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…From a Giggle to a Smile… OR MUCH BETTER

So, we got the washer and dryer last Sunday. December 8. I absolutely love the song that comes on each time a load in the wash or a load in the dryer finishes!!!

Since we will have had these in my house for almost a week, I have gone from a giggle to a smile each time a song plays at the end of a cycle!!!

I told my Mom that I have wanted these in my house for my entire life!!! I really have! I just couldn’t afford it before now!

I am most reminded of my cooperating teacher texting me one morning in the spring of ‘22 and asked me if I was getting a new roof. I was totally startled by that question because the day before, Tallon Roofing (which is closed now) had just come by and put the shingles on the roof that they’re going to do the next day.

I told him that and he responded that he just passed my house on his way to work. And I responded to him that now I am old enough to understand how important it is to have something new that looks exactly the same! I think that I texted him a picture of my roof. It looked exactly the same!

My washer and dryer don’t look the same, they look MUCH BETTER but they are doing the same thing that my old washer and dryer did but this one sounds so much more fun!

I have reminded Sean and I’m not sure if I will be here but I told him that the house needs a new roof in 2072. I was born in 1982 so I will be 90 years old.

One Grain of Salt

I was talking to Sean not too long ago and he let me know that every single one of my brothers are ‘salt and pepper’ now. My immediate family got together for Thanksgiving the week before Thanksgiving. I told him that I have no idea how that happened?! Because I really don’t! But we are all in our 40s now.

My Mom and I were just talking about that. I have one strand of white hair right now. I had a white hair when I was pregnant with Sean and my Mom was stroking my hair and she found it and I immediately gasped, and told her to pull it out. Two didn’t grow back, and I just have one on the top of my head now but I am 42 and NOT 19!

My Mom lets me know that it’s there, but she further told me that she doesn’t think that I am going to get any more That is because I am on a lot of supplements! It looks like I will have just one grain of salt for a long time, I hope!

I am going to see my naturopath on December 18 and as of right now, I take 44 pills a day! We will see what it’s like in a couple of weeks. That’s the only time that I am leaving the house in December and I am so nervous about this cold weather!!!

My Favorite Things

I have been a member of the Virtual Front Pew since week 17 of Ordinary Time 2021. I go to mass in my living room every week now that I’m homebound and going out to church isn’t a thing for me anymore after Covid.

I really love that Fr. Mike is my spiritual guide and last week, he talked about Barbra Streisand’s Christmas albums. He was reminded of being a child and hearing his mom sing along with her on these albums in their house.

I thought I would give her Christmas albums a try. I listened to a couple songs from both albums, and it did NOT knock my socks off so I just went back to listening to Wham!.

I have a couple generic holiday playlists in my Apple Music. I put my four from 2023 on and then it just starts playing other Christmas music after my selections are over.

Well, I heard this song from one of Barbra Streisand’s Christmas albums today, and I must tell you that this one MOST DEFINITELY knocked my socks off!!!

I told my Mom that I had never heard this version of the song and I really dig it! I told her that Fr. Mike is listening to this song as well! His mom died last year.

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!: