Something About Nothing..........#11

[macraven]

so cute !!!!

i saw the minionions on banaides at the store.
$3 a small box and i bought two of them.

i don't need them but the metal box had those cute little yellow dudes on them
could not resist buying it.

 

[schumigirl]

Hope everyone is having a great weekend...back to painting taking a break from the heat

Heat??? Lucky you Vicki.........enjoy it!

We are in the low 50'sF today......and it's raining. Will be raining till about Thursday.........

Nevertheless DH just told me he's taking me out for the day tomorrow....... Won't tell me where though......certainly won't be a day at the beach!!

Thinking about having some dessert now........

 

[keishashadow]

bluer - I did my Xmas in July BB shopping the night before the sale via the advance notice for rewards members. I like to have purchases there waiting for me behind the counter. did have to drive a bit to pick up my new asus 'transformer' I call it optimus prime hehe. was toying with getting one of the new ipads when they are released, but oh-so hate touch screen keyboard & not a fan of the external ones I had with other tablet. old dog just can't learn that trick. weighs less than 2 #, amazing how technology just keeps improving.

Figure i'll test drive it for 2 weeks & decide if it's a keeper. planning to use it for casual usage during the day and travel. Like how it has full office and expandable via USB. Difference in price between it & Ipad paid for our HHN & Disneyland Halloween party tickets. that's as close to frugal as I get DIL grabbed a new chrome book, crazy so many great deals this go-around!

ash tree hmmm one could fall on my head & I wouldn't know what they look like. we did have to pay $2K 15 years ago to take down two monstrous maple trees.

tink - lots of work, you go girl! my mr was talking replacing one of our decks this year. I bought him a better power washer that cleaned off the wood so well he's just going to sand it lightly, tighten up a few loose screws and restain. phew

mac are the cats wearing band-aids yet? I got a big box few months ago on amazon. Y'all know how that goes, seems like a good idea at the time to buy in bulk. should've held out for the tin, how cool is that?

 

[Bluer101]

bluer - I did my Xmas in July BB shopping the night before the sale via the advance notice for rewards members. I like to have purchases there waiting for me behind the counter. did have to drive a bit to pick up my new asus 'transformer' I call it optimus prime hehe. was toying with getting one of the new ipads when they are released, but oh-so hate touch screen keyboard & not a fan of the external ones I had with other tablet. old dog just can't learn that trick. weighs less than 2 #, amazing how technology just keeps improving.

Figure i'll test drive it for 2 weeks & decide if it's a keeper. planning to use it for casual usage during the day and travel. Like how it has full office and expandable via USB. Difference in price between it & Ipad paid for our HHN & Disneyland Halloween party tickets. that's as close to frugal as I get DIL grabbed a new chrome book, crazy so many great deals this go-around!

ash tree hmmm one could fall on my head & I wouldn't know what they look like. we did have to pay $2K 15 years ago to take down two monstrous maple trees.

tink - lots of work, you go girl! my mr was talking replacing one of our decks this year. I bought him a better power washer that cleaned off the wood so well he's just going to sand it lightly, tighten up a few loose screws and restain. phew

mac are the cats wearing band-aids yet? I got a big box few months ago on amazon. Y'all know how that goes, seems like a good idea at the time to buy in bulk. should've held out for the tin, how cool is that?

Lol, I got the pre email too but did not decide we wanted to pickup a few until late Friday night. Then it would not let me checkout with more than one iPad. So I got stuck yesterday with the mad dash to a few stores, lol. Oh well still got what we wanted.

 

[goNDmay9]

welcome (back) robo and jenkins!!! you may be able to guess from my username why Indiana has a special place in my heart!

Busy weekend for us. Celebrated DD bday and got started on the dining room transformation. Worked late and was up to 3AM hanging the new light fixture and getting ready for the party (family only BTW). Only one minor injury installing the new light fixture, and we DID make a death star pinata and several pool noodle light sabers so i am calling it a WIN! Oh - and my parents bought the girls minion shirts (for absolutely no reason -except the girls LOVE the minions). #Winning

I think we are going to stay home and do a min stay-cation this week. I am kinda bummed, but we somehow got an almost $500 electric bill (WTH???!!!) and we have ALMOST decided to proceed with our Disney Cruise / RPR stay in October (PIF date this week). The cruise prices are just so high that it will cost too much to move it.

Oh - i so feel you on the tree removal. Last month, we removed a ridiculous amount of trees from our backyard. I had no idea tree removal was that expensive. It is step one of our long term plan to get our swing set out of the driveway. HA!

When it rains it pours - some months i just feel like we are hemorrhaging money! LOL. This is our first house house (we have a condo and townhouse pre marriage - both purchased new) and these house projects are neverending! @tink1957 - deck is also on the long term list.

happy sunday everyone!

 

[macraven]

what makes our tree removals costly is the stump is also dug out and all parts of the tree are hauled away by the landscaping/tree removal company.


gasp.......you are thinking of canceling your darkside trip this october....??
NO NO NO......

 

[macraven]

sounds like keisha and Bluer have almost fnished their christmas shopping of this year.
you can never go wrong with electronics..

 

[Robo56]

Mac and GoNdmay9 thank for the welcome back to Disboards. You are right houses are nice to have but there is always a project. The nice part of home ownership is when you finally sort of get things the way you want them and you stand back and say "Time for a vaca to "UNIVERSAL".

Gardening mishap last week and poison ivy on hands, neck and face. Nothing a visit to Walmart for Benadryl, cortisone cream and a trip to the doctor for a 9 day tapering dose of prednisone won't cure.

I garden a lot and I know what poison ivy looks like. "BUT" last weekend it was really hot and I was out pulling weeds at Indiana property and this large green stalk with no leaves on it was sticking out of one of the bushes. Had my gloves off putting things away and decided I would pull this weed out. Didn't work, thought the heck with it and went on about my business.

Monday evening it was evident I had poison ivy. Back in yard yesterday and decided to pull that pesky weed out followed it to the ground and it was poison ivy.

Poison ivy bad here this year. It's a uncomfortable situation. Seek treatment if you get it on your face. Can be complicated if it gets near or in your eyes.

Lesson learned.

 

[macraven]

robo, are you near princeton?
you're southern indiana, right?

my mom and brother really had bad issues with poison ivy.
they would have to take shots each spring as it would help them not to have a bad case of p. ivy.

 

[Robo56]

Yes. Newburgh. Right next to Evansville. Princeton is about 25 miles from me. The poison ivy this year is bad. I have to have a sense of humor to it all. When we bought our home in Florida a few years ago. I was gardening and got bit by fire ants. There is a reason they call them fire ants. Their bite feels like fire and they also leave a pretty severe pustule.

So those of you not from Florida. If you see a small sandy ant hill in the grass or near a garden be careful not to step on it.

Mac are you in Illinois or Indiana?

Prednisone has the nasty side affect when it comes to ones sleep. It's 1:19 am. Good Monday morning.

Hope everyone has a great start to the new week.

 

[schumigirl]

Keisha.....I love the iPad.....hate when I have to go back to DH laptop for things like PB.....just easier on laptop to do that.....but it takes ages!!! Yikes that was an expensive tree removal!! With inflation what would it be now!

goNDmay9........sucks it's a stay at home this week..........but you still got October to look forward too.......sounds like a fun trip!! Yep......we were surprised how expensive it was to remove two trees........feels like money for nothing when you don't see anything for it.........well except gaps where the trees were!!

Poison ivy??? Ouch!

Is it time to start thinking about Xmas???



It's still raining this morning..........getting up soon.......and DH still won't tell me what we're doing today??? Just that I'll enjoy the day!! Yay!

Need to think about getting next months birthdays sorted with cards and presents......after September, August is my busiest with birthdays and anniversaries..........but September is the busy one for birthdays.......and most are when we're away so have to get organised in plenty of time.

Happy Monday.........

 

[Lynne G]

 

[keishashadow]

robo, are you near princeton?
you're southern indiana, right?

my mom and brother really had bad issues with poison ivy.
they would have to take shots each spring as it would help them not to have a bad case of p. ivy.

2 in my family usually have to do steroids they have such bad reactions to poison ivy, I keep a foam product on hand that really seems to help if accidently exposed if you catch it quick enough - ivyrest.

im giggling, just got an email from BB that an ipad is waiting for me. turns out the mr 'surprised' me with one via today's cyber Monday sale. he's calling it an early BD present, he can call it ray for all I care. I may keep him but returning the transformer pronto after quick swipe of HD. not sure which version, likely 1st air I'm guessing? but he selected a 32 gb - yea~!. now to find a case w/keyboard on amazon. any recommendations from the ipad pros here?

btw, we didn't have tree stumps ground down, they wanted another $250 or so per to handle. just drilled some holes in the part that stuck up a few inches from ground and put a product in, by the next year, easy enough to take an axe to them. something to be said for swinging an axe hehe.

today I have dr apt, then #2's BD. still owe the 2 older DS's their traditional steak fest. today going w/ribs & chicken. trying a different approach, put in crockpots, then going to finish on the grill. made both macaroni & a overnight cuke salad (different, has oil in it, not sure if I like it or not). Also got the 2nd batch of pickles canned. It'll be close to 90 and humid all week. coming up empty on how to work in a zuke, maybe sautee. it's been a proflic year in the garden but still waiting for 1st red tomato.

good day all

 

[Bluer101]

2 in my family usually have to do steroids they have such bad reactions to poison ivy, I keep a foam product on hand that really seems to help if accidently exposed if you catch it quick enough - ivyrest.

im giggling, just got an email from BB that an ipad is waiting for me. turns out the mr 'surprised' me with one via today's cyber Monday sale. he's calling it an early BD present, he can call it ray for all I care. I may keep him but returning the transformer pronto after quick swipe of HD. not sure which version, likely 1st air I'm guessing? but he selected a 32 gb - yea~!. now to find a case w/keyboard on amazon. any recommendations from the ipad pros here?

btw, we didn't have tree stumps ground down, they wanted another $250 or so per to handle. just drilled some holes in the part that stuck up a few inches from ground and put a product in, by the next year, easy enough to take an axe to them. something to be said for swinging an axe hehe.

today I have dr apt, then #2's BD. still owe the 2 older DS's their traditional steak fest. today going w/ribs & chicken. trying a different approach, put in crockpots, then going to finish on the grill. made both macaroni & a overnight cuke salad (different, has oil in it, not sure if I like it or not). Also got the 2nd batch of pickles canned. It'll be close to 90 and humid all week. coming up empty on how to work in a zuke, maybe sautee. it's been a proflic year in the garden but still waiting for 1st red tomato.

good day all

No case with keyboard here from us. I ordered some swivel cases for our 2 iPads and 1 mini. So someone else might answer the keyboard case question.

 

[Lynne G]

No, I still use type on the ipad. Sorry Kiesha. I'll ask if kids know any. Congrats on the new ipad. Both kids got the Air 2 and I still have an old ipad. I like it, even though the kids cracked the glass, got it fixed once, but they cracked it again. Still works, thankfully. So no upgrade for me yet.

Oh, and I have band aid addicted DD, so Mac, I'm hoping she didn't see your post. I have to buy boxes every so often. Band aides in our house seem to disappear regularly.

Sorry to hear of the poison ivy. Not fun. Hope you are feeling better Robo.

Stormy Monday. I too was up, that thunderstorm woke me up, and was hard to get back to sleep again. Didn't cool it down any though. Sticky and Icky have visited us again.

 

[Robo56]

Keisha I really like the Targus case/ cover I have for my iPad Air. It has a hard shell to snap your iPad in plus you can close it like a book for cover protection. When you open it you can position it vertical or horizontal and there are stabilizing grooves to keep your screen steady. I bought it at Best Buy. I like using a stylus. Has made my typing on iPad easier.

Deer ate all the peaches off the tree and left me to rake up the peach pits. I think the squirrels and the deer are in cahoots with each other. The squirrels bite off what they want and then throw them down and the deer finish them off.

 

[Lynne G]

Between the birds and squirrels we have yet to get any apples or grapes. Don't ya love animals Robo?

 

[schumigirl]

Janet he is a keeper.......what a lovely surprise.........lots of brownie points for him........ I bought a cover for my iPad with a keyboard built in from Brookstone in Mall at Millenia. I only bought it for the colour really if I'm honest.....lol......but I prefer using the iPad itself for typing......I don't use the keyboard......but it was good....

Your meal sounds lush!!! Don't know what cuke salad is though........will have to google..........

Robo......I would love a peach tree......but don't think we have the right climate for them over here.........


Had a fantastic day with DH. He had organised a half spa day and then some shopping.........had back and shoulder massage, Indian head massage, hot tub and afternoon tea. Was just lovely and would go back to that spa again. Then some shopping.......got stuff home, we had travelled over an hour from this place.....and one of the items still had the security tag on!! DH managed to get it off without damaging anything...........

it's still raining and we actually have our heating on.......... Apart from a few nice days July has been a total washout........roll on August

 

[schumigirl]

Ok......got it......cucumber salad!! Doh!!

 

[macraven]

when we moved into our house, it was once an apple orchard throughout the neighborhood.
over the years we have had taken down, a peach tree, 4 apple trees, 3 huge pine trees, oak tree in the back yard and now the ash.

took the fruit trees down as i got tired up picking up fruit, that is what was left by the squirrels.

confirs grew too tall and hit the electrical wires from house to the pole in the street.

storm took out the other trees.

for the front yard, we had the stumps removed when the trees went down so doing the same for the ash tree.

no, i'm in illinois.
grew up in east st louis area but spent many hours at where my mom grew up, mt carmel. (about 15 miles from princeton)
all her family were still there during my time up to adulthood.

i'm no good with electronics.
i stick with apple products and easy to learn.
just plug them in, turn them on, and type.