3 Things I Loved in November 2025 (and 1 thing I absolutely hated!)

 

It's time for our favorite monthly post! 3 Things I Loved in November 2025 (and 1 thing I absolutely hated!).  November started off terrible as my dad went to the hospital again by ambulance, and he's been in there all month. He gets released next Wednesday. And we still don't know why he lost all of his strength in his legs (but he is getting stronger with physical therapy).  November is ending on a sweeter note however, which I am thankful for. So let's look at 3 things I loved this month!

*ALERT* There are some spoilers to Valley of the Dolls, the 1967 movie.

1. Movies! Movies! Movies!

I watched a bunch of movies this month. They were mostly rom-coms and dramas. And a few Disney movies on Freeform as part of their 30 days of Disney thing they do now. I think my favorite movie I watched this month was Valley of the Dolls with Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, and Patty Duke. Patty Duke's character, Neely O'Hara continues to be a favorite character of mine. "I'm just hooked on dolls!", "Sparkle, Neely, Sparkle!", "Boobies, boobies, boobies."  Gosh, she has a lot of quotable lines! I'm surprised this isn't an aesthetic movie on Instagram, but yet, Gen Z kids don't like movies like Valley of the Dolls because it's politically incorrect. Fun fact: Patty Duke was bipolar in real life as well. So it's no wonder she made Neely come alive so much for me. Neely has the same Aries moon spark as me. She's loud, she's passionate, she's talented.  If I were re-creating this movie 20 years ago, I'd pick Lindsay Lohan to play Neely O'Hara. I think Lindsay would be a perfect Neely. 

*Spoiler alert* Also, I cried watching Jennifer North's suicide scene (Sharon Tate plays Jennifer). The way Tony was the only one who saw her beyond her body broke my heart. And with Tony having Huntington's Disease...ugh...breaks your heart. He doesn't even know Jennifer took her life! And Tony singing "Come Live With Me" at the beginning of the movie to Jennifer...omg...*deep hopeless romantic sigh*.  I still love Tony Skotti performing that song.

But anyway...that movie is soooo good! It's a favorite of mine. A cult classic that's not talked about enough on the internet! I think my niece is going to gift me the motion picture soundtrack on vinyl.

2. The Critic cartoon

The Critic is an early 90s adult cartoon that aired on ABC. I was watching Beauty and the Beast and I immediately thought about Jay Sherman's fantasy "Beauty and King Dork". And now I'm watching clips on YouTube. I'll probably watch this cartoon tonight before bed since it's free on Tubi. The Critic was politically incorrect and way ahead of its time. 

3. Laughter

I've enjoyed the moments where I got to laugh and be silly with family and friends. Whether it was texting parrot reels to a friend in the middle of the night or laughing with my dad in the hospital on his good days, I want to never take laughter for granted. I need more laughter in my life and more silly moments. 

And now for the one thing that I absolutely hated this month.  For the second month in a  row, we have....

My dad being in the hospital!

So even though my dad is now finally get some help, we still don't have answers as to why he lost his strength in his legs. I'm grateful they admitted him this time, but it's been a constant struggle.  He was in acute care for two weeks. Then they put him on the physical therapy floor for another two weeks. He gets out in December sometime. We can't even tell him his discharge date because that will uninspire him and he will want to go home NOW.  

Meanwhile, my mom, sister, and I are cleaning the house and getting prepared for his wheelchair and walker. We're getting a ramp one of these days for our back door. And my mom and I are learning how to help him.  And we are going to look into outside physical therapy for him to go to a few times week so he doesn't lose all of his progress he's made with physical therapy at the hospital.

And that concludes our monthly blog post! I'm not sure if these will continue in 2026 because according to my stats, these are the least viewed. I might switch to seasonal lists come January.  There will be one last one in December and that will be our 2026 wrap-up.  See ya next month!