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

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Need to get off my lazy butt and go do my errands. may need 3rd cuppa coffee as fuel.
Lynne - looks like you guys got the brunt of the tornados yesterday, holy smokes!

gritty scallops
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Last weekend my DS asked me why mussels don’t open when they are ‘bad’. he stumped me there. Some things just are lol

ooh, i made them once for Halloween with twinkies, of all things, decorated as the minions sticking out of cup cakes I’ve an artistic bent but, cake decorating sadly isn’t in my skill set. I’m sure you are selling yourself short on your baking abilities

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Oh gosh yes, gritty scallops or mussels…….bleurgh….and yes, good question!

Yes, not artistic either…….haven’t made anything fancy today, basic cherry scones, Madeira cake, similar to pound cake, ginger cake and a lemon drizzle cake. Now to try and not eat any…….Tom has already snaffled a scone, no surprises there.

I think I remember your minion cupcakes…..they were very good!




We did get out our walk today, 11 of us and we did 8 miles. We did get wet a little but it soon dried up and was quite warm. Enjoyed brunch in a seafront cafe and then home to freshen up.

Baking almost done, and I’m watching The Odessa File……our book groups movie of the month choice. I’ve never seen this before.

Bright sunny afternoon, but lots of cloud around.

Late pot of tea time, and maybe half a scone……..:rolleyes1
 
Tea and scones, I’m at Schumi’s home if she is sharing.

Made bacon and broccoli quiches as needed to use up the last of my eggs. Older one and I polished off the two that I baked. Warm from oven? Yes. Now I guess a late lunch or snack later. Brunch was today’s older one and me meal.

So nice of Schumi to bake for church sale. I’m sure whatever you donate will be delicious.

Keisha, yeah, at least no one killed, though some are now homeless. Windows blown out, roofs torn off, etc., as was all over the news last night and this morning. Like I said, glad I was just South of the three tornadoes that touched down. Hehe, one farmer guy said it sounded like a train. Yep, I heard that sound one time we had a tornado come by. At least when we had our tornado, years ago now, it just brought down trees, and we had to replace a shutter that had visited the neighbors, as did most’s trash cans, and an attic window that blew out. Not the degree of destruction we have seen on the news.

Time to do some errands. Hope Charade got her breakfast delivered. And hope all are enjoying this almost end of July. Yay!
 
Lynne.......Yep, I share my home baking.......and it turned out beautiful, even if I say so myself.


mac.....you are getting some freaky heat for sure!!! A lady from another board I talk to that lives in Georgia is saying the same.......hotter than hades was her comment! We have rain....... :rotfl:





Going to speak to my American cousin this weekend. They have had their first trip to RP and Universal this month......got a brief message saying they loved everything!! I`m so happy to hear it and cant wait to hear how it all went.

Enjoyed dinner tonight again, then very quickly dropped the baking off to the minister for tomorrow as we won`t be there. I did explain there were only 28 scones instead of 30.....I blamed Tom. But, he was pleased with everything.

Tonight is a tv night and not much else.....will find something on dvd to watch.

Still raining and feeling cooler......
 

Much better Charade. Looks like they did a good job. Back to all back in place soon, so that’s good.

Ah, the one tornado that hit just North of me was an F3. That’s kinda unusual, as we rarely get one, but if we do, it isn’t usually anywhere as strong. Reported that 6 people were injured, but were not life threatening injuries, many still without power, some without a house, and a very damaged business. Still was scary, seeing what happened not far from me. We got done very loud thunder and no rain. Others were telling us how hard it rained. Sweet spot we were in, I guess. But from the weather radar, we certainly will be wet on Sunday.

But a nice day it was today, and yay, clear skies in the overnight so will be in low 60’s until a few hours after sunrise. May mean my AC may have a break. It was running most of the day, with that full day of sunshine. And will be a nice day tomorrow before that soaker Sunday. And a final yay, as 7 day forecast says the rest of next week should be dry. How nice is that? Oh and phone flashed about that tropical storm in the Pacific. Yeah, bad weather has to be somewhere. LoL. Oops, sorry about that Schumi, with your rainy day.

Ah, sipping my evening tea, and relaxing watching my smaller screen. Little one promptly took over the big TV to play online with her friends. Older one works, so it’s only one game playing I’m hearing. Yay! Watching world news, then will channel surf to see what is of interest.

Have a most wonderful Friday evening.
 
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Good Friday evening everyone :wave:

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That`s funny Robbie, the last time Tom had the Lobster Bisque at The Palm, he said it was spicier than usual and different. I do hope they go back to their original recipe as yes, it was delicious and he would agree that Ocean Prime and Eddie V`s bisque wasn`t quite as nice, nothing wrong with it, but not as good.

Yes, they need to go back to their original recipe. Wonder if a food review would nudge the chef back to the old recipe.


Welcome back Robo!!
So sorry to hear about the Palm. That's a bummer when you are there for a special meal, only to be disappointed.
I always give them the highest praise too....

Thanks. Yep, not sure what is going on there. I have always had very good meals and service there in the past.


Have never had a bad dish or service there. Since they dropped the dining transport haven’t been back, not a fan of idea of changing boats to get there

The Resorts are now using another car service. It costs $10.00 for a ride to a Resort restaurant. We used them for transport to Hard Rock for our Palm dinner. They were 15 minutes late and when I called to find out where our ride was the booking person was very rude. Oh well....maybe that should have been a warning at the beginning of the evening......LOL....Crappy ride, food and service.


Woke up feeling under the weather. Hopefully that turns around fast. I have eaten my muffin and my tea is half gone...so hopefully that helps cure the Monday morning blahs.

Pumpkin hope you are feeling better.


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.

Tink hope you are feeling better dear lady. Lots of mummy dust and good thoughts coming your way.


and landed head first into the opposite wall :rolleyes1 There is now a Pumpkin head size imprint where I slightly broke the drywall with my head :rotfl: I'm sooooooooooooo graceful!!!!!!! lol. I'm very surprised I didn't end up bruising. My forehead was pretty sore for over a week lol. We laugh now. Dh was very concerned for about 30 seconds until he realized I was totally fine....and now...well :o

Wow.....you are so lucky no major head trauma from your fall....walls can be repaired easily......I think I’am in the thick skulled group like you and Keisha....thank goodness. I fell down by sunken garden stairs a couple of years ago and it sounded like an egg cracked when my head hit the landing. Thankfully just a bad concussion.

my intent is not to poke the beast, want to share a pic I just saw of the MK. file it under a picture tells a thousand words

Wow....wall to wall people. The lady in the peach colored tank top looks like someone cut the cheese in front of her. Enlarge it and look at her face.......:rotfl2:

That is a scary picture!!!! The girl in the front with the pink shirts face says it all.....

LOL......:rotfl:


Going to speak to my American cousin this weekend. They have had their first trip to RP and Universal this month......got a brief message saying they loved everything!! I`m so happy to hear it and cant wait to hear how it all went.


Great to hear they enjoyed themselves. I’am sure they were appreciative of all your help.



It has been very hot here now for days. We need rain. Hopefully we will get some tonight.

I have been in post vacation recovery this week.......LOL....I guess all the walking and heat hand an accumulative affect on me. When I’am in vacation mode I don’t notice it so much. I guess it would be called the vacation endorphin effect.....LOL......My old doctor would always tell me that I’am not as young as I used to be.....LOL

I had vasculitis in both by legs almost to my knees. I have never had it this bad before. Thankfully I always have extra-strength Cortisone Cream and Extra-strength Benadryl cream to put on at night or it would have been worse. The legs are almost healed now.

Six weeks away till trip for HHN. I have pretty well resigned myself that I will not be spending as much time on HHN this year as I have in years past. I have a RIP Tour Scheduled. I haven’t decided on the unmasking the Horror Tour yet. I just think it’s going to be wall to wall people. Will enjoy the parks as needed and the rest of the time will be R&R.

I have been watching a little of the Olympics and I did get some work done in my office yesterday.

Bubble bath and a little reading for me tonight. Yawning my head off. So off to bed early after that.

Have a great Friday evening everyone.
 
Oh Robo, yep recovery after such a hot and crowded trip you had. Bubble bath sounds perfect before a hopefully good night sleep. I hope your legs are better, sending mummy dust well wishes. Yay, yep, 6 weeks is creeping ever closer. I thought about booking the unmasking tour that I had done in 2019, but for the cost, and taking the time, not sure I want to book it. Though looking forward to a private RIP tour and my little one is joining me, as not only does she want to ride that coaster, but although not a horror fan, always wanted to go to HHN. And so, thought it would be the perfect year. And yep with the crowds I also highly expect for HHN, touring is the only way to go. The other night, I have that BOGO, I’m just going to stroll, don’t care if I don’t do all the houses or any of the houses. Will do the rides, shop, and just enjoy myself and maybe see a homie or two to say hi to along the way.

Trying a new puzzle, it’s a nice one, but I’m tired, so may just keep that channel surfing going.
 
Charade, that colour is beautiful, you chose well. Hope you`re happy with it....


mac......oh gosh yes, you`ve seen the extremes of Illinois weather and now the extremes of the South........you win for sure! Hope you`re staying cool today again.....


Lynne, no worries, you can laugh away. We don`t mind rain as it makes our plants and trees the beautiful green colour they are. And it`s quite romantic having a walk in light rain.......well, we think it is, hand in hand along the beach.....what could be nicer.


Robo......good to see you........and glad you`re feeling more like your normal self with the legs, it`s been a long haul for you. And I agree, I think had we been travelling this September, we wouldn`t have done HHN as often as we usually do, sounds a hot mess right now.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend......





Well, we got up this morning with no intentions of walking.......we saw light rain, so got showered and dressed, enjoyed some bacon for breakfast then decided to go get changed into walking stuff and just do it.

Light rain was pleasant to walk in and it was mild which helped. We did 5 miles, which isn`t bad as we planned to do nothing today. Never thought I`d be one to be up and out in all weathers walking. But, we do enjoy it and it was so quiet along the seafront with only the hardy dogwalkers out and a few joggers.....why do joggers always look so miserable! So, second shower of the day out of the way and now almost lunchtime.

Crab sandwiches for lunch, and stir fries for dinner tonight......and some wine tonight. Might watch The Greatest Showman....haven`t seen that for a while, love some Hugh Jackman.......and that`ll be Saturday.

And last day of July.......




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Have a wonderful Saturday 🥂
 
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Ah yes. We did have that beautiful clear sky last night and indeed, it’s 62 out. And my AC has been quiet since late last night. But a most glorious sunshine today, with the high 81 degrees. Air quality is good, as even the humidity is lower today. What a perfect Saturday. And yep, I expect the AC to be back on before noon.

Yes, Schumi, rain is needed, and we will get some rain tomorrow. Nice to walk in it when not too rainy, but yep, I’d be taking a shower again, and tossing clothes in the wash. Hope you enjoyed your lunch and enjoying a movie this afternoon. Sounds like your having a perfect Saturday too.

And so my weekend always starts with a cup of tea, largest tv remote, and channel surfing to see what of interest. Just started another load of wash, as will be lazy, and have my shower a little later, when the towels get out of the dryer. Not much to do today, want to do some grocery shopping, as have eggs to pick up, and some other we need, and a return that I can drop off at the one grocery store. Then, since the weather is so nice, will go to the cash wash if I get the chance.

Supremely Sunny Saturday homies, as hope this finds you totally relaxing on this Saturday because, hey, it’s the weekend. YAY!
 
Morning all, it’s quite the beautiful day in the neighborhood today. Hard to believe those storms rolled thru earlier this week.

taking a break from my therapeutic cooking frenzy for dinner tonight. Have decided I enjoy that far more than cleaning my house to burn off steam!

yesterday afternoon was real crapper, young woman in a huge SUV backed into my car while I was trying to find a parking space at Walmart. oddly enough, she admitted to hearing me on my horn but, just keep going. Then, she pulls back into the spot & does even more damage to my car’s front end. o_O

Was so aggressive, i just got back in my car & waited for police to show. Not about to engage with that sort. shook me up & it aggravated long-standing neck issues but, thankfully nobody hurt. I kept thinking last night what if somebody was walking behind her when she zoomed out?

On a positive note, in a week I will be here, digging my toes in the sand. :love2:To my DH for the BD getaway

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11 of us and we did 8 miles
you should incorporate a mini-flash mob dance in those group walks
watching The Odessa File
back in the day I couldn’t get thru the movie. How did u like it? Intriguing premise. Never did tackle the book. Must let us know ur thots.
Windows blown out, roofs torn off, etc., as was all over the news last night and this morning. Like I said, glad I was just South of the three tornadoes that touched down. Hehe, one farmer guy said it sounded like a train. Yep, I heard that sound one time we had a tornado come by. At least when we had our tornado, years ago now,
So lucky u dodged it. Saw the area on national tv, whole section of a car dealership. Staff & customers hid in bathroom. Looked like many manufactured homes tossed about. They didn’t say if affixed to a foundation or not. Scary. PS that is a sound you never will forget.

We’ve only had tornados touch down 5 miles or so away. Only micro-bursts have come thru my town, some worse than others. It’s hard to describe the weird way the air feels beforehand. People said they noticed the birds disappeared too. Can’t say I noticed that but, my dogs did get anxious beforehand, assume they are attuned to the change in the barometer.
no motivation to go out side and check my mailbox
Will do it when the sun sets tonight
those cats need to start earning their keep :)
I did explain there were only 28 scones instead of 30.....I blamed Tom. But, he was pleased with everything.
Perfectly understandable, Tom is in charge of quality control
The orange wall is no more.
aw, it did match up with some of the stone on the fireplace :). everything looks really lovely, nice job.
The Resorts are now using another car service. It costs $10.00 for a ride to a Resort restaurant. We used them for transport to Hard Rock for our Palm dinner. They were 15 minutes late and when I called to find out where our ride was the booking person was very rude. Oh well....maybe that should have been a warning at the beginning of the evening......LOL....Crappy ride, food and service.
I initially got excited reading this, until the customer service part. Darn it.
Enlarge it and look at her face.
yes, I was wondering if it was candid or not
I guess it would be called the vacation endorphin effect.....LOL......My old doctor would always tell me that I’am not as young as I used to be.....LOL

I had vasculitis in both by legs almost to my knees. I have never had it this bad before. Thankfully I always have extra-strength Cortisone Cream and Extra-strength Benadryl cream to put on at night or it would have been worse. The legs are almost healed now.
oh no, so painful. ”vacation endorphin effect”, going to swipe that phrase
Will enjoy the parks as needed and the rest of the time will be R&R.
we do WDW pre HHN, so many more miles per day, beat up by the time we get to U. Decided years ago, the fall trip to U would be pool time until we head over to parks around 3 pm. Otherwise, just too miserable. Plenty of other chances to do the rides during the year, thankfully.
I have been watching a little of the Olympics
interesting year, we are fans, look forward to it every time
Bubble bath and a little reading for me tonight.
just what the dr ordered
Light rain was pleasant to walk in
if you say so :), you go, girl!
Crab sandwiches for lunch, and stir fries for dinner tonight.
Yum yum. I put my beef brisket in the oven two hours ago. Baked beans will follow soon, roast chicken later. Won’t have to cook for days :). will be the last BD meal for some time here.
 
LG........yep, everything in the wash straight away, do the same every day. Enjoy that grocery shopping and hope it`s not too busy. We avoid stores like the plague on a Saturday.....too busy. Hope you enjoyed that tea.


Janet, yes, she did look a little aggressive. Hope the neck doesn`t bother you too much, especially this weekend!!

Oh you`ll have so much fun on your trip.....and yes, extra points to your lovely mister for the trip......

mini flash mob....lol......I think half the group (including us) would be up for that....the others, well.....maybe after a few cocktails, but that early in the morning, hmmm....bit early!

Yes, we love walking in the rain.....and no pina coladas either......lol.....

I wouldn`t watch The Odessa File again. I didn`t think it did justice to the story to begin with. But the weirdest thing for me was the score. The opening music was a Perry Como christmas song with a kids choir :confused3 and although the genius that is Andrew Lloyd Webber scored the whole movie and it was just odd. It didn`t ever match the scenes and was just wierd. But the movie was disappointing, albeit a little twist at the end but didn`t help the overall snese of the theme.

Simon Wiesenthal himself was involved in the production and they did get some historical accuracies, but it fell flat. Jon Voight was good, but was let down by the script. I think I was so disappointed with the hype of it. And considering it was based on truth, it should have been so much better.

Brisket sounds SO good!!! And roast chicken too.....lush.....can I leave the beans.....one of my most hated foods......lol......but, have a blast, although I`m sure you will......your birthday celebrations are legendary.......:thumbsup2





Wine opened for this evening to breathe.......yes, pretentious maybe, but the difference is huge in a good wine......

The Greatest Showman is tonight......found a Kevin Hart movie we haven`t seen yet on Netflix......that`s our afternoon sorted....maybe ejoy a small cocktail while we watch......🍸
 
Yay, a Keisha morning post. Oh my goodness! What a …. driver not paying attention. I’m glad you were not that much hurt, hope your neck feels much better shortly. I’m always scared when driving in aisle and see someone backing out. I swear some people just don’t look. Hugs, as hope your car can be fixed shortly too. Never a dull day, they say. Yeah, I have an old barometer that my dad had hanging in our home when I was younger. Yep, when you see it drop, storms are a coming. Yeah, that freight train sound is like no other. That storm line brought damages across the country. But I think first time I can remember having so many tornadoes seen, and first I’ve heard so high in the scale. We tend to have a 1 or like you, those wind bursts that can also bring damage, as our nor’easters too. Yeah, and a mile does make a difference, as my brother, that lives around a mile and a half away from me, got good size hail and downpours. Sweet spot of nothing we were. Ever thankful for that.

Ah nice to open a wine bottle Schumi, and enjoy the movie watching and sipping some drinks.

Abd ooh, those very large trucks are back on our street, early too. I guess they work on weekends, wow.

Hehe, can you guess if either kid is up for the day? If your answer is a no, doubt it. You’d be right. Hurray! Quiet and more tea. Perfect start, why yes.

And funny, weather guy this early morning said it feels more like a Fall day. Yes indeed. Just hoping that HHN offers those multi day tickets soon. Tick-tick, two weeks and six weeks. Double woot!
 
Okay, winner? 7 tornadoes confirmed all around me. One a zero, two a one, two a two, and one a three on the hurricane scale. And one of the two’s was only a few miles away. Just wow. Summer weather? I hope not to be seen again.

Ah, one kid is up, off to work. Little one? Not yet to be seen. Sigh. I got so much done this morning and neither kid got moving until after noon.
 
Okay, winner?

What‘s the prize…..what do you win??

Gotta love weather…….




Dinner on the way,,…..my chicken has been marinading in fresh ginger all day…..plain for the others….

Very smirry rain now, quite heavy so I’m glad we walked when we did earlier. Quite warm though, so might be expecting thunderstorms tonight….don’t mind if we have a few of those.
 
Keisha
Wave to us when you get to that hotel
We want to see which floor and building you are in

(Think I can enlarge my cell phone screen to see where you are when there)
 
Lynne be very glad no tornados near your home as it is devastating for buildings and people

We had a tornado rip thru 7 blocks from us when we lived in Illinois and the damage is horrendous

it is quite frightening as how do you predict it’s path and then where do you go

it came so quick, tornado sirens did not go off until after it went thru our area

Glad you were safe

The tornado that went 2.5 miles near our house before we moved here, still have not recovered fully
75 was repaired quickly but not the land going into it
 

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