Year of the Water Tiger 2022- BB's Year!

This post was originally written in 2012 for BB’s blog, Babushka’s Baile.  Considering the word for the year is SELF, Babushka thinks it’s more than shear coincidence that this is the Year of The Tiger. In Chinese Zodiac this is BB’s year, and in Babushka’s mente, this is her year.

BTW Chinese New Year Celebrations last 15 dias, so NO, BB isn’t running Cubantime. 😉

So enjoy what a true New Year is when one is truthful to SELF.

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Don't you just love the Chinese New Year?  The festivities, the history, the colors, the pageantry, the chance to catch up and do a New Year right!  Que Que??  You actually thought January 1 was the real new year?  JU SO FONI !!!  Maybe it's because my mother was 3/4 Chinese, but in BB's mind this is when the reality of the New Year comes in.  Bueno, truth be known I think it's more because of my Cuban side... si, further in the year is better because we're always running late.  Whaaaaaatttt??  I'm only now taking down the Christmas lights... well, I will take them down now that the true New Year has come.

No me miren asi- don't look at me like that.  Really people, think about it.  For 8 days there's a whirlwind of activities- Christmas Eve to New Year's- most people don't come out of the stupor until at least a week  into the new year and then they go into shock when they see the scale and the bills of that holiday hip hop. By the second week of January most will have abandoned their resolutions and are slumping into disappointment from their lack of determination. But should this be? I say Nay!! Nada de eso mi gente!!!  Chinese New Year is the perfect time to make more realistic petitions of ourselves.  We've now seen what we're capable (or not capable) of doing and can go ahead with expectations we can fullfill!  Let me help you with some examples.

January 1 Resolutions                                        Chinese New Year Resolution

No more junk food.                                               No more junk food on Mondays.

Exercise everyday.                                                        Exercise on Mondays. 

                                                          Go ahead, w/out junk food it's a bad day anyway.

Call loved ones more often.                            Ever heard of Feibu? How about Escaip?

Spend less money.                                     52 Mondays w/out junk food = saved $$.

Lose weight.                                                      Learn to walk in higher heels. 

                                                                  You'll either sweat from fear of falling

                                                                   or look thinner because you're taller.

Be nicer to my fellow man.                                               Hide on Mondays.

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Once every 60 years. Si, definitely Babushka’s year.

If you’re curioso about the year and your Chinese sign, go to:

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/tiger.htm

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Whatever your signo Beautifuls, may you find and be true to SELF.

. Al final, that’s all we have verdad? Happy New Year to All.

Babushka Besos a Todos. Cuidensen.

2022- The Year of SELF #TBT Conexion Florida

A very special year this one. For BB, time to prioritize and follow bucket lists. 

Starting 2022 with this article written for Conexion.

Porque this is gonna be some año...

 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

 Have you decided on your word for 2022?  Seems the latest trend is to pick one word that encompasses what your goals (because “resolutions” is sooo ayer) are for the upcoming year.  Thinking of what she’d like to accomplish in her upcoming 60th year de vida, BB realized that it was time to focus, to step back and away from perceived obligations. Es hora to focus on Self.

 SELF- as in: SELF LOVE, SELF APPRECIATION, SELF WORTH. It has been said that we radiate what we feel, what we are, and if we’re not one with ourselves, not aligned, then how could we possibly be so for others?  And that Beautifuls is what BB believes is our mission here. To make the planet better, to raise the vibes of SELF so it will radiate to others, because you never know who you might be touching.  Who you might touch, who you might influence.  Hopefully it will be with good. Pero there can be no verdadera good if you don’t feel good about yourself and your life choices. Being true to SELF is the ultimate Truth y Strength.  How strong are you Beautiful? Will you make time for yourself a priority? Will 2022 be the year you follow your heart and the knowing you’ve pushed aside for so long? 

 

  This is BB’s wish.  That we all raise ourselves, each other, and the planeta. In Good, for the Good of All.  Find your Truth and Live It Beautifuls. If there is one thing Babushka learned from 2021 and the cursed Covid, it’s that mañana isn’t promised. Don’t live for the future if it means faking the present. Find yourself, YOURSELF. Believe and Love who you are and you’ll be able to do the same for others. And in this heartfelt mindset and vision, we will find the maravillas of this mundo. 

  Here’s to 2022 and the wonders it will bring.

 Babushka Besos a Todos. Cuidensen.

Red Carpet Manicure- Nail Art & DIY Gel Kit

Compensated Sponsored Ad with opinions by BB.

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!!

Originally this post was on Feibu, but then Babushka realized not everyone is a Feibu Fanatic like BB so I decided to share it on my blog too.  Just as well, because now more people can enter the giveaway.  But first, the original post.

Now you know BB’s all about Plebian Pride, keeping it real and not having to work too hard at anything, so you’ll understand why I’m dancing about this. Remeber the post where Babushka adds some sparkly to her toes?  Bueno, it’s time for her to update her fingers too, with Nail Art!!

BB refuses to work double so I never really bothered with nail polish. Pa’ que??  It would be all nice and purdy for all of… 2 days- if Babushka was lucky.  Now the award winning Red Carpet Manicure, the first at-home LED gel manicure system, is gonna make it possible for a DIY professional looking manicure that lasts for weeks! ESO!!! BB’s soooo there.

Click on BB’s code http://bdash.ca/?url=NzA3NDQy  and sigue bailando to  RCM’s Feibu page.  Like their page, fill out some info, and you’re in a contest to win various prizes. Oh my and Oh Yeah.

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P.S. Si, this is a sponsored #ad, pero BB’s glad- it’s been years since I’ve had a nice, longlasting manicure. My opinion and I’m a lookin’ forward to it!

So there you have it My Beautifuls- the original post. Ahora, so the powers of Google stay happy (as well as the sponsors) , I will add some words to the original posting. Not one to reinvent the wheel I share with you some points RCM wants y'all to know:

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BB's looking forward to trying this out- how about you?  Go ahead and click on the link and enter.

  We'll meet back here to share our creations ok??

BB2U

Per FTC- this is a sponsored ad post, but you know BB- it's done her way.