Christmas in July

The day before yesterday, my brother, Steve, asked me if I saw the movie Last Christmas because it was on Netflix. I just re-posted on Facebook the post I wrote last year after I saw the movie and after Sean’s Ring Day. (that post was one month late because it’s not good for me to book 2 things in one day) Anyway, so I saw it again yesterday because it’s named after my Christmas jam!

I watched it yesterday because it IS July and I have participated in my sister-in-law‘s “Christmas in July” festivities for her Paparazzi jewelry and I participated in a 31 “Christmas in July” party. I was okay with watching this movie because I have watched a few Hallmark Christmas movies this July as well.

I still dug this movie and I even cried but I don’t have a problem with that because I cry at a lot of movies even when I see them more than once!

#MyGirlL: She Stinks!

So, Leia is sick. She has been sick for a while now. She is having digestion problems and she messed in the house a few times! She has never gone potty in the house but for the past few days, we awaken to mess at the front door and at the back door.

This happens in the middle of the night and if she could, she would go outside but she can’t. This poor little girl can’t control it! She went to a different vet Thursday because she also threw up. She was given medicine which we are still giving her. Today, she had an appointment and her normal ver and she was given an x/ray to see if she swallowed something or had a blockage.

The x-ray didn’t show any blockages but she noticed a soft tissue mass at the top of her stomach. It may be her gallbladder. She ordered an ultrasound for next week.

I can’t believe that I have cried over a dog but I am so afraid for her! She is slowly getting better and is still eating bland food (ground sirloin and rice) and next week, we will work on re-introducing her dog food.

With all of this going on, she hasn’t had her two baths a week because she trembles during them. She is stressed out enough( so, consequently, she stinks! Please say a prayer for her, #MyGirlL.

Cucumber Mint Day 2

OK, so I do believe I have found my new chapstick for the Summer! I woke up this morning and my lips felt more moisturized than they ever have! As I applied the cucumber mint today, I had to twist the bottom up because I’ve been using it so much because I really love it!

I think it’s a family thing because my cousin, Ariel, commented on my last post that she likes this one too!

So, I added this picture here again so all the guys will know what my lips taste like if it is in the summer months! 😂😂😂

33 Years?

I searched for this cartoon awhile back because I remembered watching it fondly with my cousinTs:

And I thought of this one probably about a week ago:

So yesterday, this cartoon popped up in my YouTube feed:

I kind of got excited when this cartoon showed up and I vaguely remember it watching it when I was a kid. I laid on the green carpet in my Parents’ house back when there was still carpet there and my Dad was still alive. I’m excited for other cartoons to show up in my YouTube feed as well! Has it really been about 33 years? I’m so old!!!

Random Tune #54 in my YouTube Feed

I’ve been searching for two days in vain to find a picture of a poster I hung in all of my classrooms. That poster is somewhere in my basement now. It’s based on this song:

It wasn’t until this version of the song showed up in my YouTube feed today when I realized why I had that poster!

The poster I had was just an handmade poster in large font writing. It hung over all of my desks with my computer. It said:

“There is no failure here – just when you quit.”

I chose to just put a dash in because I did not know what I would call my kids and I didn’t really dig the, “Sweetheart” part and didn’t know that I would be comfortable having that posted on my wall. As it turns out, I ended up calling my kids, “Honey.” The video that showed up in my YouTube feed was the live version of the song and I have decided that I really do LOVE Bono!!!

Random Tune #52 in my YouTube Feed

This one showed up a couple days ago, it brought back a flood of memories for me feom my time at Western Michigan University. I can distinctly remember eating Wendy’s drive-through back when my metabolism could still handle that. As I sat in their parking lot eating it, I faced a Tatoo shop that my friend Tonya ended up getting her tattoo from and this song played on my radio. It’s so crazy that was 20 years ago!:

Melancholic

As I sat in my wheelchair this morning and tried to wake up. I opened my YouTube friend and saw this song and shared it on Facebook. I can’t share the exact video here but this is this song:

This song is one of my favorite U2 songs. It has a melancholic tinge to it that I find rather comforting and the words squeeze my heart.

Speaking of my heart being squeezed, I am so saddened that today I did NOT have Sean’s graduation party. I was looking so forward to it, especially, given my history of lack of graduation parties. With the uptick of virus cases, I feel certain that I was right to cancel it. I cannot handle the heat of it being outdoors and many of my family members are also vulnerable. I hope to reschedule it but I don’t know when that will be.

Good Ol’ Days

I stumbled across this picture yesterday when writing my blog post. I was searching in my media library for a picture that I know I have shared before and then I saw this one:

I have no idea why or when I posted this picture but it made me long for the good ol’ days of when I had two, properly shaped eyebrows. My eyebrows have looked similar to this since I was 12 but that’s not how they look right now! When I saw this picture, it made me think of this song;

And then, thinking about this song made me think about this picture:

This picture was taken the second to last concert that I saw a DTE with my cousinT, Shannon. This picture was taken when we saw Train, Gavin Degraw, and Maroon 5. The last concert I went to was also with my cousinT at DTE when we saw a Train, Maroon 5, and the Script.

I never thought I would say this but there is the issue of my short hair:

Without a haircut in four months, my hair is super overgrown and I never thought that I would annoy me but it does:

I am too self-conscious and embarrassed to show anyone how my eyebrows look now though!