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“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.

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:

Outside

I had to venture outside today, it was the first time I was out of the house since Christmas. It was COLD!!! I had to get my taxes done! I had to get them done early because a few years ago my Identity was stolen. That was a huge headache!

Well, based on my tax return, I am still NOT a millionaire! I told Sean about ”Throwdown Thursday” on GMFB. All of the guys and the breakfast table chose Johnny Knoxville over John Hamm. I told Jonah how fun it was to watch them all turn into 13-year-old boys!

“You Stink, Justin Matisse!”

I watched half of Hope Floats last night. I really dig that movie! I have watched it so many times and Sean has not watched it with me. He went to the kitchen to warm some food and it was the scene when Justin Matisse comes to the house And he waits on the porch for Birdie to bring out some iced tea. Instead, Berniece comes out and that was when she told Justin the story about the pet gunk they used to have. so, she said it. “You stink, Justin Matisse.”

just after she said this, Sean called from his room that, “It’s weird to hear that.” I have been telling Sean that line forever. Probably because he was born just a year and a half after the movie came out. I don’t think he has ever heard Berniece say it though. It made me laugh! I know that I will continue to say that to him and now that I hope floats is free and demand, I think I may have you watch that a few times.

1.1.20 Books I’m Reading

I attempted to read this book in June 2019. This would be after my power outage and I had a real hard time getting into it. I think I was just now recovered from the displacement. This year, I’ve decided to try again! I really want to finish the books I start! However, I saw in an ad that if you read 45 minutes a day you will read books fairly quickly and be completed with a book in a week.

my eyes are bothering me today and I was only able to read for 15 minutes so far today. My eyes need rest but I wanted to start of the year reading!

All Year Long

My Mom‘s brothers and sisters get together for a potluck every Christmas Eve complete with Christmas carols and my aunt Lola‘s famous Christmas cookies. I haven’t been able to attend for a few years but this year, I scrounged up enough money to rent a van so that I could go while in my motorized wheelchair.

Because I was seated in my motorized chair, my Mom and my brother put together my plate from the buffet. Once my brother brought my plate over, my Mom cut up my food (because chewing is an issue for me these days) and placed it in a ceramic bowl so I could eat holding the bowl. After a while of speaking with some of my aunts, uncles, some of my cousins and their spouses, my speech began to slur a bit and I got tired.

My Mom asked me what kind of pie I wanted. She told me that apple was an option and I said that I wanted that. My Mom did not make the apple pie this year but I knew that my aunt’s apple pie was just about the same thing. I later learned that my cousin, Cathy, made the pie but it tasted just as good!

As I spoke with my aunt Carmen, my Mom came over and asked me if I wanted cookies. OF COURSE I did!!! My favorite cookie that she makes that has always been my favorite cookie is Spritz cookies in the shape of a Christmas tree. I eat the Christmas tree row by row until it is all gone.

I liked that I was a part of the Christmas caroling and our family’s traditional rendition of the 12 days of Christmas but my absolute favorite is the cookies! My aunt always sends a container of cookies for our immediate family’s Christmas Day celebration.

I am not even the least bit ashamed to say that my breakfast on Christmas morning was book ended with a few Spritz trees before I ate and after I finished. It was Christmas! It’s totally okay to have sugar cookies as the first thing you eat!

I had some with my breakfast and with my lunch as well. As I eat this deliciousness, I think it’s because I am wearing my Ginger Spice chapstick that I have been thinking a lot about my Abuela.

That picture has got to be from Christmas (Note: my Abuela’s pin) and I had to have been three years old. My aunt Rita must have hosted because we were sitting in her house. I don’t even feel bad that there will still be enough cookies for my meals tomorrow and I am going to eat some more because I have waited all year long for this!

27 Days of Christmas Movies – Day 7

Day 7, Movie 7 The Polar Express

I have never seen this movie. I found it odd that I have never seen it but it was a little bit familiar. I asked Sean if we saw it at the movies and he said that we did but about halfway through it, I couldn’t remember it!

It took me a minute but then I remembered that Sean went to the IMAX with his Kindergarten class to see The Polar Express. My Mom went on the trip with him because she was one of the teachers when he was in Kindergarten.

I also remember at one Christmas Eve mass, the pastor give his normal holiday homily. He called all of the kids up to sit with him at the altar and Sean may have been in fourth or fifth grade but he wanted to go and sit with the other kids. I’d let him and father Jim talked about, “Believing” and its importance around Christmas time and all year as a Catholic. That year, he handed out bells to the little kids but they ended up running out so Sean didn’t get one because he was one of the older kids.

Now, it all makes sense! Since Sean went on the field trip with his class, I didn’t need to take him to see the movie. That was out thing back then because I could still drive and we went to the movies often. Now that I’ve seen The Polar Express everything makes sense about Fr. Jim’s homily from years ago. I actually am glad that I saw it even though I am passed the kids’ age of “Hearing the bell,” I like that I’ve finally seen it! The kids’ eyes ARE a little bit weird but I was okay with it!

Howard Stern + The Black Crowes

So, sleep has not been coming easily to me for a while now. I guess I have entered into another phase of my secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. (SPMS). I haven’t been to a concert in years but I still love live music! These videos showed up in my YouTube feed and I shared them on Facebook but I want to chronicle them here on my blog. Now, I will include four videos out of order on how I saw them but I put them in here in the order they should be Watched.

The Black Crowes just got back together and they are guests on the Howard Stern show. I apologize that Howard Stern is a potty mouth but he’s a fan just like I am! No, I have to be a fan from a distance and I no longer sing on long but I can appreciate that I feel the music in my soul!

I think it was last month’s Faves that I shared some of these Black Crowes songs, because Sean listens to my music on our Apple Music app. I think I will post about the other album he talked about this coming month. This first one is my jam!

I love this one too and it’s like I’m at an intimate concert. I really dig it! Please excuse the cussing!

I saw this one today and I was able to put the videos in order somewhat.

When I am not feeling well, I absentmindedly scroll through my YouTube feed and I really dig the random songs I find there!