Something About Nothing ... #12

[Lynne G]

Friday!

Tink, great you got the rate you wanted again. Nice to be at AKL.

Robo, sending lots of well wishes and hope your plan to head to other home does work out on Sunday. I hope the drive is very uneventful and quick.

Sigh, 32 out when I dropped little one off, and she was lucky I went out a few minutes early, as sigh, window scraping needed.

Now enjoying a cup of tea. Then some errands, and start to figure out what to take, and needs washing. Warned older one to locate what carry on he is using. It may be his back pack, but he likes a small roll bag too. Nice that DH and little one will be home when we come back, so a nice warm family car ride would be nice rather than the train. But asked DH to get us train tickets for both ways, just in case. We can use the unused tickets or return for refund. Next time in town is next month, when kids go to a concert.

Have a fabulous Friday homies. Sending lots of well wishes and mummy dust to all not well. Robo, hope your nose is no more like red.

 

[pattyw]

Happy TGIF all!!

Charade- that's great for your brother!

Sue- Yep- Horseheads is near Ithaca.

Tink- love that Priceline deal ! I've been leery using Priceline, but I've read that thread and it seems like you can figure out the hotel.

Robo- good idea to rest up a little more before heading to Florida! You'll both be enjoying fun in the sun soon!!

Lynne- sorry about the window scraping! Hope it warms up for you! We're getting a little warm front for a few days here- 40s for a couple of days! Every day without snow is a wonderful thing here!

Have a great Friday all!!

 

[macraven]

Good Friday morning homies !

Hope all are doing better

Robbie, starting your drive to Florida on Sunday is best
Saturday should also be a decent weather day to drive in case you want
To leave a day earlier

Numerous accidents on 24 to 75 last few days
Chattanooga had a wicked traffic tie up the other day with long hours up thru night with accidents

When it rains heavy, many accidents will happen
Up to this evening there are flash flood warnings for Atlanta metro northern GA

Should be much better driving on the weekend
Hope you have safe travels

Pattyw, cute kitty pic

Lynne, just a few more days and it will be Orlando time for you!

 

[keishashadow]

Good Friday all . More rain here but warm-ish. Spent am boxing up a few containers of indoor xmas decorations. Youngest DS, flush with 6 weeks of vacation time in his pocket, invited us up to his house for dinner. Was going to order takeout, i volunteered to bring food & cook there. Look forward to giving my grand-cats their Xmas present (don’t judge me lol)

Just had to share the good news. I checked Priceline again today and after a few tries was finally able to book AKV Jambo for 2 nights at $163 per night! Of course by the time they added taxes and fees it was closer to $190 but still a great deal

Now I have to call and take a night off from our SF reservation to make up for the extra day at WDW.

My credit card is crying but it's worth it.

Wonderful news!

Good evening everyone. Today was a much better day. We finally got the new copier/printer working properly. Now if I could just convince my boss to upgrade our computers and scheduling software.

I got a very interesting email today. A little backstory - I have an older brother who is 62. He has been single all of his life. He is also a very private person, so if he has ever had a girlfriend no one, not even family, has known about it. Today he emailed me and said if I hear from Mom that he is seeing someone it is true. She is not getting senile. So I emailed him back and said you can’t just drop that on me without more info. So she is basically his best friend of nearly 30 years. They have even worked together for 20 of those years. I don’t know why they waited so long to move out of the friend zone, (I know she was married once, but it was not a good relationship) but I am happy for him.


That sounds really good.

We saw it on Christmas Day. It’s a good family movie.

We are about to change our trash company. Our current company decided to increase their fee by 50% and not inform their customers first. We all found out when we received our current bill. So far over 400 people have cancelled their service with this company. Now they are saying that perhaps they made a mistake. Hmm..ya think?

Sadly, that won’t be much. He doesn’t do much gambling. Usually just some of the cheap slots. He spends most of his money on the shows.

I am so glad I found this group. I never would have thought to go to Priceline to look for Disney properties. I try to be cheap with hotel rates, but I would be willing to pay that to stay there.

Oh we are minnows by most standards as to gambling but deposit enough to get nice invites back. We are big on the shows, buffets & just gawking around at the over-the-top sights

pattyw. I’d like to see Hamilton too! I did score tickets to see Come From Away when it comes to town in spring. I was able to get in on pre sales, going with a couple of friends and couldn’t even get seats together! But in same section anyway. I doubt there will be any tickets left when they opened to general sales.
Sounds like a fun getaway for you and Joe. I have a friend who lives in Horseheads, I think it may be near finger lakes? Not sure.
Hope you get some sleep!

Tink congrats on your akv score. How do you find these deals! I couldn’t see your post, it was blocked by one of those giant adds but I saw comments!
I had a dog that chewed thru my laptop power cord :-(. Sheesh. Cable guy did come, said it was the tv HDMI mother board that quit working. He tried all 4 ports. So he hooked tv to cable box old school using AV! It’s dds TV down in the rec room. It works now. So glad I don’t have to run out for a new tv right after Christmas, although now is probably one of the best times to get one lol. If I decide to update our pvr boxes to latest system I’ll have to buy new TV because the new boxes only use HDMI.

Robo feel better! I wish I were getting out of this rain and somewhere warm! What part of Florida is your home? Aside from Orlando we stay (pre Orlando) in Deerfield Beach. The hotel has rooms with full kitchens and has become our home away from home when we’re in town.

Lynne. BLT sounds good! Husband bought a ham hock and made the yellow split pea soup tonight.

Schumi I had cherry juice mixed with Perrier for a bit of fizz. And cherry juice is very good for inflammation! We bought a bunch of cherry juice in July from the orchards. They come in bladder type pouches and keep for awhile. Just finished the last of it tonight, sigh. We were visiting a friend in the fruit growing area of the province and always stop by the farm stands. Sadly we have been having huge problems in summer with forest fires, and a week after we left a big fire broke out in the area we were in.

Keishashadow good job getting it done. I guess our protocol is different here. I never have both routinely. They only do the ultrasound if there is a suspicious area on mammogram. So after mammogram you wait in the gown a few minutes while they look at the mammogram then you either get the go ahead to leave, or stay for ultrasound. I’ve only had to stay for ultrasound a couple of times.

Naw it’s the same here, let’s just say i’m Dense in every sense of the word so it was part of my standard routine. I’m sore today (a first0 have black & blues on rib cage. Tech was a bit agressive & had to repeat lots of the views.

Never heard that re cherry juice. You have me considering digging thru my freezer to retrieve my xmas ham bone.

There's a thread here that helps with identification of Express hotels on Priceline. For wdw hotels you search Lake Buena Vista then filter the areas WDW, Bonnet Creek and WDW, Disney Springs then choose airport shuttle in the amenities. I knew that AK Jambo was the 4.5* hotel since others had reported getting it so I pulled the trigger. I wouldn't have booked an opaque booking otherwise.

It was so much easier when they had the tell-tale descriptive line. They like to switch it up. Make sure to verify your reservation # with WDW. A few (not sure if reliable) posts here from folks saying they had issues.

Morning Sans family

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We had to postpone leaving today for Florida this morning.....just not feeling well enough yet....will shoot for Sunday morning. I looked at weather forecast and it’s supposed to be raining in Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon on into Gainesville today so basically 80% of the travel back home to Florida so it’s better not to leave today anyway. Weather supposed to be good Sunday for travel. I need to feel well enough to do my part driving.




Thanks Sue M......Our home is in Vero Beach.


Tink nice to hear you got such a good deal for AK.


Charade it’s wonderful that your brother has started dating his friend hope it works out for him. Love can blossom at any age.


I need to go and get a couple things from store now to last us a couple days. I had emptied fridge and pantry with plans to leave today....chicken noodle soup has been our mainstay for past couple days.


Prayers and get well wishes being sent to all our Sans family who are sick.......get well soon



Have a great Friday everyone

That is a long road trip. Take your time. Had to laugh, yesterday was checking rates for U summer trip on 3rd party travel sites. Up popped google suggesting we drive. They gave a est time of 15 hours. Ha, maybe if we drove 100 mph. Seriously, decades ago, but last time took us well over 20 hours & that was all highway.

Good Friday morning homies !

Hope all are doing better

Robbie, starting your drive to Florida on Sunday is best
Saturday should also be a decent weather day to drive in case you want
To leave a day earlier

Numerous accidents on 24 to 75 last few days
Chattanooga had a wicked traffic tie up the other day with long hours up thru night with accidents

When it rains heavy, many accidents will happen
Up to this evening there are flash flood warnings for Atlanta metro northern GA

Should be much better driving on the weekend
Hope you have safe travels

Pattyw, cute kitty pic

Lynne, just a few more days and it will be Orlando time for you!

you’ve been getting a lot of rain Maybe it’ll finally get your area out of drought status.

A random, jik Q for you re Nashville airport. Is a 50 min layover easily doable on a sunday mid afternoon? Starting to work on stand-by alternative options for spring trip JIK SWA doesn’t get their act together by then for flights i need.

 

[Lynne G]

Keisha, hate, hate stop overs when it is a 2 or so hour direct flight otherwise. On our home flight day, two direct flights: 7:30am or 8:30pm. Happily, the late one was cheaper than I have ever seen in some time. Score. But now each of us have a nice sized credit to burn.

Overcast and cool day. Rain somehow has stayed south of us. Fine with me. Errands ran, and seeing week day TV stinks.

Oh well. Did check rental rates. No movement from drop the other day. Still tossed between full size versus mid tier SUV at $30 more for the 9 days we have it. Still leaning toward full and saving that money. Also, guess no one wants a truck. Regular and large trucks are almost $40 cheaper than my full size. Um, definitely no. And mid size is $25 or so more than full. Guess all want the smaller cars. I am also not a mini van fan either.Just the two of us, so no need for lots of room.

 

[bobbie68]

Hi Sans Family ... It has been a little warmer than normal here so I will take it. The mornings have some frost on the cars. Today will get up to 43. They are talking about a storm here Monday night to Wednesday morning. I am hoping it stays warm enough for rain and not the "white stuff".

It has been a little hectic the last two days. Liv's close friend Guin and Liv are not talking now. Guin was doing something that was upsetting Liv and when she went to talk to her about it Guin freaked out on her. She was very mean and aggressive. I did not see this coming. We are not even sure what happened to set her off. After 4 days of this Liv still wanted to be amicable friends at school and maybe hang around once in awhile but now it is a no go. I know Liv is really hurt. She has really not had good luck with girlfriends. This was nice for her. I told here though it is better to have a true friend then a friend who is not one. Those types of friends only cause heartache. Liv is starting to get it but still hurt. I have been getting a lot of texts from school about when she sees Guin. I have been working a lot the last few days. That's what moms do.

Liv and Charlie got good news. They are both being kept on at Target. Their hours have been cut but it should be enough for what they need. They are both happy about this.

Liv has been driving herself to school this week. I am finding it easier every day she drives on her own. I am still worried though, and can't wait to hear from her when she gets to where she is going.

Tink congrats on scoring that price for AKL . That is going to be so awesome!!! I am sorry the dog chewed through the cable again. I just had to put double sided sticky tape on my couch ends to stop the cats from scratching it to pieces!!!

Robbie I hope you feel better soon. I am sorry you have to postpone a couple of days and it throws things off. It will be so nice to feel better when you go! Vero Beach area sounds wonderful! I hope your granddaughter's foot is doing better

Patty have a great weekend! What a nice trip you have planned for the two of you. You are braver than me to bundle up and head out. I think I was a bear in another life

Charade I am happy to hear about your brother. I like to hear stories like that. Good luck to them

Mac I hope the sun comes out more for you soon. I know for a lot of people it makes you feel better!

Lynne Happy packing for a great trip!! It sounds like a lot of fun. I have thought about trains before but not sure if Liv could stay on one long.

Keisha I think it is great you want to see your grand-cats. It sounds like a nice visit, I hope your meal comes out great!

Schumi I am glad that everyone is doing better. I know what you mean I have been dreading taking down the Christmas stuff. I love the way it feels around the house. The shed sounds like a great thing to use. Your thirsty Thursday drink sounds wonderful! I hope you enjoyed it and your visit with your friend.

Sue Nice on getting the tickets. I have been in the school system for years and believe that has helped me with some of the cold and flu stuff. I hope the cable guy made it to your house okay. I hope your weather improves, I agree it is hard to muster motivation in blah weather!

I am off to get Charlie, I can't wait till Liv can drive him next week.

I hope everyone has a great day!!! Happy Friday it's the weekend.

 

[schumigirl]

Sue, cherry juice sounds lovely! Only ever had a dash in a cocktail......I do like a bit of fizz with fruit juices....and yes, so good for you too.

Robo........feel better and safe travels when you do head back to Florida.......warmer weather awaits you!!

Lynne.....not long now till your trip.......it’s with your son isn’t it?? Cold here too.......

Keisha.....yes judgement here from this non cat person.......(jk) sorry your hurting a bit from the lady exam.....a necessary evil......I was lucky last one didn’t hurt in the slightest.......

Bobbie.......glad both kids are being kept on at Target.......glad to hear. Hope her driving goes well......



Had nice afternoon with friend......hadn’t seen her since November.......so we had a lot to catch up with.

Then decided to go out for dinner to local pub.....they do a fabulous steak night on a Friday......enjoyed it and our favourite barman was surprised we are still doing dry January........lol.......I told him dry white wine didn’t count unfortunately just because it has dry in the name........lol.......then a few friends came in so we sat a little longer.......we bagged seats beside the big open fire as it was freezing outside........nice evening.

Temps are deceiving.....showing 5C (40F) but it feels like we’re in the minuses. Weather woman says to expect more cold this weekend. Think I’ll stay in and do housework.........

Need a new dishwasher.......not a fun purchase. Will need to look and get one ordered. ASAP!

Not long till bedtime here.......as we haven’t been sleeping great last few weeks we are a bit shattered. Always plan to sleep late but never do.........

Bacon rolls for breakfast though...........

 

[macraven]

Keisha
I have flown into Nashville twice
It’s a decent airport and feel 50 minutes won’t be an issue

Back later as time to start our dinner

 

[bobbie68]

Hi I am just dropping in a minute between giving rides to the teens. I didn't realize that Disney was doing room only discount rates yet for the summer, I thought it was just free dining. I was on one of the threads and read someone got a club level room the same time as me for the discount. I called and sure enough I was able to get the AKL savanna room club level for $500.00 total instead of $700.00. I had been saving points for a few years and was up to 500. Now none of the cost for the night at AKL is not coming out of my pocket.

I am going to use the money now for our little anniversary outing next weekend....more to come on that

Schumi sounds like a nice meal, nothing like a good steak restaurant. Hope you find a dishwasher asap that you like.

Mac I hope it is something good

 

[Sue M]

Morning Sans family

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Thanks Sue M......Our home is in Vero Beach.


Have a great Friday everyone

We’ve gone a few times to Cocoa Beach enroute from Deerfield Beach to Orlando. The girls like surf lessons from Ronjons. And we’ve gone to KSC.

Good Friday all .


Naw it’s the same here, let’s just say i’m Dense in every sense of the word so it was part of my standard routine. I’m sore today (a first0 have black & blues on rib cage. Tech was a bit agressive & had to repeat lots of the views.

Never heard that re cherry juice. You have me considering digging thru my freezer to retrieve my xmas ham bone.

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My Tech was aggressive too :-(. I wish they could just do ultrasound and forget about the mammogram!

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. Rain again today, but I think we are supposed to get a few dry days next week.

We had to postpone leaving today for Florida this morning.....just not feeling well enough yet....will shoot for Sunday morning. I looked at weather forecast and it’s supposed to be raining in Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon on into Gainesville today so basically 80% of the travel back home to Florida so it’s better not to leave today anyway. Weather supposed to be good Sunday for travel. I need to feel well enough to do my part driving.

Hope you are better by Sunday and get to start your trip.

Look forward to giving my grand-cats their Xmas present (don’t judge me lol)

No judging here. I got my cat a gift this year.

Need a new dishwasher.......not a fun purchase. Will need to look and get one ordered. ASAP!

I suspect we will be needing one soon. I’m actually looking forward to shopping for one.

Okay, one of my quotes didn’t come through. Happy anniversary Bobbie. I hope Liv and her friend can work things out.


Today we took down the tree and packed away all of the Christmas stuff. I went to put B’s 2018 ornament in her box and couldn’t find an ornament for 2017. I hadn’t written it down (I keep a list inside the box) and could not remember what it was. I finally had a “well, duh” moment and remembered that we had been at Universal in December 2017. I remembered that I had bought 2 Ravenclaw banner ornaments while we were there, I just couldn’t remember where i had put it. I also realized that I was missing a Girl Scout silver award ornament that I had bought for B.I went on a frantic search for the ornaments and then realized that the GS ornament box was sitting on top of my dresser RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. Thankfully the missing Ravenclaw ornament was in the box with the GS ornament. All the ornaments are now in their storage boxes where they are supposed to be.

 

[schumigirl]

Good evening everyone. Rain again today, but I think we are supposed to get a few dry days next week.

Hope you are better by Sunday and get to start your trip.

No judging here. I got my cat a gift this year.

I suspect we will be needing one soon. I’m actually looking forward to shopping for one.

Okay, one of my quotes didn’t come through. Happy anniversary Bobbie. I hope Liv and her friend can work things out.


Today we took down the tree and packed away all of the Christmas stuff. I went to put B’s 2018 ornament in her box and couldn’t find an ornament for 2017. I hadn’t written it down (I keep a list inside the box) and could not remember what it was. I finally had a “well, duh” moment and remembered that we had been at Universal in December 2017. I remembered that I had bought 2 Ravenclaw banner ornaments while we were there, I just couldn’t remember where i had put it. I also realized that I was missing a Girl Scout silver award ornament that I had bought for B.I went on a frantic search for the ornaments and then realized that the GS ornament box was sitting on top of my dresser RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. Thankfully the missing Ravenclaw ornament was in the box with the GS ornament. All the ornaments are now in their storage boxes where they are supposed to be.

Good luck with the dishwasher search...…..all I look at is the colour. Ours is black right now, but since we have changed the room I want the slate grey one I think...….I like things to match. Sometimes you just can`t see things right in front of you.....least you found it......nice to have everything put away after the festivities.

Although we just spotted a large vase with a Christmas display still sitting on the hearth in one of the rooms at the back of the house......we never noticed it when clearing the rooms. You can`t exactly miss it!!! It`s gone now though.



Another dull, grey and cold Saturday morning...…..not going out today. Lazyish day doing some drying, then ironing while watching tv and some computer time...…

Stir fries tonight for dinner.....teriyaki chicken with noodles for Kyle and Tom and sweet and spicy lemon, pineapple and ginger chicken with rice for me. Quick and easy.

Have a great Saturday....…….

 

[Robo56]

Morning Sans family a

Robo, sending lots of well wishes and hope your plan to head to other home does work out on Sunday. I hope the drive is very uneventful and quick.

Thank you Lynne.......hope you and your son have a lovely trip.

Should be much better driving on the weekend
Hope you have safe travels

Thanks Mac.......plan is to leave tomorrow morning. Weather looks to be better and I’am feeling a tad better so will go for it.

That is a long road trip. Take your time.

Will do. It’s about 16 hours for us with food breaks etc......There was a horrible accident on 75 just North of Gainesville Thursday......if I understand correctly a North bound semi crossed the center line and hit another semi in the southbound lane and a van and a car then hit the trucks. There were many fatalities. Road closed Thursday and yesterday.

So sad to hear of such things.....in one report it said the van which had children in it were heading to Disney.....prayers for all who died and their families who are left to morn them......it does give one pause to reflect when driving for sure.

Hope you are better by Sunday and get to start your trip.

Thanks charade looking forward to the sunshine in Florida.

Tink was sorry to hear your pooch ate through your cable wiring again.........it’s odd how dogs are drawn to certain things to chew on like that....our son and daughter in law took in a Labrador a few years ago and in spite of having an ample yard to play in and plenty of toys, treats and food he ate through the pool pump, shoes, TV controls etc..they finally had to find another home for him.

Bacon rolls for breakfast though.

Sounds yummy......is that like cinnamon rolls with bacon in them or on them?

Although we just spotted a large vase with a Christmas display still sitting on the hearth in one of the rooms at the back of the house......we never noticed it when clearing the rooms. You can`t exactly miss it!!! It`s gone now though.

I did not want to take down my Harry Potter Tree in formal living room or Elf Tree in formal dining room everything else is down though........the Christmas decorations always make the house look so cheerful.......have fun putting them up not so much taking them down.


Have a great Saturday everyone.

 

[keishashadow]

Morning all, so many early birdies. Visit with DS was nice, his oven runs a bit faster than mine, note to self to check earlier lol but everything still edible if not a bit of dry breasts. Passed muster with the guys, not the most discerning thank goodness.

The mr has announced he will make breakfast today, yea. Doesn’t really cook but makes mean bacon & fried eggs, complete with crispy edges . Will attack more decorations today & hope to work in a movie.

Hi I am just dropping in a minute between giving rides to the teens. I didn't realize that Disney was doing room only discount rates yet for the summer, I thought it was just free dining. I was on one of the threads and read someone got a club level room the same time as me for the discount. I called and sure enough I was able to get the AKL savanna room club level for $500.00 total instead of $700.00. I had been saving points for a few years and was up to 500. Now none of the cost for the night at AKL is not coming out of my pocket.

I am going to use the money now for our little anniversary outing next weekend....more to come on that

Schumi sounds like a nice meal, nothing like a good steak restaurant. Hope you find a dishwasher asap that you like.

Mac I hope it is something good

Congrats. Never have snagged club level @ AKVJ, so few of them they go really fast. Just as well, quite the number of points.

There was an odd glitch in being able to book their value studio for the first week in December this year. A few days the middle of the week were missing when my booking window opened.

Grabbed what appeared to be the last studio at Kidani & have waitlisted for both value & standard at Jambo. DVC is saying nothing but people are surmising they are attempting to cut down on ‘walkers’, trying to level the playing field.

Good luck with the dishwasher search...…..all I look at is the colour. Ours is black right now, but since we have changed the room I want the slate grey one I think...….I like things to match. Sometimes you just can`t see things right in front of you.....least you found it......nice to have everything put away after the festivities.

Although we just spotted a large vase with a Christmas display still sitting on the hearth in one of the rooms at the back of the house......we never noticed it when clearing the rooms. You can`t exactly miss it!!! It`s gone now though.



Another dull, grey and cold Saturday morning...…..not going out today. Lazyish day doing some drying, then ironing while watching tv and some computer time...…

Stir fries tonight for dinner.....teriyaki chicken with noodles for Kyle and Tom and sweet and spicy lemon, pineapple and ginger chicken with rice for me. Quick and easy.

Have a great Saturday....…….

Always, a ghost of Xmas past lurking lol. Dinner sounded scrumptious. We have a couple of thick strip steaks for grill today. Should hit 40 degrees and no rain!

Morning Sans family a

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Thank you Lynne.......hope you and your son have a lovely trip.




Thanks Mac.......plan is to leave tomorrow morning. Weather looks to be better and I’am feeling a tad better so will go for it.



Will do. It’s about 16 hours for us with food breaks etc......There was a horrible accident on 75 just North of Gainesville Thursday......if I understand correctly a North bound semi crossed the center line and hit another semi in the southbound lane and a van and a car then hit the trucks. There were many fatalities. Road closed Thursday and yesterday.

So sad to hear of such things.....in one report it said the van which had children in it were heading to Disney.....prayers for all who died and their families who are left to morn them......it does give one pause to reflect when driving for sure.



Thanks charade looking forward to the sunshine in Florida.

Tink was sorry to hear your pooch ate through your cable wiring again.........it’s odd how dogs are drawn to certain things to chew on like that....our son and daughter in law took in a Labrador a few years ago and in spite of having an ample yard to play in and plenty of toys, treats and food he ate through the pool pump, shoes, TV controls etc..they finally had to find another home for him.



Sounds yummy......is that like cinnamon rolls with bacon in them or on them?



I did not want to take down my Harry Potter Tree in formal living room or Elf Tree in formal dining room everything else is down though........the Christmas decorations always make the house look so cheerful.......have fun putting them up not so much taking them down.


Have a great Saturday everyone.

Safe trip! Terrible to see coverage of that accident on the news yesterday.

One of my long-passed dogs was a cord chewer. She was ‘cured’ the time she went for an in-use extension cord. Her ‘scream’ woke me up out of a sound sleep. Survived with no apparent issues, how, I’ll never know; but she never chewed a cord again.

 

[schumigirl]

Morning Sans family

Will do. It’s about 16 hours for us with food breaks etc......There was a horrible accident on 75 just North of Gainesville Thursday......if I understand correctly a North bound semi crossed the center line and hit another semi in the southbound lane and a van and a car then hit the trucks. There were many fatalities. Road closed Thursday and yesterday.

So sad to hear of such things.....in one report it said the van which had children in it were heading to Disney.....prayers for all who died and their families who are left to morn them......it does give one pause to reflect when driving for sure.


Sounds yummy......is that like cinnamon rolls with bacon in them or on them?


I did not want to take down my Harry Potter Tree in formal living room or Elf Tree in formal dining room everything else is down though........the Christmas decorations always make the house look so cheerful.......have fun putting them up not so much taking them down.

That was a truly dreadful accident to see yesterday.....and even sadder to see the children involved!! Heartbreaking……

I mean like bread rolls......instead of a bacon sandwich we have it on a buttered roll......very plain and simple.....similar to these…….




Yes, it`s not great taking everything down.....it looks so bare once everything is gone and put away!!! I miss my trees!!!

Hope you`re all doing better today...….

Morning all, so many early birdies. Visit with DS was nice, his oven runs a bit faster than mine, note to self to check earlier lol but everything still edible if not a bit of dry breasts. Passed muster with the guys, not the most discerning thank goodness.

The mr has announced he will make breakfast today, yea. Doesn’t really cook but makes mean bacon & fried eggs, complete with crispy edges . Will attack more decorations today & hope to work in a movie.


Always, a ghost of Xmas past lurking lol. Dinner sounded scrumptious. We have a couple of thick strip steaks for grill today. Should hit 40 degrees and no rain!

One of my long-passed dogs was a cord chewer. She was ‘cured’ the time she went for an in-use extension cord. Her ‘scream’ woke me up out of a sound sleep. Survived with no apparent issues, how, I’ll never know; but she never chewed a cord again.

glad you had nice visit with your boy....I`m sure they loved the food......our electric oven cooks so quick!!! If a turkey takes five hours, it`ll be ready in just over four. Always got to remember....it`s why we use the AGA for most of our meats...…..breakfast sounds so good!!!!

Least we didn't discover the display over Easter!!!! That would be embarrassing.....lol......steaks sound lush!!!! And not too bad weather for you...…..

Ouchy on the dog that chewed the cords!!! I would have thought the opposite would have happened!!!



4pm and dark already.....been very gloomy all day today, sunshine hasn't appeared for days.....

DH is watching Ant-Man through in sitting room, Kyle is out and I`m sitting at laptop in peace and quiet through the back of the house....no tv is bliss some days....one of the reasons I love this room.....Tom wanted to put a tv in here, but it`s really only me that uses it on occasions.....no thanks, we have more than enough TV`s in our home.....quite embarrassing really considering there`s only 3 of us live here!!!

Time for a can of pepsi….…..

 

[Lynne G]

Wet, wet Saturday for us. Did some grocery shopping, then wash still in progress. Told older one does know where stuff is, including luggage. He said yeah, but nothing gotten out yet, and online playing with his friends since waking up.

Price of eggs are higher then I expected. But bought some, as will have fried eggs tomorrow. Thinking of dumplings and noodles from the dumpling place for dinner. We tend to think Asian on Saturday night dinners.

Me, luggage in bedroom now, guess the last minute packer is hereditary. LOL

Have a super Saturday all.

Yeah, heartbreaking that crash on 75. Repeated news of so many loss of life. I hope all find some peace in such a difficult and sorrowful time.

Two more sleeps. More thoughts of safe, quick travel if you do go tomorrow Robo.

Schumi’s dinners always sound lush, tonight’s no diffferent.

Bobbie, yeah it is the nice part when kids can drive each other. I still have to catch my breath when little one says friend picking her up, to go out on Friday night. I am glad I have good kids.

 

[Charade67]

Good afternoon everyone. It's almost 5:00 and I don't know where the day went. It's sunny and warm for a change. I wish we could have several more days like this.

B is getting ready for a school dance tonight and asked me to do something with her hair. I'm no hairstylist. I tried a braid that is sort of like a combination between a french braid and a fishtail braid. She seems to like it.

Good luck with the dishwasher search...…..all I look at is the colour. Ours is black right now, but since we have changed the room I want the slate grey one I think...….I like things to match. Sometimes you just can`t see things right in front of you.....least you found it......nice to have everything put away after the festivities.

I think we are waiting until either the current dishwasher dies or we remodel the kitchen whichever comes first. I definitely want all of my kitchen appliances to match. Right now they are all stainless steel. We will probably do the same when we replace.

Will do. It’s about 16 hours for us with food breaks etc......There was a horrible accident on 75 just North of Gainesville Thursday......if I understand correctly a North bound semi crossed the center line and hit another semi in the southbound lane and a van and a car then hit the trucks. There were many fatalities. Road closed Thursday and yesterday.

So sad to hear of such things.....in one report it said the van which had children in it were heading to Disney.....prayers for all who died and their families who are left to morn them......it does give one pause to reflect when driving for sure.

I have not been keeping up with he news and had not heard about this wreck. How absolutely heartbreaking.

DH is watching Ant-Man through in sitting room,

We are planning to do a Marvel movie marathon sometime before the next Avengers movie is released. Dh and I have seen all of the movies, but B still needs to see some of them.

I still have to catch my breath when little one says friend picking her up, to go out on Friday night. I am glad I have good kids.

I don't know why, but I am okay with B's friends driving. I just get super anxious when B is behind the wheel. She still needs a lot more drive time.

Our California trip is slowly coming together. We have booked flights and hotel rooms. Next dh is going to get us a rental car. I also discovered that we can get a 3 day ticket to Disneyland for only $36 more than the 2 day ticket. We originally had an unscheduled (except for travel) day between Hollywood and Disney, but nw we will be spending at least part of it at Disney. Now we just need to start planning exactly what we want to do when we are in Hollywood.

 

[keishashadow]

Killing time

Wet, wet Saturday for us. Did some grocery shopping, then wash still in progress. Told older one does know where stuff is, including luggage. He said yeah, but nothing gotten out yet, and online playing with his friends since waking up.

Price of eggs are higher then I expected. But bought some, as will have fried eggs tomorrow. Thinking of dumplings and noodles from the dumpling place for dinner. We tend to think Asian on Saturday night dinners.

Me, luggage in bedroom now, guess the last minute packer is hereditary. LOL

Have a super Saturday all.

Yeah, heartbreaking that crash on 75. Repeated news of so many loss of life. I hope all find some peace in such a difficult and sorrowful time.

Two more sleeps. More thoughts of safe, quick travel if you do go tomorrow Robo.

Schumi’s dinners always sound lush, tonight’s no diffferent.

Bobbie, yeah it is the nice part when kids can drive each other. I still have to catch my breath when little one says friend picking her up, to go out on Friday night. I am glad I have good kids.

Didn’t do as much baking as expected over holidays. Have a dozen that have expiry date of next Tuesday. No idea what to do with them. Mr doesn’t eat, no help there

Good afternoon everyone. It's almost 5:00 and I don't know where the day went. It's sunny and warm for a change. I wish we could have several more days like this.

B is getting ready for a school dance tonight and asked me to do something with her hair. I'm no hairstylist. I tried a braid that is sort of like a combination between a french braid and a fishtail braid. She seems to like it.

I think we are waiting until either the current dishwasher dies or we remodel the kitchen whichever comes first. I definitely want all of my kitchen appliances to match. Right now they are all stainless steel. We will probably do the same when we replace.

I have not been keeping up with he news and had not heard about this wreck. How absolutely heartbreaking.

We are planning to do a Marvel movie marathon sometime before the next Avengers movie is released. Dh and I have seen all of the movies, but B still needs to see some of them.

I don't know why, but I am okay with B's friends driving. I just get super anxious when B is behind the wheel. She still needs a lot more drive time.

Our California trip is slowly coming together. We have booked flights and hotel rooms. Next dh is going to get us a rental car. I also discovered that we can get a 3 day ticket to Disneyland for only $36 more than the 2 day ticket. We originally had an unscheduled (except for travel) day between Hollywood and Disney, but nw we will be spending at least part of it at Disney. Now we just need to start planning exactly what we want to do when we are in Hollywood.

I’m all thumbs. Have decided I can’t master a fishtail, even if my life depended upon it

Trip sounds exciting. Noticed nice dL tix special one day per park Was trying to work it in 2 days pre Hawaii, not looking promising with flights though. Might hit it up dec instead of WDW if I can find good price on hotel. Have only done the Disney properties and they are quite high for dates I’ve ckd this year

Never ventured into Hollywood. Did enjoy USH and knotts berry farm but for Halloween event.

 

[Charade67]

Killing time


Didn’t do as much baking as expected over holidays. Have a dozen that have expiry date of next Tuesday. No idea what to do with them. Mr doesn’t eat, no help there



I’m all thumbs. Have decided I can’t master a fishtail, even if my life depended upon it

Trip sounds exciting. Noticed nice dL tix special one day per park Was trying to work it in 2 days pre Hawaii, not looking promising with flights though. Might hit it up dec instead of WDW if I can find good price on hotel. Have only done the Disney properties and they are quite high for dates I’ve ckd this year

Never ventured into Hollywood. Did enjoy USH and knotts berry farm but for Halloween event.

Disneyland resorts are too far out of our budget. We are staying at one of their partner hotels that is only a short walk from Disney.

Hollywood was the original destination. This was’s B’s choice for a graduation trip. She originally asked to go to New Zealand, but that was not in the budget. We plan on doing all the touristy things in Hollywood - sign, walk of fame, Chinese theater, studio tour, etc.

 

[Lynne G]

Charade, go to Disney Soda Shoppe in Hollywood. We took in a movie, then had a ice cream sundae that included a pin at the Soda Shoppe right next door. We had stayed at the Hilton next to Universal, and when visiting Hollywood, parked at the garage at H&H, as if you took the elevator to the top, you could see the Hollywood sign in the distance. Plus, either theater ticket or IC Shoppe validated parking, so payed a lesser rate.

I’d love to get back to CA. Twice to DL, first at Disneyland Hotel, last at Grand C.