Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

Never mind.. Lol
Different part of the country

I'm just tired of weather right now

 

[RAPstar]

You have not heard of the flooding and rain?
I wouldn't be stuck where I am right now in Florida ...

Now there are tornado warnings out until 8 Friday morning

I heard about them, I just don't remember when they started.

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

I got to see Kiss when I was only 9 years old! All of us kids in school would trade the bubblegum cards and one of the moms volunteered to chaperone us to the concert-she sat there with her hands over her ears through most of it .

I am officially jealous of you!!!! Although I was very much into the classic 80`s music of the day.......I adored groups like Kiss, Queen etc, I like most music..........but I was very aggrieved when mum declared I was too young........I really think older brother no1 just didn't want me tagging along.........probably!!!

Worked on my MNSSHP costume today after to see Haunted Mansion maid hats were going for $50 on etsy. Ha, less than $10, a few pricked fingers and I'm good to go. Now if the Disney store ever gets around to shipping DH's butler tshirt, I can cross that off my list.

Carole - I adore that picture haha.

Was supposed to go to Hershey park and caving but have concerns the rain might shift a bit west...up in the air for us. One of the few weekends (holiday or not) that the mr will have a few days off. At least we'll grab whatever family is milling about and head up to Labor Day festival on Sunday - circus, music, petting zoo, carnival, big flea market, food trucks & b-i-n-g-o.

I've seen 2 of their farewell tours with tween son

Jealous now of you too seeing Kiss.......lol.........glad you never went caving!!!! Worrying at the best of times.........have a great weekend with the family.........

We do need pics of the event with your outfits on..........



Dull and quite cool today.........supposed to be going to a cheese and wine event tonight.........I don't like most cheeses very much. Will see what we feel like later.........

Have a great Friday............

 

[Mom2Stitch]

Mom2Stitch - How exciting! You'll need to report back about HHN. We've never done it before but there's a chance the timing could work out next year. (We'll be there this year during that time but we will have kids with us who shouldn't do it).

Mac - Good luck with your son's surgery. Good luck with the drive right now though. My area has a high wind warning starting tomorrow morning so check wind problems too. (But, I'd have to look at a map to see where Valdosta is located. I did notice Atlanta looked fine).




I miss not having a countdown. I can say I'll be in Orlando in 27 days or less but that's about it. This is so different from my last very planned out trips. This one even includes Disney and we're not very planned out. I guess it will be a different type of trip - and I'm okay with that. (Not that I ever planned Universal out much other than days. But I planned Disney more and more every trip due to the beast of planning for Disney). I would like to figure out which milkshake would be the best to try at Toothsome before we go though. And make sure I get to finally ride the new and improved Hulk. Hulk was closed on our last two trips so I'm really looking forward to that one.

kohlby- I'll be glad to report back on the decorations and props, but won't be attending the HHN either-it won't be started until after we are gone .

@macraven I'm so sorry you are stuck good thoughts to you to get home safe and sound quickly.

@schumigirl I'm a gal from the 80's, music was what I lived for. Even now I can name most 80's songs and who sang them within hearing a few notes-I'd make some serious money on that old game show "Name that Tune", but only on 80's songs . Loving the Minions!

 

[Mom2Stitch]

So the ticker below says 2 days until Universal, which is true, however we will be loading the car up and heading to Nashville, TN in the morning. This upcoming vacation was suppose to have been to WDW for 10 days, but knee surgery and other health issues kind of put a damper on that. Despite my determination, DH convinced me that it would be too hot and too much walking to attempt for that long.

Then I managed to win tickets to see Garth Brooks at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on 9/8. It is a concert he is doing for Sirius XM to launch his own channel. So instead of losing airfare and just sitting at home we decided to give Universal a shot for a few days. We will fly out of Nashville for our Uni trip and then back for the concert. Needless to say I'm beyond excited about my upcoming week!

So today I'm going to do a little work (I'm lucky in that I work from home), some housework to tidy up, and still have to pack (I don't normally put that off so late). Trying to stay focused is going to be challenging because once I get this close to a trip I have serious issues staying on task!

 

[Lynne G]

That is awesome Mom. Always like it when a plan comes together. Safe travels and enjoy.

Morning all. Had to be the alarm again. Boy is still not into that back to school swing. Friday indeed. Long weekend will see teens sleep to noon. They are night owls. They did not get that from me.

So, off to do errands, and buy the boy a big cup of coffee to wake him up. I may try iced tea. It is overcast and a shocking low temperature to start the second day of September. No matter though, shorts and t shirts are still worn. Muggy anyone?

Lots of news for our Jersey shore folks. Nasty rip currants started yesterday. Depending on how inland that storm comes, we may get rain, or much heavier rain on Sunday. Stay safe Mac and all those homies already in the storms' path. I hope you make it home soon Mac.



It is Friday y'all! TGIF

 

[macraven]

Did you have knee surgery ?

Ouch!


Does take time to recover from that


Enjoy your double trip vacation
Garth and the darkside

 

[cam757]

@macraven, had to go back several pages to catch up. Sounds like a nice ceremony for your parents, despite the rain. Hope you get home soon. Your September sounds like mine. Every weekend tied up. Prayers for your son having surgery and congrats to your son graduating.

@Mom2Stitch, Sounds like a great trip coming up. Glad you will miss the storm.


No big Labor Day plans here. Glad we did not plan anything now since Hermine will be blowing by tomorrow. Need to go out today to finish school shopping for DS. Hope everyone in Hermine's path stays safe and dry.

 

[schumigirl]

@schumigirl I'm a gal from the 80's, music was what I lived for. Even now I can name most 80's songs and who sang them within hearing a few notes-I'd make some serious money on that old game show "Name that Tune", but only on 80's songs . Loving the Minions!

That is me too!!! We could party together like its 1999 I'll bet you

Soon as I hear the start I can name what it is and who sang it and when it came out in the charts........it completely drives my son nuts!!! We have an 80's radio station on in the car and at home constantly........love 80's music! And I try and explain to Kyle that way back then, music was so important to growing up.......especially as we had nothing like the internet think that is hard for kids of today to imagine........lol......sound as if I'm 195!! But it was a different time.........music was so much fun and clothes were colourful and exciting! Dressing up as Madonna.......lol......well, we thought we did!

Such nostalgia..........I'm listening to Duran Duran's Rio cd right now.........and been told it's too loud.......

Enjoy Garth............



Off out when DH gets back today........got few things to pick up.......decided to give wine tasting a miss.......night in I think and drink our own wine..........

 

[Mom2Stitch]

Did you have knee surgery ?

Ouch!


Does take time to recover from that


Enjoy your double trip vacation
Garth and the darkside

Yep the scope surgery for torn meniscus and arthritis, but stronger every day. Feel so fortunate that I'm able to go.

2016 has not been a good year for me and DH, heck it's not been a good year for a lot of the world I guess . I just really appreciate that I get to have this break away from real life for a bit.

 

[Mom2Stitch]

That is me too!!! We could party together like its 1999 I'll bet you

Soon as I hear the start I can name what it is and who sang it and when it came out in the charts........it completely drives my son nuts!!! We have an 80's radio station on in the car and at home constantly........love 80's music! And I try and explain to Kyle that way back then, music was so important to growing up.......especially as we had nothing like the internet think that is hard for kids of today to imagine........lol......sound as if I'm 195!! But it was a different time.........music was so much fun and clothes were colourful and exciting! Dressing up as Madonna.......lol......well, we thought we did!

Such nostalgia..........I'm listening to Duran Duran's Rio cd right now.........and been told it's too loud.......

Enjoy Garth............



Off out when DH gets back today........got few things to pick up.......decided to give wine tasting a miss.......night in I think and drink our own wine..........

OMG, that's so cool! We might be kindred spirits! You are so right, it was an awesome time to live in. I remember we would stay up all night watching MTV-you know when they had actual music videos! Heck that's where our culture came from, no facebook or twitter-you had to have MTV to know what was cool. Also dressed up like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. And I also have the 80's channel from SiriusXM in the car, bebopping all the way down the road. Love Duran Duran, had them and Bon Jovi posters all over my room. Good times....thanks for being 195 with me .

Enjoy your night with the wine, sounds like a wonderful evening to me.

 

[macraven]

Yep the scope surgery for torn meniscus and arthritis, but stronger every day. Feel so fortunate that I'm able to go.

2016 has not been a good year for me and DH, heck it's not been a good year for a lot of the world I guess . I just really appreciate that I get to have this break away from real life for a bit.

Meniscus is a nasty surgery to heal from
I tore mine in half some years back had surgery and pt took months

You will heal but will be sore for a good 6 months
But, You will be better and back to new
Feel strong soon and enjoy your upcoming trip!

 

[tink1957]

Bon voyage @Mom2Stitch ...say hello to Garth for me

Tink thanks so much for all your help. Look forward to saying a big thank you in person

I was glad to give it to someone who needed it and happy we were successful in coordinating. See you at the party

 

[keishashadow]

The 80's are over? I still rock big hair

Mac honestly, could the trip get any more challenging for you? I'd be

Hard to believe the MNSSHP is up & running. Wonder if U has considered moving their's up a week. Might be difficult to get scareactors to commit to that length

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Jealous now of you too seeing Kiss.......lol.........glad you never went caving!!!! Worrying at the best of times.........have a great weekend with the family.........

We do need pics of the event with your outfits on..........
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Aw, do we have to wear clothes? Was going for scary

We had settled upon just doing the caving, then driving up to Erie for beach, skipping Hershey. I managed to get a piece of lace stuck on inside of eye lid that scratched my eye. Look like a one-eyed monster right now, but at least got the metallic thread out After tossing & turning most of night woke up the mr to play doctor. Dawned on me a bit too late that having a man half asleep coming at my eyeball with a q-tip might be a bad idea. He did well, even went and got me an ice bag afterwards. I"m downing pots of coffee, chocolate stash might get attacked next...I'm told it has caffeine in it

 

[schumigirl]

OMG, that's so cool! We might be kindred spirits! You are so right, it was an awesome time to live in. I remember we would stay up all night watching MTV-you know when they had actual music videos! Heck that's where our culture came from, no facebook or twitter-you had to have MTV to know what was cool. Also dressed up like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. And I also have the 80's channel from SiriusXM in the car, bebopping all the way down the road. Love Duran Duran, had them and Bon Jovi posters all over my room. Good times....thanks for being 195 with me .

Enjoy your night with the wine, sounds like a wonderful evening to me.

Kindred spirits........like that one, I drove my parents mad with posters on the walls of my room.......but, you had to.........yep, not a bad way to spend a Friday night........safe travels to you..........

I was glad to give it to someone who needed it and happy we were successful in coordinating. See you at the party

Glad you could get that done Vicki...........nice to be able to share........

The 80's are over? I still rock big hair

Mac honestly, could the trip get any more challenging for you? I'd be

Hard to believe the MNSSHP is up & running. Wonder if U has considered moving their's up a week. Might be difficult to get scareactors to commit to that length

.

Aw, do we have to wear clothes? Was going for scary

We had settled upon just doing the caving, then driving up to Erie for beach, skipping Hershey. I managed to get a piece of lace stuck on inside of eye lid that scratched my eye. Look like a one-eyed monster right now, but at least got the metallic thread out After tossing & turning most of night woke up the mr to play doctor. Dawned on me a bit too late that having a man half asleep coming at my eyeball with a q-tip might be a bad idea. He did well, even went and got me an ice bag afterwards. I"m downing pots of coffee, chocolate stash might get attacked next...I'm told it has caffeine in it

The 80's will never be over...........such a fun decade!!! I still aspire to marry Phil Oakey of the Human League and of course Gorgeous George Michael........not much chance there! Not that I'd swap my husband for anyone of course.............

Maybe clothes is a good idea after all....although sounds like you're having a nightmare right now.........sounds awful!!!

Is your eye better today? You did make me laugh though with that post........lol........visions of your mister aiming for your eye half asleep........really not funny...........but the other side of me sees the humour there........the mister did well though......eyes are so sensitive! So, hope it's better today........yep, chocolate or wine soothes everything (always wine for me)



Had a lovely Friday night..........oodles of wine, snacks and Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone........the first one is so innocent and not as dark as the later ones..........those first glimpses of Hogwarts are unforgettable........and of course the inimitable Alan Rickman..............what a star.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday........bed here in around an hour or so.............

 

[keishashadow]

Really going to miss watching Alan Rickman in future films.

Since high school & to this day, my #1 singer crush is still Mick Jagger. May not be the most handsome man on the planet but the way he dances to this day throughout a concert. Let's just say he has, ahem, endurance not to mention buckets of $

Found old eye Rx, numbing properties - yea - don't feel a thing now lol. Yes, it was difficult not to laugh about it. Tried to be quiet. God forbid my youngest would hear a ruckus in middle of night & walk in upon that sight, would think us bonkers for sure.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Thank you Keisha, schumi, Lynne, robo, monyK, homies

Yes a lot of rain today from the skies and my eyes

4 in the honor guard and the lone trumpeter did Taps in heavy rain

Not sure where the storm will hit now
I am in Gainesville tonight and heard Ga is in line for heavy rain
75 does not seem to be good on Friday

I have no idea of when I can return home as brother now needs me

Internet here spotty now but will be back later when connection is better

Yes I did want rain but I meant for the area over my house and not here

big hugs Mac

 

[SharkyGoddess]

I'm caught up reaing... I think. Happy Birthdays! and happy countdowns all around!

This week has been WILD! My tiny Timex dog (Tod the Pomeranian) was bit or stung by something and with in a 2 hour time span he went from itching his face (me thinking it was just his normal scratches) to swelling up to about half a golf ball size, to bursting right before my eyes. Litterally splitting open! The vet saw him the next morning and because he's so small he wanted to wait until he had 2 days antibiotics then he sedated him and did his dental (which he needed) and also checking the whole face thing. When he shaved the hair back the thing on his face was HUGE. He could stick his finger tip in and the opening was this freakishly clean, straight line. Sooo... my 6 lb fluffball had 2 staples in his cheek and required several teeth pulled. While we know his dental issues are not the cause of the cheek issue, we still have no clue what bit/stung him.

 

[kohlby]

OMG, that's so cool! We might be kindred spirits! You are so right, it was an awesome time to live in. I remember we would stay up all night watching MTV-you know when they had actual music videos! Heck that's where our culture came from, no facebook or twitter-you had to have MTV to know what was cool. Also dressed up like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. And I also have the 80's channel from SiriusXM in the car, bebopping all the way down the road. Love Duran Duran, had them and Bon Jovi posters all over my room. Good times....thanks for being 195 with me .

Enjoy your night with the wine, sounds like a wonderful evening to me.

Count me in too. My kids can hear a song and instantly know if it's 80's. They complain about most of them but deep down, I think they like those songs too. I'm just glad radio stations call it 80's music and not something that would make me feel old.