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  • New Year’s Eve with Families!

    New Year’s Eve is a memorable occasion for celebrations. Celebrations of lasting memories with family and friends. It’s the opportunity to reflect and look forward into the New Year of becoming better versions of us, planning your future, or maybe it’s about anything, you name it. As long as it’s positive and you’re happy, that’s all that counts!

    How Do We Celebrate New Year’s Eve?

    My family usually spends New Year’s Eve at my uncle and aunt’s house. It will be quite a gathering of family members. Most of whom are my uncle and aunt’s side of the family. We’ll get to meet our uncles, aunts, and cousins. And few who are distant family members. All in all, we had a wonderful time. Every family member brings in delicious foods and drinks. There will be a variety of dishes, most of which are traditional Mexican cuisine. For instance, tacos dorados, pozole, tamales, carne asada, and the list continues. It’s indeed a lot. Everyone’s having a good time chatting, younger cousins running around, some heading out to the backyard and playing soccer, others dancing, drinking, music playing in the background, etc. Once the midnight countdown begins, we all are gathered at the living room eating our 12 grapes of luck. We then wish each other a Happy New Year! Give each other warm hugs. 

    What Are the Things I Want to Do Next Year?

    There are many things I would love to do in the upcoming year. First as I’ve previously posted on one of my posts, planning a summer family vacation to San Diego, California. We haven’t taken a family trip in quite some time. It would be wonderful to visit my grandma in Mexico. I haven’t seen her in quite some time, even though we talk on a daily basis through phone calls. I miss her warm hugs and kisses!

    May you and your loved ones be healthy and happy!

    Happy New Year!!

  • Something Fun For You. Maybe

          Let’s get up a bit up close and personal as I tell you what I like to do for fun or to relax. First, you need a tab opened (or multiple) for Youtube (or another source of entertainment). Play a video of something you wanna watch or have as background noise. Next, you grab some plain paper, a notebook, pens, pencils and an eraser. After you have your video loaded and playing, you sit down with all your gathered things and alternate between drawing and writing (Doesn’t matter what you draw or write, It’s your own private down time, after all.).With three activities within grasp and before your own very eyes, you’ll be entertained for who knows how long!

    Drawing and Looping A Video

         I, for one, love creating my own characters, the found-family trope, and a good song on repeat. Just imagine all the conversations you could create between your fictional characters. You can even do some healing by giving yourself the pep talk you never got in the form of your characters. Illustrate those scenes and give yourself a balm on old hurts. There’s a lot you can discover about yourself when you write and draw. Play some Bluey, too, while you’re at it. I absolutely love Bluey. Best show, ten out of ten would recommend. Go give Bluey a watch, too. Shove “Bluey” into that Youtube search engine, why don’t you? Give yourselves a taste of the clean graphics and well-written storyline.  

    Note: Not everyone enjoys or will enjoy these activities and Bluey. There are other activities on this blog. You can navigate there to view their recommendations.

         When you find that you have time, take a break. Life’s too short to not do the very cheap non-expensive things you like doing in your downtime. There’s something out there, it might even become a hobby, just waiting for you to pick up and interact with. Embark on a journey to find something that brings you joy. You’ll even learn more about yourself, what you like and dislike. Just remember, stay safe, respect others, and you’ll be set to go.