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

[schumigirl]

i’m used to be up early, just not producing Lol. seems like it should be lunch time vs breakfast. Just shoo’d the ‘lil out the door with my DS. She has a gymnastics camp at PITT. so happY i don’t have to make that drive in rush hour Thru the campus.

They still have no power, was supposed to be fixed by last night. At least not as hot here today.

carole u surely are making lemonade out of the heat, enjoy.

Now, don’t laugh, got semi-crafty & made tie dye 4th of July tshirts yesterday. the materials spoke to me in the michael’s when i had to stop to return an amazon return. (note to self, don’t buy from 2nd party sellers & wear gloves when tie dying).

i’ve actually never done it on my own, only overseeing the kiddos. It’s a bit more complicated than it looks I ‘think’ they came out, in washer now.

I think we need to see the shirts when they’re out the washer Janet……it is a gift to be crafty!

Yes, we are loving this heat……he and me sitting side by side on loungers with some sangria to complement the heat……perfect!

I‘m with you…..still an early riser after all these years……not something to brag about though as I’d rather be sleeping some mornings snuggled into my mister. But, it is what it is……..hope your son gets his power back soon.




I‘m too hot……..

Although being within the gazebo, all open sided, there is a nice breeze but my goodness this is hot for us. Lovely though…..

Sangria has been lovely, more made up for tonight……..got to be fresh unlike Confisco Grille that is made up in ten gallon drums!

More bbq food to follow…….

 

[keishashadow]

Yes, we are loving this heat……he and me sitting side by side on loungers with some sangria to complement the heat……perfect!

That does sound great! I’m on hold dealing with yet another identify theft attempt with the mr. government watchdog agencies, figure all are at lunch. while I’m getting good at filing the watches/complaints, this is getting quite tiresome. No idea how people who have actual (non retired) lives would find the time to sit on hold for hours.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

It's Thirsty Thursday...filled with morning tea

I am procrastinating on shuffling the papers this morning. It is time to me to have a little time off. I am really looking forward to this weekend and next as we will be with the kids and alllllllll the kids next weekend as both ds's are making the trip to the city with us. They have some shopping they want to do and it will be great to just spend some time together as a family.

I colored those pesky greys last night There seems to be more and more of those pesky buggers I have a nail appointment tonight to get the fingers looking a little better again, and also getting a pedicure next week. I'll be all polished up and ready to go again!

The weather is still cool. It was cool and breezy last night on my walk and was slightly breezy all night. NO rain, but cool enough that the furnace kicked in this morning as the house was so cold It's almost July....I need some warm weather OH well, it just might be a cooler than normal summer.

I swear it`s already starting to get darker at night......but it`s really not as we don`t get dark at all ......we have astronomical twilight till late July, not completely dark at all. Astronomers are counting down the days till autumn hits.

I say the same thing about when we start towards the shortest day of the year. I/We really do enjoy the long evenings - especially when the weather great and we can spend time outside. We really do try to take advantage of the beautiful evenings.

that sounds like such a wonderful weekend with the extended family, especially GD time. What concert for you?

We are going to see Garth Saturday night. This is his only stop in Canada for his stadium tour. We are lucky enough to have tickets and live close to the city he picked. Usually artists pick Toronto/Montreal , so we quickly set up a plan to snag a bunch of tickets for the group.

Just a quick drive thru to say hope all the homies are doing fine tonight

I hope the Mr. Mac and your cats are doing good.

My hair is naturally dry feeling, and so I rarely use a hair dryer. I do have one, and little one has an iron to try to give some body to her hair. The most body I’ve seen is when she braids her hair when it’s wet. But even that does not work for long. I’ve never used it, but if I do set my hair, curls do stay. Most of the time, I don’t care to have curls, and with the warmer weather, I tie my hair up, and wear a hat.

My hair is naturally curly as well. I'm the same, I don't use a blow dryer much - unless I'm straightening it...then I pull it out. My hair stays fairly healthy because of that - besides loosing a ton of hair after having covid. My hairdresser always talks about even though my hair is super fine, and that I color it - balayage once a year with bleach, that my hair is super healthy. My hair would break off, if I used blowdryers and irons on it everyday.

Might make up that drinks dispenser of sangria now……bought a new one that looks like a giant strawberry, the tap on it is quite sturdy unlike the last one that lasted about 3 goes………

Sangria That sounds delicious and refreshing! Enjoy it!!! Your weather sounds delightful!

hey still have no power, was supposed to be fixed by last night. At least not as hot here today.

carole u surely are making lemonade out of the heat, enjoy.

Now, don’t laugh, got semi-crafty & made tie dye 4th of July tshirts yesterday. the materials spoke to me in the michael’s when i had to stop to return an amazon return. (note to self, don’t buy from 2nd party sellers & wear gloves when tie dying).

I hope they get their power restored soon. It's great that they have you to help them out a bit.
It's great when we are " crafty" . I have those whims too. I agree, we need a picture!

Well, the paper should probably commence.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Sue M]

well well! Summer has finally arrived. What is that golden globe in the sky?

Mac how did dentist go?

Keisha your absolutely right! Mid week is best. Unfortunately my daughter still has to work lol and she’s coming with me on this trip and so stuck with weekend flights. But next trip Feb 2023 I’m doing mid week. Have family wedding in Boca so thought I’d come a week early and do Universal. Then drive down for another 2 weeks. Daughters will fly down together for a week around wedding.
Sorry to hear about identity theft. That’s do scary. Do you know how it happened?

Glad your safe from flooding, power outs, trees falling! Yikes. Lots of places with flood warnings here. Rivers/streams running high and fast. We had very cold spring and has warmed up fast so snow pack off mountains are now quickly melting.

Pumpkin did you see the news story, Global I think. Local boy here playing for Tampa. He issued a challenge to teammates to pronounce his home town in BC, Coquitlam lol! It was hilarious.

Schumi enjoy that lovely sunshine! Maybe a fan in the gazebo? I’ve seen these misters you attach to a garden hose, similar to what they have in the parks. Thinking about it for the patio. We’re supposed to go up to the 30’s in a few days. Crazy going from teens straight to 30’s. No middle ground.

Off to do errands

 

[schumigirl]

That does sound great! I’m on hold dealing with yet another identify theft attempt with the mr. government watchdog agencies, figure all are at lunch. while I’m getting good at filing the watches/complaints, this is getting quite tiresome. No idea how people who have actual (non retired) lives would find the time to sit on hold for hours.

Not again!!

Hope you got it all sorted out. I agree, folks who work full time must struggle with phone calls to these organisations if they need to contact them. One of our Government departments used to open from 10am till 3.30pm Mon to Friday and closed for lunch!!! Crazy........

It's Thirsty Thursday...filled with morning tea

I am procrastinating on shuffling the papers this morning. It is time to me to have a little time off. I am really looking forward to this weekend and next as we will be with the kids and alllllllll the kids next weekend as both ds's are making the trip to the city with us. They have some shopping they want to do and it will be great to just spend some time together as a family.

I colored those pesky greys last night There seems to be more and more of those pesky buggers I have a nail appointment tonight to get the fingers looking a little better again, and also getting a pedicure next week. I'll be all polished up and ready to go again!

The weather is still cool. It was cool and breezy last night on my walk and was slightly breezy all night. NO rain, but cool enough that the furnace kicked in this morning as the house was so cold It's almost July....I need some warm weather OH well, it just might be a cooler than normal summer.


I say the same thing about when we start towards the shortest day of the year. I/We really do enjoy the long evenings - especially when the weather great and we can spend time outside. We really do try to take advantage of the beautiful evenings.


We are going to see Garth Saturday night. This is his only stop in Canada for his stadium tour. We are lucky enough to have tickets and live close to the city he picked. Usually artists pick Toronto/Montreal , so we quickly set up a plan to snag a bunch of tickets for the group.

I hope the Mr. Mac and your cats are doing good.

My hair is naturally curly as well. I'm the same, I don't use a blow dryer much - unless I'm straightening it...then I pull it out. My hair stays fairly healthy because of that - besides loosing a ton of hair after having covid. My hairdresser always talks about even though my hair is super fine, and that I color it - balayage once a year with bleach, that my hair is super healthy. My hair would break off, if I used blowdryers and irons on it everyday.

Sangria That sounds delicious and refreshing! Enjoy it!!! Your weather sounds delightful!

I hope they get their power restored soon. It's great that they have you to help them out a bit.
It's great when we are " crafty" . I have those whims too. I agree, we need a picture!

Well, the paper should probably commence.

Have a great day everyone!

I`d send you some of ours if I could, everyone should be enjoying warm weather right now.

Hope you`re happy with the hair and nails soon enough too.

My stylist always tells me I have the healthiest hair too.....shiny and soft, not at all dry....yet I blow dry and straighten my hair every single day. I do buy good products though, must help somehow. The only time it was falling out was last summer when I was terribly stressed, mainly about not travelling lol.....but as soon as we could travel, it stopped falling out altogether. Tom was cleaning our shower drain every day which was full of my hair, but once the borders opened......I was fine. Good hair is a blessing. I know one woman who goes to the salon same appointment as me......her hair is dreadful, it`s dry, lifeless an she makes it worse by getting just a colour painted on when she really need highlights and lowlights. Says she doesn`t have the time for a long appointment like mine........

Sangria was indeed lovely!!! Just the thing for sitting in the sun......

Have a great evening.........

well well! Summer has finally arrived. What is that golden globe in the sky?

Mac how did dentist go?

Keisha your absolutely right! Mid week is best. Unfortunately my daughter still has to work lol and she’s coming with me on this trip and so stuck with weekend flights. But next trip Feb 2023 I’m doing mid week. Have family wedding in Boca so thought I’d come a week early and do Universal. Then drive down for another 2 weeks. Daughters will fly down together for a week around wedding.
Sorry to hear about identity theft. That’s do scary. Do you know how it happened?

Glad your safe from flooding, power outs, trees falling! Yikes. Lots of places with flood warnings here. Rivers/streams running high and fast. We had very cold spring and has warmed up fast so snow pack off mountains are now quickly melting.

Pumpkin did you see the news story, Global I think. Local boy here playing for Tampa. He issued a challenge to teammates to pronounce his home town in BC, Coquitlam lol! It was hilarious.

Schumi enjoy that lovely sunshine! Maybe a fan in the gazebo? I’ve seen these misters you attach to a garden hose, similar to what they have in the parks. Thinking about it for the patio. We’re supposed to go up to the 30’s in a few days. Crazy going from teens straight to 30’s. No middle ground.

Off to do errands

We do have two built in electric fans in the gazebo.....it`s a solid oak one with open sides all the way round apart from the waist height wooden panelling with railings, but it does have a solid wooden roof, so it does keep the heat.

If we were too hot we could always put on the lawn sprinkler systems......although I never quite get that hot......lol.......

Glad you`re seeing the sun too.





We are whooped.......8 mile walk and then the heat of the day, lots of bbq food and a couple of pitchers of Sangria popped into a large drinks dispenser......it`s a giant strawberry, but taking it back as it pours so slow!

Enjoyed lots of sunshine and meats today. One of our friends who works in the next town was supposed to be popping in after she finished work, but she got delayed with a client so some extra food went in the trash, shame as it was lovely.

Going to lay along the sofa like a sloth tonight.......

Think we may give the walk a miss tomorrow, although it has turned cloudy and breezy but still oh so warm........

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Slower day again! It's probably a good thing it's slow, my mind and focus is not where it should be today. I just want to dream my day away lol. Dream vacations...hot, warm, lazy. busy and running from ride to ride - sooooooooooooo many vacations I want to take!!!!!!! Just not enough $$$

Pumpkin did you see the news story, Global I think. Local boy here playing for Tampa. He issued a challenge to teammates to pronounce his home town in BC, Coquitlam lol! It was hilarious.

I did not see that...but Coquitlam is a mouth full lol. Beautiful little city I might add It's great your temps are rising. Tomorrow ours are supposed to get a little warmer finally. I'm looking forward to the +25 C temp.

I do buy good products though, must help somehow. The only time it was falling out was last summer when I was terribly stressed, mainly about not travelling lol.....but as soon as we could travel, it stopped falling out altogether. Tom was cleaning our shower drain every day which was full of my hair, but once the borders

I do as well. Dh gives me the stink eye when I say that I'm heading to the hair supply store! If I would use the hair, face, and body wash stuff he uses, I would be bald!!!!!!!! It is one of the things I refuse to go cheap.

I may not get paid the best at my job, but I am not micromanaged or overworked with huge work loads I always get my work done and time sensitive work sent in on time. Some days working with all men is like working wit 4 yr olds. But I just told my manager that I am leaving early tomorrow and next Thursday (Friday is Canada Day - holiday time ) . He is just so easy going about it. He knows it's no extra work for him when I leave early...just when I take more than 2 days off in a row and can't double up on my work. I do thank the universe for that aspect of my job. Some days, I know I wouldn't be able to handle a huge workload...today is one of them.

Now off to do some shredding and get that caught up again.

 

[Sue M]

I can picture Schumi and Tom running thru the sprinklers lol!

Pumpkin to be sure we have some crazy names for towns here!

Got home from lunch with the daughters, booked my Feb Universal trip! Only a week but 3 weeks in Boca/Lauderdale with family. Portofino

Just finished doing nails my daughters gave me a dip powder kit for Mother’s Day. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I chose a light colour. Going out to dinner at the golf club. So no time to take it off. Ugh. I think I need more practice

 

[Lynne G]

Aw, Sue, nice to have nails done, even if not the perfect color. Even better when done by family. LoL I should go to the nail place one of these days. But no fun time to be made up pretty lately.

Oops, thought was a bit tired, older one came home, and asked what for dinner. Had taken a nap. Seems little one was hungry, so made rice, tomatoes and grilled a breast of chicken that was left. In other words, enough for her. So, now making a breakfast meal, as older one and I don’t mind breakfast food anytime, and he’s very hungry, so speed is needed. So, just finished a skillet of chopped up taters, with a good amount of butter, salt and pepper, then added eggs, chopped green peppers, and the rest of the chopped sharp cheddar cheese bag. And dinner had been served. For him and I anyway. DH left mid afternoon, to have dinner with his mom.

DH came home after midnight as had said he didn’t want to stay at his mom’s last night. Maybe that’s why needed nap, because bedmate said I was always taking the covers. Um, house did feel too cool when I woke up, and you woke me up when you went to bed, I think was around 2 am. He did complain little one was still up, chatting away with her online friends. Sigh. I have kids in their 20’s, and little one will be 21 two months from around now. I could be a night owl. But rarely on a week day, when my alarm goes off still before the sunrise.

Still looks light out. And I told DH we did get rain today, as mowed the grass. And between the cool feeling house, decided the shorts I was wearing need to be those lightweight pants. Still wearing those pants, as house does not feel as cool now, but it’s only 62 degrees out. Thankfully, the rain was only in the morning, and just watered the flowers enough. Evening news said we got a half inch of rain total. Yeah, streets did not even look wet most of the day. But my fabulous Friday will bump up the temp, as 84 the high. Shorts will be on, and pants go in the wash. Yay! Gorgeous weather weekend coming up.

May all have that most restful and good night’s sleep. And light on, with this colorful reminder:



Double woot woot! Yay, waking up to a Friday. Third woot!

 

[macraven]

thanks for the porch light Lynne!

 

[schumigirl]

Slower day again! It's probably a good thing it's slow, my mind and focus is not where it should be today. I just want to dream my day away lol. Dream vacations...hot, warm, lazy. busy and running from ride to ride - sooooooooooooo many vacations I want to take!!!!!!! Just not enough $$$


I did not see that...but Coquitlam is a mouth full lol. Beautiful little city I might add It's great your temps are rising. Tomorrow ours are supposed to get a little warmer finally. I'm looking forward to the +25 C temp.

I do as well. Dh gives me the stink eye when I say that I'm heading to the hair supply store! If I would use the hair, face, and body wash stuff he uses, I would be bald!!!!!!!! It is one of the things I refuse to go cheap.

I may not get paid the best at my job, but I am not micromanaged or overworked with huge work loads I always get my work done and time sensitive work sent in on time. Some days working with all men is like working wit 4 yr olds. But I just told my manager that I am leaving early tomorrow and next Thursday (Friday is Canada Day - holiday time ) . He is just so easy going about it. He knows it's no extra work for him when I leave early...just when I take more than 2 days off in a row and can't double up on my work. I do thank the universe for that aspect of my job. Some days, I know I wouldn't be able to handle a huge workload...today is one of them.

Now off to do some shredding and get that caught up again.

lol......Tom says cheap is not in my vocabularly.....he`s probably right

Yep, I like nice products and don`t mind paying for them.....you do right. And warm weather coming up for you......enjoy it, you`ve waited long enough for it.....and hope you have the best weekend too...concert and granddaughter too.....sounds about perfect.

I can picture Schumi and Tom running thru the sprinklers lol!

Pumpkin to be sure we have some crazy names for towns here!

Got home from lunch with the daughters, booked my Feb Universal trip! Only a week but 3 weeks in Boca/Lauderdale with family. Portofino

Just finished doing nails my daughters gave me a dip powder kit for Mother’s Day. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I chose a light colour. Going out to dinner at the golf club. So no time to take it off. Ugh. I think I need more practice

lol....not sure about that!! That water is freezing........

thanks for the porch light Lynne!

Come over here......never gets dark right now.....I woke up around 3am and thought it must have been much later.......nope. I can sleep through light nights even with our drapes and blinds open to let some cool air in........Tom prefers complete darkness, but I win.......lol........






Didn`t walk in the end this morning.....slept till around 8.30, I guess the body knows when it`s had enough, but I did enjoy sleeping late for a change. Another gorgeous day ahead for us........

Tom has nipped out to help at the Church programme to deliver things for the housebound, he should be back for lunch........sticky spicy honey bbq boneless chicken thighs for the grill at lunch......and usual selection for dinner again tonight, will make up some potato salad and usual salads, Tom is picking up those huge pitted olives that have been stuffed with both hot chillies and garlic, they are gorgeous. And asked him to pick up some stuff from the bakers, they have huge croissants that are ideal for breakfast, and so nice.

So, another day in the garden......always glad to have power out here in the gazebo too.....can have my laptop plugged in. Can`t really do any TR on the ipads as picture transferring isn`t the easiest......laptop for that job.

Just heard Xanadu on the 80`s radio channel.....now that`ll be in my head all day! Love a little bit of ELO. I always wanted ONJ hair in that Xanadu video......she was lovely!

Have a wonderful fun filled Friday ​

 

[Lynne G]

Yay, Friday it is.

Ooh, a foggy start today. Hello HHN spooky. And not hearing the AC on. Good reason. 61 degrees out. But that high weather warm weather system is arriving, and, as weather news lady said this morning, the clouds should depart, and glorious sunny and warm conditions will start this afternoon, and continue through the weekend, when, maybe appropriately, a cold front comes along on Monday.

And so, still up around 15 minutes before the alarm went off. Hehe, was up before my bedmate was, though he was not far behind me waking up. He’s an early bird too, and both of us have been screen viewing for some time already.

And so, shorts, tea, and mostly quiet. Almost perfect morning. With two Mondays from now, being a holiday, next Friday morning will be perfect. Will be lazy one, this coming Friday. Perfectly acceptable to continue that shorter week day routine for two more weeks, with bonus longer weekend next weekend, with lazy Friday, and a holiday Monday the following week.


So, hope Schumi stays cool with her very warm weather, and enjoyed some tea this morning. I too can fall asleep in a light on room or dark one. Does not matter. Sometimes I forget to turn off the light. DH usually gets up sometime after I’m asleep, and turns it off. But he’s the same. Can fall asleep in lighted room or not.

Thus, tea for me, and weather news. Yep, a SAN for sure. But a smile needed today, as hoping all have a Fabulous Friday.

 

[keishashadow]

We are going to see Garth Saturday night. This is his only stop in Canada for his stadium tour. We are lucky enough to have tickets and live close to the city he picked

Oh, ok, i had thot that concert was a bit down the road, duh. lucky you!

I have those whims too. I agree, we need a picture!

Story there. Did the required rinsing, then washed them twice…just 3 shirts in the load. Put in dryer, came out damp. Hmm, maybe they were just extra saturated. Back in they went, no change.

we have a relatively new dryer BTW that was installed by deliverymen. DH never bothered to check the venting of it, experts & all.

HA, it wasn’t done properly, big ball of lint blocking it. Lucky it didn’t catch on fire. If i was on my own would’ve never known what to do. Phew.

But next trip Feb 2023 I’m doing mid week. Have family wedding in Boca so thought I’d come a week early and do Universal. Then drive down for another 2 weeks.

Ooh, Boca, fancy! . That sounds like a really relaxing trip and perfect to break up the winter cold weather

Sorry to hear about identity theft. That’s do scary. Do you know how it happened?

DH is driving me crazy trying to figure out the how. Since they had both SS # and a copy of his DL, all I can think of is either: insurance company, employer, health system(s), social security or our state unemployment system.

I’m guessing it came from the latter being hacked last year. They had to shut it down and start anew it was so bad. The new system is an absolute nightmare to navigate, didn’t help it launched when so many were collecting during the pandemic.

State did offer free credit monitoring. That has yet to reference either of the two bank accounts that were opened in his name. Doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the system.

No matter, we are locked down, tight as a drum now. I think lol.

One of our Government departments used to open from 10am till 3.30pm Mon to Friday and closed for lunch!!! Crazy........

bankers‘ hours Oh, how i hated that phrase. Worked some of my longest hours there.

Going to lay along the sofa like a sloth tonight.

Join us, we have champagne…

ok, i sent out the sloth signal…

where’s Charade?

Coquitlam is a mouth full lol

Not only can’t i say it, spelling would be worse…and I was a spelling bee champ

Friday is Canada Day - holiday time

Enjoy!

my daughters gave me a dip powder kit for Mother’s Day. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I chose a light colour. Going out to dinner at the golf club. So no time to take it off. Ugh. I think I need more practice

Said the woman who’s never had a professional mani…I’ve been tempted to buy a set & give it a whirl too. This post has given me 2nd thots lol.

Generally, I do have a steady enough hand to do a decent job but, the dip does look quite tricky.

Have been using one of those store brand nail polishes, you know the type that crows it lasts 14 days. As if. Shockingly, it does. Sally Hansen Miracle Gel, two coat system - color & clear top coat. less $ than OPI & other fancier brands.

For me, the real test is if it holds up at the beach, being in water a good portion of the day, check!

only thing i don’t like about it is you are instructed to not put a base coat down. It does tend to rough up the top of my nails when i remove. A few good coatings of cream rectifies it well enough thus far.

Maybe that’s why needed nap, because bedmate said I was always taking the covers.

i have taken to putting the top comforter on sideways so that I can do a bit of a cocoon roll. Otherwise, the cover stealer would win lol

Yep, I like nice products and don`t mind paying for them.....you do right

You get what you pay for, however, I’m hardwired to try to wait for a sale, then I do buy in multiples. GD is starting to ‘shop’ my stash.

 

[schumigirl]

Oh, ok, i had thot that concert was a bit down the road, duh. lucky you!

Story there. Did the required rinsing, then washed them twice…just 3 shirts in the load. Put in dryer, came out damp. Hmm, maybe they were just extra saturated. Back in they went, no change.

we have a relatively new dryer BTW that was installed by deliverymen. DH never bothered to check the venting of it, experts & all.

HA, it wasn’t done properly, big ball of lint blocking it. Lucky it didn’t catch on fire. If i was on my own would’ve never known what to do. Phew.

Ooh, Boca, fancy! . That sounds like a really relaxing trip and perfect to break up the winter cold weather

DH is driving me crazy trying to figure out the how. Since they had both SS # and a copy of his DL, all I can think of is either: insurance company, employer, health system(s), social security or our state unemployment system.

I’m guessing it came from the latter being hacked last year. They had to shut it down and start anew it was so bad. The new system is an absolute nightmare to navigate, didn’t help it launched when so many were collecting during the pandemic.

State did offer free credit monitoring. That has yet to reference either of the two bank accounts that were opened in his name. Doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the system.

No matter, we are locked down, tight as a drum now. I think lol.

bankers‘ hours Oh, how i hated that phrase. Worked some of my longest hours there.

Join us, we have champagne…
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ok, i sent out the sloth signal…

where’s Charade?

Not only can’t i say it, spelling would be worse…and I was a spelling bee champ

Enjoy!

Said the woman who’s never had a professional mani…I’ve been tempted to buy a set & give it a whirl too. This post has given me 2nd thots lol.

Generally, I do have a steady enough hand to do a decent job but, the dip does look quite tricky.

Have been using one of those store brand nail polishes, you know the type that crows it lasts 14 days. As if. Shockingly, it does. Sally Hansen Miracle Gel, two coat system - color & clear top coat. less $ than OPI & other fancier brands.

For me, the real test is if it holds up at the beach, being in water a good portion of the day, check!

only thing i don’t like about it is you are instructed to not put a base coat down. It does tend to rough up the top of my nails when i remove. A few good coatings of cream rectifies it well enough thus far.

i have taken to putting the top comforter on sideways so that I can do a bit of a cocoon roll. Otherwise, the cover stealer would win lol

You get what you pay for, however, I’m hardwired to try to wait for a sale, then I do buy in multiples. GD is starting to ‘shop’ my stash.

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I do feel a little like a sloth today........

Yep, it`s nice when the expensive stuff is on offer. My mother almost passed out when I bought a conditioning treatment when she was with me one time......lol.....I told her that was a good deal for bogof....she then regaled me with what she could buy with that money.......lol.

Lucky with the dryer, yes those things can be dangerous if not cleaned out. So many house fires start that way and make the news over here. Tom is constantly checking ours and cleaning it like a crazy man......but glad I don`t have to do it.





Came inside as sun has disappeared for a while, little cooler than forecast, I think the weather is changing now.

We can still cook outside though so no cooking for me today.......Tom is excellent at grilling I have to say, so we always eat well.

Time for a pot of tea and madeira cake.........

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[Lynne G]

Ooh scary on both counts, Keisha. Hope you get that security issue fixed for DH, and dryer is okay. Our lint remover is inside the dryer, and have taught both kids to clear out before use. Have a trash bag hanging next to it, for them to toss it in. Little one hates doing it, but I do always check before I use the dryer.

Older one is up. He has to work today. Saw his store has sale on item I want. He refused to buy it for me after getting off work last night. I get done a wee bit early today, so after screen off, will visit him and hope they still have that sale item available. Nothing like your mom checking up on ya working, LOL.

Ah, that high weather system must have arrived already. Glorious sunshine pouring through the windows. And we are at 68 degrees, but with all that sunshine, should be in the mid 80’s this afternoon. Yay! Sunglasses are ready.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Happy Friday Dance

It's finally Friday...and only working a half day today to boot. It is time for a shorter work week! I'm almost packed and ready to head out of town. I laid most of what I wanted to take along on the bed this morning while getting ready for work. I just need to toss into my weekend bag...then I'm ready to go! Dh got up extra early to try and get done all he needs to before we head out. I might be driving while he naps

Had a good chin waggle with my nail lady. It's always great to catch up with her. I know her from my managing a beauty supply store days. WE had such a great time it took her 2 hrs to finish my set of nails lol. And I don't get anything fancy!!! I have shorter nails with just a french white tip classic/clean look. Nothing special with my nails. But I have rather larger " man hands" and having my nails done helps them not look so " manly"

Just finished doing nails my daughters gave me a dip powder kit for Mother’s Day. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I chose a light colour. Going out to dinner at the golf club. So no time to take it off. Ugh. I think I need more practice

I have seen videos on this!!!! I wondered how nice it was. I thought about it for myself, but I don't have nice natural nails. They are weak and peel - hence why I pay to get them done. I have tried to save money and do them myself, but ugh I would rather spend the 65.00 every 4 weeks (I stretch it out to 4 weeks) than do them myself.

...never gets dark right now.....I woke up around 3am and thought it must have been much later.......nope. I can sleep through light nights even with our drapes and blinds open to let some cool air in........Tom prefers complete darkness, but I win.......lol........

You must be on the same latitude that my BIL is at - we used to live there 20+yrs ago as well. We used to live there and the months of June/July it rarely gets dark and we would come out of the bar at 2:00 am and it was light. You would see kids playing outside in the summer at all hours of the night. We get about 2 hrs of true darkness at this time of year. That is about it! It is amazing how much the amount of daylight affects a person's mood! Even dh said to me the other night - wow, your sooooooooooo much happier when there is daylight

Edited to add: It's great you have power in your garden/gazebo. It makes for a great place to relax and enjoy the short summer season. I know when we do some landscaping in our backyard (soonish) I will be getting dh to run some power to what I want for our fire pit area. I have a vision in my head...now to just get it out. He won't be very happy with me...but that's what you get when you marry someone who is creative and it helps that he's a sparky

HA, it wasn’t done properly, big ball of lint blocking it. Lucky it didn’t catch on fire. If i was on my own would’ve never known what to do. Phew.

That is scary! It was great you caught it. I know dh checks ours regularly as well now. But you would think with a new installation, it would have been done correctly

DH is driving me crazy trying to figure out the how. Since they had both SS # and a copy of his DL, all I can think of is either: insurance company, employer, health system(s), social security or our state unemployment system.

I’m guessing it came from the latter being hacked last year. They had to shut it down and start anew it was so bad. The new system is an absolute nightmare to navigate, didn’t help it launched when so many were collecting during the pandemic.

That is another whole ball of worms!!!!!!!!! I know others who have had to deal with that also. It is not an easy path to get everything back in order again. People are scum!!!!!! Our world would be a much better place if they would take that thinking power and knowledge and put it towards something to benefit society - instead of crush it!

Well, I should start shuffling some papers, The tea is empty and my bagel is eaten - time to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Lynne G]

Safe travels Pumpkin, and have a great time at the concert.

 

[schumigirl]

Happy Friday Dance

It's finally Friday...and only working a half day today to boot. It is time for a shorter work week! I'm almost packed and ready to head out of town. I laid most of what I wanted to take along on the bed this morning while getting ready for work. I just need to toss into my weekend bag...then I'm ready to go! Dh got up extra early to try and get done all he needs to before we head out. I might be driving while he naps

Had a good chin waggle with my nail lady. It's always great to catch up with her. I know her from my managing a beauty supply store days. WE had such a great time it took her 2 hrs to finish my set of nails lol. And I don't get anything fancy!!! I have shorter nails with just a french white tip classic/clean look. Nothing special with my nails. But I have rather larger " man hands" and having my nails done helps them not look so " manly"


I have seen videos on this!!!! I wondered how nice it was. I thought about it for myself, but I don't have nice natural nails. They are weak and peel - hence why I pay to get them done. I have tried to save money and do them myself, but ugh I would rather spend the 65.00 every 4 weeks (I stretch it out to 4 weeks) than do them myself.

You must be on the same latitude that my BIL is at - we used to live there 20+yrs ago as well. We used to live there and the months of June/July it rarely gets dark and we would come out of the bar at 2:00 am and it was light. You would see kids playing outside in the summer at all hours of the night. We get about 2 hrs of true darkness at this time of year. That is about it! It is amazing how much the amount of daylight affects a person's mood! Even dh said to me the other night - wow, your sooooooooooo much happier when there is daylight

Edited to add: It's great you have power in your garden/gazebo. It makes for a great place to relax and enjoy the short summer season. I know when we do some landscaping in our backyard (soonish) I will be getting dh to run some power to what I want for our fire pit area. I have a vision in my head...now to just get it out. He won't be very happy with me...but that's what you get when you marry someone who is creative and it helps that he's a sparky

That is scary! It was great you caught it. I know dh checks ours regularly as well now. But you would think with a new installation, it would have been done correctly

That is another whole ball of worms!!!!!!!!! I know others who have had to deal with that also. It is not an easy path to get everything back in order again. People are scum!!!!!! Our world would be a much better place if they would take that thinking power and knowledge and put it towards something to benefit society - instead of crush it!

Well, I should start shuffling some papers, The tea is empty and my bagel is eaten - time to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!

One of my friends has true SAD and she struggles a lot in the winter. She is a University lecturer so has to work in the winter when she struggles most. She does amazingly well to be honest, but we can all see when she`s struggling at times, hard to help her at times.

So I can see what you mean about folks doing better in the lighter nights. I`m fine with either....I love a cosy winter night snuggled up with my husband and a bottle of wine as much as I love sitting out in the summer evenings....again with a bottle of wine usually lol......

We are fairly close to Iceland, not really, but in the same vicinity roughly (stretching I know) and they have the midnight sun which I would love to see one day, or night.....lol.....although we`re not completely dark during the night, where we used to live in Scotland is much lighter in the middle of the night during the summer as it`s much higher up than we are. Quite unusual to be awake at 2am and it looks like daylight.

Go for it with your garden plans. I`m sure he`ll love it and will be happy to do it for you. Fire pit sounds so lovely, yes when you have a vision it`s best to just go for it! Think big....

I do love our gazebo, it`s larger than we planned originally but glad we did go larger in the end, it`s a little far from the house for my liking to be honest, but it was the best area for it. Wifi can be a little dodgy at times though due to the distance the router is away. Wouldn`t be without power though, especially for the summer evenings when the light starts to diminish slightly, it`s beautiful all lit up with hanging lights and the main lighting has dimmers which I love.





Been a quiet old night tonight, we had some rain this afternoon, but not as bad as forecast. We did grill out tonight which was nice again. I did bake a little and made breakfast muffins for tomorrow morning, although we also have huge croissants so not sure what to have. The farmer handed in some marmalade his wife made and I`m the only one who likes it.....all mine!!

Got a txt from one friend asking if we`re hibernating........not really, just not much going on right now.

Still warm enough to be sitting out at 9pm tonight......it does look like 3 in the afternoon, so it`s nice to be sitting with a glass of wine while it`s still warm out. And Tom`s just heading down with a tray with a few snacks to nibble on.......yum!!!

 

[Charade67]

I saw the sloth signal.

Super fast update:
Mom is going to be spending some time in physical rehab.

B has a new room and roommate.

I am swamped with schoolwork until July 1 when the sub term ends.

 

[schumigirl]

I saw the sloth signal.

Super fast update:
Mom is going to be spending some time in physical rehab.

B has a new room and roommate.

I am swamped with schoolwork until July 1 when the sub term ends.

Good to see you......

Glad to hear mum is going to get some help and your daughter has a new roommate.......

Try to get some relaxation time in for yourself if you can.....all work and no play......is not good.

 

[Lynne G]

Saturday, yay! Sun has been so bright, steaming through the windows since not much after sunrise. Was done, as just finished a nice long hot shower, freshly washed towels, minus two now, are in the bathrooms. I so enjoy seeing that glorious sunshine.

Will be that hot and humid day, almost 80 out already, 91 the high. And so humid, saying chance of rain showers later in the afternoon. No matter, will be rocking that hat, sunglasses and suntan lotion on.

What we are doing? Not sure. The men are busy today, so a little one and me day. I can fully attest I saw her go to bed around 5 am today, Was coming down to put the clothes and towels in the washer. Hence, I fully expect we will not be moving until a late lunch time. I swear she plans that, as on weekends, the breakfast menus tend to be a little longer available, so if we get going later in that lunchtime, most will have retired those breakfast menus. I guess three out of four liking breakfast food is not bad. She does eat bacon, and likes how I do my home fries. Eggs, sausage, and all those other breakfast pastries and such, are a no. Though a chocolate muffin will be eaten,but not for breakfast. Soup for breakfast, yes.

And so, feeling refreshed, and made a nice pot of tea. A brand of tea, never heard of, but little one bought it for me the other day. It’s pretty good. A bit stronger than I like this time of day, but if see that brand again, I’d buy it.

Super sized stupendous Saturday all. Make it a day of rest, and hope Pumpkin got into the City without issues and has a fabulous time at the concert.

Still morning for me. So hope all are having, or had, a wonderful start to your Saturday.