Something About Nothing ... #12

[pattyw]

Cat in Captain Marval was a hoot!

Sounds like I'd like the movie!!

Good for you on doing laundry- I need to do that too!! I'm still being a couch potato!

 

[Charade67]

Cat in Captain Marval was a hoot!

Good to hear. I think we are going to go next weekend.

 

[macraven]

We still are having heavy nonstop rain

I can live with that but if it rains all night, the creek at the intersection down from me, will flood over the road

I’m good with groceries and stuff like that but won’t be able to get to Sunday school and church in the morning if the road closes

I live on a ridge and no worries of my hoa flooding
Only one way out of my area street to the main road which is over the creek

Creek flooded once two years ago and had to wait for it to go down
County closed street down for hours back then

Can’t complain about our temps
I vividly remember how many years I suffered with extreme cold and snow
I was the biggest whiner here on weather

Never had a snow blower but when the boys got older, taught them what a snow shovel was ....
I was lucky having all boys

 

[pattyw]

I can live with that but if it rains all night, the creek at the intersection down from me, will flood over the road

I hope for no flooding for you! Stay safe, Mac

Never had a snow blower but when the boys got older, taught them what a snow shovel was ....
I was lucky having all boys

Yes- I've been spoiled by having a husband and two boys who do all the heavy lifting jobs for me- and a lot of small stuff, too! I also learned to get ready pretty quick!! When you have a bunch of men that can be ready in a jiffy- you learn to speed up yourself!

Back from shopping- watching some hockey this evening. I think we'll break into our liquor store purchases. Joe bought a bourbon he's read a lot about and I'm trying a new spiced rum!

Have a great evening all!!

Happy Spring forward!!

 

[Monykalyn]

Lazy day here too-I slept in til almost 10 this morning!! Couldn't figure out why it was so bright til I looked at the time.

Good for you on doing laundry- I need to do that too!! I'm still being a couch potato!

Me today.
Fashion show for the fashion club at the 4 Boys&Girls club yesterday; started with doing the girls nails at the salon that was doing the hair/makeup for the kids. A A couple of the boys decided on polish too-love these kids who get to express their creativity. Talked with a mom at the show who said her daughter was doing this for the first time and it was so outside her comfort zone-and her DD rocked it-she really shined and looked like a runway model! My middle DD helped with the nails and and did her DD's nails. 10 am start, by end of show was 8-had arranged for son's friend's dad to get my boy to take to soccer (DH out of town and DD wanted to see fashion show) for 9 pm game. Home at 11 (had to stop for food for growing boy). I think I needed the sleep!

DH got tickets for my Christmas present to The Lion King musical for this past Thursday-amazing show! So dang good. Told him best present ever!!

So after these busy days today was...lazy lol! Apparently I slept through a loud thunderstorm this am, per son. Then sunny but really windy! Blew deck and patio furniture into heaps. Need to get chick brooder and supplies tomorrow as plan to get some babies Monday.

Yesterday started out a tough day for Liv.

Oh hugs to Liv! Sounds like she is able to handle things with support though. Tough to be a mom to these teens isn't it?

Someday we should do a “family reunion” at the darkside

Wouldn’t that be out of the world fun!!

Mardi Gras next year??? Need something to look forward to/plan/obsess over LOL

Is it too early to start whining about springing forward?

NOPE! wish we'd get rid of it!

I woke up this morning in Orlando and am now sitting in Margaritaville ready to eats grouper sandwich. No park tickets. Just a quick stop on the way to PortCsnaveral.

Woot!! Have fun!

If I get bored enough I might start house cleaning.

I hear ya! I've done the "quiet" ie bathrooms/dusting/mopping cleaning late at night before when I couldn't sleep. Hope your trip to Disneyland goes well with announcement of Star wars stuff!

Cat in Captain Marval was a hoot! Movie was good in some parts, okay in others. Packed matinee.

Think we may see this tomorrow. And graduation is coming ever closer for you and Charade's DD's! Have 2 graduating next year and really hoping not same day (in 2 states)

Speaking of older DD-she got notified she has an IRIS internship for her field this summer! Now she is supposed to rank her top 3 choices (our of 18) and write why she wants them/is qualified for them. All of her top 3 have field work: one in New mexico, one with field work in Alaska, and one in Australia (think this is her top choice). She hasn't heard on summer Alumni for Disney yet but now that she has choices in her field she will probably do one of them. I tried to read the descriptions she sent, seems most have to do with seismic activity and climate changes effect on earths mantle/crust or something like that.

Marvel movies on two channels tonight.

 

[Monykalyn]

OOOOH I forgot @Sue M !--
Seems you, @Squirlz @schumigirl and I will have overlapping days in September! Will be there 9/18-9/23! Staying at the new Endless Summer resort (so far) but debating on changing. Will depend on if AP rates for others come out, if not will stick with SMSM at ES.

 

[macraven]

Monyk, congrats for your daughter on the summer internship

How are our chicks tonight?
When are the new additions arriving?


Hope all homies are doing fine

 

[Lynne G]

Boo, going to miss ya in September too, MonyK. Yes, I am definitely pencilling in next Spring. I so want to do Mardi Gras at the Dark Side. And maybe even some Flowers at Mickey’s. Will see. Would be great to have a SANS meet. And congrats to the Intern DD. Hope she gets her first choice place.

Just chilling. And seeing what is on TV. Older one has the basketball game on, but I could care less.

I think the Captain Marvel movie is one I would like to see again. I feel like I missed some little things. Long one, over 2 hours. And nice remberance of Stan Lee. Cannot mistake his cameo in the movie. If you are a comic fan, it was one of the better ones. Not one of the best for me, but certainly not one of the worst I would say.

Night owl? Fading fast. Hope all have a peaceful night.

 

[pattyw]

DH got tickets for my Christmas present to The Lion King musical for this past Thursday-amazing show! So dang good. Told him best present ever!!

Sounds great!! Would love to see that show!

Need to get chick brooder and supplies tomorrow as plan to get some babies Monday.

Yay!! Babies are coming!!

now that she has choices in her field she will probably do one of them.

That's wonderful for her!

Would be great to have a SANS meet.

Yes- would be so fun!!

I feel even more tired thinking it's really midnight!! Think it's time to set all the clocks ahead before we go to bed!

 

[Sue M]

Charade if you get too bored you can come clean my house!

Patty I’ll take the 50 without the rain & wind!

Lynne 60 is shorts weather

Mac yikes! Flooding is so scary. I’m glad we live on high ground too. We never used to get a lot of snow but we’ve been getting it now - for the past 5 yrs it’s been noticeably more. The year we had back to back snow storms during Christmas break, we shoveled so much I think by the end I was crying! Our snow on the coast is wet and heavy. Mr’s Birthday is in Feb, so I bought him a snow blower. Best thing I ever bought! Now we won’t be without one!
When I got Mr the snow blower, after the horrible storms, we didn’t have another snow for 2 yrs! The thing sat in the garage.

Monykalyn ooooh Lion King! I went with my dd’s when the show came here. So good. Wow, that must have been some wind! Hope you post pics of the chicks!
Fashion show sounds like a success!
Yes, I just booked Sept trip with my friend from LA! We should try and organize a get together for a drink or something. I’m saying at HRH. Hope for AP rate too! Didn’t realize Schumi or Squirlz are there in Sept too. But then, I’m lucky I can remember what I had for breakfast!
Congrats to DD! Australia seems a big draw for kids.

Well, dinner company left. Had rib roast, mashed spuds, carrots, salad, and blueberry pie. Older dd off to see Mama Mia. Microwave clock set, lol. Need to set watch, I’ll do the rest tomorrow! Thankfully ne thermostat sets itself they told me! One less thing to look up how to set, lol.
I hate time change. On news this week they’ve been talking about BC not changing time in the next year or 2, along with entire west coast. Wash., Oregon and California. I hope it happens.

Charade are you going to DL? Did I miss that?

Have a good nite all.

 

[schumigirl]

Good morning from Orlando........

Been awake since around 4.30.......wandered around a little....looked out the windows a few times......but eventually just got up........

We had an eventful but safe flight over.....although we had a few incidents including possible faulty engine, a plane that may or may not be able to take off and a pair of bare feet!!! Yep......never dull.......

And the engine incident had me thinking of Phoebe and her phalange.......

In a beautiful Sapphire Suite again and did sleep well........after a few cocktails in Strong Water........

Haven’t caught up with all the posts but did see Sue mention Orlando in September........yes, we’re there for a full month then so should be able to say hello at some point..... We arrive Sept 3rd and leave Oct 2nd.......

Ok......might as well just go shower and get up and go for breakfast.........no parks today, may go to Mardi Gras tonight or leave it till Tuesday..........meeting J’aime Paris Monday evening.........

Have a great Sunday

 

[Lynne G]

Now I can say Good Mirning to Schumi, as she is now on in the same day light saving time zone as me. I too have some sleep issues when I change time zones. I seem to have more issues coming back from an earlier time zone than going to it. So happy you had a safe flight, though with issues. Bare feet? Oh my. Also happy to hear you are enjoying SF.

I hope you have some park fun today.


So for all the homies that need to know the day it is, ah it’s a Sunday.



Hehe, but ya,



Eek, I will certainly be in the dark commuting for some time, but hey, will have no need for lights when I come home.

Oh and Sue, yep 60 or higher temp, and you will see lots of shorts. Older one rarely wears pants, but I am sure little one will be in shorts tomorrow. So ready for lovely Spring weather. 70’s and blue skies are my favorite times.

And a final hehe, then it is tea for me. Weather guy last night said, we are having our routine weekend rain. Yeah, I heard some loud downpours in the wee hours. Last one was around 5. Saying the rain will end by lunchtime, and a warmer day than yesterday. But yeah. It has been a wet wet year, and many weekend days wet. Good thing is, as we hurry to April, the chance of snow lessens, though I have seen snow in April, but it does not stay around long.

Wake up homies. For lots of us, hey late sleeper, you lost an hour of sleep. Sigh, so many of us would not want to go in and out of Standard Time.

Okay, time for tea for me. Later homies, and I have control of the TV. Woot!

 

[Robo56]

Morning Sans family

Realized I had the wrong day of the week......LOL










Morning Lynne


Morning Schumi .......sorry to hear of the plane issues.....well you made and your here in sunny Florida


Welcome back to the sunshine State.







It’s supposed to be 88 in your neck of the woods today.

You woke up this morning in our Spring forward time change. It’s 7 hours change for you this morning if I’am correct with our change. Take it easy and enjoy yourself.


Monyk great news on the new baby chicks and your daughters options for internships.


Agavegirl1 great to hear you are in Florida .Have a great relaxing trip.


Yep! Lynne that’s the hard part for folks who work is the travel in the dark in the morning with the time change.

I made some banana bread, baked salmon mouse and tuna balls. Going to a cocktail party this evening and going to take some hor d’oeuvres and a big picture of frozen strawberry daiquiris (my husbands request). They have guests for awhile and wanted to give them some banana bread to have with their breakfast. They are great neighbors.

Have some trip planning to do today.


Morning to all of the Sans family

 

[Charade67]

Good morning. Everyone awake yet?
Today is the unofficial start of spring where I live. We have a very popular ice cream place that is only open during spring and summer. It’s basically a food truck with a permanent location. They are opening today. May have to stop by later this afternoon.

B got some good news yesterday. A little background - she has a friend, Sarah, who she has known since second grade. Sarah was planning on going to college in Hawaii. About a month ago she got a call from the athletic department letting her know that due to intense budget cuts they could no longer honor their commitment to her as a student athlete. She has spent the past month trying to find another school where she can play volleyball. Yesterday she announced that she has signed on to play on a new division one volleyball team at a school here in Virginia. This one is only 4 hours away. I’m sure Sarah’s parents are happy about this as well.

Mac - Hope there wasn’t any flooding and you were able to safely get to church today.

Monyk - Congrats to dd on the internships.

Lynne - You are making me want to go see the movie right now. Maybe we could go this afternoon instead of waiting until next weekend.

Sue - We have a Disneyland trip panned for June. Well, it is just part of our trip. We offered a graduation trip for B. She wanted to go to New Zealand. We told her that wasn’t in the budget and asked her second choice. She said Holywood. We are going to spend a couple of days in Hollywood, then go to Disney, and then the San Diego Zoo.

Schumi - Looking forward to hearing about your trip. This time next year we might actually be able to go to FL as a family. B and dh will finally have the same spring break.


I want to go back to sleep, but I can’t. Is it wrong that I am already looking ahead to lunch?

 

[pattyw]

Happy Sunday all!!

Hope everyone mad it through Spring forward ok!! Always tough to LOSE sleep! But it will be lighter longer in the evening which always gives me more energy!!

Yay Schumi is waking up in Orlando!!

Yep- Charade our local ice cream stand is open! No inside seating- just a walk up stand. Funny to see people all bundled up waiting for an ice cream order!

Sue, Lynne, Robo and everyone else just getting started today!

 

[Monykalyn]

Well I am awake but still in PJ-have to get going as DH wants to go to early movie to see Captain Marvel.
Need to do household stuff this afternoon. Glad I have tomorrow off. Back to mostly a 4 work day schedule now. Usually I opt for Tuesdays off but with spring break this week decided to sleep in with rest of them

Yep- Charade our local ice cream stand is open! No inside seating- just a walk up stand. Funny to see people all bundled up waiting for an ice cream order!

We have our staple Andy's frozen custard (like Ted Drewes in St Louis) a staple in this town-always a line even when freezing out. And on warm summer nights? line at window and through drive through quite long. They have people come out with ipads so you can order and have the treat ready when you pull up. Line moves fast!
But we have our Pineapple Whip "food" trucks all over town and it is officially spring when they open and fall when they close for the year (except their whipsolstice in January to get us through winter-they open specially for a couple days-missed it this year as we were in Las Vegas).

I made some banana bread

mmmm love banana bread but can only make when I know oldest DD not coming home (allergy to bananas).

I have control of the TV. Woot!

LOL enjoy!!

Had rib roast, mashed spuds, carrots, salad, and blueberry pie.

And now I am starving! Sounds delish!

And yay to Schumi to waking up in sunny Orlando! and ooh boy that sounds like it's gonna be a doozy of trip report start!

 

[Monykalyn]

Charlie(Charlotte but she already has nickname)
Welp procrastinated in getting movie tix so going tomorrow instead. So decided to get the babies todayLola (yellow) and Tiana

 

[macraven]

So cute!

 

[Lynne G]

Aww, so cute, MonyK. Thanks for sharing. I hope you enjoy the movie when you do see it.

They said the rain would move out by lunchtime, they were full of crap. Rain did not move out, but by mid afternoon it was misty and very foggy out. So what did we do? Went to the zoo for a lovely walk. 47 out, and no wind to speak of, so not too bad out.

Made chicken teriyaki, but I think the sauce we bought is not as good as the one we had before. No matter, all was scarfed up, and made basami rice to go with it. Little one was not amused, she would rather have had plain, white rice. Oh well.

Little one took some pictures at the zoo, so i’ll Try to post them next post.

 

[Lynne G]

We had such a good time. First time we saw the lions up, for some time, and the first guy, told her, we need a lazy meme on it. Did not get it’s picture, but wow, the bird of paradise can really be loud. It was up so high, in the leafy tree. Fed a Chinese fesant a meal worm. We always enjoy doing that, or throwing the meal worm to these small birds that snatch it in the air. They will not come down to eat from your hand.

Have a good night, all.