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

[pcstang]

Tink - not sure what area of pcb you will be staying but out on the west end is Thomas Donuts. Gotta get there early, which I have a hard time doing, but amazing donuts. They also have all the comfort foods. Little tip if you go for early morning donuts....there are two walk up windows that are always insanely busy. Go in the little enclosed patio/dining area to the left. Most people don't know you can order in there also. It's out on the west end of the beach. Dee's Hangout is a small but awesome place to eat. It's on the east end of front beach road in a strip center near Walmart. The owner was the chef at the treasure ship. I hear some of his seafood dips are served on carnival cruise lines.

 

[tink1957]

Good news on the washer Janet...hope it works great after all those parts got replaced.

I'm going to Panama City Beach on Monday with a few friends on my own girls getaway...the kids both had to work...stinks to be them

 

[tink1957]

PC...thanks for the tips...we're staying on the pier park side within walking distance to the pier to minimize the driving although we are planning to stop at Schooner's for a grilled grouper sandwich...yum.

 

[schumigirl]

Vicki.......his birthday is not till 25th of this month......just getting organised early as I`m away for a week from Saturday........didn't realise your beach trip was this close already!!! Enjoy some crab for me.....love it!!

Janet......not quite recent, but we went back to Lombards last year and really enjoyed it......we hadn`t gone for a couple of years as we thought it had dropped in standard a bit previous visit........I had the lobster roll and it was delicious......and plenty of it. Boys enjoyed their lunch too.....can`t remember what they had........Glad the washer is sorted....that`s never fun to be without!!
I very rarely eat crab cakes over here.....unless I make them!!! Never had a soft shell crab..... never appealed to me purely because of the shell.......but maybe one day I`ll give them a try........ Love seafood!!!


Another gorgeous day here again.........could get used to this sunshine..........

 

[marciemi]

Does anybody have any experience with Allegiant air? they have recently come to town & just started service to Sanford with a big sale. Wound up booking airfare in Nov for our girls trip at less than what SWA & Spirit were asking for one person. They do seem to really nickle & dime, was surprised to have to pay a 3% fee to use a credit card as payment lol. famous last words: how bad can it turn out?

Stephen's GF flew them when she came down to visit a couple weeks ago. Obvious issue is you can't use DME, longer drive to park area, etc. but they felt the Sanford airport was much easier to deal with than MCO. She had no issues with flights (timing/delays/luggage) in either direction but did pay to have a "real" carryon - it's like Spirit in that you can carry a small backpack on at no charge but a larger backpack (or a backpack & purse) or any kind of wheeled carryon costs as much as checking a bag (far more if you wait and do it at the last minute). You also pay for assigned seats and no snacks/beverages for free. Biggest drawback I've heard is their limited number of flight options so if one gets cancelled or delayed significantly for some reason you're basically out of luck.

 

[pcstang]

PC...thanks for the tips...we're staying on the pier park side within walking distance to the pier to minimize the driving although we are planning to stop at Schooner's for a grilled grouper sandwich...yum.

Schooners is a great choice too!
You all will only be about 5 mins east of those fresh donuts! Have a great time!

 

[goNDmay9]

Bwahahhahahhaaahahhaha!!!!!!!!

 

[macraven]

Good news on the washer Janet...hope it works great after all those parts got replaced.

I'm going to Panama City Beach on Monday with a few friends on my own girls getaway...the kids both had to work...stinks to be them

hooray for janet having clean clothes....
i say just go out and buy more instead of getting the W/D repaired.....


Vicki, one of my sons went to panama city beach during his college spring break.
everyone has fake id's and most stayed drunk.
yea, i got the 2:30 in the morning calls from him since he didn't have a gf at that time.


good thing you are not going during anytime the college students are.
have fun there!!


NDmay, when i glanced at this thread i was thinking, it's not tuesday is it, or is it not wednesday today....

 

[schumigirl]

Definitely still Wednesday mac..........only three and a half hours till Thursday for us though.........

goND......glad you like Tuesday Minionion........

It is lovely here considering its 8.30pm...........me and the boy are going to be out watching for the meteor shower coming later tonight......go the telescope all dusted off in attic and set it up outside.......hope it's a good show. DH says he's going to bed.........party pooper!!!

 

[pcstang]

Oh Mac.....but living in PCB as a teenager was so much fun!

 

[macraven]

Oh Mac.....but living in PCB as a teenager was so much fun!

i can imagine that......!!

fake id's are so easy to get and when carded, no one says anything like, "so you are 26 and 5' 11" to a 19 yo that is short.

 

[goNDmay9]

sorry mac. i had a few minutes before a meeting to check on the dis - and burst out laughing when i saw that. i had to comment immediately. ha ha. it is most definitely still wednesday!

happy belated birthday @keishashadow!!! note to self - no doing laundry on ones birthday. got it!

@tink1957 have fun in PC! @pcstang i would love to live by the beach. we used to go a lot when we lived in AL. now we go to destin - but PC has been back on our radar this last year or so. prices are much better there vs destin for the same beach! we probably would have gone this past weekend if i hadn't found out i had a client mtg on monday.

WELCOME BACK KY!!!!

@schumigirl - YAY for sunshine and meteor showers.

we are making progress on the back yard. and by "we" i clearly mean the landscapers that are doing all the work. anyone know anything about grass? i think we are going to attempt to do that ourselves when they are done. yard work is uber expensive!

 

[Robo56]

Janet I have flown Allegiant out of Owensboro Kentucky to Sanford on a number of occasions. They were using the older MD 80's. Making reservations online is very easy. They charge extra if you want to pick your own seat as well as early boarding and a small rolling suitcase to put in over head compartment is also a charge of I think at the time it was $ 26.00. As noted above you can carry on a backpack at no charge. The dimensions for the carry on bag is on their web site. Make sure to pay for your carry on baggage at time of ticket purchase. It will be more at airport.

Sanford is nice airport. We always made sure to be at Sanford 2 hours before time. They boarded the flight a few times early.

By time you add all all the extras plus taxes and airport fees it gets up there. If the initial start price is low enough you can usually do ok.

Be careful if you do car rental through Allegiant with your flight. I tried that once with them and when I went to pick my car up from the car rental agency they said that the taxes for them were not included in the Allegiant price and I had to pay another $89.00. I learned my lesson and made my arrangements for car rental on my own after that.

The drive from Disney or Universal on the I-4 was not bad. I did the drive early in the am. No tolls. I-4 to Lake Mary Boulevard was an easy travel. Once on Lake Mary Boulevard the air port is about 7-8 miles down the road. About 37 miles I think total.

 

[Robo56]

Dinner out with hubby this evening at barbecue restaurant. Was very good. They had five different barbecue sauces on the table to choose from.

Mac hope you can sleep tonight I am using my iPad pretty much all of the time. After my PC goes for good it's going to be MacBook Pro for me too.

GoNDmay9 I feel your pain on the cost of landscaping. We had to have some of the stone retaining walls repaired in the sunken garden on our property in Indiana. After I received the bill I thought maybe I should have been a landscaper.

Schumi you will have to give us a update on your meteor shower show in the morning.

My sister must be bored at work. She sent me an email of two German guys on youtube called Alex and Ralf drinking Samuel Adams beer with helium. It was funny. I must be tired LOL

 

[macraven]

robo it is now midnight.
leaving the light on here for awhile longer....

if i don't feel like slumber will come soon, i don't want to stumble in the dark coming back here.

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

goND......hope the landscaping goes well....yep lot of money....but will be worth it when it`s finished!!

robo.....love a bbq restaurant....glad you enjoyed it...

mac....thanks for leaving the light on........

Getting in before the dis goes down at 9am..........

Perseids meteor shower was amazing!! It was so cold though so we wrapped up and sat for ages.......because we had a waning moon it was even more spectacular, and not much light pollution where we live helps too. We didn`t need the telescope at all, it was so clear. The sky was so beautiful and got to see so many perseids......the fireballs you see during the Perseids are so much higher than any other. I love astronomy.......lol.......

Although when I eventually got into bed I was freezing!! We have a huge bed and I found DH in the far corner telling me not to even think about heating myself up on him........ I did anyway

Have a great Thursday

 

[keishashadow]

carole - we waited for the meteor shower for a few hours but got tired of the bats dive-bombing us and bugs munching. glaad u caught it

Go - i haven't touched a lawnmover since i met DH, a perfectionist to whom my work didn't stand. works for me. My kids were always useless when it came to that sort of thing. might be a hereditary link there.

forgot to mention that mr greenjeans tomato plants started to produce red beauties beginning of the month. is there anything better than a tomato sammie fresh outta the garden?

Robo (and marci) thanks. the plane landing time will put me smack into rush hour. I take surface roads from MCO, only takes a few minutes longer and easy to grab our grocery items. Still plotting a route to get to Universal, looks like a few different options.

was able to book RPH for our first night at a great rate. Still reeling at the Friday night rate that is triple. that night alone is more than i'm paying for 3 in October. will watch it but needless to say will be booking something else. Family is lobbying for the Nick hotel . Has anybody 'enjoyed' that hotel?

 

[Lynne G]

Hmm, Keisha, you can check the Orlando board, Nick Hotel mostly gets ewww, but some say it's ok. I'd look at Cabana Bay or other that may be less per night, but has a fun pool area. And yeah, I hate that week-ends are always a higher price. Only thing that was better that in DC, we had a lower price over the week-end, as I guess all the visitors leave after the business week. And love those home grown tomato. We've had several so far. Peppers coming in too. And my oregano has been on fire lately. I've had to get anther box to dry it in. There's only so much you want it fresh. Makes the garden smell good though.

Schumi, Only saw some of the meteor shower, I was really tired and there's still some interfering light that makes not seeing as many. It was beautiful. No telescope needed either. Was really tired when the alarm went off this morning. I'm not normally a night person.

It's a beautiful Thursday here. So ready for the week-end.

And Go, me too, DH has always been the lawn man, I'm the garden girl. Never want to touch a Lawnmower. Trying to get our teen DS to take over the mowing, but has yet to do it. Maybe taking after me? Not really, he could care less about gardening either, but enjoys the spoils.

Have a great day all!

Marcie, I hope you have a great time!

 

[Robo56]

Happy Thursday all

Schumi glad you had a great meteor show. Heater hubby's are wonderful...

Lynne I have picked a few tomatoes out of my garden. They are yummy. My basil is doing very well this summer. It is so nice to smell the basil and lavender on the back porch.

Janet sending you good luck on your trip planning.

Well it's time to get to work in the garden. The neighbor has started up his lawn mower so my peaceful coffee and computer break is over on the screened porch.