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

[Lynne G]

Ooh, a Schumi hello this afternoon. Hope you have better weather than we are having, and that storm is gone. Will share my tea with ya, but sorry, no ginger tea here. Pleasant breakfast one, so I hope you'll enjoy it too.

With that, Oh my, busy at MonyK's house. All those girls ARE busy! Yay, for some more fresh eggs now, and Woot! Scoring all those trips, including Thanksgiving. Yeah, I had a chewer. Power chewer, and power paw was my male lab. Power chewer was the female one. She ate through the vacuum wire, while I was vacuuming. How she did not get electrocuted, beats me. Good thing DH had electrical tape. Then, male lab had a hankering for the corners of my furniture. Hot pepper sauce rubbed on the corners stopped most of that chewing there. But they were still good dogs, and I miss them. And both loved the snow. Even had to yell one time while out for a walk in the local park. The female decided to leap down into a frozen pond that she made a beeline for. She broke through the ice and was gone. I was screaming her name, as I tried to get down the steep side of the pond, and low and behold, she pops up on the other side of the pond, breaking through the ice, and climbs up the side. Sigh. That was when they were young, and quite nimble. DH wants another lab. I'm still not ready. Too many changes with kids in college. And yeah, the walker, the cleaner upper, the let out, the feeder, will be me. After 3 dogs, I am pretty sure, I will be the main care giver. I do enjoy the company, and that is one of the biggest parts I miss. And ooh, more snow. Some around where I live are voicing their disappointment we have had a snowless winter so far. Not me, above freezing, and dry. Yep, that's the winter I like. If anything, we've been wet quite often, lots of rain, including today. Us too, that blob of greens, pinks, and white stretches the whole East Coast. Bet Charade gets some rain too. Seems the only snow will still be North enough from where I am, just bands of heavy rain for my day.

Pumpkin, sending good thoughts the school work is going easier soon. Nice you decided to go back, even if takes up your time.

With all that talk of rain, and food, 180 days for Keisha, and MonyK, it is a Thursday, and a Thirsty one too.


and Woot!

- such a good dog! Have a terrific Thursday, homies. Throw back a drink or two, and enjoy the day with a smile.

Well wishes to Charade, and every other homie not feeling well. Mummy dust, and well wishes.




And a Valentine funny:
- eh could that be some of us homies?


Ooh, need for second cup of tea. Later homies.

 

[schumigirl]

Janet....congrats on the tickets!!! My niece is a massive Stones fan.....and yes....I like the Dr Zhivago look......frozen was the word of the day....with another inappropriate word in front of it


Pumpkin....good to see you.....don`t work too hard


Hey Monyk.....sounds like all kids are doing well!!!



Well, no snow yet, thankfully. Hope we`re too far South! It is so cold though......haven`t ventured out today at all......think I`ll go online and get groceries delivered tomorrow instead of going out and we`ll just hibernate.

We always have plenty of wine in stock so we`ll be fine......

Scrambled egg whites and avocado toast for lunch today....dinner is maple pork steaks. Simple and easy.

No plans to go out for Valentines tomorrow night.....will make something nice for us, maybe a picnic style dish of appetisers, definitely some shrimp in there.....and champagne of course. It`s not that we`re not romantics at heart, we still are of course......but restaurants aren`t much fun on days like that.

 

[Lynne G]

Yep, Schumi, we never go out to dinner on Valentine's Day. One of the reasons we got married before Valentine's Day. Yep, I order grocery delivery every so often, particularly on a week day, when I may not get the chance to go to the store. Had a nice delivery yesterday, so good dinner last night. Thinking of a what for dinner tonight, as have to do some errands tonight.

Just could not turn on the heater. Had to. Inside, even with long sleeve blouse, and herringbone pants, I should be warm enough, without the heater. Oh well. The heater does feel good.

 

[Charade67]

Quick hello this morning. I am going to attempt to go back to work today. I dread seeing all the things that didn't get done while I was out.

snagged presale Rolling Stones tix for June = satisfaction lol

My husband would be so jealous. He would like to see them, but I don't know if they will be peforming anywhere near us.

Charade I am dreading having to get the realID. Using our passports for flying at present.

It wasn't too bad once I had the correct birth certificate. I don't have a passport, so I thought I should go ahead and get the real ID.

Bet Charade gets some rain too.

Yep. Raining again today. I think we are supposed to get some sun tomorrow though.

No plans to go out for Valentines tomorrow night...

No plans here either. We were never really big on celebrating Valentine's Day.

Thank you all for your well wishes. If I could just kick this cough I would feel so much better.

 

[Disxuni]

Happy Thursday, homies! Almost Friday. For me, it's my personal Friday as it's the last day. Thanks to everyone else for the additional concern and well wishes after I initially thanked you guys. ❤

Awesome snag of the Stones tickets! Such a shame I will never get a chance to ever see The Beatles though. Sounds basic probably, but they are my all time favorite band. Simon and Garfunkel are up there as well on my list. However, I can go on and on about music.

As for VDay plans I was thinking of getting into the single spirit and go do the SR lines at the parks. It's supposed to rain tomorrow though. Not all day, however, I should be a good girl and focus on my class work and I have to return all my equipment anyway.

Hope you guys who are feeling under the weather keep continuing to feel better!

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

!!!

We typically visit Longhorn for a nice steak on Valentine’s Day!!

 

[mckennarose]

Morning everyone!
It's not a bad start to the day here, we were expecting snow overnight but wound up with just a dusting and rain. It's definitely not a normal winter because we usually get a huge nor'easter in February with a few feet of snow. I'm not complaining! My deck was slippery though, and I had to carry one of the the dogs down so he wouldn't fall. He's only 7 lbs.

Lynne, your dog story just scared the life out of me! Going through the ice on the pond... yikes! I have two little dogs and we have to watch for hawks who will snatch up the dogs so I have to go outside with them every time. Two weeks ago we had a hawk sitting in a tree behind our garage. I was the crazy lady stomping through snow with a broom yelling at the tree.

Moneyk, I really have to think about HHN! My middle daughter is the one who wants to go, but she's starting a new managerial position for her company in the summer, so she and her boyfriend are going with us in May and it might be her only trip this year.
We're *almost* empty-nesters... our youngest is the only one still home and in college.
Patrick Mahomes: my eldest and her husband were in MK for the Super Bowl parade last week and got some great pictures of him! He does seem like a good kid.

Charade, hoping your day goes well and you can get over the cough soon.

Shumi, we're not going out for VDay either. Hubby is project manager for a job at work and has to go in over night Friday into Saturday. I'll make dinner for us. That creme brulee sounds delicious!

Keisha, Rolling Stones tix?! That's awesome!

Mac, I'm getting the impression you're in a much warmer climate that I am! And I'm jealous!

Sorry if I'm forgetting anyone!

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, I was scared too, McK, but she was a tough dog, and large, 75 pounds, so I was more concerned how I was going to get back up the cliff sides of the pond, once I saw she was fine. We too have hawks around, but they seem to want the birds, and squirrels, and I have a soft spot for large dogs. Have only had 2 labs, and one boxer. And the boxer was the smallest, and while I wanted a larger one, she was perfect for our family. And yeah, both my labs liked the water, as my male one liked nothing more than to lay in a mud hole he dug, and enjoy the summer rains. Cute you have little dogs, and yeah, I'd be afraid of the hawks too. Not a normal winter for us either. Ack, for a slippery deck. Hope all your rain is brief.

And joy, phone says weather updates sometimes, and coldest night we've had in quite some time, will be Friday, warnings given. Sigh. No reason to go out in the evening on Valentines for sure.

 

[keishashadow]

pull it together gang, Friday’s just a kiss away

After my soon to be DH forgot my BD two years running, figured I was doing him a solid to have our wedding on Valentines Day . He’s since made up for those sort of forgetful transgressions in spades

Monyk - wow, lots going on in your house that’s had it’s share of sickies this season, ugh. So nice your DDs have their choice of such fine schools. Ain’t it grande having a puppy ? Several of the breeds I’ve had call that latter period the baboon stage. Mostly as to how they tend to look awkward ala a kid going thru puberty but my thots is was how they would just fling themselves wildly around so awkwardly.

Re GD, her newest what I want to be when I grow up is: WWE wrestler, but not a Diva type. Least its not MMA . Not sure if it’s better than last year wanting to be Cirque performer but solidly better than being a carny.hahaha. I’m keeping a mental list so I can remind her on HS graduation day of all her past life-goals, same as I did with my boys.

Lynne - that is one of the scariest dog stories I’ve heard with a positive outcome.

We had bigger type of hawk move into the area a few years ago. I swear they are stalking my dog. Yesterday I was closing my wooden blinds on side of Living Room and the motion started one who was eating ‘something’ it had caught in my side yard..usually the first place my dog hits when he goes outside. My heart just sank. Made sure to advise all in the family to make sure they go out with him as he’s smaller than my DSs large cats.

Sir Mick was one of my earliest crushes, before I really knew what a crush was lol. Just something about those (semi) bad-boys. I appreciate the Beatles and enjoy many of Simon & Garfunkel’s early stuff too.

 

[schumigirl]

Lynne, glad that story had a good outcome with the dog!!! How scary......I’m with you.....happy to avoid snow!

Charade, we do celebrate Valentines Day, but just not the commercialised side.....Tom buys me flowers every week and always has done since we met.....so my anti Valentines Day making a point is for him not to buy me flowers this week.....he is very romantic though and I always enjoy our evening with some champagne. Hope you feel better soon......


mrose.....a home cooked meal is lovely at times!! I always enjoy cooking us up something special, but eating out is special too.....we enjoy that a lot.....and another reason I’ll never be skinny!! Hope your weather stays calmer than usual......


Janet.....I’m one of those that can’t abide the Beatles.....again, my niece who is a huge ”real” music fans can’t understand why I can’t stand them.......I call them the most over rated boy band ever......lol.....she does glower at me when I say that.....it’s like looking in a mirror when she does that!!

That is scary with the hawk! Yes, your doggy will need watching.....and yes, you have to remind GD about her childhood aims.......Kyle when he was around 5, wanted to be a trash man or Barney!! I do love reminding him about that!!



Did go online and large grocery delivery is coming tomorrow between 8am and 9am......but we did pop out when there was a lull in the weather. I won’t order meat of veg from grocery store, so popped out to pick some up from farm store. Freezers are full so didn‘t need anything like that.

Visited deli for assorted continental meats, stuffed cherry peppers and olives......part of a nice little feast for tomorrow night.....

Feel quite organised now......

Bad weather coming this weekend......

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, she was a shark in disguise, Keisha. Killer of all things wild. Yep, everything from a mole to a skunk and even a squirrel, buzzing bugs included. Good thing is, never a dog fighter, or after a cat. Guess that's why she was her mother's daughter. Mother was an English Field Champion. No matter, the male did not get that trait, he gave me a baby bird, that fell on the ground, in his mouth, without hurting the bird. I called him Lover Boy. All 85 pounds of him wanted to be my lap dog. When I had to nurse the kids, no need for a pillow, his head was on my lab. True Lab, as big block head, he had. So many wanted me to breed him, but I just wanted pets. That dog line stopped with both, as I fixed both of them, and my female boxer too.

Ack, for Schumi getting more bad weather this week-end. Well, with a full kitchen, lush meals at home, if decided to not foray in that bad weather.

Sigh, is it time for lunch yet? Umbrella ready, as yes, it is still raining. But yay, almost 60 this afternoon. Just a tease though, saying wind chills tomorrow in the 20's. Brrr.

 

[mckennarose]

Keisha, Be careful with your dog! We had a really bad year with birds of prey last year for some reason and they had all kinds of notices on the news about it. I learned then that hawks, eagles and owls will go after larger dogs and cats if they're hungry enough. I won't explain how they hunt, as it's pretty graphic, but just know they will go after animals too big to carry away. Bird feeders and bird baths are a huge attraction for hawks, it's like ringing the dinner bell. The smaller animals come for the food and water and the raptors are close behind. My mother had a bird bath in her yard for the longest time until last year, when she came out to see a young hawk sitting on her fence.... waiting for food. It stayed a few days until I told her to dump the bird bath! We have a tree line at the back of our property (not ours, but our neighbor owns them so I can't cut them down) and all sorts of birds and squirrels live there. It's a natural attraction for hawks.
We bought a fake owl that I have sitting on a post in my garden. Hawks are supposed to hate owls and i think it helps and it's supposed to help with keeping rabbits out of the garden. It scared the daylights out of my neighbor's son when he saw it, lol! You could try that?
Or there's this:



LOL! It looks funny but it's supposed to deter raptors and coyotes. We don't have either of them that extreme here, but I guess there's a need somewhere for them to make these vests!

 

[Charade67]

I should have stayed home today. Medicare is going to drive me to drink.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Getting to do another stop it!!!!

OH...the joys of having those four legged friends!!! I haven't met one I don't love. They are all so full of personalities, you can't help but love them. We are a family of dog lovers too. I miss my granddogs when we are not at the DD's, and each of our siblings have at least one if not two dogs as well. We have those large couch potato love me breeds to the chatty small ankle bitters who have the big dog syndrome lol. Our own dog, is now 14 and has slowed way down in the past 6 months, and has doggie dementia which is getting worse each month. I'm afraid we will have to decide what is our next move with him. He has no mobility issues...but the he is forgets where he is much of the time and doesn't recognize us sometimes and has the patience of a bed bug right now. So we know his days are numbered. And we won't replace him, as we are just too busy now.

@schumigirl we don't go out for valentines day either. We avoid the most places on days like that. I would rather he get me something because he wants to...not because of some silly day - which he does. I sure hope that the weather that is coming in is not too bad. Everyone is tired of the cold and winter. I'm sure your in the same camp. It's time for spring to arrive. and I just have to say...I loved your cold weather pictures!!!! And I'm catching up on your trip report too. Almost caught up!

@Charade67 ...I'm glad your feeling better, being sick with the crud sucks some days.

@keishashadow your GD sounds like a hoot!!!!! I love how their little brains work. I know with our new GD, my plan is to keep a note of all the little things like this for the year and little stories...then each year on her birthday I will write her a letter telling her about her year through my eyes. When she is 18 she will get a box full of letters and pictures for her to learn little things about herself. I just think that this would be such a great reminder of memories.

@mckennarose...I love that outfit for a small dog!!!!! We worry about the ravens here. They are huge and they are known to tip over garbage cans and carry away full black garbage bags of garbage to pick through. They will pick up small dogs and cats. So needless to say, we are always watching for bigger wildlife to pick up the smaller dogs lol.

@Monykalyn ... how amazing is it that your girls have such amazing opportunities for university! It takes lots of hard work to get those opportunities. I'm jealous of all your planned trips. But omg...how fun

No plans for us for valentines day. We usually don't celebrate that holiday. I would rather the dh get me something because he wants to...not because some stupid holiday says he has to And we have way too many birthdays in Jan - March to spend extra money on that. So it will probably be ordering in some dinner ( maybe ) and maybe watch a movie, if i'm not studying.

We were going to head to the city to visit the dd and cuddle that new little grand daughter, but we decided to not go...but...we are going to fly the dd and baby here for a week then the son in law will come a couple days later to visit some of their friends here. So I will get a while week of cuddles in!!!! I can't wait. It's going to kill me to not go this weekend - but I have a paper to work on that is due next week. So my time will be spent on that.

Well, I should get working on some of the papers sitting on my desk now

Have a great day to Lynne, Disx, Mac, and anyone else I may have missed

 

[schumigirl]

Lynne......yes, weekend of baking and cooking I think.......if we were ever to get a dog (we won’t) it might be a lab or a retriever......beautiful. Stay nice and warm over there......


mrose.....that is quite a picture!!!


Pumpkin, I completely agree.......we don‘t need a special day for someone to tell us we can be romantic......romance is for everyday!!! I’m very proud to have a very romantic husband who spoils me all year round, not just one day.....September is the month I have seemingly dozens of birthdays and anniversaries......always an expensive month buying for them!!

Your visit soon will be just lovely......having your daughter and grand baby with you for a week sounds adorable!!! Hugs galore then.....and this weekend will pass quickly if you’re busy....have fun!



Finished an article I had been tasked with writing before end of February.......just for a friend, so no real pressure or time restraint. Emailed it over to her and she is thrilled.....so I’m happy!

Rest of the evening will be loafing around the sitting room watching tv.......not much else going on.......

 

[Lynne G]

Hugs, Pumpkin, never easy to say goodbye to our four legged family members. Yeah, my Dsis had a dog, that also was not there in mind toward the end. Poor dog would go into a corner, and cry, as didn't know where she was. But as a mini doxie, lived 18 years old, before having to be put down. We had our labs for 13 years, our boxer, 15. Very sad each time, but like you, not ready for any more. How wonderful to have reminders for your new granddaughter when she grows up. Enjoy your family visiting, and lots of loving that granddaughter.
Well, yes it rained for my lunchtime walk. Just not nice out. Weather guy keeps saying it will be dry later this afternoon. Well, at almost 2:30 here, nope, still raining.

Lucky, I guess, as while we do have hawks, don't think I've seen one go after a small dog or cat.

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. I am killing time while waiting for dh to return from the dentist. He's been there since 3:00 and it's 5:45 now. He had to get 2 crowns today.

Work has been annoying. When I called out yesterday I told all the therapists that they would need to do reminder calls for their clients today. No one did any. I had people calling me today asking if they still had an appointment today. One therapist can't seem to remember how to use the scheduler no matter how many times I show her. She told one woman to come today at 2:30 even though she alreday had someone else scheduled for that time. She actually put her on the schedule for 2:30 yesterday and checked her in even though she wasn't there. Because of this a claim was generated. I had to call the insurance company today. Hopefully they will be able to intercept the claim before it gets processed. I also got several claim rejections from Medicare which I don't understand. I couldn't deal with it today, so I will call them on Monday.

Such a shame I will never get a chance to ever see The Beatles though. Sounds basic probably, but they are my all time favorite band.

I would have loved to have seen the Beatles perform, but I was just a child when they broke up. Back in 2011 I finally got to see my favorite band on a reunion tour. Don't laugh - it was The Monkees.

It's not a bad start to the day here, we were expecting snow overnight but wound up with just a dusting and rain. It's definitely not a normal winter because we usually get a huge nor'easter in February with a few feet of snow.

Where do you live? I am in central Virginia. We usually have snow in February, but have been having a very warm winter this year.

Re GD, her newest what I want to be when I grow up is: WWE wrestler, but not a Diva type. Least its not MMA . Not sure if it’s better than last year wanting to be Cirque performer but solidly better than being a carny.hahaha. I’m keeping a mental list so I can remind her on HS graduation day of all her past life-goals, same as I did with my boys.

Oh my goodness, she is something else. Dh once dragged me to. WCW wrestling match. I still haven't let him live that one down.

Bad weather coming this weekend......

Sory to hear that. Ours is finally geting better.

We were going to head to the city to visit the dd and cuddle that new little grand daughter, but we decided to not go...but...we are going to fly the dd and baby here for a week then the son in law will come a couple days later to visit some of their friends here. So I will get a while week of cuddles in!!!! I can't wait.

Aw...hope you have a wonderful time when they come visit.

6:00 and still no dh. I have a feeling he will not be in a good mood when he gets home.

 

[mckennarose]

Where do you live? I am in central Virginia. We usually have snow in February, but have been having a very warm winter this year.

I live in Northeast PA, on a mountain, lol! When we get snow... we get SNOW! We could have two inches of snow and the valley, a short 5 minute drive down, could have none.

Sorry to hear you had some issues at work. Hopefully it will work out on Monday.

Aww, Pumpkin... it's so hard when the puppers get older. I've been there a few times. ((hugs))

 

[macraven]

Last time I went to a wrestling event was 3 years ago
And that’s all I have to say about that....hahaha

 

[mckennarose]

I could use some advice please, for my daughter and her Universal trip in May.

She and her boyfriend got 4 day, park to park tickets, including Volcano Bay and Hogwarts express. (I think?) But they don't have a plan yet and I am absolutely no help!
What would you say would be a good itinerary? They're looking at two full Universal days. I'm thinking it's probably like Disney where there are some rides that are priorities and fill up fast? Is it better to tackle one park at a time or try to do all the Harry Potter things in one day? They both love Harry Potter so that and Jurassic Park are their priorities.

Any help is much appreciated!