The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

betty rose

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I did a little shopping today. I was hoping to get all my stocking stuffers bought but Target seemed to be out of a lot of stuff I wanted. Very frustrating. Although I went to Hobby Lobby and I got some fun stuff to decorate our stateroom on the cruise for under $20, which makes me happy because Disney will decorate your room for $80 and I got cool stuff for a lot less. You'll have to wait until my trip report to see the decor! I also knew that I was too tired to cook tonight so I picked up Chinese, hubby was really thrilled. He loves Chinese but we rarely have it.
That sound's like a great day. I love Chinese too. It's my favorite. My friend and I went to an authentic Chinese restaurant , in K.C. it was the best....now I have to settle for fake Chinese...we don't eat it often. It's a fall back, when I'm too tired to cook. It's not real, but it's good in a different way.
 

betty rose

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Hahaaa...!!! :hilarious:
This brings back a childhood memory from long before I started acquiring a little extra "insulation" :cautious: :oops: ;) and making TSSFFBRs even in cold weather...! :D
Anyway, when we lived in No Cal back in the day, we had no central air, because it never really got that hot or humid there, even in summer. A lot of times on summer nights, folks would put on a light sweater or jacket.
But, all the houses (in our neighborhood, anyway) were on pier and beam with crawl spaces, and we did have central heat, and we had registers in the floor.
On cool mornings when we had to get up for school, mom would wake us up pretty early, and we'd drag a blanket or two off our beds out to the family room, lay back on the floor with our feet on the register, and we'd lay the blankets over the whole mess. The heat would blow up the blankets like a balloon and we'd be nice and toasty while watching some early morning TV from that vantage point. Heaven...! :inlove: ;)
You should have heard our groans when the heat went off and our warm, toasty balloon deflated...!!! :hilarious:
Pretty sure mom did that on purpose to roust our beeeeehinds to start gettin' ready for school...!!!!! :joyfull: ;) :)
We had to tough it out. Mom was like the military...up and at 'em got to get to school on time, and follow the rules.....our house was a military camp. No wonder my Mom loved my first boy friend, he went to military school, and came to pick me up in a military school uniform. She was impressed, me.....not so much....to silly to me. I like to think for my own, that's the artist in me. I've been a rebel at heart!
 

Figgy1

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That sound's like a great day. I love Chinese too. It's my favorite. My friend and I went to an authentic Chinese restaurant , in K.C. it was the best....now I have to settle for fake Chinese...we don't eat it often. It's a fall back, when I'm too tired to cook. It's not real, but it's good in a different way.
I'm very picky about Chinese, make that any Oriental food I eat. I find it easier to make my own except when I venture into the city. At least when I make my own it's close to authentic:D
 

Tony the Tigger

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I'm so out of it, I don't even remember if I've posted here already LOL. So apologies if this is a repeat.

Black Friday part one went well at the store. Part two (selling the leftovers online) starts today. BUT - someone in our family had to schedule a wedding for today (3 hours away and not in Orlando) where everyone will be 3 pounds heavier in the pictures because of Thanksgiving! LOL.

The ceremony was very nice. Brian drove up yesterday, I couldn't until this morning. Then he had to leave right after the ceremony to work tonight, I'm staying for the ceremony - but there's a freaking 3 hour break between the ceremony and the reception!!

So I'm at an Irish pub/restaurant called Meg O'Malley's (which I love) on my laptop doing work and getting ready to go back for the reception at 5:30 and then drive home tonight (ugh.)

Work all day Sunday, epidural (for my back) on Monday, fly to NJ/NY on Wednesday til Sunday...

WDW the 13th to 15th. (Can we just skip to that, please?) TY!!
 

betty rose

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It has been about ten years since we stopped having Veterans Day as a School Holiday. Our staff lobbied for the day before Thanksgiving instead. (we now have the entire week of Thanksgiving off do to some jocking around during contract season)

Anywhoo the the staff presentation initially was a full assembly with Vets invited and Vets speaking in grade levels. Vets stayed for lunch.

The next year a little less Vet stuff

The following year even less attention to the day...

Now when asked what preparation are being made for the Celebration of Veterans on Vet Day vs Veterans Day off, Federal Holiday. It is the deer in the headlight stare...like the board is on drugs. I have a difficult time with indifference to Vets in our schools now. I wish I could replay the presentation to the board from a decade ago.
That is so awful, and uncaring. What is this country coming too? My family's member's served in many War's they were willing to go, and possibly not come back. Is life so cheap now, that no one can respect their sacrifice? So much wrong with today's attitude. Rant over.... I just can't get it, any more.
 

Cesar R M

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I'm so out of it, I don't even remember if I've posted here already LOL. So apologies if this is a repeat.

Black Friday part one went well at the store. Part two (selling the leftovers online) starts today. BUT - someone in our family had to schedule a wedding for today (3 hours away and not in Orlando) where everyone will be 3 pounds heavier in the pictures because of Thanksgiving! LOL.

The ceremony was very nice. Brian drove up yesterday, I couldn't until this morning. Then he had to leave right after the ceremony to work tonight, I'm staying for the ceremony - but there's a freaking 3 hour break between the ceremony and the reception!!

So I'm at an Irish pub/restaurant called Meg O'Malley's (which I love) on my laptop doing work and getting ready to go back for the reception at 5:30 and then drive home tonight (ugh.)

Work all day Sunday, epidural (for my back) on Monday, fly to NJ/NY on Wednesday til Sunday...

WDW the 13th to 15th. (Can we just skip to that, please?) TY!!
they should hand workers the "I survived Black Friday in the front line" trophies x_x
 

betty rose

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Some more photos...

View attachment 176473 Baby coati!
Very playfull.. will upload video of this fellow once I get my video editing software to work.


This is a famous landscape of the Volcano "Ceboruco". Which is still active.
It exploded around 80 years ago and destroyed a small town (you can still see parts of buildings and the church in the other side of the volcano.. this toll highway goes on the opposite side of the volcano.
The volcano is reported still active (asleep, but there are vents active). Who knows when it will wake up again.
Infact, there are a lot of volcanoes in the vicinity in this area. Most of them extinguished, inactive, or sleeping.
View attachment 176469

a video I found on youtube containing the "fumarolas" (vents)
(turn off music unless you like classy spanish style guitar music.

We saw many steam vents in the big Island of Hawaii. I put my face over one, to see how hot it was. Let's just say it was hotter than the current temperature. I won't do that again. I did get a nice blush from it, though!:eek::rolleyes:
 

Goofyernmost

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Sadly, my parents are not as into SW as I am. No, scratch that, they are not into SW at all. My uncle started me on SW; neither of my parents had even seen it when I first saw it. I'm pretty sure my dad STILL has not watched it. We need to fix that before SWL. *shakes head*.
I don't really think that is necessary. Attractions that are well done, do not need a historical backup. I had never seen 20K Leagues under the Sea, yet I loved the attraction and the show. I knew nothing about any Pirates of the Caribbean but loved the ride and the show. I had never seen Peter Pan yet, so on and so on. If well done they don't need to be forced to study up on it. Just take them to it and they will not necessarily become full fledged SW fans, but, that doesn't mean that they won't love the attractions. I have never seen Avatar, but, I am looking forward to the land. Why? Because it is different and I am relying on it having been done really well. If it was, I'll like it, if it wasn't... then it will be thumbs down.
 

Goofyernmost

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Oh, me too. We went and loved Texas, when our DD was 7. I loved the state....we drove from Denver to Austin, then to Corpus Christi. It was a wonderful experience. I'm wanting to skip Disney this fall. But we need to fly and then fly again. Hubby likes to have a vacation that includes no driving. I agree, people are crazy on the roads anymore. Or we can't understand why people text, drive through stop lights, like they don't exist, or drive extremely fast. That happened on our way home from the kids on Thanksgiving...the guy was going so fast he passed three cars, went through a yellow light and kept going. In that area we have a hospital, he didn't stop at, an urgent care facility; he passed by. And just kept going. We turned into our area, and could not understand where he was going so fast. Many people pulled over to avoid him.
Probably just had Indian food and needed to get home to a bathroom. Hey.. It happens!
 

betty rose

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yup, seems a trend. Its always on the plane home that something happens.
There was a very ill kid next to my mother so he probably infected my mom and my mom to me.
Same when we were in Disneyworld and other trips.. similar things happened.
The air planes need a better venting system. I'm sick of getting sick on airplanes. Maybe we should send the medical bills back to them. I wish the air on planes were regulated, as to how many pathogens to passengers. Maybe that would be a way to fix this horrible system!
 

betty rose

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I'm so out of it, I don't even remember if I've posted here already LOL. So apologies if this is a repeat.

Black Friday part one went well at the store. Part two (selling the leftovers online) starts today. BUT - someone in our family had to schedule a wedding for today (3 hours away and not in Orlando) where everyone will be 3 pounds heavier in the pictures because of Thanksgiving! LOL.

The ceremony was very nice. Brian drove up yesterday, I couldn't until this morning. Then he had to leave right after the ceremony to work tonight, I'm staying for the ceremony - but there's a freaking 3 hour break between the ceremony and the reception!!

So I'm at an Irish pub/restaurant called Meg O'Malley's (which I love) on my laptop doing work and getting ready to go back for the reception at 5:30 and then drive home tonight (ugh.)

Work all day Sunday, epidural (for my back) on Monday, fly to NJ/NY on Wednesday til Sunday...

WDW the 13th to 15th. (Can we just skip to that, please?) TY!!
I'm so sorry about your back. I've ruptured 3 discs and know what an epidural is ....those aren't pleasant, but you can move in a small amount of time. Please be careful back injuries will be with you for the rest of your life. I hope you haven't had the three epidural's. That's was allowed for my time. I've had two....So I'm taking things very easy..... Just a quick question....Do they allow more these days? My last one was over 20 years ago.... Have fun at WDW .....I hope you can enjoy what you want to do....
 

Goofyernmost

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The air planes need a better venting system. I'm sick of getting sick on airplanes. Maybe we should send the medical bills back to them. I wish the air on planes were regulated, as to how many pathogens to passengers. Maybe that would be a way to fix this horrible system!
You guys are making me very happy about my genes. I have never gotten sick during or after a vacation drip. Nothing ever seems to hit me very hard. I haven't had a actual cold in nearly 4 years, yet I've been on a number of flights and even a two week long cruise and within a number of large crowds. I know that not all of them were a picture of perfect health. I guess I should have named that as something that I was thankful about on Thanksgiving shouldn't I? I used to have bronchitis often until I got on Albuterol and not once since then. It was probably my COPD that was acting up and not any easily explained virus. This week I had a regular check up and my oxygen level was at 98%, Heart Rate =71bpm, Blood Pressure = 125/68. What that probably means is I am now prime to get hit by a bus.
 

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