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

[schumigirl]

Good Sunday morning Sans family

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Good morning. enjoy your tea.




Always good to hear our children are happy and advancing in the careers they love.




Enjoy your lizard weather.


Hope you are able to find someone to do your hair.



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The airlines seem to be doing a lot of messing with original times on flights.


I Know Schumi was glad to hear her guy Mikey was in for HHN.
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He’s having coffee this morning contemplating HHN
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Universal release more information on Houses and tickets
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Heard the news yesterday that Rob Zombie has done a remake of The Munsters.
Here’s some of the family. His wife is playing Lily Munster.
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Charade hang in there with the classes.


Mac hope you are doing well.


Pumkin hope the boat works go well.


Just sitting and having my coffee this morning.

I was able to make the reservations the family wanted for end of June into July at Universal. Don’t usually make many reservation, but think it will be busy so better to be safe then sorry.

I read that the UMH Tours are sold out for September. Was glad I make my reservation when I did. I guess we all talked it up to well on the boards LOL.

Not much happening here. We are supposed to hit 98 in a couple of days if the weather folks are right. We have had the most beautiful weather so far. Warm in the daytime and cool at night.

I have been cleaning in my office. It is shocking how much stuff one can accumulate. I made a vow when we were so sick in January that I would go through all the closets and rooms in the house and get rid of things that we don’t need. Don’t want our children to have to wade through things If something happens to us. I have seen that nightmare play out many times. We are not pack rats in any form, but its always nice to clean out and organize. I have been delivering everything to two local charity shops. Nice to know that they can benefit.


Going to make some brunch and then do a little cleaning in the garden



Shout out to Tink, Sonaim, Pumpkin, Lori, Buckeev, Bobbi68 and all the Sans family.


Have a wonderful Sunday

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Hey Robbie......

I`m not a Rob Zombie fan, but I will give this a try, hard to beat the 1960`s show though.........and yes, I was thrilled when it was made public about Halloween.......although I think most folks knew it was coming.......

Glad you have your trip sorted with some plans, it`s not far away now.....

Yes, we have clear outs every so often for the charity store, and we`re always amazed at how much stuff we have collected. Even with clearouts. We have several large areas of attic space and that`s where most things end up before we clear it.

Brunch and some gardening sounds nice....have a great day.......




Dinner was lush! We ate far too much lamb, but it was gorgeous.

Trying to decide which movie to watch tonight, we watched Halloween Kills last night......dreadful movie!!! But we had to see it to the end......wish we hadn`t bothered.

Had a downpour of rain earlier, but sun is back out and is quite lovely tonight again, wind is easing as trees aren`t billowing as much out there.

Gonna be a nice day tomorrow........

 

[Lynne G]

Good to see your post, Robo. Nice to have settled the upcoming end of June trip. And enjoying your coffee. Take care.

 

[Robo56]

Those pictures are the best Robbie!

Thanks Mac I do love a good meme.

Always like to see what Carole and Janet come up with. They are fun and make a soul smile for sure.

Hey Robbie......

I`m not a Rob Zombie fan, but I will give this a try, hard to beat the 1960`s show though.........and yes, I was thrilled when it was made public about Halloween.......although I think most folks knew it was coming.......

I can‘t say I’am a big fan of his either, but I might be if this Munsters remake is as awesome as it’s sounds.

I did like watching the Munsters and Adam‘s Family when I was young.

Glad you have your trip sorted with some plans, it`s not far away now.....

I was talking to to son and daughter in law about the trip last week. It will be so nice to get away for a short trip.

Yes, we have clear outs every so often for the charity store, and we`re always amazed at how much stuff we have collected. Even with clearouts. We have several large areas of attic space and that`s where most things end up before we clear it.

We have a big room upstairs thats over the garage that was a play room for the previous owners kiddo’s’. We use it for storage. That will be one of the last areas for my clean out Project. Not really looking forward to that. There is luggage, and some seasonal decorations to go through.

Brunch and some gardening sounds nice....have a great day......

Thank you. We had a nice country breakfast for brunch.


Your lamb dinner sounded delicious.

Good to see your post, Robo. Nice to have settled the upcoming end of June trip. And enjoying your coffee. Take care.

Thanks Lynne. Coffee was good this morning.

 

[keishashadow]

Romanian steaks

Interesting marinade to un-toughen chewie cuts of steak. A1 steak sauce, honey, Dijon & bit of soy sauce…easy peasy.

rob zombie is an acquired taste for sure lol. His music is often just a bit too much for me after a song or two. Did thing his scare zone was one of the best thus far. Do have a fond spot for all things pumpkins in the trees and my buddy Sam tho Too

intriguing to see what he does with the munsterS. Like Robbie, among my favs as a child. Islands of delight in a sea of homogeneous mediocrity.

wow, tours r sold out already for HHN in September I do wish they’d release the multi day tix anytime soon.

waiting for SWA to call me back. Just noticed the mr’s last name was ahem mis-spelled on upcoming reservation. I surely get the dodo bird award for that one. Main concern is his pre-check won’t populate over.

I didn’t use his middle initial on recent spirit reservation, he had to wait in long line at PIT. We were already cutting it short as such an early am flight. had to file an exception with TSA to determine what the issue was. At least able to fix it on way home & he didn’t land on the dreaded no-fly list!

 

[Lynne G]

Ack, well tell you a funny or not, Keisha. DH filled out little one’s first passport, and spelled her middle name wrong. Didn’t really notice until later, and we had no issues thankfully. And when I filled out hers when renewing, I did spell it right, and now her full name on passport is right. Scary, as I know filling out a name on the web can make issues when you don’t see the typing error you did in filling out a name or other important info.

Ah, after all that rain, was almost too humid. Got way warm feeling, so ditched the pants. Costco trip was successful, as well as a stop at a grocery store. At the grocery store, saw a large pack of ground beef that was marked down to a price I was almost shocked to see. So, what do you do with all that ground beef, after getting steaks at the other place? Make burgers on the grill with the first pound and a little more. The other three pounds went into three freezer bags, and went into the freezer. Will be fine for burgers, meatballs, or as meat for taco/ burrito later. Fries and onion rings in the air fryer, with cut up carrots and peppers sautéed in some butter on the grill. And since we did a Target run, favorite brand of ice cream little one has, was there, in her preferred flavor. It was a nice dessert. We don’t usually have dessert, but sometimes nice to enjoy ice cream, when such a warm night.

So, trash is out, and close to ready for bed time routine. Leaving that most perfect night ligh for all to see in the wee hours, when all dark, if needing to see a little better going to the bathroom or kitchen:

Hehe, enjoin hearing about HHN coming this Fall.

Have a most peaceful and good night’s sleep. Warning though. Means waking up to a Monday.

 

[Charade67]

Just submitted my editing project. It was an extremely frustrating project. We had to edit a video where a guy tells a story about losing his wallet. We had to edit in what is known as b-roll footage - clips showing what he is talking about. For example, when he talks about looking for the wallet on a bus, we need video of him doing just that. Some of the footage didn't even match what he was talking about. He kept talking about going to the main student dining hall, but all of the b-roll video showed him at the food court in a completely different part of the campus. We had to add a graphic showing he was "Ryan Parker - university Student", but in the video he referred to himself as James. I did the best I could and submitted the assignment. I have too much other stress to deal with right now.

This morning my mom was admitted to the hospital again. My sister took her to the ER because she was complaining about chest pains. While there it was discovered that she also has pneumonia and a fracture in her spine. I guess that happened when she fell and broke her wrist. Hopefully I will get more information tomorrow. I tried calling her at the hospital, but she never answered the phone.

I apologize for this being an all about me post. I am exhausted and emotionally drained. I really hope I can get some sleep tonight.

 

[schumigirl]

Thanks Mac I do love a good meme.

Always like to see what Carole and Janet come up with. They are fun and make a soul smile for sure.



I can‘t say I’am a big fan of his either, but I might be if this Munsters remake is as awesome as it’s sounds.

I did like watching the Munsters and Adam‘s Family when I was young.




I was talking to to son and daughter in law about the trip last week. It will be so nice to get away for a short trip.





We have a big room upstairs thats over the garage that was a play room for the previous owners kiddo’s’. We use it for storage. That will be one of the last areas for my clean out Project. Not really looking forward to that. There is luggage, and some seasonal decorations to go through.



Thank you. We had a nice country breakfast for brunch.


Your lamb dinner sounded delicious.



Thanks Lynne. Coffee was good this morning.

Lovely Saturday morning memories of The Munsters/Addams Family too.....classics though we probably didn`t realise it at the time how good they were.

Interesting marinade to un-toughen chewie cuts of steak. A1 steak sauce, honey, Dijon & bit of soy sauce…easy peasy.

rob zombie is an acquired taste for sure lol. His music is often just a bit too much for me after a song or two. Did thing his scare zone was one of the best thus far. Do have a fond spot for all things pumpkins in the trees and my buddy Sam tho Too

intriguing to see what he does with the munsterS. Like Robbie, among my favs as a child. Islands of delight in a sea of homogeneous mediocrity.

wow, tours r sold out already for HHN in September I do wish they’d release the multi day tix anytime soon.

waiting for SWA to call me back. Just noticed the mr’s last name was ahem mis-spelled on upcoming reservation. I surely get the dodo bird award for that one. Main concern is his pre-check won’t populate over.

I didn’t use his middle initial on recent spirit reservation, he had to wait in long line at PIT. We were already cutting it short as such an early am flight. had to file an exception with TSA to determine what the issue was. At least able to fix it on way home & he didn’t land on the dreaded no-fly list!

Honey, Dijon and Soy......classic for marinades.... I use that a lot in many dishes, we don`t get A1 sauce over here, but we do have similar. Sounds lovely but wonder why it got the Romanian name??

Yep, that scare zone was one of the best!!

Glad you got the name thingy sorted, can be very stressful doing things like that!!

Just submitted my editing project. It was an extremely frustrating project. We had to edit a video where a guy tells a story about losing his wallet. We had to edit in what is known as b-roll footage - clips showing what he is talking about. For example, when he talks about looking for the wallet on a bus, we need video of him doing just that. Some of the footage didn't even match what he was talking about. He kept talking about going to the main student dining hall, but all of the b-roll video showed him at the food court in a completely different part of the campus. We had to add a graphic showing he was "Ryan Parker - university Student", but in the video he referred to himself as James. I did the best I could and submitted the assignment. I have too much other stress to deal with right now.

This morning my mom was admitted to the hospital again. My sister took her to the ER because she was complaining about chest pains. While there it was discovered that she also has pneumonia and a fracture in her spine. I guess that happened when she fell and broke her wrist. Hopefully I will get more information tomorrow. I tried calling her at the hospital, but she never answered the phone.

I apologize for this being an all about me post. I am exhausted and emotionally drained. I really hope I can get some sleep tonight.

No need to apologise Charade, you have a lot going on there.

Your poor mum, what a time she is having between the wrist, pneumonia and her spine! Hope she is being made very comfortable in hospital.

Sleep well.





Beautiful sunny morning here, going to be out walking soon as it is so gorgeous, got to take advantage of this sunshine.

Then cinema this afternoon, hope we enjoy this movie, if it`s a good experience as in no annoying folks who rustle, chat, use their phone, munch, sniff, cough, open candy wrappers and generally are irritating....we may go back next week to see JP as I know Tom would like that one too.

Light breakfast, fruit and croissants and think we`ll have lunch out before the cinema. loads of places around to choose from.

Happy Monday ​

 

[Lynne G]

Ah yes, Monday is here. Back to that early routine. Restless bedmate, and I really could go back to sleep. Glad I don’t have to commute until tomorrow.

Trash trucks should be heard soon enough. They may be doing it in the rain. It’s still raining now. Think it rained on and off all last night. Weather news saying rain should end mid morning. Not much after I got up, heard a very loud and what I thought long sound of thunder. Advisory issued for dense fog, so hope to see the headless horseman trotting by with the trash trucks. Hehe. But not wearing those pants, even if it feels cool with 67 out. Yeah, once that rain leaves, the sweat heat pump arrives, and 88 degrees the high this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies, but if it is like yesterday’s weather, that sun was not covered by clouds most of the afternoon, and so we are getting that Summer type weather. Stormy and steamy hot. But there’s always that good reminder, as a high weather system is to arrive just in time for the weekend. Mid 70’s and full wall to wall sunny days predicted. If true, that weather is the best of a Spring time days. So before that true Sumner type weather comes, it tends to be more like as we get into July, and then ends mid September. Local kids go back to school in shorts for several weeks. Many complain, as mostly in the city, the old schools do not have air conditioning. The city kids were let out early for too hot in school the other day. They will be getting out early this last week of school too, I bet.

But ah, even in the rainy and very foggy start, heard the doves cooing. Guess they were saying rain, rain go away.

Teapot is being emptied fast. Doing that feeling thirsty a day early.

So a hello this early morning. Charade, I hope your mom is okay. Sending her well wishes mummy dust. Hope classes get easier for you. And hope the movie is good, Schumi. Yeah, people can be rude. I will say, the last movie we saw, there was very few people in the movie room we saw the movie in, and all were quiet.

A marvelous Monday to all.

 

[schumigirl]

Wow......quiet on here today...no-one around???

Well surprisingly we loved Top Gun......it was fantastic and held our attention all the way through. I`ll watch it again when it comes on the movie channels.

Since we were last in that cinema they have replaced all the seating and now they are all the nice comfy reclining ones, which were incredibly comfy and well padded I have to say. Good seats and there were 15 people altogether in a cinema that seats around 150, we`ll definitely go back next week to see Jurassic Park I think in the afternoon again.

We had lunch in town, a lovely little cafe that favours crab dishes local to us, and we shared a crab platter and extra crab cakes, gorgeous. Didn`t need dinner tonight.

Going to book our seats for next week I think now.

 

[macraven]

I think everyone is taking a siesta today…
Well, I am since it’s too hot to go anywhere outside

Did do some weed pulling and only lasted 15 minutes for that and stayed inside when it was noon.

Doing a food run to Taco Bell today so won’t heat up the house to make dinner
We will eat inside TB since they are now open in their dining area

Tomorrow and rest of this week will be hot here so trying to make my food take out list for entire week…

Schumi, I have not been inside a movie theater in years

I do like those big screens in the theaters when I lived in the north.

Have the fun of going to the shows is the concession stand food….

 

[schumigirl]

I think everyone is taking a siesta today…
Well, I am since it’s too hot to go anywhere outside

Did do some weed pulling and only lasted 15 minutes for that and stayed inside when it was noon.

Doing a food run to Taco Bell today so won’t heat up the house to make dinner
We will eat inside TB since they are now open in their dining area

Tomorrow and rest of this week will be hot here so trying to make my food take out list for entire week…

Schumi, I have not been inside a movie theater in years

I do like those big screens in the theaters when I lived in the north.

Have the fun of going to the shows is the concession stand food….

It was fun mac, we really enjoyed it as there weren`t any annoying people around....actually it felt very empty which we liked. I don`t eat in cinema`s.....apart from a bag of maltesers that we share. I hate rustlers.......lol......

Gardening sounds lovely and relaxing....certainly while it was cool, glad you could hide in the pm.....you do get the hottest temps!! A take out plan sounds good too......lol.....quite right!!

Stay cool inside.......

 

[macraven]

Today we will eat inside Taco Bell

Food tastes much better when it is hot….

Most use the drive thru for order and pick up

Last week when we did go there, ate inside and were the only ones ….
Mr Mac prefers the soda dispenser..
That man can drink his Diet Mountain Dew ….
Last time he did 3 fill ups of it while we ate and did a refill to take home with us

Yes that last drink was finished by the time we got back home……

 

[schumigirl]

Today we will eat inside Taco Bell

Food tastes much better when it is hot….

Most use the drive thru for order and pick up

Last week when we did go there, ate inside and were the only ones ….
Mr Mac prefers the soda dispenser..
That man can drink his Diet Mountain Dew ….
Last time he did 3 fill ups of it while we ate and did a refill to take home with us

Yes that last drink was finished by the time we got back home……

Hope you enjoy it mac.....we`ve still never eaten there, but you know us and fast food.......very rarely eat it, but one friend of ours in Orlando could live completely off of TB. Yes, eating in is so much better than take out with some types of food.

Tom likes Mountain Dew.....we don`t drink a lot of fizzy drinks, but I can drink my body weight in diet pepsi on occasions, especially in Orlando.

I remember you mentioning mr mac`s love of MD.......

I`m having a tonic water tonight.....jazzed up with lemon and lime slices and a sprig of rosemary.....it goes in everything now!!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Finally getting to do a quick stop in!

I blinked and it was Monday morning and time to hit the shower and get myself to work. Good thing I swing through the Tim's drive-thru and pick up a tea. That is probably the only thing that got me out of bed today.

The weekend went by too fast! The boys got all the repairs done on the boat trailer, there is new fresh gas in the gas tank of the boat and it's ready to hit the water! Hopefully the forecast is wrong and we won't be seeing much rain the week or weekend.

I didn't get much of anything really accomplished this weekend. It was a rather lazy weekend for me. My body must have needed the break. So there was lots of sitting with the remote in my hands lol. I did get a walk outside in, meals were made, groceries were purchased, a little bit of tidying, and I got the last of my bedding plants planted. So it wasn't a total write off.

my hair stylist has closed her salon for the next 4-5 months as having surgery on her shoulder. Absolutely detest the process of finding a new girl. i’ve gone thru it multiple times starting long before the pandemic. Lots of job hopping among the younger set it seems.

I hope you are able to find a replacement you like. Sigh...I understand the struggle, as I have had my fair share of horrible haircuts. I seem to be a magnet for the bad stylists. I have a great one now, who I know from my management days when I was a manager of a salon supply store.

I had forgotten that the last time I took classes I wasn't working, so that made it a lot easier. The way our school does online classes is each semester is divided into 8 week sub terms, so you are basically getting one semester's worth of a class in an 8 week period. The last 2 weeks of this month are going to be brutal because the 2 sub terms overlap those weeks. So for 2 weeks I will be taking 5 classes at the same time.

Yikes! The sounds heavy. I know the course I was in was compressed into one semester as well. I only did part time studies, and found it challenging at times. Usually around the 8 week mark when when sooooooo deep into it, but yet looking for the end date and it still seems so far away yet.

nearly feLL off the couch when i saw our flight down to MCO in September was pushed ahead 6 hours

We had our flights changed when we flew as well. I heard my manager swearing about changes made for his upcoming trip as well. I really don't think it's going to get better in the coming months. With people wanting to travel, redeem any credits they have and just a general need to escape from the insanity that has been the last 2+ years. I told dh we just have to deal with it, and not complain as we are blessed to be able to even do it or plan it given the current economy.

This morning my mom was admitted to the hospital again. My sister took her to the ER because she was complaining about chest pains. While there it was discovered that she also has pneumonia and a fracture in her spine. I guess that happened when she fell and broke her wrist. Hopefully I will get more information tomorrow. I tried calling her at the hospital, but she never answered the phone.

Sending many prayers of strength and healing to her. NO WONDER she was complaining I hope she continues to heal fast.

Well surprisingly we loved Top Gun......it was fantastic and held our attention all the way through. I`ll watch it again when it comes on the movie channels.

It's great to hear you liked it. Dh and the boys want to go to the city and watch it in Imax. It is on here locally too, just not as great as the Imax screens in the city. I have VERY mixed feelings about seeing it. Part of me really does as I loved that movie as a teenager - but the other part of me absolutely cringes as Mr. Cruise is just soooooooooooooo cringy and his creepy factor is soooo high. Just knowing his level of creepiness with Scientology knowing what they do to people, makes me not want to see it.

Well, I have one more paper to shuffle before the end of the day, I will take my time with it to drag it out

Have a great evening everyone!

 

[macraven]

It is hot today….
Heat index is 106

Temps only 96 and predicted 97 tomorrow

Pumpkin….was it hot tea or iced tea you bought?

I liked that movie Top Gun
Mr Cruise I’m not a fan of but he did a great job in that movie !

 

[Charade67]

No more news about Mom yet. Hopefully no news is good news.

I decided to take today off school. I really need to do laundry and do a little cleaning around the house.
I woke up just before 3:00 today. I went to the living room and could hear sounds in the chimney. There was something in there, but I have no idea what. The noise finally stopped around 6:00. We called pest control this morning and they are coming tomorrow to have a look.

Then cinema this afternoon, hope we enjoy this movie, if it`s a good experience as in no annoying folks who rustle, chat, use their phone, munch, sniff, cough, open candy wrappers and generally are irritating....we may go back next week to see JP as I know Tom would like that one too.

I always get the seat kicker behind me. I was so glad when our theaters finally started letting us pick our seats. Now If I am in one of the smaller theaters I will sit on the back row, and if I am in one of the larger theaters I will sit on the back row of the first section.

Last week when we did go there, ate inside and were the only ones ….
Mr Mac prefers the soda dispenser..
That man can drink his Diet Mountain Dew ….
Last time he did 3 fill ups of it while we ate and did a refill to take home with us

Yes that last drink was finished by the time we got back home……

Sounds like my husband. He has recently switched from Diet Dew to Mountain Dew Zero. I thin her has about half a dozen 6 packs stashed around the kitchen.

Yikes! The sounds heavy. I know the course I was in was compressed into one semester as well. I only did part time studies, and found it challenging at times. Usually around the 8 week mark when when sooooooo deep into it, but yet looking for the end date and it still seems so far away yet.

Thankfully summer is the only semester this happens. I am not looking forward to the last 2 weeks of June.

 

[Lynne G]

Might be a squirrel, Charade, why my mom got a wire cover over her chimney long ago. When lit a fire when I was kid, on fire squirrels fell down into the fire, and ran out into our living room. Good thing my dad was still spry enough, killed them all with the ash shovel. And a hehe, my mom was also I guess spry, as she grabbed my younger brother and I and jumped up the stairs, as she was having nothing to do with those screaming on fire little squirrels. It was after that my mom got the chimney guy put that very thick metal and wire cover over the chimney. Never had issues after that. May also be a raccoon, as they are known to also go into a chimney.

Steak on the grill tonight. Yum, making neighbors jealous. Were delicious. Side of corn and salad. Easy.

Early bedtime, as have to commute tomorrow. At least won’t be as hot tomorrow.

Have a good night all.

 

[Charade67]

Whatever it was stopped making noise around 6:00 and I haven't heard anything since. We may need to replace our chimney cap. We had a bird get into our house through the chimney a few years ago. That was quite an adventure. Thankfully dh was able to trap it in a box and release it outside.

 

[Charade67]

Just as I finished typing the previous post the chimney noised started up again.

 

[Lynne G]

Hope the noise went away Charade. Either way, I’d be checking if anything got into the top of the chimney.

Ah yes, the commute was fine. Why a slow truck had to be in front of me, most of the way. Grr. I don’t understand why cars and the truck in front of me have the car turn off and then take a few minutes to turn back on, so vehicles can go. I don’t see how that saves any money on gas, and is quite annoying, as then the ones behind are ready to go, and that delayed one takes that more time to get going.

But, quick enough, but not the network, must be tired this morning. I have to call the IT people one of these days. My current laptop does not fit the Ethernet cable my old laptop uses. Hence, I’m on WiFi, but should go much faster connecting if I could have a plug that fit, same with my large screen. As only two days, I’m dealing with it, but know I will get annoyed, and that’s when I will give a call.

But as early almost every week day, we’ll almost every day, I get to say have a most terrific Taco Tuesday. Yay for Mac getting to Taco Bell yesterday.

Good morning homies. We are overcast and kinda dark for being an hour after sunrise. But warm enough already 73 degrees out. Saying some rain showers this morning. Then that mostly cloudy day. Um, said that yesterday, and the sun was out most of yesterday. Was stinking hot yesterday too. I assume with this early morning rain, will be steamy afternoon. Hope all are weather safe, and feeling well.