Something About Nothing ... #12

[Monykalyn]

Cold here too Lynne, we have heavy rain and very biting wind too......popped out quickly this morning then home. Yes, I prefer jelly to jam, don’t really eat jam...but marmalade I love!!!

Is that the marmalade made from your fruit trees that your neighbor harvests? I made strawberry freezer jam and peach jam one year. Had to ration the stuff out as I caught kids eating straight from jar by the spoonfuls!

It’s make one eat their words about saying in Florida it never rains all day.

Ugh on the weather!
Like Lynne we were very lucky with beautiful weather the days we were in Florida for Christmas! But snow Lynne?? yucko!

Boy had another soccer game today, lost this one although good game. He is now at practice. He is gonna be worn out when he gets home.
Nicer weather again today here, before bottom drops tomorrow (possible sleet/rain/flurries/who the heck knows as they cannot predict MO weather). Hens out in the sun, and dust bathing, Went to pick up Diva chicken and feathers all gluey feeling-had at least a pound of dirt on her-when she shook herself off she almost fell over (and I nearly fell over laughing) and had little piles of dirt pebbles everywhere. Somehow the dust bathing keeps their skin healthy and feathers soft and shiny. had to get more straw into run for the single digit temps coming.

Went to eat after soccer at one of our fave spots-locally sourced foods/seasonal stuff and sooo good. I swear they lowered prices or I am just so used to Disney prices that brunch seemed cheap to me! Place is always packed.

Tomorrow is program night for my club meeting: the program director has lined up Pet therapy peeps to come talk to us about what they do-and they are bringing puppies!! Think we may have a packed meeting tomorrow LOL!

Hope everyone had a good weekend-why do they go sooo fast??

 

[Sue M]

Thanks for answers about AP lounge Lynne & Robo. I’ve been in the Amer. express lounge. They gave bottles of water and snack size chips. They sure hid that lounge. Really had to look to find it.

Robo I’ve been in Florida during relentless days of rain, during tropical Storm Fay. I thought it would never stop. Dang thing stalled over Orlando. I was staying at Hard Rock and never got to enjoy the pool area at all. And I had tickets to Aquatica that I thought I wouldn’t be able to use either. But finally the rain moved off, we were no longer at HRH we moved to The Doubletree for Seaworld/ Aquatica part of trip.

Love Sals! Enjoy.

 

[Robo56]

don’t really eat jam...but marmalade I love!!!

We have delicious Honeybell orange marmalade from the orange grove store.

I really enjoy it on my toast in the morning.

This is this afternoon...…..frost is back...…..

Schumi that is a beautiful picture of the country side in your neck of the woods.

Lynne there are two nuclear power stacks like that right near the Michigan City, Indiana outlet Mall. They are kind of strange to see so close.

 

[Sue M]

Lynne, I make a cold corn salad of sorts, stole idea from DL in California. I mix canned corn with mayo and a squeeze of citrus either lemon or lime, and season with Tajin. Chill. Everyone here loves it. I get my Tajin seasoning from a Mexican cafe nearby that carries some speciality groceries. I’ve seen a version of it at Trader Joes also.

 

[schumigirl]

Questions for Schumi and others with Bosch dishwasher!
Ran first load this morning after breakfast. I was only home for first 20min or so of cycle then off to church. It is quiet. But I can hear it run. It’s the 300 series with recessed front control. The models with controls on top have a red light that projects on the floor so you can tell it’s running. Mine with recessed handle and controls on front doesn’t have floor light because you can see control panel.
So, I don’t get it! Because as I say, it’s quiet but in the kitchen I know it’s running, don’t need a red light on floor to tell me.
Am I not supposed to hear anything? Maybe I need to be here longer so I can see/hear entire cycle.
But when I got home, and unpacked it, dishes were sparkling clean. No complaints there! Great job cleaning and love the top 3rd rack. Not complaining about noise either really. It’s not noisy. Just don’t understand what it’s supposed to sound like. Is it supposed to be totally silent? That’s sorta what I thought, as they were saying you need the red light on floor to know it’s running perhaps after first 20 min it does get silent?

Ours has the recessed front control too, but it’s not totally silent, but very quiet. Yes, the red light runs but ours is in a little recess in the newer part of our kitchen and we don’t actually see it......I think the light is unnecessary but it’s one of these things.

I’m glad you like how sparkly the dishes and glasses are too.......and we do love the top rack!! Much better than the basket

 

[schumigirl]

Have heard extended to March 31st.

Lounge was a nice respite from the cold and rain. It has rained all day. It’s 50 degrees now.

I have never been here when it’s been this cold out with relentless rain.

It’s make one eat their words about saying in Florida it never rains all day.

Just stopped to pick up something from Sal’s for dinner.

Nice pictures Robo........I was chatting to a friend in Florida yesterday and he was saying I’d hate it there right now......cold and raining........we had one day last May where it rained most of the day......think we took camp in StrongWater Bar later in the day.......lol......enjoy rest of your time there.........

Is that the marmalade made from your fruit trees that your neighbor harvests? I made strawberry freezer jam and peach jam one year. Had to ration the stuff out as I caught kids eating straight from jar by the spoonfuls!


Ugh on the weather!
Like Lynne we were very lucky with beautiful weather the days we were in Florida for Christmas! But snow Lynne?? yucko!

Boy had another soccer game today, lost this one although good game. He is now at practice. He is gonna be worn out when he gets home.
Nicer weather again today here, before bottom drops tomorrow (possible sleet/rain/flurries/who the heck knows as they cannot predict MO weather). Hens out in the sun, and dust bathing, Went to pick up Diva chicken and feathers all gluey feeling-had at least a pound of dirt on her-when she shook herself off she almost fell over (and I nearly fell over laughing) and had little piles of dirt pebbles everywhere. Somehow the dust bathing keeps their skin healthy and feathers soft and shiny. had to get more straw into run for the single digit temps coming.

Went to eat after soccer at one of our fave spots-locally sourced foods/seasonal stuff and sooo good. I swear they lowered prices or I am just so used to Disney prices that brunch seemed cheap to me! Place is always packed.

Tomorrow is program night for my club meeting: the program director has lined up Pet therapy peeps to come talk to us about what they do-and they are bringing puppies!! Think we may have a packed meeting tomorrow LOL!

Hope everyone had a good weekend-why do they go sooo fast??

No, we don’t have any oranges over here......we only have apples, pears and plums.........she usually makes chutney or pies with our fruit.

Think everyone seems to be hitting cold weather soon........not nice........love local restaurants like that!! Worth their weight in gold! Especially if they’re packed all the time......

We have delicious Honeybell orange marmalade from the orange grove store.

I really enjoy it on my toast in the morning.



Schumi that is a beautiful picture of the country side in your neck of the woods.

Lynne there are two nuclear power stacks like that right near the Michigan City, Indiana outlet Mall. They are kind of strange to see so close.

Oh my that marmalade sounds beautiful.........I’ve never tried to make my own....but the lady farmer next to us makes it so good I’d never have to bother!!! I love having the sea 5 minutes from us, and the fields right behind us.......will make it a struggle when we move from here to find something as nice. There’s an area in the UK called the Cotswolds and we’d love to move there......no sea views there though......but as long as Kyle is still in this area we couldn’t move away and leave him......different if he moves of course.....




It looks wet outside again.......and to feel much colder than temps tell us it is.......wind coming straight in from the sea this morning.....Do need to go out this morning. Darn..........

Just want to hibernate.........

Almost breakfast time.........tea and toast with marmalade again........not for Tom and Kyle’s already left for work......cereal for both of them....

Have a great Monday........

 

[Sue M]

Ours has the recessed front control too, but it’s not totally silent, but very quiet. Yes, the red light runs but ours is in a little recess in the newer part of our kitchen and we don’t actually see it......I think the light is unnecessary but it’s one of these things.

I’m glad you like how sparkly the dishes and glasses are too.......and we do love the top rack!! Much better than the basket

Thanks! I don’t see the red light on floor either! Sounds like mine is running as it should. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be able to hear it or not. It is very quiet. And does a fabulous job of cleaning. Very happy. And dishes, glasses etc came out very dry. I don’t know what some reviewers were talking about that things were wet.

My friends dad used to live in the Cotswolds. I love living near the ocean. We live up on a hill. Our view looks out on the ocean inlet and mountains. It would be very hard to give up that view.
Can’t sleep tonight (ugh) so I went out on the balcony a few minutes ago, thick layer of marine fog just covering the inlet. It was quite high. Looked almost sci fi ish and eiry. I could imagine a space ship rising out of the fog lol. Hopefully I get to sleep soon!

 

[Sue M]

Robo, do they sell that orange marmalade in the stores? I’ll have to look out for it, my Florida food list is growing! I must have Indian River oj, Publix Key lime pie, and jones breakfast sausage! Those are non negotiable!

 

[Robo56]

Robo, do they sell that orange marmalade in the stores? I’ll have to look out for it, my Florida food list is growing! I must have Indian River oj, Publix Key lime pie, and jones breakfast sausage! Those are non negotiable!

You can order the Honeybell marmalade online from Dundee Groves. It’s not sold in regular grocery stores here as far as I know. You can purchase it at orange orchard stores here. There are a number of Orchards fairly close to me here. I live in a town in Indian River county.

Honeybells are still being harvested now and they are delicious. I go and get fresh juice from the orchard once a week.

Harvesting season for the various orange varieties starts at end of November through beginning of May.

The Indian River grapefruit is also delicious.

You can buy mini key lime pies from Publix also if you don’t want the full size pie. They are yummy.

Add getting a Sub sandwich from Publix. They have the best Subs I have ever had. They make them fresh in front of you and they do not skimp on the meat, cheese or veggies.

 

[schumigirl]

Thanks! I don’t see the red light on floor either! Sounds like mine is running as it should. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be able to hear it or not. It is very quiet. And does a fabulous job of cleaning. Very happy. And dishes, glasses etc came out very dry. I don’t know what some reviewers were talking about that things were wet.

My friends dad used to live in the Cotswolds. I love living near the ocean. We live up on a hill. Our view looks out on the ocean inlet and mountains. It would be very hard to give up that view.
Can’t sleep tonight (ugh) so I went out on the balcony a few minutes ago, thick layer of marine fog just covering the inlet. It was quite high. Looked almost sci fi ish and eiry. I could imagine a space ship rising out of the fog lol. Hopefully I get to sleep soon!

Yes, they do come out very dry we like that a lot. Our other dishwasher the cups and glasses often came out still wet......these are perfectly dry and very, very shiny...…

Where we live we get a lot of fog.....I often describe it on here as very eerie seeing it roll in from the sea from our home.....and we can hear the foghorns go off as we have cliffs too. Yes, that's the trouble right now I love where we live.....but I have gypsy blood apparently and always want to be moving on......or so I`m told. And all our friends, well, a lot of them are here or within an hour or so. And of course it depends where Kyle ends up what we will do.....

The Cotswolds is stunning......the house I would love has gone up for sale rather ironically.....if only had been a couple of years from now.....Bourton on the Water, Stow-on-the-Wold and Moreton-on-Marsh are stunning, and we love the really old houses, but even there now, apart form being tourist traps, there are so many new builds going up and it does take away from that village feel. People need space.....and I wouldn't like to have so many people around us.

Hope you go to sleep Sue…….

Robo…...everyone talks about Publix subs and fried chicken to say how good they are......never tried them myself but they do look good!!! Hope today warms and dries up for you………


Been into village this morning......thought we`d walk...…. Nope. We got 5 minutes along the lane and headed back in to bring the car out.....bitter wind and the sea just looks so rough!!!

Chicken noodle soup for lunch...….

 

[Robo56]

Nice pictures Robo........I was chatting to a friend in Florida yesterday and he was saying I’d hate it there right now......cold and raining........we had one day last May where it rained most of the day......think we took camp in StrongWater Bar later in the day.......lol......enjoy rest of your time there.........

Weather here in Orlando is supposed to be few showers this am then cloudy and hi of 60 degrees.

Even with rain and cool weather yesterday I had a nice time in parks with sister and nephew.

Going to have a look around the shops for birthday presents that will be coming up. Saw some new Potter items yesterday. Really cute character bracelets.

 

[Lynne G]

Yay! Enjoying your live reports, Robo, and glad to hear having some family fun, and nice that's new stuff being seen in the parks. Hope the rain stays away the rest of the time you are enjoying the parks, especially.

Sue, that corn mix sounds good, though if we go Mexican, we put cold corn in our home made salsa.

Was a cool start, yep 26 out. But hey, so clear a sky, I could see the stars, including Orion and Ursa Major. Moon so bright with half it showing.

Monday, why yes, it has to be a Monday. We too have no oranges or most citrus grown here, but yep, lots of different kinds of apples, as well as pears, plums, blueberries and cherries.



And for our coffee drinking homies:

. That's my tea face. And ah, enjoying a nice cup of tea, in an almost cool office, but nice and quiet this morning.

Lastly, if you need something for breakfast this morning, have a pancake, and make it blueberry, as then you'd be eating the national food day, food.

 

[Robo56]

Morning Lynne

Robo…...everyone talks about Publix subs and fried chicken to say how good they are......never tried them myself but they do look good!!! Hope today warms and dries up for you………

Thanks Schumi...... hope your friends enjoy their day here. Looks like it will be cool, but hopefully no more rain.

Have a great Monday to all our the Sans family.

Off to Starbucks and the parks.

 

[Charade67]

Good morning everyone. We are supposed to get snow again tomorrow. Right now that are saying 1-3 inches, so we may not get anything tag all.

Got a plumber coming by tomorrow to look at the toilet and see if it just needs to be repaired or replaced.

Gotta get to work now. Don't really want to deal with people today.

 

[schumigirl]

Morning Lynne



Thanks Schumi...... hope your friends enjoy their day here. Looks like it will be cool, but hopefully no more rain.

Have a great Monday to all our the Sans family.

Off to Starbucks and the parks.

Oh my friend works in Orlando, just doesn't live in Orlando, and he was saying we would hate this.....I think some of the locals appreciate this now and again......not us tourists though!!! Hope you have a great day Robo…..and hope the rain stays away for you...….

Quite fancy a Starbucks right now......and we have none near us.....typical!!!

 

[pattyw]

And he cooks too? Mine can do bacon, eggs, toast, grill steaks, roast a turkey breast & is great a bringing home take-out

Joe likes to cook way more than I do!! I'm the pro at take out in my house! LOL!! Your Mr. is a very nice man! and he cooks!

We got the El Niño! On the west coast! Sounds like a bacon day for lots of us! My husband does a lot of the cooking too!
Hope your storm isn’t too bad.

Ok, Sue- send El Nino east!! Yay about DH cooking, too!

Bossy hen was quite displeased at the little bit of white stuff on ground this am when I went to let her out. cuddle chicken hopped right out and followed me to door for her treat though-her affection is easily bought LOL. At least it "warmed" up today-into 40's.

I'm with Bossy hen!

but otherwise he’s almost perfect.

Tom's a great guy!! Even though I've never met him, I feel like I know him from your talking about him!

First visit to UOAP lounge no one here.

Looks nice- will have to visit it in a few weeks! Glad they extended it through March! Have fun!!

Happy Monday all!! The roller coaster weather continues here!! Snow tonight and then the arctic air moves in mid week. By the weekend we get to 40 degrees and expect rain!!

Have a great day all!!

 

[Sue M]

You can order the Honeybell marmalade online from Dundee Groves. It’s not sold in regular grocery stores here as far as I know. You can purchase it at orange orchard stores here. There are a number of Orchards fairly close to me here. I live in a town in Indian River county.

Honeybells are still being harvested now and they are delicious. I go and get fresh juice from the orchard once a week.

Harvesting season for the various orange varieties starts at end of November through beginning of May.

The Indian River grapefruit is also delicious.

You can buy mini key lime pies from Publix also if you don’t want the full size pie. They are yummy.

Add getting a Sub sandwich from Publix. They have the best Subs I have ever had. They make them fresh in front of you and they do not skimp on the meat, cheese or veggies.

I’ve seen the half Key Lime pie at Publix. I think daughter and I may buy that one since it will only be a 6 night stay in Deerfield Beach this time. Thanks for sub tip. I wish there were orchards in that area. I always thought it was so odd that in the grocery stores you can’t find Florida oranges!

 

[keishashadow]

Heat wave here, supposed to reach 40 & sun is shining. Long drive for me to annual dermatologist appt, hope to get away by the skin of my teeth haha.

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Close to where we are shopping. Seems both kids need sneakers. Started out sunny and almost nice, now gray with a biting wind.

Good Sunday to all.

And I like jelly more than jam, Schumi, but your jam sounds lush.

Hehe, cuddle chicken MonyK. Glad to hear from ya.

3 mile island?

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First visit to UOAP lounge no one here.

First pics i’ve Seen, have fogotten to stop by thanks

Nope, no free water or any drink. Expensive coke products and water bottles, but free granola bars and pepper chips. Nice place to charge phone. They did give me the AP discount on the coke, but would not have bought it had I known they would not freeze it for me. Oh well. Nice staff, but nothing to write home about, Sue. And I think was extended, but don’t remember when. Maybe May 31? Guess Robo could help with that.

No water? Used to not bathroom in the private lounges but seriously, that’s idiotic

Sorry to hear of the bad weather Robo. We had no rain and 70’s except one day was in the 60’s. Enjoy seeing your pictures and hope Sal’s was good. I have eaten there before, but did not get there when visiting a few weeks ago.

Tomorrow, rain for ride home, then snow, 2 to 3 inches starting about 7 pm and ending in the wee hours of Tuesday. Our cold air blast to be Thursday. A nice 25 degree ride to be had to start the work week tomorrow. Brrrr.

Now just chilling. Grilled fillets that bought from store this afternoon. Yum. Cooked to medium and all were eating their share. Baked taters and canned corn rounded out the meal. Though I think DH had tomatoes too.

Quite chilly for Orlando. We wore our packable down alternative jackets into the parks early January 2 years ago. It was the dampness that made it uncomfortable for us. Used to more of a dry, brisk cold

Thanks for answers about AP lounge Lynne & Robo. I’ve been in the Amer. express lounge. They gave bottles of water and snack size chips. They sure hid that lounge. Really had to look to find it.

Robo I’ve been in Florida during relentless days of rain, during tropical Storm Fay. I thought it would never stop. Dang thing stalled over Orlando. I was staying at Hard Rock and never got to enjoy the pool area at all. And I had tickets to Aquatica that I thought I wouldn’t be able to use either. But finally the rain moved off, we were no longer at HRH we moved to The Doubletree for Seaworld/ Aquatica part of trip.

Love Sals! Enjoy.

Never bothered to hit the AMEX lounge either. Just need your CC to enter or does it have to be a package booked thru them

Weather here in Orlando is supposed to be few showers this am then cloudy and hi of 60 degrees.

Even with rain and cool weather yesterday I had a nice time in parks with sister and nephew.

Going to have a look around the shops for birthday presents that will be coming up. Saw some new Potter items yesterday. Really cute character bracelets.

Always good to stockpile presents so you’re not scrambling last minute.

On Wednesday am it will be Farenhite: Wednesday 7 hi, -8 low Thursday 8 hi, -2 low. I’m looking into the light, Saturday back to high of 40 & 50’s on Sunday.

 

[Lynne G]

Yep, Keisha. It's only about a 45 minute ride away. When the meltdown happened, scared enough of us, even though miles away. But, closer than Lancaster, which kids prefer, and can hit that mall on the way home. Will have to say, was pleasantly happy, that we had no traffic both ways, and beat the crowds by leaving around lunchtime.

Think for AMEX place, you need to buy your ticket or AP with it. Or that's what I thought I read, some time ago. Maybe not true anymore. I've always bought my AP with my AMEX, and I've shown my AMEX when entering, worker looked at computer, and then said, welcome. That place is nothing to write home about either. Small bottles of water are free, though even in the refrigerator they have, not cold enough for me. They also have free chips and granola bars, both of which I do not like. And they have a bathroom at the entrance, a one person. I always found it more busy than the AP one, and it's smaller, and also open limited hours. I sometimes go there, most of the time, ignore. I'd rather have a cup of ice water, and find getting that is usually not that hard.

I hear ya Patty and Keisha, bone chilling Thursday for us. Saying feel like temperatures will be in the minus teens, and 20's for those northern of the city. With the snow coming tomorrow night, then the temperature dropping after the snow falls, getting to work will be no fun.

Sigh, is it time for lunch yet? Looked at the window, nice sun out. Looked at phone, 28 out. Bundled up walk in soon. With sunglasses. Bonus? No matter, sun will be shortly blocked buy clouds by around noon.

 

[Sue M]

You can order the Honeybell marmalade online from Dundee Groves. It’s not sold in regular grocery stores here as far as I know. You can purchase it at orange orchard stores here. There are a number of Orchards fairly close to me here. I live in a town in Indian River county.

Honeybells are still being harvested now and they are delicious. I go and get fresh juice from the orchard once a week.

Harvesting season for the various orange varieties starts at end of November through beginning of May.

The Indian River grapefruit is also delicious.

You can buy mini key lime pies from Publix also if you don’t want the full size pie. They are yummy.

Add getting a Sub sandwich from Publix. They have the best Subs I have ever had. They make them fresh in front of you and they do not skimp on the meat, cheese or veggies.

Maybe our arrival evening would be a good time to try those Publix subs. Our flight doesn’t land at FLL till 5:30, so by the time we collect our luggage, get rental and drive up to Deerfield we usually just have a quick stop at Publix to get breakfast stuff and pick up a pizza nearby, then unpack. But since we stop at Publix anyway it would be easier to grab sub too. We can have pizza another night. So many great pizza places, guess because there’s so many NYers that moved down!