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

:wave2: Happy Friday Dance :cool1:

Not much happening here. Youngest ds is gone camping with a friend and his family for the weekend. We still have restrictions, but we decided that for his mental health he needed to go and spend some time just being young and hanging out with a friend. We felt the risk was low being outside and sleeping in his own tent.

It is a holiday weekend here. So I will enjoy the extra day off this weekend. Although I'm working tomorrow and Sunday at the second job...but I do have a few weekend I booked off in the next little bit. I hate working both days on the weekend, but at least I have Monday off. The weather is supposed to be decent and warm, so hoping to be able to get out and enjoy it a little bit.

I've officially started packing. I have most of my stuff packed. Will add a little more tomorrow, and then there are a couple of things that need to wait until the morning we leave. Tomorrow I will clean house so I don't come back to a messy house.

I hope you start to feel better soon. I'm crossing whatever I can for you!
So exciting to be packing and doing the final clean of the house before you leave!!!! I hope you'll be stopping in to show a picture or two. It is sooo nice to live vicariously through other people's trips.
And ack, my bath drain not working right, and have to move my very heavy large bureau. Will call my brother to help DH as, of course, to get to pipes are behind that bureau. Never fails. A tomorrow moving and hope to fix not expensive. At least we have another bathroom we can use, kids will have to share a few days, hopefully, just a day.
I hope you get that sorted soon. That is definitely NOT fun to deal with and can open a whole new can of worms.
Rain and high winds today. No walking especially in an open sandal.

Might go pick up some bits in our village for the weekend, we need a bacon top up and maybe a leg of lamb for Sunday.
I hope the healing is going good. The lamb sounds delicious!
The fresh Catfish we caught right out of the Lake was delicious. I liked the Striped Bass a lot to.

Hubby would Skin and gut the fish and cut filets off the Catfish. I never cooked them skinned and gutted whole on the bone. Some folks do and they call them Catfish Fiddlers.
I really want to try catfish! But then again, I enjoy fish!
. Have been watching at least 5 of these little guys living there. Know we know where the two raccoons we rehomed last year were living.
They are cute...but so destructive!!!!
10 days until our Universal trip! Will be doing the single digit dance tomorrow!
Single digit dance :banana: It will fly by now! It is exciting

Well, I should shuffle the last of the papers on my desk. Trying to make myself look busy and putting in my time for the day :blush: It's Friday and I really don't feel like being here when it's sooo beautiful outside. I just ran to the bank to make a deposit...and I could have just kept driving alllllll the way home lol.

Stay safe and take care everyone!!!!!
 
I've only taken the Amtrak from Milwaukee to Chicago. Easy and quick, and it sure beats driving in downtown Chicago. I've heard overnight parking can be more than $60 per night...yikes that's high!



Looks very relaxing!
Love how the shark reminds me of Bruce at Universal!



Had all 10 toes done this morning. A very lovely shade of pink!


Soon you'll get those shoes on, and soon you and Tom can dine out with friends!!!!


The only time I ever get up to watch sunrise was at the beach. Nothing beats the beauty of that! Biggest thing I will miss about the condos for sure....


Sounds like a very enjoyable day planned!
And I need to show your 'recipe' to DH. He will get a good chuckle!!


Everything is falling into place for your departure!
ONE MORE DAY!!! I hope you and your family have the best time!!


A nice soak may be therapeutic for your foot. Enjoy the pool time!


How nice your DD took you to brunch!! Pancakes are always a winner!
Enjoy your day off!







Finger nails done on Wednesday, toes done this morning, and a root touch up at 3pm today. I will be all glammed up for this weekend, lol!

I stopped at a Vietnamese restaurant after having my toes done late this morning. I ordered beef Pho for the first time ever....not spicy of course. It was very good! The broth had such a unique flavor. I couldn't even guess half the spices used, but I'm sure I tasted cinnamon. Which was kinda weird, but very fitting to the flavor...

DH picked up more from DDs apartment this morning, and ran it to our house quickly. A couple of book cases, a table, her golf clubs, and a few large plastic tubs. Every bit will help lessen the workload on final move out day next week.
We will need to take apart her queen size bed, move 2 large couches, a coffee table, and her desk. Those are the last of the big items. DD kept her cleaning supplies, so we can go through for a good clean once the apartment is empty.

10 days until our Universal trip! Will be doing the single digit dance tomorrow!
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Yep, I`m counting the days till we can join the human race again and go for a civilised dinner out.

lol....I love Pho only when it`s extra spicy......but, hope you enjoyed it and you have been getting a lot done recently!!

And single digits now Lori........fabulous!!



I've just been hit with an upset stomach. I can't get sick now. I'm praying that it's just something i ate.


Hope you are doing much better and safe travels today Charade....hope you have a wonderful trip to Orlando......



:wave2: Happy Friday Dance :cool1:

Not much happening here. Youngest ds is gone camping with a friend and his family for the weekend. We still have restrictions, but we decided that for his mental health he needed to go and spend some time just being young and hanging out with a friend. We felt the risk was low being outside and sleeping in his own tent.

It is a holiday weekend here. So I will enjoy the extra day off this weekend. Although I'm working tomorrow and Sunday at the second job...but I do have a few weekend I booked off in the next little bit. I hate working both days on the weekend, but at least I have Monday off. The weather is supposed to be decent and warm, so hoping to be able to get out and enjoy it a little bit.


So exciting to be packing and doing the final clean of the house before you leave!!!! I hope you'll be stopping in to show a picture or two. It is sooo nice to live vicariously through other people's trips.

I hope you get that sorted soon. That is definitely NOT fun to deal with and can open a whole new can of worms.

I hope the healing is going good. The lamb sounds delicious!

I really want to try catfish! But then again, I enjoy fish!

They are cute...but so destructive!!!!

Single digit dance :banana: It will fly by now! It is exciting

Well, I should shuffle the last of the papers on my desk. Trying to make myself look busy and putting in my time for the day :blush: It's Friday and I really don't feel like being here when it's sooo beautiful outside. I just ran to the bank to make a deposit...and I could have just kept driving alllllll the way home lol.

Stay safe and take care everyone!!!!!

Holiday weekend! Excellent......

Thanks.....lamb is such a hit in our home, can`t go wrong with it for many dishes.

Have a super weekend Pumpkin.......




On my lonesome this morning.......so, got up early and got a whole load of housework done, including some little jobs I`ve been putting off......and managed a fair bit, foot only hindered me a little.

Tom has gone with the son of one of friends to look for a car for him. Think he just wanted someone with him that`ll have experience working deals out. So, hope they get something suitable.

Enjoyed some bacon and sunny side up eggs this morning, so doubt I`ll need lunch today, and then Thai takeaway tonight......and game night!

Will maybe watch some of the Monaco GP qualifying.....maybe. See how it goes.

And Saturday again.......gotta love the weekend........




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Happy Saturday 😁
 
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Safe travels today, Charade. Should be some nice weather going and there.

So glad it’s now the weekend. Yay! And weather news this morning had lady say, a Summer feeling weekend, with a pair of over 90 degrees as the high temps, and increasing humidity to feel sticky today and even stickier tomorrow. And yeah, chances of some nice thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evenings, though mostly North of me, has the best chances. Yep, Summer weather weekend for sure. Hazy, hot and humid, with those wow, look at that lightning and all that rain, later in the day storm. And cooler weather on the week days, as a weak cold front is trying to set up, by Sunday evening, and will give us a predicted 72 degree high on Monday. That should actually feel refreshing after this sweaty feeling weekend. And typical late Spring, ending of May, with this weeks predicted high temps ranging from three days with over 90 the high, and four days of highs in the 70’s. And interesting, not many chances of rain, though this weekend and next. But ah yes, that taste of our typical Summer. My area’s typical summer enjoys those HHH days. Hazy, hot, and humid, with some drenching later day storms that make it almost as hot after they pass by. And have to say, love the heat. Though you know my AC has been on in my home for days now, no need to turn the heater on now. And an ah yes, also use the AC in my car, as too hot to have the windows open on the road.

A happy Saturday to tea drinking, early riser, bacon making Schumi. I hope your morning has been peaceful, with DH out with friend and Kyle having some muddy fun with friends. And yep, you always make me smile with mention of bacon and tea. Enjoy a lush lunch and the rest of today. And hope you have some of our hot weather, as know you like it warm feeling too.

Quiet house, big tv remote in hand, with other hand holding my tea cup. And only other sound is the washer and dryer, as sweaty days means more clothes. So as was up early too, it’s been a wash day for me.

Super sized Sunny Saturday to all the homies. May all have a good weekend, and enjoy a cool drink. And two cheers, a time to leave Charade, and a shorter, single digit Paris also getting ready to leave. Woot! Woot!
 
Hey all!

Single digits for Jaimie, woot.
I've just been hit with an upset stomach. I can't get sick now. I'm praying that it's just something i ate.
All resolved now i hope, thinking nerves?
Yep, I`m counting the days till we can join the human race again and go for a civilised dinner out.
A very reasonable wish there!
Think he just wanted someone with him that`ll have experience working deals out. So, hope they get something suitable. Kyle and co are out quad biking (ATV`s) so no doubt they`ll come in muddy as it`s rained a lot over the last 48 hours. They can come in the back way and leave everything in the laundry room......then I`ll complain they`re muddying up my freshly cleaned bathrooms ::yes:: Did the 3 upstairs bathrooms and still to do the downstairs. That`ll keep.
Sounds like a full day for Tom. Some people are
born negotiators
My favorite of her books :). Enjoy
Haha, just like pier runners missing the cruise ship sailing out of port. Glad you are ready to board, Charade.,
We generally book a direct aft balcony when cruising. Quiet location, many have absolutely huge balconies :). Not sure what it says about me that I would time my port days in order to be firmly seated on my lounger, waiting for the inevitable running of the bulls back to the ship. :rolleyes1Bonus points many of them were so snookered they could barely walk let alone run.
 
Ooh I have always had a port side balcony and so enjoy watching those returning late too Keisha. I am one always wanting to be back in plenty of time.

Hot one today. Made bacon, eggs, home fries and toast for brunch today. Iced coffee and tea. Now relaxing before having to do our grocery pick up. The thought of a crowded grocery, nope. Pull up, they place in car, off we go.
 
Oh my, you know when you are warmer than Orlando this time of night, we are having Summer temps. Not to go below 70 overnight. Eeek.

Usual Saturday dinner, yes, it was, Chinese food. It was very good this time. Decided to walk down to local gelato place, and now beached feeling and relaxing. Older one went out with his friends, and DH went to visit his mum, so it’s a little one and me night. Think she’s full feeling too, though see headphones on, guess her friends are all online playing.

Hope all are enjoying this weather this weekend before our holiday one.
 
I’m currently in the Charlotte airport listening to “Karen” and her family arguing with the gate agent because they arrived late and missed their flight.

Karen`s really are a worldwide pandemic all of their own....they`re everywhere!

Hope you get off to a wonderful start today.......good luck at MK!



Hey all!

Single digits for Jaimie, woot.
All resolved now i hope, thinking nerves?

A very reasonable wish there!

Sounds like a full day for Tom. Some people are
born negotiators

My favorite of her books :). Enjoy

We generally book a direct aft balcony when cruising. Quiet location, many have absolutely huge balconies :). Not sure what it says about me that I would time my port days in order to be firmly seated on my lounger, waiting for the inevitable running of the bulls back to the ship. :rolleyes1Bonus points many of them were so snookered they could barely walk let alone run.

He really is. I`m not sure I`d have the stomach for negotiating, and wouldn`t consider some of the things he has managed when we buy our cars. But, he does good and I think the young man will be buying the car today when they go back. He put down a small deposit to hold the car, but longer test drive today and then I think he`ll be happy to buy it.

That`s an odd book for me, I read it when it had an unspeakable name, I still have that copy somewhere as it was my grandmother`s, but it`s not a book I enjoy. The BBC did a dreadful dramatisation of it a couple of years back.....

lol.....I`m envisioning you sitting like royalty on your balcony watching the masses swarm back in a pickled state.......sounds good though!




Had a late one last night, we enjoyed our Thai take out choices, some dishes were spicier than we thought, but all dishes were lovely.........and game night evolved into just the four of us, to another couple who had cancelled going out to dinner. It was fun.....and much wine was involved.

There is no truth in the rumour that I may have looked like this at the end of the night........ :rolleyes1

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And a lovely longer sleep this morning was nice. Does you the world of good now and again.

Sunny but cloudy today, will get all the bedding out on the line and as Tom is out this afternoon it`ll be just me watching the Monaco GP.....till the driver we don`t like starts winning, then I`ll turn it off.

Lamb is in the Aga and will slowly roast away all day in red wine, stock and several other ingredients. Looking forward to that tonight. Apart from that, quiet day ahead.

Shrimp cocktail and crab cakes for lunch with some salad.

Lazy Sunday ahead.........




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Have a lovely peaceful Sunday :)
 
Yay, hope Charade is enjoying MK now.

Quite the beautiful sunrise, well before 6 am now. Sun is making all so bright and yellow since the sunrise. And while the clouds will then arrive around lunchtime, and make it a mostly cloudy day, only a light rain came around later in the evening last night. Was so light, did not even hear the rain. Quick too, as about 10 minutes later and not even pale green seen on the weather radar. So I expect those rain chances today are to stay the Northwestern area of me, as said for today again. So those pesky clouds arriving are not bringing rain to us. And even with the cold front arriving tonight, it’s not strong enough to bring rain to all, but nice enough to drop the temps over 20 degrees for what now predicted to be just an overcast Monday, with that camel needing its umbrella. Guess a yay! Expecting now to not be reporting a rainy Monday tomorrow.

And so, our get the trash out, and ready for the week days routine is our usual Sunday. But as a happy thought will be percolating all this week, as like Pumpkin last week, the coming weekend is a holiday one for us. Shorter week to end this month is so appreciated. As it starts that almost a month later, or sooner, that yay, another holiday off time of year. Yep, next ones are beginning of July, beginning of September, mid October, end of November and a double one in December and to start January. And we like January, as not only start the month off as a holiday, but a few weeks later, another holiday, then one in mid February. And then the holiday off drought. As such, you can see why that smile will be all day by Friday, as next week’s back to week day routine will be on Monday. Woot! And another woot as that countdown to our little get away that does not include an amusement park, but at least one park, a central one, is also ticking away, with less than 20 days away now.

And ooh is that lamb cooking I smell? Ah Schumi’s dinner is lamb. Hope you got to watch some of that car race, Schumi, and nice of DH to help the young man buy a car. And nice to hear, back to enjoying a night with friends. Hope your Sunday has been lovely peaceful too.

Mine should be lovely peaceful, as right now, DH is out visiting his mum again, as has to mow her grass, and kids are both still asleep. Older one worked all day yesterday, came home to eat dinner and freshen up, then went out with friends last night. I thought I heard him come home, but as was in bed sleeping, I think it was around midnight. I have no idea when little one ended her night. I said good night to her by 11 last night. I was tired for so reason. That, and there was crap nothing interesting to watch on my smaller screen. Why shows from the early two thousand and teen number years are playing in the later night is just crappy. Left her playing online with her friends on the largest screen.

And so from another sunny ☀ and increasingly humid feeling weather homie, may your Sunday be that, sunny and include time relaxing in that heat. Pool time too, why yes I am at least. As little one said, you just get used to that cooler pool temp. Um, even with my legs in the pool and a cool drink in my hand, I’ll be good. Eh, if hot enough, that cooler feeling dip in the pool will be nice for a bit. So homies, stay cool in that heat, and enjoy your Sunday.

Ooh at my house you will also see a tea pot on the stove. Time for more tea. And since little one and I picked up some ice cream bars, why yes, you will see one of those in my hands right now. It is a perfect end to a weekend mini breakfast by myself. Woot! Sunday is here.
 
Sat in hospital waiting room for middle DS, finally got his MRI on foot. Day dreaming of bacon as we skipped breakfast. Guess what I made for lunch? Need to dig in chest freezer for dinner inspiration
Just arrived at AoA and our room isn’t ready yet.
that’s rather late
AoA lobby. Fruit Stripe gum anyone?

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All the times I’ve stayed there, never caught that lol good one
Oh my, you know when you are warmer than Orlando this time of night, we are having Summer temps. Not to go below 70 overnight. Eeek.
It was hotter than expected when I went out at 9 am. Plan on floating in pool before 2 pm
Going to attempt rope drop at MK.
I was always so happy when family didn’t insist we rope drop during shared visits . Realized last fall With no FP it’s essential At MK. We have managed to get ‘Er all done & in our resort pool by early afternoon.
Another necessary evil with pool capacity issues. Hope they up those numbers soon too
That`s an odd book for me, I read it when it had an unspeakable name,
It will always be that name in my mind. I try to be PC often fail quite miserably
Shrimp cocktail and crab cakes for lunch with some salad.
Wow, fancy lunch stuffs! Yum
Pool time too, why yes I am at least. As little one said, you just get used to that cooler pool temp
Yep, once your body parts go numb it’s all gravy lol
 
A very happy weekend all!!!

We were having our baby shower yesterday.....
however everything changed and our beautiful baby grandson arrived yesterday afternoon. A little early but all healthy and well.

So this was the cake for the party!

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And let me introduce our gorgeous new grandson ❤️

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They had to stay in the hospital for 24 hours to check his blood a few times as DIL is Rhesus Negative but we’ve just been to see them now home and they are so unbelievably happy and chilled. Only stayed half an hour but it was so lovely to have a cuddle.

Hope those on vacation are having a great time and those at home are well. I will try and have a catch up soon.
 

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