Something About Nothing ... #12

[Bluer101]

We used mothballs along our back fence line at a previous house. The house backed up to a wildlife preserve that was swampy. Lots of snakes would come in the yard. My Rottweilers would run them off though I was afraid the Rotts might get bitten. Mothballs worked like a charm.

You home yet???

 

[tinydancer09]

We had a leftover Apple pie from the cookout yesterday that I had picked up at giant eagle. Pricey but I just didn't have time to bake anything. DH & I both had a piece for breakfast this morning. We both got very sick around the same time several hours later. Had no idea pie could be an issue as to food borne illness. Yuck. Still feel shaky.



Very nice, as it happens now & again ran into several large groups that clogged up things at the hotel. Two of them (gangsta wanna-bees vs a group that kept randomly shouting they were "...from Georgia, loud & proud...") wound up coming to blows over chair saving at the main pool. Two women no less. Awesome sauce. Security had their hands full. A shame as IMO the resort has the nicest poolscape in MB - the landmark. We took to zig-zagging the other way or heading to beach when they were out, loudly commandeering their turf.

Talked to head of security. He told me this year they've experienced a different crowd in MB, seems a bit rougher. Told the major hotels are amping up their security presence poolside, which has helped to tone things down. Decided next trip we will move north & again return to the Arcadian section of MB, much quieter and many properties have nice pools, just not as elaborate as the Landmark.

Captain George's is hand's down the best seafood place in MB, across from Broadway @ the beach. Not king crab but good, I concentrate on the clams/mussels, shrimp. LIke that they have lots of seafood that isn't fried.

I"m not a fan of calabash frying, really any frying of seafood, think it ruins the unique flavor of the fish. Went against my better instincts and had fried soft shell crab at Carolina roadhouse. Let's just say it was a lesson learned. Prime rib ordered medium well came out mooing. Even a toss on the grill couldn't fix it. At least the salad and crossiants were killer. We would return there (44th street area). We wil go back and do the steaks or chicken there, nice vibe & $5.95 drink specials.

Angelos in the 20-something south area has an excellent steak that is served on a sizzling platter. Early bird specials, you really need to get there early or be prepared to wait & wait. An Italian seafood buffet that my extended family thinks is good. I'm picky as to sauce, their's is tart, needs sugar lol.

Those from the south, feel free to laugh. We love K&W Cafeteria, nothing like it where we live. Food is always good there, only place I will order mashed potatoes and the greens are divine. Fried chicken great, beef roast too when it's not overly cooked.

We like River city hamburger chain too, didn't get a chance to visit this trip.




Why didn't they just remove said child from the attraction via chicken exit...that's why they have them. Sigh

Guess they never heard of baby swap or considered a ride centered on King Kong might just be a mite scary.




As long as they don't water that bad-boy down, I'm good.



Indeed, a horrible thing to face. Hope it goes as well as can be expected for your family.



No drive thru beer here, supposedly we might get a grocery store that will carry - gasp - wine!!! Permitting up to 4 bottles purchase. PA is the worst with the state store/beer distributor system.



There's other mayo besides Hellmans? Honestly, cannot imagine eating mayo on any of the food you reference. Is that a local thing? It's Heinz catsup all the way for me, well, except for ice cream.



Lol reminds me of biker weddings we've attended, but classy! Always thrilled when they have bottled booze in lieu of moonshine punch thrown in a kid's wading pool...which I won't touch...heard one too many tales of many people going blind from some of that ho-made swill out of WV.

Hey if SC is getting too rough a know a good place out of the way that's still very family friendly
When you typed MB I thought you meant Mexico Beach at first. I figured it out. We do all single family homes though... No hotels. Very few restaurants but the ones we have are mom and pop. I have heard we have a new soul food place mmmmm can't wait to get down there and try it out.

Still catching up while I drink my margarita....

 

[pcstang]

You home yet???

No, another hour and a half. Stopped by the parental units house for a while. Had to drop off the stroller. Surprise, it's raining on I10....

 

[tinydancer09]

No, another hour and a half. Stopped by the parental units house for a while. Had to drop off the stroller. Surprise, it's raining on I10....

Just got a significant weather advisory for Leon county. I'm sitting at teds if you want to come ride it out! Haha

 

[tinydancer09]

Also caught up. Chicken bingo is just like cow bingo. It was a big fundraiser for the band every year. Always cracked me up

 

[pcstang]

Just got a significant weather advisory for Leon county. I'm sitting at teds if you want to come ride it out! Haha

I wish! Yep, we got to drive right through that cell. Fun times!

 

[macraven]

A quick shout out to schumi.

 

[RAPstar]

Sooooooooooooo, my BFF/semi-BF just bought my plane ticket to Orlando. He had a travel vouched from SWA from an overbooked flight that he used. So I guess I'm gonna go?? lol

 

[macraven]

Mr lucky you are!

You are going

 

[keishashadow]

Yeah September just works better financially, and so I don't have to fly spirit. Hopefully the southwest price doesn't change too quickly, but I'll keep my eye on it.

Knock on wood, spirit (and allegiant) have been good to me over the past year.

Hey if SC is getting too rough a know a good place out of the way that's still very family friendly
When you typed MB I thought you meant Mexico Beach at first. I figured it out. We do all single family homes though... No hotels. Very few restaurants but the ones we have are mom and pop. I have heard we have a new soul food place mmmmm can't wait to get down there and try it out.

Still catching up while I drink my margarita....
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If only it were frozen

Admit I'm too type A to do a beach house. Lazy rivers, multiple pools & hot tubs, that's my jam. My vacation mantra is I don't cook...I'm on vacation lol.

Sooooooooooooo, my BFF/semi-BF just bought my plane ticket to Orlando. He had a travel vouched from SWA from an overbooked flight that he used. So I guess I'm gonna go?? lol

Lucky duck

 

[macraven]

When my boys were littles, our vacations were camping ones and cooking food over a fire

I got used to roughing it doing that but I never got used to dealing with diapers with the boys when a year old

So once the boys grew up, trips were not sleeping on the ground but cheap hotels
And short trips

Once they no longer did trips with us, vacations were done different and any food we had was in restaurants

Now my vacations are when I never see a kitchen
I'm with Keisha on that point

 

[Monykalyn]

Good evenin' yall. Haven't slept well last couple nights-one night I can do but was too tired this am-luckily the consulting job I am doing allows for remote charting-as it turns out the home I was gonna visit today has been slow on admits (yay holiday weekend?) so it wouldn't have been worth an hour drive each way. And as it stormed (really stormed- thunder and lightening, wind) this am I am glad I was able to stay in. Still got wet though coaxing chickens out from under fruit trees to at least shelter under deck. Dh has a cold that he now thinks has become bronchitis or at least a sinus infection (it. is. a. cold. common virus, takes 7 days to get over) but he's been moaning around the house for 3-4 days.

We leave Friday for cooler weather. Not sure how I am going to pack cool clothes/touring clothes also needing layers for days of off/on rain, business casual for meeting, and dressy for awards dinner-+shoes!!+ into just a couple bags and stay within weight guidelines. I've already upgraded seats...

I love hotels with all the perks but we also have timeshare so like the space of resorts. Have had lots of success with VRBO's though too. Take out food with glass of wine on porch with space to spread out is nice too (and less stress about money or having to drive if want to have wine.

Wonder if I can work numbers into the patio blocks on expanded patio-subtle but still there. could then sit on deck and do chicken bingo drinking game watching chickens below...we've had quite a bit of rain so patio has stayed pretty clean but it means delays on getting the patio dirt and bricks laid...

Think I am gonna go to bed early
Is anyone here doing the HHN stuff planning on doing PTR/TR?

 

[Bluer101]

Just got back from IOA and now chilling in the room.

We waited 35 min for Kong and there was no outside and no truck motion in the 360 room.

 

[macraven]

Just got back from IOA and now chilling in the room.

We waited 35 min for Kong and there was no outside and no truck motion in the 360 room.

you are speaking a foreign language to me with that talk.
haven't been to uo yet for kong and no idea what a 360 room is.




but been reading peeps are enjoying it.

how crowded is the hotel now?
did they sell out this week at all?

do you know if T3 was finished with the refurb for floors 6 and 7 yet?

i hope you are still there when Hulk opens.

 

[Bluer101]

It's been full all week here at RPR. Monday in the pool with pcstang it was very crowded. Yes, floors 6-7 are done in T3.

 

[tinydancer09]

Good evenin' yall. Haven't slept well last couple nights-one night I can do but was too tired this am-luckily the consulting job I am doing allows for remote charting-as it turns out the home I was gonna visit today has been slow on admits (yay holiday weekend?) so it wouldn't have been worth an hour drive each way. And as it stormed (really stormed- thunder and lightening, wind) this am I am glad I was able to stay in. Still got wet though coaxing chickens out from under fruit trees to at least shelter under deck. Dh has a cold that he now thinks has become bronchitis or at least a sinus infection (it. is. a. cold. common virus, takes 7 days to get over) but he's been moaning around the house for 3-4 days.

We leave Friday for cooler weather. Not sure how I am going to pack cool clothes/touring clothes also needing layers for days of off/on rain, business casual for meeting, and dressy for awards dinner-+shoes!!+ into just a couple bags and stay within weight guidelines. I've already upgraded seats...

I love hotels with all the perks but we also have timeshare so like the space of resorts. Have had lots of success with VRBO's though too. Take out food with glass of wine on porch with space to spread out is nice too (and less stress about money or having to drive if want to have wine.

Wonder if I can work numbers into the patio blocks on expanded patio-subtle but still there. could then sit on deck and do chicken bingo drinking game watching chickens below...we've had quite a bit of rain so patio has stayed pretty clean but it means delays on getting the patio dirt and bricks laid...

Think I am gonna go to bed early
Is anyone here doing the HHN stuff planning on doing PTR/TR?

My allergist nurse always says if the mucus hasn't turned colors it's probably a cold and to just hold on to day 5 and see if you mend to bend.

Knock on wood, spirit (and allegiant) have been good to me over the past year.



If only it were frozen

Admit I'm too type A to do a beach house. Lazy rivers, multiple pools & hot tubs, that's my jam. My vacation mantra is I don't cook...I'm on vacation lol.



Lucky duck

... and @macraven too! I'd be sick by the end of a week long vacation and not cooking! My body gets very angry when I eat at restaurants too much. Something about the salt and preservatives I think... none fresh ingredients? Certain places are WAY better for me than others. Franchises are usually just bad business. I'm usually all out of wack when I get home from universal.... yikes.

We always grilled and did things like that on vacation. Easy things. One night we would always do oysters... usually check in night we'd grab a pizza on our way in. Lots of cereal late at night after fishing. Cereal, biscuits, or pancakes for breakfast. One time we left the biscuits in the oven and went fishing on a boat all day... OOPS. Though, we had 6 kids. It was amazing my parents could afford to take us to do things at all much less eat out! Plus.. businesses around PSJ don't exactly have seating for tables of 8 plus... we'd take up the whole restaurant! And with 6 kids it does make it... easier? Because we all helped when it came to dinner and lunch. Just make an assembly or buffet style sandwich line and we were in and out of the kitchen in 10 minutes flat! And it makes for much more beach time! Quick dinners and right back to the beach instead of coming in and getting ready for dinner. Burgers one night.. hot dogs one night. You know it's been so long I cant remember what all we did... but I do know we didn't spend time in the kitchen like we do at home. Though my entire family mostly enjoys cooking. That's therapy to me. When I'm in a terrible mood or something I make food and then proceed to hand it out to people. I can see where you're coming from though... I think. What you need to do is just take me with you on vacation and I'll cook for everyone. I get my own vacation in the kitchen and you all get a vacation on the beach WIN INW right?

 

[tinydancer09]

I wish! Yep, we got to drive right through that cell. Fun times!

We could have sat at Teds and "Rode it out." Re-enacted Twister the ride. It would have been great fun! We probably would have gotten kicked out

 

[macraven]

My allergist nurse always says if the mucus hasn't turned colors it's probably a cold and to just hold on to day 5 and see if you mend to bend.


... and @macraven too! I'd be sick by the end of a week long vacation and not cooking! My body gets very angry when I eat at restaurants too much. Something about the salt and preservatives I think... none fresh ingredients? Certain places are WAY better for me than others. Franchises are usually just bad business. I'm usually all out of wack when I get home from universal.... yikes.

We always grilled and did things like that on vacation. Easy things. One night we would always do oysters... usually check in night we'd grab a pizza on our way in. Lots of cereal late at night after fishing. Cereal, biscuits, or pancakes for breakfast. One time we left the biscuits in the oven and went fishing on a boat all day... OOPS. Though, we had 6 kids. It was amazing my parents could afford to take us to do things at all much less eat out! Plus.. businesses around PSJ don't exactly have seating for tables of 8 plus... we'd take up the whole restaurant! And with 6 kids it does make it... easier? Because we all helped when it came to dinner and lunch. Just make an assembly or buffet style sandwich line and we were in and out of the kitchen in 10 minutes flat! And it makes for much more beach time! Quick dinners and right back to the beach instead of coming in and getting ready for dinner. Burgers one night.. hot dogs one night. You know it's been so long I cant remember what all we did... but I do know we didn't spend time in the kitchen like we do at home. Though my entire family mostly enjoys cooking. That's therapy to me. When I'm in a terrible mood or something I make food and then proceed to hand it out to people. I can see where you're coming from though... I think. What you need to do is just take me with you on vacation and I'll cook for everyone. I get my own vacation in the kitchen and you all get a vacation on the beach WIN INW right?

i do remember the night you made cupcakes.
think it was for a friend's child's birthday.


a boat load of cupcakes........

and they looked delicious.

 

[macraven]

i cooked on the new grill this evening.
did chicken breasts for Mr Mac and myself.
for son, later in the evening, grilled fish and a hot dog.....

nothing burned so it was a good meal.
first time ever using a 2 burner gas grill.
in my past life, always went with the weber grills with side burners.
family is smaller now and don't need a large grill anymore.
seems to heat up faster and keeps an even heat.

 

[tinydancer09]

i do remember the night you made cupcakes.
think it was for a friend's child's birthday.


a boat load of cupcakes........

and they looked delicious.

Yes I've done many since ive been back this year. Did 200 for the Christmas thing. Around 100 for a few different fundraisers. And 60-70? For the birthday party. Those were all planned though. Angry cooking is spontaneous. I made Olive Garden bread sticks the other week and they were sooooo good! And easy!