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

[schumigirl]

Lori......Tom has asked for a charcuterie board for dinner on Saturday night.....so that`s what we`re having. Will make some bread in the afternoon too to go with it, but will get an assortment of meat, large shrimp and some smoked salmon....looking forward to it already.

Girls evening sounds like a lot of fun!!



Pumpkin......new cookbooks are always fun! My latest is an Elizabeth David book, she doesn`t just give recipes she includes background and descriptives like no other cookbook I`ve ever read. Most are around the Mediterranean I have and honestly, it`s like reading poetry at times. Hope you enjoy that one you got.






Dinner was cooked inside tonight. No rain, but it is breezy and a threat of thunder in the air so we all feel a little headachy due to pressure. Pain killers taken and it has eased.

Enjoyed some salmon with roasted courgettes and tomatoes. Made up a sweet an spicy balsamic dip to go with it, beautiful. Have some strawberry daiquiri ice cream for later, everyone likes that.

No plans for this evening except to have a cosy evening with my husband.....

 

[Charade67]

We did the same when choosing one of the granite countertops for our condo in AL. It was amazing how large those pre-cut pieces of granite can be...wow!!

At the first place we went to they had signs everywhere stating that you can’t pull, push, on climb on the slabs. They said that each slab weighed in excess of 1500 pounds.

Matinsville would be a great track too!!! I'm just picking a track where we could have more of a touristy vacation out of it. My picks would be Daytona or Vegas. I am hoping we could turn Daytona into a family trip that includes some Disney and Universal. There is a method behind my madness.

I know absolutely nothing about any of the tracks. We chose Martinsville because it is only a 1.5 hour drive from where we live. Second choice would have been Richmond.

I have an hour left of work and I am so bored. I got so bored today that I emptied all of the trash cans and took the bags to the dumpster.

 

[schumigirl]

At the first place we went to they had signs everywhere stating that you can’t pull, push, on climb on the slabs. They said that each slab weighed in excess of 1500 pounds.

I know absolutely nothing about any of the tracks. We chose Martinsville because it is only a 1.5 hour drive from where we live. Second choice would have been Richmond.

I have an hour left of work and I am so bored. I got so bored today that I emptied all of the trash cans and took the bags to the dumpster.

Yes, the granite worktops do weigh an absolute ton! But, they are worth it. We only have one area in our kitchen that we don`t have it, builder error but that`s the corner I do most of the prep work anyway. I`m sure you`ll find what you want as there are plenty of options out there.




Rain is on, no lightning so far, but my goodness it feels heavy in the air.

 

[Robo56]

Good Thursday afternoon Sans family

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.

Thank you Lynne for your well wishes. Legs are recovered.

I’am so glad your daughter is going to get to go on the private HHN Tour with you. Your tour host and hostess are lovely folks. You will have a great time.

I have always done the unmasking tour will decide soon if I’am going to do that this year or not. It’s nice they have a 3 house or 6 house tour. As they say go big or go home. If I do the tour I will do all 6 like I have in the past. It’s a all day commitment, but I truly like the artistry that goes into the houses and it’s much easier to see all the little nuances in the daylight.

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......

Thank you Schumi. I had a good weekend. Legs are back to normal. Hope you and your family are doing well and your feet are healing. Sounds like you and Tom have been have putting some miles in on your lovely beach walks.

I’am not going to be attending HHN as many nights this year as I have in the past. I decided to go earlier this year to see how it would be, but I think it’s going to be crazy busy the whole month of September and October and with uptick in Covid delta variant in Florida it’s not responsible to mingle with the masses as much in years past.

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.

Janet I hope you are doing ok? I’am sorry to hear about your accident. Did I also read you had windows blown out on one side of your house with a Tornado. You are really having a run of things. Here’s to better days dear lady for you.

Okay, winner? 7 tornadoes confirmed all around me.

I have lived through a few of those monsters and it’s devastating the amount of damage those things can do including the loss of life. Glad to hear you and your family were not affected.

But, what I didn`t know was he had arranged for us to meet my goddaughter, her husband and the baby who live quite far away from us and had planned to visit sometime soon!! I did let out a rather large yell when I saw them in the lobby......such a surprise and many happy tears were rolling.

What a wonderful surprise. Your hubby is a good man.

And spoke to my cousin after her and her husband spent a week at RP recently. They loved it. And are already booked for HHN too. They managed to do all they wanted to do and enjoyed many lovely meals including The Palm, so I`m glad to hear it was a success for them after a few poor reviews of that restaurant.

I knew they would have a great time with all the helpful information you gave them. I’am so glad they had a good experience at the Palm.

Here is a food picture....a whoopie pie and a lobster tail from the famous Mike's Pastry.
The lobster tail had to weigh over a pound!! We didn't finish both, but gave them the ole college try!

Wow.......that’s a big Whoopie Pie.....never had a pastry lobster tail.They booth look yummy.

It is so nice that folks from the Sans helped out with travel tips for your trip to Boston. The Sans family are definitely special people.

Hi everybody

Thanks for the birthday wishes

Happy belated birthday to Tink.



Sounds like you had a lovely day.

Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience......was so incredible!!! Even if someone isn't a huge art lover, this experience will impress, guaranteed!

I would love to see that. Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists. “The Starry Night” is one of my favorites.

I remember many years ago Don McLean did a song about him called “Vincent”

There is not a showing anywhere around me.


Carole I looked online and it gave the American places it was showing and also the places in Europe. Looks like they will have one in London, York and Leicester.

Looks another gorgeous one outside today......must be our longest run of good weather in summer for many years. Usually we have 5 days in May hot and we`re thankful to call that summer. Yep, that`s the UK weather for you. But, cannot complain as it`s been glorious most days.

Sounds like you are having a good summer.

We have an abundance of crab in this area. Dinner will be what ever we feel like later.

Sounds yummy.

Yes, everywhere is booked up that we`d like to stay and has been for months apparently. There are still places, but we have to have parking at the property, and because of the type of place it is, some cottages are offering public parking which is a no no for my husband. We`ll find something, might just be in October, we actually went in October last year and loved it.

Hope you are able to get a booking for a getaway.


Mac hope the dental work is coming along ok.

Would like to wish Mr Robo56 a today.......Robbie, hope you and your husband have a wonderful day together, whatever you may be doing.....I`m sure it`ll be lovely.......

Thank you Carole. It is so sweet of you to remember his birthday. I’am taking him out for a nice steak dinner this evening. It’s his favorite meal. He has been receiving lots of Birthday calls and cards today. We will have a small party with the family in a few days. He is a wonderful Husband, Dad and Papa.

Hooray!!
It’s Mr Robo day .. let’s make him king of the day.
All sunshine and lollipops type of day this Thursday!

Thank you Mac......sunshine and lollipops for sure.

Happy birthday to Mr. Robo!

Thank you Charade.

Happy Birthday to Mr. Robo!!! Hope you have a special day

Thank you J’aime Paris.


Thank you Lynne.


Our weather finally cooled down a few days ago. We are having mid 80’s during the day and 60’s at night. We are going to warm back up to the 90’s though starting Saturday. Have been thankful for a little reprieve from the heat.

I have gotten some needed things done in the sunken garden.

I bought an Apple Watch to see if I liked it or not. I used it on the most recent trip with grandson to track miles walked. Last week when I was watching my great nephew who is 20 months old I changed the face display to Mickey. Granddaughter showed me how to do that on my phone. He loved it. Then he tapped my watch to look at Mickey again then tapped it again and Mickey said the time........LOL...I did not know it did that. He laughed at the Mickey voice. Now he taps my watch to see Mickey and taps it again to hear Mickey say the time. He taught me something.

I did a nice walk today. We have a lot of hills around here so walking can be a little challenging. The house here in Indiana is only about a mile from the Ohio River. It’s a quaint little town. I will add some pics in from my phone of my walk today.












To all the Sans family have a wonderful Thursday.

 

[Robo56]

I am doing a 50 gifts for 50 days for turning 50!!! The cards will be filled with clues to his big reveal gift...but the clues will be written in a secret code that he will get on the last day He complained that no one did anything for his 40th...so I'm trying to make his 50 BIG!!!! lol

What a awesome idea. I’am sure he will be thrilled.

 

[schumigirl]

Robbie....lovely pictures of the area around you, looks a beautiful place to spend some time.

Hope you have a lovely steak dinner with your husband tonight, and some family celebrations to look forward to sound lovely.

Glad the legs are better, pleased to hear it. Yes, we are walking a fair amount and loving every second....we have to take advantage of this lovely weather we`re having.....

Enjoy tonight.......

 

[keishashadow]

Tom has asked for a charcuterie board for dinner on Saturday night..

nIce, lots of gathering there but, going to guess you have the well-stocked larder! Heck, i can’t even pronounce it, let alone put a pretty one together.

Thank you Lynne for your well wishes. Legs are recovered.

great to hear!

Janet I hope you are doing ok? I’am sorry to hear about your accident. Did I also read you had windows blown out on one side of your house with a Tornado. You are really having a run of things. Here’s to better days dear lady for you.

insurance won’t call a micro-burst a tornado upon pain of death. Triggers extra coverage lol. Our big one was 15 years ago. Tore off a good portion of porch roof too

Thank you Carole. It is so sweet of you to remember his birthday. I’am taking him out for a nice steak dinner this evening.

nice! Happy happy to your DH. beautiful scenery btw!

Now he taps my watch to see Mickey and taps it again to hear Mickey say the time. He taught me something.

aw, that’s cute

 

[Charade67]

This has been an interesting evening. Around 5:30 I heard a strange noise. I thought it sounded like a large spring. I looked around the house, but couldn’t find anything out of place. A couple hours later we tried to leave the house, but the garage door wouldn’t open. Looks like a busted spring. Tomorrow morning I will be calling a garage door repair shop. Thankfully it’s only a one car garage, so only my car is trapped right now.

Robo - that looks like a gorgeous place to take a walk.

Dh has found pre-season NFL on TV. Yay. (Said with sarcasm.)

 

[keishashadow]

pre-season NFL on TV. Yay. (Said with sarcasm.)

let me help you...

Go Steelers! It’s the HOF game

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, pictures from Robo. Hope your DH had a nice birthday, and can’t go wrong with a steak dinner.

Ack Charade. Hope your door gets fixed tomorrow. Strange the spring fell off your opener. Hehe, car hostage.

And so with a little one starving and just her and I for dinner, soup was our dinner. Chicken noodle. Yes, and had to buy a baguette to go with it. DH came home and asked what for dinner. Was not amused with only soup. So made him a burger. Older one works late again, and said would visit a friend after, so whenever he gets home, I’ll be sound asleep, and assume he ate whatever and goes to bed himself when he gets home. He’s happy he does not have work tomorrow.

Hehe, Keisha! GoBirds! Good thing no one in my home watches all the football games, though I think older one would watch a fair amount if he was not working the nights he usually does.

Woot! Warning, going to bed tonight will cause you wake up tomorrow with a wahoo it’s Friday first thought. Yay!

So ready for this week day routine to be over. And yay, weather lady tonight said nice warm and humid weekend. Trying to talk little one to wake up early, as big zoo’s member early hour is Saturday. We shall see.

 

[Lynne G]

In honor of my want to do early entry zoo this weekend, and Mac’s love of elephants, light for tonight:

 

[Charade67]

Ack Charade. Hope your door gets fixed tomorrow. Strange the spring fell off your opener. Hehe, car hostage.

The spring is still there, just in 2 pieces.

In honor of my want to do early entry zoo this weekend, and Mac’s love of elephants, light for tonight:

Cute light.

 

[schumigirl]

nIce, lots of gathering there but, going to guess you have the well-stocked larder! Heck, i can’t even pronounce it, let alone put a pretty one together.

great to hear!

insurance won’t call a micro-burst a tornado upon pain of death. Triggers extra coverage lol. Our big one was 15 years ago. Tore off a good portion of porch roof too

nice! Happy happy to your DH. beautiful scenery btw!

aw, that’s cute

It`s the easiest meal in the world to prepare....apart from making the bread and making some chutney, it`s putting things on a plate and sharing. We aren`t doing any cheese this time, as we really aren`t cheese eaters unless it`s an after dinner plate, but plenty of meats!!

This has been an interesting evening. Around 5:30 I heard a strange noise. I thought it sounded like a large spring. I looked around the house, but couldn’t find anything out of place. A couple hours later we tried to leave the house, but the garage door wouldn’t open. Looks like a busted spring. Tomorrow morning I will be calling a garage door repair shop. Thankfully it’s only a one car garage, so only my car is trapped right now.

Robo - that looks like a gorgeous place to take a walk.

Dh has found pre-season NFL on TV. Yay. (Said with sarcasm.)

Hope you can get someone out today and get it sorted quickly. Strange one to happen.

let me help you...

Go Steelers! It’s the HOF game

I had to Google HOF

Now I know. Hope it was a good one.......



Been raining throughout the night, but oh so mild without even a breath outside this morning. Although rain has now started bouncing down.

Think we`ll get out a walk in an hour or so as the sky looks fairly bright but humidity for us is quite high and palpable. Radar shows it`ll be gone in half an hour or so. Doubt I`ll need sunscreen this morning. We mentioned last night, this is the most we`ve needed sunscreen in the UK during the summer for years. I even have a tan line where my watch is, quite proud of that as I don`t really tan much anymore.

Making Jerk Chicken for tonight, made up the spices last night, coated the chicken and left it to marinade till tonight, used my own Scotch Bonnet chillies so hoping it packs a bit of heat.

Bacon for lunch, will make club sandwiches as we have some turkey breast too, so with a quick breakfast of toast with some preserves, food is sorted for the day.

Planning some laundry and little housework later, and need to pop into village butcher for more bacon....can`t be out of bacon!

Have a wonderful Friday and weekend ​

 

[Lynne G]

Ah yes, a Friday is here! Yay!

Ah, a restless sleeper DH makes me happy to turn off the alarm not much after it went off. I can see me yawning today. But with our sunny day, and with that clear sky overnight, still in low 60’s this morning. And woot, as more like an August day, 90 the high, and more humid today.

But routine week day, as up still before the ever later sunrise. Thankful a little shorter day for me, so that’s a good thing. And of course tea. Ah, some days it is just so perfect.

Hehe, Schumi always has me here with bacon mention. Enjoy that nicer day you are having, with weather hoping to be less humid for your walk this morning. Hehe, I’m sure your forecast will certainly have that chance of wine.

Fabulous Friday homies.

And yay, rocking sunglasses and suntan lotion for my lunchtime walk.

 

[Charade67]

My car has been freed! Yay!!! Unfortunately he can’t replace the spring until Monday. I’m just happy to have my car out.
There was a sticker on the inside of the garage door with the name and numbers of another garage door company. We tried calling them first, but both numbers were out of service. I googled the company and found several bad ratings from people who put down deposits on door purchases but never received the product or heard back from the owner. I mentioned that to the guy who came out today. He told me that the other company was out of business and the owner actually did some jail time for ripping off customers.

Later today we are going to look at more granite. I think I will also help B get her stuff organized for moving back to the dorm. Summer has gone by so fast. I can believe she moves back to the dorm in 2 weeks.

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, Charade, for freeing your car. Odd that spring broke that way, but glad guy did come out, even if can’t be fixed until Monday. Yeah, I cannot believe we are already in August, and yep, little one starts the 23rd. Time surely flies.

Oh and ticker is now a one digit one! Woot!

Ah the glorious sunny day. Love to see that sunshine pouring into my windows.

 

[J'aime Paris]

A quick morning stop in!

Work was rather boring last night. Wasn't much to do...straighten things up...chat with other associates lol. It was a chit chat kind of night. Soaked up all the sunlight spilling in through our huge front windows. I will take all the warm weather and sunshine!!!

Not much happening today. More papers to shuffle around and a bank run today. Other than that...it will be cruising the web and youtube kind of day.

I had ordered a new cookbook....and it arrived early this morning...so hoping to find a tasty meal to make for supper tonight from it. It's a " skinnytaste" cookbook. Love her recipes. She has a great website full of great recipes. I loosely use a recipe and adjust it as I need to. She has various recipes in here using just a stove/oven. There are also sheetpan meals, crockpot, grill and airfryer as well. Just leafing through it...I seen a couple I would like to try.

That's about the height of my excitement today lol. A new cookbook!!!!


Matinsville would be a great track too!!! I'm just picking a track where we could have more of a touristy vacation out of it. My picks would be Daytona or Vegas. I am hoping we could turn Daytona into a family trip that includes some Disney and Universal. There is a method behind my madness.

I am doing a 50 gifts for 50 days for turning 50!!! The cards will be filled with clues to his big reveal gift...but the clues will be written in a secret code that he will get on the last day He complained that no one did anything for his 40th...so I'm trying to make his 50 BIG!!!! lol

YUM!!!!!

As beautiful as our summer has been. The weather has been very weird. Typically our evening cool down by mid July/Aug. Last night when I came home at 9:30...it was still 29C or 84/85F yet. It's crazy. When it's that hot...I have gone out. But I don't push myself...but I get the steps in.

That has even made the news here!

I'm with you!!!! People are already saying how they want fall to come. I'm like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Our fall/autumns are soooo short. It would be different if it lasted longer...but we only get VERY short amount of really fall weather...then the dreaded cold/snow/cr@p comes to stay for the next 6-8 months. GROSS.

Well...I should get shuffling these papers. They don't shuffle themselves lol. Have a great day hommies!!!!!

Trying out new recipes is always yummy!!

Great bday ideas for the DH.....I vote Daytona, lol!

Lori......Tom has asked for a charcuterie board for dinner on Saturday night.....so that`s what we`re having. Will make some bread in the afternoon too to go with it, but will get an assortment of meat, large shrimp and some smoked salmon....looking forward to it already.

Girls evening sounds like a lot of fun!!



Pumpkin......new cookbooks are always fun! My latest is an Elizabeth David book, she doesn`t just give recipes she includes background and descriptives like no other cookbook I`ve ever read. Most are around the Mediterranean I have and honestly, it`s like reading poetry at times. Hope you enjoy that one you got.






Dinner was cooked inside tonight. No rain, but it is breezy and a threat of thunder in the air so we all feel a little headachy due to pressure. Pain killers taken and it has eased.

Enjoyed some salmon with roasted courgettes and tomatoes. Made up a sweet an spicy balsamic dip to go with it, beautiful. Have some strawberry daiquiri ice cream for later, everyone likes that.

No plans for this evening except to have a cosy evening with my husband.....

Salmon is always a good choice!!

Good Thursday afternoon Sans family

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Thank you Lynne for your well wishes. Legs are recovered.

I’am so glad your daughter is going to get to go on the private HHN Tour with you. Your tour host and hostess are lovely folks. You will have a great time.

I have always done the unmasking tour will decide soon if I’am going to do that this year or not. It’s nice they have a 3 house or 6 house tour. As they say go big or go home. If I do the tour I will do all 6 like I have in the past. It’s a all day commitment, but I truly like the artistry that goes into the houses and it’s much easier to see all the little nuances in the daylight.





Thank you Schumi. I had a good weekend. Legs are back to normal. Hope you and your family are doing well and your feet are healing. Sounds like you and Tom have been have putting some miles in on your lovely beach walks.

I’am not going to be attending HHN as many nights this year as I have in the past. I decided to go earlier this year to see how it would be, but I think it’s going to be crazy busy the whole month of September and October and with uptick in Covid delta variant in Florida it’s not responsible to mingle with the masses as much in years past.






Janet I hope you are doing ok? I’am sorry to hear about your accident. Did I also read you had windows blown out on one side of your house with a Tornado. You are really having a run of things. Here’s to better days dear lady for you.




I have lived through a few of those monsters and it’s devastating the amount of damage those things can do including the loss of life. Glad to hear you and your family were not affected.




What a wonderful surprise. Your hubby is a good man.




I knew they would have a great time with all the helpful information you gave them. I’am so glad they had a good experience at the Palm.





Wow.......that’s a big Whoopie Pie.....never had a pastry lobster tail.They booth look yummy.

It is so nice that folks from the Sans helped out with travel tips for your trip to Boston. The Sans family are definitely special people.






Happy belated birthday to Tink.

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Sounds like you had a lovely day.




I would love to see that. Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists. “The Starry Night” is one of my favorites.

I remember many years ago Don McLean did a song about him called “Vincent”

There is not a showing anywhere around me.


Carole I looked online and it gave the American places it was showing and also the places in Europe. Looks like they will have one in London, York and Leicester.




Sounds like you are having a good summer.




Sounds yummy.




Hope you are able to get a booking for a getaway.


Mac hope the dental work is coming along ok.



Thank you Carole. It is so sweet of you to remember his birthday. I’am taking him out for a nice steak dinner this evening. It’s his favorite meal. He has been receiving lots of Birthday calls and cards today. We will have a small party with the family in a few days. He is a wonderful Husband, Dad and Papa.





Thank you Mac......sunshine and lollipops for sure.




Thank you Charade.




Thank you J’aime Paris.


Thank you Lynne.


Our weather finally cooled down a few days ago. We are having mid 80’s during the day and 60’s at night. We are going to warm back up to the 90’s though starting Saturday. Have been thankful for a little reprieve from the heat.

I have gotten some needed things done in the sunken garden.

I bought an Apple Watch to see if I liked it or not. I used it on the most recent trip with grandson to track miles walked. Last week when I was watching my great nephew who is 20 months old I changed the face display to Mickey. Granddaughter showed me how to do that on my phone. He loved it. Then he tapped my watch to look at Mickey again then tapped it again and Mickey said the time........LOL...I did not know it did that. He laughed at the Mickey voice. Now he taps my watch to see Mickey and taps it again to hear Mickey say the time. He taught me something.

I did a nice walk today. We have a lot of hills around here so walking can be a little challenging. The house here in Indiana is only about a mile from the Ohio River. It’s a quaint little town. I will add some pics in from my phone of my walk today.


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To all the Sans family have a wonderful Thursday.

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I have the Minnie face on my apple watch....I tap on her randomly just to hear her say the time....love it!

Nice photos, and glad you had an enjoyable walk!

I need to look up that Don McLean song. Never heard of it.

nIce, lots of gathering there but, going to guess you have the well-stocked larder! Heck, i can’t even pronounce it, let alone put a pretty one together.

great to hear!

insurance won’t call a micro-burst a tornado upon pain of death. Triggers extra coverage lol. Our big one was 15 years ago. Tore off a good portion of porch roof too

nice! Happy happy to your DH. beautiful scenery btw!

aw, that’s cute

Ugh! Why do insurance companies seem to always be difficult to deal with?? We pay our premiums, so we deserve the help from them when needed!!

This has been an interesting evening. Around 5:30 I heard a strange noise. I thought it sounded like a large spring. I looked around the house, but couldn’t find anything out of place. A couple hours later we tried to leave the house, but the garage door wouldn’t open. Looks like a busted spring. Tomorrow morning I will be calling a garage door repair shop. Thankfully it’s only a one car garage, so only my car is trapped right now.

Robo - that looks like a gorgeous place to take a walk.

Dh has found pre-season NFL on TV. Yay. (Said with sarcasm.)

We've had a spring break before too. All the little fun things of home ownership...

let me help you...

Go Steelers! It’s the HOF game

Keisha, I may be shopping for a new team to root for. Aaron Rodgers has been acting like a spoilt child, and I'm not a fan of his currently....

Yay, pictures from Robo. Hope your DH had a nice birthday, and can’t go wrong with a steak dinner.

Ack Charade. Hope your door gets fixed tomorrow. Strange the spring fell off your opener. Hehe, car hostage.

And so with a little one starving and just her and I for dinner, soup was our dinner. Chicken noodle. Yes, and had to buy a baguette to go with it. DH came home and asked what for dinner. Was not amused with only soup. So made him a burger. Older one works late again, and said would visit a friend after, so whenever he gets home, I’ll be sound asleep, and assume he ate whatever and goes to bed himself when he gets home. He’s happy he does not have work tomorrow.

Hehe, Keisha! GoBirds! Good thing no one in my home watches all the football games, though I think older one would watch a fair amount if he was not working the nights he usually does.

Woot! Warning, going to bed tonight will cause you wake up tomorrow with a wahoo it’s Friday first thought. Yay!

So ready for this week day routine to be over. And yay, weather lady tonight said nice warm and humid weekend. Trying to talk little one to wake up early, as big zoo’s member early hour is Saturday. We shall see.

Can't beat chicken noodle soup! Classic easy meal!

It`s the easiest meal in the world to prepare....apart from making the bread and making some chutney, it`s putting things on a plate and sharing. We aren`t doing any cheese this time, as we really aren`t cheese eaters unless it`s an after dinner plate, but plenty of meats!!




Hope you can get someone out today and get it sorted quickly. Strange one to happen.




I had to Google HOF

Now I know. Hope it was a good one.......



Been raining throughout the night, but oh so mild without even a breath outside this morning. Although rain has now started bouncing down.

Think we`ll get out a walk in an hour or so as the sky looks fairly bright but humidity for us is quite high and palpable. Radar shows it`ll be gone in half an hour or so. Doubt I`ll need sunscreen this morning. We mentioned last night, this is the most we`ve needed sunscreen in the UK during the summer for years. I even have a tan line where my watch is, quite proud of that as I don`t really tan much anymore.

Making Jerk Chicken for tonight, made up the spices last night, coated the chicken and left it to marinade till tonight, used my own Scotch Bonnet chillies so hoping it packs a bit of heat.

Bacon for lunch, will make club sandwiches as we have some turkey breast too, so with a quick breakfast of toast with some preserves, food is sorted for the day.

Planning some laundry and little housework later, and need to pop into village butcher for more bacon....can`t be out of bacon!

Have a wonderful Friday and weekend ​

A house should never be without bacon! You're a sensible lady, Carole!!

Chicken sounds nice, but I'd have to forgo the jerk seasonings...

Ah yes, a Friday is here! Yay!

Ah, a restless sleeper DH makes me happy to turn off the alarm not much after it went off. I can see me yawning today. But with our sunny day, and with that clear sky overnight, still in low 60’s this morning. And woot, as more like an August day, 90 the high, and more humid today.

But routine week day, as up still before the ever later sunrise. Thankful a little shorter day for me, so that’s a good thing. And of course tea. Ah, some days it is just so perfect.

Hehe, Schumi always has me here with bacon mention. Enjoy that nicer day you are having, with weather hoping to be less humid for your walk this morning. Hehe, I’m sure your forecast will certainly have that chance of wine.

Fabulous Friday homies.

And yay, rocking sunglasses and suntan lotion for my lunchtime walk.

Enjoy that sunshine and walk!!! Our forecast has 88% chance of storms this afternoon....

My car has been freed! Yay!!! Unfortunately he can’t replace the spring until Monday. I’m just happy to have my car out.
There was a sticker on the inside of the garage door with the name and numbers of another garage door company. We tried calling them first, but both numbers were out of service. I googled the company and found several bad ratings from people who put down deposits on door purchases but never received the product or heard back from the owner. I mentioned that to the guy who came out today. He told me that the other company was out of business and the owner actually did some jail time for ripping off customers.

Later today we are going to look at more granite. I think I will also help B get her stuff organized for moving back to the dorm. Summer has gone by so fast. I can believe she moves back to the dorm in 2 weeks.

Good to have the car free!

Hope you find the right granite, it's hard when so many choices are available.

Yes, the "kiddos" are all moving back to school and starting up soon!

Yay, Charade, for freeing your car. Odd that spring broke that way, but glad guy did come out, even if can’t be fixed until Monday. Yeah, I cannot believe we are already in August, and yep, little one starts the 23rd. Time surely flies.

Oh and ticker is now a one digit one! Woot!

Ah the glorious sunny day. Love to see that sunshine pouring into my windows.

SINGLE DIGITS!!!! Always something to celebrate!







The ladies night was a great success last night!! There were 8 of us total...a nice amount for easy visiting. And we all fit easily around our basement bar area. The last 2 didn't leave until 12:30am! The time went so quickly, I didn't even realize the late hour.

The charcuterie board was delish, and we did a decent job of clearing it, lol!
I plated the meats separate. One of my friends is a vegetarian....silly girl, but I still like her, lol!!!

Srry
Sorry the photo is weird. The bar top is quite high, so it wasn't an easy angle to see it all.


I'll do all the dishes soon, and put everything back into place. And then, a lazy day I think....
Have a super Friday!!!!!!

 

[Lynne G]

Yum, that looks like a great spread, Paris. Yeah, they say oh the day after. LoL. But glad to hear all had a good time.

Ack, a what for lunch. Think both older one and I are done with wanting a grilled cheese today.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Yay!!!!! It's Friday!!!!!

OMG....Friday couldn't come fast enough. It's a home weekend with no travelling anywhere. The weather isn't looking very promising...but I could use a home weekend to be truthful. Will probably try to make a couple of freezer meals, and get some baking done since it's going to be a cool rainy weekend. Might try to find in a little project time as well. I feel the need to let my creative juices flow again!

It seems I'm finally getting my sense of smell back again after having covid. I would get wiffs of some scents for a second or two. It seems to happen more often now...but some of the scents smell horrible and NOT what they smell like. From researching...it seems that I'm trending like others....many things smell like foul/rotting onions. Hopefully this doesn't last too long...and the smell receptors in my nose start to regenerate a little faster now. It's not a nice scent to sniff But at least I know it's coming back.

Dh has found pre-season NFL on TV. Yay. (Said with sarcasm.)

I feel your pain. I am NOT a sports fan. That's when I disappear and work on projects. It keeps both of us happy. Son-in-law is a HUGE sports person, and even dh gets tired of seeing/watching them when we visit dd. I would rather watch paint dry at times.

So ready for this week day routine to be over. And yay, weather lady tonight said nice warm and humid weekend. Trying to talk little one to wake up early, as big zoo’s member early hour is Saturday. We shall see.

Enjoy your zoo time!!!!! I can't wait to visit the granddaughter again...we are planning on visiting the local zoo they have there. It's not nearly as good as the zoo in the city they previously lived in. Zoo time is always fun.

Planning some laundry and little housework later, and need to pop into village butcher for more bacon....can`t be out of bacon!

You always need to have bacon!!! I always have at least one the freezer ready to do a quick defrost to whip up at a moments notice.

Oh and ticker is now a one digit one! Woot!

Yay!!!! How exciting!!!!

The ladies night was a great success last night!! There were 8 of us total...a nice amount for easy visiting. And we all fit easily around our basement bar area. The last 2 didn't leave until 12:30am! The time went so quickly, I didn't even realize the late hour.

That looks like it was an amazing spread!!! Sometimes those ladies nights are exactly what our souls need. I'm glad you had such a great evening!!!!

Well...I should start shuffling papers and completing spreadsheets. Just glad to have a job where I can sit on my butt, putter on a computer for some little breaks during the day...and still get a paycheck.

Have a great day everyone!!!!

 

[schumigirl]

LG.....yep, bacon and tea, can`t go far wrong there.


Charade......glad the car is free and yes, you dodged a bullet with the firm who were dodgy! You`ll get something eventually.


Lori.......looks lovely!! I adore that kind of shared plates with friends and you`ve made me want to add cheese to tomorrow nights offering! Nights like those with friends are priceless......

Even we aren`t eating the Jerk Chicken tonight....... I think I went overboard with the Scotch Bonnets.......wow!! Opened the doors in the kitchen as the chillies were so overpowering when they were cooking.....once cooked Tom tried one piece and almost spat it out......the heat blew the top of his head off.......so, he`s going to head off to the chippie for fish and chips. We didn`t fancy anything else in the house......

Chicken went in the trash!

Will take a picture of ours tomorrow night, not sure the smoked salmon will last till then.....can`t resist





Pumpkin.....not sure where your quote went..........glad your sense of smell is coming back. I found it horrible and hard to explain to folks what it`s like when I had that for about 10 days right at the beginning of this whole mess.

Yes, not really a sport fan either unless it involves cars......well, some cars.

Have a lovely weekend, yes, poor weather is a lovely reason to do some nice things like baking and cooking in the home......and relaxing too.......





Did get out our walk today before the heavens opened. Managed a fair 6 miles and glad we went this morning as this afternoon we did have some thunder and lightning and some heavy downpours all afternoon. Glad we have nowhere to go as more rain is forecast tonight and over the weekend.

Tonight is some prosecco and little nibbles with hopefully a good movie through in the back tv room.....ideal Friday. Wish I liked popcorn....one of my friends just won a years supply of the stuff so she is sharing it out......not for me.

Friday fish and chips was gorgeous, don`t do it very often but popular choice.