Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

Some peeps brag about their kids.

You are the lucky one and can brag on how cute and smart little Ellie is....


The nice thing about being retired, (and when you ever hit that point in your life, you will agree to it also) you can do anything you want to and not have to wait for a holiday weekend to clean the house, and do the errands and go out and have fun.


So to answer your question, I have no special plans for the weekend.


The only draw back to living in some places in the South, good resturants are closed on Sunday.....
The bbq place down the street from us is closed on Sundays......

I used to make bbq at home a lot.
It would take hours to get the sauce completed as I slow cooked it.
There are places down here that have bbq as good as mine.

Learned to eat bbq out now and not have to deal with the fuss, time involved and clean up mess than.


You should teach little chick Miss Ellie to peck out M-A-C

 

[Monykalyn]

I used to make bbq at home a lot.
It would take hours to get the sauce completed as I slow cooked it.
There are places down here that have bbq as good as mine.

Learned to eat bbq out now and not have to deal with the fuss, time involved and clean up mess than.


You should teach little chick Miss Ellie to peck out M-A-C

Sounds like a plan for getting BBQ before they close this weekend...mmm...I am the same way-too many places now make outstanding BBQ, why do it at home?

Ellie is currently fussing at me and pecking fingers. She needs to go to bed. She is cranky lol-but I've been sending pics to her "mommy"-Oldest kidult is at her apartment, gets her blue ID tomorrow so I am sure she will be in the parks tomorrow.

 

[Lynne G]

My Aunt, 97, died last night. Was my mom’s only sibling. Sad day for the family. She was one of the few aunts I have left, and those left are by marriage.

With that, need to get little one to go to bed. She gets another field trip tomorrow.

Cute chicken MonyK.

Hope Patty made it down safe, and not in the rain. Have a great time! Food porn is appreciated.

Enjoy the park Charade and B. Should be a beautiful weather day tomorrow.

I am ready for bed, so I will leave the light on. Carry on night owl homies.

 

[macraven]

It is never easy to lose a family member.
My condolences to you and your family.
hugs

 

[schumigirl]

Sorry about your aunt Lynne.

MonyK.........Ellie sounds so cute, I don’t think most folk think of chickens like that, so it's nice to see some as pets rather than just pecking around a farm. The chickens the farmer beside us has aren’t friendly......when I pull in to their drive they look like a pack waiting to attack.......so usually farmer drops eggs off for us as it’s quite unnerving at times....... althoughbthey claim they just want to say hello......I’m not so sure.........hope DD is enjoying her time away, sounds so much fun!

Janet........lol.......yes fanny pack inspired the tag on my avatar from “the tag fairy” certainly caused a few smirks from teenagers who haven’t been to the USA before........

mac........yep........when time is your own it is fabulous!!! You are so lucky to have those amazing bbq places close by you..........Can’t believe Tom took early retirement 10 months ago now.......it’s gone past so quickly Planning trips has become our hobby I think........

7 weeks today till NYC/Orlando


So, although DS is off today I still woke up at usual time and just got up.........we had thick fog roll in from the sea last night and it looked so spooky........looks to be clearing today though......but cool so far so hope it gets nicer for the public holiday weekend........Monday is a Bank Holiday here.........forecast looks good!!

Heading off to a big fish place this morning to stock up........usual stuff, but we have some amazing crabs in our area, so hope to pick up some fresh ones too..........

Time for breakfast............

 

[Charade67]

Lynne - I’m so sorry to hear about your aunt. Prayers for your family at this time.

 

[Lynne G]

And for Tink, and me, and hopefully some other homies:




Another morning homie, reporting. Thanks for the condolences, she was a favorite Aunt.

With that, lady of leisure today, and need to do errands and get gas for the car. Eek, the price of gas, as it has crept up in price for days now.

Our liked bbq moved over 1/2 hour away. The one closer, no one liked. I do enjoy a good bbq.

It is national wine day, so later homies, I need to get little one to school.

 

[tink1957]

Good morning

Sorry to hear about your aunt Lynne.

No 3 day weekend for me, I have to work all 3 days...6 in a row but i'm off Tuesday and Wednesday next week so I can go shopping when everyone else is working.

As always, I love the Diva chicken pic monyk. You're actually making me like your chickens and I have a chicken phobia.

Time to get ready for work...later homies

 

[macraven]

Ugh...
I paid $2.45 a gallon yesterday for gas

It’s really jumped up quickly

 

[pattyw]

Diva chicken-"Ellie"

She is just precious!

I paid $2.45 a gallon yesterday for gas

At home its $2.99!

Hi all! Having a great time in Orlando! Sunny and warm yesterday. A Little rain this morning but it's clearing now. I have a live TR going- it's my first attempt at a TR. I'm not a very engaging writer, so I'm trying to put in a lot of pictures!

Here's the view from our room! We're entertaining ourselves by watching the water taxi!

 

[macraven]

sweet!

I found your trippie when I was checking forums this morning
It looks great how you are doing the live report


I On the spot reporting

 

[Charade67]

Quick check in from Busch Gardens. It is really hot out today, but thankfully there is a bit of a breeze. The park is busy, but not too insanely crowded. There seems to be a lot of school groups here.

 

[macraven]

Charade!

What is your favorite ride in the park?

 

[schumigirl]

Vicki, nice you have a couple of days off to look forward to.........hope your weather is good too!

mac.......I won’t even tell you what we paid yesterday to fill the car up........

Charade, hope the park is a lot of fun.........


Ended up going out tonight with friends......I taught the barman in our local some of the cocktails from Strongwater.........he was well impressed!!! They do taste nicer actually in Florida of course..........but fun night out........everyone except me ended up doing shots.......not for me........I can’t actually face a hangover anymore so I don’t bother..........I did drink cocktails then went on to wine, so may regret that!

Feels like Saturday..........I’ve been a day ahead last few days.....

Tomorrow is bacon and egg rolls for breakfast for 3 of us........Kyle won’t have the egg though.......not a fan. Farmer had dropped some off at our gate when we came back in tonight..........don’t get much fresher than that.

Almost bedtime.........although watching Scary Movie 3............

 

[Monykalyn]

Lynne-so sorry about your aunt, always hard to lose a beloved family member no matter the age.
Charade-hope you and your daughter had a good day
Schumi-cocktails sound lovely!
Tink hope your work days are smooth and easy!

Contemplating bed. Haven't even thought about packing for St Louis tomorrow yet. DS has his BF over, and he is spending the night. Will drop him off at home on our way out of town.
Got house cleaned, DD sheets washed (for some reason - even though I said they needed to be washed-they weren't last week), coop cleaned out and fresh straw laid in: the girls were sooooo mad at first with me messing with coop, but then when piles of straw everywhere happily spent rest of day scratching through it (chickens hate piles of anything). Got our pet sitter for the weekend set up. Then made me and dd a last minute eye dr appointment at 5 pm (when I called I was thinking next week), so she is all set up with new glasses/contacts and I got my contacts adjusted a bit (mine was a follow up-trying to get used to multifocal contacts and have had several adjustments in power). After $500 dropped there scared1 got frozen potstickers and chimichangas from store to make for dinner. Even the dog is tired. Rest of family went to see Solo movie this am-I stayed to get stuff done. Forgot to get dog food until pet stores closed (dh totally forgot too even though he went out several times).

Yep-time for bed. Today has felt like a Saturday for me so now I am going to be totally messed up on my days.

Oh-and DD starts training at Jedi Training Academy on sunday-she was hoping for this location! And next weekend she trains at the muppet show-which means she will have a spiel and have to talk in front of people. I cannot say enough about this program-3 years ago she would have been terrified to the point of nausea at the prospect but now she sounds excited. @pattyw-have you seen the same with your son? Hope you are having fun and it doesn't rain all the time!

 

[macraven]

You’ve had a long day!

Safe travels to St Louie in the morning

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

Good Saturday morning.........

MonyK.....safe travels to St Louis..........I hear you on getting days mixed up...........I`ve been a day ahead since we got home!!!


Washing is out on line.......sun was shining, soon as I was done hanging everything up, cloud rolled in........typical. But, sun is kinda back out now.......

Decided to keep bacon for lunch today as we all slept late....even DS who is usually up with the larks.......so, pancakes and bacon with maple syrup we brought back from this trip..........mac.......come on over!!!!

No plans to go out today, so will try and start trip report.......told Tom I write better with a glass of wine in hand and to keep them coming......... Have a piece of writing to finish off first...........shouldn't take long.

Have a large ham roasting in aga this morning.......we can nibble on that tonight and tomorrow........saves any real cooking for the holiday weekend.......along with continental meats like prosciutto I`ve made up pasta salads, potato salad, spicy fruity cous cous and salads are always on the go........

Hope all have a fun weekend ahead...........

 

[Charade67]

Good morning everyone. I don’t want to be awake this morning, But have to get B to graduation. She has to play in the band and it counts as a grade.

We didn’t get home until 1:00 this morning despite leaving the park at 8:00. We had a good time, but are very tired. There was some sort of music festival going on. We saw lots of school groups and almost all of them were wearing shirts indicating they were part of a band, orchestra, or choral group. I was expecting ride lines to be bad, but they really weren’t. I think the average wait time was around 20 minutes. The worst was the log flume. I think we were in line nearly an hour for that one. Later B and I rode Escape from Pompeii (for those not familiar it is another water ride similar to Splash Mountain) and there was no line at all. We just walked right on.

Hi all! Having a great time in Orlando! Sunny and warm yesterday. A Little rain this morning but it's clearing now. I have a live TR going- it's my first attempt at a TR. I'm not a very engaging writer, so I'm trying to put in a lot of pictures!

I’ll go read it as soon as I get back home.

What is your favorite ride in the park?

That’s a good question. I don’t ride many of the rides. I really dont like roller coasters. I guess my favorite is Escape from Pompeii. You don’t get too awfully went on that one either.

. Then made me and dd a last minute eye dr appointment at 5 pm (when I called I was thinking next week), so she is all set up with new glasses/contacts and I got my contacts adjusted a bit (mine was a follow up-trying to get used to multifocal contacts and have had several adjustments in power). After $500 dropped there scared1 got frozen potstickers and chimichangas from store to make for dinner. Even the dog is tired. Rest of family went to see Solo movie this am-I stayed to get stuff done. Forgot to get dog food until pet stores closed (dh totally forgot too even though he went out several times).

I will be getting glasses again soon. I used to wear contacts, but haven’t for years now. They started bothering my eyes and I just gave up. How was Solo? I think we are going to see it Monday.

Out of time. back later.

 

[Lynne G]

Need to holler at the kids, soon to enjoy stretching out with yoga and giraffes. Little one is not impressed, but they better get moving. If they are good, may have a brunch at Cracker Barrell and a run to Target. Then swimming in Dsis’s pool. Her sun cover for the pool heated the water to 78. More sun this morning, yep, I will go in.

Have a satisfying Saturday.

Hope B does well today, glad to hear you both had fun, even if a long day.

MonyK, safe travels and so nice to hear kid got great work places.

Patty, enjoying your trip report.

Schumi p, lush meal for dinner tonight. I think only older one would eat. I and little one are not fond of ham. Maybe pizza for us.

Later, get up homies!