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

[Lynne G]

Welcome Rock! That is always nice when no class today. Stick around, we like to chat about everything and nothing. Enjoy your off day Tuesday, and eat a taco.

 

[macraven]

Now that I’m back at home and on my regular daily schedule, it’s diet time again ...

I’ll start after taco Tuesday is over.
Or after the pie is all gone on Wednesday.

Rock. nice you dropped by.
What part of Florida are you?
I got back from Orlando last week.

 

[macraven]

Sue, I’ve watched Walking Dead since it started.
Some of the spin offs are ok.
Fear the dead is a good one

The Beyond (new one that debuted) was kind of ok.
Will watch it for awhile to see if it gains any guts to it.
I don’t do a lot of the other tv series but know many are popular.

 

[schumigirl]

Something about nothing? Celebrating because my class has been cancelled today. The professor is ill (I wish him the best), but for Florida, this is like a snow day!

Hey Rockbro........Yep, this really a Something about Nothing thread.......

What class are you missing??

 

[schumigirl]

Now that I’m back at home and on my regular daily schedule, it’s diet time again ...

I’ll start after taco Tuesday is over.
Or after the pie is all gone on Wednesday.

Rock. nice you dropped by.
What part of Florida are you?
I got back from Orlando last week.

We just demolished a rather large chicken between four of us.......diet has been going well all day......Tom just said we deserved a treat for being so good for 9 hours.............

Pitch black here already tonight and it’s barely 6.30pm.......

House is cosy though.......

 

[Rockbro]

Hey Rockbro........Yep, this really a Something about Nothing thread.......

What class are you missing??

Race and Justice... Ph.D. program

 

[Charade67]

So today I was going to happily post that I have 150 days until my Disney trip, but I still don't know when that trip is going to be. The university has not made and office announcement yet, but spring break has mysteriously disappeared from the student calendar. I got an email from Disney informing me that one of the pools at our hotel will be closed for refurbishment. Not a big deal for us since we don't use the pool very often.

Welcome Rockbro. I guess we can call you Dr. Rockbro soon.

Oh, speaking of Ph.D. students, my husband's plagiarist has dropped his class. I don't know if she is still enrolled at the university or not.

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

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Yeah, back to routine after a bonus holiday weekend. And, as such, not a Monday today. Yep View attachment 531924

Good Morning Schumi. Today is also a rainy day that will end with the parting of clouds and be a nice, warmer afternoon. Was happy you had a good time in the Cotswolds, and saw a picture of that palace you could not enter. Fascinating story about how it came to be, and beautiful place. Happy safety back home. And yep, I am one that also washes all the day I get home. I empty the suitcase, and place it back where it goes.

Yay, for DisneyLife’s wife getting a promotion.

Yay, that Charade’s mom is okay.

Yay, that Sue has traveling plans.

Yay, that Julie also has traveling plans.

Tea. Yes.

She is really happy about it Lynne!!!

 

[Rockbro]

Now that I’m back at home and on my regular daily schedule, it’s diet time again ...

I’ll start after taco Tuesday is over.
Or after the pie is all gone on Wednesday.

Rock. nice you dropped by.
What part of Florida are you?
I got back from Orlando last week.

The worst part ever. Zephyrhills, where the median age is 105 and the food of choice is meth.

 

[Robo56]

Bello Sans family



Tried to breeze through and catch up on the posts

Have a safe journey home Robo......and hope the little one had a lovely birthday........yes, I am one who cleans everything (again) before I leave on vacations......my friends already think I`m a clean freak at the best of times, but there is something about getting everything done again before we leave.....

Don`t think I`ll ever change now........

Thank you the Journey was safe. I left at 1:30 am and drove the night and breezed thought Nashville, Atlanta and Chattanooga, but it was raining pretty hard near Ocala and people were driving to fast and to close and I saw 3 rear end collisions on the side of the road in a 3 mile distance. They did not appear severe enough to have caused injuries. But would be terribly sad to be dealing with at the beginning of a vacation in a driving rain.

Was very happy to reach my home in one piece.

Great-nephews Party was so sweet. He is a happy little fella. He enjoyed his party. He has two cousins my sisters other two grandsons who are crazy about him. They are 10 and 12 and they love holding him and playing with him and you can tell he adores them. He received lots of love and attention.

Looking at next year for travel it still does not look hopeful for heading to Orlando. So frustrating to not have that longed for focus and planning. We are still considering a motor home so that we can just head off but caravans and RV’s are selling like hot cakes and parks hard to book ontoBundt like hotels

Hope your plans for travel next year work out.

We have seen sales of campers go up in the US also.

I finally get to see the Bourne show
A ten more minutes and all can enter.

How did you like the show Mac?.......I really enjoyed it.

Father in Law (hubs step dad) diagnosed with covid over weekend-was in hospital over night but home now.

Monyk hope your Father-in-law is doing lots better.

So, I said I was going to study and I am, but I peeked on Facebook (oopsie) and found out apparently it's going to be in the 60's in the morning starting tomorrow for the past next few days...

I checked in on a Tuesday. It was hot that day. The next night it started cooling down into the 60’s for a few nights. That was nice. Then it slowly started getting hot again.

Enjoy @Robo56 - what will you choose of that menu!

I had the fish tacos. They were very good.

I just heard the rain has been bouncing down.......but glad you arrived safely and isn`t lombards just lovely.......definitely some social distancing going on there.......

Have a lovely day........

Lombards was very nice and the food and service was good. Having the whole upstairs dining room to myself was nice. I took my time and enjoyed my meal. When the rain let up I left.

Those AP dining area’s are wonderful, I took a few from upstairs at Confisco the other night!

I had never been to the dining Upstairs at Confisco. It was very nice..
Food and service were very good. Universal knows how to treat their AP holders well. Such a nice touch on their part.

Just saw Robbie pop in ........lovely pictures and glad you`re having such a lovely time so far......yes, thankful for the long sleeves at 64! That`s a heatwave for us this time of year......lol.......have a blast Robbie........

I had such a nice time. Thank you.

Once Hagrids got back up, quick through, and front first car again! Yay me. Lots of characters out, and some picks from a great day so far,

I think you were the Hagrid Coaster Queen this trip Lynne. Great pictures.

Have a lovely day Robo.....hope you`re having a super duper trip......weather sounds so good!

This trip was so laid back and I really enjoyed myself.

Hey, Sue

So good to see you back.

Wife was offered a new position today, surprisingly from out of nowhere frankly, as Office Manager!!!

Congratulations to your wife on her new position.

I`m in the Cotswolds.......beautiful area of England that is classed as having outstanding beauty......we are renting a cottage and it`s heavenly here.......we went to Scotland in August to see mum and family too and it was also fabulous.

I’am so glad to hear you were able to make your trip to the Cotswolds.

The trip we too England many years ago included going through some of the villages in the Cotswolds. They were beautiful.

Quick drive by......hope all are ok......will catch up properly when we get back next week......so far so good.....weather has been lovely and sunny, albeit a little cool out of the sun.

Glad to hear you had some good weather, good food and a nice week in your cottage.

I usually notice homies back from a Darkside trip take their time in getting here to post.

A lot to talk about before the vacations and then when back home, normal life routine, keeps peeps busy

Yep, you are right Mac after the trip it takes a little time to get back into the routine. Your sorry your trip is over, but glad to be home.

I got my new magic band and put the skin on it today. I just don’t know when I will get to use it. I’m still waiting on B’s band. Hers is one of the free ones they offer. I didn’t like any of the colors, so I purchased one from the shop Disney site. It is supposed to be turquoise, but looks more ligjt blue to me.

Cool wrist band

Trying to get back into the home routine after a great trip. I had a wonderful stay at RPR.

Had some nice park days, good meals and did a little Christmas shopping.

Had a chance to have a visit with Lynne and Mac and spent some special time with my older sister D.

Actually I might have done a bit to much Christmas shopping

The back of my SUV was filled up with my suitcase and my shopping and the things I shopped for my sister K and the wreaths my older sister sent back with me for my sister K and her friends.

I missed my hubby. We talked and FaceTimed every evening while I was away, but it was so good to see him. He had been invited over to granddaughters house for a family barbecue Sunday. So he arrived home after I did.

Grandson drove him home so I got see grandson and hear about his football game on Friday.

Have a wonderful rest of the evening everyone.

A magical night lite on the boats to Hogwarts Castle

 

[Sue M]

Lots of rain here over the weekend, but that is all. Some of my friends in GA were posting about tornado warnings.


I haven’t been to the one in Florida yet, it hope to go someday.

The phone keeps ringing. Got to run.

tornadoes absolutely terrify me. Glad all I have to worry about are earthquakes lol!

Sue, I’ve watched Walking Dead since it started.
Some of the spin offs are ok.

The Beyond (new one that debuted) was kind of ok.
Will watch it for awhile to see if it gains any guts to it.

I’m waiting for Fear the Dead to start their season.

I don’t do a lot of the other tv series but know many are popular.

I’ve watched almost from the beginning. I miss the water cooler talk at work! There were a few of us who followed. Fear already started here. Ep 1 of new season is great! Glad I’m not the only one who wasn’t grabbed right away with World Beyond. I hope it picks up.

We just demolished a rather large chicken between four of us.......diet has been going well all day......Tom just said we deserved a treat for being so good for 9 hours.............

Pitch black here already tonight and it’s barely 6.30pm.......

House is cosy though.......

I hate the dark nights and so early.

So today I was going to happily post that I have 150 days until my Disney trip, but I still don't know when that trip is going to be. The university has not made and office announcement yet, but spring break has mysteriously disappeared from the student calendar. I got an email from Disney informing me that one of the pools at our hotel will be closed for refurbishment. Not a big deal for us since we don't use the pool very often.

Welcome Rockbro. I guess we can call you Dr. Rockbro soon.

Oh, speaking of Ph.D. students, my husband's plagiarist has dropped his class. I don't know if she is still enrolled at the university or not.

So sorry about spring break. It doesn’t sound good. Which hotel did you book? In warm weather I’m all about the pool. I usually rope drop parks, then have afternoon pool break then return to parks in evening. But in these times with altered hours who knows how my plan will change. I’m not an all day park person though.

@Robo56

Today did errands, got my flu shot, groceries, bank and took doggies to the groomer. Rain stopped but was pretty windy.
Tomorrow meeting up with daughter for lunch! Can’t decide what to pick up. Falafel or ?

Have a good night! I’ll leave the light on!

 

[Charade67]

So sorry about spring break. It doesn’t sound good. Which hotel did you book?

We’re going to stay at Art of Animation. It will be our first time at that hotel.

 

[macraven]

I was about to go to bed and thought I’ll check the sans and see who is tucking us in tonight and saw Robbiie’s post

Then saw Sue is still up but she has a 3 hour difference from me.
Sue, fear the dead I like a lot!

Then I saw charade is still awake.


I read reviews and many adore the hotel Art of Animation.
Hope your stay there charade is great!

 

[Charade67]

Then I saw charade is still awake.

I tried to go to sleep over an hour ago. Then the cat started this crazy meowing. I looked around and finally spotted a moth on the ceiling in the living room. The ceiling is too high for me to get to the moth, so I decided to ignore it and hope the cat would do the same. Not a chance. The moth disappeared for awhile then came back into the living room. It started flying around and the cat was going crazy. It finally landed somewhere near the television. Cat found it, knocked it onto the floor and started playing with it. I decided to put it out of its misery. The cat is still looking for it. I may be up for awhile.

 

[Sue M]

@macraven yep still up! It’s 10:20 here!

@Charade67 I’ve never stayed at AoA but have toured around. It’s super cute. Food court is good too. Or was when I went to eat. Its been awhile and I know menus change. Especially now with Covid. I’ve been looking at the Universal menus and some of my fav dishes are gone. Cutting down on menus due to Covid. I hope they bring back my favs when all this is over.
Hope kitty forgets about the moth! My fault for leaving the light on!

 

[Realfoodfans]

Nice catch up @Robo56 - yes great to go away but always good to be back home with loved ones.

Beautiful morning here and I was up early as Louie has not been himself last day. He has medication for his tummy but not worked this time. He’s fantastic personality but not a strong lad - my first little dog - our retrievers were always very robust.

It looks like the weather will stay nice so a day of garden etc until school pick up.

Will Lynne be along with a “hump” later?

 

[schumigirl]

Charade, yes, pools wouldn`t be deal breaker for us either......we do like the RP pool at night, being we were once called Moonbathers I do hope you can get definitive dates for your trip soon, it`s not fun when it`s full of uncertainty.


Robo, glad you made it home safely.....I`m sure your husband was over the moon to have you home.....and no such thing as too much Christmas shopping....... And glad to read you had such a wonderful trip.......


mac.....early night for you???? I was awake around 6 and wondered if you were awake.......glad I didn`t "ping" you........


Sue.....hope your weather clears up today.......we had rain all day yesterday and wild and woolly it was too......today sunshine and not even a breeze.......




Yep, perfect crisp Autumnal day here......looks chilly outside, but least the sun is shining.

Going out to buy some picture frames for some family pictures we have, I know I could get them online, but like to see them before I buy. Mum asked for a recent one of us, so will wrap one and send it up to her.

Not much going on here otherwise........"thinking" of starting some Christmas shopping today......Amazon Prime is tempting me (thanks Keisha for the reminder) I`m sure there`s still some goodies there I won`t be able to resist........truly.....I`m not much of a shopper........

No idea for dinner tonight........

 

[Lynne G]

Oh yes Julie, so back to routine.


Ah yes, with a shorter week, Wednesday is here and oh so happy Friday will arrive in two more sleeps, with the hump of a day, today is.

And with routine, back to it before the sun rises. Was a dark overnight, as high weather system arrived and chased the clouds away by late afternoon yesterday. Had to be blonde again, at dinner time last night. And as I drove home, the sky was a beautiful burnt orange color as the sun was setting. By the time I got home, the horizon was a dark gold. And so, a cool morning with a nice warm up, as full sunshine viewing all day. 71 the high, which will be late in the afternoon. Absolutely perfect Fall day for us. Jacket in the early morning and night. Not needed the rest of the day. And shades! Yep, when I go out today for lunchtime walk, will be rocking them shades.

And a happy Good Morning to Schumi and Julie. Yay, we all have some lovely Fall weather today.

Oh no, hope Louie is back to his old doggie self soon, Julie.

Schumi, nice to get framed pictures. I am with you, while I have no problem buying online, there are items I absolutely like to see in person. And sometimes try on, as hate returning if items online ordered not right size.

Robo, so good you made it back safely. And woot! Birthday family celebration. Like hearing about happy occasions. Your trip report is wonderful, as I am enjoying reading it. And the pictures are perfect.

Charade, hehe, yep pets notice moving bugs faster than us. Took me a few minutes to realize what my dog was staring at. Yep, a wasp on the top of the wall clock. Thankfully, a spray killed that wasp, as was not waiting to see if he would get it or not, and it moving to where I could not see it. Eww.

And so, a tea cup for me. Yep, routine here. And my wonderful sister asked what I would be doing this holiday, with no trip planned. Um, work and relax I assume.

And generally done my Christmas shopping. A birthday gift ready to be dropped off this weekend, and older one already got a few of his November birthday gifts already, so yep, gifts are generally done for the rest of this year.

 

[macraven]

Lynne has her Christmas shopping almost done and so do I.
I’m just waiting to buy the cards.
We write checks for the sons and family and they all love their Christmas gifts each year.

Cats woke up early this morning and got up to feed them.
Nice way to start the morning.

Still have good weather here and grass seed that was planted two weeks ago has sprung up.
Lawn man comes today for the mowing but he will stay avoid the new grass section.

Hope all have an easy day today.

 

[Realfoodfans]

Em was in for lunch today and we’ve planned out J & L Christmas gifts. Done some shopping already - little things as they’ve been mentioned and games machine things Grandpa is watching online prices for. Also planning zoo membership for us all. I had planned to get my Christmas cards in Devon from two charities we support so if our vacation is cancelled I will go to a local charity

Louie not good so we rang and have an emergency appointment at 2 so that will be difficult as not allowed in - the vet will come onto the car park and have a discussion then take him in.

Catch up later.