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

[mckennarose]

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.

So far no M80's.... but the night is young.

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.

Is it sad that I know who she is? But re: the brazilian... lol!!!

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.

As your friend, I'm staging an intervention.... NO!


Don't be "that lady"...

 

[keishashadow]

Hahahahahaha...

I was more like...ouch

 

[mckennarose]

Hahahahahaha...

I was more like...ouch

 

[Charade67]

Good evening. We had a fun adventure tonight assembling a puzzle. Dh hato work, so B decided to help me finish it. We got down to the last piece and couldn’t find it. We searched everywhere and dh even looked through the trash. I finally found the missing piece camouflaged on top of the puzzle.

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.....

That sounds really good. I still haven’t tried curry.

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

I had to sign in again too.

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

I have bought way too much stuff during the past couple of months.

Yesterday was DS's 14th bday.

Happy birthday to him.

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.

So sorry to hear this.

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!

I was a dance mom for 15 years. B didn’t compete, so I didn’t have to deal with that craziness. She took ballet from age 4 until she graduated high school and tap from age 5 until graduation. She has also taken jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater.

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’ve seen several videos of women giving themselves haircuts with disastrous results. I’ll stick with a professional.

I should go to bed since I have to go to work tomorrow morning. Here is the latest puzzle.

 

[macraven]

Reading thru the posts, I notice I was not the only one to have to sign in to pull up the disboards.

but none had to change their pw and sign up for the Dis....
except me.

I’ve given up looking for a beauty shop for a color and cut
Will go shopping and look for hats.

 

[macraven]

I’m now starting to read the 4 forums which I do once a day.
I will be up for another hour so this means I will miss schumi’s bacon in the morning.

I know it will all be gone before I get back here ...

 

[Pumpkin1172]

making a quick stop in!!!

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

Yum...your whole day sounds like it was wonderful.

Glad the weather seems to be good all over today.......although just looked at the live harbour camera where my mum lives and it is darn miserable up there! Glad I’m not there......

It's hard when the parents live so far away. It is especially not easy when they are older. It seems the roles reverse where we worry about them.
Your curry sounds delicious. I have not tired a curry yet. I finally got the family to like butter chicken. Maybe I can try a curry one night. I have not tried the sous vide method...yet. I have that function on my instant pot, but haven't been brave enough to try it. Maybe over the winter on a weekend when I can take my time and really learn about it.

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

At the end of the day, flags are returned to their case.

What a wonderful way to honor them.

Going to use the time off today to tackle some of my garden beds.

Garden beds are a great way to spend some days. It is so good for the soul to reconnect with the earth

Good morning. Another day of nothing planned to do. We are just waiting to find out when the plumber will come out and replace the water heater.

That is not fun. I'm glad you are waiting until tomorrow, to save some $$$ if you can go without hot water for one more day.
I know that they hubby always gives customers the option of not having someone do a job that might cost them extra if he thinks that maybe it could wait for one day until they don't have to pay for someone to come on a holiday day

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!

Those are such a great idea!!!!! They are unique, and just soooo much fun!!!! I love doing different things like that. The most fun one I have made was an old lady " cake" for my sil when she turned 40. I mad the cake part with rolled up depend underware and then added lots of other goodies to it. It was just sooo much fun to make!

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.

It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Beekeeping is so interesting. We have some friends that are bee keepers and we love to go visit them and check them out. Our friends have amazing honey as well...such a great bonus.

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.

As a hairdresser from my younger years...I'm going to say...step AWAY from the boxed color!!!! lol I have told many people to just step away from the box color and scissors during this quarantine lol. I have spent many hours correcting color back in the day...or fixing when someone comes in with their child who has found our how to cut hair lol. I have many stories to tell

I hope everyone had a wonderful memorial day today!
I'll leave the light on for anyone else

 

[macraven]

Pumpkin
Are you going to hang out a shingle and do hair for the homies?

we could make you a wealthy women
I last had a color and cut in late December
I’m long over due

 

[schumigirl]

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.


We have some going off here too tonight. Ugh!


What a lovely tribute to them both.

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!




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

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

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

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

I'm sorry to hear that.

I hope everyone has a relaxing evening!

Oh a new puppy......so cute!!!! And sounds like a lovely weekend you enjoyed.......yes, missing

We did use the sous vide, mainly in winter as we use the barbecue a lot in the warmer months (when we get it warm!) I like it, but do sear things like steak to give it that “look”. It wasn’t an every day item we used as I love to cook in various ways, but I do like having one.

I used to love watching Dance Moms with Abby Miller.......secret trash tv......but funny at times.

Never forget their sacrifices...

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


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

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.

Soon

He will

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

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

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

Yum, sounds good.

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

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.

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.

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

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.


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.


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

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

Your food always sounds so good!!!! And nothing wrong with celebrating a little longer for birthdays.....lord knows we need a lot more celebrations right now...…..

Not sure about the talented part......fringes are so easy to cut, I use the chipping method then cut then chip a little at a time......always looks fine when I’ve done it before. The rest of my hair isn’t as easy, but being so long helps. My stylist showed me how to do it years ago, always works out ok if needed........but will never touch the colour.....I have another two caramel colours alongside the blonde weaved through!!

Airfryers haven’t caught on with me at all........not sure I really need one........

Good evening. We had a fun adventure tonight assembling a puzzle. Dh hato work, so B decided to help me finish it. We got down to the last piece and couldn’t find it. We searched everywhere and dh even looked through the trash. I finally found the missing piece camouflaged on top of the puzzle.


That sounds really good. I still haven’t tried curry.

I had to sign in again too.

I have bought way too much stuff during the past couple of months.

Happy birthday to him.

So sorry to hear this.

I was a dance mom for 15 years. B didn’t compete, so I didn’t have to deal with that craziness. She took ballet from age 4 until she graduated high school and tap from age 5 until graduation. She has also taken jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater.


I’ve seen several videos of women giving themselves haircuts with disastrous results. I’ll stick with a professional.

I should go to bed since I have to go to work tomorrow morning. Here is the latest puzzle.

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I wish I had shares in Amazon!!!!

There are so many different types of curry, from heat variances to style of curry before you even change to the differences between Indian curries and Thai curries. Very different. I love most curries, long as they have meat in them I’m good with most.

Some of those hair disaster videos are funny!! Most are out of their depth and try to alter too much.......to trim the ends with long hair is quite easy if you’re careful and cautious.

Reading thru the posts, I notice I was not the only one to have to sign in to pull up the disboards.

but none had to change their pw and sign up for the Dis....
except me.

I’ve given up looking for a beauty shop for a color and cut
Will go shopping and look for hats.

It was strange, I was logged in ok, but was told I couldn‘t use the smilies or post till I accepted cookies.....but there was nothing to click on to do that. I changed to another window and it worked ok.

Yes, I may look for a hat this week......online of course.....Lol......our salons are showing no sign of opening yet!

I’m now starting to read the 4 forums which I do once a day.
I will be up for another hour so this means I will miss schumi’s bacon in the morning.

I know it will all be gone before I get back here ...

No bacon this morning.......rather boring croissants and some diced melon. Dull isn’t it.......

making a quick stop in!!!


Yum...your whole day sounds like it was wonderful.

It's hard when the parents live so far away. It is especially not easy when they are older. It seems the roles reverse where we worry about them.
Your curry sounds delicious. I have not tired a curry yet. I finally got the family to like butter chicken. Maybe I can try a curry one night. I have not tried the sous vide method...yet. I have that function on my instant pot, but haven't been brave enough to try it. Maybe over the winter on a weekend when I can take my time and really learn about it.

What a wonderful way to honor them.

Garden beds are a great way to spend some days. It is so good for the soul to reconnect with the earth

That is not fun. I'm glad you are waiting until tomorrow, to save some $$$ if you can go without hot water for one more day.
I know that they hubby always gives customers the option of not having someone do a job that might cost them extra if he thinks that maybe it could wait for one day until they don't have to pay for someone to come on a holiday day


Those are such a great idea!!!!! They are unique, and just soooo much fun!!!! I love doing different things like that. The most fun one I have made was an old lady " cake" for my sil when she turned 40. I mad the cake part with rolled up depend underware and then added lots of other goodies to it. It was just sooo much fun to make!

It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Beekeeping is so interesting. We have some friends that are bee keepers and we love to go visit them and check them out. Our friends have amazing honey as well...such a great bonus.

As a hairdresser from my younger years...I'm going to say...step AWAY from the boxed color!!!! lol I have told many people to just step away from the box color and scissors during this quarantine lol. I have spent many hours correcting color back in the day...or fixing when someone comes in with their child who has found our how to cut hair lol. I have many stories to tell

I hope everyone had a wonderful memorial day today!
I'll leave the light on for anyone else

Sous vide`s are good, not essential I guess and some folks think they are a waste of time, but each to their own......I like them.

Yes, being far away from family isn't easy. I do think we worry more about my mum now despite her being very healthy and for 85 she`s doing brilliantly. I thought she`d go crazy being stuck in and not out and about like she usually is, but she has folowed the rules and I`m quite proud of her as she is a social butterfly.

I‘m with you......have never used a box colour in my life so I’m not about to start now.......I have hairdressing scissors and trim my fringe regularly as my hair grows like wildfire, and I’m ok at it......but although it looks good, my stylist always can tell I’ve done it......lol.....not that I hide it from her, but chipping in to the length like I’m going to do is different to some who think they can cut a whole lot off themselves........some results are hilarious......you must have had a good giggle at some!!! Folks that think they can do a proper cut on their own...as in taking huge chunks of length of......crazy!!!!

Glad you had a good weekend.......





It is Tuesday I think........

Popping out this morning to our version of Makro for bottled water and shrimp. I’m sure we’ll pick up some other items too. I say we, I’ll sit in the car while Tom goes in.....saves clogging up the place with folks.....it’s huge but they ask for one person to go in and no families.

Then into local store for fresh bread.

Looks another beautiful day here today.......might get out in the garden again this afternoon........

Turkey sandwiches for lunch and meatballs for dinner.....as requested.

Time for tea and breakfast.........

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Happy Tuesday folks......

 

[Lynne G]

Ah, that back to routine again. And yay, more early summer weather coming. But yeah, no need for the AC yet. 55 out, with the high of 82 this afternoon. By noon, AC may go on. Foggy out this early morning too. Weather and accidents are the pair repeated this morning. No matter, no commuting for me so far. Maybe by August? Oh well, in this day and age, as long as you have an internet connection, you can work anywhere.

But as a Tuesday, wahoo for a short week.

And yeah,


Oh yeah. And,


Yay, Taco Tuesday it is, and Mac’s doing her Taco Bell run, so join in and have a taco or two and enjoy your Tuesday.

And yes, my second cup of tea is in my hand. Does feel almost too cool in the house.

Later homies. And yeah, no box or scissors for me, but yes, hats and at least my white hair blends with the blonde. I am so ready for a color and cut from the salon. Maybe this summer too?

 

[macraven]

I would have been here sooner this morning but got locked out again

had to manually sign in again so i could post on the dis

is this an omen?

 

[Lynne G]

Hope not Mac. Sorry you are having so much issues.

 

[DisneyLifePapioNe]

I would have been here sooner this morning but got locked out again

had to manually sign in again so i could post on the dis

is this an omen?

Hmmmm, is the box still checked that will keep you signed in?

 

[macraven]

I clicked that box when I reregistered to join the Dis

 

[schumigirl]

Ah, that back to routine again. And yay, more early summer weather coming. But yeah, no need for the AC yet. 55 out, with the high of 82 this afternoon. By noon, AC may go on. Foggy out this early morning too. Weather and accidents are the pair repeated this morning. No matter, no commuting for me so far. Maybe by August? Oh well, in this day and age, as long as you have an internet connection, you can work anywhere.

But as a Tuesday, wahoo for a short week.

And yeah,
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Yay, Taco Tuesday it is, and Mac’s doing her Taco Bell run, so join in and have a taco or two and enjoy your Tuesday.

And yes, my second cup of tea is in my hand. Does feel almost too cool in the house.

Later homies. And yeah, no box or scissors for me, but yes, hats and at least my white hair blends with the blonde. I am so ready for a color and cut from the salon. Maybe this summer too?

That's quite a difference in temps from morning to afternoon. Yes, no commuting must be nice...I know Kyle is still quite enjoying working from home, but does miss the interaction at work as he likes his co workers a lot and is good friends with most of them. He doesn't miss the commute though....only around 30-45 minutes each way depending on traffic.

Enjoy that tea...….

I would have been here sooner this morning but got locked out again

had to manually sign in again so i could post on the dis

is this an omen?

I always sign out, so do have to sign in every time. No issues there, but it did ask me to accept cookies again and I had to change tabs to be able to post. Weird as I`ve never had that happen before.




Well, trimmed my hair a little.....just the ends off basically.....and it looks ok. As I said, I wouldn`t attempt to properly cut and style my hair......but a little tidy up is just fine.

Tom checked the back as I split my hair into sections and it was even....or even enough!!! Now if I can just ignore the roots!!!

Yes, not as nice a day as we thought......so no garden today for us. It`s so dull. Might wander down to Tom`s man shed and see how the latest home brew wine is doing. Him and our gardener look after it all like a new puppy!!! Luckily he takes most of it home.....I`m not really a fan of it, it`s alright but not my first choice.

Following Lynne`s lead and will make a fresh pot of tea before I do anything.

 

[Sue M]

Thanks so much for the Birthday greetings Had a lovely day. My girl friends really put on a great lunch. It’s been so long since we’ve had a get together. This was the first time since lock down. We sat outside on the patio.
After lunch went for my haircut! So exciting. Strict protocol, wait in car till called in. Only 4 clients in salon at a time. Wear mask. Hand sanitizer at door. Come in with clean hair either dried at home or still wet. I chose to wash & dry my hair in the morning so he flat ironed it then cut.

Returned home and all the family was already there, it was just past 5:00. Husband did bbq ribs, my fav. My daughters baked me a cake. It was a very nice evening. I’m so full now. So much food!

DisneyLife I’ve been getting those Universal invites too. Wish I was closer and could go but I can’t even get across the border lol!

Schumi a glass of wine and scissors in your hand never ends well! I was so happy to get a trim today!

Lynne nice pool pics Our weather has gone cool. Low 60’s high 50’s. Brrrr. And rainy. But supposed to pick up later in the week. I hope so!

Mac things have been glitchy for me too. Just now when I clicked on Dis app I had to sign in. I’ve never had to sign in before. Earlier today clicking on my bank app I have it set up for Face ID and kept getting error message.

DisneyLife dinner sounds delish!

Cam what a fun birthday cake! Yes, it does feel great getting groomed again! Happy Birthday to your son!
Very sad news from school.

Lol I must have fallen asleep while posting! It’s now morning and I opened my iPad and my post was unsent! And not finished. I guess I’ll just continue this morning

DisneyLife you’re in good company here with bacon!

MRose sounds like a lovely day. And how nice your dad lives down the block! My Rhodos and Wisteria have been full of bees. One of the teachers at my last School I worked in kept bees. He’d bring in jars of honey for staff.
We always have sparkling water around, unsweetensed. Usually Perrier, sometimes flavoured, sometimes not depending on where I pick it up.
Thank you for the birthday wishes!
Hilarious hair colour meme! Every time I pass the hair colour section at the store I have the internal dialogue with myself! Step away from the boxed colour! Can’t wait to have my colour appt! Next week!


Keisha love the birthday cat!

Charade good you found the missing puzzle piece! A friend did a puzzle and 1 piece was missing!
Love the Doctor puzzle!

Mac happy hat shopping lol! My friend sent a pic of her in hat and mask! Don’t have to worry about anything lol! I must admit yesterday was the first time I’ve put makeup on in a long time!

Pumpkin I second Mac’s idea! You could be our hairdresser. I’m so looking forward to my colour next week. I have managed to step away from boxed colour the past 3 mos. even though tempted. I have a healthy fear of turning my hair green!

Lynne I envy your weather! Only to go up to 63F here and overcast. Possibly some rain.
I think Covid will change the work place after we’re back to normal, what ever that will be, and many more will be working from home, using Zoom type meetings instead of traveling for work etc.
I’ll bet you don’t miss that early morning commute! Yay for short week!

Will try to go walking today, if the rain holds off! Not a good gardening day here. This afternoon the birthday continues lol! Going down to the inlet park to meet another group of friends for socially distant Birthday picnic in the park picking up fish & chips, and yes, the much reviled (apparently) mushy peas! Lol. To each her own!

Happy Taco Tuesday Mac!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Pumpkin
Are you going to hang out a shingle and do hair for the homies?

we could make you a wealthy women
I last had a color and cut in late December
I’m long over due

Pumpkin I second Mac’s idea! You could be our hairdresser. I’m so looking forward to my colour next week. I have managed to step away from boxed colour the past 3 mos. even though tempted. I have a healthy fear of turning my hair green!

I have been asked ALOT during all of this. This was probably the one time the dh was glad I was a hairdresser. He got grilled at work when he went in with a haircut...then he was bugged by all the men for me to set up shop in their big welding shop to cut all the men on staff and then the ladies were wanting colors. I could have made off like a bandit and had my portion of a warm winter escape paid for I didn't want to risk it for any of them. With both businesses will operating through all of this craziness, we didn't want to take any chances. BUT it sure was tempting! Maybe I should have asked for the hubby to get a paid week off to quarantine after we got home from said warm winter escape

 

[keishashadow]

Drove 7 miles to let take this one to his new home. Not the mr, will keep him

I colored my own hair for years. All over, highlights etc. thot I came out nice. Girls at Sally’s hooked me up with 40 weight developer, made a big difference in Light blonde shades. Hated the whole tired arms thing tho

do find it funny that most medical offices here are either still closed or want to do telemedicine & some places permit hair salons to operate

I clicked that box when I reregistered to join the Dis

Do u have ur phone set for auto security updates? There is a new one the iPhone I keep ignoring. It may have changed setting protocol across the board. DIS boards always came up as a phishing site/with warning after one older update

 

[schumigirl]

Janet, I’m still laughing at the speed of that raccoon running off.....lol......honestly, never knew they moved so fast!! You’re a kind pair of people........



Beautiful evening here.

Ended up barbecuing after all as it was so lovely.......had some lovely Jersey Royal potatoes to go with our food.....they were delicious. One of our favourite potatoes.

Only came in from garden about 15 minutes ago, did need a light top on last hour or so, but so pleasant sitting out.

Weather has to be lovely all week, so tomorrow plan a walk in the morning and garden again in the afternoon.

Things are slowly starting to open up here, which is nice, but no desire to hit the stores just yet. Will content ourselves with online shopping for groceries and Amazon for everything else.

House feels incredibly warm despite all the windows open. I’m sure it’ll cool down later.

Keep thinking this is Monday.........

 

[macraven]

It’s Taco Bell day so I knew it was Tuesday

I don’t cook again until Wednesday so I still look forward to Taco Bell day..