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

[Squirlz]

Hi all! In case you've been wondering about the Squirrel Gurl, we turned her loose 2 weeks ago after we returned from Key West. She was ready to go before we left but we wanted to be home to look after her.

We hung her cage from the fence in the back yard and let her get used to being outside for a couple nights. We go out and play with her and she would jump around on us and the cage and fence.



Then she decided she was ready and she ran down the fence and up into the trees. She got chased by the resident squirrels at first but then she took over. She is THE BOSS of the yard now! She still sleeps in her snuggly sack in the cage at night and she comes to us for nuts. She's our little pet squirrel who lives outside!

https://video.nest.com/clip/c5208f2cdb7a4fea876e767c8738afed

 

[schumigirl]

Had every intention of going out of house until I grabbed mail and realized it was starting to sleet. Um, no thank you. Will putz around the house.

Made a meatloaf yesterday, was good then, will be better cold on a sammie later. The Mr won’t touch it with that 10 foot pole, leftover grilled shrimp for him will do. Will freeze up the rest for that rainy day lol

Same here, i call it my insurance policy. Think it’s been used once in same 3 years your mention. Somehow I think it’s going to get a work out this year.

I had given up all hope on having a girl to spoil

Haha i am the person. I chalk it up as one of my weird quirks. Some years have waited until beginning of Dec.

As long as the weather cooperates, we’ll be touching down at 11 am that day

Was horrified to discover I ran out of Lipton tea bags which i run thru quickly in making my iced tea. Wound up using a combo of early grey and prince Edward bags this am, cut down the reguar number of tea bags. Good thing, as still rather robust but tasty

Worth a 2nd glance very nice! Do love the skull in the punch!

Jr stopped for breakfast, pulled some bacon out of freezer but, for once, I wasn’t feeling it. Maybe i’m getting sick, that’s a first lol

Haha haven’t heard that expression in ages

Whaaaaaat? I remember having the same reaction when my DiL stated she hadn’t seen any star war movies, which we quickly rectified


I am scratching my head but it sounds interesting

Good idea to pass the time.

lol......I`ll come visit you in the summer then....won`t be cold then I`m guessing........I am terrible for heating being on. My mum was always the same......our house growing up was a big mausoleum.....so heating in winter was always a priority......I remember our windows one year being covered in ice before we got double glazing!!! So, I have a pathalogical fear of being cold...….

I`ve never seen a SW movie either. Tell a lie, I saw about 10 minutes of the first one.....fell asleep.......Tom is a fan as you know......I just find them not to my taste shall we say......




We have flood warnings in place tonight...…..rain seems to have eased a little, but winds are still high. Counties above us are getting it worse now I believe, lots of places flooded out. But, we still have warnings for the weekend.

Dinner was nice.......very filling. Tom has asked for lasagne tomorrow night, so made the meat tonight for better flavour tomorrow. Will make cheese sauce fresh tomorrow for topping. Shop bought lasagne sheets for me......very rarely make my own pasta.

Been a quiet night tonight........

 

[Lynne G]

Hope no flooding for you, Schumi.

Nice Squirlz. Been following you on the community board. Hope the squirrel finds a mate in the Spring. Cute she wants the nuts you offer. Heck, better than getting acorns from the ground.

 

[Disxuni]

@keishashadow Middle Passage is about the journey slave's had to endure on the ships. There are several ports that have markers to identify the location and acknowledge the people who passed on the journey, some are in the process of being created, and some haven't been created yet. We're in the process of physically going to the locations in FL to identify them and update their website.

@Squirlz That squirrel is absolutely adorable. It's nice that she likes to have fun, yet also sticks around as well. Love the photos!

@Charade67 It took me forever to finally see the full original trilogy. I think I was traumatized when I first saw the "first" one in the 90's. Big nope. It took me well into my teenage years to finally give Star Wars another chance. Seen all the original three. Seen all the new ones. However, as for the late 90's / Early 00's films. Nope.

 

[schumigirl]

Hope no flooding for you, Schumi.

Nice Squirlz. Been following you on the community board. Hope the squirrel finds a mate in the Spring. Cute she wants the nuts you offer. Heck, better than getting acorns from the ground.

We’re lucky Lynne, we sit high up on a hill and no rivers around us.....thankfully.

Winds are getting higher now........going to be a restless nights sleep by the sound of it......

 

[keishashadow]

Middle Passage is about the journey slave's had to endure on the ships. There are several ports that have markers to identify the location and acknowledge the people who passed on the journey, some are in the process of being created, and some haven't been created yet. We're in the process of physically going to the locations in FL to identify them and update their w

That is interesting. Know there are prominent underground RR historical markers

 

[Lynne G]

Hunker down Schumi, and hope you do get a good night’s sleep.

Ooh, excellent meatballs with red sauce and noodles with cheese. I am full. Went to grocery store just before dinner. Dry when we went in, raining when we exited. Now chilling, as no need to go out in the rain ️.

Have a very lovely evening all. Just think, tomorrow will be a Friday. Woot!

 

[Sue M]

@Squirlz great pics of the squirrel, I bet she will enjoy that snuggly in the winter Funny she’s the boss of the yard! Love it.

 

[Sue M]

Schumi we’re the opposite. Driest fall on record for years. I would have a very restless night, I hate wind storms. They make me nervous.

Keishashadow I always think meatloaf is better the second night.

Lynne love meatballs!

Everyone’s dinner sounds so good. My dinner is in the Instant Pot cooking. It’s only 4:00 here. I made a hearty soup. With ground beef, onions, garlic, celery, carrot, some chopped up green cabbage, chopped tomatoes, rice, barley, red lentils and seasonings. Time for the winter soups. Although it is only 52F, still...

 

[Charade67]

Hi all! In case you've been wondering about the Squirrel Gurl, we turned her loose 2 weeks ago after we returned from Key West. She was ready to go before we left but we wanted to be home to look after her.

We hung her cage from the fence in the back yard and let her get used to being outside for a couple nights. We go out and play with her and she would jump around on us and the cage and fence.

Thanks for the update. It's good to hear that she is doing so well. Looks like she has the best of both worlds now.

We have flood warnings in place tonight...….

Yikes. Hope it doesn't get too bad.

Middle Passage is about the journey slave's had to endure on the ships. There are several ports that have markers to identify the location and acknowledge the people who passed on the journey, some are in the process of being created, and some haven't been created yet. We're in the process of physically going to the locations in FL to identify them and update their website.

This sounds like a very interesting project.

It took me forever to finally see the full original trilogy. I think I was traumatized when I first saw the "first" one in the 90's. Big nope. It took me well into my teenage years to finally give Star Wars another chance. Seen all the original three. Seen all the new ones. However, as for the late 90's / Early 00's films. Nope.

I was only 9 when the first movie came out and had zero interest in it. Of course I have seen all of the movies now and will be going to see the next one when it is released. I think the original trilogy will always be the best.

I tried something new tonight for supper. It was a chicken Florentine pasta recipe that I found while searching for something else. DH said that it is a keeper.

Dh is watching college football, so I think I will continue with Murder, She Wrote. I am trying to watch all the available episodes before we cancel our Amazon Prime account.

 

[schumigirl]

Charade I always forget we have Amazon Prime and Netflix.....we don't watch it as much as we might......I do love MSW...…..glad your pasta dish was well received.....



Well, slept well despite the high winds...…...it`s still raining and quite dark outside, but at least where we are is flood free. But folks further up the coast from us are getting it so much worse. Think my mum is getting snow in Scotland!!!

It`s so cold...….the wind is coming straight from the sea, so extra cold. May just stay in today where it`s warm. Don`t need to go out till tomorrow when we`re meeting friends for lunch.

Lunch is scrambled egg white and avocado, dinner is full fat lasagne…….only way to do lasagne.

Have a great Friday.......

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[Lynne G]

So much for being a later sleeping day. Said goodbye to DH, then took a very long, hot shower. Made a cup of tea, and not much to see on the screen. But hey, it is a Friday, and I do not have to move fast. That makes up for my head, always telling me to be an early bird.

Today, just some errands to run, and going to pick up the gift I ordered that had came in, as invited to the baby shower for my sister in law’s daughter in law next weekend. Always nice to have something to celebrate, and babies are a perfect reason. And ooh, forgot to say, Robo, so nice you got to hold your newest little family member. I am sure he is so cute.

With that, I did buy eggs, no bacon, but maybe some green peppers to add to them. Have to see what older one wants. He is always easy, tends to always eat what I make.

And yay, Charade found a new recipe that is a keeper. I tend to be more adventurous with new recipes for baking sweets.

And woot, Sue is in soup mode. Yep, it is that time of year, even if not quite as cold out. No matter, I would take some of that soup, frigid air today, and while the sun will shine today, no heat from it, blustery wind chills in the 20’s today. Yep, those sunglasses may be on, but so will my winter coat.

Schumi, I hope your lunch was good, it sounded lush. Little one would eat the egg whites. She is not fond of yokes, so whenever I make eggs, I don’t scramble all, but add some yokes to the scramble, and cook the egg whites from them first.

May this Friday find all feeling good, and ready for the weekend. Sending hugs to all that need one, including Mac. I hope you are feeling better, and know good thoughts are always sent your way.

Off to see if something better is on the screen. Later homies.

 

[Disxuni]

*sings it in the tune of Monday, Monday* Friday, Friday, so good to me!

 

[Sue M]

Good morning. I was up to see some of the sunrise. But not by choice!
Soup should be even better tonight. But needs some more salt. That’s the one problem of cooking with a pressure cooker. Unlike stove top where you can taste along the way for seasoning.
Not much doing today. Going to have sparkles covered up lol. Do some house cleaning. Take a walk in the sunshine. Tomorrow it’s supposed to cloud up and light rain.
Thinking of meatloaf for dinner tomorrow.
attaching a pic of this mornings sunrise.

 

[keishashadow]

Fry-day? Naw, soup for us too. Just about ready to add the noodles to the wedding soup. Once up to speed, those acini de Pepe teeny things cook up fast, will plop in crock pot & head out

Need to grab a few things, including italian bread for the soup. Then, grab GD from school, feed her & haul the other direction to swim practice. Hope be home before 9 pm. Not sure how her parents coordinate it, tonight giving them a break to go to (different lol) concerts with their friends. In the am need to go to local mall where she’ll be part of welcoming santa parade?

Good weekend ahead to all no matter how you spend it

Everyone’s dinner sounds so good. My dinner is in the Instant Pot cooking. It’s only 4:00 here. I made a hearty soup. With ground beef, onions, garlic, celery, carrot, some chopped up green cabbage, chopped tomatoes, rice, barley, red lentils and seasonings. Time for the winter soups. Although it is only 52F, still...

I’m still on the fence re an instant pot, esp since not a fan of pressure cookers

Charade I always forget we have Amazon Prime and Netflix.....we don't watch it as much as we might......I do love MSW...…..glad your pasta dish was well received.....

Same, but i find it funny when i sign in and see that my non resident family members make very good usage of it lol

. Always nice to have something to celebrate, and babies are a perfect reason.

Truer words were never written!

Check your january rental price, mine finally dropped to point where I made a reservation. End of the month one is still looking grim tho lol.

Soup should be even better tonight. But needs some more salt. That’s the one problem of cooking with a pressure cooker. Unlike stove top where you can taste along the way for seasoning.

It’s always better the next day. So much easier to add salt than remove lol

 

[Sue M]

Fry-day? Naw, soup for us too. Just about ready to add the noodles to the wedding soup. Once up to speed, those acini de Pepe teeny things cook up fast, will plop in crock pot & head out

Need to grab a few things, including italian bread for the soup. Then, grab GD from school, feed her & haul the other direction to swim practice. Hope be home before 9 pm. Not sure how her parents coordinate it, tonight giving them a break to go to (different lol) concerts with their friends. In the am need to go to local mall where she’ll be part of welcoming santa parade?

Good weekend ahead to all no matter how you spend it


I’m still on the fence re an instant pot, esp since not a fan of pressure cookers

Same, but i find it funny when i sign in and see that my non resident family members make very good usage of it lol

Truer words were never written!

Check your january rental price, mine finally dropped to point where I made a reservation. End of the month one is still looking grim tho lol.


It’s always better the next day. So much easier to add salt than remove lol

I was never a fan of stove top pressure cookers, and was afraid of them until instant pot! In fact I never even used it for 3 months after I bought it.

 

[macraven]

Hello homies...

Just a quick drop in to say our thread (SANS) made it in on the Dis Daily again today.

Thank you administrators!

If you are new to the Dis or a regular poster on the Disboards, we would for you to join us in our chatter.
We do a lot of talking in “something about nothing ...”

We all play nice and very much enjoy helping others and always have a chit chat of half a dozen subjects at a time.

Welcome to what we call UO ... the darkside

We affectionately call Disney the Motherland as it all started from there.

Some of us go way back to the beginning of these boards.

As it grew, other sections to the boards were added.
The Universal section + nearby smaller fun parks, were added while I was an early poster.

We affectionately refer this side of the Dis as the Darkside , as it is the unknown still to many ....yet to explore.

I started reading the Disboards in 2000
but did not start posting with my present screen name until 2003.


We have peeps that have been with this thread from day one
And many that have started just this year.

Do hope if you are exploring the boards that you drop in and say a “Hey” to all of us.
We are a friendly bunch and talk about everything except our weight
Lol

Hope to see you soon!
No introduction needed, just stop by and ask about the weather, UO-SW-DC- etc

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. Super lazy day for me today. I woke up feeling like I had no energy at all. I did manage to get one load of laundry done, but spent most of the day napping and watching TV.

Charade I always forget we have Amazon Prime and Netflix.....we don't watch it as much as we might..

We had Netflix for several years, but it finally got to the point where we couldn't find much that we wanted to watch. We cancelled and got Amazon Prime. Now we find that we aren't watching Prime much either. Next week we will cancel Prime and get the Disney + bundle.

Today, just some errands to run, and going to pick up the gift I ordered that had came in, as invited to the baby shower for my sister in law’s daughter in law next weekend. Always nice to have something to celebrate, and babies are a perfect reason.

We are going to have a new office baby soon. I was the youngest person in the office until a new therapist started in August. She is expecting her first at the end of this month.

And yay, Charade found a new recipe that is a keeper. I tend to be more adventurous with new recipes for baking sweets.

I prefer to bake sweets too. I have a pie recipe I want to try if our friends have us over for Thanksgiving again this year.

Going to have sparkles covered up lol

That is the only other thing I got accomplished today. I have naturally dark hair, so I often joke that I start looking like Cruella DeVil.

I’m still on the fence re an instant pot, esp since not a fan of pressure cookers

I haven't tried one yet, but have friends who swear by them,

Colder temps today, so dinner tonight was chili. I'm now full and sleepy. Going to see if there is anything worth watching on TV.

 

[Lynne G]

Chicken tortilla dinner. Easy dinner, chopped up tomatoes and green peppers. Older one and I put cheese on it too. Grilled the chicken, and shredded it. Tasty. Now just chilling, and nice, little one came home. Seems on mom’s dollar, stuff is needed. That’s okay, it is great to see her.

 

[Sue M]

Office baby, lol. That’s cute. I have to get busy looking for baby gifts, may turn into a Christmas present. At the end of the month my good friends daughter and husband are moving back here from Australia with their 4 month (I think) old daughter.

We had the left over soup and grilled cheese sandwiches open face on a lovely rustic bread with garlic baked in it.