Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

Happy birthday to Lynne’s husband!!

 

[Lynne G]

Thanks Mac. Good Morning! Hope you are feeling good, and have a cat or two heater on you.

 

[keishashadow]

Lynne happy happy to the mr!

Im stoked, going to wish this guy a happy retirement in October

 

[schumigirl]

Love some Elton John........

Happy Birthday to Mr Lynne G.........hope it’s a good one...........


How much do I love my friends.........

DH was in on this surprise........just after 10 this morning three good friends arrived and whisked me off for a day of pampering at a spa hotel I love..........I hadn’t noticed one of the 3 hadn’t got me a 50th birthday present last September........and this was it........

The spa is beautiful and even although I don’t ever go in hot tubs or sauna’s we still managed to do a lot...............some lovely treatments including the best back and shoulder massage I’ve ever had (sorry Tom ) lovely facial and some alternative treatments......hot stones??? It was nice though......

Although I have broken my Dry January pledge.......as there was champagne and cocktails for all of us.........well, it would have been very rude to refuse.........

All in all a very lovely day with some really good friends.........

Then came back home and all the flooring is down and beautiful! So, we have our dining room back at least.......Monday for new sitting room furniture.........but, really, really happy with it all.

Hope your Thursday has been a good one so far..........

 

[Lynne G]

Schumi, that was a luxury treat for a belated birthday gift. Sounds like a lovey day, and it's close enough to the end of the month, for a break of the pledge. And wonderful your new floor is beautiful and how nice new sitting room furniture will be. Glad you are happy with your house updating.

Lucky Keisha. I cannot believe he's retiring this year. Good thing he's stopping near you, so you can go. He does put out a great show. And eek for the houses you got sick in. One of these days he'll find the right house. I think I looked at so many, I think all thought I was nuts.

A nice sunny day, too bad the wind is 25 or more mph, so bad hair day, and cool. Not getting out of the 30's. And, tonight, low is 20. Sigh. Yeah, no snow, but darn cool.

With that, tea for me. Sweater on, smart as I knew it was going to be cool inside.

 

[tink1957]

to Mr Lynne

Robo, sorry to hear about the tragedy hitting so close to home

Janet, I hope we get to see Elton when he comes to Atlanta.

Carole, you are one lucky lady to have such good friends..love the sound of your spa day and resolutions are made to be broken...you made it through most of the month so that counts for something

Good thing I'm off today since Sasha decided to break out of her pen last night by digging another hole under the fence and amused herself by chasing the poor cats all night. It's a good thing we have lots of trees for them to hide in. I finally got her back in at 6 this morning. She's so smart that no amount of food bribery will work so I have to wait until she's good and ready to come back in since she runs away anytime you get close. It may be time for an invisible fence.

Hope you all have a wonderful day

 

[Lynne G]

Tink, that's why we to this day, have large rocks and cinder blocks under our fence. My lady lab liked to squeeze under the fence and bark at the neighbor's dogs that were much smaller than her. Good thing, we'd yell to get her to come, and she'd craw back from where she came from. So, another rock or block. We also had to have 5 foot fences, as lower ones we had, she jumped over in a heart beat. Then, her brother dug so much, we had to have a truck load of dirt to fill in all the holes he made over the years, and he had dug below the concrete patio we have. Our boxer didn't dig as much. Though my boxer got loose when the kids were young and didn't care she'd bolt when the door was open. I used to chase her, but then I had the you wait demand, and she know I meant it, so that froze her in her tracks and then I could take her by her collar, and walk her home. Good luck with Sasha. I hope you find something to make her come to you pronto and stop from getting out.

 

[tink1957]

Lynne, we bought patio blocks the size of cinder blocks to make a raised bed this spring and have used half of them to fill in the holes she's dug under the fence. I have never had a dog who wouldn't come when I called so this is a new experience...stubborn husky dog doesn't listen to anyone.

 

[Lynne G]

She must be fun though Tink. Then I guess find a treat or toy that she is bonkers over and only use when she comes when called. Not beyond bribing a dog. My boxer would do circles for a a piece of hamburger.

 

[keishashadow]

Love some Elton John........

Happy Birthday to Mr Lynne G.........hope it’s a good one...........


How much do I love my friends.........

DH was in on this surprise........just after 10 this morning three good friends arrived and whisked me off for a day of pampering at a spa hotel I love..........I hadn’t noticed one of the 3 hadn’t got me a 50th birthday present last September........and this was it........

The spa is beautiful and even although I don’t ever go in hot tubs or sauna’s we still managed to do a lot...............some lovely treatments including the best back and shoulder massage I’ve ever had (sorry Tom ) lovely facial and some alternative treatments......hot stones??? It was nice though......

Although I have broken my Dry January pledge.......as there was champagne and cocktails for all of us.........well, it would have been very rude to refuse.........

All in all a very lovely day with some really good friends.........

Then came back home and all the flooring is down and beautiful! So, we have our dining room back at least.......Monday for new sitting room furniture.........but, really, really happy with it all.

Hope your Thursday has been a good one so far..........

Schumi, that was a luxury treat for a belated birthday gift. Sounds like a lovey day, and it's close enough to the end of the month, for a break of the pledge. And wonderful your new floor is beautiful and how nice new sitting room furniture will be. Glad you are happy with your house updating.

Lucky Keisha. I cannot believe he's retiring this year. Good thing he's stopping near you, so you can go. He does put out a great show. And eek for the houses you got sick in. One of these days he'll find the right house. I think I looked at so many, I think all thought I was nuts.

A nice sunny day, too bad the wind is 25 or more mph, so bad hair day, and cool. Not getting out of the 30's. And, tonight, low is 20. Sigh. Yeah, no snow, but darn cool.

With that, tea for me. Sweater on, smart as I knew it was going to be cool inside.

When in Rome...you go with the flow (of champagne)! What a lovely treat

to Mr Lynne

Robo, sorry to hear about the tragedy hitting so close to home

Janet, I hope we get to see Elton when he comes to Atlanta.

Carole, you are one lucky lady to have such good friends..love the sound of your spa day and resolutions are made to be broken...you made it through most of the month so that counts for something

Good thing I'm off today since Sasha decided to break out of her pen last night by digging another hole under the fence and amused herself by chasing the poor cats all night. It's a good thing we have lots of trees for them to hide in. I finally got her back in at 6 this morning. She's so smart that no amount of food bribery will work so I have to wait until she's good and ready to come back in since she runs away anytime you get close. It may be time for an invisible fence.

Hope you all have a wonderful day

He put on quite the show when i saw him years ago.

Oh my, so glad you got her back!

Tink, that's why we to this day, have large rocks and cinder blocks under our fence. My lady lab liked to squeeze under the fence and bark at the neighbor's dogs that were much smaller than her. Good thing, we'd yell to get her to come, and she'd craw back from where she came from. So, another rock or block. We also had to have 5 foot fences, as lower ones we had, she jumped over in a heart beat. Then, her brother dug so much, we had to have a truck load of dirt to fill in all the holes he made over the years, and he had dug below the concrete patio we have. Our boxer didn't dig as much. Though my boxer got loose when the kids were young and didn't care she'd bolt when the door was open. I used to chase her, but then I had the you wait demand, and she know I meant it, so that froze her in her tracks and then I could take her by her collar, and walk her home. Good luck with Sasha. I hope you find something to make her come to you pronto and stop from getting out.

After my Keeshonds managed to escape the fence once too many times years ago, we put in an ugly 6 foot chain link fence. Well, it's green, I tried to make it pretty lol. Had these metal gizmos & a wire put in on the bottom where it was supposed to pin the fencing to the ground. HA, they dug numerous holes. Wound up putting those wooden garden beams all along the fence line. Solved the issue. I've seen others do railroad ties but was afraid the chemicals would leach into our veggie garden.

 

[schumigirl]

Glad you got your dog back Vicki.......poor cats though......have visions of them being chased all night.......yes, I’ll do a few dry days in February to make up for yesterday.......

Janet, only ever saw Elton when he was at Live Aid all those years ago......never saw him on his own but he’s supposed to be amazing live.........


Rain woke us all up during the night again.......sounded like a monsoon.........just rain now and although it’s just getting light it looks dull and grey already..........

Got a few things to do this morning........picking up some nice things and then there’s regular grocery shopping......

But, it’s Friday..........

 

[Lynne G]

With that, wahoo, wahoo, wahoo! It is Friday. And for some reason, I am so happy. Maybe because the game this week-end is tonight and not Saturday morning. Or maybe because I found and raided DH's caffeinated tea stash, as I was drinking fruit tea, since I thought we had no more caffeinated tea.

HeHe, can see your breath. Oh crap, had to scrape ice off the car window. 24 out, but dry. Pale pink horizon sky to start the day.

Yeah, some dogs just have shovel paws. Tink, hope Sasha behaves and stays in her pen. We used to have outdoor cats that our neighbors' had, but we haven't seen any of them in some time. I guess they are gone now. There was one I would find under my car in winter. Always freaked me out, as he was black. To this day, I'm noisy when I go to the car.

Good Afternoon Schumi. Hope the rain has moved out, and your errand running was successful.

Keisha, hope you are warmer than me, and enjoying a cup of coffee. We just replaced the stockade 5 foot wood fence around our backyard this summer, but no more dogs for now.

Time for tea.

 

[Robo56]

Morning Schumi . Lynne should be up soon for her tea.

Coffee is good this morning. Not much sleep last night. It’s been blowing a hoolie as you would say Schumi. Such a descriptive word indeed. Palm trees have been thrashing to fro all night.

Hubby looked at me yesterday and said why don’t you go up to Universal and have a nice stay and Enjoy yourself. Couldn’t coax him to go up to Orlando. Didn’t take long to make the reservations. Might be lucky enough to get in on some of the offerings for the Celebration of Harry Potter on the last day of it. Looking forward to seeing young and old in costumes and the special light show on the Castle. Looks like there are going to be some cool days while I’am up there. Have never been up to Universal when it’s cool. Last year was sunny and warm at this time. Will keep you all updated on anything cool and maybe send some pics.

Happy Birthday to your hubby Lynne

went once a few weeks after and it was horrendous.......slurpers, whisperers, movie spoiler whisperers, rustlers, wrigglers, txters, chewing gum chompers, crisp packet openers, candy wrapper openers........you get the idea....... so Tom barred me...

Couldn’t help but chuckle a little when reading this. My husband refuses to go to cinema for the above reasons.

Going to see this on Monday with a group (one of those fancy places with recliners and chair side service for food and drink-and the food is actually really good!! Probably not what I'd have chosen if it was just me, but I'm sure I will enjoy it - the reviews have been great.

We have a place called the Showplace Cinema Royal Suites and it has the nice leather reclining seats, a waitress brings your food and drink and there is a button on the chair to call the waitress. You can go online and choose your seats. It’s a really nice way to see a movie. Grandchildren and I love it. You feel really spoiled. You will love it. Have a great time.

Hey all. Last two houses we toured had mold in basement. Yesterday's was really bad, was wheezing all night & still feel like i have cotton in lungs. going to buy medical masks. Cannot believe listing agents would not think to mention that 'pesky' problem. Grrr.

Wow, I’am suprised they would take you in a house with mold. Sounds like they did not do their homework on those houses. Hope your feeling better

My husband’s cousin’s family owns a lake cottage near
Benton. He is really shaken up by the shooting. Glad to hear that Robo’s family is safe.

So sad it is a very nice, friendly laid back community right near Kentucky Lake. We had a sailboat on Kentucky Lake for many years. Our 3 oldest grandchildren graduated from Marshall County High School.

Im stoked, going to wish this guy a happy retirement in October

We saw Elton at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas a number of years ago. He is a true showman for sure. The best concert we have ever been to. It was worth every penny.

The spa is beautiful and even although I don’t ever go in hot tubs or sauna’s we still managed to do a lot...............some lovely treatments including the best back and shoulder massage I’ve ever had (sorry Tom ) lovely facial and some alternative treatments......hot stones??? It was nice though......

What lovely friends to treat you to a spa day.

Although I have broken my Dry January pledge.......as there was champagne and cocktails for all of us.........well, it would have been very rude to refuse.........

Yep, turning down champagne and cocktails would be a game changer.......LOL........A woman has her limits

Good thing I'm off today since Sasha decided to break out of her pen last night by digging another hole under the fence and amused herself by chasing the poor cats all night. It's a good thing we have lots of trees for them to hide in. I finally got her back in at 6 this morning. She's so smart that no amount of food bribery will work so I have to wait until she's good and ready to come back in since she runs away anytime you get close. It may be time for an invisible fence.

Tink, glad to hear you got your Sasha back.

 

[Chuckers]

Very sad news from yesterday. The mass shooting in Benton, Kentucky hit very close to our hearts. Our daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren live in Benton. Our daughter is a Respiratory Therapist at the small community hospital in Benton.

All ours babies are safe and unharmed, thank you God, but sadly two children have died and many injured.

Prayers being sent for those families who have lost two children and for those families that have children who are injured.

Benton is a small community and everyone is devastated.

I'm glad your family is safe. I've never had to go through anything like that and can't imagine the shock and horror.

I want to see Jumanji, but am debating on waiting for it to come to our second run theater or waiting for the video to be released so we can just watch it at home. It seems like whenever I go to the theater I end up sitting in front of the seat kickers.

I really enjoyed The Greatest Showman. I love a good musical. The prevoius musical I saw was La La Land and I was very disappointed.

I want to see Jumanji too, but I am going to wait for it to come on cable. I had the same reaction to La La Land. I loved the opening number, but then it went down hill form there. The leads just didn't have the musical voices to carry off the songs and I was bored for the rest of the movie. Plus, the ending pissed me off.. not that it wasn't the Hollywood Happy Ending, but just certain things that I think should have happened, that didn't.

Tink, that's why we to this day, have large rocks and cinder blocks under our fence. My lady lab liked to squeeze under the fence and bark at the neighbor's dogs that were much smaller than her. Good thing, we'd yell to get her to come, and she'd craw back from where she came from. So, another rock or block. We also had to have 5 foot fences, as lower ones we had, she jumped over in a heart beat. Then, her brother dug so much, we had to have a truck load of dirt to fill in all the holes he made over the years, and he had dug below the concrete patio we have. Our boxer didn't dig as much. Though my boxer got loose when the kids were young and didn't care she'd bolt when the door was open. I used to chase her, but then I had the you wait demand, and she know I meant it, so that froze her in her tracks and then I could take her by her collar, and walk her home. Good luck with Sasha. I hope you find something to make her come to you pronto and stop from getting out.

My cat, Claude, was a stray found at a truckstop. When I got him, he was a bolter.. whenever the front door was open, he would try to get out. Luckily, he learned his name real fast and if he would get out, I would just should 'CLAUDE' and he would lay down immediately. I could go pick him up and then toss him back in the house. I've taken him outside on a leash a couple of times, but I've got some neighbors with dogs and they are LOUD. From inside their houses they start barking and they scare Claude.

Happy Weekend all... I am stuck home because I am on call and can't venture farther than 15 minutes from my laptop in case something goes wrong. Wheee... it's a video game weekend! (Which is not a bad thing as I have a 'new' game which is supposed to take over 160 hours to complete.)

 

[keishashadow]

TGIF, it feels like Spring here. May only last for 24 hours but I'll take it

Robo yea for the last minute trip! Enjoy, please take some pics to share of the Celebration.

Yes, i was taken quite back by the house's surprise. Noticed today that they dropped the price substantially, going to assume the homeowner was unaware. It will never pass financing without remediation. Guess we were the crash test dummies.

With that, wahoo, wahoo, wahoo! It is Friday. And for some reason, I am so happy. Maybe because the game this week-end is tonight and not Saturday morning. Or maybe because I found and raided DH's caffeinated tea stash, as I was drinking fruit tea, since I thought we had no more caffeinated tea.

HeHe, can see your breath. Oh crap, had to scrape ice off the car window. 24 out, but dry. Pale pink horizon sky to start the day.

Yeah, some dogs just have shovel paws. Tink, hope Sasha behaves and stays in her pen. We used to have outdoor cats that our neighbors' had, but we haven't seen any of them in some time. I guess they are gone now. There was one I would find under my car in winter. Always freaked me out, as he was black. To this day, I'm noisy when I go to the car.

Good Afternoon Schumi. Hope the rain has moved out, and your errand running was successful.

Keisha, hope you are warmer than me, and enjoying a cup of coffee. We just replaced the stockade 5 foot wood fence around our backyard this summer, but no more dogs for now.

Time for tea.

LOLOLOL normally, when one reads someone post they found their DH's stash of herbs it doesn't refer to decaf tea.

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, innocent tea drinker here, Keisha. He gets tea from where he works, and never seems to drink it. Never thought to look in the one cabinet, as of course, he did not put those tea bags where we put tea and coffee pods in.

Crash test dummies. LOL More like lab rats. LOL I'd even be more worried about how the mold came to be. Must be moisture or leaking from somewhere. Around where I live, many use mold resistant paint in their basements. We only have a crawl space, but never mold, thankfully. Guess your realtor knows better now.

Egad. It's only 10 am.

YaY! Robo on vacation. Oh yes, pictures from the Celebration if you can. Exciting.

 

[Charade67]

Happy Friday everyone. Today is laundry day for me. Later tonight B and I will be going to a Girl Scout event. Tomorrow we are finally having B's birthday party 2 1/2 months late. I'm a little annoyed . About half of the people she invited haven't responded to the invitation. Whatever happened to common courtesy? Some of the others have to work, have another activity, or will be out of town. Party planning was so much easier when she was in elementary school.

Lynne - Decaf tea has never tasted right to me. I haven't made tea at home in over a year. (Since my kidney stone.) We used to drink it every day. I still buy it on occasion when we eat out. I can't give it up completely.

Robo - Have fun on your Universal trip. I would love to go back for a few days by myself.

Chuckers - I had a similar reaction to La La Land. I was bored and hated the ending. I was expecting a happy Hollywood ending. Isn't that what you are supposed to get in a musical?

Keisha - Somewhere along the way I think I missed something about the houses. Are you a house inspector? Realtor? Looking to buy?

First laundry load finished. Time to throw in another. See y'all later.

 

[macraven]

Always come here first to learn what day of the week it is
Retirement does that to you
No set schedule most of the times

And love seeing cat pictures
I have a weakness for all cats

Phone died on me in the early hours today
Nothing like sending an email and phone dies

Have a great day as you are only two steps away from the weekend

 

[schumigirl]

Yep, rain all gone Lynne....but cold, grey damp weather has moved in.........not so pretty. Tea stash.........lol........

Robo.......how fabulous.........hope it’s not too cold for you and you have a blast!! Will look forward to seeing your pictures of the event if you catch it.........

Mac, we are the same........every day I thank my lucky stars DS works.....or we’d be lost to the day of the week.......mind you I’ve had a few more years to be used to it than DH........can’t remember when I last worked......was for my friend that much I know, doing her a favour.........lol..........but DH is well used to it now and glad he did take early leaving.........love it!!! But yes, it confuses the week days...........



Quiet night tonight.........made home made beef burgers for dinner.......then maybe a movie.......

Busy day.......but home and warm. Going out tomorrow night and will be having wine, so DH has suggested we open a bottle tonight........hmmm........

 

[keishashadow]

Happy Friday everyone. Today is laundry day for me. Later tonight B and I will be going to a Girl Scout event. Tomorrow we are finally having B's birthday party 2 1/2 months late. I'm a little annoyed . About half of the people she invited haven't responded to the invitation. Whatever happened to common courtesy? Some of the others have to work, have another activity, or will be out of town. Party planning was so much easier when she was in elementary school.

Lynne - Decaf tea has never tasted right to me. I haven't made tea at home in over a year. (Since my kidney stone.) We used to drink it every day. I still buy it on occasion when we eat out. I can't give it up completely.

Robo - Have fun on your Universal trip. I would love to go back for a few days by myself.

Chuckers - I had a similar reaction to La La Land. I was bored and hated the ending. I was expecting a happy Hollywood ending. Isn't that what you are supposed to get in a musical?

Keisha - Somewhere along the way I think I missed something about the houses. Are you a house inspector? Realtor? Looking to buy?

First laundry load finished. Time to throw in another. See y'all later.

Seriously, apparantly RSVPing is a thing of the past, a shame.

I'm now over 3 weeks with no washing machine. Had to cancel today's delivery, now supposedly tomorrow, you wouldn't believe the pile(s) of laundry. Necessary, as new property listed yesterday in what is turning out to be quite the sellers market in my DSs price range/areas. My license is in escrow, another agent kindly handing the legalities for me in my youngest DSs hunt for that first home sweet home.

Tomorrow will be tied up most of the day with an out of town competition with GD. Looking forward to spending time with family.