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

[Cielei]

Hi all!

Starfish - glad your little guy is doing better!

Darkside time is getting close now! I should probably arrange that transportation so we're not stuck at the airport. DH let me book a cruise for Feb so I can escape the cold for at least a weekend this year!!!

We were just at mall of America a couple of weekends ago - I do not recommend the Benihana there - waiter good, hibachi chef bad. We try to avoid MOA, but that's the only Ikea location in the twin cities. Needed to pick up the drawer shelves to redo the pantry - that made it worth it! Loving the pantry redo!

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

 

[Heluvsme]

Oh Cielei, we actually did go to Benihana and maybe it was a fluke, but our Hibachi chef was awesome! Our family of 4 shared a table with a nice woman and her teenaged son and we all loved it. We applauded him over and over. I wish I knew the chef's name but I don't. We also ate at Kokomo's, none of us were overly happy with that place. Food was average at best, and service was bad.

Yeah, the MOA was a place to visit once, not sure we'll go back, but really this trip was all for my son...he planned it and he loved all the escalators and elevators, lol!

 

[Cielei]

Glad he loved it! I think it was just our chef - he just wasn't good - we saw others that night who were entertaining. The chef gave away half of my shrimp to someone that didn't order it! I am hopping he was new and just didn't have the hang of it yet - he couldn't keep track of the orders and had absolutely no enthusiasm - perhaps he was just overwhelmed.

 

[macraven]

i miss so much when i am away during the day from the boards.


i do recall reading something about Christopher getting red bumps and Cielei didn't get her shrimp.

or was it that christopher took her shrimp.


or maybe it was christopher is a little shrimp.


or maybe that shrimp swim in the ocean.....


i dunno i guess i should go back and read the past 2 pages again.

 

[schumigirl]

Lol about the dark ages Janet.........I know how you feel........when I talk about going to see Wham or whoever in the 80's I can see the younger generation think how they weren't even born then I loved the 80's But that sounds like a great show with Elton and Billy.

mac.........your post is the reason I'm having shrimp for lunch



Breezy here today but still warm so it's nice..........and it's Wednesday........all day yesterday felt like a Friday

Have a great day

 

[Lynne G]

OK Keisha, It's Wednesday! Hump day!

Beautiful sunny day on tap, only in the 80's again. We feel like we went from summer to fall already, last night it went down to 50. I was going to turn the heat on - in July!

Hope are doing well.

goofyfigment. New phones are always fun.

 

[Bluer101]

Lol about the dark ages Janet.........I know how you feel........when I talk about going to see Wham or whoever in the 80's I can see the younger generation think how they weren't even born then I loved the 80's But that sounds like a great show with Elton and Billy. mac.........your post is the reason I'm having shrimp for lunch Breezy here today but still warm so it's nice..........and it's Wednesday........all day yesterday felt like a Friday Have a great day

The 80's were great weren't they. I think that was a great decade.

Btw: Happy Wednesday

 

[Cielei]

Bluer - how did you get that picture of me this morning?!

mac -

Schumi - I was talking genealogy with my aunt on Monday and apparently, we have quite a bit of scottish ancestry. I'll have to get a copy of everything to get the surnames correct. I am back to the 1600s and 1700s in Scotland, Ireland, England and France with most of my lines now - it gets harder to match up documentation once you go back to Europe - ancestry charges you more.

looks to be a really pretty day here so far! Here's hoping

Forgot to add that my favorite EJ song is Tiny Dancer. My first concert was Rod Stewart - love him!

Most important message of the day - 3 weeks till Uni!!!

 

[Bluer101]

Bluer - how did you get that picture of me this morning?! mac - Schumi - I was talking genealogy with my aunt on Monday and apparently, we have quite a bit of scottish ancestry. I'll have to get a copy of everything to get the surnames correct. I am back to the 1600s and 1700s in Scotland, Ireland, England and France with most of my lines now - it gets harder to match up documentation once you go back to Europe - ancestry charges you more. looks to be a really pretty day here so far! Here's hoping Forgot to add that my favorite EJ song is Tiny Dancer. My first concert was Rod Stewart - love him! Most important message of the day - 3 weeks till Uni!!!

Never give my secrets. Lol

 

[SharkyGoddess]

SharkyGoddess.....Kentucky neighbor, hi! I hope you aren't near Lexington, where the high winds and tornadoes hit a couple nights ago! And if you are, I hope there was no damage.

Are you a homeschooler as well?

-Dawn

I had no idea we had such bad weather near by We're west of Lexington.

I'm homeschooling my youngest after finally surviving through the public system twice with my DD graduating this past May. I love it. He's grown academically and emotionally so much.

 

[zebsterama]

Had 8 great nights at HRH Club ....... now stuck at MCO for a 4 hour flight delay ........ We Love You Air Canada!!! NOT!!!

Good free WiFi though.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Very happy to hear you've enjoyed your stay at HRH Wishing you and your family a safe travel home!

 

[zebsterama]

Very happy to hear you've enjoyed your stay at HRH Wishing you and your family a safe travel home!

Thanks you. Have tons of pics including food. Thinking of putting together a trip report with dining. Should try and give back for the trips to DW and now Universal that my family have benefited from via advice/help via the DisBoards. Need to find time.

Air Canada had a maintenance issue -
better safe than not safe.

 

[schumigirl]

The 80's were great weren't they. I think that was a great decade

Schumi - I was talking genealogy with my aunt on Monday and apparently, we have quite a bit of scottish ancestry. I'll have to get a copy of everything to get the surnames correct. I am back to the 1600s and 1700s in Scotland, Ireland, England and France with most of my lines now - it gets harder to match up documentation once you go back to Europe - ancestry charges you more.

I think us Scots are everywhere..........lol.........I have a lot of German ancestry in both sides of my family........which did not go down well when I met one of my DH's elderly uncles who hated the Germans.......but then he wasn't a nice man who didn't really like anybody so we didn't care But it is fascinating when you start to look in to it........



Had a mini BBQ tonight.......just us......some ribs and burgers which were lovely........it's nice not "cooking" properly but it's just so hot.......don't want the oven on at all.

I bought some purple potatoes today.......planned to cook them in tinfoil with butter on the barbie...........DS looked at them very warily like they were from another planet

Hey......if it's purple.....I'm buying it......I'm a sucker for purple

I think I must be the only person who is not planning to eat at the Leaky Cauldron........most of the menu just doesn't appeal to me........not what I would order over here in a pub menu so wouldn't order it over there.

The ice cream place is another story.......cannot wait to try that out!!!

 

[KStarfish82]

Anyone watching Sharknado?

 

[macraven]

Had 8 great nights at HRH Club ....... now stuck at MCO for a 4 hour flight delay ........ We Love You Air Canada!!! NOT!!!

Good free WiFi though.

glad you had a good vacation at the darkside.
sorry about the air delay, you could have stayed longer at the parks, maybe....

I think us Scots are everywhere..........lol.........I have a lot of German ancestry in both sides of my family........which did not go down well when I met one of my DH's elderly uncles who hated the Germans.......but then he wasn't a nice man who didn't really like anybody so we didn't care But it is fascinating when you start to look in to it........



Had a mini BBQ tonight.......just us......some ribs and burgers which were lovely........it's nice not "cooking" properly but it's just so hot.......don't want the oven on at all.

I bought some purple potatoes today.......planned to cook them in tinfoil with butter on the barbie...........DS looked at them very warily like they were from another planet

Hey......if it's purple.....I'm buying it......I'm a sucker for purple

I think I must be the only person who is not planning to eat at the Leaky Cauldron........most of the menu just doesn't appeal to me........not what I would order over here in a pub menu so wouldn't order it over there.

The ice cream place is another story.......cannot wait to try that out!!!

i'm with you on the leaky cauldron menu.
i looked at it and didn't find anything that i would order.
well, bangers and mash maybe but i always get that at Finnegans.

did see maybe two ice cream flavors that i should try.

Anyone watching Sharknado?

i forgot that was on!!

you should have posted that earlier or i should have gone on line earlier....

 

[Bluer101]

Anyone watching Sharknado?

I gave it a try tonight the first one. Sorry had to change the channel 5 minutes after.

 

[keishashadow]

OK Keisha, It's Wednesday! Hump day!

Beautiful sunny day on tap, only in the 80's again. We feel like we went from summer to fall already, last night it went down to 50. I was going to turn the heat on - in July!

Hope are doing well.

goofyfigment. New phones are always fun.

missed it darn it, will have to settle for throwback Thursday

we've had same temps @ night but struggling to hit 70 degrees here, brrr.

Thanks you. Have tons of pics including food. Thinking of putting together a trip report with dining. Should try and give back for the trips to DW and now Universal that my family have benefited from via advice/help via the DisBoards. Need to find time.

Air Canada had a maintenance issue -
better safe than not safe.

maintenance issue, 4 hour delay = free flight voucher on most airlines in the US, not sure how the Ca airlines roll. might want to call & inquire if they didn't already award u compensation.

HRH is such a nice property, wish they participated in youfirst.

Anyone watching Sharknado?

Si! lol fun watching all the cameos. fell asleep need to catch the end. No spoilers but the beginning was such a hoot!

mac no issues syfy will have that film in rotation at least until the next sequel

busy day for me yesterday. wound up in urgi care for my thumb. Turns out it's a felon. Cool, i'm bad to the bone. never heard that term before, struck me funny until the dr gave me 2 shots & attacked it. bandaged me up and sent me home with a few Rxs. All is not lost, I have declared a moratorium on cooking.

 

[macraven]

does that include housework, laundry and anything else?

btw ouch for that thumb.

 

[keishashadow]

does that include housework, laundry and anything else?

btw ouch for that thumb.

don't need left thumb for computer hehe