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

[Lynne G]

A very to Sue!

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

to Sue!

Just for you and you do not have to share

A very Happy Birthday indeed!!!!!


Was going through some emails and seems I’ve gotten a couple of updates one is a pass holder email saying your invited to experience the reopening, then another one saying we are invited to be special guests if we can attend and some other information along with it.

Look to be about the same one is just a little more fancy I guess....

Too bad schedule doesn’t fit as I’d almost consider going......

We plan on letting the dust settle and we have plenty planned for later this year.

 

[schumigirl]

mac.....pizza is always good!! Any occasion, it’ll work......


Elsa.....sounds a lovely weekend.......always nice to spend time with family......pork chops were part of our meat selection tonight.....I’m not a big fan unless they are coated in something, so made a spicy bbq sauce and they were lovely!



Charade.......naan breads are nice with curry. I don’t really like the plain ones. We usually order one called peshwari naan which has coconut, sugar, sultanas and thin almonds in it, we leave the almonds out......but it’s a delicious complement to the hot curry......And mushy peas are vile. Classic with fish and chips in this country, but I don’t like peas anyway. So hardly going to like mushy ones.



Lynne....yes, bbq season is fabulous! Love it......food sounds nice....missing bacon though.......lol........Enjoy pool time today.....



Sue.......Happy Birthday.....hope it was a nice day.




Annoying to get invited to the AP opening of the parks and you can’t make it.........I wish we could go.......

Also been getting several questionnaires over the last week about Universal/hotels and so on.......quite interesting.

Dinner was lovely.......sitting out in the sun, or in the shade in our case.......is perfect. Quite full up.......but, pot of tea time......

My hair has gone a little off today.......roots are starting to show and it’s grown massively in last two weeks. I need to cut it as it’s going to be mid July before salons open. Will make sure I don’t enjoy a glass or two of wine first and then decide to have a go......lol......

Time for tea........

 

[Lynne G]

Upside down, but pool is 74, so nice afternoon to take a dip. That is after a very gray and gloomy morning.

What a beautiful sky:

 

[schumigirl]

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Upside down, but pool is 74, so nice afternoon to take a dip. That is after a very gray and gloomy morning.

What a beautiful sky:
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lol.......might be upside down but lovely pictures Lynne......yes, the sky is beautiful.....

 

[macraven]

I have been catching up and writing out a future thread that will be a temp stickie.

In between doing that and writing emails to a peep, I started to come here to read a few minutes ago.

Could not get into the disboards then.
Received a message to sign in which I did but saw a note invalid password....

Apparently my pw did not work so had to sign up for the disboards...... first time this has happened to me.
Had to wait to get the link for joining the Disboards.

and I lost all that I had written for the new sticky I’ll have up June 1
Discovered that once I was approved to join the Disboards.

Going to play ketchup to see what I’ve missed today here.

 

[schumigirl]

Oh I hate when you lose all that you had done. So time consuming.

I remember when I used to use Photobucket for the trip report pictures, it was dreadful for being painfully slow, and back then I believe the Dis was having glitches.....so I’d write it all out and then it would be gone.......so frustrating.

Look forward to the sticky, hopefully we’ll get some good reports from folks that will be there.




Tom just reminded me it was a year ago today we picked up the new Porsche.........a year seems to have flown past!! Poor car will be feeling a little redundant these last weeks......think we’ve put fuel in it about three times in 5 weeks......and it’s a very thirsty car!!!

Will maybe go out a long drive somewhere this week......long as we don’t leave the country, we’ll be ok.

Almost 10pm and still so light outside. We barely get a few hours of darkness now.......but less than 4 weeks till the longest day.......then the nights really do draw in........

Actually mac, I just tried to use a smilie and said oops we ran into some problems.......I had to accept cookies to post. That’s never happened before.

Is there a glitch on the site tonight?

Edit......seems ok now.......

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

A friend at Citywalk just sent me a couple of Snapchat vids........

So exciting just to hear the sounds of CityWalk!!!!!!!!!!


New York strips and baked potatoes with garlic broccoli and salad for dinner tonight, strips will go on the grill in about an hour, baked potatoes are in, cheesecake for dessert!

 

[macraven]

Set another plate or two
Company coming for dinner....

 

[schumigirl]

Too much time on my hands.......

Looking at buying a new Sous vide machine. The one we had was mid range and it worked fine, till I broke it...... I really shouldn’t be allowed out at times!!!

But, looking at a more technical version with more things to play with and thinking we’d quite like this one.........I do remember Mad Hattered using one a lot........

Must admit I can see why Amazon have done so well over these lockdown weeks!!!

Loving watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix.......bit gruesome at times, but excellent story.

 

[cam757]

Happy Memorial Day!! Hope everyone has had a nice weekend.

Yesterday was DS's 14th bday. It was a little chilly out so we ended up ordering pizza and having the grandparents and my DB come over. DS wants to build a gaming computer so he got mainly money to buy his parts. He was happy. I made him lemon cake and I found this candy cake on Pinterest that I made. He loved it!


Had my hair done on Thursday and DS and DH were finally able to get their hair cut on Saturday. Masks and temp checks required for all. So nice to feel groomed again.

We did get a sad call from our son's school on Friday. The man who sat at the front desk to sign kids in and out of school passed away from complications of COVID. He would have turned 47 in a couple of weeks. Not sure if he had underlying medical issues. He was a nice guy. Always a pleasure to talk to. Very sad.

Nice day today. Around 70 and sunny this afternoon. Beats the 4 days of rain and wind we had last week. Bring on the heat!

Diet has been on hold. Will pick it up again on Wednesday when I go back to work. Too many temptations to clear out after the bday party.

I have lost my mind. I decided I would organize our spare bedroom. It is sort of a bedroom/office/catch all space. I am now surrounded by stuff. I have decided that we have way too much stuff we don’t need. I can’t get rid of most of it because it belongs to dh.

Sounds like my spare room. A complete catch all.

Best tenants we had believe it or not was a couple of college girls, always paid on time and kept the house in very good shape, had a druggy couple (we did background checks and nothing came up) that actually sold all of our appliances in our house so they could get more supplies for themselves......it’s a very interesting business.....

Wow!! That is crazy. I have a friend who has a beach house on the Outer Banks. She only rented it to friends and friends of friends. A woman rented it for the week but unbeknownst to my friend the rental was for her son and his friends. While they were there they tried to steam crabs in the dishwasher and of course ruined the dishwasher. The mother had to pay for the replacement. One of the many reasons she does not rent it out any longer.

Belated to cam757 son...…...it was his 14th Birthday yesterday...….

Thank you!!!

There`s talk of diabetics being held under extra lockdown which will affect a couple of my friends, so hope they don`t feel the need. My mum is under lockdown still as she is over 70, I think that`ll be around 12 weeks they`ve not been allowed out...…she`s been so good though and followed the rules to the letter.

My mom's "boyfriend" has severe diabetes. He lives about an hour away from her and they have not seen each other in 2 months. He is being extra cautious because of his diabetes and I don't blame him. He gets a cold at the drop of a hat anyway.

 

[schumigirl]

Happy Memorial Day!! Hope everyone has had a nice weekend.

Yesterday was DS's 14th bday. It was a little chilly out so we ended up ordering pizza and having the grandparents and my DB come over. DS wants to build a gaming computer so he got mainly money to buy his parts. He was happy. I made him lemon cake and I found this candy cake on Pinterest that I made. He loved it.

Had my hair done on Thursday and DS and DH were finally able to get their hair cut on Saturday. Masks and temp checks required for all. So nice to feel groomed again.

We did get a sad call from our son's school on Friday. The man who sat at the front desk to sign kids in and out of school passed away from complications of COVID. He would have turned 47 in a couple of weeks. Not sure if he had underlying medical issues. He was a nice guy. Always a pleasure to talk to. Very sad.

Nice day today. Around 70 and sunny this afternoon. Beats the 4 days of rain and wind we had last week. Bring on the heat!

Diet has been on hold. Will pick it up again on Wednesday when I go back to work. Too many temptations to clear out after the bday party.




Sounds like my spare room. A complete catch all.



Wow!! That is crazy. I have a friend who has a beach house on the Outer Banks. She only rented it to friends and friends of friends. A woman rented it for the week but unbeknownst to my friend the rental was for her son and his friends. While they were there they tried to steam crabs in the dishwasher and of course ruined the dishwasher. The mother had to pay for the replacement. One of the many reasons she does not rent it out any longer.



Thank you!!!



My mom's "boyfriend" has severe diabetes. He lives about an hour away from her and they have not seen each other in 2 months. He is being extra cautious because of his diabetes and I don't blame him. He gets a cold at the drop of a hat anyway.

Ahh, you’re welcome!!!

Love the picture of the candy........and his birthday sounded lovely cam.......

I‘m so jealous you had your hair done!!! Hope you’re happy with it.....and how sad about the man who passed. Dreadful. Goodness 47 years old is shocking.

Oh goodness they are being careful aren’t they. It’s the right thing to do of course being more vulnerable. Hope they can see each other soon.......

Diet??? Is that one of those horrible four lettered words

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

Set another plate or two
Company coming for dinner....

You bet Mac anytime, we always have plenty of beef here!!!

We live in Nebraska where there is plenty of great beef!

We also have plenty of bacon, I try not to make mention of it when I see other peeps talking about bacon, I’d be embarrassed to disclose how much bacon we consume on any given week in my house...

My baked potatoes will have bacon on them, yup had bacon for breakfast today and bacon on a chicken bacon ranch salad for lunch........

Have to do something to keep my awesome figure!

 

[Lynne G]

Shockingly, no one asking about what for dinner. Guess I better get going for something. Baked taters sound good. Easy in microwave. Yeah, lazy and too hot to light the oven. Think there may be chicken, so that or ham, of which the latter little one will not eat. Hmm. Cheese and bacon on those taters, hey maybe that will be just the meal.

 

[macraven]

Happy belated birthday to cams boy

 

[Lynne G]

Cool candy cake for birthday boy! Big happy birthday to Cam’s DS. 14, woot!

 

[Vicki Rickerd]

Just stopping by real quick to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day. I have made a mess in my front yard this weekend. Do not think there are enough hours left today to finish.

 

[mckennarose]

Finally catching up! Sounds like everyone had a busy, but lovely weekend! We did too.

Today we finished some yard work..... I decided to move my entire herb garden which wound up being a big project. But we weren't going anywhere today or doing anything so it was fine. My sister stopped by with her new puppy, my eldest dd and her hubby stopped by and we all had a nice visit in the yard. I saw my dad for a bit (they live a few houses down so I walked to his garden). He's 80 years old and an Army Veteran, God love him!

Youngest dd, hubby and I had our own little cookout for dinner; corn on the cob, potatoes on the grill and smoked pork chops. We usually have a big Memorial Day party and we got some really really nice texts from friends who were missing our annual party. It was nice to be missed, as strange as that sounds!

Then we took the top off the jeep and took a ride to see eldest dd and son in law's bees and garden. He's beekeeping and we wanted to see how they were doing as they're new.

Then back home and I poured a drink..... orange vodka and mandarin orange seltzer. Again.... no name but I leave that to DLPN! DLPN: what say you? The raspberry vodka and raspberry seltzer he named "relaxation".

I buy flavored, unsweetened seltzer because I will drink soda if I have it here... I have no control! But when I add alcohol to it I have to add simple syrup.

Ah, at least the neighbor fireworks are starting earlier tonight. So much for a quiet night. Ugh M80’s are the worse.

We have some going off here too tonight. Ugh!

My mom was a veteran and I display her flag each Memorial Day

I gave my dads flag to my brother and he displays it at his home

What a lovely tribute to them both.

Did you know that in addition to Memorial Day today is also National Tap Dance Day?

Interesting! My youngest was our tap dancer. 15 years! She had two years of ballet before that, because it was "required" at her dance studio, but she wanted to start with tap and couldn't. So 17 years of dance total. Having daughters, I was a dance mom.. but not a crazy one!

Sounds like DH and me may share a birthday!

Received a message to sign in which I did but saw a note invalid password....

I had to log in too. I wonder if they updated the site or something?

cheesecake for dessert!

I'm a few hours late but I hope you saved me a piece!

Looking at buying a new Sous vide machine. The one we had was mid range and it worked fine, till I broke it...... I really shouldn’t be allowed out at times!!!

I'm on the fence on buying one... did you use it frequently?

Yesterday was DS's 14th bday. It was a little chilly out so we ended up ordering pizza and having the grandparents and my DB come over. DS wants to build a gaming computer so he got mainly money to buy his parts. He was happy. I made him lemon cake and I found this candy cake on Pinterest that I made. He loved it!

Happy birthday to your son! What a nice candy cake!

The man who sat at the front desk to sign kids in and out of school passed away from complications of COVID

I'm sorry to hear that.

I hope everyone has a relaxing evening!

 

[Lynne G]

Ooh more fireworks and another couple M80’s. Joy. Ohh maybe they are done? Yeah, McK, lucky us, with the fireworks. Oops, spoke too soon, more fireworks being heard. Sigh.

 

[keishashadow]

Never forget their sacrifices...

"Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

Ah, at least the neighbor fireworks are starting earlier tonight. So much for a quiet night. Ugh M80’s are the worse.

It’s been quite active here this year too, assume due to the fact fireworks are now legal in PA

Hi all...
re: special events in the McKenna household; DH's birthday is coming up this week, as is my youngest dd's graduation. We're looking at trying to do something next weekend for both of them.

Didn't do much today except for cooking dinner. It was a nice day, hope everyone had a nice day also.

Woo-hoo...appears this is a great week for birthdays

I’m sure you have mixed emotions re your DD’s graduation, hopefully you can celebrate when the time is right.

And Happy Birthday to Keisha's hubby!

Soon

Hope Mr Keisha has a super birthday !

He will

Keisha....I like your style...….keep the celebrations going.....it`s nice they still have their birthdays to look forward to this week!!!!

Honestly, this may be my best year for dragging them out hahaha

My mum is under lockdown still as she is over 70, I think that`ll be around 12 weeks they`ve not been allowed out...…she`s been so good though and followed the rules to the letter.

Good for her, anecdotally I’m hearing many of the elderly have discounted CV-19 as ‘a nothing’ & are disregarding social distancing.

That’s about all we are doing. We will bring food with us, as Dsis has a grill in the pool area, so older one can grill up burgers I made and some hotdogs. Then I made a fresh fruit salad with the fruit I bought the last 2 days, and made pasta salad too. Bought chips and coleslaw, so that should do it. And cut up some vegetables to snack on as the grilling is bring done. I much rather do lunch than dinner, as yes the work routine continues tomorrow.

Sounds like a great day all the way around around. That is a beautiful pool!

That’s what we‘re doing Lynne......the meats are ready to go and I’ve made up pasta salad, potato salad and cous cous.......spicy and fruity at the same time.

Yum, sounds good.

I made potato salad & country ribs for me, the mr enjoyed BBQ chicken & a baked tater & more corn on cob

I only vaguely know what a cardiB is, and I'm not sure if B does.

It’s a who . If i see one more news account on the tube re her full back tattoo or Brazilian wax I may scream.

Keisha that must have been a very interesting family get together That’s horrible about hairdresser infecting so many clients. This virus is so scary esp since you can have it but be asymptomatic.

Oh the other G would never deign to address her concerns directly to me. She was venting to my kids, they couldn’t wait to share it with me and get a good laugh fest out of it.

Was going through some emails and seems I’ve gotten a couple of updates one is a pass holder email saying your invited to experience the reopening, then another one saying we are invited to be special guests if we can attend and some other information along with it.

Didn’t receive the 2nd one, makes sense...red-headed stepchild and all

My hair has gone a little off today.......roots are starting to show and it’s grown massively in last two weeks. I need to cut it as it’s going to be mid July before salons open. Will make sure I don’t enjoy a glass or two of wine first and then decide to have a go......lol......

And so...it begins. I still can’t believe you are brave/talented enough to cut anything more than the bangs. I’ve gone to pros who can’t pull off a decent blunt cut.

Do admit to watching videos on youtube as to how to highlight hair with a disposable butter knife of all things. Oh, so tempted to even grab one of the drug store caps/frost kits.

I have been catching up and writing out a future thread that will be a temp stickie.

In between doing that and writing emails to a peep, I started to come here to read a few minutes ago.

Could not get into the disboards then.
Received a message to sign in which I did but saw a note invalid password....

Apparently my pw did not work so had to sign up for the disboards...... first time this has happened to me.
Had to wait to get the link for joining the Disboards.

and I lost all that I had written for the new sticky I’ll have up June 1
Discovered that once I was approved to join the Disboards.

Going to play ketchup to see what I’ve missed today here.

That’s frustrating. I’ve taken to setting up things in “Notes” on phone or ipad then copying & pasting where ever.

I had to sign in here today, first time in ages. Took a hot minute to remember my PW.

Looking at buying a new Sous vide machine. The one we had was mid range and it worked fine, till I broke it...... I really shouldn’t be allowed out at times!!!

Fancy stuff, rather intimidating to me, same as air fryer lol

Yesterday was DS's 14th bday. It was a little chilly out so we ended up ordering pizza and having the grandparents and my DB come over. DS wants to build a gaming computer so he got mainly money to buy his parts. He was happy. I made him lemon cake and I found this candy cake on Pinterest that I made. He loved it!

Aw, way to make his BD special in these trying times! Happy happy to your DS.