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

[Lynne G]

Yay for short countdown, MonyK. Yay, if our September times match up. Would be great to see ya again, and if my little one is around, she’ll be happy to have a friend like you to ride those coasters with her.

Ack, with warning above, I guess no posting until almost lunchtime tomorrow.

Thus, as a holiday Monday, still will leave a light on.

And yay, Summer will be here, with our longest day of daylight this week.

 

[macraven]

yes it’s summer in GA….
it’s hot and will be hotter as in 101 starting wednesday for my area

florida will be really hot also so if anyone has a trip there this week, don’t forget the sunscreen and hat

Thanks Lynne for turning on the porch light.
No stubbed toes tonight

MonyK, have a super trip!

Lights out for the boards at 1:00 am est but all can be posting at 11 est tomorrow

Should be a great improvement on the boards then!

I hope to post a bit more later after I round my cats up and get them in the bedroom

 

[Lynne G]

Sleep tight all!

 

[schumigirl]

sweet!
you will always remember Tom’s smile schumi

Oh you`re so right.....that moment and the look on his face is one I`ll never forget......he has the best smile!!

Happy Fathers day to all the dads out there. Travis is working this weekend at a convention (and helping out another vendor as his mom isn't doing well) so won't see him until Tuesday. Its at the Lake of Ozarks-we did drive up for the day yesterday to go out on boat, and take dogs out. Nala took to the water & boat pretty well. Nemo...well he hides when boat is moving and only jumped onto our raft when we stopped to float a bit when he saw the ducks. Boats around us got a laugh at the dog trying to do his hunting pose on a floating raft. Both dogs wear their water vests at all times on the boat and dock (treat em like toddlers and keep eyes on them). Need to put the pics up on instagram.
Garden is going wild with this weather. May have squash before we leave actually. Happy pollenators really did a good job as have lots and lots of blooms on all the plants.
Alysa is in Alaska on some remote island they had to helicopter to get to-last message we had in family group chat was her short video of helicopter taking off before she was out of cell service area. Of course her sister had to get the last word with the message "Don't die"-siblings!

Sorry it's me skewing the algorithm lol. Four work days until we leave. Started tossing stuff into suitcase today.

So what do we think of HHN houses so far? I think anything will be good if the plexi is GONE so jump scares aren't advertised!

Hope all are healthy and happy!! Hope to see some this fall in person! Think Lynne and I overlap again?? Such fun last year!

Good to see you MonyK.....hope things are good for you and yours.....

yes it’s summer in GA….
it’s hot and will be hotter as in 101 starting wednesday for my area

florida will be really hot also so if anyone has a trip there this week, don’t forget the sunscreen and hat

Lights out for the boards at 1:00 am est but all can be posting at 11 est tomorrow

Should be a great improvement on the boards then!

I hope to post a bit more later after I round my cats up and get them in the bedroom

My nephew and his wife are in Orlando right now, they usually stay for a month over Christmas/New Year so they are really feeling that exceptional heat! Loving it though.......

Yep, hope the boards sort out their glitches now.





Boards seem to be back up and running.

Beautiful day here, sun is bright and although a little breezy it is warm! We did get out early again walking and it was lovely. Walked 7 miles before the tootsies said enough.......

Going to plug the laptop in outside and sit in the gazebo I think this afternoon.

Too nice a day to be inside.

Happy Monday​

 

[Lynne G]

Holiday Monday, yay! And boards are up, yay!

Another most beautiful day to end our Spring season. 81 the high, with partly sunny, partly cloudy day. Time to go back to those shorts. Yay!

Ooh I hear mom? Guess older one is ready to get up, freshen up, and go to work, and it should be quiet for him.

So happy not needing that other screen today. Think little one wants to go to that further away outlets. Maybe. Have yet to see her. DH took some of this to his mom, but not sure what you call it, but used the rest of the pie crust to line my lasagna pan, poured eggs, cheese, cut up orange peppers, chopped up bacon, cut up potatoes and cooked sausage pieces into it, and baked it. Then added more cheese on top. There’s some leftover, so if older one will not want to eat for his breakfast, will stay in refrigerator, for him or DH to get into. Was delicious, though gave my DH the sausage pieces, as not fond of sausage.

And so, with that over filled teapot, was enjoyed with me having tea and DH that icky instant coffee.

Time to see if either kid is hungry, and how long little one needs to get moving.

 

[macraven]

can not decide what to fix for lunch today

i should rephrase that and say, where do i want to order my lunch from…

 

[schumigirl]

can not decide what to fix for lunch today

i should rephrase that and say, where do i want to order my lunch from…

Choo Choo........

Count me in too!!!!

Think we`re grilling out tonight too.....have some meats, some unique butchers sausages that are lush and usual sides.......it`s still nice enough to sit out, so that`ll be what we`ll opt for......

You have some fabulous places close by!!




Time to go prepare salads and sides for dinner........

 

[schumigirl]

Dinner was wonderful tonight…….all cooked just as we liked. And weather was glorious which was enjoyable. We did put some food in the trash as we just couldn’t finish what we had cooked, but we enjoyed what we had.

Came in just before 9pm, it was still warm enough to be sitting out…..and although tomorrow is officially the longest day, today‘s daylight isn’t that much different from what it’ll be tomorrow……

Tomorrow we are going to see the new Jurassic Park movie in the afternoon. Hope it’s not a dud, I’m not the biggest fan of these movies, but I do like Chris Pratt.

Going to be another warm night tonight……there’s a lovely little breeze coming in the bedroom windows, so should be comfortable sleeping.

Almost bedtime here………

 

[macraven]

Since this week of no real cooking for me, picked up some lean cuisine frozen dinners at Publix today

Mr Mac is out with his kayak and know he will tell me how hot it is….

Had a slow afternoon at the gym and cats were screaming at me to feed them when i returned home
They get an attitude when i am late in feeding them.

Hope all going fine for our homies!

 

[Sue M]

Ouch Mac, that’s hot! Unusual spring here, so cold and wet! In 60’s. Last year was opposite, triple digits At the end of this week temps supposed to get into 80’s and sunshine. Crazy weather.

Just a quick check in, leaving in a few minutes to go see Buzz Lightyear with my daughters.

Anyone at Universal early August? Too bad Lynn I’ll just miss you. At this point I’ll be happy to just arrive! Listening to the news and all the flight cancellations yuck.

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, sorry Sue. But hope we do get to meet up one of these days. Little one’s bucket list includes sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands.

Getting time for my bedtime, so leaving a light on.

 

[schumigirl]

Since this week of no real cooking for me, picked up some lean cuisine frozen dinners at Publix today

Mr Mac is out with his kayak and know he will tell me how hot it is….

Had a slow afternoon at the gym and cats were screaming at me to feed them when i returned home
They get an attitude when i am late in feeding them.

Hope all going fine for our homies!

Hope had a lovely time and yes, I`m sure he`ll have enjoyed that heat while out in his kayak.......how lovely though......and hope the gym was fun, well as fun as the gym can be





Official longest day today.........summer is here, although I think we`ve been enjoying a nice summer already this year....hope it continues for us too.

Up early again today, it`s beautiful outside so we plan to walk 8 miles this morning along the seafront, sunscreen on even though it`s early, I can still burn.

Breakfast is blueberry muffins that are bakery bought, couldn`t resist them, they are huge!! Some fruit and of course tea.

Then the cinema after lunch and hopefully grilling again tonight unless it cools down, we don`t bother grilling out if it`s cold here. No need to, plenty of other options to cook food just as good.

Happy Tuesday though.......

Have a great Tuesday ​

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, not only the first day of the Summer season, the longest day of sunlight, and a Taco Tuesday.

Yay, when Mac gets her Taco Bell fix today, should be light out, even if a later dinner run.

Hope you enjoy the movie this afternoon, Schumi. It has pretty good ratings here.

And so, a back to office today. Was quiet enough, as since we are at a higher level, not as many required to be in. Will be back to telecommuting rest of week, so happy about that. Though on my early drive in, there is not much traffic, until I’m in the City. Then a darn bus got in front of me today, but at least road was wide enough to speed around him, as it pulled over.

Another beautiful sunny day, with almost carbon copy of yesterday’s, but more clouds to rule the day, and with rain starting this evening. So hoping to be home before it starts, as weather lady said in news this morning, showers in the afternoon commute, arriving around 5 pm tonight. I should be home by then. But as 83 degrees the high, nice enough day.

Yesterday afternoon felt very warm. And you know it was warm last evening, as heard both our and neighbor’s AC on. But as 62 degrees out now, no AC heard. But even if mostly cloudy today, can expect those AC units to be heard again before the rain comes. A rainy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday predicted. That’s fine, Sunday to be a full day of sun, and a high of 89 degrees. Woot! Summer!

You know,


Hehe. Mac’s cats are AC feeling ones. Lucky cats. LOL.

 

[macraven]

Sue, we moved to Georgia around a week before Christmas 5 years ago
On new year’s eve had temps of upper 70’s
which was not common

Each year after that, it was usual temps.
Warm days but cooler nights in the winter

Seems like this year it will not be normal
as we already are having temps a few days at 99-100

I check the temps for Orlando and looks like it will be a hot summer and fall for them

I am looking forward to my UO trip in September and have a feeling it will be miserable heat there

I hope the heat won’t be an issue for you for your August vacation.
Florida really gets some intense heat during the summer

AC is a lot cheaper for homes in the south where we live compared to where i lived before in the north.
We turned our ac on 24/7 in May and think summer will be very long this year

I hope this does not sound like a whine as i can deal better with high heat than i can with cold and snow!

Some 8 years back we had very cold weather in the north and a couple of hours of snow falling.
But it did not last long, flurries stopped but temps were not even close to spring like

I had booked my florida flight back late January
For the past two weeks i have received 3 emails
from Delta of flight changes for my September trip

i hope no more changes but did read Delta is cutting 200 flights per day up threw summer
i have no idea if my booked flights will fall into the group of cancellations….

i could drive to orlando if i had to but i don’t want to

traffic in florida would we freak me out
and ….i usually get lost in orlando when i do drive there but only drove there 3 times

i prefer flying
it has its hang ups but i can live with that

i hope your august trip will be fantastic


seems like this post of mine from last night did not get posted yesterday since the boards went donr
trying again to post it

 

[Sue M]

Mac this past 12 months have been unusual weather I think! We had crazy high triple digit temps last summer then a colder than normal few weeks this past winter. Seems like we’re getting more temp extremes. This spring has been unusual here. It gaunt gotten above low to mid 60’s and lots of rain. Sunny days have been few and far between.

I’ve been going to Florida during Aug for years and I’m fine with the heat. Here it used to be unheard of for houses to have AC! We never really needed it as temps rarely went above mid 80’s but usually stayed in high 70’s to 80. Everyone just had fans. Never got intolerably hot or if it did only lasted a few days. Now lots of people putting in AC. Seems summers getting hotter and winters colder. More extremes.

I heard on the news all the problems with airlines. So far my flights haven’t changed- fingers crossed. I fly Alaska and they seem to have less changes. However they have had their share the past 2 yrs during Covid for sure! The reason I ended up at SF 2 days earlier before my HR res last trip! But got in lots of meet ups those 2 days!

I hate driv in Florida too! But have lots since my parents lived in Ft Lauderdale/Broward County. And I always drove up to Orlando. The Turnpike wasn’t too bad. I-95 is awful!

Lynne & Schumi enjoy your sunshine! A beach walk sounds heavenly.

Last night went to see Buzz Lightyear. My adult daughters wanted to see it and we all went together. We all enjoyed it! More than I thought I would.

Nothing much on the agenda today. I have to go pick up a fruit basket I ordered. Good friends of mine are going on the Alaska Cruise tomorrow and another friend happens to work for Holland America and she happens to be in charge of this ship while it’s in port. She graciously offered to bring the basket to the ship to be delivered to their stateroom!

Lynne my daughter kayaked the broken Island group last summer off the coast of Vancouver Island. She loved it.

 

[schumigirl]

Sue, we moved to Georgia around a week before Christmas 5 years ago
On new year’s eve had temps of upper 70’s
which was not common

Each year after that, it was usual temps.
Warm days but cooler nights in the winter

Seems like this year it will not be normal
as we already are having temps a few days at 99-100

I check the temps for Orlando and looks like it will be a hot summer and fall for them

I am looking forward to my UO trip in September and have a feeling it will be miserable heat there

I hope the heat won’t be an issue for you for your August vacation.
Florida really gets some intense heat during the summer

AC is a lot cheaper for homes in the south where we live compared to where i lived before in the north.
We turned our ac on 24/7 in May and think summer will be very long this year

I hope this does not sound like a whine as i can deal better with high heat than i can with cold and snow!

Some 8 years back we had very cold weather in the north and a couple of hours of snow falling.
But it did not last long, flurries stopped but temps were not even close to spring like

I had booked my florida flight back late January
For the past two weeks i have received 3 emails
from Delta of flight changes for my September trip

i hope no more changes but did read Delta is cutting 200 flights per day up threw summer
i have no idea if my booked flights will fall into the group of cancellations….

i could drive to orlando if i had to but i don’t want to

traffic in florida would we freak me out
and ….i usually get lost in orlando when i do drive there but only drove there 3 times

i prefer flying
it has its hang ups but i can live with that

i hope your august trip will be fantastic


seems like this post of mine from last night did not get posted yesterday since the boards went donr
trying again to post it

I’m getting emails from my nephew every other day who is in Orlando with his wife, and you’re correct…..it is blazing hot!

He said parks are the busiest he’s ever seen them, they haven’t managed Hagrid‘s yet this trip, I think they’re going to try later at night.

Yes, September will be a toasty one…….we do still enjoy driving in Florida a lot, but the area around both sets of parks isn’t a lot of fun.





Went out for lunch before the cinema today, had some hot and spicy Thai food, one of the few that opens for lunch here, it was very nice and busy too. I had no idea it would be so busy.

Well Jurassic Park was not that great. I had heard from friends on both sides of the Atlantic who had seen it and said don’t bother……I fell asleep for 25 minutes and the best bit was right at the end, the bit we all wanted to see…….wouldn’t watch it again.

Reviews were all ambivalent at best generally, should have listened.

There we’re around 9 other folks watching this one which we love that about going during the day, no annoying folks either. No other movies coming out we want to see anytime soon.

But, came out and bumped into two friends coming out of another screen who had gone to see Lightyear with their daughter who loved the originals…….they all hated it. Lol…….not the best afternoon for cinema goers……

No need for dinner tonight now, but going to make a huge pot of tea for us right now and sit out as it’s so warm here

 

[Robo56]

Good Tuesday morning Sans family






Happy Belated Father’s Day to all the Sans dad’s and hubby’s. Hope everyone had a nice day.


Charade sounds like your mom is progressing if she is being feisty. Hope the the school work is coming along.

Mac I have heard about all the airlines changing flight times on people. I bet your grumpy cats are happy now they have been fed.


Schumi glad to hear your Lizard is continuing. Enjoy the warmth.

Good to see Monyk and Sue post.

Lynne hope the tea is tasty this morning.

Keisha I bet you put out a wonderful food buffet for your hubby and sons for Fathers Day. Make sure to have a nice restful day after all your hard work. Have a float in the pool.

Shout out to Tink, Bobbi68, Patty and all our Sans family who are not posting regularly. Hope all is well with you.


Granddaughter and her family came down for visit yesterday. We went out for lunch and had a nice visit. They live a little over 2 hours away in Kentucky.

I have been trying to pull a few things together for my trip to Orlando.

Not sure how much time I will be spending in the parks if it is slammed with people. I usually go early in the morning sometimes or in the evening. Son and family will be hitting the rides. I will meet up with them for some meals and maybe a few rides I can do.

I think I will be a more of a pool diva this trip. More of a relaxing getaway.

Looking forward to seeing the Monsters Store by the Mummy ride. I read about it in Schumi’s trip report.

Lazy day today. Think a quick is in order. Was up way to early this morning.


Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone.

 

[Sue M]

Robo when is your trip? Staying at PB?

Schumi funny the differences in opinions, we enjoyed Buzz! Next movie I want to see is Elvis!

 

[macraven]

Robo, lazy days are the best!

i have done nothing productive this morning and decided to watch tv and catch up on how the homies are doing in between commercials.

Also catching up on sleep, with cat naps

But while reading my emails realized today is Tuesday….
Dang!!!
just remembered i have a dental appointment at 1:30 for a crown to be put in today
Due to dental and gum issues, i have to take 2000 mg of amoxicillin one hour before any dental appointments

Swallowed those ugly pills in a new york minute…

back later…

 

[Sue M]

Mac good luck at dentist today!

For those of us who name our cars l when I was out with youngest dad last night I told her the suggestion of Scarlet, and she says I should name her Daisy