this song because it is in the movie as well and it reminds me of my friend Marilyn because it’s her wedding Song!

My Mom actually sat down and watched this movie with me today. She told me that she has never seen the entire movie and I laughed because I have seen it SO many times!

“Cheese Day” OR “Birthday Month” Day 1

Today is, “Cheese Day.” Meaning, that I will have fresh mozzarella cheese for lunch with my protein shake and cashews:

I have only had cheese like this at a restaurant once in my life. I went to Andiamo with The English Department, my friend Lauren, and the School Leader. He ordered the appetizer with fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, and basil? It was delicious! And not until now that I realized that I can get that same kind of cheese at Target. A Facebook friend posted a couple days ago that the restaurant in Dearborn, (the one I went to), is closing because of the pandemic.

I don’t like tomatoes but these tomatoes were really good when eaten with the cheese and the basil? I have never liked tomatoes but my Mom‘s friend told me that if I ate a bunch of tomatoes that my hair would turn red and I have always wanted red hair! I forced myself to eat the tomatoes for a while until I realized that my hair was not going to turn red. I was a kid! Now, tomatoes are inflammatory which is something I do not need having MS!

So, today, being the first day of, “Birthday Month’ and the fact that St. Patrick’s Day is so close, I watched, The Quiet Man. I am a, “Wanna Be” Irish person and I LOVE Irish accents!!! My son’s name is Sean!!!

But, I love this movie and it reminds me of my Dad! I bought him the Collectors Edition of the DVD probably when I was 16 or 17. My dad liked John Wayne and I love Ireland so it was a win-win situation for both of us. My mom told me that I can’t have the DVD back until she dies:

I think this scene is one of my favorites:

So, overall, I am diggin’ “Birthday Month” Day 1. It’s pretty good. And I have a few other Irish movies I can watch until St. Patrick’s Day!

March 2021 Faves

“LET THE WILD RUMPUS START!!!”

“Birthday Month” has commenced and it is the final “Birthday Month” of my 30s! I will choose my favorite songs from artists that I saw live because I love live music and I don’t think I can go to concerts anymore! But first, I have to post this Bridgeton song because it’s Bridgeton and I’ve watched it twice all the way through: