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

[Lynne G]

I have a black Kipling convertible bag. Though only use it as a fanny pack, Charade. I love it. Has 3 zippered compartments, with the biggest having a inside zippered pocket. Also has a little outside pocket. I put my coin change in the inside zipper, carry a small wallet for cards and license, that wallet and my sunglasses fit in the largest zipper part, and also held a small BBW hand sanitizer too, second largest holds my 7 Plus iPhone in lifeproof case, and last zipper holds my photo card and receipts I keep. Outside little one holds my train ticket. Keep my room key and AP in my lanyard. I found that bag at Macy’s, though you can get that brand at other places. Hope that helps.

Should have colored my eggs green. Ham and eggs for dinner, with a tossed salad. Yum.

And Charade and Paris, cute story of that young otter. She was found orphaned, so came to zoo for old male otter to show her how to be an otter. They are always seen together now. And always entertaining. Was nice, as after our brunch, we walked around the zoo. And almost all were out, as looked like it was just past feeding time.

Ah, have a most peaceful night. I will be up long before the boards go off for an hour tomorrow morning. Thanks Mac for that notice.

 

[schumigirl]

Lori......sounds like a lovely day was had all round. Lemon desserts are one of my favourite....apparently I`m odd in not being fond of chocolate......I still hide their Easter baskets too.....again, some think I`m odd.....don`t care......but sounds lovely, and 3 desserts are better than one!!

Your weather is so much better than ours......tell me more.......lol.......



Charade, yes, glad your mum is going to a good facility till she gets better. And nice to know she has your cousin there. Hope her appointment tomorrow goes well.

I use a Kipling Multiple. It holds a lot and apart from the two rides with metal detectors, it goes on every ride without affecting the harness. It holds quite a lot of items and has little compartments that are handy. I haven`t seen a better one anywhere. It does work as a smaller cross body bag too. It`s not dressy nor fancy, but it works well.





It is so nice the Dis is back. Glad I was so busy yesterday and didn`t notice so much it wasn`t there.

Had the coldest weather though. Hailstones and snow for a time back and forward. It was forecast though, add in the high winds and low temps it was bitterly cold. And weirdly the sun was the brightest it`s been for a long time....looked gorgeous, unless you went out in it.

Wind seems to have died down a little this morning, it is beautiful looking, but 0c this morning and won`t go above 3c which is 36F, but will feel colder with the chill. I think we need to go out for some fresh veg after the weekend. Might be a quick visit out, doubt we`ll be out walking today until it warms up some, that wind is biting straight from the sea.

Boris didn`t tell us anything we didn`t already know yesterday.....hair salons open Monday though...big woohoo there! Travel still not decided, but looking positive for the future......when though in the future is a different matter.....lol.......

Pulled pork for dinner tonight, made the bbq sauce yesterday and will do some sweet potato wedges, they`ll have regular wedges.

Bacon, brie and cranberry grilled sandwiches for lunch today, definitely no cold meals today.

Have the best Tuesday.......










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[Realfoodfans]

Morning all. Yes lemon meringue a favourite here too - but chocolate also. DIL messaged the following morning to say when she got up the leftover chocolate Easter egg cake was shouting at her but she resisted until DS returned home from work!

Looking to buy membership of Chester Zoo soon Lynne. We have missed going. They have announced tickets available from next Monday when they reopen for members only but I’m still hanging on. Love otters. They are returning in the wild to one of our favourite places called .....the river otter. Also living in the river Sid near where our holiday home was.

Yesterday was much nicer than expected though colder we didn’t get snow. Today again perfect blue sky but cars covered in ice though melted now. Very still and quiet first thing.

As it looks like we will be living here at least another 6 months we are taking some more items up to our storage unit so we can get easier access to summer things in the garage. Hopefully locate my sewing machine there too as I will need it to back my patchwork.

Glad everyone has enjoyed their Easter - best bfor me was seeing family. Oh I do miss seeing people.

Have doctor tomorrow morning to begin process for heart monitoring - expecting a long wait for that. Grocery delivery tomorrow afternoon - need to finish that off.

Happy Tuesday all.

 

[Lynne G]

Good Morning Schumi. Hail stones? Ack, it is April, right? Hope warmer weather is headed your way soon. Yay for hair salon opening shortly. I hope travel opens for you soon too. Dinner sounds good.

Julie, good morning and hope you are feeling good, had some coffee, and a walk with Louie, even if a short one in the garden. I hope your doctor’s appointment goes well tomorrow. Hope they have a way to help your fainting feeling. Yeah, I have had the big zoo’s membership since older one was a baby. The little zoo, not every year had a membership since little one became a teen. Hope the Chester Zoo offers membership for you when they open.

Ah yes, the day Mac can have her Taco Bell dinner. Hope all is well with you. Glad your Fall plans are made too.

And so, this is that day of the week homies dream of eating tacos. Why it is a Taco Tuesday.

And yay, before we go back to that Spring wanting to feel more like Winter temps, a gorgeous sunny day, high of 70F again. Woot! A no jacket sunglasses wearing lunchtime walk planned.

But as every week day early mornings routines, that tea pot is one of the items needed to be ready. Woot! Tea for me.

Terrific Taco Tuesday to all the homies. Wake up, a tea and taco day.

 

[schumigirl]

Yep Lynne, hailstones and light snow Sunday night into Monday with high winds.........have to remind us it is April......your weather sounds nice......nice to hear you have sunshine, enjoy that walk. Our walks had one thing in common.....I did have sunglasses on as the sun is brilliant......it`s just freezing.



mac....wouldn`t mind the weather you`re having......that`s much more suited to me......sounds lovely where you are.





We did brave a walk after shopping this morning........real feel of -2c......and a bitter breeze, but we did 8,000 steps and patted ourselves on the back as usually we`d have got to the end of our driveway and change our minds as it was so cold.......not today.

But, came home to the sad news that the British actor Paul Ritter has died aged 54.

Anyone who watched Chernobyl will know him as the character everyone hated Anatoly Dyatlov........and much loved in the wonderful comedy Friday Night Dinner where he played Martin......."nice piece of squirrel" and of course the most famous of his catchphrases...."s**t on it".......he will be missed. I know a couple of you know and watched FND.

On my own this afternoon, so a bit more reading of The Book Thief. It`s one of those books you just have to read with no distractions.

Lunch first......

 

[keishashadow]

Need to spill my guts before the planned shutdown this am Mac announced (thanks, hadn’t seen that!)

One more day with the GD, going to bop round to the outlet store to see if anything Strikes her fancy. Then, come home & do a craft before a late brunch with her Dad before I wave them both off

podiatrist appt went well yesterday. Errant foot that was accidentally slammed in SUV car door by one of my DS 6 years ago resulted in existing issues being aggravated, new developments resulting from the trauma to it off & on since. They had been pretty much beaten down into dormancy via treatment. Yea!

This winter, a nagging new one popped up. This time steroid injection into ankle. Have lost count of how many in other sections of that foot, however, that concept sure sounded creepier than it really was lol. Hope to see big improvement before trip end of month!

The mr mumbled if I was a horse they’d have shipped me off to my final fate by now lol

And yeah, the poor pocketbook month of three taxes to pay. Sigh.

Seriously, that rite of spring stinks. Was it wrong to be excited to have another month for me to finish my own & family’s income taxes. The couple of accountants I know that do seasonal work aren’t quite as happy to have their work scheduled extended as it interferes with plans.

Red tail hawk, porcupine, and just had to have 2 bald eagles shots.

Porcupine wins for cuteness factor IMO

can't remember what I last posted about my mom.

Sounds like she is being very well cared for & has a solid treatment plan in place! Good luck

it's really hard to tell if I will like something without seeing it in person first.

Amazon, free returns (which is what I did with the kiplinger-not a fan of the material and how it fit on me as to comfort. I like one that confirms to body where I can wear it front, side & back facing as well as a cross body. Purses/bags are so subjective as to what works especially when it’s primarily functional vs fashion in the parks.

I’m a purse gal, when fanny packs came back into style, i was in my glory . The park ones i use are far more utilitarian.

Favorite is the brand medical & police use. Everest. Comes in sizes small enough for kids up to one I often use in parks (Xlarge). If you don’t want or need one quite that big, the Lg should suffice. It expands to handle anything you’d want to toss in there. I spray mine with scotch guard for waterproofing

Newer favorite I haven’t taken into parks are the smaller than fanny pack sling bags. Have been quite handy during covid for less fussing & no fear of ruining them when sanitizing with Lysol when i return home. Vera has two sizes, i’ve The larger one. Find myself using a smaller Hilfinger bag that is made of a scuba sort material lately.

Have fun shopping

Have doctor tomorrow morning to begin process for heart monitoring -

Best wishes there it all goes well! I was supposed to be set up for that too, then wound up admitted to hospital for a few days before it was shipped out to me.

Said it servered the purpose, they got what they needed to know, so they chalked that off my bucket list. Was glad to take the ‘easy way out’ there.

Yep Lynne, hailstones and light snow Sunday night into Monday with high winds.........have to remind us it is April.

Time for mutha nature to quit with the april food jokes lol

But, came home to the sad news that the British actor Paul Ritter has died aged 54.

Aw, he was so good in that miniseries.

 

[schumigirl]

Need to spill my guts before the planned shutdown this am Mac announced (thanks, hadn’t seen that!)

One more day with the GD, going to bop round to the outlet store to see if anything Strikes her fancy. Then, come home & do a craft before a late brunch with her Dad before I wave them both off

podiatrist appt went well yesterday. Errant foot that was accidentally slammed in SUV car door by one of my DS 6 years ago resulted in existing issues being aggravated, new developments resulting from the trauma to it off & on since. They had been pretty much beaten down into dormancy via treatment. Yea!

This winter, a nagging new one popped up. This time steroid injection into ankle. Have lost count of how many in other sections of that foot, however, that concept sure sounded creepier than it really was lol. Hope to see big improvement before trip end of month!

The mr mumbled if I was a horse they’d have shipped me off to my final fate by now lol

Seriously, that rite of spring stinks. Was it wrong to be excited to have another month for me to finish my own & family’s income taxes. The couple of accountants I know that do seasonal work aren’t quite as happy to have their work scheduled extended as it interferes with plans.

Porcupine wins for cuteness factor IMO

Sounds like she is being very well cared for & has a solid treatment plan in place! Good luck

Amazon, free returns (which is what I did with the kiplinger-not a fan of the material and how it fit on me as to comfort. I like one that confirms to body where I can wear it front, side & back facing as well as a cross body. Purses/bags are so subjective as to what works especially when it’s primarily functional vs fashion in the parks.

I’m a purse gal, when fanny packs came back into style, i was in my glory . The park ones i use are far more utilitarian.

Favorite is the brand medical & police use. Everest. Comes in sizes small enough for kids up to one I often use in parks (Xlarge). If you don’t want or need one quite that big, the Lg should suffice. It expands to handle anything you’d want to toss in there. I spray mine with scotch guard for waterproofing

Newer favorite I haven’t taken into parks are the smaller than fanny pack sling bags. Have been quite handy during covid for less fussing & no fear of ruining them when sanitizing with Lysol when i return home. Vera has two sizes, i’ve The larger one. Find myself using a smaller Hilfinger bag that is made of a scuba sort material lately.

Have fun shopping



Best wishes there it all goes well! I was supposed to be set up for that too, then wound up admitted to hospital for a few days before it was shipped out to me.

Said it servered the purpose, they got what they needed to know, so they chalked that off my bucket list. Was glad to take the ‘easy way out’ there.

Time for mutha nature to quit with the april food jokes lol

Aw, he was so good in that miniseries.

You sprung to mind earlier when one of my friends mentioned ordering a Vera Bradley bag for her birthday.......she loves them.....I had no idea she had as many. Did you mention a Haunted Mansion one to me at some point?? I think if there is one, I have her birthday solved......

I did google that name..... I recognised the other name it`s known as, only through working with my friend when I was her practice manager, some names stick.

Yes, time for some heat over here....even my mum was complaining how cold it was, and she`s like Kyle....never feels it. Even he`s been wrapped up when he has gone out.




Feet up and book time now........

And it`s snowing again......light, but it`s snowing 🌨

 

[keishashadow]

There are current WDW & HP themed prints for VB. As much as I like tthe brand, can’t say those non-retired prints float my boat. Disneyshopping a good place to look for those. I do adore the HM prints I have in the Dooney & Burkes.

Snow? My sympathies

Time to start the bacon, the troops still snoozing, hut-hut.

 

[schumigirl]

There are current WDW & HP themed prints for VB. As much as I like tthe brand, can’t say those non-retired prints float my boat. Disneyshopping a good place to look for those. I do adore the HM prints I have in the Dooney & Burkes.

Snow? My sympathies

Time to start the bacon, the troops still snoozing, hut-hut.

I`m getting my brands mixed up Keisha.....I was thinking of the D&B Haunted Mansion.......doh!! Even I`m tempted by them. I only have some HM tea towels and mugs, and I`m sure I have a salt and pepper shaker set somewhere........

Yes, I`m not keen on the HP VB either......




Yep, snow is coming and going last hour or so.....pretty horrible outside.

Yes, that`s a good idea, maybe we should rent a dog to walk.

My friend Felicity would lend us hers anytime, but I`d be terrified they`d run away. The dogs do know us well, but I`d still be petrified they wouldn`t come back when we let them off the leash and we lost them. Couldn`t have that conversation!!!

 

[J'aime Paris]

I have a black Kipling convertible bag. Though only use it as a fanny pack, Charade. I love it. Has 3 zippered compartments, with the biggest having a inside zippered pocket. Also has a little outside pocket. I put my coin change in the inside zipper, carry a small wallet for cards and license, that wallet and my sunglasses fit in the largest zipper part, and also held a small BBW hand sanitizer too, second largest holds my 7 Plus iPhone in lifeproof case, and last zipper holds my photo card and receipts I keep. Outside little one holds my train ticket. Keep my room key and AP in my lanyard. I found that bag at Macy’s, though you can get that brand at other places. Hope that helps.

Should have colored my eggs green. Ham and eggs for dinner, with a tossed salad. Yum.

And Charade and Paris, cute story of that young otter. She was found orphaned, so came to zoo for old male otter to show her how to be an otter. They are always seen together now. And always entertaining. Was nice, as after our brunch, we walked around the zoo. And almost all were out, as looked like it was just past feeding time.

Ah, have a most peaceful night. I will be up long before the boards go off for an hour tomorrow morning. Thanks Mac for that notice.

I love that otter story! Just proves that animals possess love/emotions...more than we know. Makes me happy thinking about it!!

Lori......sounds like a lovely day was had all round. Lemon desserts are one of my favourite....apparently I`m odd in not being fond of chocolate......I still hide their Easter baskets too.....again, some think I`m odd.....don`t care......but sounds lovely, and 3 desserts are better than one!!

Your weather is so much better than ours......tell me more.......lol.......



Charade, yes, glad your mum is going to a good facility till she gets better. And nice to know she has your cousin there. Hope her appointment tomorrow goes well.

I use a Kipling Multiple. It holds a lot and apart from the two rides with metal detectors, it goes on every ride without affecting the harness. It holds quite a lot of items and has little compartments that are handy. I haven`t seen a better one anywhere. It does work as a smaller cross body bag too. It`s not dressy nor fancy, but it works well.





It is so nice the Dis is back. Glad I was so busy yesterday and didn`t notice so much it wasn`t there.

Had the coldest weather though. Hailstones and snow for a time back and forward. It was forecast though, add in the high winds and low temps it was bitterly cold. And weirdly the sun was the brightest it`s been for a long time....looked gorgeous, unless you went out in it.

Wind seems to have died down a little this morning, it is beautiful looking, but 0c this morning and won`t go above 3c which is 36F, but will feel colder with the chill. I think we need to go out for some fresh veg after the weekend. Might be a quick visit out, doubt we`ll be out walking today until it warms up some, that wind is biting straight from the sea.

Boris didn`t tell us anything we didn`t already know yesterday.....hair salons open Monday though...big woohoo there! Travel still not decided, but looking positive for the future......when though in the future is a different matter.....lol.......

Pulled pork for dinner tonight, made the bbq sauce yesterday and will do some sweet potato wedges, they`ll have regular wedges.

Bacon, brie and cranberry grilled sandwiches for lunch today, definitely no cold meals today.

Have the best Tuesday.......










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Not nice weather at all! Fingers crossed we don't drop that low for temps again this spring!

Morning all. Yes lemon meringue a favourite here too - but chocolate also. DIL messaged the following morning to say when she got up the leftover chocolate Easter egg cake was shouting at her but she resisted until DS returned home from work!

Looking to buy membership of Chester Zoo soon Lynne. We have missed going. They have announced tickets available from next Monday when they reopen for members only but I’m still hanging on. Love otters. They are returning in the wild to one of our favourite places called .....the river otter. Also living in the river Sid near where our holiday home was.

Yesterday was much nicer than expected though colder we didn’t get snow. Today again perfect blue sky but cars covered in ice though melted now. Very still and quiet first thing.

As it looks like we will be living here at least another 6 months we are taking some more items up to our storage unit so we can get easier access to summer things in the garage. Hopefully locate my sewing machine there too as I will need it to back my patchwork.

Glad everyone has enjoyed their Easter - best bfor me was seeing family. Oh I do miss seeing people.

Have doctor tomorrow morning to begin process for heart monitoring - expecting a long wait for that. Grocery delivery tomorrow afternoon - need to finish that off.

Happy Tuesday all.

Hope your doctor appointment goes well!!!!

Need to spill my guts before the planned shutdown this am Mac announced (thanks, hadn’t seen that!)

One more day with the GD, going to bop round to the outlet store to see if anything Strikes her fancy. Then, come home & do a craft before a late brunch with her Dad before I wave them both off

podiatrist appt went well yesterday. Errant foot that was accidentally slammed in SUV car door by one of my DS 6 years ago resulted in existing issues being aggravated, new developments resulting from the trauma to it off & on since. They had been pretty much beaten down into dormancy via treatment. Yea!

This winter, a nagging new one popped up. This time steroid injection into ankle. Have lost count of how many in other sections of that foot, however, that concept sure sounded creepier than it really was lol. Hope to see big improvement before trip end of month!

The mr mumbled if I was a horse they’d have shipped me off to my final fate by now lol

Seriously, that rite of spring stinks. Was it wrong to be excited to have another month for me to finish my own & family’s income taxes. The couple of accountants I know that do seasonal work aren’t quite as happy to have their work scheduled extended as it interferes with plans.

Porcupine wins for cuteness factor IMO

Sounds like she is being very well cared for & has a solid treatment plan in place! Good luck

Amazon, free returns (which is what I did with the kiplinger-not a fan of the material and how it fit on me as to comfort. I like one that confirms to body where I can wear it front, side & back facing as well as a cross body. Purses/bags are so subjective as to what works especially when it’s primarily functional vs fashion in the parks.

I’m a purse gal, when fanny packs came back into style, i was in my glory . The park ones i use are far more utilitarian.

Favorite is the brand medical & police use. Everest. Comes in sizes small enough for kids up to one I often use in parks (Xlarge). If you don’t want or need one quite that big, the Lg should suffice. It expands to handle anything you’d want to toss in there. I spray mine with scotch guard for waterproofing

Newer favorite I haven’t taken into parks are the smaller than fanny pack sling bags. Have been quite handy during covid for less fussing & no fear of ruining them when sanitizing with Lysol when i return home. Vera has two sizes, i’ve The larger one. Find myself using a smaller Hilfinger bag that is made of a scuba sort material lately.

Have fun shopping



Best wishes there it all goes well! I was supposed to be set up for that too, then wound up admitted to hospital for a few days before it was shipped out to me.

Said it servered the purpose, they got what they needed to know, so they chalked that off my bucket list. Was glad to take the ‘easy way out’ there.

Time for mutha nature to quit with the april food jokes lol

Aw, he was so good in that miniseries.

I hope you're able to get your foot into good shape!

Sounds like you had a fabulous time with your granddaughter!!!!

There are current WDW & HP themed prints for VB. As much as I like tthe brand, can’t say those non-retired prints float my boat. Disneyshopping a good place to look for those. I do adore the HM prints I have in the Dooney & Burkes.

Snow? My sympathies

Time to start the bacon, the troops still snoozing, hut-hut.

I have a HM theme Dooney & Bourke too. Love it!!!






Well, all this talk about lemon desserts really got to me! Had a slice for breakfast with my coffee!!
Is that wrong?? I think not, hee hee!!

We used to have an annual membership to the Milwaukee zoo when DD was younger. It's open year round, and is a top rated attraction. May need to have a visit again this summer....its been too long.

Need to run a few errands, and then back outside! It's going to get to 76 degrees today.....that may be a record high for us this time of year!!!! I may even do some weeding in the stones around the house....any excuse to stay out longer!

 

[J'aime Paris]

Yes, that`s a good idea, maybe we should rent a dog to walk.

I have an extremely energetic lab that I can rent to you....cheap!
In fact, I would likely pay someone to take her on, lol!

 

[Realfoodfans]

Keisha it sounds like you’ve had a lovely time with GD. Hope your foot improves quickly.

Will not need a new park bag this year but I do get cross body dog walking bags! I have my best handbags and then the walking ones are whatever fit the bill - not necessarily branded as the one currently in use I spotted in a store with a dog print and perfect size with four sections - getting a little battered now it’s very well used.

We had an extended walk today. Plan was to go out along the canal and back along an old railway pathway but decided to carry on along the canal and return as it was so nice and quiet - figured other pathway may have been busier with cyclists and horse riders. We kept disturbing a large heron that was fishing along the bank - did see it catch once!

Not very clear but it is here on the centre of the picture.

DIL has been for midwife appointment today and all good. Goes every two weeks from now.

Was planning a trip for some compost and seeds but it’s going so much colder decided to hold off a little longer.

Have chicken for our meal but not decided what to make with it yet so off to check the offerings!

 

[schumigirl]

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My afternoon weather has been snow, hail, sunshine, snow, sleet, hail, sunshine and then the wind gets back up.......

Sun is splitting the trees though......but freezing cold. Not much better tomorrow according to the forecast. Wind changes from Thursday.......should be better then.

Pulled pork was lovely, I think I made the bbq sauce a little spicy, but everyone ate it anyway.

Going to watch some episodes of the very funny show, Friday Night Dinner tonight........crimble crumble.....

 

[schumigirl]

My cousin met Boris Johnson today.......she works with a section of the police and met him through that. Sent us a lovely picture.

Said he was lovely and very funny, in a good way. Nice to know.

Almost pitch black tonight, but it`s almost 8.30, so should be dark by now. Only a few weeks and it`ll be light fairly late. Love those light mornings and evenings.

Fizzy lemonade with a splash of blackcurrant cordial tonight.......

 

[macraven]

Schumi
Move to Georgia
I’m sorry but you will miss the snow if you move here

Had to jump through hoops to get back on here
Had to make a new password as forgot the one I have had since the beginning of time ...2001

I have been counting noses for the homies that checked in today
Still missing many here

Give us a shout out or a pm to any homie so we know you are still kicking !

I’ll be counting noses in the morning to see if we need to send out the doggies to bring homies back home here!

 

[Lynne G]

Woof woof!

 

[schumigirl]

Schumi
Move to Georgia
I’m sorry but you will miss the snow if you move here

Had to jump through hoops to get back on here
Had to make a new password as forgot the one I have had since the beginning of time ...2001

I have been counting noses for the homies that checked in today
Still missing many here

Give us a shout out or a pm to any homie so we know you are still kicking !

I’ll be counting noses in the morning to see if we need to send out the doggies to bring homies back home here!

In a heartbeat.......I won`t miss snow.....if I do I can visit Switzerland again.....lol.....sitting in a ski lodge looking out the window as we don`t ski......but do like the lodges.....

Yes, what a carry on getting sorted, but you`re through the hoops.......

I had a mass cull and spent almost 3 hours changing every single password I have yesterday.....every website and email. And of course some require to email you a code before you can change it....took a while, but it`s all done now.

Now I need to memorise them as I use them.......

 

[J'aime Paris]

My cousin met Boris Johnson today.......she works with a section of the police and met him through that. Sent us a lovely picture.

Said he was lovely and very funny, in a good way. Nice to know.

Almost pitch black tonight, but it`s almost 8.30, so should be dark by now. Only a few weeks and it`ll be light fairly late. Love those light mornings and evenings.

Fizzy lemonade with a splash of blackcurrant cordial tonight.......

It's almost pink gin season!!

Schumi
Move to Georgia
I’m sorry but you will miss the snow if you move here

Had to jump through hoops to get back on here
Had to make a new password as forgot the one I have had since the beginning of time ...2001

I have been counting noses for the homies that checked in today
Still missing many here

Give us a shout out or a pm to any homie so we know you are still kicking !

I’ll be counting noses in the morning to see if we need to send out the doggies to bring homies back home here!

I'm hoping to be a snowbird in Alabama someday....





The dogs have been well exercised, and are snoozing contentedly.

DH leaves for Texas tomorrow. It's his annual golf trip (which was cancelled due to 'you know what' last year). He flies down with a buddy and they meet up with a couple other guys. Four days of golf, beer and BBQ. A man's dream!!!
Since the flight leaves early tomorrow morning, his friend is joining us for pizza paninis and spending the night. We live much closer to the airport than his friend does.

Lindsey placed 2nd and won $100 in a March Madness pool, with a $10 investment. Not too bad! She really knows nothing of the teams, and picks the winners according to which uniform she likes best, lol! I guess it's as good of a strategy as any??

 

[schumigirl]

It's almost pink gin season!!


I'm hoping to be a snowbird in Alabama someday....





The dogs have been well exercised, and are snoozing contentedly.

DH leaves for Texas tomorrow. It's his annual golf trip (which was cancelled due to 'you know what' last year). He flies down with a buddy and they meet up with a couple other guys. Four days of golf, beer and BBQ. A man's dream!!!
Since the flight leaves early tomorrow morning, his friend is joining us for pizza paninis and spending the night. We live much closer to the airport than his friend does.

Lindsey placed 2nd and won $100 in a March Madness pool, with a $10 investment. Not too bad! She really knows nothing of the teams, and picks the winners according to which uniform she likes best, lol! I guess it's as good of a strategy as any??

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Congrats to Lindsey......she did well! Any way that causes a win is fine.....

We have the Grand National coming up this weekend.....one of the biggest horse races of the year. We put bets on every year and usually win nothing, only race we do bet onas we know nothing about horse racing.....I think we have half the field between us.......I choose colours the jockey`s wear or just something about their name......very technical!!

That does sound like a lovely few days away.......

Is there a pink gin season??? I`m sure we have two or three bottles of pink tucked away somewhere for a Thursday night, or any night.....





Think it`ll be an early night for us......sleepy already and it`s barely 10pm......unbelievable....but, can`t go to bed this early.....

 

[cam757]

Hello All,

Tried to post earlier today but seems there was another glitch. Trying again this evening.

Hope everyone had a nice Easter. Mom ended up not making it to dinner. She was not feeling well. It was a nice dinner anyway and a beautiful day with the windows open.

Spent the morning looking for deals on car rentals for our May trip. Finally found a good discount through the ticket broker we are going through to buy park tickets. Car rental prices are absolutely nuts. I read that they sold off a lot of their fleet during COVID.

DS is on spring break this week. I worked yesterday but took of the rest of the week off and DH is taking off Thursday and Friday. Not sure what we will do but at least we will not be at work.

Tacos for dinner tonight.

But, came home to the sad news that the British actor Paul Ritter has died aged 54.

So sad. I was shocked when I saw this announced earlier today. I LOVED him in Friday Night Dinners. He was my favorite. Will be watching it tonight too.