Something About Nothing ... #12

Okay Homies, skimmed through a bunch of pages...

Pooh, so you're going to be be the proud Grandma of a Hogwarts wizard. Congrats. Shouldn't you get him a sorting hat before buying him Griffendor stuff? I am a proud Ravenclaw myself, as is DH.

Schumi, I am so jealous you are back in Orlando...You too Squirlz.

Chuckers, keep those number tributes coming. I am actually recognizing the elements now.

MonyK, cuddle chickens???

Wags, feel better soon.

Mac, I finally put my Christmas trees up at the lake house and they look so good I may leave them up (sans decorations or with different ones). all year.

I've been watching the weather reports of the snow down south and I know you guys don't have a lot in the way of snow removal. Sounds like a mess.

I have been watching the weather channel a lot due to their live coverage of the Thomas fire. My daughter evacuated Ojai CA Thursday and keeps having to move further up the coast due to air quality. I glad their home and workplaces were spared so far but it is not safe to return for their infant son.

I think we've had about 4 inches of snow here and it's stopped. Which is fine by me.. I need to drive into the city tomorrow night to meet a college friend I haven't seen since graduation MANY years ago. I hate driving into Boston to begin with.. snow only makes it that much more annoying.

Snow is gone, and the bright blue sky has arrived. Love seeing full sun, even if it is cool. Hoping older one brushes off the cars soon. Have to box and bag up the cookies. Just making some chocolate bark, and just made more cookies.

Busy weekend, and happy to relax soon. Warm cookies and coffee for breakfast makes a good meal.

So sad to hear of the losses from the California fires. Sorry to hear Agave’s family is effected. I hope they put out the fires soon.

Good morning. The sun is out and the snow is staring to melt. Yay!!!

Busy day for us today. B has her winter dance recital this afternoon and then I really need to do more house cleaning. DH invited his graduate students over for supper tomorrow night. Just what I need when I am trying to get ready for vacation. I still haven’t done any Christmas shopping (may do some at Universal) and have no idea what to get for B.

Macraven - I really don’t like cold and snow either. I have lived most of my lie in the south. This is the farthest north I have lived since we left Alaska in 1970.

Lynne - I want to go to your house. No baking for me until Christmas Eve, and it is just a couple of items.

Agavegirl - B and I are both proud Ravenclaws. DH is a Slytherin.

Time to get brunch and then get B to dance.

Hi everyone. Glad to hear the snow is melting. I'm afraid ours is here to stay.

Mac, I am on the other side of the state, just across the Saint Croix River from MN.

Charade, I really thought DH would be Griffindor but was sorted to Ravenclaw.

According to DD, the fire is once again surrounding Ojai and some of those who previously did not evacuate are doing so. The winds should die down soon.

Stay warm everyone.

Sending positive thoughts to @agavegirl1's family!

Dramatic temperature drop since yesterday here at Universal. I used it as an excuse to get this sweet jacket.



Also this afternoon, after smelling caramel corn all week, I finally decided to get some on the way out if IOA. Girl said it would take 45 minutes. FORTY FIVE MINUTES!!! Do they grow the corn themselves?

Chuckers said:

Sending positive thoughts to @agavegirl1's family!

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Thank you @Chuckers

Back home.........

Todd.......was so lovely catching up again........always a pleasure to see you and spend time with you......not long till March

Squirlz.......sorry we never got to say goodbye to you and your lovely wife this time.......it was lovely meeting you both and hopefully will see you again sometime there.......

Also had the pleasure of meeting I-4 Bound........we ran into each other on Friday night in the Studios......it was so nice to meet her........and it tickled Tom she knew his name........lol.......hope the rest of the trip was fun and I’m so glad you stopped to say hello........


Yep, had glorious weather all week.......mid 80’s all week which was perfect for us........then came Saturday morning.......and it was cold....low 50’s. So we went shopping and then to the Mall instead before leaving. Had planned the parks for Saturday morning........eh, no.

Arrived in the UK and it was perishing! Our plane door had frozen so we had to wait till it was defrosted before getting off the plane.....after arriving early. Then they couldn’t get the baggage door open.......had to wait till they defrosted that too......this country doesn’t do well with a little bit of snow


But, had the best time there for this very short trip.........would happily go again that time of year at the beginning of December........but certainly don’t fancy the crowds later in the month listening to friends that work there.......far too busy for us........and contrary to the opinions of some that it’s too long a flight for such a short trip.......nonsense.......it was fine and definitely worth it.

Loved the Christmas feel though and the parks are so lovely, very understated and not garish or over the top.......trees were all lovely and thought Potter was well done.

Castle show was lovely, really enjoyed seeing that........ but, the Macy’s Parade was excellent! Really enjoyed that......did have a weird experience with a strange girl there though..........will tell story in trip report......but it was a bit surreal! Nothing major, just weird.

It was just perfect, and having Kyle with us was a real joy, we really concentrated on the parks for the most part.......he loved being back in the parks and RPR again and we had so much fun......he has today off work too so a chance to get over jet lag.........we managed a two hour sleep yesterday then stayed up till 10.30 last night and slept right through, so hoping jet lag won’t be too bad.

But we have come back to snow here, seems to have been on all night too looking out this morning, and it’s freezing........really freezing.........have to go out shopping this morning.......but after that will be adding all the new decorations we bought to our trees and begin Christmas here.........need to catch up on here too.........and begin looking forward to March trip.........

Happy Monday all! It's freezing here in the Boston Metro area. All the snow has turned to ice.. not fun. I so do not want to be at work. But, that's nothing new. I hope everyone has a good week!

Agave, will keep thoughts that your daughter's family is safe, and hope the healing is becoming easier after the horrible losses your family had.

Squirlz, sweet jacket indeed. Nice purchase.

Schumi, glad to hear you arrived safely, even if an icy arrival. Jet lag always is harder for me coming east. Nice that Kyle has the day off today, to get back on local time. Wonderful you had a good time in the parks. and YAY! a new trip report for us. Fabulous and lovely. Hope we get a picture of the home decorations as well. The new decorations sound lovely too.

Charade, hope the dance recital and brunch was excellent. Nice that B could enjoy with her dance friends. I'm all baked out now, no more baking, or a little until we leave. It was enjoyable to bake, and even little and older one helped. He likes to cook more than bake, but little one would rather bake.

Mac, yay! cable working and got to see Walking Dead. Yeah, older one was watching it too, as he was done watching the ball game. Happy day for him.

Well, after a snow shower, at 35 degrees, it was a wet ride in. Rain later today, so a cold, wet day. I hope rain arrives early, and then the sun comes out, as the temperature will continue to fall in the next 2 days. Sigh. now saying not even 30 on Wednesday, more like 28, with single digit feel like, with a brisk wind. Not a nice week in store. That's okay, one more week-end, and the next week, we will be saying hello to (it better be) very warm temperatures. 9, no not months, no more kids for me, 9 days. That's a Wahoo for me.

Have a lovely Monday homies. Wake up. It's Monday.

27!

• 27 starts with a 2 and ends with a 7 and if you add up the numbers from 2 to 7, you get 27!
• Is a perfect cube (3x3x3)
• If you add up the digits and multiply by 3, you also get 27.
• Is the atomic number of cobalt
• The number of letters in the Spanish and Hebrew alphabet
• The international direct dial code for South Africa
• In the Stephen King book, IT, It returns to Derry every 27 years
• The number of outs for each team in a regulation adult baseball game
• There are 27 bones in the human hand

I will be using everyone of those bones to hold on when I ride the Forbidden Journey at Islands of Adventure 27 days from now!

Thanks Lynne........nice to be home........your trip is so close now!!

Nice to be back Mac........in a weird way.......lol........we are just not used to these temps over here.......went out to get groceries and roads are bad. Doesn’t help our car is a rear wheel drive and hates ice.........makes for a fun drive! Think we can borrow DS car.......although his is still a Mercedes, his is a 4 wheel drive.........much easier on ice. We are down to -5 here today.........cold! About 22F I think? Looks pretty though with all the snow.......our trees look beautiful and the landscape around is gorgeous..........


Laundry half done.....all washed and most dried.......now to iron it all!! Still, not much else to do when it’s so cold.......yep, hoping to get warmer by Wednesday here......

@schumigirl I love looking at snow covered landscapes.. from inside my house

agavegirl1 said:

Hi Homies. Long time no type. I am trying to catch up. It appears the Pizza Discussion is still going strong. It finally snowed and got crazy cold here, just in time for the funeral. I really liked the Pastor. His message was comforting. So much of DH's family in one place! We are up at our lake house decompressing. DH is really needing a long weekend away. We flew his son in his son from Arizona. When he arrived it was 56 degrees and when he flew back it was 17 degrees.

Going back to catch up.

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agavegirl1 said:

Okay Homies, skimmed through a bunch of pages...

Pooh, so you're going to be be the proud Grandma of a Hogwarts wizard. Congrats. Shouldn't you get him a sorting hat before buying him Griffendor stuff? I am a proud Ravenclaw myself, as is DH.

Schumi, I am so jealous you are back in Orlando...You too Squirlz.

Chuckers, keep those number tributes coming. I am actually recognizing the elements now.

MonyK, cuddle chickens???

Wags, feel better soon.

Mac, I finally put my Christmas trees up at the lake house and they look so good I may leave them up (sans decorations or with different ones). all year.

I've been watching the weather reports of the snow down south and I know you guys don't have a lot in the way of snow removal. Sounds like a mess.

I have been watching the weather channel a lot due to their live coverage of the Thomas fire. My daughter evacuated Ojai CA Thursday and keeps having to move further up the coast due to air quality. I glad their home and workplaces were spared so far but it is not safe to return for their infant son.

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Can’t have been an easy time for all of you.......glad you’re somewhere nice to start healing.......

Back home now though......but amazing time....... ever expected it to be so hot! And good wishes for your daughter and family, how scary they’re out there!

Chuckers said:

@schumigirl I love looking at snow covered landscapes.. from inside my house

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I like looking out at it too........it is beautiful overlooking fields of snow, but roads aren’t great.........

schumigirl said:

I like looking out at it too........it is beautiful overlooking fields of snow, but roads aren’t great.........

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Luckily, up here in New England, they know how to plow and take care of the roads for normal snowstorms. When I was in Atlanta, travel seemed to stop when 2 flakes hit the ground