J'aime Paris
Living happily ever after
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Thank you Carole!Robbie glad you had a nice visit with your dad and nice you`ll see him soon too. Yes, my mum will be 87 in March, but we are so lucky with her, she is fit as a fiddle both physically and mentally, sharp as a tack really.......I`m lucky she has my siblings close by her too.
And hope your leg improves soon, it`s been quite a long haul for you with that issue, plenty of rest.
Goodness you are sharp with the Christmas decorations.......I know how much you love them though. Usually December 1st for us, but this year we`ll be putting everything up the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before we hopefully leave. Too early for us really even though we adore Christmas, but don`t want to come back to do it all. Look forward to your pictures if you show them this year again.
Have a lovely weekend Robbie and keep well......
Lori....you are so welcome my friend!!
I did wonder if your daughter would turn up last night or today.......what a lovely surprise!! I`d have been in tears too........and you`ll have an amazing night tonight, I can`t wait to hear where you end up for dinner......
I have to go Google Pentatonix after I post this...... don`t have a scooby doo who they are...but glad you`re pleased with the gift and ideal they`re coming with you for it!!
The wine is unusual for us, as we both usually don`t ever drink French wine, red or white (only champagne) but we ordered a 2012, Francois Cotat Sancerre, Cuvee Paul as someone from one of the wine groups suggested we try it knowing we aren`t fond of French wine. He thought it was worth it.....have to say I had to eat (or drink) my words.....the Sancerre was lovely! Glad we ordered it and will order a case next time. We do tend to drink more red, but we do enjoy white too and bubbly of course.
Yes, 50 isn`t bad at all.....I`m 55 next year and plan to celebrate my *** off along with our 30th wedding anniversary......although one of my friends is 57 the same month and she is depressed about that.....lol.....
Have a super birthday Lori....you deserve it, and to be surrounded by family who adore you is the perfect day......
I'm blown away by the talent of Pentatonix, and am looking forward to the concert!
thank you Soniam!!@J'aime Paris Happy Birthday!!! Sounds like it was a good one.
We like Vegas and have been multiple times. Haven't had the urge to go lately since covid. However, we will probably go back at some point, especially since we have friends and family that live there. We gamble a little but mostly visit resorts, bars, restaurants, and shows.
Love the dam tourIt was cool.
I hope it starts feeling better. Let it rest. My left knee causes problems for me sometimes. I had an accident on my Vespa several years ago, hit it on the pavement, and caused a bunch of soft tissue damage. It's usually fine, but sometimes I push it. I totally know the feeling about thinking my body can handle more than it really can now.
Another year is better than no year. I think turning 30 bothered me more than others. I feel pretty comfortable now with who am I and my age. Congratulations for next year.
Lasagna is such a great comfort food!I think we would certainly have some fun gambling a little.....but yes, I think we`d focus more on other things, but you have to gamble a little in Vegas!
I agree. We lost one of our best friends in 2016 who was like a sister to me to cancer a few weeks after she turned 50, always reminds of the saying about old age being a privilege not a right......yes, embrace it. Yes, I have felt more comfortable with me the last 20 years than my younger years looking back......and certainly put up with less bull from others than I did when I was younger too. Growing up has it`s benefits........
Lasagne was lovely, didn`t eat much of the garlic toast, so most went in the trash, but lasagne was very filling.
Watched Shrek earlier, now having a Pirates of the Carribean movie night....love some Captain Jack Sparrow.....opened second bottle of wine, well first one was finished with dinner.
Still blowing a hoolie outside, glad we`re in and nowhere to go. Can hear some fireworks in the distance again, but the high winds seem to have put some off, they`ll keep it for tomorrow night.......
I'm with your DD on that one!Have a good night Metro.
Well it was another little one and me. So what did we have? Yep, grilled in my pan chicken, mashed taters, and cooked carrots with a tad bit sugar in the water. Yum. And, since both of us like corn muffins more than any white bread type, had a small box of mix for it, so made just 6 small muffins, which, 3 left over for older one. Little one had to have two. With butter, they were a perfect bread side warm from the oven.
And now it’s what I feel like watching, as already changed into my pajamas. Nothing needed tonight to go out for. Little one is online gaming with her friends. Probably until the wee hours. She’s also not fond of us falling back into time to be on standard time tomorrow.
Saturday night already. Hope all get a good night’s sleep.
I had bought some Irish bacon from a specialty shop recently. I wonder if it's the same as the bacon you have? It was different from US bacon....and tasted very nice!College football certainly is incredibly popular, I had no idea till we visited the first time and heard everyone seemingly talk about it.
Did you find anything to watch? Tv over here usually sucks......Netflix or any of the other streaming options are usually what we end up watching if it`s not dvd`s at night. Don`t really know why we have so many tv`s!
It`s a beautiful day here, but we`ve still got high winds up to 45mph......didn`t really stop many fireworks last night in the distance it seems. And I think there are some organised displays tonight for some reason.
Lazy relaxing day ahead.......short ribs cooked overnight, Tom in his infinite wisdom, decided to wake me at 3am to let me know he could smell them and the smell was delicious.
He was right though.
Bacon for sure this morning, with a huge pot of tea.
Today is a day for catching up with friends and family and some reading I think.....and maybe a snooze as it`s Sunday...
Have a lovely Sunday
Been eating a lot of avocado toast lately, topped with Everything but the bagel seasoning. Are you a fan?Good morning Schumi. Ooh could smell that bacon and tea! You definitely have a very windy day. Hehe, is nice when you can smell good food cooking away. Relaxing day sounds perfect for a Sunday.
Well, for us, not nearly as windy as Schumi, but with a clear overnight, it’s 32 degrees out. But oddly, going to be a beautiful sunny start, but clouds are to arrive quickly after sunrise and be a mostly cloudy day. But they are not rain or snow carrying, as we are in a dry spell with the low weather system staying more out to sea then expected. But as the low comes closer, rain is expected Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Eh, as the low moves closer, it’s letting that Southern air flow up, and in the 60’s will be the highs, with close to 70 Friday’s high. Yay, as shorts will then be worn by the end of the week. But today, with the high as 57, shorts are not on, pants are. And a jacket will be too.
But even with the time change, I’m up early. And our typical Sunday, the start of this week, includes getting as much trash out to the curb as can, and getting ready for week day routine. Yay, it is a holiday week.
Well, alarm has been set, clock changed. All electronics automatically switch the time. Will see if I have to change the car clock. I may not, as it’s the most computerized of the ones we have. Older one has to push a little button to change the hour on his car. DH’s? I don’t think DH ever cares to change his truck’s clock. So at least he’s right half of the year.
So, yes, tea for me this morning. No bacon, I don’t think, but we have eggs and potatoes. Though I saw oatmeal, so on this cool morning, that sounds good. So a warm little breakfast before the kids get up hours later again. I don’t know when either went to bed, as I was in bed before the midnight clock sounded about an hour later. Then we are having a birthday dinner out, as older one does not work today, and he’s wanted to try a newer opened steak place that opened not too far from us. Looked at the menu, and think it has plenty all should enjoy.
Super Sized Sunday homies. Make it a most lazy one too. And hope it finds all doing well.
Our kitty used to climb into the towel closet of DDs bathroom. We'd find her fast asleep among the soft towels!
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Hey all, sure glad to see this time change.
Other than this lovely youngin’ qualifying for state competition on her 1st meet of the season
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All around meet champion. 1st floor, beam & 2nd vault and bars
Very glad to cross off the past busy week. Jr’s main refrigerator died a lingering death. Who knew there was a covid shortage of replacements? Scrounged thru lowes inventory online and was able to snag a nice one to be delivering in a few days. installation was a pip, old copper pipes running to ice maker. Can’t say I’ve ever seen that. All worked out well after 6 hours there. Glad the mr is such a handy man & no plumber was harmed
Day 3 from the derm surgery on back i.e. I can finally get it wet & take a proper bath. Feel as tho I’ve been primitive camping.
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i have specific park clothes, uniform of sort. all either goofy stuff branded to whatever park or wicking stuff...things I rarely wear at home.
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poor baby, hope he rebounds soon.
hate to say it, not much this year really enticed me to pull out my phone. Do look forward to checking yours out as you do have such a good eye
he’s absolutely precious
i multi-tasked before last week’s medical appts & snuck in a bit of Xmas shopping prior as many unique stores
happy, happy birthday to him!
Woo hoo, will be looking sharp for the holidays.
i actually love whatever I’ve got going on with the top layer of my hair. Several stylists agreed. it’s more of a ‘fade’ from the dark brown I have underneath & allows me to go quite a long time between coloring. Well, it would but, I’ve been going every 3 months since things opened back up just because I feel like being pampered
i went thru that too on a 7. apple store installed a new battery that lasted all of 5 minutes. They wound up just handing me a new phone in the store as I pitched an witch as was leaving on vacation in a few days lol.
so true. Will agree it’s so convenient to order phones online & have them show up at the door. know you are a techie, it made me feel just a bit smrter to read u had a few moments in the actual setting up process. do think if you’re not a methodical sort, probably is better to go into the store, can’t skip any steps, ‘fear sure lol
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absolutely, great pic!
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so nice to hear!!!
so glad the mr went out to get the newspaper yesterday & handled that for me lol. Was unexpected TBH. See it’s on there again this am. Can melt off
yea! Enjoy.
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No giggles here, wasn’t a fan until i saw him ahem decades ago. Put on a killer show. Was surprised he didn’t (ironically) pen this song
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aw, that’s nice to hear.
full blown shortage here, no large breasts to be found…turkey that is
i shot & scored when out shopping this week.
View attachment 620498 Thanksgiving & Xmas, check. If i could only find a couple of hams…
oh no! I am not amused mine is seriously barking after 5 or 6 hours now. Not sure if it may be the weather or increased activity.
i may use this as a visual aide when I lobby to have our main tree put up later this week. The mr is off work, GD is coming to stay overnight, would be perfect activity to decorate. Not sure I can pull that request off tho. His people never put up the tree before Xmas eve, old SKool. Took time for him to wrap his head around the weekend after Thanksgiving.
oh & they can be decidedly odd lol. as an update, we are playing on Monday night this week & somehow have managed to win a few games after Lori’s team crushed us earlier this season. Worm has possibly turned there now as their QB is out on covid mandate against Kansas Ctiy (just one recent, surprise loss).
DSs‘ team went down in flames on Friday, still great they made it to the playoffs As such underdogs. Always next year!
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the more extensive one is really fascinating. I didn’t understand most of it mind you as to the engineering but, still appreciated it.
My suggestion to folks is to keep driving east & spend a night on the rim at the Grand Canyon, although the park system’s hotels are a tough grab.
never heard that one, love it.
one time I am glad to be vertically challenged and unable to perform that task For the non auto ones. My story & I’m sticking to it.
Your GD is such a talented young lady!!
Glad your derm surgery is healing well!
Oh, so exciting! Thinking there may be some international visitors in Orlando this weekend when I arrive!
I love putting on my cabin socks when the cold weather hits!
I love chips too! They are my ultimate weakness....Had three chipmunks stop & look quizzically at me as I grilled the steaks this evening. As though I was invading their sanctity. Lucky for them, my pooch didn’t give chase
ok, that’s where one must draw the line in the sand!
not supposed to eat them, have cut back substantially on my consumption on that sort of junk food but, will indulge in Old Bay flavored chips now & again. Would get them in the individual packets for portion control. ha, not only have they disappeared but, haven’t seen a full size bag all summer. Growl
did u play the lottery while you were at it?
i’ve started to cube leftover bakery bread & freeze. almost ‘there’ with enough that I can dry them out in the oven and then have at making the stuffing at Thanksgiving.
Need to work on my menu & try to grab the non perishables this week before the shelves are picked Clean.
I begrudgingly pulled out regular crocs today to wear in the house. Can’t bring myself to don a pair of socks, yet.
same! a bit later…have you watched the old dragnet & perry mason series? Do love the tone of them too.
I've even ordered Walkers brand via Amazon to get the international flavors. It's a problem, lol!
Your frittata sounds yummy!@keishashadow Glad to hear you are healing and able to shower properly. I get really cranky if I can't/don't shower every day.
Made frittata for dinner with Seltzer's beef bologna, like a smoke salami, and swiss chard. Have enough for leftovers at lunch tomorrow.
Saw Eternals last night. It wasn't the worst movie in the world, but it definitely lacked something that the other MCU movies have.
Friday I had to run to the other side of town to get son's protein bars. He's really picky. The two near us were out. I thought I would pick up some xmas candy too. They showed having it, but I couldn't find it in the store. I think they were still putting xmas stuff on the shelves. I will try my local one tomorrow. I had also done a pickup order at our local Target, but I forgot to add the food for the food bank. So I just ran errands all Friday, other than going to the gym.
My vehicle registration saga continues. The last car passed state inspection, but it won't let me renew the registration online. I think it's because it has been too long and it has a personalized plate. I need to call them tomorrow to see what I need to do. I will probably have to go in person. My fault for putting it off for so long. Need to get the Vespa inspected too. I might do it on Tuesday. I didn't want to run chores on my birthday, but this would be the only one. It might have the same issue with registration, since it has also been over a year. Oh well, hopefully I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The Vespa is fun to get inspected. I have to ride toward the employee, get up to at least 30mph, and then hit the brakes. I like to build up to a faster speed. It kind of freaks them out a bit. I don't know why they stand in the path though. The little things that make us happy
Starting to think about packing and getting things ready for our trip in less than 2 weeks. Had to do a bunch of clean up on my laptop for picture backup. I probably need to wipe the camera memory card too, since I transferred the last set of pictures. I think we are going to do the Universal Holiday Tour, so that we don't have to wait in line for the parade, Grinchmas show, and Hogwart's Xmas projection show. We only have 2 nights. Need to get an appointment to get my nails done soon too. Busy, busy.
Getting excited for UO too!!
Debating if I'll go for a nail appt or do them myself...
Save a piece of that bread for me!!Love those type of movies too.......sounds a good way to pass a day.
And good morning....just saw you pop in there.....thought you`d slept in lol....it`s nice having company this time of day.......hope you have a lovely day......
Crisps are my kryptonite! Cannot resist them as they are so addictive....yes, not the healthiest of options!
Glad you enjoyed the steaks and I have a vision of a nature reserve all around you with cartoon creatures like Snow White
Never watched original Dragnet, but love the old Perry Mason shows....my mother is addicted to them......heck if you phone her when she`s watching it, she practically hunts you off the phone!
Beautiful day here.....very mild, but chilly if that makes sense. About 44F. Enjoyed a nice walk of just under 6 miles, came home and watched the dual take off from Heathrow Airport of the VA and BA flights.......quite impressive.......and so heartening to finally see the United States border opening up again to us and other countries.
Doing some more baking today as we won`t be going back out, got some bread in the oven right now for lunch, made a Rosemary and garlic focaccia, nice and soft with loads of flavour, will have that with some parma ham and spicy balsamic for dipping.
Dinner is chicken casserole with rosemary and garlic....yes, we have a glut of rosemary to use up!! Very winter warming dishes coming up now.
Mid morning tea time here though.........
Happy Monday......
You know all about my weakness for chips/crisps!!
We get a couple more pleasant days too, and then only a high of 38 by Friday.....sigh!
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pray tell, what is this package?Does it trump the AP viewing spot that is not the best real estate For the parade.
nwahahaha add that to the hoops people jump thru to get a state pension
yes, feel like I crawled out of a dark cave at last
so much easier
lol I do like the sounds of your mum! have a ton of them sitting on my DVR, pull them out sparingly. Of course, not above re-watching them
that’s a long walk in book lol.
Saw video of the first flights taking off, so soon for you. Just read that the average tourist from your side of the pawn injects $4,000 into our economy. the red carpet is being readied as we speak lol. Not sure if that reflects cost of trip or actual spending while here.
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I just happy there are no gators or pythorns. Deer are starting to rut & run here, such a driving hazard. There are rural roads we won’t drive upon at all the next few months, others just during mid day when they are normally hunkered down. Worth going out of our way to avoid that hassle.
Customer service isn't what is used to be...hope you get that call sooner than later...
The birthday weekend was a lovely success, thanks to DD and DH!!! They surprised me over and over! I felt very loved by them both!
Dinner out was another surprise, as my parents joined us at the supper club. I didn't think I'd see them, since my mom had just had cataract surgery on Wednesday. So that was another huge bonus to my b-day!!
The restaurant was new to us all, and we really liked it! Will certainly go back again!
Back to reality on Monday....ran a few errands, and currently waiting on our bug guy at home. We have a quarterly inspection to keep the crawling critters outside where they belong! My time window is 10am-1pm. But I can keep busy with laundry and other chores while I wait, so it's not too bad.
Deep thoughts to start our week...
It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend!!!!
