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

[schumigirl]

What a wonderful hostess you are Carole. I bet they felt like they were being welcomed to a five star hotel.

Great to hear you had a wonderful trip to see your mum and family.

Sounds like driving on I 75 in Atlanta.

Sounds as always you have a delicious meal planned for the day. You and Tom are a honorary American’s. So nice to hear you all celebrate along with us.

There is still about 2 months to hold out for. I hope you can make the September trip work if things change. Glad to hear you have your May flight planned.

We have been pounded the past few evenings and nights by loud fireworks. Usually it starts a week before the 4th with the major pounding on the 4th then continues for a few days after. Folks are in the mood to celebrate I guess.


I did go back and read through what everyone was up to. Looks like everyone is busy.

The wedding was beautiful. It was a pretty hot day out about 90 with a nice wind. The wedding was outdoors and the reception was in ballroom. Our granddaughter and her new hubby were just so happy on their special day. I will have to say this was one of the most joyous weddings I have ever been involved with. Everyone had the best time.

The food was delicious and the dance floor was packed and spilling over with the joyful bride and groom leading the pack. I will have to say you can usually never get me on the dance floor, but I will admit this Old granny did a little rug cutting.....LOL.

The grooms mom works in IT and she had a photo station set up where you could down load photos from your phone to a printer and print the photos and hang them on the the special photo stands his grandpa made. It was a hit. All the photos will be given to the granddaughter and hubby. They are going to have a lot of photos including the ones the photographer took. They also had a videographer.

I delivered the happy couple to the airport for their honeymoon on Thursday morning. They had a little delay do to a thunderstorm that was
moving through, but finally took off and landed, picked up their rental car and arrived at their destination to start their honeymoon.

The last of the out of town guests left Wednesday. So I have been trying to play catch up with things for past few days.

Macy’s had a great sale going on and I did a little retail therapy the other day.

The storm that came through Thursday brought some cooler temps and it has been beautiful here the past few days. Low’s at night in the mid 60’s and highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. We are supposed to be back up to 90 today.

They going to have the big Fireworks show here and in the neighboring town this evening. They always put on a great show. Not sure if I will go or not. I bet it will be packed with people.

I will check with granddaughter before I post pics of wedding.

I had a surprise yesterday when I took down a hanging plant to water it and found a nest of Cardinal eggs with a little one waiting to be fed. Needless to say no water and I hung it back up so mommy could fly back in and watch over her babies. The pics are on my phone and I will add them from my phone.

Lovely pictures of the little birdies......

I`m so happy the wedding was such a success.....of course it was going to be though as you had some wonderful plans, glad it all worked out for them. It does sound like you had the perfect day for them.

I can imagine how happy they both were, and everyone involved of course too.

Oh I told our guests they can come back anytime.....their home won`t be completely remodelled till Christmas, so anytime they need a break from the inlaws, they are most welcome.

I think if America opens back up it`ll be too late for us, as our flights will be cancelled by then, but I`m a big believer in what`s supposed to happen will happen. I think the bigger concern is the folks whose livliehood depends on travel, I feel more for them.

Hope you have a lovely weekend Robbie.......





Sun was still weirdly baking us this afternoon.......not a complaint, but shows us the forecasters know nothing.

Time for a peach sparkly spritzer.....

Managed to cook outside after all.......just in time before the downpour and thunder.......

 

[schumigirl]

Have to giggle on what you said lynne

it’s the south and most test their fireworks starting in July 1 each year
Each night up to the 4th, peeps practice their fireworks
Last night it went on to after midnight
The Big Bang will go a long time tonight but in last years it is all over by 2 am

It’s a holiday in the South and all celebrate it
Lol

have not had a daytime nap in years
(Unless I am recovering from a surgery

would never be able to sleep at night if I did a few winks during the daytime

Hope all the homies have a great 4th of July!

Mac, you`d hate it here around Guy Fawkes night......remember remember the 5th of November.......fireworks are on sale for weeks, and weeks ahead of the night, and they run on past that date too. Where we are we can see them in the distance, don`t affect us too much, except for the ones that sound like they should be in downtown Beirut!! They`re like mortar bombs going off.......and yes, they go on till all hours at times. We`re lucky not to hear most of them.

Then they start again for Christmas and New Year........

 

[bobbie68]

everyone and

I hope everyone has a safe and nice weekend. We will be staying home and cookout tomorrow. I got my second shot and having a lot of problems so hope in a few days will feel better.
I lost one of my young kitties unexpectedly the week before so been down about that.
The time seems to get away from me and Liv has been needing a lot of help with stuff and the days fly by.

I am sorry I couldn’t go back far but I noticed Carole had a nice visit home how awesome.

Robo had a wonderful day for the wedding yay!!

real I hope any bad news turns over to all good news and works out with the house.

pumpkin hope the lake trip was good.

is amazing lived only a few hours from there and went all the time. Have a great trip

keisha keeping fingers crossed about the storm for you too. as of right now it’s coming my way!

Mac always thinking of you and the kitties and all you do.

My apologies for missing people but I think of everyone all the time.

I will be at Universal on the September 22nd and 23rd and October 2nd to 5th on site. However I live 25 minutes away and would love to drive over for a meet up. Let me know or I can reach out in the future.

 

[buckeev]

Happy 'Merica's Birthday y'all. (Well...'cept Shumi...Sorry about the Tea... and all that.)

 

[macraven]

Buckeev, you have such a swell way with words....

been missing you here!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Just making a quick stop in.

Wanted to wish everyone a Happy July 4th. I hope everyone had a great day of celebrating.

We just got back from camping, unpacking and showering. Now just relaxing and going to catch up on a few episodes of " A Discovery of Witches" on AMC.

It has cooled down a bit....until the weekend, the forecast calls for hot again. Not nearly like we seen...but much more tolerable.

I will catch up with reading tomorrow at work. Have a great night everyone!!!!

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. Hope everyone had a nice day. I think our neighbors have stopped with the fireworks now. I'm just glad the other neighbors didn't leave their dogs out tonight. We had a mostly lazy day.

Had a miserable sleep
Fireworks started July 2 in my neighborhood
I’m sure there will be repeats of firework displays again tonight

Hope you get a better night's sleep tonight. When I lived in GA fireworks were illegal, but that didn't stop people from going to Alabama or South Carolina to purchase them..

Yep, I detest fireworks and inconsiderate folks who set them off too.

I like fireworks, but only when handled by professionals. I don;t like it when the neighbors have them.

The Lagoon view rooms are beautiful. You will like the view.

Good to know. I usually don't care about the view, but decided to splurge a bit this time.

Sounds like driving on I 75 in Atlanta.

I do not miss that at all.

The wedding was beautiful. It was a pretty hot day out about 90 with a nice wind. The wedding was outdoors and the reception was in ballroom. Our granddaughter and her new hubby were just so happy on their special day. I will have to say this was one of the most joyous weddings I have ever been involved with. Everyone had the best time.

Glad everything went well. Best wishes to the new couple.

I had a surprise yesterday when I took down a hanging plant to water it and found a nest of Cardinal eggs with a little one waiting to be fed. Needless to say no water and I hung it back up so mommy could fly back in and watch over her babies. The pics are on my phone and I will add them from my phone.

Aww...how sweet.

Well we had a hell of a week with the court hearing. How can it have taken almost five days. Good news was we are allowed to buy the house - bad news too but then nobody comes out of such a situation as a “winner”. Further bad news he argued over wording in the court order but the judge corroborated that it had been set out correctly. He now has three weeks to appeal and so we are again in limbo waiting. Hopefully then we can move forward.

Sorry to hear that things are still dragging on for your daughter and the ex is still being difficult.

No work for me tomorrow (yay!) but will have to go in on Friday. I don't mind though. We get our new office phones on Friday. Little things make me happy.

 

[Realfoodfans]

Good morning all.

@Robo56 lovely to hear the wedding was so special. Lots of weddings here much reduced in size etc. Nice to see the eggs. Kev was beginning to clear an area for us to place a new shed and commented on the busy Robins around. He stepped away to watch and then found a nest really low down with four fledglings. He placed some extra branches around to protect them as they are quite close to flying and no work in that area now for a couple of weeks!

@Charade67 thank you for your good wishes much appreciated.

Rain was forecast here but sun shining when we returned from the school run so off we went on our walk with Louie - 10 minutes later torrential rain so we all got absolutely soaked!

Other plans were all outdoor so postponed for now and we are drying off with a coffee.

So many on my UK Disney Planning group posting disappointment at cancellations but I’m not sure why they thought they would be travelling in coming weeks.

Hope everyone has a good day.

 

[keishashadow]

Hey all! Happy 5th of July

not we’ll fly to Barbados for 2 weeks before hand, then fly into America……that’s allowed, we’ll be totally bored the whole time……beach vacations are NOT our thing…….but needs mus

You’d like Barbados, it’s the most refined Caribbean island we’ve visited. Fancy beach resorts & Some interesting thinks to do there

B left the room when the credits started. I had to text her and left her know she missed something.

I don’t think any of the episodes had it. I’m rooting for a croc Loki! Lol

My aunt won't return my text messages, so i I finally got my sister to contact her. All I know now is that Mom has an appointment with her cardiologist next Friday.

Totally unacceptable, sorry Sounds like we are leaving early afternoon day u arrive darn it

We will be leaving late on the 28th so we should have plenty of time for a meetup mac and Lynne as well...looking forward to seeing both of you.

We will be at WDW then. Is ur whole trip at U this year?

fear those that were holding out for better prices like years before might be out of luck this year.

Yes, floodgates of tourists has opened

Thank you Keisha. Pics will be coming soon. I took quite a few. I tried to stay out of the way of the photographer.

I’m sure they appreciated that! Looking forward to seeing them

We have some honeymooners in Orlando area and son is in Florida and heading to Key West in a few days.

Oh my! Intrepid family, looks like mostly flooding & high winds

I will admit this Old granny did a little rug cutting.....LOL.

Oh, you just have to dance a bit at a loved ones wedding

keisha keeping fingers crossed about the storm for you too. as of right now it’s coming my way!

Stay safe, so glad it appears to be a relatively minor event

Just a few pics so far...

Hooray for fireworks, jumping for joy over 1st disney trip in 2years & new character interactions at garden grill & Epcot

& I snagged an early group for ride of the resistance today, phew pressure is off

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, lots of vacation plotting going around. I really hope the borders open for Schumi to enjoy her Fall trip, and agree, surely by May of next year will be open borders. And yay, Keisha looking out for the family for SW fun. Are you going to be at Universal any of your Fall time?

And so, left overs are to be eaten today. And mom, take more of the pasta salad. Seems little one was a fan of it. It was good.

Aww, sweet of your DH to not disturb the nest, Julie. Ack for soaking rain dog walking. Guess Louie did not care. Hope both you and Louie are dry now.

And what a different day makes. Heat Advisory issued. A mostly day of sun, with 90 the high. And that Summer humidity has returned too. Good thing it is holiday observed Monday, so yay a lazy day for all but older one. At least he only has to work about 1/2 the day.

So a marvelous Monday for all the homies.

Yay, two countdowns are scheduled. I’m vacation plotting too. Woot!

 

[J'aime Paris]

morning all. Need to make a last minute run to store as my nail polish got funky???

Storm is officially a hurricane, fancy that fingers crossed it zigs out into the gulf past Tampa

Discovered i get apple tv ‘free’ for a year with the new iPad. so far was only able to find app on one of the sets. I did manage to do Disney + via some sort of simulcast off my phone before the app was added to the set’s line up in an update. I do struggle to keep up on how streaming works at times. Thank God for YouTube tutorials!

Charade - meant to ask, are u enjoying Loki? I’ve jumped in with both feet after another slow start ala wandavision. glad we made sure to scroll past the credits for Easter egg on this week’s episode. Wow


thanks! Will admit that DH & I just stood & watched the ride (with our mouths agap) during walk on soft openings last trip. Have decided it‘s just a bit too much for me. The mr will do anything for the ‘lil, at least once…

well, looks like I finally have an NBA team to root for again, my last team was the NY Knicks circa Patrick Ewing .

go Bucks! basketball jones, I gotta basketball jones, ooh baby ooh-ooh-ooh.

Hope Elsa stays far away from you!
And GO BUCKS!!

Good Sunday morning Sans family

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Happy 4th of July everyone.

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Good to see you posting Patty. Happy birthday to your son Kyle.

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Mac hope all the dental work goes ok. Glad to hear you have your wheels back. I hope you are healing and feeling better dear lady.




Amen to that.




The Lagoon view rooms are beautiful. You will like the view.




Great news that the doc was able to get all the cancer out.




Beautiful vehicle and I bet she was over the moon with her new gift.




Wow...that’s a nice long walk.




For sure you did.




Thank you Carole.




It was a beautiful wedding and thank you for the lovely wishes for granddaughter and her new hubby. They were beaming all day.




Thank you Keisha. Pics will be coming soon. I took quite a few. I tried to stay out of the way of the photographer.




What a wonderful hostess you are Carole. I bet they felt like they were being welcomed to a five star hotel.




Orlando has exploded with travelers this summer and it seems this coming Fall too. I have never seen the premier Resorts at Universal sold out so soon. I fear those that were holding out for better prices like years before might be out of luck this year.




We like to have a nice cheese, meat and veggie omelette every once and a while for dinner. It’s nice to mix things up.




Yep, your are right. Just something about grilled meats and veggies tastes better.




Tink great to see you posting. All is well in my neck of the woods. Hope all is well with you and your family.




Sounds yummy.




Charade I hope your mom gets to feeling better soon.




Enjoy your trip to Orlando.

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Sounds like a wonderful weekend planned at your lake house.




Looked yesterday and Hurricane Elsa had been down graded to Tropical storm, but those storms can wreak havoc dropping lots of rain and wind too. Hope it peters out and moves back out to the ocean. We have some honeymooners in Orlando area and son is in Florida and heading to Key West in a few days.




Great to hear you had a wonderful trip to see your mum and family.




Sounds like driving on I 75 in Atlanta.




Yep, the south does the 4th of July nicely with lots of fireworks and barbecuing.

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Well eggs done, meatballs done, vegetables tray, pickles and olives and hot peppers tray, four kinds of cheese and three kinds of crackers tray done, iced tea in huge jug done, potato salad done, pasta salad done, and calico beans done. Burgers made and ready. Taking a break, as ah food for the masses tomorrow. And older brother called, eta in less than an hour. Will be nice to see, as have not seen him and wife since mom’s funeral, and have not seen my niece in years.
Just wait to they see all the food. Wow!

Sounds like you have made a feast Lynne. Enjoy visiting with your family.



Sounds as always you have a delicious meal planned for the day. You and Tom are a honorary American’s. So nice to hear you all celebrate along with us.




There is still about 2 months to hold out for. I hope you can make the September trip work if things change. Glad to hear you have your May flight planned.




Food sounds yummy and the drink looks very good.




We have been pounded the past few evenings and nights by loud fireworks. Usually it starts a week before the 4th with the major pounding on the 4th then continues for a few days after. Folks are in the mood to celebrate I guess.


I did go back and read through what everyone was up to. Looks like everyone is busy.

The wedding was beautiful. It was a pretty hot day out about 90 with a nice wind. The wedding was outdoors and the reception was in ballroom. Our granddaughter and her new hubby were just so happy on their special day. I will have to say this was one of the most joyous weddings I have ever been involved with. Everyone had the best time.

The food was delicious and the dance floor was packed and spilling over with the joyful bride and groom leading the pack. I will have to say you can usually never get me on the dance floor, but I will admit this Old granny did a little rug cutting.....LOL.

The grooms mom works in IT and she had a photo station set up where you could down load photos from your phone to a printer and print the photos and hang them on the the special photo stands his grandpa made. It was a hit. All the photos will be given to the granddaughter and hubby. They are going to have a lot of photos including the ones the photographer took. They also had a videographer.

I delivered the happy couple to the airport for their honeymoon on Thursday morning. They had a little delay do to a thunderstorm that was
moving through, but finally took off and landed, picked up their rental car and arrived at their destination to start their honeymoon.

The last of the out of town guests left Wednesday. So I have been trying to play catch up with things for past few days.

Macy’s had a great sale going on and I did a little retail therapy the other day.

The storm that came through Thursday brought some cooler temps and it has been beautiful here the past few days. Low’s at night in the mid 60’s and highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. We are supposed to be back up to 90 today.

They going to have the big Fireworks show here and in the neighboring town this evening. They always put on a great show. Not sure if I will go or not. I bet it will be packed with people.

I will check with granddaughter before I post pics of wedding.

I had a surprise yesterday when I took down a hanging plant to water it and found a nest of Cardinal eggs with a little one waiting to be fed. Needless to say no water and I hung it back up so mommy could fly back in and watch over her babies. The pics are on my phone and I will add them from my phone.
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Hope you had a wonderful 4th Robo!
And cannot wait to see those wedding photos!! Glad to hear the day was filled with fun and love!!!!!!

Happy 4th of July to you all. Hope everyone has a good day even those not gathering for a celebration.

Well we had a hell of a week with the court hearing. How can it have taken almost five days. Good news was we are allowed to buy the house - bad news too but then nobody comes out of such a situation as a “winner”. Further bad news he argued over wording in the court order but the judge corroborated that it had been set out correctly. He now has three weeks to appeal and so we are again in limbo waiting. Hopefully then we can move forward.

Hope everyone is well I’m afraid I’m not able to catch up on all your news but will begin to now.

Only four weeks until we get our break on the coast so we are all looking forward to that. The lodge we are in is front row to the dunes so ideal for Louie and the grandchildren. We’ve bought a beach trolley so we can load everything on if needed.

Also through a friend found an apartment in Devon for September for just us and Louie. Just a long weekend but if it’s suitable will re book for another time. In one of our favourite locations a little place called Budleigh Salterton. Lots of walking and beautiful scenery.

I think the stress has affected me physically with inflammation etc so I’ve just started back on my Keto way of eating. Only a few days in but beginning to feel improved already.

A weekend of sport in our house with Em and Kev enjoying the football - go Italy and England! - and the F1. Nice weather all week but torrential rain overnight and this morning so stopping in today with a nice roast dinner later.

Apologies I’m not up to date but sending positive thoughts and hugs to you all. Hoping everyone is keeping well.

It's nice to have something fun to look forward to when other parts of life have difficulties.....hoping all will be settled soon.
Take care!

Have to giggle on what you said lynne

it’s the south and most test their fireworks starting in July 1 each year
Each night up to the 4th, peeps practice their fireworks
Last night it went on to after midnight
The Big Bang will go a long time tonight but in last years it is all over by 2 am

It’s a holiday in the South and all celebrate it
Lol

have not had a daytime nap in years
(Unless I am recovering from a surgery

would never be able to sleep at night if I did a few winks during the daytime

Hope all the homies have a great 4th of July!

I like fireworks, but 2 am is tooooo much!!

Lovely pictures of the little birdies......

I`m so happy the wedding was such a success.....of course it was going to be though as you had some wonderful plans, glad it all worked out for them. It does sound like you had the perfect day for them.

I can imagine how happy they both were, and everyone involved of course too.

Oh I told our guests they can come back anytime.....their home won`t be completely remodelled till Christmas, so anytime they need a break from the inlaws, they are most welcome.

I think if America opens back up it`ll be too late for us, as our flights will be cancelled by then, but I`m a big believer in what`s supposed to happen will happen. I think the bigger concern is the folks whose livliehood depends on travel, I feel more for them.

Hope you have a lovely weekend Robbie.......





Sun was still weirdly baking us this afternoon.......not a complaint, but shows us the forecasters know nothing.

Time for a peach sparkly spritzer.....

Managed to cook outside after all.......just in time before the downpour and thunder.......

How far ahead of your trips have the airlines been canceling? My fingers are crossed so tight for you!!!!

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I hope everyone has a safe and nice weekend. We will be staying home and cookout tomorrow. I got my second shot and having a lot of problems so hope in a few days will feel better.
I lost one of my young kitties unexpectedly the week before so been down about that.
The time seems to get away from me and Liv has been needing a lot of help with stuff and the days fly by.

I am sorry I couldn’t go back far but I noticed Carole had a nice visit home how awesome.

Robo had a wonderful day for the wedding yay!!

real I hope any bad news turns over to all good news and works out with the house.

pumpkin hope the lake trip was good.

is amazing lived only a few hours from there and went all the time. Have a great trip

keisha keeping fingers crossed about the storm for you too. as of right now it’s coming my way!

Mac always thinking of you and the kitties and all you do.

My apologies for missing people but I think of everyone all the time.

I will be at Universal on the September 22nd and 23rd and October 2nd to 5th on site. However I live 25 minutes away and would love to drive over for a meet up. Let me know or I can reach out in the future.

I'm sorry you lost a kitty, Bobbie.....those little ones really tug at your heart strings...

And hoping you'll be recovered from your second shot soon....

Happy 'Merica's Birthday y'all. (Well...'cept Shumi...Sorry about the Tea... and all that.)

Literally made me LOL!!! Same to you!

Just making a quick stop in.

Wanted to wish everyone a Happy July 4th. I hope everyone had a great day of celebrating.

We just got back from camping, unpacking and showering. Now just relaxing and going to catch up on a few episodes of " A Discovery of Witches" on AMC.

It has cooled down a bit....until the weekend, the forecast calls for hot again. Not nearly like we seen...but much more tolerable.

I will catch up with reading tomorrow at work. Have a great night everyone!!!!

Hope you and your family had a super time!!

Good evening everyone. Hope everyone had a nice day. I think our neighbors have stopped with the fireworks now. I'm just glad the other neighbors didn't leave their dogs out tonight. We had a mostly lazy day.

Hope you get a better night's sleep tonight. When I lived in GA fireworks were illegal, but that didn't stop people from going to Alabama or South Carolina to purchase them..

I like fireworks, but only when handled by professionals. I don;t like it when the neighbors have them.

Good to know. I usually don't care about the view, but decided to splurge a bit this time.

I do not miss that at all.

Glad everything went well. Best wishes to the new couple.

Aww...how sweet.

Sorry to hear that things are still dragging on for your daughter and the ex is still being difficult.

No work for me tomorrow (yay!) but will have to go in on Friday. I don't mind though. We get our new office phones on Friday. Little things make me happy.

Enjoy the Monday off!!!

Good morning all.

@Robo56 lovely to hear the wedding was so special. Lots of weddings here much reduced in size etc. Nice to see the eggs. Kev was beginning to clear an area for us to place a new shed and commented on the busy Robins around. He stepped away to watch and then found a nest really low down with four fledglings. He placed some extra branches around to protect them as they are quite close to flying and no work in that area now for a couple of weeks!

@Charade67 thank you for your good wishes much appreciated.

Rain was forecast here but sun shining when we returned from the school run so off we went on our walk with Louie - 10 minutes later torrential rain so we all got absolutely soaked!

Other plans were all outdoor so postponed for now and we are drying off with a coffee.

So many on my UK Disney Planning group posting disappointment at cancellations but I’m not sure why they thought they would be travelling in coming weeks.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Some folks hang onto hope....I probably would too. I feel that the travel will continue to open up quickly.

Hey all! Happy 5th of July


You’d like Barbados, it’s the most refined Caribbean island we’ve visited. Fancy beach resorts & Some interesting thinks to do there

I don’t think any of the episodes had it. I’m rooting for a croc Loki! Lol

Totally unacceptable, sorry Sounds like we are leaving early afternoon day u arrive darn it

We will be at WDW then. Is ur whole trip at U this year?

Yes, floodgates of tourists has opened

I’m sure they appreciated that! Looking forward to seeing them

Oh my! Intrepid family, looks like mostly flooding & high winds

Oh, you just have to dance a bit at a loved ones wedding
Stay safe, so glad it appears to be a relatively minor event

Just a few pics so far...

Hooray for fireworks, jumping for joy over 1st disney trip in 2years & new character interactions at garden grill & Epcot
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& I snagged an early group for ride of the resistance today, phew pressure is off

Your granddaughter is quite the cute one Keisha!!!! Can tell you're having a blast!!

(I hope to someday travel with a grandchild and make those precious memories)

Yay, lots of vacation plotting going around. I really hope the borders open for Schumi to enjoy her Fall trip, and agree, surely by May of next year will be open borders. And yay, Keisha looking out for the family for SW fun. Are you going to be at Universal any of your Fall time?

And so, left overs are to be eaten today. And mom, take more of the pasta salad. Seems little one was a fan of it. It was good.

Aww, sweet of your DH to not disturb the nest, Julie. Ack for soaking rain dog walking. Guess Louie did not care. Hope both you and Louie are dry now.

And what a different day makes. Heat Advisory issued. A mostly day of sun, with 90 the high. And that Summer humidity has returned too. Good thing it is holiday observed Monday, so yay a lazy day for all but older one. At least he only has to work about 1/2 the day.

So a marvelous Monday for all the homies.

Yay, two countdowns are scheduled. I’m vacation plotting too. Woot!

Love vacation plotting!!!!!!!







Carole, somehow your messages I quoted didn't show up here. And possibly a few other posters too.
I think it was because I was looking at the Disboards on my phone, and now I'm on my Mac. Sorry about that!

Anyhoo, WELCOME HOME!!! I'm sure you had the best of time visiting family!!!


We had a terrific weekend at the lake! The weather was gorgeous! It was a very needed recharge for DH. I could barely keep my eyes open at 9pm last night. All the activity and fresh air made me so tired. I slept better last night than in years.....felt incredible!!!


I'm sure there will be more tonight, lol!

 

[Lynne G]

You sounded busy too Paris. I have to say, they were respectable, as around midnight was the last of the neighbors’ fireworks, including the people directly behind us. Hope you are enjoying this to us, very hot Monday.

 

[schumigirl]

Happy 'Merica's Birthday y'all. (Well...'cept Shumi...Sorry about the Tea... and all that.)

We`ll forgive you.....if you promise to do the same to that god awful Liptons stuff that some try to pass off as tea.......truly dreadful!

Good to see you buddy.......

I like fireworks, but only when handled by professionals. I don;t like it when the neighbors have them.

No work for me tomorrow (yay!) but will have to go in on Friday. I don't mind though. We get our new office phones on Friday. Little things make me happy.

I think I`m overly paranoid with fireworks as Explosives was the industry I was in and one of my degrees is in Explosive Ordnance. Most people don`t realise the harm a small amount of explosive will do to them in the wrong hands. I don`t mind an organised display, but very rarely go to them as I don`t know the abilities of those running them. Yes, I`m the party pooper .

Glad you have today off, hope it`s nice and relaxing. Hope you get some good news about your mum soon too.

Hey all! Happy 5th of July


You’d like Barbados, it’s the most refined Caribbean island we’ve visited. Fancy beach resorts & Some interesting thinks to do there

I don’t think any of the episodes had it. I’m rooting for a croc Loki! Lol

Totally unacceptable, sorry Sounds like we are leaving early afternoon day u arrive darn it

We will be at WDW then. Is ur whole trip at U this year?

Yes, floodgates of tourists has opened

I’m sure they appreciated that! Looking forward to seeing them

Oh my! Intrepid family, looks like mostly flooding & high winds

Oh, you just have to dance a bit at a loved ones wedding
Stay safe, so glad it appears to be a relatively minor event

Just a few pics so far...

Hooray for fireworks, jumping for joy over 1st disney trip in 2years & new character interactions at garden grill & Epcot
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& I snagged an early group for ride of the resistance today, phew pressure is off

Love your pictures Janet........she looks so much like her daddy in the one with Pluto behind her......Glad you`re having such a lovely trip again.......

Yes, not sure I`d be completely bored doing that, but hopefully we won`t have to. you do make some of those islands sound very tempting.

Yay, lots of vacation plotting going around. I really hope the borders open for Schumi to enjoy her Fall trip, and agree, surely by May of next year will be open borders. And yay, Keisha looking out for the family for SW fun. Are you going to be at Universal any of your Fall time?

And so, left overs are to be eaten today. And mom, take more of the pasta salad. Seems little one was a fan of it. It was good.

Aww, sweet of your DH to not disturb the nest, Julie. Ack for soaking rain dog walking. Guess Louie did not care. Hope both you and Louie are dry now.

And what a different day makes. Heat Advisory issued. A mostly day of sun, with 90 the high. And that Summer humidity has returned too. Good thing it is holiday observed Monday, so yay a lazy day for all but older one. At least he only has to work about 1/2 the day.

So a marvelous Monday for all the homies.

Yay, two countdowns are scheduled. I’m vacation plotting too. Woot!

Glad you had a nice day yesterday with family.......

Sounds as always you have a delicious meal planned for the day. You and Tom are a honorary American’s. So nice to hear you all celebrate along with us.

There is still about 2 months to hold out for. I hope you can make the September trip work if things change. Glad to hear you have your May flight planned.

How far ahead of your trips have the airlines been canceling? My fingers are crossed so tight for you!!!!


Some folks hang onto hope....I probably would too. I feel that the travel will continue to open up quickly.

Carole, somehow your messages I quoted didn't show up here. And possibly a few other posters too.
I think it was because I was looking at the Disboards on my phone, and now I'm on my Mac. Sorry about that!

Anyhoo, WELCOME HOME!!! I'm sure you had the best of time visiting family!!!


We had a terrific weekend at the lake! The weather was gorgeous! It was a very needed recharge for DH. I could barely keep my eyes open at 9pm last night. All the activity and fresh air made me so tired. I slept better last night than in years.....felt incredible!!!


I'm sure there will be more tonight, lol!
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I do love being an honorary American!! We have so many friends over there, it certainly feels like it most of the time anyway........some airlines have cancelled till end of September, VA are up to early August now, but any announcement now will probably be too late.

But, I completely agree with you about people having hope....I`d never pee in someone`s pot of hope for travel to happen. Sadly some do. I have one friend who is hoping she will fly in August to America to see her new grandbaby......she`s completely devastated she hasn`t met the baby yet. It`s heartbreaking for her.

Thank you for the welcome home Lori......we did have a wonderful trip....I do need to post some pictures.......and glad you had a lovely time at the lake, yes, the fresh air is wonderful....we certainly had some healthy lung filled Scottish air last week.......yes, no worries, some of my quotes have been missing recently too......it`s good to have you back!!





Busy day today. After watching an amazing thunderstorm last night, it was still hot and humid today with spots of heavy rain back and forward, but dry for next couple of hours before more rain predicted.

Going to bbq some food tonight again......spicy pork steaks, chicken kebab skewers and some sides whipped up too. Made up some strawberry ice cream for dessert.

Book group is postponed for another couple of weeks as some haven`t finished it yet, I finished it a while back, but some are busy. I liked it a lot but some are hoping we are done with Dostoevsky.

Happy Monday

 

[Charade67]

Good afternoon. Another somewhat lazy day, although I am trying to catch up on some laundry.

I think I have most of my plans set for my upcoming short visit. Flight, hotel, transportation, AP, and have gotten a few food reservations made. Now I just have to wait.

So many on my UK Disney Planning group posting disappointment at cancellations but I’m not sure why they thought they would be travelling in coming weeks.

I am really hoping that all travel restrictions are lifted soon. Maybe after we get through cold and flu season.

Totally unacceptable, sorry Sounds like we are leaving early afternoon day u arrive darn it

I should be arriving at 3:12 on October 1. Will we pass each other in the airport?

Hooray for fireworks, jumping for joy over 1st disney trip in 2years & new character interactions at garden grill & Epcot

Great pictures. I really like the leap in front of the castle.

Yay, two countdowns are scheduled. I’m vacation plotting too. Woot!

I think I am almost done with my plotting. I hare the waiting part though.

No idea what I am going to do the rest of the day. I doubt I will even leave the house. I think tonight is hot dogs and corn on the grill. I just got one of those gadgets to bake buttering the corn easier. Will try it out tonight.

 

[schumigirl]

Charade, waiting is the worst part, but sounds like you have your plans in place. There seems to be plenty of plans being made this year.......which is so good to hear!
Hope your mum is doing ok.


Seems to be doing all the social media rounds today........guess many have the same problems with fireworks.

Still a beautiful evening here, went out a walk across the fields earlier, so many rabbits and hares around right now. Back home for a cup of tea.

Dinner was nice, managed to grill outside although we ate dinner inside as it was threatening rain.

Some tv time now I think.

 

[Charade67]

Hope your mum is doing ok.

I need to give her a call. She has an appointment with her cardiologist on Friday.

I think I am almost done with my plotting. I hare the waiting part though.

One day I will learn to proofread.

 

[J'aime Paris]

You sounded busy too Paris. I have to say, they were respectable, as around midnight was the last of the neighbors’ fireworks, including the people directly behind us. Hope you are enjoying this to us, very hot Monday.

Oh yes, but such a good time....totally worth it!
Glad your day was a success too!

We`ll forgive you.....if you promise to do the same to that god awful Liptons stuff that some try to pass off as tea.......truly dreadful!

Good to see you buddy.......





I think I`m overly paranoid with fireworks as Explosives was the industry I was in and one of my degrees is in Explosive Ordnance. Most people don`t realise the harm a small amount of explosive will do to them in the wrong hands. I don`t mind an organised display, but very rarely go to them as I don`t know the abilities of those running them. Yes, I`m the party pooper .

Glad you have today off, hope it`s nice and relaxing. Hope you get some good news about your mum soon too.





Love your pictures Janet........she looks so much like her daddy in the one with Pluto behind her......Glad you`re having such a lovely trip again.......

Yes, not sure I`d be completely bored doing that, but hopefully we won`t have to. you do make some of those islands sound very tempting.





Glad you had a nice day yesterday with family.......





I do love being an honorary American!! We have so many friends over there, it certainly feels like it most of the time anyway........some airlines have cancelled till end of September, VA are up to early August now, but any announcement now will probably be too late.

But, I completely agree with you about people having hope....I`d never pee in someone`s pot of hope for travel to happen. Sadly some do. I have one friend who is hoping she will fly in August to America to see her new grandbaby......she`s completely devastated she hasn`t met the baby yet. It`s heartbreaking for her.

Thank you for the welcome home Lori......we did have a wonderful trip....I do need to post some pictures.......and glad you had a lovely time at the lake, yes, the fresh air is wonderful....we certainly had some healthy lung filled Scottish air last week.......yes, no worries, some of my quotes have been missing recently too......it`s good to have you back!!





Busy day today. After watching an amazing thunderstorm last night, it was still hot and humid today with spots of heavy rain back and forward, but dry for next couple of hours before more rain predicted.

Going to bbq some food tonight again......spicy pork steaks, chicken kebab skewers and some sides whipped up too. Made up some strawberry ice cream for dessert.

Book group is postponed for another couple of weeks as some haven`t finished it yet, I finished it a while back, but some are busy. I liked it a lot but some are hoping we are done with Dostoevsky.

Happy Monday

Can't wait to see those pictures, as Scotland is so beautiful!!

DD asked for nachos or kebabs tonight. Kebabs was the clear winner between those choices, lol!
We just brought home chicken and beef tenderloin for the meats, with onion, bell pepper, mushroom and zucchini for the veggies.

Good afternoon. Another somewhat lazy day, although I am trying to catch up on some laundry.

I think I have most of my plans set for my upcoming short visit. Flight, hotel, transportation, AP, and have gotten a few food reservations made. Now I just have to wait.

I am really hoping that all travel restrictions are lifted soon. Maybe after we get through cold and flu season.

I should be arriving at 3:12 on October 1. Will we pass each other in the airport?

Great pictures. I really like the leap in front of the castle.

I think I am almost done with my plotting. I hare the waiting part though.

No idea what I am going to do the rest of the day. I doubt I will even leave the house. I think tonight is hot dogs and corn on the grill. I just got one of those gadgets to bake buttering the corn easier. Will try it out tonight.

Good to stay inside and enjoy the AC on such hot days!

I know our cat Strawberry wants outside, but it's way too hot for the old gal. I will bring her out this evening for a bit once it begins to cool down.

Charade, waiting is the worst part, but sounds like you have your plans in place. There seems to be plenty of plans being made this year.......which is so good to hear!
Hope your mum is doing ok.


Seems to be doing all the social media rounds today........guess many have the same problems with fireworks.

Still a beautiful evening here, went out a walk across the fields earlier, so many rabbits and hares around right now. Back home for a cup of tea.

Dinner was nice, managed to grill outside although we ate dinner inside as it was threatening rain.

Some tv time now I think.

In our neighborhood it is rare that fireworks are set off after midnight. Most folks are quite respectful of others.
But I know others have problems with firework noise well into the night....





Baking is not something I enjoy, or even attempt very often......but we have some bananas that are quite ripe. I'll be making banana chocolate chip muffins this afternoon. Fingers crossed they turn out decent, and can be dessert for tonight.


Tomorrow DD and I are heading to Ikea!!! We are meeting a friend of mine and I'm so excited!! Not sure what it is about that place, but I can look around for hours...
We will then have a late lunch with my friend and her son for his belated bday.

 

[schumigirl]

Oh yes, but such a good time....totally worth it!
Glad your day was a success too!


Can't wait to see those pictures, as Scotland is so beautiful!!

DD asked for nachos or kebabs tonight. Kebabs was the clear winner between those choices, lol!
We just brought home chicken and beef tenderloin for the meats, with onion, bell pepper, mushroom and zucchini for the veggies.


Good to stay inside and enjoy the AC on such hot days!

I know our cat Strawberry wants outside, but it's way too hot for the old gal. I will bring her out this evening for a bit once it begins to cool down.


In our neighborhood it is rare that fireworks are set off after midnight. Most folks are quite respectful of others.
But I know others have problems with firework noise well into the night....





Baking is not something I enjoy, or even attempt very often......but we have some bananas that are quite ripe. I'll be making banana chocolate chip muffins this afternoon. Fingers crossed they turn out decent, and can be dessert for tonight.


Tomorrow DD and I are heading to Ikea!!! We are meeting a friend of mine and I'm so excited!! Not sure what it is about that place, but I can look around for hours...
We will then have a late lunch with my friend and her son for his belated bday.

Scotland is beautiful, we didn`t take a lot of pictures this time, but we did get a few.

Oh kebabs would be chosen here too......love the sound of them, well minus the mushrooms here.....although Tom loves mushrooms, but never gets them as I can`t eat them.....poor guy!!

Hope the baking turns out well.......I`m not the best baker, but most turn out edible at least. Yes, we`re so lucky here fireworks aren`t an issue.....where we used to live was a nightmare especially around Bonfire Night and NY.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Making a quick afternoon stop in!

Most of the papers on my desk are shuffled and completed. I am just going to enjoy the slow season for us.

Enjoyed sleeping in my own bed again and it was a bonus that the house was cool enough to sleep with all the covers on. That's a win in my books.

The wedding was beautiful. It was a pretty hot day out about 90 with a nice wind. The wedding was outdoors and the reception was in ballroom. Our granddaughter and her new hubby were just so happy on their special day. I will have to say this was one of the most joyous weddings I have ever been involved with. Everyone had the best time.

I am so glad it was a wonderful wedding!!! It sounds like it was amazing! That picture idea sounds like it will be a wonderful reminder of their special day! Things like that are alwasy treasured.

Apologies I’m not up to date but sending positive thoughts and hugs to you all. Hoping everyone is keeping well.

Glad to see you have popped in to post! Sending you many positive thoughts.

I hope everyone has a safe and nice weekend. We will be staying home and cookout tomorrow. I got my second shot and having a lot of problems so hope in a few days will feel better.
I lost one of my young kitties unexpectedly the week before so been down about that.

Awwww. I hope things start to turn around for you and your family soon. It's amazing how much we miss our four legged furry family members when they are no longer with us. Even if they have only been with us a short time...their loss is always huge!!!!

No work for me tomorrow (yay!) but will have to go in on Friday. I don't mind though. We get our new office phones on Friday. Little things make me happy.

It sounds like your day off is going well. Enjoy the rest of it!!!!

Still a beautiful evening here, went out a walk across the fields earlier, so many rabbits and hares around right now. Back home for a cup of tea.

Sounds like you had a great walk! Enjoy that tea!!! I can't wait to see and hear some tales of your Scotland trip!

Tomorrow DD and I are heading to Ikea!!! We are meeting a friend of mine and I'm so excited!! Not sure what it is about that place, but I can look around for hours...
We will then have a late lunch with my friend and her son for his belated bday.

Edited to add this to my quote from @J'aime Paris
I have a growing list of things I want to buy at IKea on our next big city visit. Dh better brace himself for the final total when we check out Enjoy your trip there. It sounds like you will have a great day together!

Well....NOW I can go.

Stay safe everyone!!!!!

 

[Lynne G]

Ah the Monday night blues, when the back to routine starts tomorrow. And a hehe, I said countdown was like in the 50’s. Little one said 39 more days of camp. Ah, so first countdown is now 41. So, woot, for a less than 7 weeks countdown, and a shorter week.

So, alarm has been set, trash has left the house, but yard waste will wait until next week to be taken away. Still very warm out. So kids went to get water ice. Hope there is not a long line. Or get bitten. Time of day the bugs are out.

Thus, have a good night sleep, as tacos should be on the menu tomorrow. Yay!

Abd since it just almost a half hour past sundown, here’s your night light, as no stubbed toes tonight.



And yeah, seems neighbors must have saved some fireworks for tonight.

They better stop soon. I need my beauty sleep.