Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

How is our “Miss Wednesday” doing this Thursday?

 

[keishashadow]

As i breeze by, two days pre trip & as usual playing ketchup. Making some headway for youngest DS, finally received a copy of the insurance policy on home’s guts & appliances that the seller tossed in to sweeten deal on his home purchase. Hate to say it but hoping I don’t get stuck sitting at house tomorrow waiting for HVAC guy.

Excited, the mr pinned me down to book a Hawaiian cruise next May. Hopefully, we’ll actually get to go...between all the issues there and RL, who knows? Still, it’s a big item off the mr’s bucket list if we do finally visit.

Welcome home to Carole

Good morning everyone

I took a 3 hour nap yesterday when I got home from work so that I would be awake for the Preacher season premiere and for some reason it kept going out on my TV so I had to keep switching back and forth to watch. The picture was fine on all my other channels so it must have been an AMC thing What did you think Janet? I'll have to rewatch next week when I can see all of it.

We had a friend stay over last night on our couch due to a bad domestic situation...wish we had room to let her stay longer until she can figure out what to do but we only have 2 bedrooms. It's sad when a man controls all the finances and the woman gets left with nothing She will probably lose her car too since it's in his name.

Good news is we're going to see the new Jurassic movie today to take her mind off things.

Stay cool homies....it's supposed to be a heat index of 104 here today .. definitely time to crank up the AC

I hope to work Preacher in today or tomorrow. The extended preview I saw sure looked interesting. So much going on with the show each episode, it’s hard to take it all in at times.

Well, apparently 5 hours in a water park was enough for the teens. They were ready to go by 4:00. We are now home and contemplating supper.

Lightweight teens lol. Sounds like all had a nice day, even if u did get soaked. Personally, I’m a water dog. Cannot wait to hit both Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach next week. As hot as heat index is forecast (see Tink’s weather & then some), probably the coolest spots in town with all the shade

I always think of Wednesday in the Addams Family old tv show when it IS Wednesday

Anyone else watch that tv series back in the 60’s?

Or did you not exist at that time?

Faithfully & still watch re-runs. Vaguely reminded me of my family haha

PS that stinks re the car, good luck!

Happy Thursday afternoon everyone

Now I’am playing catch-up.



Tink what a nice friend you are to offer her a place to sleep.
I think I read here that someone else here (maybe monyk) suggested a women’s shelter. We have one locally that is for women who are victims of domestic violence. They provide safe accommodations, Social Workers and medical care and financial assistance to help them get back on their feet. I hope your friend gets the help she needs.



Dear Wendy I hope things are settling down for you a bit as you prepare for your back surgery. Sending continued prayers for your peace and healing



Wow sounds yummy. I have a weakness for Scottish shortbread. Developed it when we were in Scotland a number of years ago.

The butter tablets sound like the sugar candy melting discs we having in cake decorating shops here in US.

Scotland is a beautiful place.



Diets are no fun if you don’t get to have some goodies once and awhile



Mac I loved watching The Addams Family, The Munsters and Dark Shadows.

I liked Johnny Depps campy take on Barnabus Collins. Well of course Alice Copper was on there too

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Hope your little fella gets to feeling better soon.



I like to cook too. Hubby has been a willing subject to my experiments with heart healthy diet menus.

I couldn’t get into original Dark Shadows but will watch anything with Mr. Depp. Alice was gravy lol! Always thought Adams Family was written more witty/adult audience references.

 

[macraven]

Time for the night owls to come out

 

[Monykalyn]

I'm trying trying to sleep after an11 hour work day. Then helped ODD plan her days off lol. She's got FP for MK and DAK the next two days, and more earned passes showed up on her account today...she said hoping her friend from last program comes to visit end of July.


Hot hot hot-109 heat index today. Chickens were still panting in the coop at 10pm (they pant to cool them off - their combs can only disspitate so much heat) which is dangerous for them as it can send them into respiratory acidosis. So I'm out with a flashlight and extension cord trying to rig a box fan up in front of the coop to move the air around more (they lift their wings so air goes under and cools the skin off).
Water in containers in freezer overnight to put in their big pan of water to help keep it cool for tomorrow. This heat is dangerous to many creatures.

Speaking of which-DD said they've had to call ambulances for several CMs already working in New toy story land due to heat. Apparently the designers didn't bother to take into account WHERE this land was to be set and there's no shade or shelter anywhere. DD said it's pretty much going to be shut down if there's lightening in area (except tsmm) as the CMs have zero areas to go to shelter that aren't backstage or in the one bathroom in the area. Glad she's not working in that land, although she sounded a bit annoyed at all the helicopters flying around hovering over it to get aerial shots- very loud by Jedi stage it seems.

Heard storms rolling through several states- be safe!

 

[Charade67]

Fell asleep while watching TV, woke up about 30 minutes later, and now I am wide awake.

B had her first driving lesson today. The instructor said she did really well for someone who had never bee behind the wheel of a car before. Maybe if I am feeling brave I will take her driving this afternoon.

I make peanut butter and chocolate fudge, but haven't done so in some time. Rarely in the mood for it now. I do like sweet though.

One of my most favorite food combos. B and I made some “butterbeer” fudge for her Harry Potter club last year. It was pretty good, but a little too sweet.

I hope you feel less sore Charade.

Still a little some, but not as bad as yesterday. Still don’t know what caused it. Maybe the was i was sitting in the inner tube.

Charade, you’d love Scotland.......it is a glorious country and for me the prettiest in the United Kingdom......we have palm trees on some of our beaches on the West Coast which surprises some people.........gorgeous country.

One of my dream vacations is to visit England, Ireland, and Scotland. I know I had ancestors from England and Ireland. I think I also had some from Scotland, but haven’t been able to prove it yet.

Time for the night owls to come out

Whooo!

Kohlby - The kitten is adorable. My cat is a tabby too. One of my former classmates just adopted a tabby kittten. My classsmate is a flight attendant. SHe named the kitten Jet.

It’s almost 1:30. I guess I should attempt to get some sleep.

 

[macraven]

Well I missed charade due to watching crummy show on tv

I should get to bed as have to be up early tomorrow

Early as in 8:00

 

[schumigirl]

Well I missed charade due to watching crummy show on tv

I should get to bed as have to be up early tomorrow

Early as in 8:00

Have a great sleep.........


Safe travels tomorrow Janet........I know you’re in for a fabulous trip! Hawaii.......... quite fancy a trip there.........never heard of Dark Shadows.........will google!

MonyK, yes glad your daughter isn’t working there......that sounds dreadful for everyone in that area.........hope you managed to get to sleep..........

Charade, I think we all have a bit of mongrel in us...........mine is predominantly German with some Nordic in there too and a strange Spanish connection.........yep, a real mix of everything!



Woke up again this moment to sunshine and heat..........yep, maybe not as warm as some places.......but for us in the UK this is pure bliss.........another hot day ahead for us..........

Got meeting with financial advisor this morning..........always good to see him and keep up to date with things........then lunch out which is always lovely too!

Dh plans to watch some football this afternoon, so I’ll be in the garden.......in the shade of course.........got a friend popping round for an hour or so, it’s lovely to just be able to be outside in this heat.........love it!!

Early breakfast this morning..........I fancy croissants........not sure what else though........

Have a great Friday.........

 

[Lynne G]

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Almost noon for ya, Schumi, but Good Morning! I like a croissant for breakfast. Nothing on it is fine with me. Hope your lunch out is lush. And yep, my older one is following along with the football games. He's ready for the France one today.

You know, some people always commented why travel to Florida when it's hot. Well, for one, lower prices, and lesser crowds. But, more importantly, we don't mind the heat. We get it all summer, so it doesn't bother us. For example, 5 day temperatures. 95 today, 97 tomorrow, 98 on Sunday, 94 on Monday, and 92 on Tuesday. Throw in some heavy sweating humidity, and well, our summer here. Already asked my DSis to have the pool ready this week-end. We're coming to swim. Ever heard of sticky icky? Come over Sunday, heat index is predicted to be 120. Woot! Summer.

MonyK, I hope your chickens are cooler, yep the heat hurts critters too. And no shade in Toy Land. I'll be doing it in the morning or at night. What were they thinking?

Charade, I hope you feel even better today. Nice B is learning to drive. Then you'll have the problem, that after work, little one went to her friend's until a little after 10. Talk about being out late on a weekday is not a good thing got met with potty mouth. Grounded for the next 3 days. That got more potty mouth. Ah, to have teens. Girl teens.

Time for tea, and the blanket is ready. Have a totally great Friday. Hey,

 

[Monykalyn]

Morning It's Friday! And 3 day weekend for me. Off to lake tonight after work, or possibly in am. DH is going with kids today after lawn mowed, house cleaned. Then he's taking them to the farm so I'll have a couple days to myself

Charade- I don't take mine driving until they've done it a few times. DH does it, and they take drivers ed too. I have enough grey hair!

Schumi I'm glad you love heat as you'll be getting plenty on your trip

And no shade in Toy Land. I'll be doing it in the morning or at night. What were they thinking

DD said every single cm she's talked to about TSL say it's pretty neat but hot, followed by "what were they thinking?" And there's no convenient backstage area for some characters - she said the "Jesse's" were dropping like flies. And. Ow I saw announced these characters will be "roving" . I feel so bad for hose CMs. They can't be rude and just take off if they feel sick and have to be carted in/out of the land- adding several minutes to when they can even get a drink of water! They're handlers are going to have to be very aggressive about time limits. DD said she's just waiting for the guest complaints to start...

Ugh. Off to work!

 

[keishashadow]

Howdy all!

Getting behinder here lol but wanted to shout out that I received the email it was time to renew the mr’s APH. Honestly, with them dropping the youfirst program my feathers were quite ruffled and I wasn’t sure if we would just go with our HHN tix in October.

I called and ask the rep if I could downgrade the mr’s 2 park Pref Pass. Was quite shocked when I was told absolutely, but he’d have to surrender his existing pass at GS when we arrived. WOOT!

Mine runs thru mid Oct, no sure what i’ll Do about that as I don’t plan on returning until at the earliest next summer or HHN ‘19. Running the numbers tell me to let it go and pick it back up whenever we return. It just doesn’t feel right not to have one tho

Have a great sleep.........


Safe travels tomorrow Janet........I know you’re in for a fabulous trip! Hawaii.......... quite fancy a trip there.........never heard of Dark Shadows.........will google!

MonyK, yes glad your daughter isn’t working there......that sounds dreadful for everyone in that area.........hope you managed to get to sleep..........

Charade, I think we all have a bit of mongrel in us...........mine is predominantly German with some Nordic in there too and a strange Spanish connection.........yep, a real mix of everything!



Woke up again this moment to sunshine and heat..........yep, maybe not as warm as some places.......but for us in the UK this is pure bliss.........another hot day ahead for us..........

Got meeting with financial advisor this morning..........always good to see him and keep up to date with things........then lunch out which is always lovely too!

Dh plans to watch some football this afternoon, so I’ll be in the garden.......in the shade of course.........got a friend popping round for an hour or so, it’s lovely to just be able to be outside in this heat.........love it!!

Early breakfast this morning..........I fancy croissants........not sure what else though........

Have a great Friday.........

Football or soccer? Lol

I’m trying not to get too excited about the trip as it’s so far off. Rather nervous about finding the right flights, etc. as no NS for us out of PIT. SWA is dragging their feet expanding to HNL. Initially, was supposed to announce service date commencement in May, then this week. Still, no news & schedule goes into March! Appears they have combo of cold feet after their recent mishaps and perhaps haven’t passed the FAA tests for that long haul flight.

Morning It's Friday! And 3 day weekend for me. Off to lake tonight after work, or possibly in am. DH is going with kids today after lawn mowed, house cleaned. Then he's taking them to the farm so I'll have a couple days to myself

Charade- I don't take mine driving until they've done it a few times. DH does it, and they take drivers ed too. I have enough grey hair!

Schumi I'm glad you love heat as you'll be getting plenty on your trip


DD said every single cm she's talked to about TSL say it's pretty neat but hot, followed by "what were they thinking?" And there's no convenient backstage area for some characters - she said the "Jesse's" were dropping like flies. And. Ow I saw announced these characters will be "roving" . I feel so bad for hose CMs. They can't be rude and just take off if they feel sick and have to be carted in/out of the land- adding several minutes to when they can even get a drink of water! They're handlers are going to have to be very aggressive about time limits. DD said she's just waiting for the guest complaints to start...

Ugh. Off to work!

If only the tag fairies were still flying!

Jessie’s were dropping like flies

I’m still scarred after doing backstage tour and watching Woody take off his head

 

[Lynne G]

Kiesha, I'm with you, I'd love to go to Hawaii, now that SW will fly there. We enjoyed SD, CA so much, we may stop there before flying to Hawaii, though SW doesn't even have a NS for us to SD either. Kinda annoyed that we are not a hub as well, and NS flights are getting more and more hard to find. Eh, even with those issues SW had, I'm still flying with SW. Yay! For your countdown. And I hear ya with renewing. I'll renew in person, which I haven't done since I first bought my AP, after that, had always called. I got a really good rate on October stay, finally, and I'll be using discounts where I can find them to stay onsite from then on. For now, have not found any better rate then with SMSM rate, so used my your first account, for August and next October. I hope they do some extra for those who are loyal, after the you first program ends. Though with a AP, may not stay onsite as much one of these days. But those parking garages are not my idea of fun.
So sad, characters dropping like flies. Like summer conditions in FLA, and no shade? What where they thinking? Who ever they are, should have to wear a full character outfit, and stay in the sun for an hour. If anything, I bet some really stinky outfits. Glad, MonyK, your DD is not one of those stuck in that part of the park. Hope your work day goes quick. And sometimes alone time is awesome. Keep those chickens cool.

 

[Lynne G]

oh, and soccer, rest of world, football, and it's the World Cup, Keisha. Almost over. Getting down to 8 country teams. And lets remind, our boys didn't even make the WC. Sigh. But my green guys are still our American football champs. And our city is still bouncing for that fact. We are fans of soccer, here and English, Italian, Spanish,and German, and our football. Baseball, I can watch sometimes, basketball, um, I don't enjoy watching as much.

Is it lunchtime yet? I need to warm up, still cranking AC is making us close to freezer temps. Sunglasses are ready though. I may take a pre-lunch lap. Hmmm. More tea, so later homies.

 

[Monykalyn]

I’m still scarred after doing backstage tour and watching Woody take off his head

Yeah backstage watching the fur characters missing parts is funny, and even more shocking is when a charming onstage face character is just not so...nice... backstage. I worked games at 6flags in STL during HS and the break room for their characters was behind one of the games. I often was in that games section, and let me tell you-the smell coming from that room was not pleasant. I don't know how they managed not to upchuck but the performers said they are used to it and would be puzzled when we brought air fresheners to sit by the door!

Though with a AP, may not stay onsite as much one of these days.

One of the freeing things of having AP! Right now there is a good rate at sapphire falls for the days I'm looking at in september-with the after 4 EP I don't need the all day EP.

I've gotten so used to having a Disney AP that it will feel weird about not having one (thinking of having DD buy an AP voucher at Company D before program ends JIC-may be nice if exclusive previews for Galaxies Edge happens for AP holders next year)

And just checked my SW account-points from Mother day flowers finally showed up=free ticket woohoo!!!

 

[agavegirl1]

I think Miss Wednesday wishes it were still Wednesday right about now. The temperatures are in the 90's with "Tropical" level humidity and heat indexes of 105 to 110. I am hiding out in AC today.

We are expecting DH to be done with his current 10 week project and maybe get a few extra days for the 4th. It's kind of day by day. Between jobs, he puts his name on the out of work list. He has not been on that list for over 6 years. It will be weird having him "underfoot" as it were....

 

[schumigirl]

MonyK......yep, love the heat........have been in both July and August to Orlando, expecting it to be hotter than the sun, which after our December, March and May trips it may be a bit of a shocker........but a good one!! Lazy days planned.........

Agave........glad you’re doing ok......continued good wishes for your upcoming surgery........enjoy the time with your husband being underfoot.......lol.......have to admit I adore having Tom fully retired now.........we feel very blessed!

Janet, good news on the AP! I hear you on the flights........we “may” consider Hawaii at some point, haven’t checked out the route we would take coming from the UK, would definitely stopover somewhere for a few days I’m sure .......I know you and the mister will love it though........

Yes, football over here.......dull as dishwater to me. Turns out no games today, it’s tomorrow they resume.......he had said he would be watching it tomorrow not today........I hear what I want to at times.........



Had a lovely day........good meeting this morning, then met a few friends for lunch which was lovely.........then we sat out in the pub garden all afternoon.........it’s good because it’s one of the few places that don’t even allow smoking outside in gardens, which some do. So we could sit and enjoy the sun without smokers smell around.

So, passed the whole day away there.......was a lot of fun! Good food and good company......

Home and had a cuppa.........quiet night in front of tv I think, as sun has gone and we have some sea fret hanging over us tonight........

 

[Lynne G]

Hehe, another term I have to look up, Schumi. Sea Fret. Steamy for us, and a lovely afternoon. Waiting for kids and DH to get home.

Maybe dinner out? Not sure. May go for coffee, as Starbucks having bogo Frappuccino after 3. Little one and I will fill that order. Though if she has to work, it will be older one and me.


Loving that the only events on our calendar tomorrow are to watch the World Cup and swim in a pool. Woot!

 

[macraven]

Which word Lynne?
Cuppa??

 

[Lynne G]

Which word Lynne?
Cuppa??

Nope, Sea Fret. I use a cuppa sometimes. Fret was a music term, I thought. LOL

 

[schumigirl]

Sea fog really Lynne..........with the heat and cool air coming in from the sea.......creates something that’s not totally fog but thicker than cloud. Sea fog.

I forget sometimes we speak the same language but very different at times.



Just mentioned to Mac earlier.........can’t believe it’s 2 years today since we lost one of our dearest friends to cancer aged just 50. She was more like a sister to me and it just doesn’t seem 2 years. I always feel even today she’s about to call a million times a day like she used to, or text to say she was coming round and to get the wine open..........

Called her kids today and will call her husband over the weekend.

Think that’s why it was extra special today to spend time with other friends...........always appreciate them.

Almost bed time here..........

 

[Lynne G]

Schumi. Memories are a sweet way to never forget those we lost. Have a good night, and yeah, we both speak English, just spelling and some words are different.

Ended up with ice cream for dinner. All were hot and not hungry. Guess we will have a later dinner, maybe when little one gets home from work.