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

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

ATTENTION Kmart shoppers.........!!!!!

 

[macraven]

Just caught up in the thread and bet most of you have already called it a night.

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

Just caught up in the thread and bet most of you have already called it a night.

 

[Realfoodfans]

Just caught up in the thread and bet most of you have already called it a night.

Admit to shutting down early last night. Woken this morning by Louie who likes to snuggle in to get your attention! Thankfully Kev got up with him as damp outside - and brought me my coffee and cream in bed - awe a lazy start!

 

[schumigirl]

Hehe, junk drawer.

And yeah, my clean up of closet and drawers included tossing of all VS items too, Keisha.

McK, happy to hear nephew is on the mend, now. Continued healing and get well wishes mummy dust sent his way.

Julie, hugs. Always some good days and not so good days. Okay to be sad and happy. Known to always be carried in our hearts.

Burgers were a hit. Fried egg and cheese topped for all but little one. Plain she had. Tomatoes and red peppers on them, too. Corn was the side, as well as a German baguette piece. Full.

Trash cans filled, so time to roll them to the curb. Alarm set. Tea pot brewing. Cool night, as almost ready to put pants on. Who knew we’d have a cool enough day in August, to see pants and sweatshirts.

Oh, and way too crowded in the outlets, so only one store we went in. Most were wearing masks, though we saw some that clearly did not care to wear it right. But it was a good thing the store we did go in, was the one we really went there for, and got what older one wanted, little one also found an item she wanted. And oddly, mall was not that busy, and return was made, no fuss. Funny, seemed all in mall were returning stuff. So quick at both, grocery was not too crowded, and now stocked for a few days.

And yeah, truth:
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And yeah,
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One of Tom`s favourite burgers in America is one that comes with a runny fried egg.....

Yes, we notice a lot of people are just not wearing the masks correctly.....might as well not bother if they`re not......

Have a good week Lynne.....with plenty of tea.....

Good evening. Super sleepy tonight, so I am just popping in the leave the light on and offer hugs to Real. Hope things start looking up soon.

Tonight's light is another throwback. Who remembers this one?

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That`s a new one for me......

Are you home now Charade?

Kmart and that blue light specials always got my attention in the store!

loved it when the special was for soda

Now that’s a porch light that really will light up and keep homies from tripping on the top step!

We`ll need that porch light soon here......it`s getting noticeably darker in the evenings and early mornings now......of course doesn`t help we had rain all night.....




Monday again.........

Ended up falling asleep on the sofa for an hour......thought I`ll never sleep tonight....went to bed and slept like a baby.....till 4am when the rain bouncing down woke me up......it`s so still so it seemed even louder, got up and it was sweeping down......could barely see our driveway.

It`s off now but lightning forecast for this afternoon.....

Popping out for some fresh produce today and not much else......making cajun chicken breasts for tonight with a spicy kind of creole shrimp topping......although Tom just asked if he could have grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.......hmmm....er, no......

Breakfast was plain toast with preserves this morning......nothing exciting, but nice all the same.......thought I might have had a slight headache as we were all drinking champagne, red wine and cocktails yesterday.......never a good thing to mix drinks like that!!! Rule for me is never to mix.....but it was spread out over a lot of hours.....and a lot of water in between.....

Have a wonderfully happy Monday.........















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[Lynne G]

He, He, yep those Blue Light specials. Always had to stroll by to see what the bargain was. Have to say, not sad they are no more.

Julie, glad you got some sleep, and how nice to not have to get out of bed, and brought coffee. Hope your weather is better today.

Schumi, your weather sounds no better. Hope your headache got better, and got what you needed from the produce place. Hehe, yeah, dinner maker is the final decider. Yep, once in a great while, me and other family members have been seen napping on the sofa.

Ah, almost a cool start and actually saw a shooting star in the predawn hour, as I decided to add some more trash to the can, around 4:30 this morning. Very sunny day, and back to our 80’s high temps. Rain in the 5 day forecast. Of course there is. Summer.

Yes, Schumi, my tea cup is full of tea, and more will be drank as the day goes on.

Yep, rarely do I be a night owl, Mac. Though by the time I went to bed, it was 11pm, late for me, but was not tired for some reason.

Lastly, yeah, work viewing has started for some time, now. Back to routine.

And so,


Have that marvelous Monday homies.

Good Morning.

 

[Monykalyn]

View attachment 519152Upside down. But sunrise. Off to Universal today- making the other two get up so we can take advantage of early entry with the APs.

Nephew is doing better, thank God.

Good news! Love fridge pickles, but didn’t grow any cakes this year

He knew where he wanted to go.

We have been out and about. I am not too bothered by the whole thing. I do not like crowds of people and do not like being in malls/stores when they are busy. It is not the virus...but the energy. The family knows me, and when I have had enough of dealing with all the energy. They do poke fun at me at times for it ( in a good way ) and they know I will not change in that aspect. But yet, I can be in crowds at concerts, amusements parks...but the energy in those places is sooo different than at a mall or grocery store. It is weird....but that is me. I am unique in that way

I am the exact same way. Part of it is I hate shopping. I start feeling claustrophobic if stores are packed. Glad for Amazon Prime Wardrobe as it helps to do some shopping.
One of our best times was New Years Eve in Epcot- the energy was amazing! Crowd was in mood to have fun but we didn’t see any “stupid” drunks or obnoxious behavior. It was more of “well it’s a party, its

Food was splendid and they did a wonderful job with everything

glad the surprise was pulled off!

I’m struggling a bit at the moment

.thought I might have had a slight headache as we were all drinking champagne, red wine and cocktails yesterday.

ugh I learned the very hard way that I cannot under any circumstances have even a sip of champagne if I’ve drank anything else, even it is only a single glass of wine or beer. Starting with champagne is fine, but ending -nope.

We are so close to Seaworld we saw their fireworks last night. Didn’t know they were doing any! And watched a Netflix original movie called True Memoirs of an International Assasin. Has Kevin James in it - he does the awkward guy stuff so well. Was pretty funny

Off to dress and parks! Have a great Monday!

 

[Lynne G]

Have fun MonyK! Yay, for getting up early. Hoping those lines to the garages are not at all or much smaller than I saw this weekend. Sweet pic too.

 

[schumigirl]

Lol.....should have finished my sentence......I expected a headache but didn’t have one......thankfully!!! I drank loads of water in between them all.......

But, yes, as a rule......never mix drinks!!


Lynne......nice sounding weather for you......and enjoy that tea!


MonyK........have a fabulous time at Universal......yes, I love champagne and usually if I drink that.....that’s all I drink......But on certain occasions........

Kevin James is so funny!!



About to have lunch.......I’m so hungry today!! And looks to be brightening up instead of promised rain and lightning......

 

[macraven]

The only thing I am drinking today is coffee

trying to get moving as I’m a slug now

suppose to be a decent weather day here and look forward to it.

Hope monyk is still having fun on vacation.
Schumi always has fun everyday, even at home.
Lynne up early to start her work day, l imagine she is ready at the crack of dawn and ready for the job.
Julie got doggie snuggles this morning.

Hope all have a great day!

 

[schumigirl]

The only thing I am drinking today is coffee

trying to get moving as I’m a slug now

suppose to be a decent weather day here and look forward to it.

Hope monyk is still having fun on vacation.
Schumi always has fun everyday, even at home.
Lynne up early to start her work day, l imagine she is ready at the crack of dawn and ready for the job.
Julie got doggie snuggles this morning.

Hope all have a great day!

Sounds like a plan mac........

We have sunshine now instead of lightning.......so thinking of walking on the beach, after the rain the woods will be too muddy.....

Having a cup of tea first.......and replying to an email......

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, another tea day for Schumi and me. Glad to hear no headache, Schumi, and walk on beach sounds perfect.

Yep, Mac. Have always had an early start. Sorry not feeling peppy, but yay, for coffee drinking today. That’s something.

Trash truck was late today, but yay, all trash gone. Told kids to bring up cans.

More tea, and a bowl of boring cereal. Not sure what lunch will be. Maybe a hotdog, Grilled, of course. Told DH grill is ready, so why not grill for lunch. Will see. Since we have tomatoes and bread, I can see him making a double or triple decker tomato sandwich. Will see the kids choices when all ready for lunch.

Very sunny and bright, and not cool enough, shorts on.

 

[Realfoodfans]

Nice bright day - not what was forecast so pleasant surprise. Thank you all for the hugs.

Lovely that you could see the fireworks @Monykalyn - hope you have a wonderful day.

Kept busy today and sorting things in “our” bedroom. We thought we’d only be here a short while but no signs of courts reconvening for Em’s case for financial abuse. Postponed in March and been advised could be next March or even longer.

So unpacked some boxes and deciding what we will need to retrieve from storage to live as normal a life as we can for a good while longer.

Sewed more name labels for J’s high school uniform - still not finished.

Kev had a shock this morning - won’t bore you with details but financial mistakes by major bank regarding MIL so he was straight to town this morning. Official complaint now in process and immediately admitted their liability. So much lack of professionalism in our banking these days.

Cooking a piece of gammon for later and will make wedges - swede ones for me.

Amended shopping delivery for tomorrow but haven’t managed to secure one for next week yet.

Hope everyone is having a peaceful or productive (or both) Monday x

 

[Lynne G]

Julie, busy house. A shame Em has so many delays with her court case, and sad to say a bank was no better here with my MIL. Glad Kev could get it straightened out quick. And woot, nice day after all.

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

So a few things to get squared away for work real quick but I can easily get it taken care from home so that is nice, after I finish these waffles and bacon, I’m heading out as we are doing a Baby Yoda themed birthday for youngest, so will order cake, wife does often make them but she said to order one, so I will.

Nice and pleasant right now 70 out currently and will make it up near mid 80’s today!

Have a super duper dandy day!


Oh gonna get a few miles put on the new Type R!!!!!!!! That thing is very fun to drive!!!

 

[schumigirl]

Had a lovely walk along the beach......it`s a little breezy but fairly warm and although tide was quite a bit in, we still got on the sand....along with a fair few other folks!

But, a warm day like this and it brings everyone out which is lovely to see.

The beach we use is fairly quiet but the towns either side of us a few miles away are fairly busy seaside towns and do get busier than the one we go to. We did drive down and park just we were a bit worried it was going to rain, and the skies did look ominous for a while.....but sun is back out now.......cloud heading out to sea on the bottom picture.

Although I love the sea, I never go in. Only last week a woman drowned just along the coast from us, there are some very strong riptides out there. Incredibly sad.

We do love living beside the sea, and although this won`t be our last home here as we will move again, it`ll be hard to give this up if we move inland.

And change of plan for dinner tonight......fresh fish from the fisherman this morning.....hard to resist. Those boys get some lovely produce off our coast....

 

[Lynne G]

Nice beach pictures, Schumi. Though will not eat fish, fresh caught fish is awesome for cooking same day. Makes me want to go down the shore. News said, while some Fall shore bookings are up a little, not enough showed up this Summer, which has caused some shore businesses to close for good. In normal times, from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day weekend, rentals are high priced, crowds still come. Try getting a place to stay last minute, hard, and usually with a minimum of nights. We haven’t been down in years. Though if I go, it’s for the food. Something about buying fresh made caramel corn, fresh baked coconut macaroons, and fresh made salt water taffy, on the boardwalk, that makes me smile, as it’s a tradition, and yum, I like all three. By the time we get home, all get into them, with the popcorn the most eaten. And you always ask for the lid off the popcorn bucket.

 

[schumigirl]

Nice beach pictures, Schumi. Though will not eat fish, fresh caught fish is awesome for cooking same day. Makes me want to go down the shore. News said, while some Fall shore bookings are up a little, not enough showed up this Summer, which has caused some shore businesses to close for good. In normal times, from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day weekend, rentals are high priced, crowds still come. Try getting a place to stay last minute, hard, and usually with a minimum of nights. We haven’t been down in years. Though if I go, it’s for the food. Something about buying fresh made caramel corn, fresh baked coconut macaroons, and fresh made salt water taffy, on the boardwalk, that makes me smile, as it’s a tradition, and yum, I like all three. By the time we get home, all get into them, with the popcorn the most eaten. And you always ask for the lid off the popcorn bucket.

We eat a lot of fish, especially fresh fish caught locally, we have a lot of crab in this area too. But where we are from in Scotland, oh my.....it is amazing......lobsters, scallops, langoustines and so much more.....

It`s funny you reminded me of something. We say beach now, but when we were growing up in Scotland we used to go "down the shore" or in a Scottish accent it sounded more like "doon the shore". But England and other places all say beach, or down the water.....

I vividly remember how crystal clear the water was in the West of Scotland.

I love coconut macaroons too......yes, it`s a shame so many places are losing business along tourist beaches.




Just finished a pot of tea with Tom......a while yet before I make dinner.

The fisherman skinned and boned the fish, but I always check it over myself as they can miss some. Going to do them simply in butter in the oven then make a lemon butter sauce to go with it and baby potatoes and carrots all from the farm store this morning......dinner is sorted!!

And it never did rain......no lightning either.......

 

[Monykalyn]

Hagrids back open so the other two wanted to go. Ugh says hour wait. At least they are loading the trains up and have all the fans on. I’ve already melted twenty times. Mask bothering me way more today with the heat lizard loving weather). Glad they are loading trains. Seems silly to skip cars with a fast moving ride outside. No virtual lines on anything even with long wait times. Not sure why they arent
Julie-they delays in the case must be so frustrating!!

baby Yoda party sounds fun! Hope it goes well

Been in line 20 minutes and 1/2 so maybe moving faster. Think we may hit Kong, Spider-Man and maybe Jurassic falls and then head back for a Bourne show and head out. I have EP after 4 but other two don’t- May upgrade especially as we will be back in November)

 

[Lynne G]

Awesome live report, MonyK. Thanks for posting. Yeah, on Facebook AP feed, many complaints about no virtual lines, and lines longer because of it. Some sour about no virtual for Hagrid’s. Hope the wait time is over exaggerated.

oh and because Passholder day, you can use the express starting at 2pm