WEBVTT - Christmas with Chiquis 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.960 I want to take this time to go back back 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:09.920 to the good old days when my mom was here, 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.520 when my family and I might extended family, were all 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:18.560 super close. I've had Christmas is where finances have been 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.720 difficult and hard, and we've had Christmas Is where it's 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:25.959 been great. It feels like a big hug when you 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.159 walk into your house and it smells like pine and 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:37.919 it smells like Christmas and cookies, and it's just what's up. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.360 Welcome to another episode of cheek Ease and Chill. As 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.520 you know, I am your host cheek Ease. I hope 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.360 you all are having a beautiful Monday. Let's start this 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:49.240 week off on the right foot as we inch closer 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.080 to the holidays. I thought it'd be super fun to 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.840 do a festive episode so you can learn a little 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.280 bit more about how I spend them, and towards the 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.960 end of the episode, I'll be sharing some gift giving 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.160 tips for those of you who still don't know what 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.800 to get for your significant other. So pour yourself a 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:09.880 glass of quito so you can get ready for this 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:18.039 episode of cheek Ease and Chill. I want to start 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.400 off by saying that I love the holidays for me 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:25.959 it's just getting together with your family, and it's so 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.760 much more than the gifts, you know, especially for like Christmas. 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.360 And I know it's super busy. It's a crazy time 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.759 with the shopping and hosting and deadlines all that stuff, 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.280 but I think it's beautiful and I think we just 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.679 all need to just slow down and say, Okay, what 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.520 did we accomplish this year? And now we get to 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:46.920 sit down and appreciate what we accomplished and get ready 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.360 for the new year, you know. So for me, I'm 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.000 looking forward to spending time with my nieces and nephews. 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.440 I feel like Christmas is for them, for them to 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.920 open up their gifts. And I love to spoil everybody, 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.600 and I always tell them every year, I'm not buying 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.520 anyone gifts this year because I too busy, But I 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.240 always end up spoiling them all and getting more than 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.160 I should. But I don't care. That's what Athena and 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.400 Anina and a sister is four, I think to spoil, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.800 So I totally enjoy that and I can't wait to 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.280 see their smiles on their faces. And I'm taking them 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.799 all to the snow this year, so I'm super excited. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.080 I got us a nice cabin and we're all going 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.520 and I'm just super super I can't wait. I'm super excited, 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:24.840 you guys. I know I said I'm super excited like 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.359 a million times, but I am. I'm like, I want 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.240 to have a white Christmas. So anyways, I thought that 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.120 it would be nice to kind of just share what 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.520 I like during the holidays, what we eat in my family, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.240 what we're going to eat out there in the mountains. 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.240 I want to take this time to go back back 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.200 to the good old days when my mom was here, 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.800 when my family and I might extended family were all 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.360 super close, and I was young, I was I don't know. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.359 I think my best Christmas Is were like anywhere from 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:02.920 seven to like fourteen, maybe sixteen years old, and we 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.800 would always get together a Grandma's house. I actually have 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.600 a picture and I'm probably gonna share this year on 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.600 social media of all the cousins together at Grandma's house 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.440 in our pj's. The house always smells like that lies 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.200 and Grandma was there with all my tas making the list, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.480 showing them her little recipe. She never gave them the 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.600 full secret. She would just show them. You know, this 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:31.120 is I'll never forget one year, we were again at 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.720 Grandma's house and we were waiting. It was because we 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.840 opened our gifts on at midnight, so basically they like 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.960 in the morning, you know Mexicans we do that. We 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.320 were at Grandma's house, like I said, and they put 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.760 boxing gloves on all of us, my cousins and I, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.600 and we were all they just made us fight each other. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.000 And I'll never forget because they put me with my 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.440 cousin Karina. My cousin Karina is my theo Gus's daughter 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.240 and who I've always been really close to, and they 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.040 put us together and she kicked my ass. Let me 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.600 tell you, she's two years younger than me. But they 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.720 just made us like, you know, just it was all 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.240 play fighting. But some of us. I didn't get mad, 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:10.880 but some of my cousins did get upset and they 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.200 started like kind of fighting for real. But then they 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.400 calmed us down and they're like the winner got money. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.040 So then they would give us like agancias, like piggy 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.800 banks that my grandparents throughout the entire year would fill 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.400 up with coins and quarters and just money that they 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.560 would get from the casino. They loved going to the casino, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.520 so all year they would do that, and they had 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:33.120 a piggy bank for all the grandchildren and they I 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.760 would give it to us on Christmas and we would 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:39.200 break it with the hammer outside and you know, we 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.480 sometimes would come out with like, I don't know, hundreds 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.159 of dollars of just coins. It was so much fun. 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.840 I missed those days, to be honest, I missed those 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.280 types of Christmas is where we all literally got together. 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.920 But it's nice. It's nice to look back and have 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.039 those memories. And hopefully one day I can do that 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.680 with my nieces and nephews with my own children. But 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:03.240 for us, it was just important to eat, chilling our pajamas, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.600 watch movies together, and just enjoy, you know, enjoy each 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:12.599 other's presence. My mom one year, she was always really busy, 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:14.880 you know, with work or whatnot, and I would always 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.000 do like the Christmas shopping for her. She would give 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:18.440 me a list and kind of an idea of what 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.480 she wanted to get each of us, and I'd go shopping. 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.279 But there was this one year, I think it was 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:27.480 like two two and nine where she went shopping by herself. 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:28.880 She says, I want to do it myself. I'm going 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.200 to go and I said, okay, cool, and she says, 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:32.880 I'm gonna wrap them too, I'm gonna wrap them this year. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.040 I'm like, all right, awesome. And I guess what she did. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:37.760 She went shopping, which I thought was really cute. She 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.240 got all of us things that you know, reminded her 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.760 of us, which it was really nice and um, but 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.080 she didn't have time to wrap anything. So she put 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:50.120 all of our gifts in one big gass box and 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.320 she didn't even wrapped the box. She just put it 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.600 under the tree. And she's like, okay, put our names 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.880 on them. So we each had a big box and 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:58.520 in them were just things that she went to the 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.360 mall and bought for each of us. I'll never forget 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:03.080 because it was just so sweet because I knew how 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.680 busy she was, especially that year, traveling and everything. Um, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:10.760 that was one very very special Christmas. Yeah, and I 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.640 have a few of those. Um. Even when before, even 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.680 before Jennie rivera was Jenny River and we were living 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.520 in Compton, you guys, we didn't have money for Christmas. 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:23.919 And she bought a little tree that sat on top 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:28.160 of a speaker and she decorated it and that's all 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.279 we could afford and literally I had one gift under 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.200 the tree. But it was just so nice to know 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.040 that she went out of her way and to get 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.919 us that one gift. It was always mom trying to 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.320 make everything so special, not even just on Christmas, but 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.640 also on Valentine's Day. On my mom would even make 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.160 us baskets for Easter. It was just so cute. She 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.599 would go to store and pack it up, but it 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.840 was just like a big, old like basket full of 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:56.279 stuff for us. So anyways, here I am going down 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:02.960 memory lane. This is funny. Okay. So I was fourteen 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:08.200 and it was when like pages were in like beepers. 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.000 Some of you may know, some some of you may not, 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:14.120 but uh everyone was getting a page and had a 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.360 pagre and if you had it, you were cool. And 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.440 I remember I had been asking my mom for one 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.520 forever and I was fourteen and she gave me my 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:23.560 first page or you guys. It was blue, like a 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.000 baby blue color, and oh my goodness, I was so excited. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.720 I was like, oh my god, you're the best mother ever. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.040 I want to be a cool kid at school. And 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.080 even though we weren't doing that well financially during that time, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.040 I'm telling you, my mom always figured out a way 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.840 to give us what we really wanted. So I'll never 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.120 forget that time. I was so excited I started crying 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.440 at a joint um. And then I don't want to 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.000 say the worst gifts because it's funny, but one of 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:52.520 the gifts that I'll never forget that I was kind 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.920 of like what the heck. I was at my dad's 0:07:55.000 --> 0:08:00.440 house and his mom, who was always very different I'll say, 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.920 with us, my my siblings and I. She didn't really 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.480 like my mom too much. She gifted all my other 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.760 cousins on my dad's side these I don't know, like 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.200 I remember there was like they all got toys and 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.720 cool toys, like I just remember them having cool toys. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.040 And when I went to open my gift, she only 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.840 gave me a pair of socks. And mind you, I 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.800 was young. I was like seven eight years old, and 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:24.960 I was really hurt. I was just like, what, like, 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:28.240 I just got some socks. Now, now you give me 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.280 some socks, and I'm super happy because it's just that 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.560 I either have holes or mismatched. My socks always get 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.920 up and like run away, you guys. When I was 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:38.800 a child, I was like, who wants a pair of socks? 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.199 They were cute socks. They had like little pink, little 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.800 rufflies around them. But I was just like looking around 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:45.360 all my cousins, I'm like, oh my god, they got 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:48.320 cool gifts. I just got socks. But now I'm grateful, 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.559 So I think it's kind of funny how things change. No, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.719 those are just a few of my memories, but those 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:59.600 are the ones that are the highlights I think now 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:05.640 for me. Holidays, especially Christmas, I think it's important for 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.680 my siblings and I to be together, whether it be 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:11.600 at my house or my sister's house. And I think 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.719 it's also important to have a Christmas tree if it 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.840 could be real. I prefer a natural tree because of 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.800 the smell, and it just smells like Christmas when you 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:24.400 walk in. Um. I have been busy, especially this year 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.360 with the move and everything, and last year was kind 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.920 of crazy, but I always find the time to get 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.400 a Christmas tree, gets someone to decorate the house for me. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:37.080 I just love to have the feeling of Christmas, even 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.079 like having the kisses. You know that they have like 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:42.680 always these holiday kisses that only come out during December, 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.880 the hershey kisses, And I love having those at home. 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.640 There are peppermint ones which are so bomb you guys, 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.000 if you haven't tried them, you need to. They're like 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.920 my favorite. And having just candles that smell like vanilla 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.800 and cinnamon and just all these Christmas candles all that 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.800 is so important to me because it just feels like 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.720 a big hug when you walk into your house and 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.160 it smells like pine and it smells like Christmas and cookies, 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.560 and it's just for me that is important. That's something 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.640 that my mom always had no matter what, no matter 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.600 how busy she was, it whether we had money or not, 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.760 it was like, we have to have a Christmas tree, 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.680 we have to have candies. She was all about, even 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:21.440 though she didn't eat them. She was like, have candies 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.880 at the house, have candles. I want fresh flowers. Um. 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.440 So those are things that for me are now as 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:34.120 an adult, are important. You guys know that, Yes, holidays 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:37.040 are about food. What's well, at least for me, about 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.439 food and drinks. And I have to say that for Christmas, 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.360 I do like maybe breakfast cooking, but I've always left 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:46.920 that to like my grandma. Um, this year, I'm gonna 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:50.600 have to cook because we're going away but for Thanksgiving. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.000 I love to cook. For Thanksgiving, I love to make 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.959 the turkey. I either fry it or bake it. I'm 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.680 really good at the like mac and cheese and the 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.240 mashed potatoes, all that good stuff I love to cup. 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:01.800 But for Christmas, I feel like I just want to 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:09.360 chill and eat everyone else's food. Jackie Yam, I love. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.360 I'm gonna miss them this year, you guys, I have 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.160 to learn how to make them lists. I feel like 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.920 they're like easy to make, but you have to have 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:19.800 like a certain recipe for them to come out nice 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.520 and juicy, you know. So I have to ask my 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:27.559 grandma for that recipe. But so we're gonna have to 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.360 figure it out. I don't know what I'm gonna make, 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.120 but for sure, some tequila with some hot chocolate. I 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:33.760 don't know if you guys have ever tried that, but 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.360 I like to make and then I put a little 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.600 tequila and you just chill and you put some marshmallows 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:48.960 in it and his bomb. Let me tell you real good. So, 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.000 like you guys, know, those of you that listen to 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.839 my podcast, I shared that I do have a boyfriend now, 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.680 and I'm happy to say that he will be joining 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.560 us to the snow this year. I'm really excited. Um. 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:02.440 I got him a lot of really cool gifts, which 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.040 we'll talk about, you know. Like I said, I'm gonna 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.760 give you some tips later on. But I'm excited for 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.200 him to open them. And I did the Christmas shopping 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:12.120 myself this year, so I'm super excited about that. And um, yeah, 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.520 it's gonna be our first Christmas together. Guys. I'm excited, 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.960 but I'm nervous at the same time because I like 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.120 to look busted during the holidays. You guys, this is 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.360 when I'm off. I don't want to have my extensions in. 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.560 I don't want to have any makeup on. I want 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.160 to be in my pj's. I want to be as 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.600 full on guys I possibly can. So if you can 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.040 get through it with me, then that means he's a keeper. 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:36.760 So Emilia, you better be listening. Okay, if his friends, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:38.840 anyone or listen is listening to this podcast, go tell 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.560 Emilio he better be all right with me looking not 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.800 cute this Christmas because some people I don't know. I've 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.920 seen other families that get all dressed up, and I 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.439 think it's nice with their like nylons and they're two 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.840 dresses and they're two high hills, and I think that's 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.480 really nice. You know, my family has never been like that, 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.040 so I'm not used to that, And I don't know, 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:58.600 maybe that's something that I want to do with like 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:00.280 my family when I have kids, or it's like, hey, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.880 everyone dressed up, we're gonna take a Christmas picture. But 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.720 it's always been like bsful the only guys you possibly can. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.400 So maybe that's something that I gotta change up. In 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.360 a couple of years, we'll see, but for now. Uh. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.960 And now that we're talking about all this, I'm thinking, 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.400 what are we really going to do when we're out 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.480 in the mountains. Because usually the times that we've gone 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:26.080 to like Big Bear or wherever there's snow, we always 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.400 go after Christmas. This is the first time ever that 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:34.240 we're going to be there during Christmas, so I'm thinking. 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:35.800 I talked to my sister about it. She's like, you 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.480 know what, what if we just take like free holes 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.120 and we take some rice and we cook it out there, 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:41.720 or we just go to the grocery store when we 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.400 get there, like the local grocery store, and just buy 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.720 everything we want. You know, I don't know. I really 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:48.959 don't even want to care about the calories. I want 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.360 to eat as many cars as I possibly can, because 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.080 it's just like my last chance to just say okay, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:55.680 and then January comes along and then I really have 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.680 to get on a strict diet, you guys. But I 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:02.439 want to have oreoles, nutter butters. Oh, the oreoles, and 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.920 the milk so delicious when you like just let them 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.160 just soak in the milk and you get the spoon. 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.240 It's just so good. So I'm looking forward to that. 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:12.079 I want sandwiches with Doritos on the side and a hallepeeno. 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.040 I want to eat all of it, all of it. 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.400 Someone may probably like, the kids love Tody soak on well, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.559 so we're gonna do them and make some beans, and 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.320 media loves when I make them beans with cheese. I 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.400 make some bomb mask beans, you guys, refried beans, Um, 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.240 I gotta make that. And then my sister, she's really 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.040 good at making choco flans. I'm gonna request that. So 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:30.880 I'm already thinking about it. I'm gonna write all this down. 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:33.000 I'm just gonna listen to the to the podcast on 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.200 my way there to the snow so I remember exactly 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:42.280 everything I want to eat. So, as I promised, I'm 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.840 going to share some gift giving tips with you. Guys. 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.000 Can you believe that we're less than one week away 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.960 from Christmas? I cannot believe it. This year went by 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.760 so quick. So if you're still undecided, time is running out. 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.760 And I'm real proud of myself this year because I 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:01.720 did all of my Christmas shopping already and that never happens. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:06.280 So you guys, get on it. So when shopping for 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.760 your significant others, I think it is important to keep 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.120 in mind obviously what they like and they don't like. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.920 If they're into sports, what are they a foodie? Are 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:22.200 they tech savvy? Fashion? Because there's some you know men 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.480 in my case, guys and my significant others, a man 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:26.560 that is not into fashion, you know what I mean. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.040 He's more of like it's really hard to shop for 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.680 close for him, so I don't even go there. I 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.200 know he likes shoes, I know he likes hats, I 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.200 know his hat size. Um, he's not really a sports guy, 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.520 so it's important if he likes sports, all that stuff, 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.480 you have to write all that down for me. I 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.640 need to make a list, priority lists, and then the 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.760 second I always have that like, Okay, this will probably 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.040 I could do this on Amazon dot com. I don't know, 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.280 so I always go I cannot go shopping without a list, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.560 So it's super important to just think about those things 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:59.000 the primary things. Another thing that I think is super 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:03.280 cute for your significant other is a perfumer a cologne, 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:05.680 you know, because it's something that for me, it's like, 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.520 I want my man to smell good. So if I 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:09.960 like the cologne, he better like it because well I'm 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:12.600 gonna be smelling it, right. So I like to also 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:16.000 do baskets with their favorite foods, with a cute little cologne, 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.280 some gift cards or favorite stores I don't know, Home 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.680 Depot or best Buy, I don't know, and putting a 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:25.280 little basket together I think is something easier for me, 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.960 I think, than to do individual gifts. But I mean 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.120 it was pretty easy to shop for. To be honest, 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.920 for the men that are listening, I have some tips 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.600 for you, as a woman and as a woman that 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.520 loves to be surprised. I think it's important for you 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.880 not to overthink it when you are buying a gift 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.040 for your girl. Don't go over there buying her pots 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:50.880 and pants if she doesn't ask for them, okay, because 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.120 she doesn't feel like, oh, you're buying them for me 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:54.680 so I can cook for you. It's kind of like, no, 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.240 make sure, I don't know, like even as easy as 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.160 getting her a gift certificate for a manicure and pettic here, 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.800 we all need a petticure, a massage. I don't know 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:05.520 whoever she gets her hair done with, get her a 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:09.320 certificate like here, I'll buy you know you, I don't know, 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.359 one time to go get your hair down or three 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:15.160 months or whatever. Things like that go such a long way, 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:17.679 and I think it's important that you know, like, Okay, 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:21.160 what's gonna make her happy? Think about her. For me, 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:25.639 it's I'm so like easy to please in that area 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.200 where I'm like, okay, just buy me things that I need, 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.280 like my socks, like candles, like white bees. Even baby wipes, 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.000 you guys, are so important because I use them every 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.400 single day. So it's like if someone were to give 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.040 me a box of baby wipes, I'd be so happy 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:41.960 because those are expensive. So men, when you're shopping for 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.600 your girl, just think about what will make her happy. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.639 We will make her smile. Think about like I don't know, 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:49.920 even like her favorite place to go eat. I think 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.440 those types of things go a long way for us women. Yes, 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.320 persones are nice. Yes, diamonds are nice. I'm not saying no. 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.880 But even if you can't necessarily afford that this year, 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:04.120 it's just the littlest things that make a smile, even like, oh, 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.240 he he remembered my favorite type of chips, you know 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:08.600 what I mean. Like to me, it's like, oh my god, 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.280 it's so cute. He knows I like hot cheetos. He 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:12.840 bought some hot cheetos. You know, you don't have to 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.720 like go all lavish to make her happy, at least 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:18.720 not a lot of the women that I know. I think. 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.000 It's just it's the thought that counts, and for you 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:22.680 to go out there and get it yourself for her, 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.320 you know. With that being said, Even a gas card. 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.639 You guys, we all need gas every single day of 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.240 our life. It's that simple. I just think those little 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:38.080 things I'm telling you go a long way. So gifts 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:43.600 for him, ladies that are listening again, if he's into sports, 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:47.119 it's important that you get him a jersey, a cup. 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:50.120 There's all kinds of stuff that I've seen sports stuff. 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.800 If he's not into sports, is he techi? Does he 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:54.920 like um, I don't know, get him a new pair 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.640 of air pods if you can. If not, another thing 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.919 they like home deepot, if they like, oh these guy stores, 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.359 even if they're like games I love. Honestly, I really 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:06.760 like gift cards, and I know a lot of men do, 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:08.240 like my brothers. When I give them stuf, they're like, 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.320 oh my god, yeah, just give me some cash. And 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.920 sometimes I feel like cash is a little like, I 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:17.399 don't know, like unthoughtful, I guess. But gift cards, I 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:18.960 think it's kind of like, oh, they know what I 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:21.399 what I'm into, you know. So I think it's important 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.400 to know your man. And again, a lot of them 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:27.400 need underwear, new briefs. Give them some briefs. They need them, 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.320 and you're gonna, you know, see them, so you might 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.880 as well get something you like. My brothers always appreciate 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:39.959 socks again Cologn's, but it is important to know your 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:43.520 significant other and not just get something that you think 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.920 they're like. It's really pay attention to what they really love. 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:55.400 And that goes I'm telling you a long way now 0:19:55.560 --> 0:20:00.600 talking about people that quote unquote may have everything. I've 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:03.400 gotten that quite a bit. And I used to think 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:05.000 that about my mom or I'm like, oh my gosh, 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:09.000 you can buy herself anything. What can I possibly get her? 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.840