Something About Nothing ... #12

[schumigirl]

Some idjit turned off the ice maker - me .

Just noticed you used the word idjit.........although being from Scotland I would spell that "eedjit" lol.......same language with a slight difference again........love that word......I use it a lot talking about some folks!!

This world has gone crazy...so glad we have each other here on the SANs.

Prayers for all our boys in blue

Amen Vicki........those poor police officers and families. Not just today of course. All our boys and girls in blue need our prayers.

 

[tinydancer09]

@keishashadow and @schumigirl ... When I hear igjit I think of Bobby from supernatural.

I'm so sick and tired of the things happening around the world right now. When is it all going to be so much that everyone just says ENOUGH!

I we have had thunder and lightning all around us all week. There was a pretty bad storm that hit just north of us. It come on other side and then connected as soon as it passed us. Hit my old neighborhood and knocked down a few trees. Though I've heard daily thunder I've gotten no less than 1 minute of rain a day if that.
Down at the cape we've had dry conditions and lighting as well. They're very worried about wildfires from the lightning so they've decided to do controlled burns. Apparently they haven't been allowed to do much of that in the last decade so the underbrush has gotten a little out of control.

 

[buckeev]

PLUMB TUCKERED OUT HERE!

#1 son and I are back home after logging a ton of air-miles!...Baltimore was fun...CRABS-CRABS-CRABS! YUMMMM!
Got to "participate" in a couple of real-life protests while there. Incredible pain and anger, but at least these were peaceful. Prayers for our friends in Dallas and Baton Rouge, It's sickening.

Departed Baltimore..."little side-trip" through Orlando, ('cuz we all know that Orlando is almost a direct stop from Baltimore to Houston!).
Spent almost all of our time at Downtown...errr...Disney Springs. Hit a few of the new joints, including Chef Art Smith's Homecoming...(WOW! That CHICKEN!!!)...and D-Luxe Burger...(WOW! That CHICKEN at ART's...)
D-Luxe was actually pretty good though. Meat needs a little something-something though...like seasoning.
Gage spent about 12 hours playing pinball at various places, mainly Disney Quest, and that was actually my #1 goal on the Orlando trip. Plus scouting out some of the DS eats and attractions for our next trips.

Hit several WDW resorts...just to say we did, and enjoyed most of them. Chef Mickey's was better than ever.

 

[macraven]

Welcome back world travelers !

So you were full of crab, eh


I hope the sign you held in the protest said.....

Homies, all fine, send me money if I go to the pokey

 

[keishashadow]

Other than my dolphin float not surving my sons' rough housing today, everything went off well. So hot the butter cream icing started to wilt a bit on the cake eek

PIN question... are y'all getting those through the OU site or through Loews?

UO here too! Come to think of it haven't seen an email from Loews in some time, other than reservation confirmations

Lol......no ice!!! Lost without it in our house.........although my mother is still bemused we buy ice!! She reminds me we can make it easily.......lol......

Mac has rain........yay...........

Ladies, will reply to emails hopefully tomorrow.......yep, emails gone again! Least I have Internet..........



Like RFF we have had a glorious day........warm and sunny and even needed sun cream! Sat in the garden and just chilled out.......moving between shade under the gazebo and sitting in sunshine.......so lovely after the weather we've been having..........To be gorgeous tomorrow and Tuesdsay then not sure.........but glad it's going to be nice tomorrow..........

Went go karting and Raleigh driving yesterday for the day.......Kyle brought 2 uni buddies along and then we went out for dinner with them..........fun day.......even got my butt in the cars! Fantastic time........

Janet.........didn't buy fake tanner, but bought a Loreal product called summer body........like a moisturiser but slowly builds colour.......wasn't sure at first........but wow.......arms and legs are brown as berries..........never had such a good tan in all my life! And no fake tan marks anywhere including bedding..........success! Then I noticed the family picture they take for graduation won't show legs.........lol........well, I'll have brown arms anyway......short sleeved dress though.

Think a group of us, parents included are going out for a meal after the ceremony tomorrow......apparently it's booked and we just need to turn up.


Grumpy moan of the day..........folks that know everything or think they know everything, and have had every medical condition under the sun more than you have...........

Hope everyone had a great Sunday............

Yeas, that's the sort of tanning stuff. Even first day some color. That brand is difficult to find here for some reason. I like avon's smell the best, naturally, they discontinued it this year. Fake bake sorta scares me, you really have to exfoliate first and be careful with the application to avoid streaks. At times it peels off oddly the week after application too. Most I know who like a tan do the spray ones but I think the slow build ones do the trick just fine.

Enjoy tomorrow!

PLUMB TUCKERED OUT HERE!

#1 son and I are back home after logging a ton of air-miles!...Baltimore was fun...CRABS-CRABS-CRABS! YUMMMM!
Got to "participate" in a couple of real-life protests while there. Incredible pain and anger, but at least these were peaceful. Prayers for our friends in Dallas and Baton Rouge, It's sickening.

Departed Baltimore..."little side-trip" through Orlando, ('cuz we all know that Orlando is almost a direct stop from Baltimore to Houston!).
Spent almost all of our time at Downtown...errr...Disney Springs. Hit a few of the new joints, including Chef Art Smith's Homecoming...(WOW! That CHICKEN!!!)...and D-Luxe Burger...(WOW! That CHICKEN at ART's...)
D-Luxe was actually pretty good though. Meat needs a little something-something though...like seasoning.
Gage spent about 12 hours playing pinball at various places, mainly Disney Quest, and that was actually my #1 goal on the Orlando trip. Plus scouting out some of the DS eats and attractions for our next trips.

Hit several WDW resorts...just to say we did, and enjoyed most of them. Chef Mickey's was better than ever.

Best sort of trip! So glad to hear positive comment re Chef Mickey's! Have a dinner res in a month. DS insisted we do our character meal there (even paying for it!). It was pretty darn awful our last go around, probably 10 years ago, haven't been back.

 

[macraven]

Where's my piece of cake?

 

[Lynne G]

Where's my piece of cake?

 

[Lynne G]

Yes it is, and it's hot. Darn laptop is not working right, doing some kinda massive software update. Ugh is all I have to say.

Yay! Buckeev and DS had a great time. Crabbed out indeed. Glad to hear all went well and the food was awesome. I too, like Keisha are glad to hear Chef Mickey's was good. Last time, even the kids have vowed never to return. The food was awful. At least you are not paying the bill. A nice chunk of change for all to eat there, I am sure.

Well, thunderstorms, big ones, are in the hunt. Maybe we'll have rain, maybe not. Either way, that ball of sun is so bright right now, no hope for my puffy hair or not sweaty clothes.

Here's to a great Monday for all. May the coffee be hot, and the tea pot just perfect. Off to make iced tea now.

Good morning!

 

[keishashadow]

Moaning Monday all, think I have a sugar hang-over. I'm Not an ice cream sort to begin with but picked up a couple of half gallons. One was chocolate with chocolate-coated peanut butter footballs (DS is a coach) and it had chocolate syrup in it too. Enough to make one go to the dark side.

Said cake was made with cupcakes. In theory you'd think it'd be easy to serve. Not! They attach the cupcakes in place with a glob of icing, rendering it impossible to hold them without getting hand seriously gooey. I'm all about icing but too messy for me to dive in and grab one. They apply a thick, solid sheet of icing on top of them that sorta drips down between the cupcakes. Cannot imagine the mess if purchased for a kids BD party lol.

Any Star Wars fans here? Rogue One movie trailer looks encouraging, come on December!

Pouring here. Last night storms rolling thru woke me up via a big lightening strike that I swear rattled the Windows.. Don't see any trees down but a few of my sunflowers look decidedly worse for wear.

 

[Lynne G]

Yes, Keisha, kids and I are big SW fans. Trailers seem hopeful, so I am hoping the movie is good. Last one, the kids thought was okay, but not so excited about the new one quite yet.

HeHe, sugar high. Yep, icing and hot do not mix. I had a really nice 5 inch cake with 12 cup cakes from Sam's. Buttercream icing withstood the hot for DS's graduation party. Was just the right amount of cake, and reasonable price. They also did a really good job with the color and writing. We're done partying until the August birthday bash. Yeah, my family has a ton of August birthdays. Little one will be 15 and already told us that she will not drive a Prius if that's the car we will be getting her. Umm, beggars can't be choosers, or, you can walk. Actually, since we have a year to decide, we'll have to see what the recommended kid driving cars are. The expenses never end. LOL

 

[schumigirl]

Buckeev.........love Crab......in most varieties and flavours! Glad you had nice sideline trip..........

Janet.......melting icing! Can you imagine that cake at an all kids party.........lol.......messy! Glad it went well though.......


We have had a fabulous day. DS looked amazing in his cap and gown. So proud of him. We got seats right at the front of the hall as we were there "early" was worth it.

His group was last as they started with the lower degrees and worked up to the Masters degree, but even sitting through all the others was kinda nice. He was so confident walking on stage and loved every second of it.......glad he wasn't nervous........got the perfect picture of him shaking the head guys hand......and of course he saw us and had the biggest smile on his face.

Spent some time in the hospitality centre chatting to everyone, he was thanking his lecturers and such.......then got professional pics done.......of course it was the hottest day on earth today........it was boiling hot! But pics look good, have to wait for them though........

Then a bunch of us went for a celebratory meal. That was nice and a lot of fun.

Now back home and reflecting on the day.........it was marvellous! And unbelievably proud of his achievement.

Melting here though........definitely not a complaint! Beautiful day and tomorrow is to be warmer...........was high 80's today.........

 

[Lynne G]

Congratulations Schumi. Such a great achievement for DS. Glad the day was rain free, even though it was boiling hot.

Just to say, we're at a high boil right now. Even been in a dry sauna? Come on over, we just need to walk outside.

 

[macraven]

Hot here too
At Walmart now


In the next day we will have 99 and the following days at 100

Five days of intense heat

Ac now fixed for now
I'll see if it holds later this week

 

[tinydancer09]

My fellow dance teacher and friend asked my opinion of going to WDW the week after nexted. I LOL'd. They're going to the beach and shooting for WDW over fall break. She's got a 2 going on 3 year old and a 7 month old. Think it'd be too hot for them right now despite the whole lack of FP+ and ADR thing.
What do I love about universal? All I have to do is book a hotel and I'm sitting pretty. I feel like I should be planning more for our September dates at WDW. We don't really do a lot of ADRs though and our FP+ window hasn't opened yet since we're staying off site. I know what dates I'm doing which parks and have for months.
My sister asked me again what the game plan for the 2 day/1 night at UOR is and I laughed again. I'm probably considered rude at this point.... My answer was "Leave the house no later than 9 and stop at chick fila. Check-in. Go to park. " She seems to be anxious about the lack of planning. She'll figure it out when we get there.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Ugh... the heat... it drains me!

Congrats Schumi on son's graduation!

TinyD we're doing wdw this fall too and I've only made one ADR and that's for my dd's 21st bday, other than that I'm waiting to make our FP choices (we're staying off site too). We haven't been to wdw for 7 years. I love it, but it's just so rigid with all of the necessary planning.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

aaaaand I'm still having poopy luck getting my HHN reservations

 

[tinydancer09]

Ugh... the heat... it drains me!

Congrats Schumi on son's graduation!

TinyD we're doing wdw this fall too and I've only made one ADR and that's for my dd's 21st bday, other than that I'm waiting to make our FP choices (we're staying off site too). We haven't been to wdw for 7 years. I love it, but it's just so rigid with all of the necessary planning.

I have a disney bible... it has hour by hour what we're supposed to accomplish. I haven''t done that for September yet.
Whenever we think about a trip I always make an ADR at BOG. We made one for Via Napoli last time but it definitely wasn't needed. We ate at a weird time though...
It's food and wine when we go so I dont want to make a reservation and then not be hungry...

 

[Lynne G]

Wow, I don't think I have ever felt my SUV float down a road before. Oh my god, it was raining so hard, even the fastest windshield wipers did not give a clear view. But, 15 minutes later, kids said no rain at our home. From where I left, the rain dropped the temp from 96 to 75. At home, in the 90s still. Guess the thunderstorm did not like the area around where I work. Bullseye.

Back to programming.......

 

[tink1957]

Wow Lynne...that sounds scary

Glad you made it home safely.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Wow, I don't think I have ever felt my SUV float down a road before. Oh my god, it was raining so hard, even the fastest windshield wipers did not give a clear view. But, 15 minutes later, kids said no rain at our home. From where I left, the rain dropped the temp from 96 to 75. At home, in the 90s still. Guess the thunderstorm did not like the area around where I work. Bullseye.

Back to programming.......

Some SUVs don't like wet roads that's for sure. Glad you made it to work safely!