Something About Nothing............ #14

[Robo56]

Robo - Haha just watched the xmas shrek last night, it never gets old

Yes, it’s a fun movie.

Great sweater and pic of you and your son. Thanks for sharing the Santa and Elves video it was fun. Leave it to Universal to send Santa and his elves through Yeti......the person at Universal who had that idea needs a hundred high fives for sure.

 

[Robo56]

I wish I had someone take a video of our great granddaughters Kendall and Brantley singing Christmas Carols to our Great Nephew Jude. He is going to be 3 months old the 27th. He was sitting in my lap sucking on his pacifier and watching them sing to him. He let the pacifier drop out of his mouth and gave them the biggest smile.

 

[Lynne G]

Awww, what a nice Christmas for you, Robo. May you and your family have a joyous holiday.

Loving the shirts, Keisha. Yep, nothing like a dog to get all up. Woot! Food for all.

 

[Lynne G]

HaHa.

Ah, the day after. Little one received some gift cards, and has her eye on a few stores, hoping for a good deal. Yes, I will be going to those sales, or hopefully better sales than before Christmas. I asked her when she wanted to leave today, and she said early. Many of the stores are opening earlier, so I said, when ever you are ready, I will be. Yeah, I am up, she is not.

So happy to not have to be moving fast this morning.

Yep, routine, as I am up early, but a slightly different one this week. And yay, a holiday one next week too, so short week next week too. Double yay, as the week after that, I will be lounging in a cruise cabin. Perfect three weeks to end and start a new year.

Finally, sorry to say, Buckeev it is Thursday. Have that drink today, hey, Thirsty Thursday. Yes?!



And yeah,




Good Morning homies. Oh, and Happy Boxing Day too.

 

[schumigirl]

Happy Boxing Day...….

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day whatever you were doing....I`m sure lots of delicious food was enjoyed......


Lynne....good luck with the sales!!!! I have never gone to a sale in my life.....I hate crowds like that! There are so many online pics of folks here lining up for the stores that open at 6am this morning!!!! 6am!!!!! That is crazy...….but your cruise is just around the corner!!! How lovely......you all must be very excited for that, nice way to pass some of January...….


Our Christmas Day was wonderful. Quiet morning and a fun afternoon with the 2 friends who joined us. Dinner was just lovely, I think it`s the best turkey I ever cooked, it was huge though, even for 6 people.....we passed the afternoon nicely. They left around 6.30ish to go to their sons house and then four friends came over and we had a lovely festive evening with them..…..we made cocktails!!!

Couldn't believe though...…..we forgot to buy Christmas Crackers.....doh!!! Not sure how that happened, but we survived without them.....I did miss my paper hat though and tacky joke......

We all got lots of lovely presents which was nice...….few surprises in there for all of us......and friends got us some lovely things too. We did well.

Then this morning, as we weren't doing the Boxing Day get together that we usually do, one friend said she was going to do a brunch this morning...….so around 20 of turned up and it was fun......maybe a little early as she wanted everyone there for 9.30......she was reminded by a couple of bleary looking folks who may have enjoyed one or two adult beverages last night (not us) this wasn't brunch it was breakfast.....lol.....it was lovely though. She makes the best eggs benedict with smoked salmon.

Now, we need a couple of days of relaxing along the sofa`s to get over all the indulgences of the past two and a half days.......

Although Tom did just make us Kir Royale`s!!!

But, I do hope you are all still having a lovely festive season.......

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, with little one, no lining up to be the first ones in. Some opened at 8 this morning, with many at 9. Guess we will be going around 9 or so. Little one said she is now up, but that means we are not ready for some time. Eh, more tea for me.

Sounds like a lovely Christmas, Schumi, and nice to have a lush breakfast with friends today. Oh I hear ya, after dinner last night, movement was not necessary. So much food.

Christmas was fun family times. Youngest niece playing with great niece and great nephew. 5, 2 and 4 years old Yeah, pajamas on the kids by the time people were leaving. Was nice to see the young kids.

 

[Disxuni]

Good morning, homies! Man, it's hard going back to reality...

Today it's back to work. Mom's shopping to take advantage of the after Christmas sales and dad is planning on going to see our cousins who need help setting up some furniture. We went there yesterday and helped a little before going back home for Christmas dinner.

After work, we're going to rush to an all you can eat shrimp deal at a restaurant on the Flagler side. We're only rushing as I like to get a certain early bird special instead. Blackened chicken with alfredo. Might not sound like a big deal to some and while I like shrimp, it seems so hard to get a decent blackened chicken and it's even better, because it's with fettuccine alfredo, which is one of my favorites. They decided that for their anniversary only a few hours ago.

Typically they have been going away the past few years together, but mom said she never gets to do those after Christmas sales so they decided to do local dinner a few weeks ago, but just decided now what to do. They got into the habit of always including me in their dinners, as I'm an only child and never had a sitter, but at this point, they just want to include me in everything still. They say it's more fun for all of us to be together.

Hope no one is too hung over, or anything this morning. Have a good day, everyone!

 

[macraven]

Dix, have fun with your parental units today!


Sounds like all the homies had an awesome Christmas!

 

[macraven]

Many thanks to Jackie for listing our thread in the Dis Daily Updates today!

We hope more will drop in and join the homies here
We adding more to our “family”

 

[keishashadow]

Afternoon all, Boxing Day for Carole...hope she wins ‘the match’ lol

Dix sounds Iike you have a wonderful relationship with your parents. Thankfu our kids like to hang out with us for some reason...probably because we pick up the check hahahaha

Lynne - did you score any bargins today? Have a few things that need to be returned but a bit burned out on shopping, think i’ll Wait till after NY.

Long but wonderful day yesterday here. As with most celebrations we tend to drag the holiday out thru the new year and have a fab time doing so if truth be told.

Today’s plans were to pick up the house but got an SOS call from jr. Suddenly, sick as a dog after being just fine yesterday. Try fining a dr’s office with an open appt the day after Xmas, ugh. Thankfully, our favored health network here has a system where you call a clearing house number and they work to find ‘any’ opening.

Had him in to nearby practice before 10 am. Ten min later the rapid test came back, patient zero (in our family) with the flu. I had assumed as so as he got sick so rapidily and he looked gosh-awful. Crazy how fast the flu can get a toe-hold. First thing he said was that he hoped he didn’t spread anything to the little ones yesterday. If he wasn’t so sick i’d Have hugged him on the spot .

Have a crockpot full of chicken soup finishing up on his kitchen counter, mostly broth for him and stocked him up on gatorade. Will have his dad check on him on the way home from work and try to tempt him to eat & drink something. Had to hit three different drugstores before finding one with Tamiflu in stock eek, no idea they had shortages already. The stuff really does work well. He was told to combine with some mucinex day/night flu stuff. On a positive note his cats are thrilled he is home, left them all cuddled up lol.

 

[Sue M]

Good morning! Almost noon here, Boxing Day! We all slept in. We had the family over yesterday. There was 8 of us. Always wonderful being surrounded by family and friends.
Our youngest daughter brought over a bread pudding she made for dessert, yummy.
I don’t think I have the energy to go hit the Boxing Day sales, and cant think of anything I really need. Sometimes I go to buy next years wrapping paper and cards. But don’t think I’ll bother. Too pooped to brave the crowds lol.

Keishashadow I hope your son recovers soon and nobody else gets it. Tis the season!

Disxuni ugh, can’t imagine having to go to work the day after Christmas. Thankfully here it’s a holiday, Boxing Day. But if you are in retail you’re working!

Schumi, love smoked salmon Benedict yum! Mr made scrambled eggs with diced bacon. I don’t think we had breakfast till 10ish. No rush around here to get up and going!

 

[macraven]

Keisha, hope your son feels better real soon !

So nice of him to wait until Christmas Day celebrations were over before he became ill
Only a thoughtful person would do that..

Sending Mummy Dust he feels unsick soon




Sue, sleeping in is always a good thing
You can skip breakfast and just fix an early lunch

 

[keishashadow]

Keisha, hope your son feels better real soon !

So nice of him to wait until Christmas Day celebrations were over before he became ill
Only a thoughtful person would do that..

Sending Mummy Dust he feels unsick soon




Sue, sleeping in is always a good thing
You can skip breakfast and just fix an early lunch

Ha, just got the text he’s starting to upchuck. Never fond of that moment of child rearing we

 

[schumigirl]

Afternoon all, Boxing Day for Carole...hope she wins ‘the match’ lol

Dix sounds Iike you have a wonderful relationship with your parents. Thankfu our kids like to hang out with us for some reason...probably because we pick up the check hahahaha

Lynne - did you score any bargins today? Have a few things that need to be returned but a bit burned out on shopping, think i’ll Wait till after NY.

Long but wonderful day yesterday here. As with most celebrations we tend to drag the holiday out thru the new year and have a fab time doing so if truth be told.

Today’s plans were to pick up the house but got an SOS call from jr. Suddenly, sick as a dog after being just fine yesterday. Try fining a dr’s office with an open appt the day after Xmas, ugh. Thankfully, our favored health network here has a system where you call a clearing house number and they work to find ‘any’ opening.

Had him in to nearby practice before 10 am. Ten min later the rapid test came back, patient zero (in our family) with the flu. I had assumed as so as he got sick so rapidily and he looked gosh-awful. Crazy how fast the flu can get a toe-hold. First thing he said was that he hoped he didn’t spread anything to the little ones yesterday. If he wasn’t so sick i’d Have hugged him on the spot .

Have a crockpot full of chicken soup finishing up on his kitchen counter, mostly broth for him and stocked him up on gatorade. Will have his dad check on him on the way home from work and try to tempt him to eat & drink something. Had to hit three different drugstores before finding one with Tamiflu in stock eek, no idea they had shortages already. The stuff really does work well. He was told to combine with some mucinex day/night flu stuff. On a positive note his cats are thrilled he is home, left them all cuddled up lol.

Fingers crossed your youngest picks up soon.....I’m guessing the soup will help more than medicine!!! Can’t beat it......things like that do come on so quickly though.....bless him he sounds a considerate young man! Glad you got him to see someone so quickly though.

I‘m with you.....celebrate as long as possible.....it’s once a year!



Our friends that were here yesterday gave us a bottle of my favourite Pol Roger Champagne.....so, we are enjoying it tonight.......sipping it very slowly.....

Cold here tonight again. Feels very cosy though in here.

Kyle is at the office tomorrow but we have no plans to go out.....still don’t need any shopping, we have plenty of food in.......will avoid the madness of the stores between Christmas and New Year. Will shop Monday or Tuesday for New year stuff......still not decided what to do for dinner then or what to do NYE........decisions.......we’re really not big NY people......we really prefer just a quiet get together with a few friends.......might just do that......

We’ve enjoyed this Boxing Day......quiet for a change! Our home is usually filled with a crowd.......

 

[Disxuni]

Dix sounds Iike you have a wonderful relationship with your parents. Thankfu our kids like to hang out with us for some reason...probably because we pick up the check hahahaha

Hey, every little bit helps.

I contribute and help out and when we go out we take turns. Maybe messy turns as no one keeps track, but turns. Since it's their anniversary I'll definitely be trying to get the bill.

Also, I hope your son gets better soon. Never fun to be sick. ☹

 

[schumigirl]

Ha, just got the text he’s starting to upchuck. Never fond of that moment of child rearing we

Ugh.......never a fun part of parenting clearing that up! I remember it well.....

 

[keishashadow]

Ugh.......never a fun part of parenting clearing that up! I remember it well.....

Let’s just say i’m Glad dave will be the one stopping this time. It doesn’t seem to bother him one bit, cast iron stomach i guess

 

[schumigirl]

Let’s just say i’m Glad dave will be the one stopping this time. It doesn’t seem to bother him one bit, cast iron stomach i guess

lol.....I remember once when I was pregnant.....I only worked mornings and came home at lunchtime as usual......shall we say I felt nauseous and ran through to our kitchen and I threw up and somehow managed to hit every wall and window in what was a huge kitchen.........I had to call him at work to come home and clean it up...... I couldn’t even think about it never mind go in the room.......bless him! Yes, he has the cast iron stomach of the two of us.......

Although when it was Kyle, I seemed to manage just fine.....when it’s your own I guess you deal with it better.........

 

[Lynne G]

oh, older one was he was little was good at tossing things up. Nothing like cleaning the bunk beds in the middle of the night. And then it makes me want to hurl.

Hope those guys sick are better soon. Lots of mummy dust to those sons.

And yep, Keisha did score some good stuff, the rest can wait until marked down more. And two returns that I still have to do, but figured that would be a weekend event to do. Both older one and I have to return an item. Good thing receipts and gift scan at the ready.

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. We had a good Christmas Day. We had a big lunch with friends including 2 that we weren't expecting to see. I think everyone loved their gifts. Caspian went nuts over a catnip banana. My best gifts were Weather Tech floor mats for my car and a new winter coat. It is both petite and plus sized. I can finally wear a coat with a hood and not look like I should be selling used droids.

Today I did my annual Hallmark ornament shopping. I usually go straight to the Hallmark store, but it didn't open until 9:00 and i had to be at work then. I discovered a new Ace hardware store near me sells the ornaments too. I got there at 8:00 and I was the only customer there. They didn't have a lot of ornaments available, but I did get the one I wanted most - Wonder Woman's invisible jet. I also had time for a trip to Michael's before work. I am trying to get away from using cheap paper boxes and gift wrap, and instead use reusable boxes. Michael's had some really nice boxes at 70% off, so I purchased several. Dh went to Home Depot and purchased some outdoor lights for the house. I think I have convinced him to get rid of the projectors.

With no littles we just put the presents under the tree as we get them.

I wish we could do that but...cat. He thinks it all belongs to him.

Me & the middle last night. Yes, the shirt did light up and blink haha

Awesome shirt. What is the logo on your son's jacket?

There are so many online pics of folks here lining up for the stores that open at 6am this morning!!!! 6am!!!

6 is way to early for me, but I did go somewhere at 8.

Today it's back to work.

Yeah, me too. Bummer.

Today’s plans were to pick up the house but got an SOS call from jr. Suddenly, sick as a dog after being just fine yesterday.

Had him in to nearby practice before 10 am. Ten min later the rapid test came back, patient zero (in our family) with the flu.

Oh no! Prayers for a speedy recovery.

still not decided what to do for dinner then or what to do NYE........decisions.......we’re really not big NY people.....

The older I get the less NYE appeals to me. The last time we did anything big for NYE was 1999. B was born in November of 2000.

I am hoping I can sleep in tomorrow. We have no plans for tomorrow, but might think about going to a movie.