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

Nice to enjoy all the parks, Rock. Yeah, I think many think WDW does not get the same support DL does.

Ah yes, a sparkly or sprinkling Friday for us. Cooler rainy Friday is our Friday.

Eek, Sue, hope you got back to sleep and soundly for hours now. Hope dog is okay.

Ah yes, a Friday! Yay! Alarm turned off. Weekend to be commencing shortly. Double yay! Yeah, the wake alarm in my head though will mean most likely will be up early this weekend, even with no alarm. But difference is, not as fast moving one.

And routine, yes. Still a calendar watcher, for now.

Ooh, Good Morning DisneyLife! You are up early.

And Good Morning Schumi, hope you do find that perfect picture frame.

Ah yes, not only a Friday dull and rainy morning for me, but a morning means tea for me. Yay! Needed this morning. Though I did hear the heater go on a few minutes in the overnight. House is just right temp. For tea. LoL. Oh I can drink hot tea almost every morning. Well, generally not on vacation. Then it’s that eh, coffee from the room.

So homies:

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I just woke up about 30 minutes ago, but I am tired and already thinking about a nap. I had a crazy dream that I was taking a trip to Europe. I got to the airport and realized that I didn't have my tickets, (guess my subconscious is still living in the days of paper tickets), camera, or cell phone charger. I went back to the hotel I was staying at (don't know why I hadn't checked out) to get my stuff and then realized that I hadn't even packed properly. I had no clean pants, and didn't know what kind of shirts to pack because I had not checked the weather forecast. I also realized that I didn't even know which countries I would be visiting. I was frantically trying to pack, but kept getting interrupted by hotel employees. The only explanation I can think of for this dream is that we are going to Busch Gardens, which is European themed, tomorrow and will be leaving home today, and I haven't done any packing yet. It's just an overnight trip and we won't be leaving until at least 4:00, but I guess my brain just went a little crazy.


Another something.... my TBD wife took me to Disneyland last Christmas. It was my first time there. I never had a desire to go because I'm a WDW person. But, it was one of the best experiences of my life. I fell in love with it.
We went to Disneyland for the very first time last summer and also loved it. I thought it would be a one and done trip, but we all want to go back.

Doggie update, sorta. There were no masses found on ultrasound so that’s good. But vet won’t get full ultrasound report till Saturday.
Hope you continue to get good news.

Ah yes, not only a Friday dull and rainy morning for me,
Rainy here too, but thankfully we are supposed to have sun tomorrow.

I need to start getting myself presentable. I have a car state inspection at 10:00 this morning.
 
Hey all, hope your weather is better than what we have here. :wizard: Didn’t get the 1st projected frost of the season but I could see my breath this am when i took the pooch out.
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Naturally, need to run out of house to provision today. No way am I going to deal with Saturday crowds. First time ever was disappointed with the quality of produce & fruit that the instacart person selected. Hope that’s not a trend. Found it quite helpful at the beginning of this mess when I didn’t want to deal with crowds.

Health scare when I got home from trip, wound up in hospital and still doing testing Left & right, scheduled into next week. Feel fine now but try telling them that :).

Will say, I either had the most gentle nurse of all time or all the kvetching over how awful it feels to get a covid test is greatly inflated. admittedly, an odd, uncomfortable sensation to say the least.

Whenever a medical person says something is going to hurt, my question is: “childbirth pain hurt?” Thankfully, thus far, nobody has answered in the affirmative! Life is good
Ended up doing a run to Taco Bell...

Guess no one here is surprised we did that

Mr Mac’s decision
There are days, when I don’t feel like cooking, that even I (non Mexican food fan) would welcome Taco Bell grub.
Good opportunity to take out clothes for Orlando trip next month. I’ll put aside to wash.
I have what I call ‘park clothes’, wicking stuff I never wear anywhere else. Same as with shoes, partial to my keen sandals there. Admittedly, my fashion sense flys out the window then.
A lot less complicated (I've never learned the code, but have edited it before) and more creative.
I read your post twice. Have decided whatever you are studying is far above my paygrade :). You go, girl!
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

I’m sure Lynne is staying busy with her job.
She puts long hours into it.

Haven’t seen many posting now since their trip but they come back home here when they have time.

It’s like sending your kids away for school...
Some are not in a rush to return home right away.
Good summation
Charade my kids did the flat Stanley thing when they were in grade school.

Did not know that fun project is still supported in schools.
It’s a fun thing for the kids and glad it is still being done.
I miss flat Stanley, looked forward to the weekend the kids would have ‘custody’ of him. Would let them dream up adventures for him, always surprised me. He is not currently a part of curriculum here, a shame.
I phoned Universal to see if I could use voucher for the 27th coming in a day early and recoup my lost day, but no, voucher not valid that day.
Didn’t know there were black out days enforced.

Still kicking myself for not pinning down reservations for the weekend after Thanksgiving. Not using voucher, but never have had an issue booking at decent rate after we return from fall trip. Same this year. Checked shortly before that trip, all was well. Of course, everything doubled in price/sold out by the time re returned home

Had expect due to usage of them the weekend after Thanksgiving Perhaps, they only offer a % of rooms for that ‘free’ rate?
Rff, now I’m thinking of Barry Manilow songs and butterfly’s.

Good Saturday morning to all!
Believe I saw him twice or thrice in concert back in the day. No, not my idea lol. Will say he put on a heckuva a show and seems to be a swell guy.
no Blenheim Palace for us today........arrived just after 9.30 and we were told it would be 4.30 before we could enter the Palace........er, no, I don‘t think so......no way would we wander round gardens for all those hours
Ugh
In other news - my mom is now free of her boot and dh has "graduated" from cardiac rehab. They even gave him a certificate. They said his stress test was better than normal.
Yea, good for him! Not a fan of stress tests in general.
🍁🍁🍁 Happy Thanksgiving🍁🍁🍁to my Canadian homies!
For a scant 2nd I did a double take there lol. Hope you had a great holiday.
That’s what I’m doing now! Watching Ep 2 of World Beyond. I’m hoping it gets better lol. Have to get caught up with Fear too.
Definitely YA (Young Adult) territory. Casting choices are more an issue for me vs the slow script
This fall trip I did, have a “Schumi ending.”
Haha
Will watch it for awhile to see if it gains any guts to it.
Is that a common saying? Never heard it, ala to the toss it into the cornfield one; yet both are goodies!
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.............:rotfl:
Chicken is like zucchini, love the versatility of both of them.
We’re going to stay at Art of Animation. It will be our first time at that hotel.
Love it. Little Mermaid? Ask for an Ursula room, quickest non suite area. Don’t rely on Skyliner to get to MGM in the am for RoTR ‘lottery’
wow.......I feel quite behind with my Christmas shopping now......Lynne, mac and Robo all organised......I need to think about starting now :rotfl:
I mined Prime Days, nothing huge but lots of litttle stuffs caught my eye. Deliveries started to roll in, wound up giving the Mr all his goodies. Made his day, worth it lol.

Got one of those LED screw in garage lights, has fold down sections. They said it was very bright. Nearly went blind when it first went on lol
I‘m going to have to get on my Christmas shopping soon. Before my Universal trip late Nov. because when I return I have to quarantine for 2 weeks which will take me to Dec 23 :guilty: Yuk.
Lots of shopping in the area. Not sure I’d want to deal with Prime Outlets on Black Friday weekend though. Supposed to be greatly abbreviated but bet it’ll still be a zoo. I’ve resigned myself to mostly online shopping this year.
Another something.... my TBD wife took me to Disneyland last Christmas. It was my first time there. I never had a desire to go because I'm a WDW person. But, it was one of the best experiences of my life. I fell in love with it.

I never realized how much I missed the scary adventures and Mr. Toad's. They maintain those 2 parks so much better than here in Florida.
Without DL there would be no WDW. I prefer it also but can’t get there easily NS from my market. Last visit 8/19, figure it’ll be more than a few years until we get back out that way due to CV issues.

Mr Toad is one of my top dark ride favorites. Great allegorical theme.

Do believe since DL is more of a locals’ park, they tend to take more pride in it.
Doggie update, sorta. There were no masses found on ultrasound so that’s good. But vet won’t get full ultrasound report till Saturday.
Good news
 
Whenever a medical person says something is going to hurt, my question is: “childbirth pain hurt?”
That’s a good pain meter to use. I would also add “child birth with pitocin pain” hurt.

Love it. Little Mermaid? Ask for an Ursula room, quickest non suite area. Don’t rely on Skyliner to get to MGM in the am for RoTR ‘lottery’
Thanks for the advice. I would love to stay in one of the themed suites, but don’t think it’s necessary for just the 3 of us. Also don’t want to spend the extra money.

Got one of those LED screw in garage lights, has fold down sections. They said it was very bright. Nearly went blind when it first went on lol
Dh was looking at those at Home Depot last night. I don’t think we need that much light for our one car garage.
 


Ooh a Keisha post. I hope whatever got you in the hospital is gone, and all is well with you. Yeah, no drug child birth pain was no fun. Hehe, my kids think my car’s lights blind ya. I love those lights, as good brighteners for an area. DH still uses a light bulb in our only big enough garage to keep stuff, not a car. 1950’s garages were generally not made for storing a car, including my 1952 built house.

Seems we will have a double sunny day weekend Charade, so hope you have that perfect weather this weekend in the park.

Oh heard rain, after phone told me moderate rain coming in 15 minutes and may be done in the hour. Yeah, was a brief good downpour. Roads sound wet, but don’t hear rain right now. More tea for me. And boo no waffles found, so will remedy that this weekend.
 
@DisneyLifePapioNe good morning!

@Lynne G yes I did manage to get back to sleep, till 6:30 lol. Even 2 yrs retired I still wake up without alarm at the same time I did for work. Still embedded in my internal clock! Only difference is I don’t get up, I’ll check my mail and as I’m doing now go on Dis! Enjoying my morning coffee.
Rainy day here too.

@Charade67 wow! That is a crazy dream lol! Sounds like the dreams I have the night before I catch that vacay flight. One time I did forget my phone! Was on a Florida trip with oldest dd. I knew at airport I had forgotten it! Good thing my daughter had hers. My husband had to Fed X my phone to me!
Hope you’re having good weather at Busch!
Next time you go to DL make it when they have holiday decorations up, either Fall for Halloween or after Thanksgiving when they get the Christmas decorations up! Also they totally redo HM into Night Before Christmas, it’s amazing. Space Mountain also gets an overlay, Small World is beautiful, and Carsland is amazing how they decorate it.
I think the Little Mermaid section @keishashadow was talking about is the regular rooms.

@keishashadow glad to hear your ok and that it was only a scare and nothing more. Both my daughters and DH had the Covid tests, I went with DH when he had one, he did flinch! Thankfully it was just scares, nothing more.
Yes, black out dates where they won‘t honour voucher. So, because my airline canceled our night flight, and I didn’t want to loose my first day of vacay I did change my flight to arrive the afternoon before, arrives at mco around 5:30pm and booked that night at Cabana Bay. Next morning I’ll transfer to HRH. We were moved from PBH. But we love HR so it’s all good. I can imagine Resort res are hard now with PBH and Sapphire closed.
Good idea to go to the Orlando Premium Outlet while there. We dont arrive for Black Friday but I’ve noticed there are still plenty of sales after Friday. I wish I could drive across the border here, there’s a Premium Outlet on I-5 in Washington about a 1.5 hr drive. But with Canada/US border closed I can’t drive across. Can fly though! Go figure.
 
wish I could drive across the border here, there’s a Premium Outlet on I-5 in Washington about a 1.5 hr drive. But with Canada/US border closed I can’t drive across. Can fly though! Go figure.
PA doesn’t have sales tax on clothing. There is an independent outlet shopping center about 1-1/2 hours north of me. Most I know tend to do the Bigger tangier one, same distance but south from our metro area, for the better store selections

the northern one was heavily patronized by people driving down from Niagara Falls, Ontario area. Rumored it may close, a shame all the way around
 


Doggie update, sorta. There were no masses found on ultrasound so that’s good. But vet won’t get full ultrasound report till Saturday.

Made a hearty beef barley soup for dinner. DH had melted cheese open face sandwich with it. I just had the soup. But it was substantial.
Woke up again at 1:30am any yup, trouble falling back asleep. Maybe I should borrow Schumi’s book.

@macraven days do have a way of slipping by, esp when you just return from vacay until you get back into routine. @Lynne did post its Thirsty Thursday. She keeps us on track!

@Schumi I like Sparkly Friday! Sounds like we have similar October weather patterns. Oh I love lasagna, wish I could still eat it.

@Rockbro TBD? That’s a new one. I totally agree about DL. It’s so nice to be able to ride things no longer at WDW. Plus the attractions that are in both parks seem to be better at DL. It feels like by the time they got to WDW they were skimped on. Like Space Mtn, Big Thunder, Pirates, Small World.

I think I need a snack lol! Then hope to go back to sleep!
TBD = To Be Determined. We are on the rocks.
 
Lynne.....enjoy that tea and hope rain isn`t too bad.......

Charade......er, yes. Weird......how our brain works is fascinating.......have a great trip........


Sue.......shopping will be fun when you arrive. Shame you can`t cross the border......hopefully soon it`ll change......


Keisha....continued good wishes........and I can imagine your misters happy face getting all the goodies.....Tom is still saying thank you for the reminder to me the two day Amazon Prime thing was on........:rotfl:



Lasagne in oven.......made up some salad with a friends beautiful home grown cherry tomatoes.....they smell amazing! Will eat around 6 tonight I think. Made up some mini meringues and will have them with some strawberries and a little pouring cream.

Sun had come out, so wandered down to Tom`s man shed to see how the new batch of wine they have been making is coming along..........it does sound nice, they`re doing red this time to try. Our gardener said he has made this before and I`ll like it......still to be convinced.

And the window cleaner managed to appear today....finally. The weather has just been so rainy this last four weeks. All the rain had made the windows look so bad. Now, sparkling. Till the next rains I`m sure.........

Friday evening........time for wine........🍷
 
Keisha glad you are improving.
Sue good news on doggie hope it continues.
Charade safe travels.
Schumi - home made wine! That takes me back. My mum used to make beautiful Elderflower wine that had a natural sparkle to it.

Hairdresser and some errands in town this morning. Getting into the bank is like clearing security at the airport. Had to collect my best watch from the jewellers as a pin had come out of the strap - luckily it happened at home so I caught it as it dropped. Kev gave it me on our wedding day so it’s precious to me.

Lamb delivery direct from the farmer this afternoon so the fridge and freezer are well stocked. All that lamb and I made steak pie for dinner tonight.

Another beautiful Autumn day so Kev has been busy doing electrical work at the far side of the property (nearest the awful renters) to add some lighting and an additional cctv camera.

I did a quick tidy round then did a little online Christmas shopping - mostly for L this time.

Evening here now so feet up - cold drink and we are watching The Chicago 7 - a more lighthearted film planned for later.

Quiet house with the children away but we’ve lots to do. Hope everyone else has a nice weekend planned.
 
@keishashadow so sad about outlet possibly closing. When all this ends I don’t know what will be left :guilty: I was reading there’s a possibility AMC will close. All of them. We don’t have them in Canada but when we go to Florida we will have a movie night usually at an AMC. Huge chain. One of our fav nights is the one in DTD, seeing a movie at their fork & dine theatre. We’ve also gone to the one in City Walk.

@Rockbro :scratchin don’t know why I couldn’t figure that out! Sorry to hear that.

@schumigirl nice that the sun made an appearance. Off and on rainy grey day here.
Finished up the rest of my beef barley soup. Gardens are great. The carrots came from my daughters garden! The soup really hit the spot on this wet day. And grilled havarti cheese. First dry day I need to tackle the windows!

@Realfoodfans always a good feeling getting hair done! Lucky the watch incident happened at home.
My husbands uncle made beautiful wine! I regret that we never asked him to teach us how.

@Charade67 yay you made it! Great statue lol! Have fun. Maybe a pic or 2? Of Busch! One day I’d love to go.

Yucky day here with rain, and just grey. We went out to vote today at the early polls. Our province is having an election for The Premier. We’ve never voted in the early poll. Always just went up to our community polling place. But with Covid I was afraid of long lines, with social distancing and limits of how many can go in at a time. So decided to do early poll. Short wait, only a couple of minutes and there was a steady flow of people coming in. Think it will be a good turn out.

Rain stopped in afternoon, but skies never cleared. Just grey and damp. Went for a dog walk with my friend up the lane. It was nice to get out even on this dull day.
 
Charade.......that is funny. Those masks seem to be showing up everywhere! Have a wonderful day today.......


Sue........yes, I think we do have a kind of similar climate at times......grey and sunny in same day is about normal for us. Shame you cant eat lasagne now.......funny, I can’t eat barley.....lol.....I used to love my dads home made soup on a Sunday as it was chock full of barley........and all his veg was home grown back then. The limit to my talent of growing stuff is some herbs and a chilli plant........have a lovely weekend.......


Lynne.......like that light a lot!





Up early this morning as I have an early hair appointment.

She could fit me in first thing today or it would be end of next week, so opted for an early one this morning.......highlights and cut and blow dry......don’t need much off the length but a good tidy up is in order.

So, bacon for lunch today as it’s a quick breakfast today......

Looks to be dull but dry all over today, not warm, but not too cold either. Not quite sure what we’ll do the rest of the day, probably not much on a Saturday.

Decided to make mum up a calendar as part of her Christmas. So, will upload the pictures this afternoon I need to do that and get that done I think. She’ll be happy with that idea and I can put in a real mix of images for each month.

Have a wonderful Saturday.........:wave2:
 
Good pictures Charade and Lynne.

Louie had us up early so we returned to bed with our coffee and watched the news for a while. Wish we hadn’t really - doom and gloom.

I’m making up a few pages for the buyers of Dad’s home - apologies if I’ve mentioned that already. Not sure if they will think it odd but I’ve enjoyed doing it. As we moved in to it brand new - no gardens etc over 60 years ago you can imagine the changes. Plus it was extended twice and an additional driveway when we were all of us with cars. Mum was a very keen gardener and had a third of the garden (in total half an acre) to fruit and veg. I doubt the young couple will retain that and expect the mature fruit trees etc will be removed. She also did some topiary and in the front garden is a beautiful teddy bear that we’ve tried to maintain. My son looked to find out if we could remove it but it is actually two trees at the roots and it would be unlikely to survive - it’s about 6 ft tall. So pictures of us as toddlers right through to the great grandchildren enjoying the garden. Shows what a happy home it has always been.

Nice day here so far - I have orders to collect from Boots (our largest chemist chain) and M&S so we will do that then have a walk at a nearby country park if not too busy. Lamb Massaman in the slow cooker for tonight so this afternoon we can spend some time in the garden if it stays nice.

Happy Saturday all x
 
Oh Rock, hope you are feeling better soon. At least you ate some food.

Schumi, like barley in soup, but have not seen in soup lately. Usually in a beef stock soup. Getting to be the time of year I make soup. I tend to always have some chicken broth in my pantry.

Julie, no I think it is nice to leave a note about the house you are selling. I have it heard done such by both sellers and buyers. Hugs as it seems you are finishing up.

Yay! The rain has left the area. Beautiful sunrise and so clear and sunny out. Mind you, when the temp was saying 40 degrees, sunrise was watched from inside, with a cup of tea in my hand. I think the kids went to bed around 2 this morning. So my usual quiet weekend morning it is. And remote is mine. Yay!

And so, with a family week day birthday, a birthday lunch very small get together today.

Super happy Saturday to all the homies.
 
Morning all, it’s quite brisk here again but I do see the sun starting to peak thru the clouds :sunny:

Youngest DS stopping by for dinner, undecided if going to try the air fryer (have read raves about it prepared that way???) or just toss on the grill. Nice decision to wrestle

Hairdresser and some errands in town this morning. Getting into the bank is like clearing security at the airport. Had to collect my best watch from the jewellers as a pin had come out of the strap - luckily it happened at home so I caught it as it dropped. Kev gave it me on our wedding day so it’s precious to me.
It’s loosened up here last month or so to enter bank branches. Prior to that you could make an appointment. still very strict on number of people at one time tho

it would be awful to lose a sentimental piece of jewelry that way. Funny how so many don’t even wear watches but my DSs all have embraced them more as fashion

I was reading there’s a possibility AMC will close. All of them. We don’t have them in Canada
Oh boy. They closed the Cinemark a few miles from my house this year. Closest now a solid 45 minute drive & not in especially safe suburb of the city. Tried to convert the $200+ in GC I have on hand to another GC or Reduced cash payout via the various online sites, but last I checked none would even accept them.
We went out to vote today at the early polls.
Vote early & often :). JK. We went our mail in ballots back already. I am humbled by those in NC who have been waiting 8+ hours over the last few days on line for early voting.:worship:
She could fit me in first thing today or it would be end of next week, so opted for an early one this morning.......highlights and cut and blow dry......don’t need much off the length but a good tidy up is in order.
It’s still Like winning the lottery here to not have to wait a solid month
Mum was a very keen gardener and had a third of the garden (in total half an acre) to fruit and veg. I doubt the young couple will retain that
Times change, sadly, majority who work full time don’t want to be bothered with any extensive garden maintenance.
She also did some topiary and in the front garden is a beautiful teddy bear that we’ve tried to maintain. My son looked to find out if we could remove it but it is actually two trees at the roots and it would be unlikely to survive - it’s about 6 ft tall
That is so cool. Had a flashback when you mentioned removing the topiary. When actively working as realtor...had a similar estate type property for sale. Took a while to get a serious offer. Solid build but needed lots of updating & was a huge property with many overgrown, mature bushes & plants. Had more than one prospective buyer term it a jungle.

During the walk thru, the day before closing with the other agent/their buyer, discovered that not only did the family members remove many of the lighting fixtures (and all the lightbulbs haha not uncommon FYI); they also removed several of the ornamental plants. How, is beyond meo_O didn’t see evidence of a backhoe, but there were gaping holes in the yard.

Deal feel through, as sellers wisely exercised their contractual right to run. I immediately dumped the listing, as the family was defiant about what they did (read the contract you are signing duh). thhouse sat empty for years afterward =karma.
 

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