The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Figgy1

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We went to the Dr.'s appointment. Hubby had the stent pulled out. He needed a good sharp stick to bite on. They gave him an antibiotic, and he is good to go for another year. We went to lunch after the appointment. Just got back and I made some vegetables for dinner tonight. I'm kind of tired, I hope to get outside tomorrow, it's going to be in the mid 60's. I'll take it!:happy:
Congrats to your dh. :inlove:
 

Figgy1

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I can't believe I missed all these amazing pictures. Thanks so much for posting. We love wineries. (Can you imagine? ;) ) We are always going to Long Island Wine Country, and because I am inspired by your shots, here are a few of my own:
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Fish and Sips at Long Island Aquarium just outside of Wine Country - why am I holding two wine glasses? Ohhh, at this point, why do you ask? ;)

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Here is Phil the next day. It looks like he made a purchase!

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Look! Phil found another winery!

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I think this is actually at some winery in Washington State.

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And so is this. Honey wine? Yes, it was as sweet as it sounds. And Pooh was not there.

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Also in Washington. I don't know how I climbed my stubby little legs up on that barrel, and someone needs to tell me not to wear horizontal stripes.

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I think I posted this one before - it's at Martha Clara Vineyard on Long Island - and on this very day, Phil got talked into joining a wine club.

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Here is Phil at his favorite vineyard - the Old Field in the East End of Long Island, and after he finishes drinking, he's going to go bust a few ghosts.

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And one last one - here's me getting jiggy with it at a vineyard somewhere in California. Not Napa. Not Sonoma. It was like an hour from Disneyland. And lots of fun. ;)
Thank you for sharing after this weekend which ended last night I could use some:confused:
 

Figgy1

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I want them all


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Something tells me a few of those might wind up in the stockings this Christmas.:) I really like the years we go to Disney because Christmas is mostly done by the time we get home:):):)
 

Figgy1

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I read in some magazine that there are now wineries in every single state in the US. So, I looked up a few states where you would not think there would be wineries, and here are the amazing results:

Florida (where else would I start?) - 24 wineries?!?!?! Whhhhhaaaaaaattt?!? - http://www.tryfloridawine.com/florida-wineries-map.php

Alaska - looks like four - I'd love to taste this - probably very sweet - http://www.wineries-and-vineyards.com/alaska-winery-guide.html

Arizona - Wowe - they have a ton - unreal - https://www.arizonawine.org/winetrail.html

North Dakota - I would not imagine there to be one winery here, and yet - http://www.ndtourism.com/articles/north-dakota-beer-and-wine-trail

I could go on and on but you get the picture - punch in any state plus winery and you will get one or more hits for wineries. Which seems kind of amazing to me. And very cool.
You and the Phil Monster may want to do the SE PA wine tour sometime. My dh and I did it a few years ago and came home with a few nice cases of wine.:) Here's a little hint never take a van to do the tour LOL or you come home broke:confused:
 

Figgy1

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I finally get a day to myself today with just a minimum of things to get done and I really need it!!!!!!!!! My dh and I wound up out all day yesterday and didn't get home until almost 7:eek::eek::eek: At least it was shorter than most of our Disney days but nowhere as much fun. We spent the whole day shopping and did come home in a different car than we left out in. I bought groceries and a skirt on sale cheaper than I could make it in a tropical print. Gee I wonder where I might wind up wearing that LOL My dh spent quite a bit more:rolleyes: his allowance between now and the trip gas and maybe $1 a week if he's good:D There's a reason he brought me, he'd pay the price on the sticker and I never pay retail! Ever!!!!!! It was almost funny when we went to the bank to get the check the person we delt with asked how we got the price we did, at least my dh gave me all the credit for the deal. I also made all the arrangements for our trip:) BTW md dh got exactly what he wanted make, model, features, color and much, much less than what he figured he'd pay. Hw owes me big time:D:D:D
 

Mr Ferret 75

Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
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I finally get a day to myself today with just a minimum of things to get done and I really need it!!!!!!!!! My dh and I wound up out all day yesterday and didn't get home until almost 7:eek::eek::eek: At least it was shorter than most of our Disney days but nowhere as much fun. We spent the whole day shopping and did come home in a different car than we left out in. I bought groceries and a skirt on sale cheaper than I could make it in a tropical print. Gee I wonder where I might wind up wearing that LOL My dh spent quite a bit more:rolleyes: his allowance between now and the trip gas and maybe $1 a week if he's good:D There's a reason he brought me, he'd pay the price on the sticker and I never pay retail! Ever!!!!!! It was almost funny when we went to the bank to get the check the person we delt with asked how we got the price we did, at least my dh gave me all the credit for the deal. I also made all the arrangements for our trip:) BTW md dh got exactly what he wanted make, model, features, color and much, much less than what he figured he'd pay. Hw owes me big time:D:D:D
But what did he get ???????
 

MinnieM123

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@BuddyThomas , have you ever been to a beer brewery tour? When I was in my early 20s, my mother and I went to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery up in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The grounds up there were lovely and we also saw some of their Clydesdale horses.

Anyway, we took the tour and it was interesting. At the end, they served large glasses of whatever they were brewing that day. (I don't like beer, so I had an orange soda.) But even though I don't drink beer, I'm always fascinated by the process. I think that you and Phil might enjoy going there some day.
 

ajrwdwgirl

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Yeah, I'm more I like it or don't kinda gal. We were at a local restaurant by my Mom's and I ordered a glass of wine (need that with family gatherings) and my Sis took my glass, sniffed it, swirled it and tasted it, put it down kinda unimpressed. It was likely Beringers or Sutter Home given the type of place we were at. Me, the germaphobe isn't big on anyone drinking from my glass let alone stick'n their nose in it. :cautious:
I love my Sis dearly but we just live in two different worlds. I pay dearly for top Aisic running shoes, they make my feet that I am on most of the day feel better. My Sis pays $100 for a pair of designer flip flops. Different worlds. :cyclops: But she bought me my bike for my birthday and I am so excited to be able to ride it. Remember the picture? It is now at the bike shop where I bought my DD really nice bike years ago. They are putting 'the pre assembled' bike together. :banghead:

I hope you get to ride the bike soon. I should probably get my bike out, it needs new tires and that seems like a hassle.
 

Songbird76

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Because it sits up high. They're used to hitting a high F or G and then going to a more comfortable part of their range. That song drops to an F sharp at the beginning and then after that, it sits up at A and above. For many of them, this is their first choral experience, so getting up and staying that high is challenging for them. Our director also made the mistake of showing us a simpler version in a lower key first. Then he decided that we should try the regular version. Which only made me and the female tenor happy: female tenor because it's well within the comfortable part of her range, and me because I like the high notes.
I always loved the high notes! Give me a high C and I'd belt that sucker out. I've lost a bit of my range since I joined the choir I'm in now...kind of like yours, it's mostly inexperienced singers and about the highest we ever had to sing was an E. Now we're working on some other music that goes up to a G and I'm the only one who can hit it solidly. I've been practicing to get my range back...I can reach a b flat pretty consistently now, but I want to get back to being able to hit the d above high C.
 

Songbird76

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That's true. I forgot about those advantages.
Yeah, it has it's moments. In high school it was kind of nice because you can do pretty much any activity...there's not much competition, so there are no cuts. You might get stuck on JV instead of Varsity, but you can still do the activity. I did cheerleading and basketball in Jr. High, then moved to Varsity cheerleading for football and basketball my freshman year, but I quit basketball in favor of Speech and Debate (very good move as I was good at public speaking and mediocre at basketball) and I joined Student Council and of course I still had choir and all the school plays and musicals. I was spread so thin I should have been transparent, but I got a LOT of experiences I wouldn't have gotten in a big school. Not to mention I was a pariah in my own school and a social butterfly outside of it, so the tournaments and music festivals and conferences were very much a welcome distraction and chance for me to interact with people who I liked and who liked me for who I was. They were all just as much nerds as I was! :p
 

Songbird76

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Yep. I live that every day. We all know everything. It is a mostly upper middle-class town with a handful of old money and very few that are poor. The poor are change of circumstance folk as you are hard pressed to be able to afford a home here unless you have enough to start with. The ones I get a kick out of is those who are middle class that strive to pretend they are among the genuinely wealthy of our town. It never ends well. I could never wrap my brain around the pretense and it wasn't difficult for anyone to figure out in our little Hamlet.

There were very few that were not hit hard by the last recession. Many had themselves very overly extended with car loans and living in homes that were a real reach for them. We were in better shape than most given our home was paid for and we didn't have car loans however two kids in college during all that so not fun.
My mom worked for years in a Savings and Loan and she was SOOOOO good with money. We were poor, but we always had what we needed and she was an expert at making the dollars stretch. She always taught me to always pay for things outright if possible. It's the payments that build up and kill you, and of course then if something happens to your income, you're in trouble. So she said to save up until you have enough to just buy it instead of making payments. Also, never "rent to own" because you end up paying twice as much. And she told me when I was in college, credit card companies prey on college students...they send tons of offers for pre-approved cards, but they have high interest rates. So she said accept ONE card....use it once a year to buy something you'd have to get anyway...like groceries, or text books. Then pay it off immediately so you don't have to pay interest. But that's how you build credit, and eventually, those interest rates go down and your credit line goes up. Then you have it for emergencies...like you are on a road trip and get a flat tire and the towing company won't accept a check and you haven't got enough cash. Or, you want to reserve a hotel room and need a card. So I now have perfect credit. My brother did pretty much the opposite and would have had to declare bankruptcy at 25 if my dad hadn't bailed him out, and even with that, he wasn't allowed to have a credit card for like...15 years? I feel bad for people who didn't have my mom to teach them all those financial tips!
 

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