Unplugged Chit Chat Thread

[NC Belle]

Hertamaniac, I have not been there in decades. I still have relatives in the area (well, B'ham, 'Dega, other).

I miss seing the race today since DH had to go to the retina specialist (emergency appointment...shingles had developed on the eyeball over the past week...fun times.

 

[hertamaniac]

Hertamaniac, I have not been there in decades. I still have relatives in the area (well, B'ham, 'Dega, other).

I miss seing the race today since DH had to go to the retina specialist (emergency appointment...shingles had developed on the eyeball over the past week...fun times.

Sorry to hear about DH and the shingles. I hear they can be very troublesome.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Hertamaniac, I have not been there in decades. I still have relatives in the area (well, B'ham, 'Dega, other).

I miss seing the race today since DH had to go to the retina specialist (emergency appointment...shingles had developed on the eyeball over the past week...fun times.

@NC Belle - So sorry to hear the latest about your hubby's struggle with shingles. Sending socially distanced hugs, and healing light.

 

[disneyland_is_magic]

Out of curiosity what are everybody’s 4th of July plans?

Our city has canceled everything and all the surrounding cities have too. Most of the smaller cities that probably could have gone ahead are now concerned that they will get a lot of people from out of town guests and so are canceling too.

I admit this is a super tough one for me. I love love love the 4th. Our town usually pulls out all the stops. We are considering a few ideas that are COVID-friendly like a BBQ and movie in the backyard.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Out of curiosity what are everybody’s 4th of July plans?

Our city has canceled everything and all the surrounding cities have too. Most of the smaller cities that probably could have gone ahead are now concerned that they will get a lot of people from out of town guests and so are canceling too.

I admit this is a super tough one for me. I love love love the 4th. Our town usually pulls out all the stops. We are considering a few ideas that are COVID-friendly like a BBQ and movie in the backyard.

The town I just moved to in December apparently has a big "town day" festival the end of June, that has been cancelled, as have the 4th fireworks that normally take place at a local lake,. Since I don't drive, and haven't really been able to make friends being in lockdown since early March, I probably wouldn't have gone anyway. I live about 2 hours away from where I did before, and away from anybody I know.

I do miss the 1 town in lived in for 15 years in NE NJ. There was a 4th parade in the town next door (accessible to me by bus, which ran even on holidays - the town I lived in had the Memorial Day parade, so yo'd see a lot of the same people at both) and I could see 3 different town and county firewworks displays from my 2nd floor apartment. That was nice!

 

[Spencer Wright]

Philly has a big 4th of July event at the Art Museum which I’m just assuming is canceled.

i keep losing track of dates! I didn’t realize it was so close to the 4th.

 

[disneysteve]

Philly has a big 4th of July event at the Art Museum which I’m just assuming is canceled.

Welcome America was cancelled weeks ago. Or more accurately, it was converted to a virtual event. https://welcomeamerica.com/

 

[NC Belle]

Dh is feeling less grumpy tonight after 2 doses of the expensive eye drops. He found a coupon that drop the price from 300s down to 60 which is a lot better than insurance cost at 100 ish plus artificial tears. We did a Publix run that included some chocolate plus the chicken tender sub--but, in salad form with dressing on the side.

He is tired of cutting back on screen time, but he knows that he would had felt better sooner if he followed that advice sooner. I think he is organizing the books and videos in boxes for our future move.

4th of July--- Twilight Zone marathon (not sure SyFy is doing it) and might have steak and fresh veggies...hopefully fruit/berries deal.
Cowfish burgers maybe for our anniversary maybe or we could recreate our first dinner alone as a couple...Burger King Whopper meals.

 

[NC Belle]

No fireworks this year except for certain neighbors doing their own in the streets/parking lots.

 

[superme80]

4th is going to be at my parents house. They are keeping the kids overnight, so I am super excited. All of our local events have been cancelled. Pretty sad about that.

 

[hertamaniac]

Out of curiosity what are everybody’s 4th of July plans?

I like to go to our local springs and snorkel, but not this year. The capacity limit (and especially on a holiday) will have the springs close probably within a 1/2 hour of opening.

I go during weekday mornings as to escape the crowds. I just went a couple of weeks ago and am ready to go back.

 

[disneysteve]

Out of curiosity what are everybody’s 4th of July plans?

No plans. We don't typically do anything on the 4th anyway and obviously there is nothing to do this year even if we wanted to. It is my weekend to work but the 4th isn't my holiday so I'm off. Just another day here.

 

[Minniefan18]

Fort Lauderdale, FL will have fireworks at different area parks but the public can't go to the park. The fireworks can be viewed from our home. And usually neighbors also set off professional fireworks.

 

[disneyland_is_magic]

Well the fourth turned out pretty magical. After a day at home, we were binging Netflix when we started hearing fireworks. We hurried to let the cat in so she wouldn’t be spooked. Then on a whim we hopped on the trusty old Goldwing and rode up the hillside to see if we could see anything. (Everyone was doing fireworks at home, since there was no gatherings.)

We were stunned, zillions of fireworks going off all over the valley for miles. I have never seen anything like it. It really brought new meaning to the phase “alone together.” (Or is it “together alone“ ). Anyways, we watched for 20 minutes and then hopped back on the bike and rode around to get a closer look. Everyone was out in their front yards watching as well. It was a wonderful opportunity we hadn’t anticipated to wave to neighbors and friends we haven’t seen in a long time from a safe distance as we drove by.

The radio station was playing a special hourlong fireworks broadcast we stumbled on and luckily the old bike has decent audio; it was a crazy and fun mash up. We drove around and saw plenty of beautiful aerials coming from all directions. The music, the warm summer night air, the fireworks and I became deeply choked up. It was beautiful. Life is still beautiful.

I hope everyone is well and your summer brings you opportunities for joy and peace in these crazy times.

 

[NC Belle]

We had a quiet week. Our 24th anniversary was Monday and dh cooked lunch and dinner. Job prospects for dh are looking good and both of us crossing fingers....

I have to do the driving still with his vision still in recovery mode and his eye specialist is worth paying the out of network pricing. I feel sorry for him with being sensitive to light still so he paces his screen time and spends in whatever room that can have the best low light.

Wishing everyone a healthier and a good week!

 

[SorcererHeidi]

We had a quiet week. Our 24th anniversary was Monday and dh cooked lunch and dinner. Job prospects for dh are looking good and both of us crossing fingers....

I have to do the driving still with his vision still in recovery mode and his eye specialist is worth paying the out of network pricing. I feel sorry for him with being sensitive to light still so he paces his screen time and spends in whatever room that can have the best low light.

Wishing everyone a healthier and a good week!

@NCBelle - Happy and HEALTHY anniversary to you and hubby. A major, wonderful accomplishment to be together 24 years (and still be happy!) these days! Socially distanced hugs to you both!

 

[disneysteve]

We had a quiet week. Our 24th anniversary was Monday and dh cooked lunch and dinner. Job prospects for dh are looking good and both of us crossing fingers....

Happy anniversary! My wife and I celebrated our 28th yesterday.

Good luck on the job front.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Happy anniversary! My wife and I celebrated our 28th yesterday.

Good luck on the job front.

Happy anniversary to you also, @disneysteve and Marci! I said that 3 times now - here, private message, and Twitter - I just might mean it!!!

 

[disneysteve]

Happy anniversary to you also, @disneysteve and Marci! I said that 3 times now - here, private message, and Twitter - I just might mean it!!!

And it's much appreciated. Obviously, it was an atypical celebration. We did decide kind of last minute to go to dinner at a nearby Italian place that we liked. I had passed it earlier in the day and it looked like their outdoor seating setup was good. Other than being hot, it was fine.

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Yep, I figured even though I just had a burger delivered and had my 60th birthday here, alone, last month, it will be one I will NEVER forget! Ya gotta make the best of things, right?

And now I blew everybody's minds who were convinced I was no older than 25, right?