Author: Jen Rios

“Shake Up Christmas”

OK, I just have to hear the Train Christmas song so I will post it here:

https://youtu.be/J-8VCL4uSUc?si=1FJRk94DMu9MaME-

I am really not liking how the video is not posting as a video, it’s just a link. Think it’s because I have an iPhone 12 which is our archaic right now. But just click the hyperlink and you will hear this song.

I remember I saw him in a Hallmark movie. I think it was when of the song first came out. He was. a music teacher or something. I didn’t like seeing him act! He looked like a very small man and I did not like it. It was far cry different from the shirtless guy and tight pants singing “Marry Me” as he walked through the crowd! I will always remember that that was the first time that I saw a hairy chest and I was not disgusted by it because I was already 28 years old!

Regardless, I really dig this song! It came out the second year of living in our house.

The Little People

I have been seeing this commercial pretty much before every video I watch on my phone:

I must tell you that I really do NOT dig how clubbing songs are in commercials for Applebee’s and Kroger!!! I am so old, but when I saw this commercial, I thought of The Little People. Sean was really into them until he was about 3 1/2 I think.

I was trying to find the Aaron Neville intro song for The Little People that used to start every DVD I bought Sean. I really like that one. This was 20 years ago so it’s not there but I found this one. This was after Sean’s time but it made me think of the Kroger commercial as well (without the song from the club, by the way)

“24 Karat”

it’s starting to feel real now. In 26 days, I will have had MS for 24 years. I am reminded of my first year teaching. It was in my first year when I turned 24.

I was still a kid back then and birthdays have always been so Important to me! I had a countdown to my birthday written on the board in the front of my room!

I told my kids that I am going to be, “24 karat” with a smile! Birthdays are a big deal for me but I really don’t celebrate them very much. I mean I don’t need presents or anything! But I was thinking about that memory today but I don’t think I’m going to be smiling on December 28 and I won’t say that I’m “24 karat.”

I remember when Sean turned 17 and I played for him ABBA as he got ready for school. I was already not working. then, but I still was used to getting up super early so I would wake him up from my bed with that song for a month before his birthday.

All of that seems like a lifetime ago. I’m pretty sure that December 28 is going to be like the last 23. I am quiet on that day. I really can’t believe this is my life now…

Breathtaking

I’ve seen this commercial so many times, and I think I have decided that the people wearing these socks are actually dancers!;:
https://youtu.be/xsG2kcJ4aG8?si=JFoJmDvVOj9V8XPG

Everytime I see it, it kind of takes my breath away because they all can control their feet! I haven’t been able to do that for so long…

Some Cheese

Well, I am still tree-less but I pillaged today and I was able to watch A Crown for Christmas the part where Ally and Theodora are decorating the tree. I got to see all the fun parts and I got to hear my cheesy song!!!:

I can go for some cheese right about now! I was making puzzles yesterday and now the Christmas puzzle options are here and I’m excited!:

Christmas Tunes + My, “Abuela” chapstick

Even without my tree up today, I am perfectly content, listening to my Apple Music Christmas music playlist and wearing my, ‘Abuela” chapstick. That’s the Ginger Spice one that reminds me of the candy that she had in a jar by her front door at Christmas time.

Top 5 Christmas Songs

I have just realized that I have not posted my ‘all-time Christmas faves list’ since 2015! That is because my knee was injured in October 2016 and the subsequent surgery in July 2017 did not leave me any room to think of anything other than the pain that I have been in!

But now that I am homebound, I have time. I think that I am just going to post my top five Christmas songs:


I just saw this short of George Michael talking about the concept of the video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/t6OUQ15-mXg?si=NMnADUCJ9VpS_zLP

I got these Christmas songs because the first one is Wham! duh!!!

This second song is my Mom‘s favorite song and reminds me of my childhood at 6020:

This third song is Sean‘s favorite song. He’s such an old soul! I dig this one too!:

This one has been one of my favorite Christmas songs since I was seven years old and my cousins, Belinda and Sal, sang it at the piano with their friend! This was my only warm Christmas that we spent in Texas where we barbecued on the deck for Christmas Day?!!!!

this last song has to be on my list because this was a conversation with my cousinwhen I was 17 and she was 19. She does not like wham! but listens to it because I love it. So I don’t like this song but I listen to it because she loves it!!!: