Something About Nothing ... #12

[schumigirl]

Happy late afternoon everyone .

Keisha congratulations to your granddaughter.. She is cute. She looks like she is thrilled with her bear.

KY hope everything turns out ok with your mom-in-law and you can still make your trip.

Pcstang and Keisha need some advice. Which do you think is the best view at Sapphire Falls. Pool view or Lagoon view. Grandkids and I might be getting to Universal a day early on our trip so might try SF before we move over to other onsite hotel.





I feel your pain. Was pulling weeds yesterday (Ragweed) have never had it in my flower beds before. Benadryl and cortisone nasal spray were my friends yesterday.

Get better pcstang and schumi .

Went to Kings Island a few times years ago.

Holiday world has some nice coasters. The Raven is a wooden coaster. It will give you a good jarring. It's comes up about 1/2 to 3/4 up your back. Can't ride it anymore to rough. Used to go every May for JDRF walk.

Thanks Robo........I say year after year......But I don't have hay fever.........and ever year it gets worse......so gonna have to accept it I think.......cannot do that nasal spray!!! Kyle used one for years since he was about 4.....couldn't watch! He outgrew his......glad you had some relief, will pop to pharmacist later.

Glad you're going to enjoy SF.......we were so impressed with the whole place, didn't expect to like it as much as we did and especially enjoyed Strong water Tavern....... We were so lucky to be given a personal tour of the whole hotel last year, and thought the rooms were beautiful too. Hope you like it.........

Keisha - that lil girl is gonna be a star!

Hope she is better soon! And ALWAYS ask questions of the doctor if you don't understand something! ALWAYS! It is very easy for medical professionals to forget not everyone speaks our medical jargon and that patients understand what terms mean. If the staff doesn't volunteer what they are doing or what meds are being given ASK! ALWAYS! please be an advocate for your family. It is ok if they don't yet know the plan, but they should be communicating that to you

That is so true. Question everything. When our son was 18 he had back surgery......very young, and we were lucky the neurosurgeon was crystal clear with us......but if he hadn't been so understanding of our concerns and was clear with us I wouldn't have stopped asking questions till We understood everything.........

Doctors are supposed to help you understand. StL......don't be afraid to question them..........


Just waved both off to work........and it's raining. Lightly, but rain. Grey skies so, doubt it's going to brighten up anytime soon.

No bacon this morning.......poached eggs again.........then have my friends little granddaughter for about an hour this morning while friend goes for her hospital appointment. Adorable little girl.......and I have no minion band aids left......she loves them!

Have a great Tuesday........

 

[schumigirl]

 

[Lynne G]

Good Morning! And the sun is shining brightly again. We'll have one more day of early summer, then the cold front comes in and brings rain tonight, and lowers the temperature by 10 degrees, then 10 more degrees at the end of the week. Though, the 60's are our normal temperature this year. At least the next rain is to be Saturday night, so thankfully the week-end soccer games will be dry.

Will have to remember to pack minion band aids for Schumi. Schumi will have to find something else to entertain little one. What a cutie though. Needing a band aid.

 

[Chuckers]

Good Morning! Beautiful day here in the Boston Burbs! Supposed to be 80 today.. so, of course, everyone is going to complain that it's too hot for this time of year. I love it! 4 months, 22 weeks, 152 days until the darkside!
I get in on a Sunday and that night I am going to go to MNSSHP with a dear friend who lives in Orlando. Vacation plans are really starting to gel! I have to work on renting a car for one day while I am there so I can go to Busch Gardens. I'm glad RPR has a Hertz on site!

 

[keishashadow]

Love the thunderbolt and the jack rabbit!
Did I spy the steel phantom? We rode it right after it was built I think at that time it was the fastest steel coaster. I remember going up the initial hill, after seeing before we rode, thinking "that's not much of a drop." Until you hit the peak ad realize how far down into the valley the drop was! Back seat on the wood coasters are the best. Lots of air time!

Yes and you get the optical illusion looking down the mountain into the river valley that makes it seem even longer! Air time is the best, well, that and your head still shaking five minutes after getting beat up on a great wooden coaster haha. If you don't go home with black & blue marks you didn't do it up right

Having kids over for wing night, whee. Thinking i didn't buy enough, back to store i go . GD on spring break, will be here till thursday night. Made sure to hit up michaels for crafts to occupy her. Not about to mess with making slime. Was excited to see they still sell those looms/bands to make pot holders. Figure since she's nuts for making those friendship bracelets it should be a hit. If not I'll have something to do lol

 

[Robo56]

Morning everyone . Cloudy rainy start to the day here.

Schumi so nice that you were given a private tour of SF. Looks beautiful. Look forward to seeing it this trip and having a over night there.

Thanks Pcstang and Keisha on your room advice.

Have to go get labs this morning. Then off to store to buy a little Easter candy. Having some family over for Easter dinner and always have a Easter egg hunt for my sisters little grandchildren. Will stay away from the front flower bed though. Saw a big garter snake that has taken up residence there in the decorative rock wall. Have never seen a snake there before.

 

[wagman67]

Okay, I have been having another issue with this forum (the website, not the people). In Chrome, on several computers (but not all), approximately every 25 seconds, the pages scrolls all the way to the bottom of the page...like someone clicked the 'End' key on the keyboard. I scroll back to where I was...about 25 seconds later...bam, again. It is not happening on this computer and I have tried to reproduce it using Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge browsers, but it doesn't happen on either of them. Is anyone else experiencing this? It just started yesterday for me.

Good Morning! Beautiful day here in the Boston Burbs! Supposed to be 80 today.. so, of course, everyone is going to complain that it's too hot for this time of year. I love it!

I hear you...we have hit 80 about half the days of April, and the weather people are acting like it has never happened before. They keep saying this is the most days, in early April, we have been "in the 80's" since 18something...so, a couple of things...1. You just pointed out that more days in the 80's has happened...just not in a while. And...2. We are talking that the temperatures skirt right at 80, not like it was mid 80's all day. But, they have to get in their 'I told you so' about climate change.

I am not a climate change denier...I know there is climate change...and I know that industrialized man has and is contributing to the speed of that change. I just don't buy the hype that Al Gore spews. And I really don't buy the hype that all we have to do to solve our Carbon Emissions Crisis is to pay someone for Carbon Credits (cause that'll make it go away...somehow).

I do what I can reasonably do, which is recycle as much as possible...when I lived in the city, I did mass transit.

But, I did have someone point something out that made me think 'okay, never thought of that'...he said (I am paraphrasing) "If industrialized man is to be blamed for it all, why are all of these weather records that are being broken...just now breaking the previous records that were from pre-to-early industrialized times?" He was mainly pointing out that climate has a cycle of it's own. Take it for how you want, I am not arguing the point either way...I tend to see both sides of this argument.

Anyway, off the soap-box, and back to work. Have a fine day, whatever your weather.

 

[ky07]

Good afternoon homies.
We got some good news about mother in law and she doesn't have a fractured back but they are still running more tests and waiting on the doctor but they say everything is looking good

 

[wagman67]

Good afternoon homies.
We got some good news about mother in law and she doesn't have a fractured back but they are still running more tests and waiting on the doctor but they say everything is looking good

I hope she recovers quickly.

 

[wagman67]

Okay guys, I just cracked myself up...I was reading a thread and saw a signature ticker that said 1 month 1 week 5 days until Universal...I thought 'hey, that's close to when I am going...let me check mine and see how close'...well, it was really close, because I was reading my own ticker...doh!!!

 

[macraven]

Okay guys, I just cracked myself up...I was reading a thread and saw a signature ticker that said 1 month 1 week 5 days until Universal...I thought 'hey, that's close to when I am going...let me check mine and see how close'...well, it was really close, because I was reading my own ticker...doh!!!

Hahahahahaha hahahahahaha

That is a hoot!

 

[Lynne G]

Sending good thoughts KY. Good news so far. I hope she goes home and is fully recovered quickly.

HaHa, Wag. That deserves a D'Oh.

 

[macraven]

Good afternoon homies.
We got some good news about mother in law and she doesn't have a fractured back but they are still running more tests and waiting on the doctor but they say everything is looking good

Wonderful news !

Hope your trip is still a go

 

[ky07]

Wonderful news !

Hope your trip is still a go

So far it's still a go and already have room and rental car booked and now just have to figure out how many days we can afford for the tickets to the dark side and we will be all set

 

[agavegirl1]

KY...great news about mom-in-law. Here's hoping for good test results. I was thinking about your dilemma today.

I'd also like some opinions on good views for Sapphire Falls from anyone who has been there..pc? Schumi? After talking to DH and showing him some pictures...he wants to stay at Portofino instead of Hard Rock before our Sapphire stay. He loves the PBR and thinks HR will be too "loud".

I'm going to go back and read what I previously skimmed now that I have some time.

I am actually home from work already and have the day off tomorrow to prepare for the big rush Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Then, back to part time after recuperating for a week.

It's sunny and in the low 50's here.

 

[wagman67]

KY...great news about mom-in-law. Here's hoping for good test results. I was thinking about your dilemma today.

I'd also like some opinions on good views for Sapphire Falls from anyone who has been there..pc? Schumi? After talking to DH and showing him some pictures...he wants to stay at Portofino instead of Hard Rock before our Sapphire stay. He loves the PBR and thinks HR will be too "loud".

I'm going to go back and read what I previously skimmed now that I have some time.

I am actually home from work already and have the day off tomorrow to prepare for the big rush Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Then, back to part time after recuperating for a week.

It's sunny and in the low 50's here.

I can't speak for SF, but we are staying at HRH for the first time, next month. We usually stay at RPR, but we have stayed at PB. I agree with your husband, it is really nice...and it is secluded from everything else. It truly was a standalone environment...and that is also it's downfall for me. Again, I loved the place, but it was so far from the parks...compared to HRH and RPR...I think there may be a couple of offsite hotels that are closer (not kidding). And we were rooming as far from the boat dock as possible. I prefer to walk, but my wife prefers the boats (boys don't care...rather, I don't care about their opinion on such matters). It sounds like I am complaining, but we honestly had one of our best stays there...and the boys really were able to to do a lot of exploring just at the hotel. And yeah, it is super romantic...well, when we ditched the boys.

I am looking forward to being a few steps from the parks, this time.

 

[Robo56]

We have stayed at all the resorts except CB and SF and we love PB. We never get tired of it. Grandbabies love it there and keep requesting it as their fav place to stay. It is the farthest away from the parks, but that's why I like it...LOL...I'am older and after a day in the parks I enjoy the seclusion

HRH will be fun for the teens and it is very conveniently close to Universal. You will have a great time Wagman67 with the the family.

We are going to try and get over to try some restaurants at HRH. Looking forward to a meal at the kitchen and the Palm. After all the years we have been to Universal have never had a meal there.

Ky07 great to hear no fracture. Hope as tests come in good news will prevail and they can find out what's wrong with your mom-in-law and help her.

agavegirl1 we are going to try out SF for one night before we move over to PB. Looks beautiful. Made ressie for a Lagoon view.

 

[macraven]

Wag, you will absolutely love hrh

I stayed there exclusively for years until I moved over to rpr

Hrh does not have much for eateries
The Kitchen was great but with my longer stays I did more eating at city walk

Take the elevator and check out the lobby sections on each floor at hrh

Music memorabilia is different for each floor

 

[wagman67]

Wag, you will absolutely love hrh

I stayed there exclusively for years until I moved over to rpr

Hrh does not have much for eateries
The Kitchen was great but with my longer stays I did more eating at city walk

Take the elevator and check out the lobby sections on each floor at hrh

Music memorabilia is different for each floor

Thanks for the tips...will do.

 

[schumigirl]

So far it's still a go and already have room and rental car booked and now just have to figure out how many days we can afford for the tickets to the dark side and we will be all set

Glad to hear that news.......sounds positive. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy your trip without too much worry about your MiL.