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

[Charade67]

Is Monday not a National holiday over there for you?

Yes, I already had Monday off, but if we stay an extra day that will make Tuesday a travel day. I will have to miss work on Tuesday.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

The countdown is getting close now!!!! It's close now

It is still gross cold today. It was - 53C or -64F with the windchill. There is still a thick ice fog hanging around. NO wind, it is a dead calm today. The heater is on under my desk about 6 inches from my feet and legs to stay warm lol. The forecast is for it to start warming up tomorrow to more tolerable temperatures. It will feel like we should break out the bikinis after this cold spell.

We are still planning to head to the city tomorrow to see the kids. Hopefully dd and sil make their flight today from Mexico. Their plane was delayed with airport closures with this brutal cold snap. If they don't we will go to the city to pick up gd from her other Grammie so that Grammie can hopefully catch her flight to go visit her husbands kids for Xmas.

I have most of everything together to head to dd's. I still need to pull a few stocking stuffers I have stashed away. I also want to whip up some reindeer food for gd's xmas eve box for her to spread outside to make sure Santa comes lol. But other than that...I have everything done.

Little zoo, as decided our replacement for them closing for weather on Friday, when we would have gone. Was a fabulous night for it. No wind, a bit cool, and crowded.

Those lights are great! What a great way to spend an evening before Xmas.

Awake way too early today. I never sleep well the night before a trip.
I checked the forecast and the high tomorrow for Pigeon Forge, TN is supposed to be 13. Dollywood is planning a delayed opening tomorrow, but I hope they will close instead. I don’t really want to be walking around a theme park in below freezing temperatures, but dh is determined to go

Work Smurk. Life is short! I vote for miss the extra day of work and enjoy a park day!

Spent the afternoon with a few friends visiting, had a pot of tea, then decided it was Christmas so the sparkly was opened…….well it is Christmas! The men stuck to tea as they were driving, but us ladies do like our sparkly They hadn’t seen my hair since I had it done, they liked it a little shorter and loved the caramel through it, not as blonde thankfully, a little toned down is better I think.

Going to do dinner soon, got the stock ready to reheat the turkey in the oven with some beautiful veg roasted too.

Then, White Christmas tonight, but a couple of calls to make first to some friends we won’t see till after Christmas and one relative. Trying to decide if we should join friends for lunch in the village tomorrow or wait and have a take out meal tomorrow night. Decisions.

Sparkly is a great way to kick off Christmas celebrations. Have a safe drive to Scotland and that you have a great holiday season while you are there!

Well, I should go join the chin waggle in the break room and enjoy the goodies I brought in.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[schumigirl]

Yes, I already had Monday off, but if we stay an extra day that will make Tuesday a travel day. I will have to miss work on Tuesday.

Ah I see, that makes sense. I didn’t realise you were back at work so quickly.

The countdown is getting close now!!!! It's close now

It is still gross cold today. It was - 53C or -64F with the windchill. There is still a thick ice fog hanging around. NO wind, it is a dead calm today. The heater is on under my desk about 6 inches from my feet and legs to stay warm lol. The forecast is for it to start warming up tomorrow to more tolerable temperatures. It will feel like we should break out the bikinis after this cold spell.

We are still planning to head to the city tomorrow to see the kids. Hopefully dd and sil make their flight today from Mexico. Their plane was delayed with airport closures with this brutal cold snap. If they don't we will go to the city to pick up gd from her other Grammie so that Grammie can hopefully catch her flight to go visit her husbands kids for Xmas.

I have most of everything together to head to dd's. I still need to pull a few stocking stuffers I have stashed away. I also want to whip up some reindeer food for gd's xmas eve box for her to spread outside to make sure Santa comes lol. But other than that...I have everything done.


Those lights are great! What a great way to spend an evening before Xmas.

Work Smurk. Life is short! I vote for miss the extra day of work and enjoy a park day!



Sparkly is a great way to kick off Christmas celebrations. Have a safe drive to Scotland and that you have a great holiday season while you are there!

Well, I should go join the chin waggle in the break room and enjoy the goodies I brought in.

Have a great day everyone!

Yep, it is so close!

Oh goodness me, I’d never survive in those temps you have. Yes, when we had that frozen fog last week or so, it just made it feel so much colder and also eerie as it hangs over the sea.

You‘ll have a lovely visit this weekend I’m sure. it’s nice to be so organised and your granddaughter will love seeing you I’m sure. And yes, hope the flight gets in ok.

We leave very early Saturday morning to drive up. Kyle finishes work at midday tomorrow but he’s going out with the guys and gals from the office so we couldn’t drive up then. Then he’s off till January 4th when the office opens back up, nice long break for him.

We do love our sparkly……..lol……think we’ll have red tonight though for our movie.

Have a great couple of days…….oh quick edit to add……expressions are funny……we say we’ll have a good old chin wag in Scotland. Not too different……



Had a call from one of my cousins in Long Island today, it’s the 2nd anniversary of my lovely Aunt D’s death. Seems only yesterday. Strangely this is the anniversary of Tom’s mum passing too. We had a lovely chat and shared some happy memories of her mum.

Turkey was beautiful, very juicy and we ended up sharing it as one of our friends popped in……yes, we have an open door policy for friends to drop in anytime. She sniffed the turkey and said she was starving….so we shared and she loved it. She brought a lovely Baileys and white chocolate cheesecake she had made, so we did have dessert.

Now watching Scrooge tonight with Alastair Sim, best version there is. We thought we’d leave White Christmas for tomorrow night.

Nice bottle of red wine has been opened…….

 

[macraven]

We are on our way to Gatlinburg. Driving in the pouring rain. Thankfully it is supposed to be dry tomorrow. Dry but very cold. Dollywood is closed tomorrow, so now dh wants to extend the trip and go on Monday. Hopefully my boss won’t mind.

are you there yet?

 

[Charade67]

are you there yet?

Yes. I forgot that dh made plans to go see a magic show tonight. We are headed over there soon.

 

[macraven]

Hope the magic show is a good one!

 

[Lynne G]

Hope the magic show was fun, Charade. Glad you got there safely.

Fading fast. Hope all had a good night’s sleep.

We had some noisy rain through the day, and just a downpour not that long ago, and looks to be still raining now. Traffic sounds like roads are wet. To be raining until noon tomorrow, as last hour to be snowy. Sigh. Why I will be out earlier in the morning. I think place I need to go, opens at 9 am. And power trucks coming from outside our area, to help with any down lines, due to the wind that will gust through tomorrow.

 

[schumigirl]

So much for sleeping late this morning...........up before the early birds again, you don`t hear many chirps in the winter early hours.

Not going to be a cold day, but a rainy afternoon by the looks of it. Still haven`t decided if we`ll go out for lunch, everywhere is going to be mobbed and we`re getting takeout tonight so don`t really want a lot at lunch.

Not much to do today apart from catch up with some folks by phone and usual pre Christmas jobs to do around the house.

Having one of my once or twice a year eggs this morning, once sleeping beauty is up and dressed, will make a special Eggs Benedict for us, then I think I`ll do a couple of hours of scanning and storing pictures. Been doing this for what seems like forever, still have thousands of pictures to do. Then a lazy afternoon movie I think with my husband.

Time for my morning pot of tea........

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE - EVE ​

 

[Lynne G]

Friday it is. Snow squalls as that arctic air arrives around lunchtime. Then talking 2 to 5 degrees in the overnight. Cold indeed. I hear a big truck outside. Probably salt brining the road. With the wind talking negative number feeling this afternoon. Some very cold days, including wind chills in the single digits for Christmas Day. Brrr. And phone keeps flashing frost warnings for the Orlando area, and flash freezing conditions for me. There’s a dusting of snow on our grass and on our cars.

Thank goodness lazy day for all four of us. Bed mate was annoying, so I can see a later afternoon nap today. I hate when he goes to bed very early. I’m an early riser, but try to not move any until a bit later. We have both been up since 4 am this morning. Yes, and alarm is off. Just two early birds and two night owls is our house. Hence, two are up and have already had breakfast, two probably won’t be up until noon or later.

Fabulous Friday to all. That wind is noisy. Ugh. Weather, I definitely don’t want to beat the lowest temps Pumpkin has posted. I’m cold. She’s very cold. I’ll be more than happy to give this arctic cold to someone else.

 

[Charade67]

Good morning. Woke up to a coating of snow. I think B is awake, but dh is snoring. Wish I had brought some ear plugs.
The magic show was fun. Dh got chosen to participate in part of it.
I have no idea what we will do today. I need to check and see what is open.
B finally got her last grade. She ended up with 2 A’s and 1 B this semester.

 

[macraven]

Hooray for your daughter charade!
That’s great grades!

Hope you took a picture of your husband when he was in the magic show
He had to have been excited about it!


It’s 7 degrees right now but expected to reach 46 this afternoon

I am having flashbacks of temps I had when we lived in the north

 

[macraven]

Good morning. Woke up to a coating of snow. I think B is awake, but dh is snoring. Wish I had brought some ear plugs.

Since you do not have ear plugs, use a pillow

 

[Robo56]

Good morning everyone.

It is 1 day and 15 hours until Christmas.

Baked a whole load of shortbread this afternoon, well, Petticoat Tails to give them their correct name……..this is the first batch with half in the tin, I have the other batches and another tin waiting to be filled……

Your shortbread look yummy.

It is a flipping - 45 C or -49F this morning

Wow thats cold. Have a safe journey to your daughters house.

Sad anniversary today, it’s 34 years since Pan Am flight 103 was blown to bits over the small Scottish border town of Lockerbie.

I remember that. So very sad so many lost their lives.

yesterdays dental appointment was a mess
the dental appliance did no fit so a redo is in the works

Sorry to hear about the dentist issues.


Lynne nice light display at the Zoo.

Wishing all our Sans family here and not here a wonderful Christmas.


It is cold for us here. It is -4 degrees with windchill of -24. It snowed yesterday evening. It looked like little twinkling crystals falling. It was so pretty. We had been warned of frigid weather that was coming so everyone could prepare.

The stores were mobbed with last minute Christmas gift shoppers and those stocking up for a few days being possible stuck at home.

We did get rain before the temps dropped so there is ice.

I had not planned to do any baking, but did some yesterday evening. I made some Pecan Tassie’s and Peanut Butter Buddy Bars.



Today I’am making some cinnamon rolls.

I will not be able to have all the family together as planned for Christmas Eve. One of our granddaughters who lives in Kentucky and her family have Covid and the roads might be to treacherous for our Daughter and the other grandchildren from Kentucky to travel here. So will celebrate with them next Saturday.

Our son, daughter in law, our local grand children and my sister and her family are going to try and make it tomorrow.

It will be sad not having everyone together as we love getting together with everyone, but safety is paramount and those who are sick need to get better.

All the gifts are wrapped and the envelopes are stuffed so we are ready for the celebrating. This Saturday and next.

Little J is sick and has runny nose, mild fever and cough. Praying he gets better soon. He is such a little trooper. I hate it when the little ones get sick. I‘am going to call my niece and check up on him this morning.

Here is a cute pick. I was over sitting with J the other day and a cat came into my nieces back yard and came to the sliding door on her patio. I told J to come and look at the cat and he got down to kiss the cat through the glass. He wanted to open the door and let the cat in. So when he knew that was not going to happen he talked to the cat for awhile it was so cute.





Going to do a little reading then make some brunch and start on the cinnamon rolls.

Have a wonderful Friday everyone doing whatever it is that makes you happy.

 

[schumigirl]

Good morning. Woke up to a coating of snow. I think B is awake, but dh is snoring. Wish I had brought some ear plugs.
The magic show was fun. Dh got chosen to participate in part of it.
I have no idea what we will do today. I need to check and see what is open.
B finally got her last grade. She ended up with 2 A’s and 1 B this semester.

Congratulations to your daughter, I hope she`s pleased with her results.

Hooray for your daughter charade!
That’s great grades!

Hope you took a picture of your husband when he was in the magic show
He had to have been excited about it!


It’s 7 degrees right now but expected to reach 46 this afternoon

I am having flashbacks of temps I had when we lived in the north

We have 44F today, feels much milder though, lots of rain tonight for us. At least you`ll never be as cold as you were before where you are now.

Good morning everyone.

It is 1 day and 15 hours until Christmas.
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Your shortbread look yummy.


Wow thats cold. Have a safe journey to your daughters house.


I remember that. So very sad so many lost their lives.



Sorry to hear about the dentist issues.


Lynne nice light display at the Zoo.

Wishing all our Sans family here and not here a wonderful Christmas.


It is cold for us here. It is -4 degrees with windchill of -24. It snowed yesterday evening. It looked like little twinkling crystals falling. It was so pretty. We had been warned of frigid weather that was coming so everyone could prepare.

The stores were mobbed with last minute Christmas gift shoppers and those stocking up for a few days being possible stuck at home.

We did get rain before the temps dropped so there is ice.

I had not planned to do any baking, but did some yesterday evening. I made some Pecan Tassie’s and Peanut Butter Buddy Bars.

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Today I’am making some cinnamon rolls.

I will not be able to have all the family together as planned for Christmas Eve. One of our granddaughters who lives in Kentucky and her family have Covid and the roads might be to treacherous for our Daughter and the other grandchildren from Kentucky to travel here. So will celebrate with them next Saturday.

Our son, daughter in law, our local grand children and my sister and her family are going to try and make it tomorrow.

It will be sad not having everyone together as we love getting together with everyone, but safety is paramount and those who are sick need to get better.

All the gifts are wrapped and the envelopes are stuffed so we are ready for the celebrating. This Saturday and next.

Little J is sick and has runny nose, mild fever and cough. Praying he gets better soon. He is such a little trooper. I hate it when the little ones get sick. I‘am going to call my niece and check up on him this morning.

Here is a cute pick. I was over sitting with J the other day and a cat came into my nieces back yard and came to the sliding door on her patio. I told J to come and look at the cat and he got down to kiss the cat through the glass. He wanted to open the door and let the cat in. So when he knew that was not going to happen he talked to the cat for awhile it was so cute.



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Going to do a little reading then make some brunch and start on the cinnamon rolls.

Have a wonderful Friday everyone doing whatever it is that makes you happy.

Thanks Robbie, Petticoat Tails were very much enjoyed by Kyle`s work colleagues. I do like the look of your baking, it looks delicious, I wish I liked peanut butter and nutty things......lol....now cinammon rolls, I adore them!! Made some cinnamon danish pastries a few days ago, they were nice, but so easy to eat!

The Lockerbie Disaster is something that will never be forgotten in Scotland, along with the Dunblane Tragedy. Truly horrific incidents that changed the UK forever.

I`m so sorry you have family that are poorly, and bless the little guy. Hope J picks up and is back to full health for Father Christmas visiting soon. You`ll have your family meet soon enough. But, hope they all do much better. And yes, that is the cutest picture of little J.

Have a wonderful Christmas Robbie to you and yours.





Didn`t go out for lunch after all, rain was so heavy and we had a few appetisers to have instead. I shredded some pork and made Thai Lettuce wraps and pork spring rolls with some store bought plum sauce and an option of hoi sin sauce too.

Watched the Cat and the Canary with Bob Hope this afternoon, snoozed a little and tonight we`re going to wait till Kyle joins us for dinner and we`ll order Chinese food. He won`t make it over to us till after 7 which is nice timing. I`m sure his afternoon out with friends went well. I think he`ll have been the chauffeur too as he is the only one who doesn`t drink.

Then watch White Christmas, we`re already packed up as we leave so early tomorrow.

And we have house sitters!!! One of my godsons is visiting from France and is supposed to be staying at his mother in law`s home, but it is a little cramped with all the family home for Christmas, so I offered them our place to stay which they gleefully accepted. They should have come tonight but family dinner made them feel they had to stay with them tonight. They popped round today for the keys and alarm details. I think they`re staying till Thursday or Friday which will be nice for us too. I made sure they have some lovely festive home comforts around them while they are here.

Off to study the menu for tonight now......so many choices!!

 

[macraven]

Robbie
You always top yourself when you host holiday dinners.
Wish I was a family member

l am not a good cook but my skills are best known for clean up time.

My parents never were skilled in the kitchen and rotated the weekly dinner meals to a list of 4 things

Wasn’t bad food but boring food except for Fridays
as my dad had that day off and he cooked dinner those days as my mom did not get off work until 9 pm.

 

[schumigirl]

Chinese food was wonderful, we are full and enjoyed watching Bing and Danny in White Christmas.......so that`s all out Christmas movies watched for another year.

However, looking forward to heading up to Scotland tomorrow to be with my family up there.

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas filled with love and happiness.

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[macraven]

Safe travels schumi!

 

[Charade67]

Good evening. We had a pretty good day today. We all slept late then had brunch at a really good restaurant. Both the food and service were outstanding. They had the cutest coffee cups. Dh had coffee, but B and I had hot chocolate.


After lunch B and I toured the crime museum while dh shopped at the knife store.
Tonight we did a drive through light show








Sorry for the poor quality. I shot these through the car window. I wasn’t going to lower the window when it was 5 degrees outside.

Hope you took a picture of your husband when he was in the magic show
He had to have been excited about it!

Oh yes. I took several.

I had not planned to do any baking, but did some yesterday evening. I made some Pecan Tassie’s and Peanut Butter Buddy Bars.

Those all look really good.

Congratulations to your daughter, I hope she`s pleased with her results.

She is. There was one class she struggled a bit with. She thought she was going to get her first C, so she is happy that she earned a B.


Tomorrow is dh’s birthday which means the Elvis show. Should be interesting.

 

[macraven]

well your tomorrow is now today…

sending happy birthday greetings to your main squeeze in life
Hope his day is great!

 

[macraven]

schumi… safe travels for you
I know you will have a wonderful Christmas with your Mum and siblings!