Something About Nothing ... #12

[Monykalyn]

To Keisha!! Hope it’s a good one!
Yep on way home. Later start than planned-DD went back to her apartment this am to help 2 nice roommates clean -after we’d cleaned entire apartment yesterday and took 6 bags of trash out, the other 2 piggie roommates managed to leave pizza boxes and dirty dishes laying around AGAIN! the piggies were only two still staying in apartment last night. One of the nice roommates went back to get rest of her frozen food out of fridge and move to her new place and found the mess, want to slap that piggy into next week.

Cali Grill was very fun last night. We just did apps and dessert and drinks yet we were stuffed when we left.

Will be glad to be home tomorrow!

 

[Lynne G]

Safe travels MonyK. Sounds like you packed lots in and have so much fun.

 

[keishashadow]

Hey all, thanks for the BD wishes

After my usual hour cat nap, today woke up the 2nd time @6am to find GD standing over me holding an interesting looking cake. Her mom lol’d & said she’d put in refrigerator. GD & I zonked back out and we enjoyed it for breakfast later. Strangest cake, chocolate (which i don’t usually like), two layers with whipped cream icing in middle. On top, lots of chocolate whipped cream icing, ‘dirt’ and tons of gummie worms crawling about. Haha. Best part it was absolutely delish!

Something about a hunk of cake for breakfast that insures the day will be a goodie

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Morning Patty, hope your coffee is hot and plentiful. Stinks to be back in work routine, but your countdown starts again. Woot!

Okay, Keisha, my rental prices seem to be going higher, not down now. Good thing I can live with my August one, gritting at my October one. May think hard about the October one, though I always like having a car. Rant over.

Sigh, this day is dragging as much as a lazy camel. And yep, our zoo used to have camel rides, and sometimes, no rides to be had, as the camels did not want to leave the barn. Worker said they sometimes, they are lazy. Yeah, I didn't blame them. Was a rough ride, though when my kids were young, they enjoyed it. Now only a draft horse, and that's a no now, as I don't care to do a split anymore.

Well, maybe you just had a killer rate to start with!

My best for what is coming up at 9 days is $180 something/Standard/Alamo. Also have a dollar one from the sale this week @ $135 for manager special. Not sure i want to deal with possible compact though. In may they insisted a Yaris was a compact, not quite.

I want my heatwave back

It’s cool and now rain is chucking it down...........



How nice you guys get to lower your rental costs........once we book with Alamo we don’t have an option to lower the cost.........you just book when you book and that’s it.

We have all our cars booked for next 4 trips........even March and May next year. Soon as we know our dates it’s done.

Home made beef burgers for dinner tonight.........doing roasted baby potatoes in balsamic and honey........and roasted carrots......lush!!!

It’s the one cost per trip that can be controlled by careful lurking lol

Oh crap, nothing worse than summer sickie. Get well soon1

Oh no Mac feel better soon!
Jiko last night was so good!. We ended up going to lounge “for a drink or two” after dinner and ended up staying til closing chatting with people.
Today was packing day for dd- slept in, then was hard to get motivated to get off Balcony from Animal watching. But only took a couple hours. She’s staying at Resort with us. She wanted to do one last park day today for lunch- my AP expired on Monday but she has oodles of passes. So off to Epcot for lunch. HOT and we were tired so we left after eating. Quick stop at cast connections, a few things picked up and back to resort to chill a bit. Going to MK for an hour or so before California Grill dinner tonight-DD snagged a reservation this morning. Going to do apps and dessert I think. May or may not go back into MK and stay for some EMH-will see how we feel. Mostly packed up in room. Long drive starting tomorrow but not in a particular hurry either.

Looks like a rain shower. Good napping time...

We enjoy jiko after a long day. Nice pour and quiet, feels sorta ‘cluby’ don’t think many know the lounge is there. I sick terrribly sick every time i eat @ Boma, both breakfast & lunch. Upsetting as the food is interesting. Must be one of the exotic spices I’m unaccustomed to eating.

Nothing like viewing the animals from the balcony! Remember our first trip home there when we opened the slider and there was a giraffe staring back at us lol.

August 9 is our Janet birthday

We wil get booze she will like


Happy birthday empress Janet

Thank you my partner in crime

To my very lovely friend Janet...…….

Have a wonderful birthday and hope it is as special as you are...……

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Aw, shucks lol. Not too sure i’m Going to let that tall, dark & gruesome guy in; period

Safe travels MonyK........glad you had a lovely trip.........

Charade, yes, I have a few friends that don’t or won’t cook.......although one has a housekeeper........we call her the posh one.......lol.......and of course some folks just don’t enjoy cooking!

Lynne, never been to Morton’s in Orlando, but it gets fabulous reviews.........Toojays is almost next to it, great food there too but it’s a deli not for a special meal.


Funny day..........

Arranged with company for new garden shed (dull) to be built later this month......gardener will be thrilled......lol.....then went to wholesale butcher and stocked up big freezer in garage and some over spilled to garage fridge freezer! We can have a meat feast for the foreseeable future!!!

Then went to bed and slept for nearly 4 hours!!! Don’t think it was a bug.........just tired. Thank goodness I don’t have to go to work..........

6th Potter movie tonight.......may have a rum mule to keep it company.........

And 5 weeks today we fly

Hmm, meat feast has a certain ring to it

I’m hankering to go back to Charley’s on Intl drive. Not too fancy as some of the other steakhouses where I feel I need to pack a suit for the mr.

 

[Lynne G]

Keisha, should have had ice cream for breakfast too, haha. Glad your day was full of birthday fun.

Older one ordered new glasses. Oddly, now both kids have about the same prescription, so doctor says his prescription changed a lot since he was checked out 4 years ago, but since he is wearing his sister’s glasses without any issue, as being much stronger with his new script, he won’t have any issues. Yeah, as mom also paid for his glasses, he somehow forgot his wallet. :/

Just relaxing. Glad tomorrow is Friday.

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. Today was our last school open house. All of B’s teachers seem nice. Tomorrow we get school supplies. I’m amazed at how little she needs this year. B’s band teacher has a great sense of humor. These are his discipline procedures:

Patty - I’m watching the game you are at. I’m a Panther fan though.

MonyK - Safe travels.

Keisha - The cake sounds interesting.

Macraven - Hope you are feeling better.


Tomorrow will be a day of last minute school preparations and shopping.

 

[macraven]

I am
still sick but trying to read here
I
do a bit better if I have rested or slept
Most
Of
The day

School busses cane to our hoa to pick up kids for school
Yesterday
So early for a start date

 

[macraven]

And my tea is spiked so excuse typos please

 

[macraven]

It must have been spiked as I do not recall
Posting
That


I’m
Practicing for tour
Hhn nights

 

[macraven]

Go to Charley on Wednesday as all
Dinners get free slice of pie

 

[macraven]

Janet that was for you for free pie nights at Charlie’s

 

[schumigirl]

Janet cake for breakfast is absolutely fine on your birthday! And the day after if there’s any left........you have a good family!!!! And glad you had such a lovely day.........

Mac.......hope you are sleeping by now! Glad you are doing a little better..........yep HHN is just around the corner!!


I’m again up far too early..........I think my almost 4 hours sleep yesterday afternoon made me not as tired. Although I did get to sleep last night quickly........a little rum mule may have helped there.........

Although I did have 3 slow cookers going during the night with pork pieces.........the aroma through the whole house even at 4am was inviting! Will give them all another 2 hours then they’ll have been in for 12 hours........leave them to cool and then shred up for pulled pork. Will get many portions out of these to freeze!

Will make barbecue sauce later.

And today is Friday........all day!

Few bits of shopping to do we missed yesterday........and I need to find 2 sombreros for a Mexican night we’re going to on the 26th!!! Our friend has said.......no sombreros no entry! Good job I adore him.......not a fan of Mexican food in general........but going for the company!

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

 

[schumigirl]

 

[Lynne G]

Woot! It's Friday, why yes it is. Good Morning Schumi. I'd like to wake up to that smell. Enjoy bbq shredded meat. At least with Mexican food, you can find rice, and fresh vegetables. Fiesta!

Mac, I hope you got some good sleep. Rest up my friend, that 60 day countdown is getting mighty closer. Sending pixie and mummy dust, with some healing thoughts that you'll be better quick.

Robo, hope you are also resting and getting stronger. Fire up that coffee maker, your HHN cup is calling. Yay! Your HHN countdown is getting closer too. Is your sister coming too?

Tink, hope your coffee is hot, and have an enjoying day.

Bobbie, hope the fun at 6 Flags was good, and you're having more fun today.

Charade, we don't start until after Labor Day, and meeting with the teachers before stops in junior high. I think little one knows all her teachers. We also will be collecting back to school items. I warned both kids, now is the time, before prime picking is gone. Neither seem to have a long list. Both have back packs that can be used again. Older one starts college the Thursday before Labor Day. It's back to school time. The city kids go back the week before Labor Day, so return to work will be a double whammy, as when school is in session, commute is about 10 minutes longer, both ways. City buses are a pain, but mixed with school buses, lots of horns, and stupid driving will come from aggressive drivers.

Ah, roads were not wet, but passed an accident scene late in my commute. Upside down car in the middle of the street. Police were just arriving. Glad I was not there minutes before. That, and lucky that not busy closer to home, as road work was setting up, and I got through before the cones were starting to be placed. Summertime, when the darkness is only in the very wee hours.

Weather. Oh, I know you homies like to hear the weather report. Hot and humid, 90 degrees, with partly sunny skies. Then, a week-end of thunderstorms and showers, so if you are going out this week-end, take your umbrella. With the rain, temperatures will drop to a cool barely 80. Yeah, you know she says cool, barely 80, that is not a cool temperature. Cool is barely freezing. Sigh. We are not Florida, but quite enjoying the tropical weather that has parked itself for the past week. Here's hoping that very little rain falls when we are at the Dark Side. Yes, still in double digits, but 11 comes to mind.

Tea for me, so a big Friday, .

 

[Lynne G]

 

[pattyw]

Good evening everyone. Today was our last school open house. All of B’s teachers seem nice.

That's great! Always a relief when the teachers are nice!

Patty - I’m watching the game you are at. I’m a Panther fan though.

The Bills are my home team and first love but we LOVE North Carolina and would like to retire there someday! So the Panthers are my second favorite team! We got to have an onfield pass before a game this year with our season ticket renewal, and I chose this game to see the Panthers up close. We met up with some North Carolinians while we were on the field. They were so nice and we enjoyed chatting about our city and team and their city and team, too!!

Love Cam Newton!! He was so cute- even though it's only preseason, he was so excited- dancing around and getting the team pumped up!!

And yay Panthers! Bills lost but it was a fun game!!

Few bits of shopping to do we missed yesterday........and I need to find 2 sombreros for a Mexican night we’re going to on the 26th!!! Our friend has said.......no sombreros no entry! Good job I adore him.......not a fan of Mexican food in general........but going for the company!

Sounds fun!! Enjoy some margaritas!

It must have been spiked as I do not recall
Posting
That


I’m
Practicing for tour
Hhn nights

Feel better soon!!

and good that you're drinking to practice for HHN tour!!

Here's hoping that very little rain falls when we are at the Dark Side. Yes, still in double digits, but 11 comes to mind.

Getting close Lynne!!! YAY!!!

Happy Friday all!!

 

[Charade67]

Good Friday morning. We are getting ready to run errands. We need to get some school supplies, B wants to get a haircut, and I should go to the grocery store sometime today.

Lynne - We do open house for all grades here. It’s optional of course. I like to meet the teachers and clarify the supply lists. Some of the teachers hadn’t updated the lists on their web pages. One teacher had several times listed, but when we got to his classroom he said that most of the items were not needed since they will be doing most of the work on computers this year. B is still using the backpack I bought her in 6th grade. She will get a nw one when she goes to college.

Patty - I lived in eastern NC for 4 years. That’s when I started following the Panthers. We thought we were going to stay in NC permanently, but things didn’t work out that way.

 

[Charade67]

School supply shopping done. All she needed was a binder, notebook paper, 2 composition books, dry erase markers, and some pens. The only thing we have left to buy is some clarinet reeds.
Now we are waiting for B to get a haircut.

 

[Lynne G]

Lunch time walk done. Hot, but not a little breeze, and not as sweaty, thankfully. On a corner, the trash truck took a close turn. It smelled really bad, like trash. LOL And the odor remained as I crossed the street. Ick.

Glad your back to school shopping done, Charade. Hope B likes her new haircut.

Time for the AC is still cranking, and lunch to be eaten.

Have a good one, homies.

 

[pattyw]

Charade- You are rockin' the Back to School to do list

Lynne- Lunch here, too! Having Panera at my desk; summer corn chowder and salad. I may have dessert in my work bag too

Have a great afternoon all!!

 

[Lynne G]

- Sweets and relaxing. What a day!