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

[Charade67]

Interesting. Does that go thru as cash (fee) or purchase/service?

I have no idea. I’m guessing purchase. If they are like me they have a monthly payment plan that gets auto drafted.

 

[schumigirl]

I always enjoy how different the English are when referring to the same thing. I guess I use the word roast for a beef or pork roast to be roasting.

Crackers versus cookies. Hehe, our crackers are generally not sweet in any way. Hence I’m going to snack on some animal crackers if little one does not say when she wants to eat.

Yep, all meats get "roasted" here....hence, Sunday Roast....chicken, beef, pork or lamb usually.

Our crackers are all savoury too. Cookies we call biscuits, usually served with tea or coffee.

Went out this afternoon to buy Chinese General Taos for dinner

Well..could not resist a few tastes of it and one thing led to another so now I need to rethink what I will have for a very late dinner tonight......

Love the sound of that dish!!

Need both ying & yang in most things. sounds like a fun day for you.


terra cotta, very big in the late 70’s Mid west vibe

as i did . made chicken wings in the air fryer, stuffed again

makes sense. Bone in split chicken breasts & the aforementioned wings are slim pickings here still

i got motivate & whipped some up in teh air fryer yesterday. Came out pretty good.

i usually like a bit of brown sugar on mine. Went with some Tony’s Spicy seasoning instead, have decide it’s a great option too

Be well!

Love sweet and spicy together here.....have only used brown sugar on baked sweet potato ala Longhorn style......but, usually spicy for me. No one lese likes sweet potatoes in our home......

Now I fancy chicken wings!

Good evening. It's a quiet evening after a rather uneventful day.

I had a "well, duh" moment the other day. I belong to a university parent Facebook group. There was a discussion about the costs of flights for the students coming from far away. A couple of the moms mentioned that they pay their student's tuition with their air miles credit cards and rarely have to pay for a plane ticket. I don't know why I never thought of this. I would like to make at least one more trip to Universal next year and make good use of the AP I bought.

I understand that they were trying to match the orangish color in the fireplace, but I still don't like it.



The funny thing is that the house was built in 1884, and I am pretty sure that paint job was done sometime in the past 10 years.


Get lots of rest and I hope you are feeling better soon.

I can't imagine not having a/c in my car. Years ago I was getting ready to buy a new car. One of my friends tried to convince me to save money by getting a car without a/c. I live in Georgia at the time. A/C is a necessity, not an option.


Yum. I haven't had really good Chinese in months.

Tonight should be a bit of an early night. I have to get up a little earlier tomorrow. The painters will be here at 8:30.

In your States, yes it would be unimaginable. Our car growing up had no such thing as aircon, so trips were made with all the windows open.....breezy! We don`t get your kind of temps though very often. But, now....my goodness yes, it`s now considered essential.

Good luck with the painters, hope it turns out as you want.




Sun is bursting again this morning, but doomsday weather woman is predicting thundery showers and then cool temps.....we`ll get a decent walk this morning, then we`ll see how it goes.

Plan to sit out this afternoon if we can, if not we`ll storm watch.

I`m still trying to scan real photographs on to the computer, but my goodness, it takes an age. I have many thousands of real pictures, certainly don`t want all of them scanned but do want most of them.

No idea on food today....might get some fish down the front this morning, certainly want some crab for lunch.

Have a wonderful Tuesday ​

 

[Lynne G]

Ah yes, a taco Tuesday is here. Yay, the day Mac can have that Taco Bell dinner. And ooh, the fries are back.

Ah yes, a gloriously sunny day for us. And with a clear sky in the overnight, not quite 70 yet. Refreshing start before that sun gives us a hot 93 day. Summer? Ah yes. But so enjoy this full day of the bluest skies and brightest sunshine.

A totally terrific Taco Tuesday homies. And tea. That’s for me, and most likely Schumi too.

Good Morning.

And nope, if crab for lunch, I’d just be drinking the tea for lunch with Schumi. No seafood for my lunch, though I’m not sure what I’ll be having for lunch. Hope you enjoyed your morning walk.

 

[macraven]

Taco Tuesday is here again so like lynne said, you’ll see me there tonight

 

[Charade67]

Quick good morning. Painters should be here in about 30 minutes. Dh thinks he can keep the cat shut up in one room today.

 

[macraven]

Quick good morning. Painters should be here in about 30 minutes. Dh thinks he can keep the cat shut up in one room today.

Good luck with that

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Quick early morning stop in before I start shuffling the papers sitting on my desk.

Feeling better today. Not 100%, but much better and more human again. Thank you for all the well wishes I hit the bed and had a nap...then relaxed with the remote control and my book for the rest of the evening, made a couple of family phone calls, and that's about it for the night.

I had a "well, duh" moment the other day. I belong to a university parent Facebook group. There was a discussion about the costs of flights for the students coming from far away. A couple of the moms mentioned that they pay their student's tuition with their air miles credit cards and rarely have to pay for a plane ticket. I don't know why I never thought of this. I would like to make at least one more trip to Universal next year and make good use of the AP I bought.

We have a cc that we can collect points (Airmiles) with...then convert the points to use for general merchandise that they have on their website OR...you can use them for flights, hotels, park tickets or cruises. If you book a package through them, you can use all or some of your points towards the total of your package. We have quite a few points to use in the next little while. Especially since we haven't went anywhere really in 2 years now with Covid. We were almost ready to pull the trigger on a last minute trip just before covid hit...and we had a lots of points then. So they have just been growing. This momma is itching to spend them!!!!! Those credit cards are good if you work them and the promos. I/We don't spend $ just to get points, but if I can get points for items I would regularly purchase....then I will definitely buy that item!

I just seen on a local fb group that we are getting a Taco Bell I guess they have finally decided that norther Canadian people will eat it lol. I really don't know how popular it will be here. Guess we will see. It doesn't open until 2022.

Well...I should get started shuffling papers again!

Have a great day Hommies!!!!!

 

[Lynne G]

Well anything resembling Mexican food it’s not, Pumpkin, but we always find something edible to eat at Taco Bell. Yay, as your fb news means you’ll be joining Mac in having Taco Bell dinner this Taco Tuesday next year.

And so, with a few tortillas leftover in the pantry, older one made me a chicken quesadilla, with some cheese and, yay, bacon pieces. Even drizzled some ranch sauce on it. Pan fried a little to make it just a little crunchy, and I’m full from that lunch. And did not walk that much. Seems yesterday as I was carrying groceries, tripped over the logs along our driveway, and twisted my knee enough, it’s sore enough I’m not wanting to walk much without feeling pain. Did hobble around our block to see what all that noise was from early this morning. Seems a neighbor is having major house renovations. Hehe, they were breaking for lunch too, so my walk was quiet.

So I guess that counts as my taco today.

 

[Charade67]

This came up in my Facebook memories from
years ago today. A funny coincidence.

“Cleaning out the garage today, specifically the 2 storage cabinets the previous owner left. They left lots of old interior house paint - 22 gallon cans, 6 quart cans, and 2 sample bottles.”

 

[macraven]

Needed to get out and pick up cat food today
Got that job done and all I can say is, boy is it hot outside!

I’m fine in the car with ac but once I walk thru the parking lot for the pet food store, stinking hot and humid

Saw Schumi here in the early morning hours but where is she now
Hope all is fine with her
I notice when she is not around
And do notice all the homies when they don’t check in with Mom!

I’m staying in the house rest of today
I have had enough sunshine and heat for the day !
It is incredibly hot and humid outside.

I’m half way decided to skip the Taco Bell run
tonight

 

[macraven]

Ouch Lynne !

 

[schumigirl]

Needed to get out and pick up cat food today
Got that job done and all I can say is, boy is it hot outside!

I’m fine in the car with ac but once I walk thru the parking lot for the pet food store, stinking hot and humid

Saw Schumi here in the early morning hours but where is she now
Hope all is fine with her
I notice when she is not around
And do notice all the homies when they don’t check in with Mom!

I’m staying in the house rest of today
I have had enough sunshine and heat for the day !
It is incredibly hot and humid outside.

I’m half way decided to skip the Taco Bell run
tonight

I did make it back here.......

Earlier email was in drafts, but you got the last one now.....been a busy old day, but a good one.

Yes, you have some whopping temps there right now.....saw a report in our news about the South and the heat right now. Yes, stay inside, you have some nice plans today.




Lynne.....ouch, hope the knee is not too sore.




Did just under 6 miles this morning, it was hot. And enjoyed some beautiful crab for lunch with some mussels in white wine and sorrel sauce as an appetiser tonight, then some beautiful fresh cod loin. Can`t get fresher.

But late this afternoon the thunderstorm rolled in and it was quite impressive, lasted almost 2 hours and then slowly disappeared out to sea. Humidity cleared after that. It`s still raining right now, which the plants, trees and bushes will be grateful for.

Chance of more rain tomorrow, guess the heatwave is over.

 

[tink1957]

Hi everybody

Hope your knee feels better soon Lynne

Laying in bed trying to get over the effects of my second Covid shot yesterday. Running a mild fever with body aches ...what fun. I took a hot bubble bath and it helped somewhat. Glad I took today off.

Trey is getting his first shot as we speak...I just made the appointment for him as I knew he would never do it himself so now I can breathe a little easier knowing we're all vaccinated. Our county is 13th in the nation for new cases.

Anywho....good news is we got all the ADRs we wanted...I've been salivating over the Food and Wine menus.

Shout out to Carole, Janet, Mac, Robbie, Charade, Pumpkin, Bobbie, Monyk and anyone else who is reading along.

Have a wonderful day.

 

[schumigirl]

Hi everybody

Hope your knee feels better soon Lynne

Laying in bed trying to get over the effects of my second Covid shot yesterday. Running a mild fever with body aches ...what fun. I took a hot bubble bath and it helped somewhat. Glad I took today off.

Trey is getting his first shot as we speak...I just made the appointment for him as I knew he would never do it himself so now I can breathe a little easier knowing we're all vaccinated. Our county is 13th in the nation for new cases.

Anywho....good news is we got all the ADRs we wanted...I've been salivating over the Food and Wine menus.

Shout out to Carole, Janet, Mac, Robbie, Charade, Pumpkin, Bobbie, Monyk and anyone else who is reading along.

Have a wonderful day.

Awww....feel better soon Vicki, it has knocked the stuffing out of some people. And hope Trey does ok too.

Congrats on the adr`s you wanted......and sorry we`re not going to be able to see you this September, it would have been lovely to see you and both kids this year......maybe next year Vicki.......

Rest up and take it easy.......

 

[Lynne G]

Aww thanks all. Took some pain medicine and will take an easy for a few more days.

Mummy dust well wishes to Tink. Sorry you are not feeling well after your shot. Bubble bath, yay! Hope Trey has no issues. I guess we were lucky, DH had no reactions, kids only had a very very brief headache with the first, and I had a much sorer arm the first and not nearly as sore arm with the second. Does feel good to have all 4 of us vaccinated.

And so, it’s a little one and me night again. Have no idea what for dinner. Maybe burgers, not sure. See what mood she is in, as to what hungry for.

 

[Charade67]

My house looks like a construction zone right now. They started in B’s room. The fumes are a little strong, so she will be sleeping in the spare bedroom tonight. Poor Caspian is thoroughly confused. We have totally disrupted his life.

Feeling better today. Not 100%, but much better and more human again.

Good to hear. Hope tomorrow you are even better.

Those credit cards are good if you work them and the promos. I/We don't spend $ just to get points, but if I can get points for items I would regularly purchase....then I will definitely buy that item!

That’s what we do too. I also have a Disney rewards card. We had quite a nice accumulation of Disney dollars when we went to Disneyland.

Seems yesterday as I was carrying groceries, tripped over the logs along our driveway, and twisted my knee enough, it’s sore enough I’m not wanting to walk much without feeling pain.

Oh no. Hope it isn’t too serious.

Laying in bed trying to get over the effects of my second Covid shot yesterday. Running a mild fever with body aches ...what fun. I took a hot bubble bath and it helped somewhat. Glad I took today off.

Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Anywho....good news is we got all the ADRs we wanted...I've been salivating over the Food and Wine menus.

Congrats. That’s a good accomplishment.

I would leave a light on, but they are all covered with paint tarps tonight.

 

[Lynne G]

The Olympics light. Wouldn’t want anyone to stub toes.

Off to bed shortly, as drugs taken, and hope I sleep better tonight. As woot! Camel said he may have some friends tomorrow.

 

[macraven]

Lynne if the knee pain is still with you the next few days, get checked by your doctor

I waited over 4 weeks before I had my knee checked out when I hurt mine
Ended up with knee replacement as I did more damage to the knee in that month period

 

[macraven]

Schumi if you tell me there will be bacon in the morning, I’ll do the kitchen clean up duty....
Just saying

 

[Lynne G]

Ooh I hope Schumi had some bacon this morning. Mac’s got a cleaning offer.

Thanks Mac, I think last night it, my knee for a better word, fixed itself. Now just tender, and a little puffy. But yeah, if I was still in pain, would have asked to have my doctor look at it today. I think, thankfully, I gave it just a very good bruising, as little one saw the back of my knee and said it looks bruised. I’m still going to take it easy, and maybe take Friday off to get another not having to move fast morning.

But yay, what do I see?



Ah yes, the camel and three of his friends. Oh, watching the Olympics do you say? Viewing party? Ah yes, this Wednesday the Summer Olympics are still on the tube channels. And oddly, still are sharks.

But give a yay homies, camels are here to say, get that, ooh get over today’s stormy weather prediction hump of a day, and give a woot as Friday will be here soon. And yep, with the need to make sure that my knee being good, that three day weekend want is a yes will it will be. Woot! Long weekend coming up.

And so the first day of next month starts the week, and yay, as it just means the countdown will be a two week one, plus one. Woot! End of Summer not yet, but doing it right with two countdowns.

Good Morning homies.