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You have to move on and you have to rise up with confidence. And that is what 2026 is here to do. Welcome to the Chisme corner. I'm your host, V. Rivera, your Latina amica. And go to Chismosa for all the chisme that actually matters. Latina motherhood, beauty. Navigating life in our 30s and keeping our mental health in check. We're keeping it raw, relatable, and a bit spicy. We'll also be sprinkling in some pop culture topics and getting into all the reality show tea. I love me some tea. So get comfy because the chisme starts now. Oh, my God. Chismosas. It is 2026. Can you believe it? It is a brand new year. I'm so excited to be here. I'm so excited that you guys are here. As you can see, I am in my bedroom right now. I feel like I wanted to bring in the new year with, like, comfy, cute, cozy vibes. Everyone loved the episode I did where I was like, in my bathroom just talking about all of my favorite products, like the smell, good products and stuff. So I was like, you know what? I'm like, this new year, I'm feeling. I'm bringing it in. Very, very comfortable, like, very relaxed, very. I don't know, I'm just feeling very chill and very at ease. So I was like, this calls for like a bedroom scene. So this is so. This is very much my bedroom. I don't know, I was just like, this would be a cute little way to change it up and a little vibe to. To the cheese my corner over here. But I am so excited to be starting 2026 with you guys with my cheese mosas with my cheese. My corner family. I love this little corner that we built. I'm so grateful for you guys and I hope you guys had a phenomenal Christmas, a great new year. We spent it over here, like, pretty chill. You guys know I always usually host both families on Christmas, so. So we had some of Joe's fam here and then we had my family here, and it was so nice. We played games, we had fun. We ate good ass food. It was perfect. And then for the new year, we watched the last episode of Stranger Things and we all cried. Like, when I tell y' sobbing. I was sobbing. I could. I could not get a hold of myself. My sister was next to me and she was looking at me like, what is wrong? Like, why are you crying so much? And I was like, I was like hyperventilating. Like, I couldn't stop crying for some reason. I think it's just the emotion behind it. Like, I've been watching the show for so long. I put the kids onto the show. Like, this is like a huge deal. Like, this is such like a. A cultural moment, like in time. Like, Stranger Things is forever going to be iconic. But, yeah, it was so sad. So we watched the last episode and I was just like, I couldn't believe it. I'm not going to get too much into that because that could be a whole nother episode, but it was phenomenal. I think it was amazingly done. And then we took the kids actually to Broadway in New York. Vivi was right. I don't know if you guys remember the episode that I did with her here. She was right about the gift. I remember she was like, oh, my God, are you taking us to Broadway to see Stranger Things? And I was just like, I'm not going to tell you. Like, but she was right. She guessed it correct. So we took them to see the show and it was. Oh, my gosh, I have no words. Like, the. The play, the actors, the. The stage, like, the graph, like, the effects, everything was out of this world. Like, I'm still questioning till this day, how the hell did they do that? Like, I don't know. It was one of the most amazing Broadway plays I think I've ever seen. The actor who played Henry was. Oh, my gosh. Like, I just couldn't believe how good he was. He reminded me exactly of him from Stranger Things. Like, it was. It gave me goosebumps. That's how good it was. So, yeah, that was amazing. So we had a really. We had a really good break. We were in New York, so, like, we visited Times Square. Since we were right there. We went to. We went out to eat. We did a whole day in American Dream Mall, because y' all know I love American Dream Mall. And we stayed in Jersey City because we didn't want to stay in New York. That is always my tip to people. If you're going to New York, just stay in, like, Jersey City and just, like, drive in or take the train in or something. Because hotels in New York are astronomical for no reason, honestly. So we stayed at a really good. Cute. Like, a really good hotel, actually, in Jersey City. And they had good food and everything. Like, it was amazing. And then we just drove in to New York in the morning because I don't have a problem with driving in New York, and neither does Joe. Like, we drive in and we just pay for parking in a parking garage, and we call it a day. Like, we're pretty much. We're not new to this. We true to this. Like, we've been to New York so many times. But, yeah, other people, like, if you don't want to drive in, definitely just. It's so much easier to just catch a train from Jersey City or whatever into the city. Normally we stay at my mom's, but she had the flu, so we were just like. I was like, I'm not trying to go there. Like, I did not want BB to catch the flu. Like, right before school, I didn't want to catch the flu. I know nobody wanted to catch the flu. But normally, yeah, we stay at my mom's, and then we'll just, like, go into the city. But we had a really good day. We made a whole day in American Dream Mall. And if you guys have ever been to American Dream Mall, there's so much to do there. Like, you could literally make a day of it. Like, I always tell everyone, like, you should at least go one. One time. There's so many things for the kids there. There's, like, two different types of. There's, like, two different museums. We went to the eye Museum. I'm actually posting a vlog on my YouTube and it's really. Is actually really cute. Like, every room had a different emotion, and then they had this cute little code that you could scan, and it'll tell you, like, every emotion that it was to see if you got it correct or not. But we loved it. Like, it was so cool. And ironically, our favorite room, like, all of our favorite rooms, was sadness, because it just felt like a vibe. It was dark, and it was, like, rainy, and it was such a vibe. I was like, oh, I could read in here. All of us. Like, we were all just like, oh, I like this room. And I was like, this is calmness. Like, this is nice. And then it was like, it was sadness. So I was like, oh, we all just. We just some depressed ass up in here. Like, so that was really fun. And then we had hibachi there. I did not like the Hibachi place, I'm not going to lie. But there's like a million restaurants in there. They even have like the be the Mr. Beast burger restaurant there. I actually have to take BB there cuz she loves Mr. Beast. But they have unlimited. They have like a hot pot. They have like unlimited places to eat. Honestly, so many stores like it is, it's great. You're always going to find something to do there. So we just made a day. There's a huge arcade in there. Like we were just playing in the arcade. We tried to do the Escape Room but they were booked until like 10 o' clock at night. So we were like, we're not going to stay here that long. But we went to the little aquarium, we went to the Lego store. Like we did a lot. Like we did everything that we could while we were there. But yeah, overall, cannot complain. We had a really good winter break. Oh my God. Me and baby went skating. Roller skating. And I just wanted to talk about this a little bit because I used to go roller skating when I was young. Like it was like one of those things that my dad, whenever I would go to his house on the weekends, he would take me and like my step siblings and we would go. We were like one of those households that went skating so much that we were like known there. And we all became like really good skaters. Like really good. We had our own skates and everything. That was just something that bonded all of us. Like honestly, we had our. But whenever we would all go roller skating, it was the best time. Literally. One of my favorite memories was like, of all of us going skating those weekends, Bibi's teacher gave them this like a coupon. It was like a free pass for the students. She was like, ma, I really want to go. Like, I'm dying to go. So nobody else wanted to come with us. So it was just me and her. At first, I swear I was just like. Like, this is the last thing I want to be doing. Like, I really didn't want to roller skate. Like, I was just like, I don't know, I was. I had so many. I had so much in my mind. I'm like, I have to clean the house. Like, it was just. It felt like a lot because it was like right before New Year. Yeah, I just didn't really want to do it, but I was like, you know what? I'll take you for like, an hour or two. Whatever. We'll just get it over with. So we went and. Tell me why we had the best time. Like, I had so much fun. We just had so much fun together. And the plate, the skating place down here, like, it was a little packed, but it wasn't anything, like, too overwhelming. Like, I felt like everyone was just having a good time doing their own thing, you know, so it didn't really matter. And Vivi kept getting complimented. Like, the whole time we were there, like, everyone was like, oh, my God, you're so pretty. I love your. Your hoodie. Like, she kept. She had her little hats, cat's eye hoodie on. So a bunch of, like, teenage girls were like, oh, my God, yes, sis. Like, we love your hoodie. You. You're so cute. Like, you're so pretty. So she was immediately, like, in a good mood because she was getting complimented on her hair and her. Her looks and her hoodie. So I freaking love that for her. But, yeah, we were just skating, and at first I was a little. We were just very, very rusty. And then before you know it, we were out there just skating in the middle, doing everything. Like, they were playing, like, red light, green light. And then we started having, like, a snowball fight. They have, like, these little cotton ball things, like, like snowballs, and you just throw them around at people. So it was so much fun. Like, the music was popping. Like, I. We ended up staying there the whole time till they closed. Like, we got there. Like, I think I like, two or like 1:30. And then we stayed till 5:00 clock because they closed at, like, at 5:00 clock on that day. She was like, ma, I want to come back. Like, I want to keep roller skating. Like, I love this. It's so fun. And it's a good way to just keep them active and, like, doing things, you know, like, it tired us the out. We were sore as hell the next day. But it was well worth it. Like, it's a good workout too. My legs was, like, burning. But we ended up. I ordered her some skates, and I ordered me some skates, and I was like, we're gonna be roller skating now. Like, I want to make it, like, at least once a week. We go maybe on like, a Sunday or Saturday if we're not doing anything, like, let's just. If we're in doing nothing, let's just go and roller skate. So that's one thing that I'm actually. That caught me off guard, and I. It ended up being Something that I was like, wow, I'm really glad that we did this together. I'm, I'm excited to like keep doing it with her. And soon, I'm telling you, we going to be, we going to be skating around, we going to be, we going to be running that roller skating rink. I promise you. That was really like one of my favorite moments, I think, over, over the break. Like, it was just, it was awesome. And I felt like I was like reliving my, my childhood a little bit. Like, it felt very nostalgic to me because I was like, wow, I really love this and I'm glad that this is something she loves to do. So now, like, we get to do it together. So. Yeah, we stepped into 20, 26. Very good. Very, like we had fun. And then we organized her whole closet. We got rid of, I'm telling you, I had like six big ass black trash bags full of toys and stuff. Had to give those away. But she feels so much better. Like it was just, it was just so good to just organize that closet and get rid of she, that she had in there. Since she was like one like just overflowing toys and stuff that she hasn't touched or picked up in years. And I was just like, girl, like, if you haven't looked at this thing in a couple months or like the past few months, just get rid of it. Like, let's make way for new stuff, new things. Like, we put all of her new stuff that she got in there. She got like a DVD player and stuff for Christmas, so we made way for that. And like her DVDs and her CD player and her, you know, her things that she listens to, her Kindle, like everything has a space now. And that makes me feel good. It makes her feel good. Like I'm just trying to teach her, like, not everything is always going to be clean. But it's important to keep things organized because when you're, when you're not organized, that's when everything starts becoming chaotic. And that's when you start feeling like you can't keep up, you know, and that's when the laziness kicks in because you don't want to do this, you don't want to organize and stuff. So I try and organize her room and teach her, like, everything has a place. If you put it, you know, if, if you give it a place, it'll have a place, you know, so that makes cleaning up a little bit easier. And you're organized and you're not feeling chaotic because she is like Me, like, where she. If her room is too chaotic and too over stimulating, like, she gets. She's like, oh, my God. Like, I don't like how my room looks right now. So we did that, and I'm very glad that we did that and made way for a lot of new things. I got rid of some stuff too. Like, just clearing everything, clearing our mind, clearing our home, starting fresh. Some of my goals for this year, I want to hear y' all goes through. So let me know in the comments below if you're watching on YouTube. Yeah, just let me know in general, like, you can DM me also on the Cheese My Corner podcast, Instagram. But my goals for this year is I want to be. I want to focus more on, like, my physical health, like, how I'm eating, how I'm feeling, how I'm exercising. I really want to make it my priority to, I guess, prioritize healthy eating and, like, healthy habits. Because I'm not the best eater. Like, everyone's always asking me, like, oh, how do you keep your figure and how do you keep shape? And I feel like the Selena movie because I'm like, I eat like a whole. I could scarf down a whole bunch of Doritos. I could eat a whole cheese pizza. Like, that's. That's my diet. That's my diet and exercise. Like, I don't have a diet and exercise. I just eat. And I. I do have good genes. That's all I'm gonna say. Like, I just have good genes and I'm lucky right now because things could change. And I know that I just be feeling like. Like I eat shitty. And especially I think it's mostly over the break because usually me and Joe cook like every day. The only time we don't cook is probably like on a Saturday or something. Like, on the weekends, maybe we'll eat out or we'll, you know, doordash, whatever. But we make it a priority to cook. Like, and we alternate the cooking every day. He cooks a little more than me because I get a little lazy. Or if I have more things going on that I'm doing, he'll pick on. He'll kind of catch on, and he'll be like, don't worry, like, I got it. I'll cook today.