Daily Ooos: Tuesday, September 20

[faerywings]

Hello and happy Tuesday to you all! Hope you are all having a fantastic morning/day so far

Me- I am pretty pleased with myself/
Bam! Two dinners in a row were hits! The first one was the vegan lemon pasta. Last night I made buffalo chicken pasta. I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out but the sauce is made with cream cheese, mozzarella, and cheddar cheese. No way that you can go wrong with all of that cheese LOL
I made the sauce with vegan chicken bouillon and left the chicken to the side so the carnivores could mix it in and the vegetarian could enjoy the pasta. Everyone said to make it again.

I am making Cait's birthday cake today and then some scrapping.

Off to get more coffee, back in a bit!

 

[faerywings]

Okie dokie-- back for personals!
I was able to get some yard work done yesterday before the T-storms rolled through but it was so humid and gross. Not hot but just sticky. It was sad to cut down most of the summer flowers but they will be back next year. At least I hope they will.

@LSlycord Did you get the mums yesterday? Just going to Costco is a huge accomplishment in my book. Is St Augustine's where the fountain of youth is supposedly located? I am probably messing up my history and mythology. Either way, I hope that you guys head there and get some nice sightseeing in
Oh no! Syd isn't supposed to feel pressure for a resume yet! She is doing all of the right things now but she also needs to have fun (or what is the point? Right??)
No other jobs for Caitlyn just yet, all of her focus is on the advisor position. I wish the interview process for her was just a formality but it is what it is... (But she has all of the credentials and experience and she has been doing it for 2.5 years! That should be enough gahhhh!!)

I don't think that I tell you often enough how much I appreciate each and every one of you! You keep me going.

Same!!! On both points. xoxo

@BrightEyes How exciting to see the balloons out there in the morning. I hope that the weather cooperates, was it last year that there were fires that messed it up?
Would you believe that Gary is not doing anything for Halloween this year? He says it almost every year but this time, I believe him, he has been so busy working on the mini-arcade. I hope the kids and I can at least set up the skeletons outside, we might not be able to make them move but the lawn can't be empty, it just can't

@Cherylndesigns Truth!!! I can't even begin to consider giving up cheese- the fake stuff never tastes the same or melts the same or any of it.
No worries about the house question. And nope, my house isn't all that cute or charming but it's mine. And the bank's but that is a given hah
Braxton has been resting alongside the sofa with Linguini O'Brien. They need to get their beauty sleep since they won't get any in the next month or so
HAHAHA- the sugar skull just *jumped* into your cart ROTF!. Just jumped! Kinda how the plastic mason jar lids just jumped into my Amazon cart when I ordered Cait's hand warmers for her birthday
More coincidence-- my aunt moved from Falls Church to FL, she was in Boca Raton, then moved closer to her DD in Palm Beach area.

@bcgal00 I have been thoroughly enjoying seeing all of your wildlife photos on FB, so good to hear you are able to get out and about with Remi too. Are you still taking is easy and pacing yourself?

Hugs to everyone!

 

[LSlycord]

Good morning. Went to Costco yesterday and got a couple of nice full mums. Shaun decided to run over with us. He had two exams yesterday---accounting and economics---and he was feeling pretty stressed. Sydney called in the evening and she was stressed about her differential equations exam that is happening tonight.

The dumbest thing is that UF has all the kids in the big classes (multiple sessions, several hundred kids) take their exams from 8:30-10:00 at night. They are in different locations because they don't have any lecture halls large enough for all of them. So her exam is about a 20 minute walk from her dorm...and she can't walk along the streets to get back because of the construction so she needs to cut across campus. I have told her that I want her in an Uber. I'm happy to pay for that. She doesn't want to do it so we will see who wins.

I started a layout...heritage layout for the tic tac toe challenge. And that took me way down a rabbit hole on my genealogy. So I need to finish that today...and maybe do a second one as well.

Going to fill my coffee cup and then I'll be back for personals.

 

[LSlycord]

@faerywings yes...I agree, Costco is an accomplishment. It takes a lot of energy...although less if we go during the weekday than on a weekend. You remember your history...St. Augustine is where the Fountain of Youth is. We have never been and it is free this month...so it is on my list for this week.

I guarantee that Syd is getting a bit of fun thrown in with school. There are a group of 16 kids from her dorm that found each other the first week of school and they go to all of the football games together, spend time playing games in the commons area at the dorm and spent 4 hours at the lake on Sunday---swimming, paddle boarding, boating, volleyball. She has certainly found her tribe...at least for the moment. But I think that contributed to the stress because she thinks she should have been studying. I told her that it will take time to learn to balance. I told her that I was sure she would do fine...she does all of the homework and is strong in math. She asked what "fine" meant. I said a C. I think that made her mad. LOL

When will Cait know about the advisor position? I can't believe that the friend of someone hiring is even a consideration. Ugh... She should just be able to feel confident because of the time that she has spent there, doing a good job. This is so crazy!

@BrightEyes I am so jealous of the hot air balloons flying overhead. I love those things...just such a sense of freedom as they float through the air. Glad to have seen your note about the prescription...I need to call the pharmacy. We are planning to leave on Monday morning and I have one prescription that will run out while we are gone. I need to find out when the insurance company will allow a refill. That's probably an hour long conversation.

@Cherylndesigns love that you are growing a beautiful weed! That is so funny...and so typical of what I have going on down here. But there are some beautiful weeds that grow...as long as they aren't choking out my non-weeds.

@bcgal00 it sounds like your strength is coming back. That is such good news! I know that you must be feeling good.

Ok, I'm off to get supper in the crockpot and do a load of laundry...then back to scrapping.

 

[BrightEyes]

Nothing like waking up at O'darkthirty (3 AM) and not being able to fall back asleep!!! Finally got up at 4AM and played around with a couple of LOs. Got one finished and played with another one. I got my shower and dressed by 7AM! Late yesterday afternoon turned into a rush when I realized the house and auto insurances were due no later than today. Managed to get over to the local one and got them paid before they closed. I stopped at the new "A Home" store as it was on the way home. HUGE!!! Lots of neat things for the home and seasonal decorations. Didn't buy anything but nice to know what type of merchandise they carry. I got a bag of ripe avocados and some peaches from the grocery store. Need to get guacamole made today. Pulled some enchilada sauce out of the freezer so plan on having it for supper.

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I am heading out to the ENT specialist in a few minutes to have them look at my swollen neck node. Glad I'm getting in to see someone now b/c it started to hurt yesterday (so far it has been painless, just swollen) and was so bad I couldn't sleep last night. I think it is pressing on something now, as it is a bit bigger. So, fingers crossed, they will figure out what's going on.

Other than that, I am feeling better, not 100% but pretty good. I've been out for a few hours each day for a walk, building up my strength.

I'll be back tomorrow for personals but for now, I'd better get dressed and get out of here.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good afternoon all.

I'm moving slow this am. I got a bee in my bonnet to get that "beautiful weed" out of my garden. Turns out there were 3 plants in there and they're completely choking out some of my flowers. My poor hydrangeas and my daisies and salvia were choking to death. I can't have that! I got about half of them out - I can't get the stalks or root balls out though. I put my big ole tall work boots on and stomped them down. I broke most of the stalks, and now they'll hopefully die. I cut off what I could but boy do I have a mess out front! My huge, tall grasses were covering up a lot of the "weed" and I didn't realize how envasive those suckers were until I actually got in there. I got about half of the stomped off/cut off stems put in heavy plastic bags, but I have a lot of work to do yet. It looks awful out there. I ran out of steam before I could pick up the rest of my mess. UGH what a job. I'm going to have to borrow a hack saw or a pickax from Roger (if he even has one). I know I can saw the stalks off but I'll need some muscle to get those huge root balls out. Why is it that weeds grow like that and so many of my other things died????? I guess that's the true essence of "it grows like a weed". Hahaha

Yes, Chris @faerywings I swear - that sugar skull literally jumped into my cart. Absolutely like the plastic mason jars jumped into yours! That happens to me all the time on Amazon. How does that work, anyway??? BWAHAHA

I'll bet Braxton and Linguini ARE resting up - they best be - their big debut is coming up very soon and they're be busy skellies. When is Cait's birthday again???

Linda @LSlycord glad you were able to get a couple of mums and I'm with you on these kids taking Ubers - they mustn't be walking around at night! SO scary - you don't need that to add to your worry list.

Rae @bcgal00 hope you get good news at the ENT today.

Kay @BrightEyes 3 AM? No wonderful you go to bed so early. I do the same thing if I can't sleep - I get up and scrap.

Happy Tuesday all - have a great day.