Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

looking forward to meeting you

 

[pattyw]

I’m a stay at home mom so I’m pretty flexible during school hours & at night after activities

looking forward to meeting you

Me too!!

Sipping a little red wine- hope it helps me sleep well! Good night all!!

 

[Lynne G]

Hope you had a good night Patty.

Will be nice to be able to catch up with homies this October, and any around when in end of August.

Now, time to return to routine. Week-end over in a blink of the eye. Today, a lovely, 67 overcast morning sky, with the sun ever not so bright, lighting up the moon, high on the horizon. No matter, summer weather in store. As the day goes on, quick rise of the temp to mid 80's, with the humidity also enjoying a rise in moisture, means later afternoon into evening chance of thunderstorms and downpours. Yeah, and it better not be raining on my home commute.

So, wake up homies, the Monday is upon us, and we welcome August this week. It's the start of when every parent is glad the kids are back to school. Well, not really, when school is in session, my commute becomes 10 minutes slower. Eh, I do like the bustle of the school routine.

- homies excited about HHN.

 

[pattyw]

Good Monday morning all!! Nice morning here, but chances of rain throughout the next few days!

when school is in session, my commute becomes 10 minutes slower

Yep- I dread when school starts- my commute is longer, too!!

 

[macraven]

For those that work for a living, how many more days til the weekend......


Mondays here are usually a busy posting day with all playing ketchup here.

 

[tink1957]

Today is the start of my weekend mac. I began the day by going to the tag office since I waited too late to get them in the mail. Took about two minutes since we live in a small county. Now if they would only mail my dl I'll be all set.

I also called to make sure that Aventura was booked since it wasn't showing up on my lowes account and while I was at it I added Trey's friend to our reservation. I thought it might have been a mistake since the agent mentioned the rate changing but she was able to add him for only the $10 per night extra guest charge that I had expected.

Now I just have to call WDW to request that we stay in the same room for both nights at Pop and to change our Magical Express pickup.

Only 50 more days!

Have an awesome Monday homies

 

[Charade67]

Good afternoon everyone. I am on a much needed lunch break. It’s been a busy morning.
My boss has given me a wonderful (insert sarcasm here) project to work on. She took an online seminar and wrote down some sample conversations between patient and therapist. She has asked me to type it all up. It’s 10 pages long and she has awful handwriting. I asked if we could request a transcript from the seminar, but she won’t ask. She insists that they don’t have one. Ugh!

School starts back in two weeks for us. I probably should buy B some supplies, but I am going to wait until after the open house.

We are supposed to get rain all week. The more it rains the longer it will take to get my deck fixed.

 

[Tgrgrl]

Our school starts back on Aug 10th, yes, a Friday....silliest schedule ever, if you ask me.

Charade67, does your school offer the prepaid Schoolkidz program? Our school does & it’s such a timesaver to pay for the school supplies in advance & have them delivered to the classroom for you.

Our lawn guy hasn’t mowed our lawn in 28 days.....sigh....it looks like a jungle & the dog won’t even go outside on her own anymore to do her business. I think she’s afraid of snakes too!! ! I spoke to the lawn guy last week and it was yea I’ll get to it in the next day or so & then conveniently, his mower broke. He lives in our neighborhood so I see him mowing other lawns all.day.long. He doesn’t mow for any of the houses nearby anymore & I think he just doesn’t want to be bothered with stopping at our house. So now I have to start interviewing new lawn services......

 

[Charade67]

Charade67, does your school offer the prepaid Schoolkidz program? Our school does & it’s such a timesaver to pay for the school supplies in advance & have them delivered to the classroom for you.

We used to have something like that in elementary school, but I think they stopped the program. I never used it because I could always save a lot of money shopping on my own. My daughter is a senior this year. I shouldn’t have to buy too much. The teachers each have a supply list on their school webpages, but I always wait until after open house just so I can clarify everything. (The list says binder. What size? Etc.)

 

[macraven]

High school in my area go back August 8
Last year they went back on the 3rd.
Teachers are in the class room on the 1st to set up their rooms.


I think grade school starts the day before high school opening.

When I was in school, we always went back the 3rd week in August.

I am thrilled those days are behind me.
When I taught school, had to be there the week prior to the kids and no early release to go home.

Walmart where I am had their big sales for school supplies two weeks ago.
Not much left in the stores and they won't restock fully as most parents go when the sales started.

I went today to look for some cheap folders and notebooks and not much in the store.

 

[Tgrgrl]

Macraven, our early release days this year are on Fridays & I think a lot of people are happy about that!

Charade67, hopefully the Senior supply list isn’t too much. My two girl’s lists totaled over $150. Bleh

 

[Charade67]

Charade67, hopefully the Senior supply list isn’t too much. My two girl’s lists totaled over $150. Bleh

So far it looks like mostly binders, paper, pencils, and pens. The english teacher strongly recommends a Chromebook. Luckily we got B one last year for Christmas.
I know it’s a little weird, but I kind of miss doing the supply shopping. I’ve started doing the fill a backpack program that our YMCA sponsors.

 

[Tgrgrl]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Chromebooks/laptops. Luckily our elementary school has a 1:1 ratio student/ laptop so that isn’t on our list yet but I am sure that will change in 2 years for Jr High.

Love that you are doing the backpack program !

 

[pattyw]

Tink- hope you get all the room changes/requests all set!!

Charade- sorry about that work “project”!! Bosses can be a pain hope you get all those school supplies!!that was always a stressful time!!

Tgrgirl-That stinks about your lawn guy!! Hope you find someone dependable! Always a challenge hiring good people!!

Raining here! Going to finish cleaning out Kyles old apartment tonight!! Getting ready for Phase II of the move!

 

[Lynne G]

Patty, you will be on the road again, so hope the clean out is fast and all fits in the car.

Charade, yeah asked little one what she needs for school, so guess we will start shopping for that soon. All are having back to school sales. Lucky, no lap top or chrome book needed. She has a chrome book, but rather use her brother’s Apple laptop.

Tgrgrl, that stinks to have high grass. I hope you find a more consistent grass cutter. My DH does a good job of it, so lawn was just mowed this weekend.

Nice thing about living in the NE, none around here go back to school until after Labor Day. Even older one’s college does not resume until the 29th of August.

Time for dinner. Maybe mac and cheese, as it is only me, because older one took my car as little one took his, and DH will not be gone for hours. I like a quiet house sometimes.

 

[pattyw]

Lynne- thx!! It will definitely be a full car!!
Yep- our schools start after Labor Day,too and Troy’s college Aug 27. So a few more weeks of summer vacation here!! Nice quiet evening for you-enjoy!

Mac- you’re a retired teacher? Very nice!!
Good teachers are so important!!

 

[bobbie68]

Good Evening Sans peeps... I tried to catch up the best I could after being MIA for two days. It was such a busy weekend with plans then Charlie had problems with his family and that was kind of ugly. I made it through and am glad to post in. If I miss anybody I am sorry.

We ended up going on the boat on Saturday. It was an awesome time. We sailed up the CT River a bit then the boys went tubing. Our host was very kind and we can't wait to go back. Olivia's friend she hasn't seen in awhile came over for a few hours so I went from sailing on a boat to transitioning to company in 15 minutes. I am glad he came over to visit. Pizza delivery saved the day!

Sunday was my nieces 1st birthday. My father remarried so I have much younger siblings. I felt so old there (even though I know I am not) it was weird being with so many young couples with little ones. Olivia and Charlie were kind of bored but they were good sports. Sunday night was crazy with Charlie's dad, he is just a big headache. By the time Sunday night came I was knocked out. Outside of his dad we had a nice busy weekend.

Today I brought Olivia to find about her wisdom teeth extraction. She has to go in the hospital for it we found out due to her blood disorder. They said I can wait till there is a vacation .She probably will be out awhile from school!

Mac-sorry to hear that making fast passes was more of a chore. I haven't done it in about 4 years. I really don't miss it. I agree thank goodness for express pass. I hope you can get to do what you want at opening.

Pattyw- glad to hear you got another trip down and it went well. I don't know how you are driving back and forth. I did it once and I can wait awhile to do it again. Your son is lucky to have a great mom!

LynneG - hope you had a great time at the zoo. The pics were so cute. I would love to relax like them. We have a small zoo here. I usually don't go much. We go to Six Flags in New Jersey and they have a great safari. I enjoy the tigers and the elephants the best.

Robo56 - Brian did some fencing in college. He really enjoyed it. He didn't have time anymore so gave away his equipment. What a great hobby from what it sounds like. Hope you and your husband are still on the up and up.

Schumi - that was so good that your son was there to help. I am so bad with things on the computer. I always like having Brian around when I do. I hear you about the Minion Mug I have an elephant mug that I have to hide from one of Olivia's friends . Hope you had a nice visit.

Charade67 and Tgrgrl- I hear you on the school supplies. Sometimes we get lucky here and the teachers are flexible with what they want. All I know is Olivia made me buy her school supplies at the beginning of last month. Talk about a summer killer. I love the summer and when they are out of school. I hate to think about back to school shopping. I hope you can keep some money in your wallet.


Monykalyn I have heard of that park. I love to watch videos of new coasters and that one looks so cool. We are about 10 hours from Cedar Point so we go over Columbus Day weekend. Our schools are closed the Friday before so we get an extra day for traveling. I am glad to hear other people do the off year too.

Tink1957 - I think Adventura looks so cool. I know I am always checking my account to make sure it is all there. I hope you enjoy the new hotel and can't wait to hear your report.

I hope everyone has a great night and sleep tight

 

[macraven]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Chromebooks/laptops. Luckily our elementary school has a 1:1 ratio student/ laptop so that isn’t on our list yet but I am sure that will change in 2 years for Jr High.

Love that you are doing the backpack program !

The school district up north where I was started laptops in grade 3.
Computor classes started 1st grade.

The school would use the computors for learning colors, numbers, abc recognition.


When I was in grade school, cursive writing and penmanship was the thing that was stressed........lol

 

[agavegirl1]

Hello all!

I am back from an absence due to my surgery. I couldn't really type or focus or anything much. sitting was hard and typing while lying down??? Not exactly doable.

Here I am post surgery and doing well. Adhering to restrictions is only a little hard. Most things I can't do anyway. I walk without my walker around the house now. I still have little appetite but I can keep things down just fine. My medications make me a little "out of it' and I think I am hilarious. I probably sound like second grader and spell like a fourth grader (before I spell check everything.)...I will read here and try to make sense of everything through my medicated haze.

 

[macraven]

I see our bobbie snuck in while I was typing......lol


You are good people to care about Charlie and taking him under your wing.
Kids that have parent issues need an adult to help them through the difficulties.

I like the six flags parks.
Have spent many days at the St Louis and Gurnee ones.
Season pass holder

In 2016, I did the Atlanta Six Flags and bought a season pass.
2017 I had knee issues and was not able to go at all to the Atlanta park.

I was lucky I managed my fall trip to the darkside.

Birthday parties for littles are for the family.
The 1 yo when older, can look back and see pictures of the event and know she was loved.