It’s the new year again. Jeff got sick then I got sick. However it was a little cold for me. I was well in 4 days.

I am back on the weight loss band wagon again. I gained some weight during vacation and then I wasn’t good till Jan 1. So far so good. I have been sticking to the plain. Again I will try to read more books this year. I did pretty good last year. I would like to do more writing as well. I also want to be better for my youtube channel. I want to release more videos.

This weekend I am changing my hair color again. I will put my new color next post.

It’s that time again!

I want to walk down memory lane. I miss my dad doing Santa’s voice and Adam being his elf. How fun that was, when all the kids were small. Even when dad would do Santa’s voice when I was little. My mom putting silly names on the presents like from Rudolph or from Dancer. Fun names not just from Santa or the parents. Leaving out milk and cookies for Santa. Making homemade the Christmas cookies with mom. Fun memories I didn’t think I would miss from Christmas as an adult.

This year no parents and all the kids are grown up. Went to my sister’s house for Christmas it was fun. We spent 5 hours there. We didn’t get home till 11 at night. But we had a great time. The kids were so funny! They each got money and we got them body spray as well. I picked out Bree’s gift and got her Bodycology Vanilla Whip and I just thought I like it so maybe she will will like it. She freaked out about it and was OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE! How did you know? That made me feel good! Just guessed really. As for Drew, Jeff got him Bod spray three of them. He was like OMG I love these and I needed more! Made us happy they loved their gifts.

I dyed my hair neon green. I am not sure, I like it because it’s different but think I look better in dark hair at the same time. I didn’t have to spend any money to dye my hair as I already had everything. That’s a plus!

Taking a pic with Tex was hard! He was so hyper and wanted to play. But still got some pics. Lol! Silly!

Last Thursday was Thanksgiving and it was interesting. I am going to talk about my cousin Korrie. Found out she is the same age as me. Which would mean you would think that she would have some manners, that is not so.

She is one of those people where it’s all about me, me and me. Which normally I am fine with, more about you is better than about me. However, when they are rude! I am not okay with that. First, she made lemon cheesecake which was fine, it was huge!

My Aunt Judy has been going through a hard time. She is 83 years old. Her husband (Uncle John) who is also 83 years old had a health scare that lead him to be in the ICU for some days. He had to get a pace maker put in they day before Thanksgiving. I was surprised to see Aunt Judy at Thanksgiving. She looked really tired which is understandable! So, I was sitting at the table with Korrie, my mom, Aunt Judy, Jeff and my Aunt JoAnne. Aunt Judy asked what is this wet stuff? Korrie replies “It is curd you dork!” That was appalling to me. I couldn’t believe she said that to her. That was very disrespectful. Aunt Judy brought that up all day and Korrie was super flustered which is good because WTF Korrie!

Also, Korrie has 4 kids from 4 different me. She was cleaning the table and we were talking about her kids. My mom said “I had to raise 2 kids by myself for a while. It was hard.” Which Korrie replies I had to raise 4 kids all by myself with no help.” I didn’t know it was a contest. My mom gave the look like whatever. The way she says things isn’t right.

Then! Then! I was talking to my mom about her puppy Tank and I was talking about Tex. She had to butt in to talk about her Maine coon cats who she is breeding. Tell us about her first litter on and on. Telling us she loves cats more than dogs. Which is totally fine! But my mom and I were talking about our dogs not your cats. She really can’t read the room for sure. Some people really can’t.

Nail in the coffin as they say. Talking how she is going to school for paramedic fire fighter. Which is a amazing but how about just say how you are doing instead of bragging about it. Read the room Korrie! On and on about school and how hard it is in her 40’s to this or that.

Funny, I was just telling Jeff I rarely don’t tune people out and think of other things. But there has been times where I would think of other things, mostly what movie I want to see later or I will think about what Tex is doing right now. Jeff said he is the same! It’s rare but does happen to him too. When Korrie was speaking, I admit I totally stopped listening and was thinking how rude this person is.

That was Thanksgiving. The food was good. It was good to see Aunt Judy.

We are celebrating Christmas this Saturday with my parents. I have to say I am still mad about them going to Florida for Christmas. All my life my mom would never let us celebrate Christmas night with anyone else. We HAD to go there for Christmas night. Now, she gets to leave? I think that is so unfair.

It will be nice just us and them to celebrate. However, it’s hard to think of all the Christmas nights we had to work around because we HAD to be at my parents. It would have been cool to see Jeff’s parents for one of the Christmas nights. Now that can’t ever happened because of Jeff’s mom not being here anymore. I can’t stop thinking of that. Just sucks.

I am grateful they are still here that we can still see them and celebrate with them.

Adam came for a visit, and Tex and he finally became friends! It took some years, lol! It was fun that he stayed the night. We talked and laughed. I have to get that friendship before it leaves again. That is how it is when it comes to Adam.

I was upset with the siblings. No one wanted to make popcorn balls because no one could eat them. That wasn’t the point. The point was to spend time with each other and have fun. So, Dad, Jeff, Adam, and I made them anyway. It was so much FUN!

We got to hang out with Cutie Tank!

Jeff always takes great pics!

Took a cute video of Tex:

I have been asking Tex to take out his clean blankets for years, and finally, he did! He can get his clean toys but not his blankets. I was so happy he finally got them!

We did pumpkins:

Jeff did middle scary pumpkin! He did such a good job!

What a vacation!

We saw the biggest aquarium we have ever been to! It was in a Bass Pro Shop, you know, where you can buy outdoor gear. It’s a store and an aquarium.

It was so fun to see all the sea life. Good pic of us.

We had so much fun! We even saw Cadillac Ranch in Texas.

We saw the Grand Canyon. This rock is called Duck Rock. It does look like a duck!

We had such a good time till Wednesday! Our truck broke down on the side of a highway! Had to get it towed to a terrible place (Dodge). Was treated terribly. Had to figure out what to do. Jeff had a great idea. We parked our broken-down truck at the airport and then rented a vehicle. I had the idea to transport the truck home. Unfortunately, it was money we didn’t have. That and the money really sucked. Finally, since Jeff is amazing! He figured out who was going to get our truck home.

Then we went on having fun! We just had to figure out not to spend too much money but still have fun in Vegas. It was crazy but we made the most of it anyway.

Jeff surprised me! We stayed at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. Look at this view!

Look it’s the Sphere. I really liked the Sphere.

Can you believe Jeff and I have been married for 17 years! This was my anniversary gift. To have the view and the sphere. I am obsessed with the sphere. Lol!

Despite the truck, we had so much fun!

This week is vacation week! Yay! The only sad part is saying goodbye to Tex. In fact, we had an anxiety session. Tex gave himself a hot spot and thought we couldn’t go because the place we boarded may not take him. Jeff called in the morning and they acted like it was no big deal. What a relief! They will wrap his leg and put his cone on when he is done playing out with the others. I am happy they can still take him and take care of his leg. I am happy he will be fine and we can have fun!

There was not a whole lot going on this week. I decided to watch strange cartoon movies for my YouTube channel, roolikes2review. I came to find out that I had seen most of these from my childhood. I don’t know why these were considered children’s films. LOL!

For example Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. I have seen this before but was young. Wow! I liked that movie even though so strange! Of course, the music was great. Then I watched Forbidden Planet, I have never seen that, and yeah strange. I watched the Hobbit and noticed I had seen this before and it was sort of boring and I like Lord of the Rings. I finished the Lord of the Rings cartoon version of course and yes I liked it. Have also seen this before. Who knew?!

I am having fun watching these strange cartoon movies.