Something About Nothing ... #12

[pattyw]

Sun is shining here temps are in the forties......will take that over gloomy and rainy for sure.

Sounds wonderful!

Happy belated Anniversary wishes to Pattyw and her hubby

Thanks!!

Have been trying to get ready for Halloween Party on Wednesday.

How fun!!

 

[schumigirl]

Morning Sans family

Having a big mug of coffee in HHN mug this morning.

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Sun is shining here temps are in the forties......will take that over gloomy and rainy for sure.


Hope all who are sick are on the mend
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Happy belated Anniversary wishes to Pattyw and her hubby

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Have been trying to get ready for Halloween Party on Wednesday.

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Have a good Monday everyone. May your tea and coffee warm you’re hearts and home.

Hope we`re going to have the pleasure of seeing some of your wonderful displays again Robo……

they are incredibly impressive...…..

 

[macraven]

I hope Robbie does post pictures

She has the dream of a display when it comes to Halloween and Christmas

Opposite themes but she does a bang up job with all her decorations!

 

[macraven]

Janet, does Dave still have that cd license?

We can have him drive the bus to Robbie’s house to truck or treat there and also see her decorations!

And we can have some side trips on the way back

Monyk will have food and treats I bet..

 

[Monykalyn]

Janet, does Dave still have that cd license?

We can have him drive the bus to Robbie’s house to truck or treat there and also see her decorations!

And we can have some side trips on the way back

Monyk will have food and treats I bet..

I'm up for that!!

On Assisted living floor this afternoon-and there is a Halloween movie marathon on the TV (no residents watching it). What on earth is going on with Halloween 3 the season of the witch?? Wow it's bad LOL

 

[macraven]

In my town, October 31 is the only night allowed for trick and treaters to go to door to door for treats

So with it being a school night, the event is done by 7:45 - 8:00 at the latest

We get kids that come from outside our neighborhood
I give candy to all kids and teens no matter where they live

 

[Lynne G]

Me too Mac, and ditto for handing out. With little ones on my street, they start around 5:30, sometimes even earlier. I generally turn my light off around 8. Don't care who comes, all get candy. Woot, and candy we have.

And me too, Schumi. Very much enjoy Robo's pictures of her decor. She does a fabulous job.

Hey, finally a win, so dollar coffee. It was okay, almost tasted like bottom of pot, but for a buck, not bad. Drank all quick, as was thirsty. And saw that a decaf pot was left in our lunch room. Don't think anyone has taken any so far. On Monday, that's a no from me. Need all the caffeine I can get. Back to tea soon.

And, brisk wind they said. Uh huh. That wind was doing a major blowing of my hair during my lunchtime walk. Wore my sunglasses, but mostly just cloudy. A girl can hope. Gray and white blanket of clouds, so very few peaks of blue sky. Nippy with the wind and still damp feeling from the rain.

Oh, and got a call, kids were fighting over the use of older one's car, the over talking was so bad, I started to laugh, told little one to behave, then hung up. Have not got another call, so I guess they resolved. When I get home, I'll be told if she did or did not use the car.

With that, yep, time for tea. Glad Schumi got her electronics corrected.

 

[schumigirl]

I'm up for that!!

On Assisted living floor this afternoon-and there is a Halloween movie marathon on the TV (no residents watching it). What on earth is going on with Halloween 3 the season of the witch?? Wow it's bad LOL

Halloween 3 is the weirdest movie ever! Absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the first two or subsequent movies.......and it sucked!!!

In my town, October 31 is the only night allowed for trick and treaters to go to door to door for treats

So with it being a school night, the event is done by 7:45 - 8:00 at the latest

We get kids that come from outside our neighborhood
I give candy to all kids and teens no matter where they live

We don’t get a lot of kids with where we live.......our village does a Halloween party in the hall though, and most go there.....it is very popular. Most of us make donations with food and decorations......it’s a good little event.

And Lynne crept in as I was typing.........weather doesn’t sound great either where you are........



Yep, loving my new laptop.......latest birthday present ever! But having fun playing around with it........

Still cold. This winter is going to be a cold one........I’m always relieved Tom’s job never entailed moving to Russia for any length of time! I wouldn’t have survived those temperatures. Heat I can deal with.........

Time for a cup of tea........

 

[macraven]

I can’t whine about our weather today or for the next few days

To have temps at 70 end of October is a good thing

But come November, I will whine with the rest of you
Exception with Tgrgrl and Nashville Trio as they have Florida weather


Shout out to agavegirl aka Wendy
Hope you are healing and itching to get into vacation mode planning soon

Hope our dates overlap next October for UO/HHN

 

[schumigirl]

Yep, hope Wendy is doing ok...….she posted in my trip report recently, but hope she is doing ok still!!!


We have to be almost tropical tomorrow and get a high of 45F. Yahoo.

Wonder if I can stay in again...…..

 

[keishashadow]

It’s not that cold here but damp to the bones type of weather. Believe there still is a sun up there somewhere.

Managed to get all the nights @ BWV I needed for Sept/Oct ‘19 trip. Took some doing walking it/booking, cancelling, rebooking until I finally got the nights. Crazy town stuff. Only need to add on two or three nights at Universal. No sense of urgency with the elimination of the youfirst program. Probably will wait to book what I need for July trip too, at least until APH rates come out.

Excited to see that a few days opened up next May at Aulani, snagged them this am. Will combine with something @ Waikiki where we’ll do our touring of the area for another few days, then we’ll head onto the ship. Trip slowly starting to come together. Makes me nervous, all new territory for me. Have had new guide book ordered for months, anytime the publisher decides to release it will be nice.

Was going to do DL again pre cruise with just 2 nights @ Waikiki, but decided we’ll try to work it in near year end in ‘19 or spring ‘20. Just too much fun to rush it into 2 nights.

74 today but don’t think we will have many more nice days like this next week

Time for WD

One of the best episodes in ages! Going to watch it again tonight. Was starting to lose interest, glad they turned it around.

Pattyw
Did you miss watching
Walking dead tonight ?

If it makes anyone feel better, my temps are going south this coming week

I’ll be joining everyone in whining about cold weather here

Make me a member of the “it’s cold and I hate it”

Ha, define your new ‘cold’. One of the few peeps here who would consistently trump me when i’d Whine about sub zero temps.

Now that i think of it, pretty sure patty living near the lake will follow suit lol

I still marvel how we get lake effect snow living 2+ hours away from it.

Morning Sans family

Having a big mug of coffee in HHN mug this morning.

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Sun is shining here temps are in the forties......will take that over gloomy and rainy for sure.


Hope all who are sick are on the mend
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Happy belated Anniversary wishes to Pattyw and her hubby

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Have been trying to get ready for Halloween Party on Wednesday.

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Have a good Monday everyone. May your tea and coffee warm you’re hearts and home.

Enjoy, no party for me this year. Rain for days, should get a break tomorrow with more showers on Halloween, darn it. The ‘good’ decorations staying inside. Going to place a live ‘dummy’ (one my DS) in car in my driveway. Have it currently surrounded by large spooking things. Will have him slumped over the open door window, then come alive, well in zombie fashion.

First kid to cry gets two candy bars hehe

Janet, does Dave still have that cd license?

We can have him drive the bus to Robbie’s house to truck or treat there and also see her decorations!

And we can have some side trips on the way back

Monyk will have food and treats I bet..

Yep, CDL is still intact. I think we should use a party bus, complete with a pole hahahaha

In my town, October 31 is the only night allowed for trick and treaters to go to door to door for treats

So with it being a school night, the event is done by 7:45 - 8:00 at the latest

We get kids that come from outside our neighborhood
I give candy to all kids and teens no matter where they live

They truck them in here from nearby town that doesn’t have door to door trick or treating. No subterfuge, they pull up to my dead end street and unload them. At least they complement us on how they appreciate our annual displays. I buy enough for 300 kids. Have yet to run out

 

[macraven]

Since I have not started my diet yet, make sure the pole in the party bus is metal and not cheap plastic

We want no injuries...

 

[Lynne G]

Keisha, your place sounds like my youngest DB’s place. Streets packed with both neighborhood and trucked in kids. Hundreds every year.


Me, most I got was about 20. Our cul de sac does not have continuous sidewalks from the main drag that our street is accessed from. Hence, only usually neighbor kids, sometimes with their friends, with a few from neighboring area.

I love seeing some of the costumes.

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. Not much happening today. I’m so sleepy right now, but it’s much too early to go to bed.

Oh I am ready for standard time. Hour more sleep for me, though will be ride home in dark, not morning ride in dark. Then by time December rolls around, come and go in the dark. Then really feels like winter is coming.

I am just the opposite. I hate having it get dark so early in the afternoon. I actually wish we would just set a time and stick with it. I hate having to change the clocks.

Boy much better today-back to usual.

Good to hear.

Oh that sounds really fun!!!! Hope you post some pictures if you do that! Silver Dollar City Christmas by us is fun, but they don't offer the all inclusive with meals-wish they did. Black Friday we are the crazy people and like to do the zero dark thirty thing, then do brunch and mimosas. Maybe live music with friends that night. Was fun in Orlando last year but I did kinda miss our traditions at home.

We’ve been a couple of times and always enjoy it. I make a point to avoid Black Friday shopping. Too many years of working retail.

I’ll be joining everyone in whining about cold weather here

I whine about cold weather, but I will also whine about hot weather. In my dream world the temperature is always somewhere between 65 and 80.

They truck them in here from nearby town that doesn’t have door to door trick or treating. No subterfuge, they pull up to my dead end street and unload them. At least they complement us on how they appreciate our annual displays. I buy enough for 300 kids. Have yet to run out

Wow. We only had about 5 or 6 kids in our neighborhood last year.


Anyone remember the old Pace commercials where someone gets ridiculed for buying salsa that was made in New Your City? When I was in NYC a couple of years ago I was on a mission to find salsa that was made in NYC. I found some, and it was pretty darn good. Tonight I learned that Walmart is now selling the salsa that I bought in NYC. I bought a jar, and it is now in my kitchen. I forgot to get chips...

 

[bobbie68]

Hello Sans so nice to get back and catch up a bit!! It was cold and rainy here again today but Halloween should be around 60 during the day and 50's at night. I am glad Liv has a short sleeve part to her costume. The teens have decided this will be their last year trick or treating. The squad will go together and have fun.

Liv has now worked three days and really likes it. She has basically trained herself but is handling it well. She has some anxiety but that's okay. The only thing she is complaining of her back and feet. I found out she is wearing shoes not sneakers. I suggested it for comfort and she says no cause they don't match. I should remember when you're a teen it's about style and when your my age it's about comfort
They are giving her more hours than she wants. With 4 college classes it's to much but they have a shift swap that works well. She just has to put her shift up and people always snag it. She gave up her first one Sunday. They had her for 7 hours and she panicked. I said it's fine till she is more comfortable. She will work anywhere from 8-16 a week. Charlie goes to orientation tomorrow and will start at the end of the week. They may end up working together some days

I would like to share some good news for Liv with you... I know that each and every one of you care from the heart and not judge like parents I deal with around here. Every year each elementary, middle and high school (5th, 8th and 12th) select a student to receive the Superintendents award for the year. It is the top award for our district. It is based on academics, leadership, and service to others. Liv was called down today to the principal (she was freaking out and crying by the way ) but when she got there the principal told her she was unanimously chosen by the board to receive the award for her school this year. . She has been dealing with self esteem and self doubt for a long time and has been sad about it. Today it was so wonderful to see her so happy and confident. She really deserved this one. She has worked so hard and can feel proud of herself. There will be an awards ceremony in November.

Lynne Thanks for the info on him . I have not seen the show but it sounds like he has great ideas and I can use any help or suggestions right now. I agree a lot of it has to do with territory issues. I have multiple cat rotations just to keep them calm and happy. I know it will work out eventually. The zoo and outlet shopping sound fun. Ours is about 45 minutes away and I really hate the drive. Tea time is a great time Thanks for the National Cat Day pic! Thanks for the congrats for Liv.

Monykalyn Thanks for the congrats to Liv on her job. I love cooking in the crock pot the food is amazing and makes the house smell great. Your dinner sounded great!! Glad your boy is feeling better

Schumi Thanks for the congrats for Liv and her job. You are right it is on them if she makes a mistake. I keep telling her not to worry that she is doing her best. She has a lot of anxiety so it is easy to leap to the worse case scenario. I love listening to all the great farms and items you get and home made foods you have around you. I have this wonderful vision of what your village is like to live in . It sounds like you are very happy there and that is a wonderful thing. Keep enjoying your lap top new toys are so much fun


Patty Thanks for the congrats for Liv... I love the bundle up pic at Fright Fest, you guys look great! We didn't get a last one we had that horrible weather this weekend and it closed. I am looking forward to our holiday in the park starting in November. Glad you had a nice time at the wedding. I am sure like me and all other owners it was spoil our day! My orange boy (Alastor) will get extra treats


Mac Thanks for the thoughts of Liv and the job! She really likes her co workers and for her it's all about the people and communication. That's so nice that you give candy to teens and to ones not in the neighborhood. We always did too. Kids are kids and they really look forward to this one. I hear a lot of people around here grumble about the teens being to old. I have not watched walking dead yet this week the boys went to a concert last night and I changed my satellite company and lost everything I recorded. We will watch it before next weeks episode. I am glad that this season is better we were ready to bail. I hope you keep getting nice weather

Charade Thanks for the congrats for Liv on her job. I like to tell her that training things happen to people all the time so it is not personal. In the end it will work out good. Your dinner sounded wonderful! It is such a great feeling to finish the class I wish your daughter good luck on her test on Saturday!!! I know how these can affect them.

Keishashadow Glad to hear you are getting your trip squared away. It sounds like it's going to be great

to Tink, Robo, RAPstar, Tgrgrl and all other Sans family!! I hope everyone has a great night and a good morning

 

[macraven]

We love our girl Liv !


Congratulations to her for being acknowledged for the great person she is

This special award will carry Liv throughout her life

I know all of us here are thrilled for her

I bet your heart is bursting now Bobbie

 

[Lynne G]

A big Woot! to Liv. Nice award to get.

Just chilling. Rain on the home commute. Boo.

Little one wants to make a coffee run. She is getting annoyed not feeling better. I told her cold lasts about a week, but if she is not feeling better in a few more days, I will call the doctor. I do not think she is running a fever, so I do think cold virus that is keeping her congested.

 

[bobbie68]

Thanks Mac so much, it means a lot!... Yes it is bursting. It was not so long ago that I thought she would never talk let alone end up in typical classes or get awards. She has made leaps and bounds with overcoming her Asperger's challenges. We are over the moon proud of her. We know that she will be successful and happy in life and that is all we can ask for.

Thanks Lynne ... I hope your coffee run was good! Hope she feels better.

 

[tink1957]

Yay for Liv! A new job and an award too....that's awesome.

The kids went to Red Lobster tonight and had endless shrimp. .I wasn't invited since I'm on a diet, dang it. I could really eat a dozen cheddar biscuits right now so it's probably a good thing I didn't go.

Hope everyone has a great night...sweet dreams to all

 

[Lynne G]

Yum to both Tink. Yeah, dieting stinks sometimes.

Made my own mashed taters and just warmed up the steak from the night before, that and some brown gravy and corn. Good meal last night.

Well, we have sun. Mind you, a brisk and cool day, but hey, sun it is. Hello sun.

And, remember, Mac's doing a Taco run. Get your orders in early.

Yep, a Tuesday, and tea for me. Almost cool inside, and boo, had to use wipers to take off icy covering windshield on morning commute. And in the 30's overnight, but the trick or treat kids will see almost 64 or so by candy time. Then drops again. Hey, at least that means dry, and almost nice, better then some years, when we have had cold enough for gloves, very cold rain, and snow.