Hot and getting hotter. Early morning weather guy said today, unhealthy air, tomorrow hotter, Wednesday, HOT. Will send our sunshine to Paris.
We have bluegills for sale here. Nope from me. No fish in this home, except for sushi, that older one eats. I stay far away when he eats it. Even a small whiff of fish smell, eww. Oh well. We had very good steak on the grill last night, with fresh corn and sautéed some onions and orange peppers on grill too. So a no fish menu. But glad to hear Paris’s fish feast was delicious.
Ooh almost time for my lunchtime walk. Will be wearing that hat. So bright out. And a hehe, little one texted me a few minutes after she left. She had spilled her water bottle all over, including her shirt, so left her shirt on our stoop, and would I get it for her. I texted back, yes, but should have kept it on, would keep ya cool. LoL No answer, shirt was hung up, and within the 2 hours I hung it up, it’s dry. She was having Monday morning blues. But I think she’s just too ready to be done with camp work. Older one is relaxing mode today. Guess I’m going to have a grilled cheese for lunch.
It rained allllllll day yesterday. Today is scorching and humid. May see more rain this evening.
Seafood is a strange thing....most seem to either love it or hate it. Not much in between.
They look delicious Lori. They look a little like piranhas before they are filleted, but they look like fish we`d enjoy. We all love fish in this house.
Glad you liked them and didn`t he do well!!! I think he`d love this fishing around the UK....so many varieties and choices. Fresh fish is indeed a pleasure. I think we are so spoiled having the best choices of surf and turf and anything in between in the UK.......Aberdeen Angus steaks are the best you can get, apart from Wagyu of course.
Yes, your grass and plants will be greener than ever with rain......ours is permanently green as we do get a lot of rain here........have a great day Lori, even if it is a slow start......hug those puppies if it gets too loud for them.
Beautiful walk this morning, warm with a lovely breeze which is perfect for us. Beach was filling up as we left this morning. It`s going to be a busy one down there again this week as weather is to stay lovely all week, apart from the odd rumble in the evenings.
Met some friends for coffee, well tea for me, this morning after we did some grocery shopping. This friend is one who knows everything that is going with everyone.....she`s funny though, she put one of our friends husbands in his place last weekend as he is a cheap tipper.....she told him he wasn`t shafting the waiter this time around and to open his wallet.....good for her.....he did eventually pay his share. Nothing worse than cheap tippers whe you`re out for a meal.
And we did get a cottage booked up in the village we love in the Cotwolds, with a suitable parking area for his baby......there were a couple available, but parking was in the road or public car parks a minute or so away. So, happy we are booked, not the place we would have really liked, but it looks nice enough and handy to walk to many pubs and restaurants in the evenings.
BBQ food tonight.......
Piranahs, lol! There is a resemblance!
Great news about getting a place booked!!! Looking forward to that TR!!
Good Monday morning Sans family
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Thank you Carole. We had a lovely steak dinner and the biggest margaritas I have ever seen. Drinks and meal were very good.
Yep, some of those insurance Companies know how to make sure to pay as little as possible. Sorry to hear it was not covered.
Thank you.
Thank you Lynne. You have a trip just around the corner with your daughter.
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Beautiful.
Glad to hear your smell is returning.
That reminds me of the cocktail sauce at St. Elmo’s Steakhouse in Indy. It is nuclear hot. Just a little tip of the fork in it and tasted will blow your sinuses out......LOL
WOW.....beautiful charcuterie boards.
Happy birthday. You deserve to be spoiled.
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Safe travels to you and your Mr on your travels to Myrtle Beach.
Your hubby had a nice catch of fish. Looks delicious.
Mac hope the dental work is moving along and all is well.
We finally got the rain we have been needing for awhile. It started raining in the wee hours of the morning and then a torrential down pour. It’s cleared off now and the sun has sprung through the clouds. I might take a walk today.
I was able to snag a ressie for Olga’s Cantina when at Galaxy’s Edge in September. Haven’t been in there yet. Have to a ressie to even walk in and look. I like Galaxy’s Edge. Will probably do a little Christmas shopping while in Galaxy’s Edge for the Star Wars fans in the family.
Going to cut out some material for masks a little latter.
Have a great Monday everyone.
Nice you were able to book Olga's Cantina!
I have been thinking about beginning my Xmas shopping as well. I prefer to have 3/4 complete before Thanksgiving. Not a fan of the big shopping crowds years prior. No idea what this year will be like...
Hi everybody
to our lovely keisha...
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I know that I post this every year but I love it!
Finally made our plans for
HHN this year...private RIP tour booked and ROF so we're good to go.
The plan for today is shopping with my kids and going to the movies to see Jungle Cruise. To heck with housework.
Hope everyone has a fantastic day
How was the Jungle Cruise movie? I like both The Rock and Emily Blunt in other movies, so hoping it was good!
Happy Birthday Keisha! Hope you’re having a lovely day.
Hope all are well and enjoying the summer.
We had a great vacation in Wales with lovely sunshine - just one day we got rain and luckily we had pre-booked the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway trip which was wonderful. Grandpa was kept very busy as we bought a small dinghy for the GC and they spent hours in the sea in their wetsuits. Much better than we expected and we were directly next to the sand dunes and the beach with Mount Snowdon behind us in the distance. We also bought a beach trolley which was great to load up and cart everything over to the beach.
We are kept busy sorting out all the legal things in the hope our persistence will bring quicker results.
Now we are home Kev is busy removing some trees and flower beds in the garden as he’s ordered a large workshop/shed to make himself a den! I’m organising a tree surgeon to get some of the stumps removed. Trying to get some jobs done this week as the GC are away until Friday.
Stay well all x
Hi Real, glad to hear you had a lovely vacation!!
Tree surgeon....not a term used in my area. Like the sound of it though!!
Yep, still sitting outside......tea just doesn`t cut it sometimes.......beautiful evening sitting near several lavendar bushes.....gorgeous.
Hoping Janet is well on her way and not too long till they get there and start a lovely trip.......
Oh darn, I missed wine Monday! I think I'll make it up with a wine Tuesday, lol!
Making a quick mid-day stop in!
Well, our weekend plans changed. We headed to the city to see the kids and grand daughter. It was a great to see them again. Since they didn't get here last weekend like they planned to, and because it will be a few weeks again before we see them again...we decided to do a quick trip to see them this weekend.
We got to so swimming with them on Saturday. It was a great family facility...very similar to the facility here in town. Ours is a much bigger scale...but we had fun with her in the wave pool, lazy river...and this Grammie even took her down the kiddie slides lol. I love a good water park. As long as I can wear my glasses or put them on right after I go on a slide...I will do it!!!! I'm pretty blind without my glasses. We had a blast....then we took them all out for a nice supper as the grandbaby was hungry. She did great at the restaurant. Closer to the end of the meal...she was getting antsy...but with the marvel of phones and streaming services....We put on her favorite show...and she continued to eat and sit until we were all done. They do try to limit screen time....but it definitely helped not having a total toddler breakdown lol.
I'm not sure what this week has in store yet, but working the next couple of nights as well...so no free time until Wednesday night...and the vacation fund continues to grow a little bit each week.
I hope everyone has a great day....stay safe hommies!!!!!!!
Sounds like a fantastic weekend!!!! Waterparks are loads of fun!
Started the drive out in this mess today at 6:30 am. it stuck around for 3 hours made for slow going but, 2.5 hours to go! Had a quick stop fir coffee & gas/Cracker Barrel (needed a country ham fix) shoukd make it in with just just the noon stop
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Thanks fir all the loverly BD wishes!!!
LOL I’ve caught hundreds in my time. Must say I never quite made that association until now! So true
Wonderful news
it never gets old
Wow! So nice to hear.
that sounds like a great trip
Water parks are so fun with the grands. Well until they clamor for the speed slides
Yucky driving conditions....hope you made it safely and are currently enjoying some waves!!
Charade glad you’re garage door was fixed. Nice to get tasks completed.
Lynne when is your next trip away?
Hope Keisha posts more pictures!
Which village are you visiting Schumi? Not been to the Cotswolds since we got Louie but love the area.
Cooler here today but Kev already has the trailer loaded with branches and logs for the first run to the tip. There will be a few journeys and some great logs on the pile for my fire pit. We had an early awakening with a parcel delivery so that got us started with our day.
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Love that pup picture!!
Aww, sweet picture of Louie, Julie. Sounds like a busy morning. We leave this weekend for a short trip before little one has to go back to college. Seems that new coaster got her wanting to ride it sooner rather than later. And so, trip was booked.
Yay, garage opener fixed for Charade. Glad to hear.
Ooh it’s a Tuesday. The day of the week Mac may want to have that Taco Bell run. We had done that run last Saturday, as little one wanted to try the fries, as they have once again returned to the menu. Maybe we will have a Taco Bell run, though I doubt it. Maybe we will make some for dinner though. Last night vote was for chicken, so chicken it was. Thinking can make beef tacos, but will see what the vote is today. Ooh, since we did have those grilled cheese sandwiches for yesterday’s lunch, older one was thinking of Chinese for lunch. Hmm, they do have week day lunch specials. Sounds good to me. And you know it’s going to be hot. Again, a clear overnight, and we are 77 out already. Hotter one indeed. Here is Heat Wave number 5 of the Summer.
And so, back to my week day routine I go. With tea my drink of this early morning.
Have that Terrific Taco Tuesday homies. Good Morning all.
Beef tacos sound about right!
Sadly, I planned poorly....saucy pork chops here, lol!
Back to the dentist this morning and wrote a note to myself not to forget to take the 4 pills one hour prior
I was called yesterday afternoon to remind me not to forget to take the antibiotics
Dentist won’t do the work if I fail to take them
my psoriasis caused an infection in my gums so I take antibiotics as preventative care prior to any work to be done .
I am not even halfway done with all the dental
work but trying to have it finished before my September vacation
He uses nitrous and it’s very tolerable for dental work to be done
The process to finding new medical personal
took me a few years to find doctors here
My issue was finding one that was close to home
t believe no Taco Bell run for me for dinner tonight
Hope all the homes have a great day !
Take care of yourself Mac! Have a good rest after the appointment...it'll do wonders!
I am so bored. I have nothing to do at work today. I am almost asleep at my desk.
Real - Cute picture of Louie enjoying the shade.
Mac - Hope all goes well at the Dentist.
Is it lunchtime yet?
Hope the rest of your day passes quickly!
Oh no Charade, I hope things pick up to make your afternoon go faster.
Was a very hot feeling lunchtime walk. Chinese for lunch. Yay! Free wanton soup, with all gone. Was good tasting. And now, sipping on some tea.
Always a raised eyebrow when phone flashes extreme weather warnings in next 18 hours. Yeah, so unhealthy humid air, those dark green, yellow and red blobs will appear on the weather radar. And we really must be in that sweet spot. Last night, lots of rain seen, and yeah, and we were in that small ribbon of area that the rain downpours avoided. So we could hear the thunder, and it got that darker, and windy look you get before rain, but no rain for us. Lucky tonight? Guess we will see.
Hope weather is not too bad in your area!
Love some wonton soup!
3 hours later and now back home
I go back on the 18th for a crown to be put on
crown work is easypeasy for me!
3 hours! Wow, that's quite an appointment.
Be well!
Glad it all went well......I do like that nitrous oxide....or happy juice as it`s better known.......they should sell it in pharmacies!
Hope Charade didn`t fall asleep and Lynne didn`t get rained upon.......
Went out very early this morning for a 7 mile walk, it was lovely, warm and sunny but forgot to put sunscreen on, thankfully no sunburn. Came home and went to get new walking shoes as I`ve worn these ones out, stores were so busy for a quiet Tuesday.
Then, met two friends for lunch and had some lovely seafood on the beach with them. Got home and changed into new shoes and shorts, went another walk and I was happy the shoes are comfortable.
Only walked 3 miles as looking at the sky, heavy rain was on the way, and we were lucky to just get home when the heavens opened......massive downpour but no thunder....yet. It is hot though which is lovely.
One of those busy days. Some of you might remember me mentioning last week we had an arborist coming this week. It was supposed to be yesterday but his son had a bad reaction to the vaccine, so they came today and now we have a much smaller and tidier Bay Leaf tree, didn`t take them long at all.
No need for dinner tonight as we are still full from lunch, but maybe a cherry scone each with a pot of tea will suffice.
New shoes...and new purses, are my total weaknesses!!!
I may be spilling over into the guest room closet soon
DD and I made a trip down to her new apartment yesterday. We need to get a few room measurements, to make sure both couches will fit---mostly into the TINY elevator. And it's such an old building, the rooms are weird sizes/configurations from being pieced together over the years.
When we entered the apartment, I just about dropped my jaw to the floor!!
The place is nowhere near ready for her move on Saturday. The kitchen is completely gutted, as in empty! New cupboards are still in boxes in the living room. Wallpaper is half on, half off in some places. Wall repairs have been made, but no new paint has been applied.
There is a ton to do to make this place livable....by Saturday!!!
I went directly downstairs to speak with the building manager. He seemed to think the apartment was much further along, but hadn't checked with his own eyes. Ummm, no! Please take a look!
He didn't seem overly concerned about it all, but I told him...."we have movers scheduled"!!
Ended up having DH call and speak with the owner of the building. Now, magically....it will be done on Saturday! They are pulling workers from other jobs to get this apartment finished, which should have happened already.
I'm not holding my breath. We will see what Saturday brings.
It just really upsets me that I was basically dismissed....and when DH got involved, it was solved quite quickly! This still exists in 2021??? GRRRR!!!!!!
Today is much more peaceful! Ran a few errands, and will meet with a friend later for a chat.
And tomorrow night is our much anticipated Wine Cruise!! Really looking forward to that! Weather should be quite warm, but at least it should be dry....I'll take it!
