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

[Lynne G]

Ooh, a good smelling McK home. A very merry Christmas to you and family too. And yum. Though a hehe, I was in a horseradish plant, and you could smell that scent from making it for miles away.

Takeout lunch done, and a wee shorter day for me. Yay! Computer says I need to reboot, so time for more tea and a snack. Ooh those cakes look so tasty.

 

[Lynne G]

Hehe, just to note:



bah haha. For all you cat lovers.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

@schumigirl Carol I am sending you many many many tight hugs. Loosing a favorite person is never easy. I hope that the memories you have of time spent with her over the years will help your grieving hearts. Just know that many of us here are sending you many thoughts and prayers.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I just wanted to do a quick pop in and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. This year is definitely a different one. I am grateful that we have video chat so that we chat and see family.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

 

[keishashadow]

Carole we’ve already spoken, so sad to have a loved one pass, especially around the holidays. hope you are having a quiet day. We’ll leave a light on for you.

54 degrees here & there was, gasp, sunshine. Conversely, it’s supposed to be -2 on Xmas morning.

I'm enjoying a nice day off...had leftover ham, pineapple and jalapeno pizza for breakfast. I was tempted to drink a beer with it but settled for coffee instead. Perks of having a daughter who owns a pizza place..I get the goof up pizzas...yum.

Yum indeed I polished off the other half of my Stromboli (ham, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms and...drum roll, please...anchovies that I ordered yesterday. Rest of family went with hoagies & pizza. Always tastes better the 2nd day

Thursday I will make a chocolate eclair "cake". It's not really a cake, but needs to stay in the refrigerator overnight. Friday morning I will make the apple pie.

i make one with graham cracker layers. Not sure if i like it better or pretzel salad. Also, make a banana split type one, usually summer time dishes in my rotation.

Made three pumpkin pies today, baked sweet potatoes to slice down & glaze on Xmas & had to re-do stuffing croutons that didn’t firm up enough overnight in oven for some reason.

Had a nice visit with granddaughter yesterday. She is feeling much better after her allergic reaction to med. We made a quick visit into Sam’s for her to get some gift certificates and she saw the Apple pies there and said, they looked yummy. So we bought a Apple pie and a chocolate pie for Christmas Eve dessert. Then needed to get some good vanilla ice cream to go with Apple pie.

That’s great to hear. Sams offers some extraordinary, seasonal baked goods. There’s an italian cream cake that’s pretty good. Their raisin filled cookies are so good, I quite making my own years ago

See, she timed that line, with a 10 am opening, to be done with the waiting for her turn by 11:15, or so that when ready to get food, all takeout places are done their breakfast menu.

Invasion force lol

Cookies are all done and we are icing the last of the Italian cookies right now.

knots? Not sure of their real name. Haven’t thought of those in years. Good with coffee.

My family member who works in the nursing home is set to get her vaccine the first week of January

No schedules out here yet. local newspaper broke news yesterday that my mom’s home has nearly 25% of residents infected...none in her hall though, thankfully



I’ll blame it on the xmas cookies and slowly waddle away

 

[Charade67]

A quick good evening. I got my Christmas wish of not having to deal with any insurance companies this week. I worked a short day today and am happy to have the next 4 days off.


Our next door neighbors just came over to ask if we had seen anyone at their house today. They had left a compressor in their driveway and someone has stolen it. This is the first theft in our neighborhood that I have heard of in the 4 years we have been here.

Just a quick hello - I’ve been unwell since Sunday night.

Sending you speedy recovery wishes.

Looking brighter out, but still cool. High is 44, and weather guy said, typical a late December temp day. Ugh. I am so ready for warmer days. And while Friday will be warmer, hello 60 degrees, but still being predicted: a balmy, almost warm, stormy Christmas Eve, with damaging 60 mph winds and lots of rain to mix with the remaining snow, so flood warnings too. Then wind chills on Christmas Day, in the 20’s by the afternoon. Weekend will have those brrr it’s cold weather, as that cold mass is sticking around for a couple of days. Santa must have his giant umbrella ready, and a nice winter jacket for on the ride home.

Sounds similar to us. We are supposed to have a high of 60 tomorrow, but with a lot of rain. On Friday the high will be 31. I guess I will finally get some use out of the winter coat I got for Christmas last year.

My family member who works in the nursing home is set to get her vaccine the first week of January. She'll get the second one 21 days later. It's the Pfizer vaccine, they don't have the Moderna and it is mandated as she's a health care worker. I'm interested in hearing the first hand account of how she does, but I'm also concerned for her.

One of the therapists I work for is married to a doctor who has been working very closely with the Covid patients. He just got his vaccine. Hopefully all will go well for him. I have not physically seen the therapist since February when she dropped by the office to show us her baby. Hopefully she will be able to work from the office again sometime next year.

i make one with graham cracker layers

Yep, that's the one - graham crackers, vanilla pudding, cool whip, and chocolate frosting. So easy to make and everyone seems to love it.

I have no idea what we are going to do tomorrow morning if anything at all. Tomorrow afternoon we will attend a Christmas Eve church service then go out to eat for dh's birthday. We are going to a restaurant that we have not tried yet.

 

[tink1957]

Carole...so sorry to hear about your Aunt it's never easy losing a loved one.
know that you are in my prayers my sweet friend.

 

[Lynne G]

Have a very merry Christmas Pumpkin. Yep, no matter what, even enjoy family via video, still means a reason to be thankful.

Charade, yay for quiet day, and enjoy your 4 day weekend too.

Oh my, little one stopped at a very local family gelato place. Got me a salted caramel one. To say I am cool, but have such a sweet taste in my mouth. Yum. We are all for local small businesses.

Hehe:
Woot! Woot!

And so true:

Ha ha.

 

[J'aime Paris]

@schumigirl Carole, I don't visit the SANS board often...
but I wanted to share my condolences on the passing of your dear aunt.
I know from your TR's that she was a very important person in your life.
May the memories you've made comfort you in this heartbreaking time

 

[Lynne G]

Night light, may all have that good night’s sleep:

 

[Robo56]

Just a quick hello - I’ve been unwell since Sunday night. My usual problem but taking longer to recover than normal. Very frustrating as so much to do. Have got bathed and dressed today that’s about it. Washing machine has broken down now so Kev (who can generally mend anything) has ordered a part for urgent delivery tomorrow so fingers crossed. With 5 and the dog our washer is on all the time.

Sorry to hear your not feeling well....sending lots of get well wishes to you. Hope your hubby can get your washer going again.

 

[schumigirl]

Thank you so much for all the kind words. I do appreciate them all.

We are completely shattered by my Aunt`s death and made worse we can`t fly over to New York for her funeral, which we would have done had the rules allowed.

But, I have wonderful memories of her and our many visits and we spoke at length regularly and thankfully on Sunday which is a lovely memory to have.

It`s been a sad few days, but now as Janet and mac reminded me, my Aunt would have wanted us to have a wonderful Christmas and she`d be annoyed if we didn`t have fun, so we`ll remember her appropriately but enjoy our Christmas too. It`s just us this year as we are being very sensible and not mixing with anyone. Facetime with family and friends this year.

Many extra thanks to mac, Janet, Maria and Lori......your words are always a help and I`m lucky to have you as friends

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas whatever you may be doing........

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[Lynne G]

Oh Schumi, you are welcome to email me too, and I hope the memories are many sweet ones Those of us remaining are to follow on, keeping those that left us, to always be in our hearts.



And that red suited guy will have left those presents for all to enjoy, girls and boys.

And ah yes, that mean’s it’s


And so, a later morning time is a good one, relaxing with DH in a quiet house. A happy time. Tea for me, coffee for him. Eggs and bacon, mine on the plate, his, a sandwich. Kids are still in sleeping mode. So, great time for some us time, which I don’t get to do very often.

Keep thirsty though, it is a Thursday after all.

Ho Ho Ho

 

[NashvilleTrio]

Just dropping in to wish everyone here a very Merry Christmas!! And a Happy New Year!!

 

[keishashadow]

Good morning all

For those of us whom are scrambling today to get things just right, take a moment and...
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The outlaw’s Xmas eve fest is cancelled this year, long before covid concerns, eldest DS who hosts just didn’t feel right having it as he associated it so closely with his late father who passed earlier this year.

no tears from me as it was always a bit awkward to attend. However, it made my two eldest DS happy for us to partake, so we grinned and bore it . Looking forward to a low-key evening.

middle DS is taking things especially hard as 1st year of his Dad’s passing, has had his share of challenges this year but has been doing remarkably well.

He’s spending time with his stepmother this afternoon, then coming here for late dinner. Decided to surprise him & do a mini version of the Italian feast. Couldn’t find smoked salmon in three different stores yesterday. There’s a large Italian population here and the tradition of serving some sort of seafood has morphed into the general populous to a point.



the mr just stirring to help me wrangle the two turkey breasts into the oven. If he wasn’t on vacation this week, not sure how things would’ve been accomplished. My Hand is doing much better than expected, even though I managed to get it tangled in seat belt yesterday. Blessing in disguise, have more flexibility after the pain left = traction for dummies lol


Carole - continued hugs to you and yours!

 

[Lynne G]

Hehe, Keisha, yesterday, went past the Italian deli, line to get into the parking lot was long down the street. Little one asked why. I said, yep feast of the seven fishes. Glad I was not brought up that way, as not a fish fan at all. And we always went out for Christmas Eve or ordered takeout. Too much to do when young kids and decor those past Eves. This Eve, yep quiet. Kids are thinking Chinese food takeout. Sounds good to me. As wet and windy we will be.


Hey NORAD is working, go see where Santa is now. Woot!

 

[Elsaspiritanimal]

Merry Christmas Eve! Hope you all have a wonderful day. I also have smoked salmon but will serve mine with breakfast in the morning. My dad absolutely loves it. My grandpa used to have it sent from Seattle for Christmas when we were kids so this will be a fun surprise for him I think. Glad you get to have a low key day Keisha! Schumi so nice to hear from you hope you still have a great holiday and I’m continuing to keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Lynne, Charade, Mac, mcrose, DLPN, disxuni, realfoods, snowpack, tink1957, robo, and many others I’m sure I’m missing, Have a very merry Christmas!!

 

[macraven]

I can feel your excitement rise for the surprise you plan for your dad!

now this is Christmas love you are doing Elsa!
There will be tears of happiness so have the camera ready!

 

[macraven]

Just dropping in to wish everyone here a very Merry Christmas!! And a Happy New Year!!

I had you in my yearly homies of the past list for nye and here you are !!

Thrilled to see you here!
when all my kids drop in early!

Have your people contact my people so we can meet again next year

we can try some other place than the bread box next time.

 

[keishashadow]

Lynne I grew up eating trout caught from the stream. especially when he was laid off work during recession. Got to point I dreaded trout season. Parents insisted we eat the bones for calcium ugh. Still can’t bear to eat fish with head or skin upon it

My grandpa used to have it sent from Seattle for Christmas when we were kids so this will be a fun surprise for him I think. Glad you get to have a low key day Keisha!

It was fresh there & Alaska when we cruised! In one form or the other breakfast, lunch & dinner. Never got tired of it lol. Often saw a dip, not quite a pate Usually hate smoked dips but it was amazing.
Sent the mr to McDonald’s for brunch He said the drive thru line was around the block