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

[Lynne G]

Ah, must be an English photo scanning Friday. A Good Morning to Schumi and Julie.



Yep, a Happy Friday indeed.

And we have a dark and cool start, with it being 27F out. But with a clear sky, still can see the moon and stars. Then we will have a cloudy day. At least those clouds are not carrying any wet, as with a high of 41F, any wet would be a cold rain, or maybe even a slushy mix.

As still in that week day routine, so hello from an early bird, and have some tea with me.

Time to see what for breakfast. Julie’s grapefruit sounds good, as does Schumi’s eggs on muffin. I have neither in the house, minus I do have eggs. I think I saw some waffles still, oatmeal too. Off to see what I can eat.

Have that Fabulous Friday homies.

And hope McK gets a negative result soon. Allergies gone too.

 

[Realfoodfans]

Lynne the grapefruit was healthy but we were tempted at the bakery by yummy apple streusel which were still warm when we got home so another coffee and a treat - we were planning bacon baps for lunch but won’t be needed now!

 

[Lynne G]

Ooh, Julie, I’d be doing that snack. And yum, warm too. Though my cup would have tea in it. Glad you got to the bakery while out to go to the butcher. Ended up with the waffle. Not much of interest in it, but figured to finish them as only 2 were left.

 

[keishashadow]

Morning all. My Xmas tree is finally packed away. Still finding random small decorations in the house.

Game night was a ton of fun except for the assembly required of the 3D game. Remake of mid-80’s game Ghost castle

was told to not even consider reboxing it ugh.Won’t fit in largeRubbermaid container. Guess I need to order something big off amazon lol

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It’s very easy to walk together but keep a distance between us because we don’t have sidewalks except for the perimeter road.

So many were doing this here when weather was milder. Smart idea

Saturday is my youngest daughters birthday. 31! How did that happen? She and fiancé are coming for dinner. I miss her. We didn’t have Christmas or New Years together. Covid numbers are slowly decreasing here,

Sounds like a lovely celebration in store

Ah, with my vampire kids having first meal lunch around 2:30, I’m almost surprised no one hungry yet. Little one will turn nose up when I say ham dinner. Maybe will cook a chicken breast in the pan with the ham. I for one, am not the type to force food when not liking it. She does eat bacon, but not a fan of a ham steak. So while I am not a restaurant chef, I don’t mind a separate protein when easy to do. My fry pan is large, so will be easy to fry up both meats.

Lol I do love that phrase. What is it with people liking ham but not a prepackaged ham steak? One of my kids feels the same.

Now they're scared and the cavalier attitude is gone. I do feel bad for them and the mother texted me yesterday apologizing.

Hope it’s not a little too little, too late for them to have an epiphany. They are surely not alone in their prior Mode of thinking. Other than those who are on a political bent, think a large contingent are people who just can’t accept this Scary reality

We ended up buying a new oven, but made the mistake of not getting self cleaning. We might replace it when we eventually do a kitchen renovation.

I’m not fussy re stoves. Have a smaller built spot to deal with so limited to begin with but I insist on gas. Have had to run a line in different homes to accommodate. Hit the jackpot last time to find one with one of those larger burners.

I`ll bring you some Lady Grey next time we`re there at the same time, it`s in every grocery store here. Never tried Prince Edward.

Woohoo! mom would often make her own blends from the loose stuff. Then swear she was reading the tea leaves lol. We humored that phase. Did make a nice cuppa but too much time/effort for something to drink imo.

Breakfast was poached eggs on an English muffin

One day I’m going to learn how to make a proper poached egg. Have only attempted a few times. Told it’s all in the vinegar & timing? Mine either squiggle in the pan or turn into a hard boiled consistency. At this point I use a silicone egg cup in the MW if I get a hankering, in the same ballpark lol

No snow this morning but the rain hasn`t quit the whole night. Hailstones interspersed with heavier rain. But, it is the most miserable of days, so I`m glad we don`t need to go anywhere.

Hailstones creepy me out. Have had multiple issues of minor damage

Coffee and grapefruit for breakfast and we will go shortly to the butchers.

Never Much of a fan of grapefruit other than a broiled type with caramelized topping. Sorta defeats the Healthy concept there. so many meds preclude eating it, basically have given up on them.

Distractedly grabbed a bag of oranges in the store last week. Cut into one and swore it looked like a small grapefruit. Checked bag & they were blood oranges duh. Yummy, usually Don’t care for them either

 

[Lynne G]

Hehe, Keisha, since our trash day is coming up, first trash day for tree pick up. You should see how many neighbors had a tree on the curb last night. We have a small fake one bought last year after Xmas. Has been put back in the attic since this past weekend.

Haha, DH trying to wake little one. Yeah, not happening leaving her bed, I’m sure.

 

[Charade67]

Good morning. As predicted we have absolutely no snow today. Not even flurries.

Nothing planned today other than a medical appointment. Later B and I might go to Walmart to pick up some things she needs to take back to the dorm. (Shampoo, toothpaste, etc.)

Speaking of dorms, I joined a Facebook group for parents of students at B's university. Housing recently opened up for new students. One parent has a daughter who will be a new student this semester. The student has met another new student and they wanted to room together. The problem is that there are no completely empty rooms in their dorm of choice, so they were randomly assigned to a room with an existing student. The mom was complaining about that. She thinks the existing students should double up and leave completely empty rooms for the incoming students. Yeah, students who have already lived there for a full semester and are completely settled in should give up their rooms for newbies? I don't think so. B still hasn't been assigned a new roommate. The room listing is still showing her old roommate in the room.

Almost time for my appointment. Hoping that by the time I get back home we will have a new dishwasher.

 

[mckennarose]

Quick update: They took dd's boyfriend's father to the hospital this morning. High fever, low oxygen level. He's admitted with oxygen and IV's right now. Poor guy. No results back yet on the rest of our tests and hubby is at the testing site getting his test right now.

 

[schumigirl]

Morning all. My Xmas tree is finally packed away. Still finding random small decorations in the house.

Game night was a ton of fun except for the assembly required of the 3D game. Remake of mid-80’s game Ghost castle

was told to not even consider reboxing it ugh.Won’t fit in largeRubbermaid container. Guess I need to order something big off amazon lol

.
So many were doing this here when weather was milder. Smart idea

Sounds like a lovely celebration in store

Lol I do love that phrase. What is it with people liking ham but not a prepackaged ham steak? One of my kids feels the same.

Hope it’s not a little too little, too late for them to have an epiphany. They are surely not alone in their prior Mode of thinking. Other than those who are on a political bent, think a large contingent are people who just can’t accept this Scary reality

I’m not fussy re stoves. Have a smaller built spot to deal with so limited to begin with but I insist on gas. Have had to run a line in different homes to accommodate. Hit the jackpot last time to find one with one of those larger burners.
Woohoo! mom would often make her own blends from the loose stuff. Then swear she was reading the tea leaves lol. We humored that phase. Did make a nice cuppa but too much time/effort for something to drink imo.

One day I’m going to learn how to make a proper poached egg. Have only attempted a few times. Told it’s all in the vinegar & timing? Mine either squiggle in the pan or turn into a hard boiled consistency. At this point I use a silicone egg cup in the MW if I get a hankering, in the same ballpark lol

Hailstones creepy me out. Have had multiple issues of minor damage

Never Much of a fan of grapefruit other than a broiled type with caramelized topping. Sorta defeats the Healthy concept there. so many meds preclude eating it, basically have given up on them.

Distractedly grabbed a bag of oranges in the store last week. Cut into one and swore it looked like a small grapefruit. Checked bag & they were blood oranges duh. Yummy, usually Don’t care for them either

I find my poached eggs are a hit and a miss....yes, a good swirl and vinegar. I have one friend that used to do them when we had our brunch get togethers.....she was briliant at them. When it was our turn there were no poached eggs offered....lol.....I can maybe do one or two but twenty....no.

Oh I love a good tea leaf reading! School friends mum was known for it. Haven`t done anything like that for years now. I miss a good visit to a psychic or fortune teller.....been to a few charlatans and vagabonds, but one or two were spot on. I`ll tell you about one in particular.

Quick update: They took dd's boyfriend's father to the hospital this morning. High fever, low oxygen level. He's admitted with oxygen and IV's right now. Poor guy. No results back yet on the rest of our tests and hubby is at the testing site getting his test right now.

Crikey, sending best wishes to him, how scary for him and everyone who cares about him.





Mix of sleet, snow and hail here.....looks thoroughly miserable outside, I`m glad we`re all in with nowhere to go for the next few days at least.

Got through a pile of pictures today......or so it seemed. Those boxes don`t seem to be getting any less.

 

[Lynne G]

Oh McK, sending well wishes and healing thoughts to the father. Very scary, and hugs to all.

Yeah, don’t think I ever tried those kind of made eggs. I tend to hard boil if not scrambling or sunny side up. Also known to make scrambled egg whites, as for some reason, only time little one will eat an egg yoke is in a deviled egg. Mainly because I don’t think it has much of a yoke taste when cooked, mixed with mayo and mustard added to it, and paprika sprinkled on top.

Asked older one what for lunch. Reply was not sure. The fact that little one is still not awake, means another late lunch. Which is somewhat annoying to me, as breakfast was hours ago. I’m ready for lunch by noon.

 

[keishashadow]

Hehe, Keisha, since our trash day is coming up, first trash day for tree pick up. You should see how many neighbors had a tree on the curb last night. We have a small fake one bought last year after Xmas. Has been put back in the attic since this past weekend.

An army of them lol. Our town accepts. many in area don’t, supposed to haul to recycling centers. Let’s just it appears more than a few tossed into the many ravines here. Animals will nest in them but people leave on garland etc rather unsightly to see reflecting in sunlight

The mom was complaining about that. She thinks the existing students should double up and leave completely empty rooms for the incoming students.

Lol the Karen & her mini me are in for a RL awakenening

Quick update: They took dd's boyfriend's father to the hospital this morning. High fever, low oxygen level. He's admitted with oxygen and IV's right now. Poor guy. No results back yet on the rest of our tests and hubby is at the testing site getting his test right now.

Aw, good luck to him. Scary stuff for all.

I bought one of those oxygen saturators as stocking stuffer for the mr. thus far, family members finding it Interesting to see everyone’s Levels hit. Not at all As expected. Thot those ‘in shape’ would have the best numbers

been to a few charlatans and vagabonds, but one or two were spot on. I`ll tell you about one in particular.

Haven’t been to one of those ‘parties’ in years. So much more fun than buying Tupperware or costume jewelry

Also known to make scrambled egg whites, as for some reason, only time little one will eat an egg yoke is in a deviled egg.

Hmm never tried that. Do enjoy a random egg white omelet

Mainly because I don’t think it has much of a yoke taste when cooked, mixed with mayo and mustard added to it, and paprika sprinkled on top.

Hot sauce& catsup

 

[schumigirl]

An army of them lol. Our town accepts. many in area don’t, supposed to haul to recycling centers. Let’s just it appears more than a few tossed into the many ravines here. Animals will nest in them but people leave on garland etc rather unsightly to see reflecting in sunlight

Lol the Karen & her mini me are in for a RL awakenening

Aw, good luck to him. Scary stuff for all.

I bought one of those oxygen saturators as stocking stuffer for the mr. thus far, family members finding it Interesting to see everyone’s Levels hit. Not at all As expected. Thot those ‘in shape’ would have the best numbers

Haven’t been to one of those ‘parties’ in years. So much more fun than buying Tupperware or costume jewelry

Hmm never tried that. Do enjoy a random egg white omelet

Hot sauce& catsup

lol......tupperware....there`s a blast from the past! I have vivid memories of my mother having loads of them when I was a child and a vague memory of a clothes party called Pippa Dee. yes, give me a good old fashioned Tarot reading or similar....

Never tried a deviled egg, never appealed to me at all, but then eggs generally don`t....have to take a notion for them, and it`s usually the odd poached as I can`t eat many egg yolks, or like you and have egg whites.





Got a late Christmas card today.....from one of Tom`s cousins. I did wonder as they usually send one. Nice to get it as they had given an update on the last year.

Dinner is in cooking, smell of honey and mustard is lush!

 

[Sue M]

Can anyone tell me why the top tool bar is greyed out? I can’t change font, colour, add emojis or use the @ to respond to people? Has anyone else had this issue? Odd.

Schumi yes shopping has been more of a military exercise these days. If I have to go to a mall I park near store I need, get in and get out. No wandering around browsing at this or that.

Realfood wow snow! Not a wiff of it here. Just rain and more rain. Supposed to have a break from it tomorrow. I envy you going to bakery. Nothing in there I can eat unless they have something for diabetics. Rare occurrence.

Charade what make dishwasher did you get? Hope it’s arrived. Some moms have ridiculous dorm expectations! And you can bet next year she’ll change her tune!

Keisha vinegar is the trick for poached eggs! And careful watching to get the consistency you like. Plus a good stir before dropping eggs in. I want to get the silicone cups and try making in the instant pot just to see.

MRose that’s sad news for the father. I hope he recovers. And hope all your families tests come back neg. So scary, you never know what symptoms you’ll get with this virus.

Hope everyone has a nice Friday! Not much doing here. Grey rainy day. I may drive daughter to bus stop for work. Maybe sort out laundry room. Exciting stuff lol.

 

[schumigirl]

Can anyone tell me why the top tool bar is greyed out? I can’t change font, colour, add emojis or use the @ to respond to people? Has anyone else had this issue? Odd.

Schumi yes shopping has been more of a military exercise these days. If I have to go to a mall I park near store I need, get in and get out. No wandering around browsing at this or that.

Realfood wow snow! Not a wiff of it here. Just rain and more rain. Supposed to have a break from it tomorrow. I envy you going to bakery. Nothing in there I can eat unless they have something for diabetics. Rare occurrence.

Charade what make dishwasher did you get? Hope it’s arrived. Some moms have ridiculous dorm expectations! And you can bet next year she’ll change her tune!

Keisha vinegar is the trick for poached eggs! And careful watching to get the consistency you like. Plus a good stir before dropping eggs in. I want to get the silicone cups and try making in the instant pot just to see.

MRose that’s sad news for the father. I hope he recovers. And hope all your families tests come back neg. So scary, you never know what symptoms you’ll get with this virus.

Hope everyone has a nice Friday! Not much doing here. Grey rainy day. I may drive daughter to bus stop for work. Maybe sort out laundry room. Exciting stuff lol.

Some of mine are working fine, but the @ isn`t and I was searching for something today when I put the persons name in.....I typed "mac" and it usually automatically offers options, but it didn`t. Also noticed some folks posting links, they weren`t loading. I think they webmasters were doing something a few days ago, maybe they`re still fiddling.

I tried the silicon cups, but for boiling water not an instant pot, they weren`t as good, didn`t really seem poached, more soft boiled, so they were trashed.

Yes, vinegar and a good fast swirl will give you the perfect poach. I also tried the clingfilm way and that wasn`t as good either, but better than the silicon cups.

Think we have some of the same weather, we still have rain and hail intermittently.





Going to bake some bread tonight for breakfast in the morning....will go with the bacon and maybe risk another poached egg. Think maybe some sourdough, it toasts well.

Dinner over with and time for a cuppa.

One of my friends admitted she has given up on Dry January already.......I think we all knew it would be her......

 

[Sue M]

Some of mine are working fine, but the @ isn`t and I was searching for something today when I put the persons name in.....I typed "mac" and it usually automatically offers options, but it didn`t. Also noticed some folks posting links, they weren`t loading. I think they webmasters were doing something a few days ago, maybe they`re still fiddling.

I tried the silicon cups, but for boiling water not an instant pot, they weren`t as good, didn`t really seem poached, more soft boiled, so they were trashed.

Yes, vinegar and a good fast swirl will give you the perfect poach. I also tried the clingfilm way and that wasn`t as good either, but better than the silicon cups.
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Think we have some of the same weather, we still have rain and hail intermittently.





Going to bake some bread tonight for breakfast in the morning....will go with the bacon and maybe risk another poached egg. Think maybe some sourdough, it toasts well.

Dinner over with and time for a cuppa.

One of my friends admitted she has given up on Dry January already.......I think we all knew it would be her......

Thanks for the feed back. Good to know others are having same problem. I’ll give it some time and hope functionality returns.

Good to know about silicone cups. Won’t waste my money. My poached eggs come out fine the traditional way. And soft boiled gags me lol!

Love a good tangy sourdough. Enjoy

 

[keishashadow]

Also noticed some folks posting links, they weren`t loading. I think they webmasters were doing something a few days ago, maybe they`re still fiddling.

Same

more soft boiled

Yes, you have to undercook them dramatically in the MW as they continue to solidify after cooking time.

I’ve tried lower power but winds up the same

mostly use for an instant cooked egg to chop up on top of something

 

[macraven]

Can anyone tell me why the top tool bar is greyed out? I can’t change font, colour, add emojis or use the @ to respond to people? Has anyone else had this issue? Odd.

Sue, when webmaster Corey was updating then system, he had it in every forum to announce it.
That note to all readers was in red and eye catching.
( and a distraction for me, Lol)

Since I had no questions from my 4 forums about issues, I did not copy his instructions how to handle any issues r might have while system update took place.

Maybe you need to sign out of the Dis and then do a restart?

 

[Lynne G]

Seems the same to me? Though the one time, did sign out and back in. Had to scramble as I almost forgot my password.

Lunch was dumplings, so eh, may be looking for more. Don’t like their noodles.

Charade, sounds like a 2 year old, not a 18 or 19 year old. Little one was assigned two other girls before the third one became her roommate. Good thing it was a good fit, the girl she did get as her roommate. Both are not staying on campus this semester, virtual from where they both live.

 

[keishashadow]

Disney
Website, at least if entering thru the DVC portal, made many change their passwords today

This is at least the 3rd time since early December, citing ‘suspicious activity’

Bit of a pain as I have to manually go into Disney plus devices and reset

 

[cam757]

We got our COVID test results today. DH was negative and I was positive. We are going to assume DH's is a false negative since we both have the same symptoms. He is going to go for another test at the health clinic at his work. We are feeling okay. Symptoms are not too bad for us. No congestion for me, just lost of taste/smell, fatigue, foggy brain, and low grade fever. DH is the same with a little congestion. Unfortunately, most of DH's family has tested positive, which is probably how we picked it up.

I have to admit this loss of taste and smell is weird. I cooked some bacon in the oven today and I can't smell anything much less taste it. On the bright side, maybe I will lose a few pounds. Lol.

Sending well wishes to everyone awaiting test results and those who are recovering.

 

[mckennarose]

We got our COVID test results today. DH was negative and I was positive. We are going to assume DH's is a false negative since we both have the same symptoms. He is going to go for another test at the health clinic at his work. We are feeling okay. Symptoms are not too bad for us. No congestion for me, just lost of taste/smell, fatigue, foggy brain, and low grade fever. DH is the same with a little congestion. Unfortunately, most of DH's family has tested positive, which is probably how we picked it up.

I have to admit this loss of taste and smell is weird. I cooked some bacon in the oven today and I can't smell anything much less taste it. On the bright side, maybe I will lose a few pounds. Lol.

Sending well wishes to everyone awaiting test results and those who are recovering.

Oops, hit the button before posting.

Cam, I'm sorry your positive. My results are not in yet, but I was just telling J that my dd, her boyfriend and his mom are all positive. Hubby just went this morning so we'll see how soon his come back.

DD and her boyfriend have mild symptoms so far. DD has stuffy nose, had an elevated temp of 99.6 and a tickle in her throat. Boyfriend has stuffy nose and tickle in his throat. His mom feels pretty much the same, like she has allergies acting up. We all had a very dry feeling throat... did you? I wonder if that's a symptom?

I have coughing, elevated temp of 99.7, scratchy, yucky feeling throat and massive headache. And I'm exhausted. I have RA and just stopped my Humira so hoping that helps my body fight it, if I do have it. But I really feel like I do, especially more so today. It really feels like allergies going crazy, not like a full blown cold. This must by why so many people say that they didn't have a clue they had it? We all have smell and taste so far, but dd's boyfriend's father lost his yesterday.

The Dr. at the clinic yesterday told us to take Vitamin C, zinc and Vitamin D, stay super hydrated and rest.

Hoping you and hubby feel better soon!