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

[schumigirl]

Can not believe it has taken me all day to get back to the sans!!

You would not believe how tied up I have been all day
Long story for another time
(Heck we haven’t even started dinner yet…lol)
So sounds like a run for the border


but on the bright side, weather is great at 71 today..
So that is a good thing !

Will be back later
Been keeping up with jeopardy tv show and it’s on now

You have had a very busy day though!!! My goodness you`ll be glad to sit down tonight, well last night now........we don`t get that show over here, well, they do show reruns from many moons ago on some obscure channel somewhere......never quite took off here.





Hope everyone’s just busy, been a little quiet in here last few days…….that time of year folks like to spend time with family and friends too of course.

Everyone is now trying to make arrangements for us to have some kind of NYE party.......nope, not taking the bait.......quiet one for us as is usual so if they want a party they can have it one of their homes instead of ours.......flattery will get them nowhere on this one.......lol......

But, glad to see no added restrictions come into play for us in England for the forseeable future anyway.......always lovely to be able to have get togethers of course.

Steaks last night were perfectly cooked by my DH, all 3 filets served rare, my contribution was roasted veg which I will say were also lovely....... And made a lemon and white chocolate cheesecake for dessert......apparently I`m the only one who likes it........oooops....how did that happen..... Hadn`t told them I had made a chocolate fondant for them, they were happy with that and the chocolate fondant was as gooey and runny in the centre as it`s supposed to be. That can so easily go wrong.

Doing a couple of deliveries to the housebound today, again the charity is finding it hard to keep volunteers, especially this time of year. We have plenty of free time.

Not much else going on today, have a grocery delivery later in the day and plan to do a simple french style chicken casserole in the slow cooker for dinner tonight, will make some chunky rosemary bread to go with it, will use skinless chicken thighs for that, so tasty.

Lunch is some smoked salmon we bought to try, if it`s nice we`ll get some more and have it as an appetiser on New Years Day. Cup of tea time and maybe a mini blueberry and vanilla muffin I baked yesterday.

Have a wonderful Wednesday ​

 

[Lynne G]

Wonderful Wednesday to you too Schumi.

Mac, busy day can be exhausting. Hope much quieter today.

Ooh, and as a Wednesday, who do I see?


Aww, camel is here, and ready for that Friday celebration. You know, get over this hump of a Wednesday, and that end of the year fabulous Friday will be here soon enough. Yay, ending of this year, and starting the new one on the weekend. Very happy about that.

No fish lunch for us, but yum as to those rare filets for dinner last night, Schumi. Hope some breakfast tea was had this morning. Hope your afternoon has been nice so far.

As for me? Last day to be week day routine. Double yay, yay yay! And of course, tea on this drizzling rainy morning. Will be a rainy day, but hey, with 51 the high, I’ll take it for a late in December day. Saying the weekend will be rainy, and in the 60’s the highs. Double yay for that weather prediction, yay yay!


Lastly, hope all the homies have that mid week wonderful Wednesday.

Yep, that’s me. With tea. Back to routine I go. Umbrella ready for my lunchtime walk.

 

[schumigirl]

Windy but not too cold a day here, ended up going out to visit a friend who lives about half an hour away, she has her mother in law staying with her for Christmas and New Year and it`s too much.......lol......also her mother in law smokes and Sue makes her go outside to smoke, but well away from their house, it`s so funny. Rightly so, I wouldn`t have anyone smoking at all anywhere on our property, although not one of our friends smokes anyway. But stress levels are high there.......told her to come visit anytime she needs to escape.

I think she thought we`d be a distraction, not sure that worked!

Chicken casserole was delicious, very homely and warming, rosemary and garlic foccacia was nice too, I burned the edges a little, but just cut them off.

Going to switch the big tv on soon and find something to watch from DVD`s......

Deciding if we can be bothered to do something tomorrow or just stay home and watch some movies all day........choices.......

 

[macraven]

Temps not bad where I am as high only to be 71 today
Rain predicted for my area so expect a dip in temps when that begins

Did my run to Walgreens for meds pick up today

Yea I know..boring event today

Tonight’s menu for us will be fast food, most likely burgers

 

[schumigirl]

Temps not bad where I am as high only to be 71 today
Rain predicted for my area so expect a dip in temps when that begins

Did my run to Walgreens for meds pick up today

Yea I know..boring event today

Tonight’s menu for us will be fast food, most likely burgers

I love when you say it`s "only" 71.......lol.......you endured the worst weather for many years, time to enjoy the warmth in winter! Burgers sound good......

Nothing wrong with boring days.......they`re good for the soul every now and again......I think we plan one tomorrow, do nothing and apart from breakfast, food will be charcuterie and snack items. Tonight I made some duck spring rolls, stuffed jalapenos with cream cheese and made up various sausage rolls and we have assorted cheese like Brie, Tallegio and camembert with crackers.......a day of nibbles and not much else!

Wonder if he`ll notice if I have a couple of spring rolls tonight........

 

[soniam]

Boring for us too with DS at my parents. We did try a new to us bao place that was pretty good. They had good boba milk tea that wasn't overly sweet. I am still in no diet mode. We will probably either get togo food or eat somewhere with outdoor seating tonight. Some place that DS doesn't like. Since we really didn't have a Thanksgiving or xmas meal, I am making it for NYE for just DH and I. We will buy turkey from the local BBQ place though. I plan to make pumpkin polenta, cranberry sauce, gravy, and something else, maybe green beans. I plan to make another stout gingerbread tomorrow for us. I made one last weekend for the in-laws. I need to remember that we Stilton and port to nosh on this week/weekend. We are going to see Nightmare Alley on Thursday, latest Guillermo del Toro movie, and have apps/drinks at the cinema bar, which specializes in tequila. They have a great outdoor patio. Not doing much today, just gym and lunch.

 

[schumigirl]

Boring for us too with DS at my parents. We did try a new to us bao place that was pretty good. They had good boba milk tea that wasn't overly sweet. I am still in no diet mode. We will probably either get togo food or eat somewhere with outdoor seating tonight. Some place that DS doesn't like. Since we really didn't have a Thanksgiving or xmas meal, I am making it for NYE for just DH and I. We will buy turkey from the local BBQ place though. I plan to make pumpkin polenta, cranberry sauce, gravy, and something else, maybe green beans. I plan to make another stout gingerbread tomorrow for us. I made one last weekend for the in-laws. I need to remember that we Stilton and port to nosh on this week/weekend. We are going to see Nightmare Alley on Thursday, latest Guillermo del Toro movie, and have apps/drinks at the cinema bar, which specializes in tequila. They have a great outdoor patio. Not doing much today, just gym and lunch.

Turkey for us NY day soniam.....it was ordered for Christmas Day as is tradition over here, but as we went to Scotland, butcher said we could pick it up on Friday this week instead. Although no green beans here......one of veg of the devil......lol.....roast potatoes, roast carrots and parsnips, pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce and gravy with home made stuffing that looks like meat loaf to Americans.......can`t wait.......

Love cheese with port too!

Gym and lunch sounds good.....well lunch sounds good.......

 

[Lynne G]

Thinking of ordering Chinese food for NYE dinner. Then noshing in the evening.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Quick stop in!

Still cold here, but has slightly warmed up. We are hovering about -35F with the wind chill factor. Not many moving around unless they have to.

GD and I ventured out to the grocery store for a little outing. I had wanted to take her swimming or to this little indoor playground. But the new variant numbers and the cold have us sticking close to home. It did feel good to get out for a little bit today, even if it was only to pick up some groceries. Just needed to pick up a couple of things to get us through the week.

Other than that, not much else happening. I am hoping to go to the outdoor drive-thru light show tonight. I thought gd would love that. I am definitely enjoying this week with her. Just waiting for her to wake up from her nap to start playing again. I made some playdough to help keep her occupied while I make dinner. Steak bites with asparagus and mushrooms are planned for tonight.

@Charade 67 I hope everything starts to fall into place with your mom. Hopefully you get some answers about her health as well as the POA.

@Lynne G That's what we thought of doing as well with the kids. Chinese food and game night. We are just keeping it small and with our small circle of family. The boys are staying here. Youngest has to work new years day. He doesn't mind working a stat as well as he has his top up bonus for working extra early hours. So it is a big money day for him. Older DS is not working, but will probably be going out with friends. Friends are more fun instead of hanging with your parents, older sister and niece

Well, I think Gd is awake...now to do more fun things!

Have a great day everyone...stay safe!

 

[schumigirl]

Friends are more fun instead of hanging with your parents, older sister and niece

Well, I think Gd is awake...now to do more fun things!

Have a great day everyone...stay safe!

We just had this conversation recently with one of our groups of friends and today with one of our friends, and all of our groups of friends love that our adult kids still want to spend so much time with us as parents on occasions like Christmas and New Years......guess it varies, but we all felt very lucky when we spoke of it being a blessing.

Then they go do their own thing of course.......

Have fun with GD, glad you`re having such a lovely week with her.





Got some friends and one of their adult kids now joining us for New Years Day dinner, so will make it a little more formal and fancier......we weren`t going to go overboard with appetisers or desserts, but now we will. Although everyone loves smoked salmon, shrimp and so on and a charcuterie plate will go down well......doesn`t take much to make up but looks good.

Almost bedtime here......very mild tonight too, think we`ll have the windows open for the second night. Thank heavens for a milder climate in the UK.

Have a great evening.......

 

[soniam]

@Pumpkin1172 Your time with your granddaughter sounds really nice. It reminds me of my son staying with my mom during the holidays when he was younger. He will be with her tomorrow, but he's a surely teen now.

@schumigirl Sleeping with the windows open sounds great! We have the temps to do it, but with pollen, I would wake up sounding like a life-long smoker or that I have covid.

 

[schumigirl]

@schumigirl Sleeping with the windows open sounds great! We have the temps to do it, but with pollen, I would wake up sounding like a life-long smoker or that I have covid.

That`s quite the image!!

Must be horrible though to suffer like that even in winter. I`m only bothered by tree pollen for a few months of the year, but, not too bad, so I can`t complain. I do love windows open, even in the cold I like them slightly open, unless it`s completely baltic of course......annoys Tom, but he lives with it.




Now I`m going to bed.......we started watching Sleepless in Seattle.......need to switch it off as we are both yawning our heads off.

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, Son, even with a strong blocking filter on our heater, no windows open for us either. Older one would sound like Darth Vader.

Sweet for you, Pumpkin, to be with GD. Yep, my older one works a full day on New Year’s Day, so a late dinner for us that day. He does not mind either, as gets the holiday pay rate.

Quiet. As a treat, since dinner was little one and I, picked up matzoh ball soup, onion rings and fries from one of our favorite Jewish deli places, Yep, good dinner for both of us. And also picked up a loaf of challah bread, as with real butter, a nice breakfast of slice of toasted challah bread for me tomorrow. Now relaxing with a warm cup of tea.



Zoo light for all for tonight’s night light. May all dream of enjoying a drink for tomorrow’s Thirsty Thursday. And yep, a midnight snack is perfectly fine. And going to bed at 4:30am, like little one did this morning, is okay too. Particularly when you can sleep the morning away.

 

[macraven]

Thinking of ordering Chinese food for NYE dinner. Then noshing in the evening.

Count me in
My type of food!

 

[macraven]

We had a menu change for dinner this evening
Ended up with subs from Jersey Mike

It’s one of Mr Mac’s favorite sandwich place
I don’t love it but It’s okay for me

We are getting notices current storm will be in our path
Hopefully we will be not lose power for long
Oops, storm has started now

 

[soniam]

Yeah, Son, even with a strong blocking filter on our heater, no windows open for us either. Older one would sound like Darth Vader.

Sweet for you, Pumpkin, to be with GD. Yep, my older one works a full day on New Year’s Day, so a late dinner for us that day. He does not mind either, as gets the holiday pay rate.

Quiet. As a treat, since dinner was little one and I, picked up matzoh ball soup, onion rings and fries from one of our favorite Jewish deli places, Yep, good dinner for both of us. And also picked up a loaf of challah bread, as with real butter, a nice breakfast of slice of toasted challah bread for me tomorrow. Now relaxing with a warm cup of tea.

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Zoo light for all for tonight’s night light. May all dream of enjoying a drink for tomorrow’s Thirsty Thursday. And yep, a midnight snack is perfectly fine. And going to bed at 4:30am, like little one did this morning, is okay too. Particularly when you can sleep the morning away.

I really miss have a Jewish deli. Ours had such good matzo ball soup and knish.

 

[schumigirl]

We had a menu change for dinner this evening
Ended up with subs from Jersey Mike

It’s one of Mr Mac’s favorite sandwich place
I don’t love it but It’s okay for me

We are getting notices current storm will be in our path
Hopefully we will be not lose power for long
Oops, storm has started now

I`ve never tried that place for a sub sandwich.......

And yes, I hope that storm has passed you by now and no damage. Where my mum lives, they are having high winds, enough to stop the ferries running back and forward to the Island and it`s classed as essential, so hoping they don`t get a lot of damage up there either.

I really miss have a Jewish deli. Ours had such good matzo ball soup and knish.

I only have one Jewish friend, like me, everything is made fresh and the stuff she makes is always gorgeous......except the time she made us Lokshen Pudding. I don`t eat pasta very often anyway, but in a dessert..........bleurgh.....thought it was the most disgusting thing I`d ever seen and no, not for me.......but her soups are lovely and made how you`re supposed to make them, from scratch and not store bought stock. No Jewish Deli`s around us, but she does a pretty darn good job for us with good Jewish food, even if there isn`t a scrap of bacon in sight




It was so warm during the night, yep, we slept with all the bedroom windows open, till around 4 when we heard the foxes fighting....time to close them then. It`s quite disconcerting hearing them as the males can sound like a screaming woman if they`re threatened.

We only need lemons today for the smoked salmon, so we might not bother going out at all, but will shop tomorrow with enough to see us through on fresh produce till Monday, we`ll pick up our turkey too and cook it New Years Day......will just be our typical Christmas dinner but on NY.

NYE is going to snack items and nibbles, I still have a few things to make and might pick up some pre made from the Italian deli in the next village to us. They have some lovely produce.

Kyle gets his booster today and is now off till Monday too, another nice long weekend for him.

Smoked salmon and nibbles for lunch and dinner will be much the same next two nights......I just need to bake some more bread tomorrow and I`m sorted.

And almost New Years Eve again.........

 

[Lynne G]

Son, I’m lucky, there is quite a few Jewish deli and groceries around me. But there are only two deli places we eat at. Little one is picky, and she says it’s a tie as to which of those two have the best matzoh ball soup. Yeah, that pudding is not my favorite either, Schumi. We tend to have a tray of noodle kugel for dessert, but I never put raisins in mine. I used to ask my mom to make a corner of it plain for me to eat, as she always put raisins in hers. I do like rice pudding as well, without any fruit in it. Plain for me, no raisins or other.

And so, a lazy day for us. Older one works, but DH and I took off. Sound enough sleep, I have no idea when little one went to bed. Yay, as still that hazy morning with phone flashing light rain to fall in 20 minutes, ending shortly after. But still a yay, as 52 the high. Weather guy on news said rainy morning, with cloudy afternoon.

So as weather thinks we are thirsty this Thursday morning, I’m going along with it, as have been enjoying my tea and enjoyed that toast.

Most terrific Thirsty Thursday homies, as the last Thursday this year. Wow! Tomorrow is the very last Friday of our year. Yay as the Most Fabulous Friday, as with a holiday weekend to follow, there’s another yay. As also with Saturday to welcome the new year, as an end to end this week. Deserves a Woot!

Tea for me. Why yes I am. Hoping this finds all having a good day, enjoying some beverages.

 

[macraven]

This year has gone by fast for me

 

[Lynne G]

This year has gone by fast for me