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

[Charade67]

Quick post from lunch. Today is a busy Monday.

That`s a new one for me......

Are you home now Charade?

Our Kmart stores used to offer specials on merchandise during the day and would have the flashing blue light on so shoppers would be able to find the specials easily. I think they stopped doing the blue light specials back in the early 90s.

I have been home since Friday afternoon. We just did a quick day trip to Busch Gardens.

He, He, yep those Blue Light specials. Always had to stroll by to see what the bargain was. Have to say, not sad they are no more.

We don’t even have a Kmart in our town anymore. No big loss though. Our old Kmart wasn’t very nice. There is a Hobby Lobby in that building now.

Off to Universal today- making the other two get up so we can take advantage of early entry with the APs.

Enjoy! Wish I could be there too.

One of our best times was New Years Eve in Epcot- the energy was amazing! Crowd was in mood to have fun but we didn’t see any “stupid” drunks or obnoxious behavior. It was more of “well it’s a party, its

We did NYE at Magic Kingdom once. Crazy crowded, but fun anyway.

Kept busy today and sorting things in “our” bedroom. We thought we’d only be here a short while but no signs of courts reconvening for Em’s case for financial abuse. Postponed in March and been advised could be next March or even longer.

I know that must be frustrating. Hope it gets settled sooner.

I’m heading out as we are doing a Baby Yoda themed birthday for youngest, so will order cake, wife does often make them but she said to order one, so I will.

Sounds like a cute party.

Hagrids back open so the other two wanted to go. Ugh says hour wait.

I’d wait an hour. I am looking forward to trying that coaster.

almost time to get back to work.

 

[Lynne G]

So, no hotdog lunch. As predicted, huge tomato sandwich had by DH, little one had a dry BLT, as did I. Neither of us like mayo, and I think DH could care less whether he had it on his sandwich. So no mayo on the sandwiches. Older one, I think, made french toast. So diner lunch we made. Dinner? Maybe a combo again. If I do hotdogs with baked beans, little one will not eat either. So, have a like maybe 2 person serving of cheese tortellini, so may cook that up for her. But, will see if that menu is a thumb’s up or not. Though little one rarely turns down a pasta dish.

 

[schumigirl]

Ah Charade thought it was a weekend stay you had with your daughter........


Lynne.......we have BLT`s with no mayo......Tom is the mayo eater of us, not for me, but he doesn`t have it on a blt either.

Does your son start college again soon too? I know your daughter is back fairly soon......so many are up in the air with all of this......one of my God Children was supposed to be doing a year at and American university in Rhode Island this year, but won`t be happening of course. I know she is completely gutted to miss this opportunity.




Dinner was good.....fish was a treat.

Lovely evening out, but no plans to sit out, it has started to cool a little around 7ish now. Hope we have a few warmer evenings still to come as it is still August.....winter is long enough.

Time for pot of tea.........

 

[Lynne G]

Yes, older one is also back to school too, Schumi, but his college goes back two weeks after her’s. Kinda annoys me, as they are on different schedules. And he is all online, she is almost all online. So different college experiences than expected. Hard for both professors and students. And a change for me, having a full house most likely all this 2 term year. And, so far neither DH or I have returned to our office either. We both think not until at least until after our Thanksgiving.

 

[schumigirl]

Yes, older one is also back to school too, Schumi, but his college goes back two weeks after her’s. Kinda annoys me, as they are on different schedules. And he is all online, she is almost all online. So different college experiences than expected. Hard for both professors and students. And a change for me, having a full house most likely all this 2 term year. And, so far neither DH or I have returned to our office either. We both think not until at least until after our Thanksgiving.

Ah, gotcha. yes, that is quite a change.

It has been a very different college experience for kids with all this. I believe your son stays home for college but daughter has accommodation usually. Yes, very different for them.

Kyle`s been told possibly the end of November for his firm, but he thinks it`ll be longer and possibly into next year. We said he`ll get his new car and it will hardly move......lol....huge savings on fuel though......always a silver lining!

 

[keishashadow]

Stayed up to watch the blues finally win one in OT. Dragging today, fighting with ins co over a non-formulary drug, whee. Need to hit up Aldi for basics before after work crowd clogs things up

We are so close to Seaworld we saw their fireworks last night. Didn’t know they were doing any!

Akin to a drive in in parking lot as I understand it initially.

trying to get moving as I’m a slug now

Last house we owned convinced us all not to go outside without shoes upon our feet...a slug fest. No idea they grew that large

I’m heading out as we are doing a Baby Yoda themed birthday for youngest, so will order cake

Sams had a cute cake i ordered earlier this yer

Had a lovely walk along the beach......it`s a little breezy but fairly warm and although tide was quite a bit in, we still got on the sand....along with a fair few other folks!

Aaaaaaaaaaaah
Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful

we have a lot of crab in this area too.

Ours comes in a $20 pasturiezed can lol, when we can find it. Otherwise frozen with hit or miss quality.

Jonah crab legs my fav, followed by soft shell or king crab.

The fisherman skinned and boned the fish, but I always check it over myself as they can miss some

Parents insist we eat my Dad’s fresh caught trout with bones...calcium good for you. When i got old enough to rebel, went for jar of PB & have never looked back

Seems silly to skip cars with a fast moving ride outside. No virtual lines on anything even with long wait times. Not sure why they arent

I’m going with they are following their stated safety protocols that were developed by experts (or lawyers lol).

Regardless, hooray, More social distancing & cleaning = all the better IMO

Yes, older one is also back to school too, Schumi, but his college goes back two weeks after her’s. Kinda annoys me, as they are on different schedules. And he is all online, she is almost all online. So different college experiences than expected. Hard for both professors and students. And a change for me, having a full house most likely all this 2 term year. And, so far neither DH or I have returned to our office either. We both think not until at least until after our Thanksgiving.

Full house, but you will soon be escaping south

 

[Elsaspiritanimal]

Nice!!! So, number 1 Q, how did u manage in the heat with the masks? Did u see many plastic face shields vs traditional mask coverings?

I did better with the heat than I thought I would! Luckily the ride lines were so short that the only time I really noticed the heat was walking from the Swan to Epcot at 10am and walking from back in the studios over to the IOA entrance. I may or may not have had to stop at Voodoo donuts to cool off... Obviously I would have much preferred no mask but it was tolerable with so many rides and experiences being near walk on and most of the queues at least in shade, if not AC.

I don’t remember seeing anyone with just a face shield and no mask. I did see a few people at universal and the airport wearing both, but no one with a face shield by itself. In full disclosure I wasn’t really looking for it either though

 

[schumigirl]

Stayed up to watch the blues finally win one in OT. Dragging today, fighting with ins co over a non-formulary drug, whee. Need to hit up Aldi for basics before after work crowd clogs things up

Akin to a drive in in parking lot as I understand it initially.

Last house we owned convinced us all not to go outside without shoes upon our feet...a slug fest. No idea they grew that large

Sams had a cute cake i ordered earlier this yer

Aaaaaaaaaaaah
Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful

Ours comes in a $20 pasturiezed can lol, when we can find it. Otherwise frozen with hit or miss quality.

Jonah crab legs my fav, followed by soft shell or king crab.
Parents insist we eat my Dad’s fresh caught trout with bones...calcium good for you. When i got old enough to rebel, went for jar of PB & have never looked back

I’m going with they are following their stated safety protocols that were developed by experts (or lawyers lol).

Regardless, hooray, More social distancing & cleaning = all the better IMO

Full house, but you will soon be escaping south

I love King Crab, one of our favourites......I have never tried a soft shell crab.....there`s just something about eating the shell of any kind that makes me pause for thought........never heard of Jonah crabs.

Nope, can`t do bones of any kind.....if any of us get a bone.....that`s the meal over. I am over the top OCD searching for bones in fish before I cook it........we get salmon delivered from a fresh place in Scotland, it comes already side filleted and boned....but before I cut it into portions, I go through with fish tweezers and fingers to doubly search......I have heard of folks eating the bones especially in smaller fish.....but ugh......

Tom loves river and sea trout.....haven`t had them for a while.....

Good luck with insurance and shopping......

Lamps on just after 8 now......it`s still light, but not quite light enough to read or anything inside now......

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

Stayed up to watch the blues finally win one in OT. Dragging today, fighting with ins co over a non-formulary drug, whee. Need to hit up Aldi for basics before after work crowd clogs things up

Akin to a drive in in parking lot as I understand it initially.

Last house we owned convinced us all not to go outside without shoes upon our feet...a slug fest. No idea they grew that large

Sams had a cute cake i ordered earlier this yer

Aaaaaaaaaaaah
Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful

Ours comes in a $20 pasturiezed can lol, when we can find it. Otherwise frozen with hit or miss quality.

Jonah crab legs my fav, followed by soft shell or king crab.
Parents insist we eat my Dad’s fresh caught trout with bones...calcium good for you. When i got old enough to rebel, went for jar of PB & have never looked back

I’m going with they are following their stated safety protocols that were developed by experts (or lawyers lol).

Regardless, hooray, More social distancing & cleaning = all the better IMO

Full house, but you will soon be escaping south

That’s where I went!!!

 

[Monykalyn]

Well we FJ after Hagrids and went back over to Studios to catch earlier Bourne show. Came out to find it had apparently stormed. Dashed to AP Lounge quick for button and magnet, and Paige got the AP HHN shirt. Decided we were done and hungry so off to Ale House, then resort and probably a nap!
College move in day tomorrow.

And a change for me, having a full house most likely all this 2 term year. And, so far neither DH or I have returned to our office either. We both think not until at least until after our Thanksgiving

yeah I hear ya- girls off to college and out of state but son has 2 days in person- 3 virtual. I highly doubt I’ll be back in a home before next spring And with schools the way they are DH won’t be doing in person assemblies or even deliveries- the cookie dough company ships direct to customer. So we will need three separate areas. I have to have a private area due to HIPAA. I may do what that lady did on the car commercial- just go for a drive everyday for a “commute/alone time”

experts (or lawyers lol).

. Oh it’s LAWYERS no doubt, who’ve been majoring in CYA without any common sense nor experts weighing in. Frankly if a virus can survive and hang out long enough to actually cause an infection in those coasters well- nothing in this world is gonna stop it anyway
I’m loving not having people breathe down my neck though in the lines!!!!

 

[schumigirl]

Well we FJ after Hagrids and went back over to Studios to catch earlier Bourne show. Came out to find it had apparently stormed. Dashed to AP Lounge quick for button and magnet, and Paige got the AP HHN shirt. Decided we were done and hungry so off to Ale House, then resort and probably a nap!
College move in day tomorrow.

yeah I hear ya- girls off to college and out of state but son has 2 days in person- 3 virtual. I highly doubt I’ll be back in a home before next spring And with schools the way they are DH won’t be doing in person assemblies or even deliveries- the cookie dough company ships direct to customer. So we will need three separate areas. I have to have a private area due to HIPAA. I may do what that lady did on the car commercial- just go for a drive everyday for a “commute/alone time”
. Oh it’s LAWYERS no doubt, who’ve been majoring in CYA without any common sense nor experts weighing in. Frankly if a virus can survive and hang out long enough to actually cause an infection in those coasters well- nothing in this world is gonna stop it anyway
I’m loving not having people breathe down my neck though in the lines!!!!

Love the Ale House! One of our favourite places in Orlando.....

How did you find The Bourne Show? Oh and good luck with moving day tomorrow.....hope it goes well.

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, MonyK, little one is very disappointed in not staying onsite, but with potentially only one class live, she realized much cheaper to just commute and stay home. Lucky, she chose a close school. And oddly, only kids to be tested are those in dorms, Stupid, as no professor lives close to the campus, and most kids, including my little one now, are commuters or house not in the dorms. Normal dorm numbers are a very small population of the total number of kids, 30,000, going to that school.

And yes Keisha, ready to get away, though still more than a 30 day out countdown.

Huge cake! And yep, we have had cakes and cupcakes from Sam’s Club. I haven’t baked a cake in years. Too easy to buy. And since we are not cake eaters, smallest cake or cupcakes is what we buy. Have got them from BJ’s too.

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

Looks like Ryan Reynolds made out ok on the Gin deal. $610 mil.

 

[Monykalyn]

How did you find The Bourne Show? Oh and good luck with moving day tomorrow.....hope it goes well

The stunts and effects are pretty cool, storyline is a hot mess. Kinda a mashup of last two movies. But the actors have obviously put a ton of work into it. It’s just a bit weird with live actors with masks and the filmed stuff no masks so the blending isn’t what I’m sure they were planning on! Ah well hoping by time most get to see it we’ve been back at or closer to our old normal,
Thanks for the good thoughts on tomorrow!

Lynne- yeah I understand your dd disappointment on not bein in dorms, but does make sense for her to be home and save the money. I think that’s one reason both of mine chose out of state schools to eliminate any possibility of that. And wonder why commuters exempt from testing? Yeah makes no sense.

Cute cake DisneyLife!

Easy to forget how hot August is in Florida! Part of problem is spoiled by the June weather we had here, with so many days of lower humidity. I get why the parks don’t want people to walk around with a drink in hand as excuse to keep mask pulled up but omg, if I didn’t get some sips of water or lemonade or whatever when I needed it I’d be in ER with heat stroke, sitting down or not. Tried to be quick and discreet. I’m very afraid more will be sick due to stricter compliance and less hydration.
If I were a researcher with the money to do it, would be in the parks taking air samples and offering anonymous testing just to see if 1-any asymptomatic people in park, 2- if there’s any possibility of a virus surviving in this heat, especially with afternoon storms. If the 15 minute rapid saliva test becomes a real thing I’d so gladly do that to get rid of the mask in this heat

 

[Realfoodfans]

Night all - been official letter writing with Em tonight and no tv time as my eyelids are dropping so early radio time I think. Have a good evening.

 

[keishashadow]

In the horn 2 hours w WDW trying to figure out WTH the $230.xx ck represented they sent.
Turns out the $ fur for the park closure. Had forgotten about that lol

I kept mine rolling, gambling I could stretch it to cover dec trip. Worked out

supposedly getting a full refund for GD Platinum APH as totolly unused. Not holding my breath there but would be nice addition back into vacation fund

Carole only thing better than a Jonah crab leg is one that properly pre scored as in DCL. Going to be a looong time before there’s any sort of spread like that boohoo

That’s where I went!!!

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that came out nice. I went with 1/2 sheet but like that better

I’m loving not having people breathe down my neck though in the lines!!!!

Seriously, so gross, especially when it’s sticky. I swear some

 

[schumigirl]

The stunts and effects are pretty cool, storyline is a hot mess. Kinda a mashup of last two movies. But the actors have obviously put a ton of work into it. It’s just a bit weird with live actors with masks and the filmed stuff no masks so the blending isn’t what I’m sure they were planning on! Ah well hoping by time most get to see it we’ve been back at or closer to our old normal,
Thanks for the good thoughts on tomorrow!

Lynne- yeah I understand your dd disappointment on not bein in dorms, but does make sense for her to be home and save the money. I think that’s one reason both of mine chose out of state schools to eliminate any possibility of that. And wonder why commuters exempt from testing? Yeah makes no sense.

Cute cake DisneyLife!

Easy to forget how hot August is in Florida! Part of problem is spoiled by the June weather we had here, with so many days of lower humidity. I get why the parks don’t want people to walk around with a drink in hand as excuse to keep mask pulled up but omg, if I didn’t get some sips of water or lemonade or whatever when I needed it I’d be in ER with heat stroke, sitting down or not. Tried to be quick and discreet. I’m very afraid more will be sick due to stricter compliance and less hydration.
If I were a researcher with the money to do it, would be in the parks taking air samples and offering anonymous testing just to see if 1-any asymptomatic people in park, 2- if there’s any possibility of a virus surviving in this heat, especially with afternoon storms. If the 15 minute rapid saliva test becomes a real thing I’d so gladly do that to get rid of the mask in this heat

yes, I imagine it`ll be quite different with the masks and so on.....yes, look forward to the old normal......that sounds much better than the new normal.....

That is a good idea on the testing.......you have to wonder why the so called experts haven`t thought of it.......

In the horn 2 hours w WDW trying to figure out WTH the $230.xx ck represented they sent.
Turns out the $ fur for the park closure. Had forgotten about that lol

I kept mine rolling, gambling I could stretch it to cover dec trip. Worked out

supposedly getting a full refund for GD Platinum APH as totolly unused. Not holding my breath there but would be nice addition back into vacation fund

Carole only thing better than a Jonah crab leg is one that properly pre scored as in DCL. Going to be a looong time before there’s any sort of spread like that boohoo
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that came out nice. I went with 1/2 sheet but like that better

Seriously, so gross, especially when it’s sticky. I swear some

They look GORGEOUS!!!!!

Now I want some......lol......may have to go to another seafood place to get some......yes, sadly that type of food selection is a thing of the past......

Nice refund!!



Bedtime here for me........

 

[Elsaspiritanimal]

Well I finally started my trip report - I realized I'm a little wordy to post here. So far only hotel and Disney stuff but I promise I will get around to UOR at some point too.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/mini-trip-report-wdw-and-uor-8-9-20-8-14-20.3810536/

 

[Charade67]

It's only 9:15 and I'm fading fast. DH is watching a movie that I care nothing about, so I may call it a night early.

B moves back into her dorm on Saturday. I think the school will be doing a combination of in person and online classes. Dh says that classrooms can only be at 50% capacity. If the room is over 50% then they have to split the class. Half the class will be in person and the other half will be online. Then they will switch on the next class day.

Some fun for tonight's light.

 

[macraven]

Another great night light charade!