The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

For @MinnieM123

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I may have watched it twice already, with the kids watching the DVD in another room

What did you think? Isn’t it sad that we have to wait so many years for another? I think Rowling should just publish the next screenplay asap.

 

[Figgy1]

Interview went well, will know next week if they hire me or not.
going back tomorrow.

My fingers and toes are crossed and sending lots of pixie dust and good vibes. Best of luck my friend xoxo

 

[Figgy1]

Night shift isn't ideal, but waaayyy better than 2nd shift. I knew a woman who worked for a major newspaper and they had 3 shifts. Day shift was fine, because they'd get home for dinner with the family at night. Night shift (midnight to 7) would often let them get home in time for the kids to get up in the morning, getting ready for school, and all could have breakfast. (Then, she would sleep during the day, and wake up late afternoon.) However--

Second shift was the worst, because people would miss dinner and breakfast with the family, and sometimes not even see the kids coming home from school mid-afternoon,, because they'd already be commuting to the city for work. Horrible shift.

That's what we're thinking. Could start as soon as the end of the month, yesterday was hurry up submit paperwork and wait day

 

[Figgy1]

I also prefer higher waist ones as well. For me, that's just more comfortable than ones that hang on your hips.

I have the most boring taste in jeans, mid rise slight boot cut with the slightest amount of stretch. If my favorite ones get discontinued I'm going to have to start making my own.

 

[Figgy1]

When we went in 2016, we were there from July 25th I think, for 10 days. But our package came with 14 day tickets and we stayed with a friend of mine for the last few days (never doing that again) and we went to Epcot the last day the tickets were valid and it was pretty dead. There was NO ONE at the security/bag check lines, so we were able to get right in and the guy said it was because schools had just started up again. We'll just miss that this time at Disney, but school will probably start up while we're at Universal then, so maybe that will be low crowds. At least we have 2 weeks at Disney...we should be able to get most things in, at least in the 2nd week when it's just my 4.

Calm down from everything I've seen crowds are still soft over the summer and you have plans that have plans

 

[Songbird76]

My brother owns an ice cream parlour and he looked at rolling the ice cream however it is much more labour intensive and the ice cream needs to be a slightly different consistency so he decided against it. His ice cream is freshly made in the Netherlands using only organic ingredients and he didn't want to change the recipe.

Care to share with the class where his ice cream shop is? We like to get ice cream now and then when we have a day out.

 

[Figgy1]

What did you think? Isn’t it sad that we have to wait so many years for another? I think Rowling should just publish the next screenplay asap.

I loved it and hope they get working on it soon. Keep an eye on Pottermore for updates. I'm hoping they split some of the movies into 2 as they did with the last book due to information overload.

 

[Figgy1]

Guess who's waiting for a copy of The Crimes of Grindenwald screen play?

 

[Songbird76]

Most of our schools are old, so it wasn't standard to have air conditioning. The newer school have included it I think, but not many new schools in our area. We are just "old school" I guess...

Even our new schools aren't built with Air conditioning. The prevailing thought is that it's not necessary, because summers are short and typically not too hot. But, the last few years, we've gotten heat waves where it was miserable and the kids still had to go to school in classrooms that were like ovens. DD's teacher took a picture one year of the thermometer...it was 43.4C (110F) in their classroom. Every school in the country pretty much made adjustments....either canceled school, or ran an earlier schedule so they'd be done by noon when it go really hot. Our school was the ONLY one in our city that didn't do anything. One of the dad's was so mad, he brought popsicles for all the kids in his daughters' classes.

Then they built a new school...did they put in AC? No, of course not, because the city officials who pay for the school aren't the ones who have to sit in the classroom and bake all day when it gets hot.

 

[Figgy1]

Good morning! Nothing like getting your workout and shopping done and home before most people even think about going out

 

[Songbird76]

That would have amused the hell out of me. As long as it wasn't buzzing and I had no reason to crawl under the bed, I would have just told them about it in the morning. Good room Karma.

It would have grossed me out....the housekeepers couldn't be cleaning thoroughly if they didn't find it before the next guest checked in.

 

[Figgy1]

Isn't everyday part of your weekend

If by weekend you meant to say get up before dawn, workout, cook breakfast, pack lunches, clean up some mess the boys left and so on Then yes

 

[Songbird76]

The clouds trying to circle was the strongest thing!
I’ve never seen an actual tornado. Hoping to keep that trend!

I have seen several, but they were far enough away that we only experienced the hail that came before. Though we were in Chicago once to bury my mom's ashes in Dundee. So we flew into Chicago, rented a car, then had to wait for my brother's flight to come in before we could drive to my cousin's house where we were staying. We went to Sears Tower and I remember when we looked out the window, there was a building on fire and we were watching that, so I wasn't paying much attention to the color of the sky. We went back down and it was suddenly completely dark and I said to DH that it was strange how early it got dark there! It wasn't even 5pm in June!! And we heard a lot of sirens and there was some vehicle making an announcement as it went through the streets, but we couldn't understand what it said. We decided to get some dinner before we headed back to the airport to pick up my brother. So we start walking and it just dumped buckets of rain...you couldn't step one step from an overhang without being drenched. I'd never seen it rain so hard in my life. So we ended up ducking into a covered terrace which turned out to be Eli's Cheesecake, so we sat down for me to have cheesecake while we waited out the rain. I was starting to worry we were going to be late picking up my brother. It finally cleared, got light, and we went to pick up my brother, only to find out his flight had been delayed because of the tornado going over Chicago. We had no idea we were out their walking while there was a tornado overhead...that must have been the announcement we couldn't hear.

And of course, I told the story of my dad skipping his family reunion because he didn't want to take the time to get the oil changed in his pickup, and there was a tornado that went through my home town and took out most of the trailer housing, etc. So I was so relieved that my dad was at the family reunion until the cousin emailed me and asked me why my dad hadn't shown up. Turned out he slept through the whole thing...the storm did rip half the ceiling off his house and broke all his windows, but he was fine and didn't even know there had been a tornado.

 

[Songbird76]

I love experiencing new things but a tornado is NOT on my must see list.

There was one in Germany last week that destroyed a lot of homes. My husband told me tornados don't happen here, but apparently they do!

 

[donaldtoo]

Interview went well, will know next week if they hire me or not.
going back tomorrow.

AWESOME!!!!!!!
Sounds very promising, Cesar...prayers...!!!!!

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

If by weekend you meant to say get up before dawn, workout, cook breakfast, pack lunches, clean up some mess the boys left and so on Then yes

Glad we are on the same page

 

[Songbird76]

You can definitely pass it without feeling it. I had some tiny stones a couple of years ago. I found out by suddenly getting sweaty and doubled-over pain. I got some medication that relaxes, therefore enlarges, your tubes, which allows them to pass more easily. I also went crazy with lemons, and a tincture from Whole Foods, both of which are supposed to make them smaller/break them up. I still use those occasionally just as a preventative, because once you get them, you’re more likely to get them again, and they run in families.

My brother had a huge one around the same time and needed much more medical attention.

Side note: no kidding, there are articles that show riding Blue Thunder Mountain Railroad helps to dislodge them!

Yeah, I told him about BTMR, but we're not there until Summer....so. Anyway, he hasn't felt anything since that Saturday a week ago, and he had red blood cells in his urine, which is why the doc said kidney stones, but the tech couldn't find any. So we don't know...we figured you'd feel it when they pass. But if you've had them and didn't feel it when they passed, great....he must have passed it that night I guess! Thanks!

 

[Songbird76]

I think they go for 2 months straight and may get a week or more off. In Australia they go year round. My brothers kids get about 2 weeks off after a couple of months. I cannot keep up with his schedule. This country is just not set up for year round schooling. Many businesses would suffer.

Well, the up side would be that people could vacation at various times of the year which would mean a more steady income for the travel industry, rather than periods of making a lot vs periods of making very little. I sure wish we didn't have to travel in July/August!