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HIJAS #48 THE HOTFLASH OF HAPPINESS

Part 1

Everyone is pretty much miserable in this one, except for a brief moment when Leonora gets a hug from Estefania and the wonderful news that Steffi is bound and determined to marry Sebastian. Our adorable Leo gets such a Hotflash of Happiness, she has to fan herself with a pillow. Just a testament to the comedy chops of this venerable actress. Gotta love her, even if she's playing a lying, snotty skank. (I binge eat crap when I'm stressed, by the way, so this recap is brought to you by Christmas frosted pretzels. Tomorrow is not going to be pretty.)

We start with Vicky glaring at Estefania while trying unsuccessfully to act like a caring, sympathetic friend. Steff explains her persistence in offering money as part of her plan to regain Sebastian's affections.

But suddenly we find ourselves in the village market where a flustered Inés is asking the butcher for some "nude" chicken thighs, and she's still so flummoxed by her sexual obsessions, she ends up blurting out to Padre Camilo that she's in a hurry to get home and watch The Three Lovers of Sylvia. When he looks suitably startled she amends "amantes" to "amates" [a type of tree that grows in Mexico and whose bark the Aztecs used to make paper. Larousse Gran Diccionario Usual de la Lengua Española] "It's a movie about gardening," she assures him. When she goes to his office later to confess her fears about sex, he tries to reassure her that it's perfectly fine when it's between a man and woman who truly love each other and are united in matrimony before God. "Do THAT before God!!!!???" shrieks Inés, never! Looks like Mauricio is in for a long, dry spell, love life-wise.

Steffi has found a better welcome for her boxing gloves when she visits Juana Barbara. Both Barb and her trainer are delighted with the top brand glove meant for professionals. But Margarita is glaring at Steff even worse than Vicky did. Turns out Mom doesn't want daughter to box right now. She's out of shape. And by the luck of the draw, she's up for the first fight--TOMORROW! Oh no's. But Barb is sure that she can pull it off.

What's Leo up to? Well, she's arrived for her Haute Cuisine cooking class only to find that the subscription hasn't been paid. Two snotty females sitting nearby snicker and leave, only compounding her humiliation.

Meanwhile, Vicky and Seb are rifling through Leo's belongings to see if they can unearth any clues to Jerome's presence in her life. They find plenty. First the novel "Absence" that he wrote and gave to Sebastian. What's it doing hidden in her closet?! And second, a picture of him dated 1993--25 years ago. Big Clue! Of course Leo arrives home at that moment and Seb has to block her passage up the stairway until Vicky can put the room back in order. Mamacita is plenty steamed that her useless husband didn't pay for her class, but when she learns Juan just sold his car, she's suddenly speechless. (Is this a Festivus miracle?)


 

HIJAS #48 THE HOTFLASH OF HAPPINESS

Part 2

A dejected, listless Juan is slouched on the couch. Hyperactive Vicky wants to know why he's not drinking the coffee she fixed. He's overcome by shame that he can't support his family like he should. He really is the "poca cosa" [poor schlepp] his wife accused him of being. Vicky leaps into his arms and assures him he's the best--he loves her after all!

Back to the boxing preparations. Barb has no money to hire a "cuttman" [person who takes care of the cuts and injuries a boxer sustains in the ring] so Soledad, relying on her nurses training, will do the job. But that's not enough for Barb. She wants Inés to promise that if Barb wins the fight, Inés will step aside and let her have Mauricio."Are you crazy?!...NO!!!!" snaps our little nun.

A brief scene where Seb is scanning the internet looking for work and when Vicky interrupts him, he snaps at her. Big Sulk. Big Perdoname. Big Yawn. These. Two. Are. So. Tiresome.

And another brief scene where Teresa and Margarita are stressing about the upcoming fight. I'd give 'em some of my pretzels but I ate 'em all.

The night of the boxing match arrives. The place is packed with vociferous fans yelling and screaming. The entire Juana Pack Plus is there. Barb is introduced as the Sultana of the North and the other gal as Paola Martinez of Michoacan.

Brief segue to Leonora on the phone with one of her coven. The gal pal is ladling on some fake sympathy and telling her how the trio of Xavier, Juan and Sebastian got screwed out of their commissions for Tiempos Compartidos. Leo is aghast. And disbelieving.

Suddenly, Vicky dashes out from the boxing match, closely followed by Sebastian. She's breaking up with him for the umpteenth time. Even when he points out she's using the exact same arguments she offered when breaking up to protect Juan Inés' infatuation with him, she refuses to tell him the real reason. When accused of lying, she retorts that the only Lie is Us. Ugh. Tiresome. Tedious. Totally over it.

Back to the boxing ring. Juana Barbara gets cornered and fends off a flurry of punches. The match is over. Now to await the judges' decision. Well, it's a split decision. Two to one that Juana Barbara is the winner. She lifts her arms in triumph and promptly passes out on the floor.

Off we go to the hospital and a catscan!
 

HIJAS #48 THE HOTFLASH OF HAPPINESS

Part 3

Once again the Juana Pack Plus is clogging up the hospital lobby, anxiously awaiting news of Juana Barbara. Plus the usual I'm-so-guilty breast beating. This time it's Inés blaming herself for the injuries. Seems she noticed Barb tiring in the second round, and in order to give her a little "juice" for the third and final round, she told her that Yeah, if she won the fight she could have Mauricio fair and square.

If Barb is brain-injured, it's All Her Fault!!!!!!

Well, no. The doc finally comes out and announces Barb's brain is fine. But she's anemic. Must be all those frijoles. The groups will have to feed her beefsteak and spinach and get her hemoglobin back up to snuff sez the trainer. Idiot.

Margarita the Mouth, meanwhile, has just opened her "bocota" [big trap] again and let Steffi know that Xavier has serious money problems. He can't make the first payment on his mortgage because he's dead flat broke. Of course you know where this is going. When Juan and Xavier go in to make the payment (that's why Juan sold his car) they find it has already been handled. Steffi is outside the door, smiling as she thinks how happy she has made them.

Before all that transpires, Seb and Xavier have a little heart to heart where Seb confesses his frustration with Vicky's penchant for breaking up. But admits he loves her more and more each day. I only mention this scene because Xavier's posture is sooooo perfect. His back is incredibly straight. Like he could get a Kundalini zap up that spine with no problem. Sebastian, on the other hand, is in the normal, young guy slouch.

Teresa and Vicky are having a parallel confab about the pain of breaking up, the pain of seeing Barb risk her well-being to bring in money, and the difficulty of getting Sebastian to accept the dinero Steffi and Dario are offering. And perhaps also the ethics of deciding whom Seb should marry. (Like how about asking HIM, girls?)

Leo's looking frazzled as she climbs into bed and gulps down a bunch of pills to just "make the world go away". Yikes. We may have another trip to the hospital coming up real soon.
 

HIJAS #48 THE HOTFLASH OF HAPPINESS

Part 4

Dario and his henchie are having one of their usual chats. Daddy is not upset that Steff is helping out the Oropezas in these small ways. She's learning that Money Really Does Solve Everything! But it's nothing compared to the millions of pesos he's offering, so the plan is still in play.

Meanwhile, our fellas are still running into roadblocks. Mauricio is turned down for a job and the executive explains that Dario has made it clear that no one...no one! should hire his son. And since Dad is the most powerful man in Mazatlán, nobody is going to challenge that.

Poor Steffi. Her noble gesture is earning her another reaming out from Sebastian. He's furious that she made Tio Xavier's first mortgage payment. We're perfectly capable of managing on our own, he shouts, and returns her check.

A dejected Mauricio is being comforted by Inés who vows to be his comfort, guide and stay. But when the kisses start heating up and his hand starts moving into dangerous territory, our little nun jumps up and runs off, shouting that their love can't venture any further than kisses. Cold comfort indeed. Mauricio looks even more dejected than before.

Leo, on the other hand, is positively enraptured. And in heat. Steffi has hugged her, forgiven her for that ill-fated romantic dockside dinner, and is reassuring her that she'll give her all to marry Sebastian. Cue the pillow fanning.

And then cue the heart attack maybe. Steffi lets slip that Juan is bankrupt and Leo switches from Hotflash Happiness to Terrified Tachycardia.

But let's end this episode on a tedious note. Vicky has gone fishing in order to provide Barb with some animal protein. Fernando has followed her to show her a $20 bill a tourist gave him for a painting. They're giggling and fooling around and she's got green pain from his brush on her lip. Sebastian sees them and jealously glares. Vicky glares back.

All we need know is a I don't care, Do You? jacket.

And there we end.
 

HIJAS

"all we need NOW is an I Don't Care, Do You? jacket.
 

Hijas

Judy, you trouper, you! Thanks for taking another one for the team. Um, if there still is a team, that is.

Anyway, I enjoyed your recap, as I always do. I only saw the first segment today as I had to leave, but I thought it was a good airing up to that point. I enjoyed Juana Inés' nonsense, and especially the too brief shot of The Three Lovers of Sylvia. You wouldn't happen to know if it's available on DVD, would you?

I was also a bit surprised about how liberal the priest was about sex. Progress comes to older priests, even if not to Inés   :-)

Otherwise I hope you are OK, personally. The Christmas undertow is taking us all under even without any additional stress.

andy
 

HIJAS

JudyB you do stress recaping well. I was in traffic today going to work and
It was bad. I guess rushing to finish Christmas shopping means running into other people on the way.
Anyways, ines and her sex delimma,barb
And her deal making for Mauricio boxin
Match thingy, marg being in heat for xaviar, All the money worries. O and the patunia scare all this seems to be more exciting than the christmas rush.
If it wasn't so slapstickishly silly.
Remember that Seinfeld show, it was about nothing....well this is the same
Silliness. Tho it is funny.

Leo with her lovely Couture and the funny faces. That was funny when she thought she ate patunia. Well dressed and heartbroken that she ate patunia.

I didnt see it all, but the boxing match was kinda silly with her boxing
To take her sisters boyfriend. Who dont want her. When did that happen anyway? She would probly beat him up when they have a disagreement.

Ok gotta go. Thanks JudyB.
Yall have a Merry☆Merry Christmas.

 

HIJAS

Thanks ANDY and NINA. The pretzels were a great help in getting through this one. And I can’t help hoping they’ll bring back Petunia for a repeat performance. Heading off to a hot shower and wishing I had some of those pills Leonora took to “make the world go away.” I did try some Universal Solvent Tea but that was ineffective.
Wishing you and anyone reading the blog a blessed and joyous Christmas. Thank you both too for all the laughs and appreciation you’ve given me since I started recapping last Spring. You have brightened many a day of mine.
 

HIJAS

Judy, thank you for your recrap while under stress. I was surprised and delighted to see you made time to watch and to type. Hopefully, it gave you a brief escape from one crappy mess to this crappy mess? I truly hope the frosted pretzels were kind to you and that today will be a pretty day nonetheless, un otro día … mejor.
;-p
I tend to hit the chocolate during trying times.

I loved your title. Oh, girl, you are a hoot.

--- ” Looks like Mauricio is in for a long, dry spell, love life-wise.”
Ayyyy, Pobrecito de Mauricio and his cojones azules.

--- ” I'd give 'em some of my pretzels but I ate 'em all.”
LOL! This had me laughing out loud.

--- ” … the Juana Pack Plus…”

--- ” And perhaps also the ethics of deciding whom Seb should marry. (Like how about asking HIM, girls?)”
Ahem…. yes!

---” I did try some Universal Solvent Tea but that was ineffective.”
Oh noes!

Well, Judy, I've been praying for you and the current crisis in your family. Hopefully some good will come of these prayers. One never knows, but so often it is the only thing we can do for others. (((Hugs)))

I hope you Patio friends have a very nice, peaceful, healthy Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus/whatever. I'll be back tomorrow with whatever recrap-let I come up with, depending on my time and how the show goes. I'm still in shock that Looney-vision is broadcasting a telenovela on Christmas day. Vaya!
 

HIJAS

Judy, you are proof positive that sometimes, when things are darkest, the human spirit remains alive and remarkably resilient. You dug deep and your humor and wit shone brightly.

I always love your recaps but this was one of my favorites as there were Christmas presents strewn throughout.

"I binge eat crap when I'm stressed, by the way, so this recap is brought to you by Christmas frosted pretzels. Tomorrow is not going to be pretty) had me smiling and I hope that isn't the case - no "zels" hangover! :)

"when she learns Juan just sold his car, she's suddenly speechless. (Is this a Festivus miracle?)" HA!

"Hotflash of Happiness" was my favorite but "poca cosa" [poor schlepp]" and "I'm-so-guilty breast beating" were excellent.

Unless I'm missing something, Steffi still seems pretty perfect. And Vicky and Seb ARE seeming to be tedious. And I'm not even watching this!

Merry Christmas to you dear Judy and the other staunch supporters ( would name names but i don't want to leave anyone out which I would surely do). God bless you. Every one.

Diana
 

HIJAS

Thanks DORIS and DIANA. Doris, without a doubt something always good comes from prayers IMO. And I appreciate every one of them. And for the agnostic, it comes down to this, you are either putting out negativity or you are sending out good vibes ((((())))) . There just seems to be enough pain in the world already without adding to it. Anyway, thanks. Pretzel hangover not too bad today.

Diana...Festivus Miracle always reminds me of Carlos. I think he was the first one who used it in a recap. Since I've only seen a couple of Seinfeld episodes, I didn't know what it was. But I love it now. And you're quite right, so far Estefania is kind, loving, generous and lovely. And for many of us, the character of Juana Victoria--as played by Michelle-- seems flaky and annoying. Poor directing I think.

I'll join you again in wishing everyone a joyous Christmas. Christmas Eve always seems magical to me. The child within (who yes, really, could be bossy and a pain in the keister at times) still loves that part of Christmas.
 

HIJAS

JudyB, Diana said it so perfectly that I am just going to repeat it, "..you are proof positive that sometimes, when things are darkest, the human spirit remains alive and remarkably resilient. You dug deep and your humor and wit shone brightly." I admire your strength and determination; your are truly an inspiration to all of us. Thank you for soldiering on despite the darkness that has set upon you.

This really cracked me up, "I binge eat crap when I'm stressed, by the way, so this recap is brought to you by Christmas frosted pretzels. Tomorrow is not going to be pretty." By the end of the day, I am SO ready for my stress reliever--animal crackers and dark chocolate. I guess we all have our own ways to destress :-)

I am not as convinced that Steffi is still our pretty, loving and kind perfection (confection? :-). She is getting too obsessed with winning back Seb and her actions are getting a little out of whack. Will she have a breaking point? Will out little confection crumble into a million little pieces?

JudyB, "the character of Juana Victoria--as played by Michelle-- seems flaky and annoying. " Thumbs up on that! I'm thinking that it has to be poor directing because Michelle Renaud had an outstanding performance in La Reina Soy Yo.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Wishing everyone peaceful and joyous days filled with love, hope and lots of de-stressing goodies!
 

MANANA (yes, I'm still in Mañana mode :-)

Andy, what can I say? You really blew my mind away! I am still in awe at your ability to provide us with such extraordinary "summations" of the Mañana tale. When most of us bailed, you stayed on the sinking ship until it turned back up; and I thank you for that. What really surprised me was your Spanish comprehension; you gave us very detailed information and all the dialogue to ensure that we kept up with the story...that along with your over-the-top wit made for very enjoyable reading even when we were still frowning upon the storylines.

A big THANK YOU and many (((HUGS))) I'm not sure how you feel about a bouquet of roses, but how 'bout a virtual bottle of wine? or Tequila??? LOL

Now for the gran final. I, like others, was glad that everything was tied up nicely with a big red bow. However, I'll be a Christmas Grinch just like JudyB who wrote:

And this Christmas Grinch had trouble believing that Cristobal was completely cured after only one rehab (it usually takes several...and even then...) And BSCrazy Maggie also completely cured and exquisitely mature after just 6 weeks! And biological grandmother and adoptive grandmother co-existing all sweetness and light! Punk thug baby daddy wanting to do the right thing and help raise his kid!? Romance flourishing for every unattached couple in the Universe!

..and to add to that, Barbi going to live with Ximena! QTH??

Oh well, it was just a story...just a story.

Thanks again Andy, YOU TOTALLY ROCK..and I do hope that you will grace us with more of your Andycaps. I think Anita suggested that you do some for "Hijas" on Fridays. I hope you consider it, because for Friday episodes, you have the entire weekend to post your "caps.

Hasta la vista, Baby!
 

Thank you, Judyb and Andy. Maybe some silliness
Is just what we need. We are having our own Christmas mini crisis in the form of a breakout of lice in The fourth grade Girl Scout troop that my 9 year old granddaughter belongs to. lots of crying children and stressed out mommies..... happy holidays . I have ever dealt with this particular situation , but I know that many have. Daughter and I are spending our Christmas Eve vacuuming and washing.
 

Hi RGV CHICK and SUSANLYNN....

Thanks for checking in. Taking a break from vacuuming and dusting myself, but oh my, the "lice story" brings back memories. And not good ones. My youngest daughter's first grade class had a case of them and it meant a lot of back breaking work, and piping hot water washing. And what do you do with decorative pillows on the couches etc? Grrrrr. I thought lice was something you only got if you were in the Russian Army in WWII. (don't ask me where I got that idea...some novel I guess.) Anyway, that's a miserable way to spend Christmas Eve, but I'm glad your daughter doesn't have to handle it alone and has you to help. "Many hands make light work" and toiling alone is pretty grim.

RGV CHICK...I'm wishing I had some of your Christmas treats that you make for the holiday. Frosted pretzels after a while make one nauseous. The Revenge of Junk Food.
Ah well, tomorrow we'll have the Revenge of Rich Food which is also treacherous. But Merry Christmas anyway. And Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza and just plain Happy Holidays for the unaffiliated.
 

MAÑANA and Christmas wishes

Susanlynn, thank you and best wishes. Lice, meh, the bane of grammar schools everywhere.

Rgv Chickie, thank you very much for your kind words, but you made me laugh when you complimented my Spanish comprehension. More like studying the CC's and looking things up in several dictionaries and online. If that failed to work, I just skipped the scene or comments. Mostly nobody else was watching Mañana anyway, so who would know?

:-)

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

andy
 

OT

Susanlynn - oh noes, the dreaded head lice! It happens even in fancy private schools. I try to NOT think about life when at the movies or an an airplane. 😛. What a nightmare, but this, too, shall pass.
 

HIJAS - Christmas Day - #49 – More Bah!Humbug! than Ho!Ho!Ho!

Well, there is more Bah Humbuggery than HoHoHo-ery in this episode. Let the misery begin! ♪♪Falalalala, la la la la

Seriously, unless you want to waste some time, don’t bother to watch your recording of this episode. Just delete. Trust me on this. A good hockey game or Hallmark Xmas movie will be time better spent, or watch clips from this past weekend's SNL that Eddie Murphy hosted.

Some scenes have been combined in the interest of brevity. Others were FFWDed--> thru or completely ignored, for the sake of sanity and avoiding total boredom meltdown.

- We open with Leo telling Stefi that OF COURSE she will help her with Project Marry Sebastian. Later in the episode she assures Stefi that blackmail is the way to get your man. Why, yes, girls, check back with us in a month or two and let us know how that is working for you. Later in the episode, Leo is faking a cough and telling Seb that when she dies, she will die in peace if he is married to Stefi. Seb looks bored. The Patio is bored. What else is new?

- Vicky and Sebastian have lovers quarrel #87 on the beach. Not worth going into this. Vicki has stupid green paint streaks on her face that I might understand if I had bothered to watch Monday’s episode. Instead, I borrowed JudyB’s “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” jacket. Thank you Judy. I will return it by Friday.

- Leo twists the knife in Juan-O’s back when she tells him she needs a new wardrobe for surviving the heat. Witch.
- Later, Ines suggests to JuanO and the Amoeba Clan v2 that they take the scissors to them to make her existing clothing cooler. Juan-O asks Ines “so would you like to die young?”

- Leo enlists Teresa to help her goat-nap Petunia from the stockyard. They succeed. Amoeba Clan cannot believe it. Ines swears she sold that goat. Did Leo buy it back? with what money? Stay tuned. High drama. Not.
- Seems like Petunia should have died from bowel obstruction after eating Leo’s phone. Maybe she is wearing her telenovela hat. I’m just glad Petus is still alive. She is my favorite character in this story.

- Dario is out to dinner with some business guys, celebrating the closing of their deal. Along comes Mau, offering the clientele “ paletitas” (whatever that is). Dario is not happy to see him, especially as a server. Mau makes the stupid mistake of telling the business guys that his daddy dearest shut down his bar. Dario tells Mau, in front of his guests, that he has just made the biggest mistake in his life. Dario’s associates slink away.
- Later, Dario has Mau kidnapped and brought to him, and tells Mauricio that he is punishing him for what he did at the restaurant. Mexican greek chorus chanting in the background, etc. Eh, what else is new? Patio, there is no way Dario can be this young man’s bio-dad, unless Dario is 100% sociopath. Punto. Mauricio might want to think of leaving town and changing his identity.

VOCABULARIO:
”ouch” = ouch ;-)
” zopilote” = buzzard, as in “Fernando rodando a Vicky como un zopilote”
” agüitado” = sad, as in Mauricio lamenting “I haz a sad over my blue balls” and Octavio pointing out that Ines did grow up in a convent and never had a boyfriend. (thank you, Octavio, the voice of reason)
”guardarropa” = wardrobe

And that's all the recrap that is worth telling.
 

HIJAS

How could anyone not love "Well, there is more Bah Humbuggery than HoHoHo-ery in this episode. Let the misery begin! ♪♪Falalalala, la la la la? Perfect.

"I borrowed JudyB’s “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” jacket. Thank you Judy. I will return it by Friday" HA!

"I’m just glad Petus is still alive. She is my favorite character in this story". Yes, mine too as I can at least envision a goat. I wouldn't know most of the characters here if I fell over them :)

”ouch” = ouch ;-)". Sometimes my favorites are the simplest.

doris, this was tongue in cheek and marvelous. So kind of your to spend time on this wonderful day to watch and gift us with this present.

Hoping all are having a wonderful day.

Thank you!

Diana
 

HIJAS

Doris, I can't believe you gave up more than an hour on Christmas day to recap this. You went way beyond the call of duty for this one.

I didn't bother to watch, not today. Not even for Petunia or Leonora. And I find it hard to believe Univision put it on. Most TN watchers were going to be busy today, and other people who want something on the TV screen for a while are not going to want to see one episode in the middle of a TN's run.
Uni is crazy, that's all.

I am glad Petunia is OK and back "home", but otherwise...

Again, I thank you but I believe you once teased us by saying you were going to do a six line recap. I think you should do one of those and keep it handy. The next time you recap this show you can just change one or more of the girls' names and presto! a new recap!

Aside from this show, I hope you had a good day today.

andy
 

HIJAS

Thank you for your your kind comments, Diana and Andy. Actually, today and tomorrow are slow days for us, so doing the recap/recraps today and tomorrow are not an inconvenience, at all. Friday is our big day to celebrate. Our son will have his daughter by then for his share of her holidaze and that will be our day of Xmas celebration from prezzies in the morning to family dinner that night. I call it delayed gratification and we choose to be happy with it. 🎄🎅🏻🤶🏻 #thenewnormal
I outdid myself and made chicken pot pie for dinner tonight. LOL! Hubby is not very impressed but he isn't turning it down either. ;-) 😉

ANDY, IKWYM about a form recap and just changing the names. So easy with this one....just copy and paste every day.

🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻
Dear Santa,
All we want for Christmas is the Univision tijeras squad. We have been good this year. Very, very good. Surely we are on your "Nice list."
We rarely ask you for las tijeras. Porfis. Que tenga piedad de nosotros.
Love,
The Patio
🍪🍪🍪🥛
 

HIJAS

So many gems DORIS. I think total, seething annoyance is good for our writing skills. In which case, this telenovela promises a lot of inspiration to come!!!

Just some of my favorites:

Well, there is more Bah Humbuggery than HoHoHo-ery in this episode. Let the misery begin! ♪♪Falalalala, la la la la

Some scenes have been combined in the interest of brevity. Others were FFWDed--> thru or completely ignored, for the sake of sanity and avoiding total boredom meltdown.

. Later in the episode, Leo is faking a cough and telling Seb that when she dies, she will die in peace if he is married to Stefi. Seb looks bored. The Patio is bored. What else is new?

- Seems like Petunia should have died from bowel obstruction after eating Leo’s phone. Maybe she is wearing her telenovela hat. I’m just glad Petus is still alive. She is my favorite character in this story.

and

” agüitado” = sad, as in Mauricio lamenting “I haz a sad over my blue balls”

Hoo Mama!, you were on fire! And tell that hubby that he's darned lucky to have a chicken pot pie for dinner. Men get to retire, but we're still cleaning and cooking and doing laundry until they haul us off to the nursing home.

This story is really paltry and I hope it ends soon, but the Patio is still the best. Thank you Doris for pitching in at this time--and with so much wit and verve. And I hope when Friday comes at last, that your celebration of Christmas with your son and granddaughter is all you hoped and wanted it to be. You're a great granny, a great recapper and a great friend. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.


 

HIJAS

OH, Doris, you have become a grinch too, but I love it! I laughed at your intro, especially,"there is more Bah Humbuggery than HoHoHo-ery in this episode. Let the misery begin! ♪♪Falalalala, la la la la" and "Some scenes have been combined in the interest of brevity. Others were FFWDed--> thru or completely ignored, for the sake of sanity and avoiding total boredom meltdown." Oh I just noticed that Diana and JudyB cited the same phrases LOL so those are definitely a HIT!

Favorite scene, of course was the one with Petunia in it; everything else was a "GONG!"
 

HIJAS

Ay, Caray! Doris, I was so amused with your recap that I forgot to...THANK YOU!
 

HIJAS

Paletitas = lollipops
 

HIJAS

I only saw the kidnapping of patunia and mau throwing candy at Dario. That man is a piece of reindeer Crap. Iam not gettin that mau is his son.
He actually hates Mau and loves his steph. Why hasn't she noticed anything
Funky about how daddy treats her bro?
Maybe before new years something will
Click. But she is to into marrying seb
To notice that her brother is being torched by her lying thieving phony
Father figure. If he is not mau's dad
Who is? And If there is something like there. Hey what if he & seb are really
Brothers? Lots of interesting stuff to think about while waiting for the new
Year to roll in.

I know that's lollipop (Paletitas) in English, but it sounds like it belongs
In a bra. But it's candy, always candy

Thanks Doris for this Christmas day
Recap. Do we have a new years day recap to look forward to also? Cuz new
Years day is "the most borringest day of the year". Opposite of Christmas as
"The most wonderful time of the year".
I like that song, it's so happy happy.

Ok thanks again Doris.



 

Oh, Nina! I burst out laughing with "I know that's lollipop (Paletitas) in English, but it sounds like it belongs In a bra. But it's candy, always candy" You are something else. Thanks for the good laugh!

 

Nina, Rgv Chick and Judy, thank you all for your nice comments. NINA you crack me up. Paletitas, indeed. LOL