Something About Nothing ... #12

[schumigirl]

I'm right there with you on never forgetting giving birth! I was in labor for 30 hours and after DS was born DH said to me ....."If I knew it was going to take that long I would have gone home and took a nap." I almost killed him after that statement. I can laugh at it now but he was almost divorced at that time! Lol

How is your mum doing now?

 

[Lynne G]

Oh Keisha, hope you are on the mend soon. Yep, we have nightly visits of raccoons too. They like my neighbor's chickens. He has red flashing lights and reinforced wired fences, and birds have a deluxe chicken house they spend the night in. So far, no chicken dinner. Our trash cans are heavy, and seal tight. I know when they try my other neighbor's cans, his motion spot light shines right in my bedroom window. Guess our hawks are finding enough food, as the rabbits seem plentiful and the multiply like rabbits! Life span of our cottontails is only about 2 years, so I guess I see new guys every year. I can't tell female from male though, so they are all Mr. rabbit.

 

[buckeev]

RED TIDE!!! EEEEKKK!...Wow...That sure brings back memories from my childhood-at least a portion of it. We lived ON THE GALVESTON Seawall in the late..nevermind...-the years aren't important...

(Dad was in the Coast Guard and we lived in the Officer's Housing there. It wasn't "Trump-esque" by any measure, but the location was pretty DOPE. (That means something good, or even great now, right?)

The little micro organ water thingees would up-n-die and then proceed to deposit their dead, rotting, stinkin' bodies on the beach. took 'bout eleventy-billion of them to make a sandal full, but GAWD-DID THEY STINK!

Our mild summer sun and heat would bake them for days-even weeks sometimes.

Can you say RIPE! The Gulf would actually take on a reddish color.

We're a few blocks from the bay now, plus the stuff EXXON Refinery regurgitates make it unlikely we'll ever smell anything resembling that again...at least from our home.

 

[macraven]

what a unique childhood you went thru

 

[tinydancer09]

RED TIDE!!! EEEEKKK!...Wow...That sure brings back memories from my childhood-at least a portion of it. We lived ON THE GALVESTON Seawall in the late..nevermind...-the years aren't important...

(Dad was in the Coast Guard and we lived in the Officer's Housing there. It wasn't "Trump-esque" by any measure, but the location was pretty DOPE. (That means something good, or even great now, right?)

The little micro organ water thingees would up-n-die and then proceed to deposit their dead, rotting, stinkin' bodies on the beach. took 'bout eleventy-billion of them to make a sandal full, but GAWD-DID THEY STINK!

Our mild summer sun and heat would bake them for days-even weeks sometimes.

Can you say RIPE! The Gulf would actually take on a reddish color.

We're a few blocks from the bay now, plus the stuff EXXON Refinery regurgitates make it unlikely we'll ever smell anything resembling that again...at least from our home.

I'm sorry you've had to share in our misery. It's awwwful! Out on Cape San Blas they have this whole state regulation that they're not allowed to remove ANYTHING from the beach. Not even dead rotting fish. It's lovely. So thankful we're not victims too often and that it moved on after "winter" hit. Winter... winter was pretty terrible this year. It didn't get cold enough to kill off the bugs. People are already complaining aye aye aye.

It got to over 90 today here in GA. I couldn't touch my steering wheel for a good mile driving. Was too hot and kept burning my hands. I hate heat.... Where are you christmas?

 

[macraven]

well, it was hot at christmas time and thru/past new years this year in georgia.
had temps up to 80 on a few days.

kept thinking i was going to wake up to snow each morning.
now i am over those nightmares of snow
a year from now i will whine about the heat which will make me a true southern.

tinyD, at what point will it improve for the vacation rental places you have?
a few weeks?
i know it will take years to get the improvements down for the beach.

 

[macraven]

Oh Keisha, hope you are on the mend soon. Yep, we have nightly visits of raccoons too. They like my neighbor's chickens. He has red flashing lights and reinforced wired fences, and birds have a deluxe chicken house they spend the night in. So far, no chicken dinner. Our trash cans are heavy, and seal tight. I know when they try my other neighbor's cans, his motion spot light shines right in my bedroom window. Guess our hawks are finding enough food, as the rabbits seem plentiful and the multiply like rabbits! Life span of our cottontails is only about 2 years, so I guess I see new guys every year. I can't tell female from male though, so they are all Mr. rabbit.

i gather that you don't live in the city but the country.
raccoons, chickens, rabbits, etc.

the kids probably loved that growing up.

 

[buckeev]

what a unique childhood you went thru

Who said it's over!?!!

 

[macraven]

duh, totally forgot who i was talking about here.......
you will always be a kid!

 

[goNDmay9]

Seriously @schumigirl. You should write a cookbook!

@pcstang ha ha. Yes. It does stand for Notre Dame. But I have lots of love for FSU. My BF and half of my bridesmaids graduated from there.

@macraven going home!! Woot woot. booked RPH Club. I need to ramp up my stays to get back to platinum and PBH was still high so I canceled HRH. Found a killer deal on bonnet creek too so we are staying there and double dipping at RPH for one night.

 

[goNDmay9]

@Monykalyn yay!! Congrats. BTW what instrument does your daughter play?

@Lynne G oh yikes. Bless her heart! She had to finish in the rain?? Bet that shower afterwards was epic. I love that you are so involved. I hope I am like that.

@Mrs bluer101 no way did he say that!!! Lol.

@keishashadow egats. Hope you fell better soon. Sending good tummy vibes.

 

[goNDmay9]

Oh. And BF stands for best friend not boyfriend. Ha!!

 

[buckeev]

Double post..Keyboard Operator Error....

 

[buckeev]

Well...Well...WELLL!!! Lookie Here!...Some people sure know how to mess up a Christmas Vacation in Orlando!!!

Not my pic...(Duh-Captain Oblivious)...My "Oldest" Daughter's.

 

[tink1957]

Congrats buck!

 

[schumigirl]

Seriously @schumigirl. You should write a cookbook!
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Lol........my recipes are bits of this and that.......no measurements usually........well, except for certain things I suppose.........I'm not the best baker in the world! Oh yeah I read that as best friend.........lol......easy to get confused though sometimes with all these initials.......

Congrats buckeev......... Hope she's doing ok........Christmas baby...........

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

Hope everyone has a great Thursday.........I'm off out for a mornings shopping with a friend......Sunnis shining and it's not as cold today......yay..........

Catch youse later

 

[Lynne G]

Wahoo Buckeev! Little one making a winter appearance! Congrats Pops!

A beautiful start with frost on the windows! Plants taken in last night. Cool start, relatively bright, but sun is through the clouds. Rain to come every day for the next 3 days. Chance of showers later in the day. Sounds like summer, but the temperature does not.

Thanks for the Thursday pictures Schumi.

Mac, I am definitely not a country girl. LOL

And I need a very large cup of tea. Cool inside too. Have an awesome last Thursday in April.

 

[macraven]

For buckeev's daughter


You need to frame that pic