My Mom just left the post office. Technical difficulties prevented me from sending out my November packages. It would have been really good to have sent it right after the Michigan win! It kind of stinks timing wise that Michigan is coming off that Ohio State loss!
However, the Paul Bunyan trophy is still in Ann Arbor so let’s not forget that. The clerk at the post office asked my Mom if I knew where the packages were going. I do but I ALWAYS have to represent! I wanted to keep the packages staggered but I wanted to send them a package before they leave for Christmas break so time again was an issue! I’m glad I got them out though!
My Mom told me that the mailing stickers they put on the packages will cover up some of my stickers but that is why I had her take pictures of them before she left for the post office.
Amazon has been getting stingy for a while and they mail things in bags instead of boxes but I was able to use a box I received from Target.
Yep, still NOT Christmas without these tunes! Even though I heard this first song which is my ultimate, favorite Christmas song EVER a few weeks ago when I saw the movie, Last Christmas with Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. Emma Thompson was hilarious in it too! I also put my tree up a little bit early this year as well…
“Last Christmas”.Wham!
“I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” Gayla Peavey
“Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Judy Garland
“ Merry Christmas darling” Karen Carpenter
“All I Want for Christmas is You” Mariah Carey
DUH!!! “Feliz Navidad“ Jose Feliciano
“ The Christmas Shoes” Alabama
“Shake up Christmas” Train
“Please Come Home for Christmas” Jon Bon Jovi
“Oh Holy Night” John cicada
“River” Sarah McLachlan PARKER 😍😍😍
“ Christmas, Baby Please Come Home” U2
“Mary Did You Know?” CeeLo Green
Songs added in 2014:
“Underneath the Tree” Kelly Clarkson
“Do They Know it’s Christmas?” Band Aid 1984
“God Rest Ue Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kongs” Barenaked Ladies Sarah McLachlan
“A Soldier’s Christmas Poem”
Added in 2016: I watched a lot of Ellen!
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” Andy Williams
I’m not even Jewish but I love these songs!
“The original Hanukkah song” Adam Sandler
“The Hanukkah song Part 2” Adam Sandler
“The Hanukkah song Part 3” Adam Sandler
“The Hanukkah Song Part 4” Adam Sandler
Pampers peace on earth commercial
Added in 2017:
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas“ James Taylor
“Christmas Lights’ Coldplay
A friend of mine suggested they use for 2018:
“Christmas is Coming“ John Denver and the Muppets
“A Christmas Wish” Kermit the frog
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas“ The Muppets
The same friend also suggested this one last year and I dig it!
Such a fiasco today with me trying to get an MRI. Unfortunately, so much of the world is NOT handicapped accessible; even doctor’s office clinics. A nice decompression of stress is a Christmas movie. I thought this one was really cute! I was able to watch it on Disney+ today. Proved that little sisters can do anything their older brothers can! I really liked it because I am a little sister.
This video popped up in my YouTube feed six days ago and I shared it on Facebook so as not to forget. I haven’t been feeling very well so I just haven’t had the strength to write a post and post it. I am able to do that right now. It’s better late than never and this song reminds me of staying over at my cousin, Melissa‘s (Cheese), house one summer. I can still remember the mirrored doors to her closet.
I started watching this movie pretty early this morning. It did not disappoint! I started crying in the first scene where Joseph is talking to God. I continued crying throughout the movie! I think I will watch a different Christmas movie each day but I won’t rule out revisiting this one!
I will look toward tomorrow to feel better enough to re-publish all of my Christmas Faves for this year. I am thinking about new tunes to add for this year…
My Mom got a fresh turkey this year and she brought it to my house this morning and put it in my oven while we completed our morning routine. Sean watched the Lions game and I was quite optimistic in the beginning but, ultimately, they lost. That really bummed me out!
My Mom took the cooked turkey to present at her house because that is where my family is meeting. I am not feeling very well again today. As we completed our morning routine, I began to cry because this hurts all of the time! I seem to be having a hard time these days. I feel it in my eyes! I have so many posts I need to write for my blog and I am not even able to re-post my Christmas Faves just yet.
I know that is really not a big deal but it is for me. I want to keep my blog updated and I have not even written about Sean’s Ring Day or going to see the movie Last Christmas. I also have 1 million random songs that have shown up on my YouTube feed and I haven’t posted them yet. I just don’t feel well enough yet.. My eyes hurt! It makes me think of the Black Crowes song but I don’t even think I have the strength to post it here yet.
I have never been hit this hard and I’ve had MS for so long time but today, it hurts and I feel it!
Yesterday was a bad day and today it is not much better. I really think this whole MS thing is kicking my butt!
I wrote about my friend Ami texting me funny videos to make me feel better. She lives about an hour away from me so I know that’s the best she could do for me! It was very helpful!
My friend, Renee, brought me white bean chili last night. She knows that I am having issues swallowing as of late and it was delicious! I feel most grateful for my friends! They are looking out for me! It makes me smile and I feel loved!
For some reason, I am singing this song over and over in my head and I specifically think of this version:
I love that movie but after tomorrow, my Christmas watching will begin for the next 27 days, until Christmas.
Two days ago, Jon Bon Jovi was at The breakfast table for two whole segments!
I was kind of surprised at how excited I got for it. Bon Jovi always reminds me of my floor mate, Tonya, at WMU. I tweeted the show and told them to reference, “Make a Memory” but, sadly, they didn’t.
Both Kyle and Peter and even Nate I think referenced a bunch of Bon Jovi songs as they talked to Jan Bon Jovi who is surprisingly is a football super fan! He told them he was going to send over a cheesecake to the studio because it was pretty cheesy. I love, “Cheese” though!
On a technicality, I was inspired to think about this song because of GMFB so, here it is:
This song came out when we were living in our second apartment and it made me think of Tonya back then too! Now, I can add GMFB to the mix!
Yesterday, my replacement ornament arrived. All of this happened because Sean made the phone call for me because I was not able to speak very well. Yesterday, the fruits of his labor were a parent. The replacement ornament arrived!
So now, I was able to add all three of my new ornaments to my tree. And again, when I say, “I,” I mean, my Mom.” I ordered three ornaments this year. This first one is my favorite:
Followed closely by this one because I love elephants and because of that movie I saw with my Mom:
Once we put the replacement ornament on, I told my mom to make them look like they are kissing so this is what do you ornaments look like now even though one has a broken war:
And this last one is fitting because I have already started watching Hallmark movies and it’s not even Thanksgiving?! Things are a little bit off this year because I’m almost finish putting my tree up, I mean my mom is almost finish putting my tree up and this last one is fitting because I have already started watching Hallmark movies and it’s not even Thanksgiving?!
Things are a little bit off this year because MS ain’t no joke and I’m almost finished putting my tree up, I mean, “My Mom” is almost finish putting my tree up.:
The ornament says, “All I want to do is drink hot cocoa and watch the Hallmark channel, the heart of Christmas.”
