Something About Nothing ... #12

[kohlby]

KI 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.............

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I still remember the day my friends and I found out our chances of marrying George Michael were indeed zero. But, but, that butt. It was a sad day for us.

 

[tinydancer09]

My 80s station is my favorite for road trips with friends. We love it.

and WOW. Calling @pcstang, how close are you to tally?
Maybe you won't have power for a while.
All other in Florida. ROLL CALL!

Last couple of days have been a little nuts for us. We've been on a roller coaster ride and not the good kind. The rock wall breached at high tide Wednesday and it turned into a hurricane expected to reach 80+ instead of 75. We sent people home. 5 chose to stay in houses that were in no risk areas. It was too close to call with the forecast tracking going back and forth.
All was well down at the coast. They barely saw anything. It's hard to be in charge of the well being of others. I can do my own storm preparedness all day, but the safety of others?

Back in GA.. as soon as it hit land it started going north. We were in it for about 7 hours. Around 11:30 I moved to my window watching the windows. 30-40mph Sustained winds with gusts up to 70/80MPH have been recorded in our town. It started at around 11:30ish and I went to bed at 5 with it still going. My brother went down at 6AM it was still going.. and my sister said it was still decently gusty at 6:45 when she took the dog out. Over 21,000 accounts in my area lost power. Over 130,000 accounts within the greater Tallahassee area. They're saying it could be up to a week before Tally is fully restored. Trees everywhere. I've heard of very few injuries up this way. And we were on the good side. Tally got it worse than us.... and anyone to the east of the storm got it WAY worse.

Hope all up north are prepared.

@macraven I hope you're okay whereever you are down there. I was watching those feeder bands move through yesterday and they were NOT friendly. The storm was also not kind to Valdosta which houses 175. I'm sure they got that cleared pretty quickly on the interstate though.

It's been 11 years since the last land falling hurricane.... and that one was a minimal one! On a personal note it was another day in the life of a Floridian/South Georgian. On a business note... I need a glass of wine.

Anyways. College Football for me starts tomorrow! Hope all else are well... I'm a little woozy from lack of sleep. Good night everyone!

 

[pcstang]

I'm a hour a 15 minutes west of tally in the SE corner of AL. We didn't get a drop of rain or wind. I was hoping all your renters were ok. We got lucky but I could use some rain...FSU plays Monday night! I think you have your days mixed up! Lol

 

[schumigirl]

 

[Mom2Stitch]

@SharkyGoddess sounds scary, poor little guy. It's hard when the fur babies are sick/injured, they don't understand what's going on. Prayers he's well soon.

 

[schumigirl]

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.

Everyone who has met Mick Jagger always have good things to say about him, and that he has "something" about him.........crushes aren't always obvious to others though........some of mine always cause a double take.......lol

lol......now I`m laughing at junior walking in on that scene!!!!

I still remember the day my friends and I found out our chances of marrying George Michael were indeed zero. But, but, that butt. It was a sad day for us.

I always wonder how we didn't know!!!!!! Looking back on the videos now, it was so obvious!! I think we were so much more naïve than teens are today..........



Grey, dull and cool today. Feels downright chilly actually..........ready for some sunshine and heat..........today, going out for some gardening stuff.......always a joy on a Saturday afternoon. Will watch qualifying from Italian GP first though....

Chinese takeout tonight I think.........

11 sleeps...........well, 12 till we fly!

Have a good Saturday........

 

[Monykalyn]

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.

Ha-my kids know some of my '80's music better than me! The marching band even plays some songs during games-1st time I heard the songs I told my kid those were MY songs and that they had their own era of music. To which she replied-todays music all sounds the same-80's were much better.
@SharkyGoddess hope the lil guy is feeling better now! poor doggie

got the college kid last night - think we are heading to lake today and tonight, home Sunday evening so we can relax before driving the kid back to school. Her brother was so excited to his sister he literally shoved me aside to get to her LOL. DD is holding her chicken right now so all is well

 

[Lynne G]

Oh Sharky, I hope your little fur baby is feeling better soon. Poor dog. My lab was allergic to grass pollen, so she had red eyes and hives all over when it was that time of year. Maybe your guy was allergic to a spider bite or bee/wasp sting?

Overcast day, and maybe some rain on Monday as they think the storm will hang around just offshore. Some are saying it could be another Sandy for our shore. I hope not.

Enjoy this Saturday and stay dry and safe all you homies in the storm's path.

 

[keishashadow]

Vain enough to not want to go out of house without a bit of eye makeup. Probably not a good idea with eye still bit of oozey mess. Don't wear much makeup but unless I have at least a smokey eye, feel quite nakie.

TD - eek, had thought u might be far enough west to skip the mess. Can't believe you'd have to send people home...as in I'd have high-tailed it out already! Do your peeps buy rental/storm insurance of the type that reimburses them if a declared storm is predicted?

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.

Was he wandering around in your yard? Wondering if perhaps a snake or other varmit vs allergic reaction. We're near woods and get our share of creepy crawlies. Our pooch goes after them when she sees them, has thick double coat of fur but now & again they 'strike home'. Have done of our share of visits to vet as the bites tend to get infected easily. Anyway, hope your little furballl is doing better now

I still remember the day my friends and I found out our chances of marrying George Michael were indeed zero. But, but, that butt. It was a sad day for us.

Butt, butt...yes, the announcement got so much press. Nice that times have changed to point where those in public eye don't have to fear being themselves.

 

[macraven]

Home late last night and will reply more to all when I am on my iMac

But for now I missed all the homies here very much!

TinyD hope you are safe now and let us know more when you can

A mess leaving late yesterday from Gainesville
Workers were out to remove fallen palm trees at brothers apt complex
It stormed all thursdY night to early morning Friday

Windy And rain on my 75 drive
Valdosta and Macon had road issues
Could see fallen trees and branches

Driving in the wind was something I dreaded

Home now and today I get the luggage out of the car

Later homies

 

[Monykalyn]

Glad to hear you

Home late last night and will reply more to all when I am on my iMac

But for now I missed all the homies here very much!

TinyD hope you are safe now and let us know more when you can

A mess leaving late yesterday from Gainesville
Workers were out to remove fallen palm trees at brothers apt complex
It stormed all thursdY night to early morning Friday

Windy And rain on my 75 drive
Valdosta and Macon had road issues
Could see fallen trees and branches

Driving in the wind was something I dreaded

Home now and today I get the luggage out of the car

Later homies

Glad you are home safe Mac! My DDS friend in central Florida college is still without power. She's having a blast though. Ahh youth!

 

[macraven]

One thing upsetting was no tv of Internet At times down there due to weather

 

[tink1957]

Glad our mac is back safe and sound...youse was missed

@SharkeyGoddess try looking up wolf worm on Google and see if that sounds like what your pup had...nasty things that hatch on pets...I had a dog and cat that got one...not for the faint of heart.

Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend

 

[schumigirl]

One thing upsetting was no tv of Internet At times down there due to weather

Lol.......yep, that's never fun!!!

Glad you're home safe............



Had the laziest day ever today..........did absolutely nothing except have a 2 hour snooze.........lol.......it was fabulous! Can't remember last time I slept so long during the day!

It's so dark, rainy and miserable outside so, was quite cosy.........ordering Chinese food soon........think dh going to pick it up as it's quicker than delivery to us.......

Then movie night.........thinking about watching The Conjuring or something else scary........like a good scare!

Enjoy rest of your weekend.........

 

[Robo56]

All other in Florida. ROLL CALL!

It bypassed our area. We have had a couple of thunderstorms with some wind but it has been sunny last couple of days.

Lynne I think I remember reading that you were supposed to be celebrating birthdays this weekend.




Mac glad to hear you made it home safely

 

[Robo56]

Schumi I will send you some sun

Here's a pic of hubbys cactus. I think they are called queens of the night. The blooms open at night then close in the morning. Was able to catch the blooms before they closed.

Had some visitors

 

[mcjw2011]

We had some rain and a bit of wind up here in the Raleigh-Durham area. The power went out, but came back on barely two hours after.

Thoughts for those injured, incapacitated or without power down in the Georgia/Florida areas.

 

[Robo56]

Tinyd glad to hear you are all ok.

 

[macraven]

and mcjw2011

Your kind thoughts are appreciated!



And now that you posted here, we expect you to stay with us now

Once you post in our family chat thread, you are a redhead like us

We love newbies and enjoy adding to our family here

 

[macraven]

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