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

[schumigirl]

Good evening everyone. We are having a nice thunderstorm right now. The power just went out, but only for a couple of seconds.


Right now I am still planning on going September 20-24. I keep checking to see if AP hotel rates have been released.


I'm always amazed when I see women at the parks who looked like they just stepped out of a salon. It's no makeup and ponytails for me.

I'm hoping for a very mild hurricane season. September is usually one of the worse months.


The back row has become my favorite place in the theater. No one can kick the back of my seat.

Wow, they must have been really good. I think you were lucky to get the pan back.

Oh dear. Dh just found an old Hercules movie to watch. This should be interesting.

lol....I say exactly the same thing Charade, how some women look amazing in the parks is beyond me......some are local and I think naturally used to the heat. I asked one of the girls how they kept their hair so tidy looking.....no rides and lots and lots of product!

Yes, back row for similar reasons, but now all the seats are the recliners and rows are far apart so you don`t get that issue now. Old Hercules movie sounds fun!!! They`re usually classics for one way or the other.







BIt cooler this morning but still 70F at 6.30am. Next week is supposed to be extreme for us......won`t win any competitions with the rest of the world but glorious for us.......

Heading out our walk soon, that all important pot of tea first and a cherry muffin this morning. We have a small backpack we carry two bottles of water in, so we have plenty of liquid and we can stop off when we get back to the cafe/restaurant area. The beach has been so busy last few mornings which is nice to see.

Again, we`ll be grilling food tonight for dinner, salad for lunch I think, no lunch out as we all met up yesterday......and starting to look at our new car order for next year......if we have one for May that would work as this one will be 4 years old then. We usually only keep a car for 3 years then get a new one, but we do love this car so kept it an extra year which is up next May. We`ll see.

Happy Wednesday









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[Lynne G]

Why hello camel, thanks for blocking the sun enough to see ya. Why yes, it’s that most proper hump of a day, as that mid week day shows us that get past today, and Friday is one day closer. As in, lazy Friday for me, for sure now. Yay!

Sunny and 70 degrees out. Those clouds will be blocking the sun like camel today, but the air is that humid hot air. 92 degrees is the high, even with a mostly cloudy day. So, what you get with such sticky feeling air? Yep, still a very random chance of rain late in the day. While we get those steamy hot days, lately, our Summers have not been as rainy. From a peek at the weather radar, don’t see any rainy weather near us. And early morning weather news guy said any rain that may be seen today, will be near the shore areas. In other words, poor little one. Not a good thunderstorm to see for us today either. And have to say, one of my favorite is to watch a thunderstorm roll over us, from a covered front porch or inside looking out a large picture window. Saw a good one last year from Strong Water’s windows, and as a kid, saw a storm go by that saw rain in the street go half way up our slightly uphill driveway.

So tea drinking from my stove’s teapot’s water, and enjoying this Summer feeling Wednesday. Hope all are enjoying this Wonderful Wednesday. Make it so. And hope Mac is feeling better, and hope our Canadian homies gets nice, warm weather today, as that warm weather hope goes to Sue and Pumpkin.

Good morning. Yay! It’s Wednesday.

 

[buckeev]

Since you said you are commuting to work tomorrow, i thought today was thursday as you have driven to work on a friday before Lynne

But tomorrow is Tuesday and now I must be fading as my days of the week are mixed up

Yes, recovery from covid has its glitches for me, but doc told me things will fall back in place soon.

When i get tired, it’s best i don’t post in the boards obviously…

I am still not driving yet and my doctor wants me to wait a week before he releases me.
I am ok with that.

I think I am fine for the most part but i do have moments of “why did i walk into this room and why do I have an empty cup in my hand.”

It’s like a jigsaw puzzle to me

Sure happy to know you're gettin' back to "normal" Lady Mac!
Rona ain't FUNA!

 

[macraven]

i am starting to wonder buckeev if this is becoming my new normal..

 

[NashvilleTrio]

Hello all! It's me - the long time lurker but seldom poster!! LOL
I've read through the last couple of pages here to catch up a bit. Sorry to see that Mac and Mr. Mac have been fighting covid. Yuck. Hope they both continue to recover!
Speaking of covid, my family and I were able to take a wonderful vacation back in May over to Italy, Greece and Turkey. However, at the end of our trip, my hubby and son both tested positive. Sooooo, they were not able to fly home as scheduled. Neither of them had severe symptoms, but that just kinda put a damper on the whole trip.
I flew home on time, was able to pick up our fur baby and get back to work. But the guys had to stay another week.
And wouldn't ya know it - that rule of having a negative test to fly back to the US was lifted 2 weeks later

Like a lot of you, we're looking forward to HHN. We're planning to get Frequent Fear tickets with Express. Hoping they'll be releasing that info any day now!!
-Melissa

 

[schumigirl]

Hello all! It's me - the long time lurker but seldom poster!! LOL
I've read through the last couple of pages here to catch up a bit. Sorry to see that Mac and Mr. Mac have been fighting covid. Yuck. Hope they both continue to recover!
Speaking of covid, my family and I were able to take a wonderful vacation back in May over to Italy, Greece and Turkey. However, at the end of our trip, my hubby and son both tested positive. Sooooo, they were not able to fly home as scheduled. Neither of them had severe symptoms, but that just kinda put a damper on the whole trip.
I flew home on time, was able to pick up our fur baby and get back to work. But the guys had to stay another week.
And wouldn't ya know it - that rule of having a negative test to fly back to the US was lifted 2 weeks later

Like a lot of you, we're looking forward to HHN. We're planning to get Frequent Fear tickets with Express. Hoping they'll be releasing that info any day now!!
-Melissa

Hey Melissa......good to see you post over here again......

I`m so glad you had such a lovely vacation in Europe, but so sorry to hear both your husband and son got covid!! Good to hear it was mild though. And yes, the timing on the testing being lifted is so typical.....

And hope to say hello to you at HHN this year again....we`re waiting for RoF (hopefully) and plan to do several nights there.

Hope you`re all doing well now though and lovely to see you here.....

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Gotta love that it's hump day today...the weekend is just around the corner!

Not much to report about last night. I was raining most of the evening, then at about 9:30 it broke and there was a beautiful yellow and orange sunset with double rainbows! The sun is shinning today. Hopefully it warms up, seems the wind doesn't want to go away just yet.

No walk last night, as it was raining. I'm like a cat and think I'll melt in the rain. Actually our last dog was the same. He hated it when it was raining. He refused to go outside - stubborn old man dog he was I still miss him We worked on getting quotes for new insurance for the vehicles last night. Our current company has ruffled dh's feathers with asking for vehicle inspections on the car youngest ds drives. Yes, it is older, but runs like a top and has FANTASTIC gas mileage. So since we needed an inspection, we thought we would check out other companies as well. So I guess we will see what their rates are - and compare them to what we have found.

Almost dinner. Doe in headlights as to what want for dinner. I think pasta. Easy, as have already cooked frozen cheese ravioli, so zap of leftover red sauce, and dinner served. With salad, and not sure if anyone wants anything else. If they do, they can get or make it.

Yum!!!!!!!!!! I say the same thing. If you don't like it, your more than welcome to make your own.

This morning I returned the hair straightener and bought a curling iron! Thought I’d try it as it said can use to curl-not!!! Started when my curling iron died. Won’t fall for that again!

I do use my straightener for curls in my hair. Some days it works...others not so much. I also have a couple curling irons too. I have a really good one that is actually split in the middle where you take your section of hair and put it into that split. Then you twist and pull ( like you would if using a straightener) and you get curls! Super easy. I don't use it often, but then again, I don't usually straighten my hair. I would rather sleep the extra minutes instead of straightening my hair lol.

Wow, they must have been really good. I think you were lucky to get the pan back.

Ds's both said they were really good! It was a good batch. All the boys had a couple last night. I grabbed the pan to bring home, once it was empty. I'm a recycler if I can!

Ooh will be a hot day tomorrow, says local late evening weather news. Hehe, they started out with remembering, in pictures, the most damaging storms we had in the 50 years they have been on air. Interestingly, most were were within the last 20 years. Was a kid with the one, but do remember it. City was flooded with over a foot of rain. Storm Sandy was the worse damage to our shore communities for almost 100 years. And two years in the last 20, we had blizzards. And some of the years, our Winter temps were negative numbered. And, more recently, more tornadoes, that did damage and loss of life. While tornados do make it here, the ones that did the damage and killed, were very unusual where I live. The mountains usually do a good job of breaking up storms.

It's crazy how weather is changing.

Hello all! It's me - the long time lurker but seldom poster!! LOL

Soooo weird..I had this post done earlier today, then I got a weird message, then I couldn't log in But I'm back in again I guess it was a sign to get my b&tt to work lol.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[schumigirl]

Gotta love that it's hump day today...the weekend is just around the corner!

Not much to report about last night. I was raining most of the evening, then at about 9:30 it broke and there was a beautiful yellow and orange sunset with double rainbows! The sun is shinning today. Hopefully it warms up, seems the wind doesn't want to go away just yet.

No walk last night, as it was raining. I'm like a cat and think I'll melt in the rain. Actually our last dog was the same. He hated it when it was raining. He refused to go outside - stubborn old man dog he was I still miss him We worked on getting quotes for new insurance for the vehicles last night. Our current company has ruffled dh's feathers with asking for vehicle inspections on the car youngest ds drives. Yes, it is older, but runs like a top and has FANTASTIC gas mileage. So since we needed an inspection, we thought we would check out other companies as well. So I guess we will see what their rates are - and compare them to what we have found.


Yum!!!!!!!!!! I say the same thing. If you don't like it, your more than welcome to make your own.

I do use my straightener for curls in my hair. Some days it works...others not so much. I also have a couple curling irons too. I have a really good one that is actually split in the middle where you take your section of hair and put it into that split. Then you twist and pull ( like you would if using a straightener) and you get curls! Super easy. I don't use it often, but then again, I don't usually straighten my hair. I would rather sleep the extra minutes instead of straightening my hair lol.

Ds's both said they were really good! It was a good batch. All the boys had a couple last night. I grabbed the pan to bring home, once it was empty. I'm a recycler if I can!

It's crazy how weather is changing.




Soooo weird..I had this post done earlier today, then I got a weird message, then I couldn't log in But I'm back in again I guess it was a sign to get my b&tt to work lol.

Have a great day everyone!

Dis has been having issues with boards seemingly disappearing with an error. They know there`s a problem and are working on it. I turned on the ipad this morning and it was a blank white page, reloaded it and it was there. Wrote out a post on the laptop later and it disappeared......annoying, but I`m sure it`ll get fixed.

I straighten my hair every day......even if I`m not going out.....lol

I love walking in the rain....but, not if it`s cold or windy. We`re still a little breezy but nothing compared to what we had. We are definitely enjoying a freak heatwave right now.....hope your weather heats up soon......






Finally came indoors tonight, got a little breezy when the sun went behind the trees, but another glorious day here with more to come.

Had burgers on the grill tonight, made them with jalapeno and blobbed a bit of mozzarella in the middle of Tom`s and he cooked them beautifully. Served pulled pork on top of the burgers, and had two portobello mushrooms on the side grilled with garlic.....very filling meal but delicious.

Another warm night ahead........time for a pot of tea, bit later than usual for tea, but we feel like it.

 

[Lynne G]

Oooh I have tea whenever I feel like having it, no matter time off day. So easy to make. Added lemon to my tea today, as saw a lonely lemon still in the refrigerator, looking sad. But was fine, and a flavor I like adding to my tea.

Yay for European trip, Nashville. Ugh for guys to be positive at end of trip. Glad mild symptoms they had. I’m sure all international travel happy about no testing to enter now. My city just raised the virus threat level up a level. Work did not change its level, but I think all are still worried about being to close to each other in the workplace.

On a Costco run, and little one likes their one drink. Cheaper then anywhere else, looking at you Starbucks. Got what we needed, and kinda crowded. But quick checkout, as was at a do it yourself checkout kiosk, and worker comes and scans all in our cart, and boom, checkout in minutes. How nice is that? Ooh she got food to share. Snack before I guess now a later dinner. But to be fair, lunch was closer to 2pm today. Slow rising little one.

 

[macraven]

Nashville Trio
( i always want to call you Nashville Cats)

I’m happy that you came out and posted here Melissa!

You have been missed here…

Glad to read you had a fantastic vacation, sorry to read you came back home alone
But your two main squeezes did make it back home the week later and that makes it a happy ending

Hope all stay well and no repeat virus for your household

 

[Pumpkin1172]

A quick evening stop in!

Thought about a walk tonight, but my stomach is not feeling great, so I'm sticking close to home tonight. Dh mentioned his stomach is feeling wonky too. Must be a bug we picked up.

Still too windy tonight to grill, so whipped up some honey mustard type chicken for supper along with some roasted potatoes and asparagus. It must have been good as there was not much left over.

I straighten my hair every day......even if I`m not going out.....lol

Dd always teases me as I'm like that with makeup! I will always at least do a little mascara, eyeliner and blush! You can't take the 80's out of this girl I would probably straighten my hair more ( as I did when I was younger ) but my hair is fine and just can't take it anymore - no matter how many pricey products I use! I have a nice beachy curl in my hair. It gets a little big when I'm in humid climates!!! Think of Monica in The Bahamas

On a Costco run, and little one likes their one drink. Cheaper then anywhere else, looking at you Starbucks. Got what we needed, and kinda crowded. But quick checkout, as was at a do it yourself checkout kiosk, and worker comes and scans all in our cart, and boom, checkout in minutes. How nice is that? Ooh she got food to share. Snack before I guess now a later dinner. But to be fair, lunch was closer to 2pm today. Slow rising little one.

Dh and I have a great system to use the self checkout at Costco. Since we tend to go weekly, we don't usually have many items. One of the workers complimented us on our system to get in, checked out and put back into the cart quickly. It's painful watching some people try to use those. That is the only place we use self checkout.

I'll leave a light on for anyone having trouble counting sheep or for the early risers.

 

[macraven]

thanks for the light!

 

[Lynne G]

With this time of year, sunrise still early. Already almost an hour after sunrise.

Woke up hearing the AC on. Was a warm overnight, as don’t think we got much lower than around 70 degrees. Already 72 degrees out now, and bright, but partly cloudy, so no sunshine pouring through the windows. Well yet. Early local weather news said, this morning, will be a mostly cloudy day, but the sun will shine in the mid morning, as the current clouds will disappear, and by lunchtime, new cloudy skies, and a 89 degree day. Hot. But those clouds are just to say, no full blue skies for you. They are those puffy white ones, that don’t carry any rain. Now saying our next chance of rain is Sunday. As the last 2 days before, that threat of thunderstorms were busts. Very very light rain on Tuesday evening, and yesterday, had the wind that almost felt like rain coming, but nope. Just warm, sticky air. That AC in my car was on high fan most of the drive. Good thing, that AC works well.

And so. Last day of week day routine day for me. Yay! Casual clothes, and some required online training today. Hopefully that means the day routine goes fast.

Ah, yes Pumpkin, with a plus one, most of the time it is little one, and we are a good team at the checkout time. We did not have many items, and when we put the item in the cart, we tend to put it in, with the code showing, so easy to scan. We use both kinds of checkouts, but the self check ones tend to have the lowest lines. Once in awhile, I have a large filled cart, but not usually at a big box store. We tend to have specific items we get at those.

This, need that, hehe, third cup of tea. It’s not that cool inside, but I’m doing that proper act today. Feeling thirsty. So, may all enjoy some beverages this Thirsty Thursday. Not good to be that so very thirsty, as heat exhaustion is not a good thing. So, do your part, and stay hydrated, drinking enjoyable drinks, and feeling well. Sending good thoughts that all that need some mummy dust well wishes, getting better today.

Good morning all. And thanks for the light, Pumpkin. Was almost dark as I still wake before the sunrise.

 

[schumigirl]

A quick evening stop in!

Thought about a walk tonight, but my stomach is not feeling great, so I'm sticking close to home tonight. Dh mentioned his stomach is feeling wonky too. Must be a bug we picked up.

Still too windy tonight to grill, so whipped up some honey mustard type chicken for supper along with some roasted potatoes and asparagus. It must have been good as there was not much left over.


Dd always teases me as I'm like that with makeup! I will always at least do a little mascara, eyeliner and blush! You can't take the 80's out of this girl I would probably straighten my hair more ( as I did when I was younger ) but my hair is fine and just can't take it anymore - no matter how many pricey products I use! I have a nice beachy curl in my hair. It gets a little big when I'm in humid climates!!! Think of Monica in The Bahamas

Dh and I have a great system to use the self checkout at Costco. Since we tend to go weekly, we don't usually have many items. One of the workers complimented us on our system to get in, checked out and put back into the cart quickly. It's painful watching some people try to use those. That is the only place we use self checkout.

I'll leave a light on for anyone having trouble counting sheep or for the early risers.

We love honey mustard dishes, always clean plates all round.

lol.....80`s gal here too......I love my make up, usually mascara and some clinique chubby lipsticks that go everywhere with me. I have pictures of me in the 80`s with blue mascara.....yes, vivid blue and purple too! We all thought we were Madonna with the replica outfits!! I miss those days......

My hair went fine last year, but it`s back to normal now, once travel was allowed my hair went back to normal! It`s funny, for years we all paid to have curls.....everyone wanted them!

Hope you feel better today......

Nashville Trio
( i always want to call you Nashville Cats)

I’m happy that you came out and posted here Melissa!

You have been missed here…

Glad to read you had a fantastic vacation, sorry to read you came back home alone
But your two main squeezes did make it back home the week later and that makes it a happy ending

Hope all stay well and no repeat virus for your household

It is nice to see Melissa post.......and glad you`re getting on much better now, you had a tough time of it recently.





Weather? Gorgeous.....nuff said.

We ambled 7 miles, but might need to have tomorrow off as little toe is complaining.

Had a tea delivery this morning......I prefer wine deliveries of course but will try some new blends this lunchtime and will do one with added rosemary. Very rarely drink more than 2 or 3 pots a day, even then cups are usually smaller, and usually no tea after around 7pm.....caffeine isn`t so good later at night...for ME. Don`t really drink tea without caffeine.

But, will try this new one this afternoon.

Lunch is open sandwiches with rosemary bread that`s in the oven right now and have some Brie, parma ham and stuffed spicy cherry peppers. Dinner is spicy hoisin pork loin......lush.

And decided to go out for dinner on Saturday night....just us and think Kyle might be joining us, it`ll be nice just the three of us for a change. Usual pub that`s our favourite, food is amazing!

But, a day of bimbling around doing not very much ahead.......ideal day.

Happy Thirsty Thursday ​

 

[Charade67]

Good morning. I woke up too early today. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I decided to finish a discussion board post that is due tonight.
Yesterday dh discovered that his car had a flat. He was going to put the spare on and show B how to change a tire, but he could not get the lug nuts to loosen at all. So now the car is at the shop waiting on a tire replacement. He was too funny last night. He asked me if I would drive him to his martial arts class. I suggested that he just drive himself. He reminded me that he had a flat tire. So I said, "Can't you just take my car?" I don't know why it didn't occur to him that he could drive my car. I wasn't planning on going anywhere for the rest of the evening.

I asked one of the girls how they kept their hair so tidy looking.....no rides and lots and lots of product!

Where's the fun in that? I'm usually in the "theme park hair, don't care" mindset.

Speaking of covid, my family and I were able to take a wonderful vacation back in May over to Italy, Greece and Turkey. However, at the end of our trip, my hubby and son both tested positive. Sooooo, they were not able to fly home as scheduled. Neither of them had severe symptoms, but that just kinda put a damper on the whole trip.

Sounds like an awesome trip. Sorry your family had to deal with covid though.

We worked on getting quotes for new insurance for the vehicles last night.

Hope you found a good deal. I have been with the same insurance company since I started driving.

On a Costco run

We don't have Costco here, but we just recently joined Sam's club. I haven't had a chance to go over and check it out. I haven't had a Sam's membership since B was in diapers.

Thought about a walk tonight, but my stomach is not feeling great, so I'm sticking close to home tonight. Dh mentioned his stomach is feeling wonky too. Must be a bug we picked up.

Hope y'all are feeling better today.

Dd always teases me as I'm like that with makeup! I will always at least do a little mascara, eyeliner and blush! You can't take the 80's out of this girl I would probably straighten my hair more ( as I did when I was younger ) but my hair is fine and just can't take it anymore - no matter how many pricey products I use! I have a nice beachy curl in my hair. It gets a little big when I'm in humid climates!!! Think of Monica in The Bahamas

Ever since Covid hit I have rarely worn any makeup. I usually don't give myself enough time. I always seem to be rushing out the door at the last minute. My hair used to be straight, but started curling later in life. I have decided to embrace the curl.

Today I can start looking at airfares for our Disneyland trip. American Airlines will allow booking as far out as June 10th. I will be watching the rates carefully for the next few months. I am hoping that dh and I can use flight miles and we will only have to buy a ticket for B. I also have a voucher for $125 off of a flight, but I must redeem it before April 30. I'm thinking if we save enough on the flight then we can splurge a little on hotels.

 

[macraven]

i wil know where you will be next summer
Disneyland
Woo!

 

[schumigirl]

Good morning. I woke up too early today. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I decided to finish a discussion board post that is due tonight.
Yesterday dh discovered that his car had a flat. He was going to put the spare on and show B how to change a tire, but he could not get the lug nuts to loosen at all. So now the car is at the shop waiting on a tire replacement. He was too funny last night. He asked me if I would drive him to his martial arts class. I suggested that he just drive himself. He reminded me that he had a flat tire. So I said, "Can't you just take my car?" I don't know why it didn't occur to him that he could drive my car. I wasn't planning on going anywhere for the rest of the evening.


Where's the fun in that? I'm usually in the "theme park hair, don't care" mindset.


Sounds like an awesome trip. Sorry your family had to deal with covid though.


Hope you found a good deal. I have been with the same insurance company since I started driving.


We don't have Costco here, but we just recently joined Sam's club. I haven't had a chance to go over and check it out. I haven't had a Sam's membership since B was in diapers.


Hope y'all are feeling better today.


Ever since Covid hit I have rarely worn any makeup. I usually don't give myself enough time. I always seem to be rushing out the door at the last minute. My hair used to be straight, but started curling later in life. I have decided to embrace the curl.

Today I can start looking at airfares for our Disneyland trip. American Airlines will allow booking as far out as June 10th. I will be watching the rates carefully for the next few months. I am hoping that dh and I can use flight miles and we will only have to buy a ticket for B. I also have a voucher for $125 off of a flight, but I must redeem it before April 30. I'm thinking if we save enough on the flight then we can splurge a little on hotels.

I know!!! Parks are all about having fun and doing the rides are a big part of that for me.....hair can be nicer later....but I did wonder why so many ladies still look so good generally, not just coaster riders.

Good luck with the flights!

i wil know where you will be next summer
Disneyland
Woo!

lol.....sounds like a movie!!!






Something about Nothing.......how much do we love home made rosemary focaccia......it is divine!!!

 

[Charade67]

I am so bored. I’m counting the minutes until lunch.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

It's Thursday....Friday is just around the corner!

It's a cool, windy day here. Everywhere else is sweltering hot...and here we are freezing and complaining about how cold it is here for summer lol. OH well, it's better than seeing white or dirty snow and lifeless trees

Tonight it is just myself and the youngest ds for dinner. We already decided on chicken burger ( really ground chicken with no breading) and salad. DH and older ds are working tonight. Dh is swapping /trading services with a business collegue. We needed a new windshield and side window in the truck - which the colleague changed out for dh and Dh (and ds) are going to wire his shop.

Lunch is open sandwiches with rosemary bread that`s in the oven right now and have some Brie, parma ham and stuffed spicy cherry peppers. Dinner is spicy hoisin pork loin......lush.

Yum!!!! That sounds heavenly! Enjoy your fantastic weather. I know you will soak up and enjoy it!

Today I can start looking at airfares for our Disneyland trip. American Airlines will allow booking as far out as June 10th. I will be watching the rates carefully for the next few months. I am hoping that dh and I can use flight miles and we will only have to buy a ticket for B. I also have a voucher for $125 off of a flight, but I must redeem it before April 30. I'm thinking if we save enough on the flight then we can splurge a little on hotels.

How FUN!!!! That is part of the fun! It gives something else to focus on and take away some of the drab of everyday life! I love having points to use for flights and hotels. It really does help with the overall cost of a trip! We have a few that we need to use up. I reminded dh last again about needing to use one credit we have before it expires!

Well, I should find more papers to shuffle. Not much to do here today. Thank goodness there is no micromanaging here.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Shredding paper not much else to do today