Something About Nothing ... #12

[schumigirl]

Vicki......been wondering how the kitties were doing..........look forward to seeing any pics you have.........


Today was colder than any day we had in the real winter this year..........sucks!!!

I was in labour 23 hours.........and he was already 2 weeks overdue..........did forget it immediately.....midwife tried to take gas and air off me after couple of hours........she soon realised I wasn't giving that up anytime soon .......she actually told me "you'll get a headache" yes, headache was the prevalent pain at that time.......I never did let go of that mask!!! Epidural too..........preferred gas and air.......

My best friend gave birth almost exactly a year before...........22 minutes giving birth........from start to finish!!!

Almost bed time here.........heating hasn't been off all night.........

 

[pcstang]

TinyD - they do things with no regards to people's businesses. Then wonder why tax revenue is down!

Tink - that is no good. Figured out that the fridge is actually ok. It's the connection where the water line hooks up to the wall. It never ends!

Mac -My wife went through 24 hrs of labor with our first born. I felt really bad for her! The second and third came within a couple of hours.
Definitely better my sister than us! She's used to me giving her a hard time. She try's to give it back to me but, she never wins!

I stopped mowing my lawn a few years ago. It's too damn hot in the summer for me to do it anymore.

 

[tinydancer09]

TinyD - they do things with no regards to people's businesses. Then wonder why tax revenue is down!

Tink - that is no good. Figured out that the fridge is actually ok. It's the connection where the water line hooks up to the wall. It never ends!

Mac -My wife went through 24 hrs of labor with our first born. I felt really bad for her! The second and third came within a couple of hours.
Definitely better my sister than us! She's used to me giving her a hard time. She try's to give it back to me but, she never wins!

I stopped mowing my lawn a few years ago. It's too damn hot in the summer for me to do it anymore.

The scallop size has been getting increasingly smaller over the years and they're getting harder and harder to find. It's nearly impossible to get limit anymore unless you do it before the official opening of the season. I think we should probably just delay the season and keep it shorter. August and September only?
Tax revenue for February was up 3% and off season Oct-Feb was up 13%. Last summer was up 35%.
I mean I really can't blame them. Apalachicola's oyster bed is over fished and having problems with the lack of water coming into the bay which is killing off the remaining amount of oysters. They didn't act fast enough coupled with Mother Nature's wrath. We do need to act fast.... I just wish we would have talked about this in the off-season before booking would have started. I hate people not knowing the full story and being disappointed. Booking for summer has already happened and how many of those are expecting to scallop during their vacation?

This year possibly no scallops, next year dredging?

 

[Lynne G]

Labor giving birth was something I try not to remember. With the first, about 18 hours, the second, I asked for drugs, and well, none for me, as she was coming too fast, and was in labor for less than a hour. My brother sent a picture of my niece, her husband and their baby son. Sweet.

PC, hope this is the end of the fridge issues.

Voted, and the polling place was so warm, I could not wait to get out of there. Couple of thunderstorms have passed through so far, and around midnight, another one or two. They are so brief though, that the road dries within minutes after the rain ended.

Not fair, kid got his tax return, us not yet.

Quiet night after Chinese take out. DD had a track meet and had to run in the rain. Laundry on a week night is not my idea of fun.

Hope all are having a peaceful night.

 

[goNDmay9]

hiya homies!

@pcstang great news about the fridge!!! YAY!

@tinydancer09 The structure young dancers get is amazing!! I love the loving but no nonsense way of teaching when it comes to the littles. It is amazing how much they learn. i have a story i will type out for you later! lol.

also - prices for the on-sites are still going up for the first 2 weeks in may! i did not see this coming. glad i already have ressies. still figuring out how we are going to play out that week though.

 

[macraven]

we put the air on around 8:30 this evening.

 

[buckeev]

So one of the big attractions to our coastal area is that we have a big scallop season that's very popular. People come here especially for that rather than the big name places... Just got an e-mail that they're thinking about cancelling it to preserve the numbers and prevent over fishing. I believe in conserving wildlife.. but this is going to be a big blow to many who have already booked.

Also just got an e-mail from a renter who's being harassed by a neighbor and we're now working on a restraining order. AWESOME TUESDAY!

Hope everyone else is having a better day. I'm going to go make breakfast/lunch/dinner. I haven't had time to eat today. weeeeeee

Galveston/Trinity Bay area resident here! I can understand the frustration there! Mommy Nature-coupled with our human population explosion and general badness-has taken its toll on our once prolific fisheries here. We have our seasons and quotas changed so often, I quit trying to keep up with it all. After Hurricane Icky devastated the majority of the Oyster reefs, the prices went through the roof! (Wait...we lost our roof..so it went through the rafters and beams). The reefs have bounced back quite nicely and prices have held "steady" for a few years now-still expensive-but more predictable.
oh...and by the way...Sorry 'bout my brother harassin' your client!

 

[tinydancer09]

Galveston/Trinity Bay area resident here! I can understand the frustration there! Mommy Nature-coupled with our human population explosion and general badness-has taken its toll on our once prolific fisheries here. We have our seasons and quotas changed so often, I quit trying to keep up with it all. After Hurricane Icky devastated the majority of the Oyster reefs, the prices went through the roof! (Wait...we lost our roof..so it went through the rafters and beams). The reefs have bounced back quite nicely and prices have held "steady" for a few years now-still expensive-but more predictable.
oh...and by the way...Sorry 'bout my brother harassin' your client!

I feel TERRIble but I laughed at the roof "joke." We've watched it happen for years. We had hurricane Ivan which sent water into my favorite oyster raw bar higher than my head. It also prompted the first beach restoration(dredging.) after that storm I went to the Units that were falling in and have been falling in all my life. Went to step and look inside the house... Thought twice and moved the welcome mat. There was a hole under it I would have fallen through. I'm very sorry you all had to deal with that. We still have oysters over here. Come see me and I'll buy you some big bend oysters!

Also take your either back! I can't believe this guy. He's put it all in email. He told my renters "you may live in a trailer park at home, but you're not vacationing in one" BECAUSE they had towels over the rails. Not okay. My renters are like my kids. I'm very protective.

 

[macraven]

tinyD those are some serious pictures........
but right on the ocean so it is a plus for your vacationers..

you and buckeev haven't caught a break from mother nature in the past years.

time that it reverses and repairs are made by the officials so your lives can be less stressful.


buckeev is such a hoot isn't he..

so different from his brother..

 

[pcstang]

I lived through opal in 95 and it devastated Panama City beach. My good friend stayed with me while it was going on. They had built a 12 townhouse unit on the beach about 10 years before opal. The units and most everything on the beach were destroyed. Katrina was supposed to hit PCB too but keep going west thankfully. I'm getting older but I remember paying 99 cents for a dozen raw oysters. The prices are crazy now.

There used to be a killer oyster bar/restaurant in appalach we used to hit all the time. We could watch the oysters getting harvested while we ate. Edited to add after Ivan rolled through and flooded the restraint they decided to quit rebuilding

Thanks ND but I'm assuming that stands for Notre Dame...go NOLES!

 

[macraven]

florida has had some bad devasting hurricanes come through over the years.

i was there when one started on my third day of vacation at UO.
hhn was rained out and most of the crowds, including myself, left by 10 pm.

one year i came the week after the hurricane destroyed so many places

i looked out of the airplane window and saw hundreds of places with the blue tarp over the houses.
no roofs, just tarps.

i do remember when alabama had destruction and of course texas has had devasting situations also.



the one good thing when i lived in the north, no hurricanes.

 

[buckeev]

tinyD those are some serious pictures........
but right on the ocean so it is a plus for your vacationers..

you and buckeev haven't caught a break from mother nature in the past years.

time that it reverses and repairs are made by the officials so your lives can be less stressful.


buckeev is such a hoot isn't he..

so different from his brother..

...
Awwww...you say the sweetest things Mac.
These thunderstorms that have been ripping through the greater Houston area have been nerve wracking, to say the least. We've been fortunate to not have any damage, but a significant % of our business is baseball/softball related, and Baytown-for some reason-has yet to establish a Underwater Baseball League. Since the Lightning strike last April, Gage nearly flips out when a cloud passes over (not to mention last week's 8 inches of TORRENTIAL rain in just a few hours).
On a happier note, The Audubon Society is probably gonna survey our yard and declare it a Nature Preserve.

 

[tinydancer09]

I lived through opal in 95 and it devastated Panama City beach. My good friend stayed with me while it was going on. They had built a 12 townhouse unit on the beach about 10 years before opal. The units and most everything on the beach were destroyed. Katrina was supposed to hit PCB too but keep going west thankfully. I'm getting older but I remember paying 99 cents for a dozen raw oysters. The prices are crazy now.

There used to be a killer oyster bar/restaurant in appalach we used to hit all the time. We could watch the oysters getting harvested while we ate. Edited to add after Ivan rolled through and flooded the restraint they decided to quit rebuilding

Thanks ND but I'm assuming that stands for Notre Dame...go NOLES!

Papa joes was like that too. They finally moved into town. I remember when Katrina was supposed to be a direct hit. We had already taken so much damage in those few years. Dennis had JUST rolled through and now that I'm thinking about I'm wondering if those pictures were from Ivan or Dennis... Somewhere in that 2004-2005 time frame.

@macraven thankfully those pictures are from when I was still in Highschool. We don't have that problem yet and they fixed those units that you see. I believe that was either the last or next to last time they were condemned. They've saved them so many times I can't keep up. Our problems aren't that bad YET. I need calm seas for 2 more years or else we will be like that. That's why it was so important for that vote to pass this year. None of that effects the scallops yet. Oh and we don't have those units. We've just been watching them fall in for a long time. The marking that people do on them is fantastic "as close to the ocean as you can get!" Yep cuz you're almost in it. I can't complain too much. We chose this life knowing the problem it had. Kid Terri would be kicking me right now.

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

Happy Wednesday...........

More hailstones this morning and still cold!!!

Not going out till later, will be well wrapped up........hate the cold......you guys know that.....I may have mentioned it

 

[Lynne G]

Hailstones! Schumi, cold is not my idea of good weather either. We're now in the 50's, and gosh it feels cold. More rain for us the next two days too. Thanks for the pictures. Camel on Wednesday, hump day indeed.

We had thunderstorms yesterday too Buckeev. Short ones though. Poor DD had to wait out the lightning, then had to finish the track meet in the rain. Drowned rat she looked like.

Overcast and cool, windy start to today. Not loving it.

I live close enough to the Jersey shore, and we are still hearing about what Sandy did to the beaches. Once in awhile we get a Nor'easter that does as much damage as a hurricane. We've be dredging down the shore for years. Clams, crab and fish are the main food caught. My brother likes to go fishing when the flounder are around. Blues are okay to, but he likes bay fishing the most.

Well, for this cold day to me and Schumi, enjoy your extra large cup of tea or coffee.

 

[tink1957]

Good morning...coffee time

Will post later when I'm fully awake

 

[Kivara]

Morning all! Same old, same old here. Not that that is a bad thing! However I do not care for the end of the school year, as it seems there is always at least 1 major project assigned, and at least half of it needs to be done by the parent (never understood that)

Hail Schumi! hehe had to

Glad to hear the fridge was OK after all pcstang!

Morning Tink and Lynne!

Interesting to hear about the hurricanes, seafood population, and beach erosion. I've never lived anywhere that wasn't inland, so it sounds like a whole other world. Terrible that you didn't get advanced notice about the scallops though, TinyD. You'd think they could put it together that it is a BIG money making business, and to let people know early, but you know :/

 

[macraven]

Buckeev, you gonna rent out bamboo poles for the back yard?

 

[macraven]

Morning homies!

Weather is a mess every where for a lot of you

Hang tight, once it is May, hopefully it will all change