What's on your agenda for today?

GeorgiaXplant said:
Down here, kids are out at the end of the third week of May and go back the first week of August. In the Boston area where my stepdaughter teaches, they get out at the end of the last full week of June and go back the second week of September, and in the UP, kids are out at the end of the first full week of June and go back the day after Labor Day.

It's suppertime there, Americot. What's for supper?
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Chickpea and veggie curry on basmati rice, salad.

Schools in our county in Scotland just started back today. Glasgow went back last week.
 

If you were making something I could eat, I'd have invited myself and jumped on my broom, but curry doesn't like me. We're having baked chicken breasts stuffed with pepper jack cheese and green chilies, and Mexican rice. And we're eating early. Like real early to accommodate everybody's strange schedules today.

Wish my daughter would let me cook every day. Wait. Never mind. Picky eaters. They'd really rather dine on something out of a sack from a drive-thru.
 
Thankx Annie and Georgia...blimey 3 months is a very long time for working parents to find child care...or is that available free?

Just past dinnertime here too ... had Chicken tenders with honey and mustard dressing and King scallops in a tempura batter , with a side serving of peas!!

Later I'm going to have a Dark chocolate Bomb for dessert.. 5cf434837e4fa4d96357c46649228795.jpg
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
If you were making something I could eat, I'd have invited myself and jumped on my broom, but curry doesn't like me. We're having baked chicken breasts stuffed with pepper jack cheese and green chilies, and Mexican rice. And we're eating early. Like real early to accommodate everybody's strange schedules today.

Wish my daughter would let me cook every day. Wait. Never mind. Picky eaters. They'd really rather dine on something out of a sack from a drive-thru.
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My husband is the cook in this house. We eat a variation of curry or chili just about every night. Yours sounds yummy! We always eat about 5.
 
hollydolly said:
Thankx Annie and Georgia...blimey 3 months is a very long time for working parents to find child care...or is that available free?

Just past dinnertime here too ... had Chicken tenders with honey and mustard dressing and King scallops in a tempura batter , with a side serving of peas!!

Later I'm going to have a Dark chocolate Bomb for dessert.. View attachment 20553
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No free childcare unless maybe you're very low income. You have to find your own. Your dessert looks delish, but I'm on a diet!
 
Child care free? In the US? You must be joking. There ain't nuthin' free here! There are lots of day care programs...private homes, through churches, commercial day care centers. Some people have sitters or nannies just for the summer.

I want a dark chocolate bomb. Maybe two!
 
Well Spain has the same problem, 3 months summer school holidays and no free childcare so the grandparents get the job of looking after the children for the whole summer. I have a Casa in a Village near the Coast in Southern Spain and most of the locals apart from on our gated community are elderly Spanish, and so many of their adult children who live hundreds of miles away in the cities like Madrid or Barcelona bring their children to the grandparents and leave them there in their care for the whole summer, and collect them again when they're due to start school again.

Here in the Uk 6 weeks is the max length of the school holidays in summer, but they also have 2 weeks at Easter, and 2 weeks again at Christmas and a week off twice a year for ''half'' term.. and people here struggle to find and pay for child care...so I absolutely believe that if a government decides that children should be absent from school for such a long time then it's their duty to provide affordable child care.!!

BTW I've just eaten the chocolate bomb...it was yuuuummmmmmy!!
 
hollydolly said:
Well Spain has the same problem, 3 months summer school holidays and no free childcare so the grandparents get the job of looking after the children for the whole summer. I have a Casa in a Village near the Coast in Southern Spain and most of the locals apart from on our gated community are elderly Spanish, and so many of their adult children who live hundreds of miles away in the cities like Madrid or Barcelona bring their children to the grandparents and leave them there in their care for the whole summer, and collect them again when they're due to start school again.

Here in the Uk 6 weeks is the max length of the school holidays in summer, but they also have 2 weeks at Easter, and 2 weeks again at Christmas and a week off twice a year for ''half'' term.. and people here struggle to find and pay for child care...so I absolutely believe that if a government decides that children should be absent from school for such a long time then it's their duty to provide affordable child care.!!

BTW I've just eaten the chocolate bomb...it was yuuuummmmmmy!!
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American kids don't get all those holidays mid year. Just xmas and easter and a few days here and there. Although I think some are now getting a February holiday. Since hubby was a headmaster he got a week or two off every 6 or 7 weeks. And then the 6 weeks in summer.
 
Kids here get so much time off that it makes me wonder how they have time to learn anything. Start the first week of August, a week off in September, a week off in November for Thanksgiving, two weeks off at Christmas, a week off in February for "winter" break, another week off at Easter for "spring break" and all the legal holidays in between, not to mention the teacher "work days", at least one a month.

I still want a dark chocolate bomb.

The chicken is in the oven, rice is done and on the warmer.
 
We only have 10 days before we head home and is still very cold at home ..Yesterday was 14 for Adelaide but it's always cooler where we live due to the wind

Anyway we are making the most of the beautiful sunny days untill we go home on Aug 29

My friend is coming to spend a week with us today, She lives in SA about three hours from where we live,(we have been friends for 30 years ) Hubby doesn't mind a week but gets a bit irritated if anyone stays any longer than that ....She andI go out for two days on our own , we like exploring Opp shops not that we buy much and I have to behave :grin: my case was 4 kg under the allowance coming up now I'd think it's 4 kg over ...I actually bought a electric steam mop a couple of days ago in an Opp shop , it's exactly the same as we have home,(I paid $120 for mine) , this one has three new pads and hubby recons it's really never been used ( just tried)
I phoned my daughter and asked if she wanted it as she has a tiled floor in her rented home she said yes so I bought it, it cost me $5 , the lady in the Opp shop said all electrical appliances are checked.
Hubby tried it t works well, the handle unscrews so it's compact it's just the room I my case :eek: If I can't get it in I will get an box and post it home it's not the first time we have posted items home addressed to our selfs
 
Today was the start of my cupboard cleaning project - The ceiling in the kitchen is 9 feet high and I'm 5 feet, 3 inches tall which means I can't reach the upper shelves in the cabinets. I'm finding all sorts of things that I put up on the high shelves 8 years ago when we moved in. I'm giving away some of the stuff to my daughter and some friends and the rest I'm going to try to put into some kind of order. I finally found the panini press I thought was lost in the move.

In the evening, I went to the Book Club meeting which I really enjoy so much! We discussed the book "Old Filth" which is about a man who began life as a Raj Child in Malaysia - the only son of British parents. His mum dies when he's born and his father sends him to Wales to be cared for by distant relatives who treat him like garbage. What follows is a life full of accomplishments but with no real ability to love. Much deep discussion by the Book Club gals!

Now going out to walk dog and then bedtime. Sleep tight all!
 
Old Filth sounds good! If I lived in town I would join a book club. I live vicariously through my x-daughter-in-law Kathy as far as book clubs go. She is in one that meets once a month. She said she's the only one who isn't retired in the group. And they have potlucks every so often! Yes, I would like it. :)

I spent today with our oldest grandson so I'm happy. He'll be here till Thursday evening. Today I made brown rice and sweet and sour chicken for him (and my husband and brother too) with green beans on the side. Tomorrow I am making him enchiladas. I usually get lazy and make it into a casserole but it'll taste the same.

The local wildfires are getting worse and they had a mandatory evacuation further up the mountain today, a Christian camp and 2 lakes my husband likes to fish in. Still, locally none of the wildfires have taken any homes so that's good.
 
Kadee, funny how you call 14 cold when we'd call it nearly warm. And if it's sunny as well we are thrilled. Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Kath, I've got some closets that need a serious clean out which I'll do when we return from our upcoming trip.
 
Sunny and pleasantly warm here today currently 74 degrees.. but supposed to rain tonight.

I'm back at the workhouse tomorrow, then off Friday and back again on Saturday..just doing a couple of days at the moment and the rest of my work from home while my back is waiting for repair..

Gotta do some ironing today..not my favourite job , but I'm the type of person who cannot wear anything that has creases in it...so I just have to do the ironing a little bit at a time at the moment.

When do you actually leave Annie ..did you say you're coming here to London first?
 
hollydolly said:
Sunny and pleasantly warm here today currently 74 degrees.. but supposed to rain tonight.

I'm back at the workhouse tomorrow, then off Friday and back again on Saturday..just doing a couple of days at the moment and the rest of my work from home while my back is waiting for repair..

Gotta do some ironing today..not my favourite job , but I'm the type of person who cannot wear anything that has creases in it...so I just have to do the ironing a little bit at a time at the moment.

When do you actually leave Annie ..did you say you're coming here to London first?
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Our spell of 3 1/2 gorgeous days of sunny and 70+ is now gone. Getting very cloudy out and is supposed to rain.

Spending the night in Glasgow Sunday then my flight is early Monday. Husband is coming a week later. So I'll be there 5 weeks and he'll be 4. I'm spending a week with my son and his family to get in quality time with granddaughters instead of trying to fit them in while we are staying at my brothers then sister's houses. Forecast is in the 80's but I've also got clothes for cooler weather later in Sept.
 
Ameriscot said:
Our spell of 3 1/2 gorgeous days of sunny and 70+ is now gone. Getting very cloudy out and is supposed to rain.

Spending the night in Glasgow Sunday then my flight is early Monday. Husband is coming a week later. So I'll be there 5 weeks and he'll be 4. I'm spending a week with my son and his family to get in quality time with granddaughters instead of trying to fit them in while we are staying at my brothers then sister's houses. Forecast is in the 80's but I've also got clothes for cooler weather later in Sept.
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Are you staying at the airport hotel?...that's so handy that hotel...I know it well, but I usually stay in a hotel in Argyle street when I'm there because I always rent a car

How long is your flight...? sounds like you're going to have a fab time, I hope you do.

My daughter is going to the Gold coast Australia in October then at the beginning of the year she's going to Michigan ...work and holiday intermingled!! I wish I was able to go too..

Incidentally do you do the same as me without realising after you've been back 'home'...and come back with your accent even more pronounced?:D
 
hollydolly said:
Are you staying at the airport hotel?...that's so handy that hotel...I know it well, but I usually stay in a hotel in Argyle street when I'm there because I always rent a car

How long is your flight...? sounds like you're going to have a fab time, I hope you do.

My daughter is going to the Gold coast Australia in October then at the beginning of the year she's going to Michigan ...work and holiday intermingled!! I wish I was able to go too..

Incidentally do you do the same as me without realising after you've been back 'home'...and come back with your accent even more pronounced?:D
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Couldn't get a good rate at the Holiday Inn this time which I would have preferred. You couldn't be more convenient. We've stayed there for £39 before but have usually paid about £54! It's £89 this time and it just seems a waste. So we are staying at the Premier Inn by Buchanan Galleries. Airport bus is very convenient, frequent, and free. :D

I'm going to Amsterdam first then flying back over my house hours later :rolleyes: . Flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is 8 hours 40 mins. I prefer this though to flying direct to Newark and having to pick up our bags and recheck them. We just don't like Newark airport.

Where in Michigan is your daughter going? There are some really gorgeous places on Lake Michigan and in the north and upper peninsula.

My accent never changes but I do start saying gas station and trunk and other words which I say for a while after coming back home.
 
She's going to the Detroit area on business, and adding a few days on the tail end as a holiday.. both being very sporty and outdoorsy people both she and s-i-l will make the most of what's on offer, I'm sure..

Yes not surprised about the word changes when you get back, because it's instilled in you from birth, and when you hear it all again it's like instinct just kicks straight back in and you have to relearn to say words all in the accepted version again when you return..I find the same when I come back from Spain after an extended period, I start using Spanish words for things instead of English ., even tho' English (Scottish ) is my first language, funny isn't it ..lol.. however if I've been to Scotland for a little while, when I get back everyone can hear the twang where they'd never noticed it before, and it's completely unconscious on my behalf, but the brain obviously instantly recognises it's home turf!! :D Och aye the Noo ..mi wee amiga.. ... :rofl1::rofl1:
 
All this talk of travel! Today is the day my SS check has been deposited to my account so I'm "traveling", too. Traveling to get things on my list, traveling to see the mechanic about replacing tie rod ends on the car, traveling to the county offices to get my daughter added to the title on my car...

More off-and-on rain for us today. I don't mind because it helps the water bill.
 
hollydolly said:
She's going to the Detroit area on business, and adding a few days on the tail end as a holiday.. both being very sporty and outdoorsy people both she and s-i-l will make the most of what's on offer, I'm sure..

Yes not surprised about the word changes when you get back, because it's instilled in you from birth, and when you hear it all again it's like instinct just kicks straight back in and you have to relearn to say words all in the accepted version again when you return..I find the same when I come back from Spain after an extended period, I start using Spanish words for things instead of English ., even tho' English (Scottish ) is my first language, funny isn't it ..lol.. however if I've been to Scotland for a little while, when I get back everyone can hear the twang where they'd never noticed it before, and it's completely unconscious on my behalf, but the brain obviously instantly recognises it's home turf!! :D Och aye the Noo ..mi wee amiga.. ... :rofl1::rofl1:
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The Detroit area is not one with scenic beauty but if they can they should go to the west coast on Lake Michigan.

My sister doesn't understand that words and phrases from the UK are implanted in my brain. She says 48 years of living in the US should stick with me forever. I think I've finally convinced her though that the only time I have to think about what words I use are when I'm in the US. I often have to think about what word I would have used before. I never had a mobile until moving to the UK so the word cell or cellphone was never part of my vocabulary. I continue to say mobile while there. I do start saying things like trash or garbage while there. And I have to remind myself not to ask clerks or waitstaff etc where the 'toilet' is!

Husband had to change his speech while he worked in London but it changed back to pure Scottish when he retired.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
All this talk of travel! Today is the day my SS check has been deposited to my account so I'm "traveling", too. Traveling to get things on my list, traveling to see the mechanic about replacing tie rod ends on the car, traveling to the county offices to get my daughter added to the title on my car...

More off-and-on rain for us today. I don't mind because it helps the water bill.
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Enjoy your trips, Georgia! :D
 
Going to lunch today with a friend. Looking forward to the tasty appetizer at the place we're going to; garlic toasts with a creamy baked Gorgonzola cheese dip, then I'll have a nice bowl of soup.

I will feel guilty about the carby and fatty appetizer, so a second glass of wine should help with that. I will have a better supper; salad and a small piece of chicken breast.
 
RadishRose said:
Going to lunch today with a friend. Looking forward to the tasty appetizer at the place we're going to; garlic toasts with a creamy baked Gorgonzola cheese dip, then I'll have a nice bowl of soup.

I will feel guilty about the carby and fatty appetizer, so a second glass of wine should help with that. I will have a better supper; salad and a small piece of chicken breast.
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A second glass of wine always helps me with guilt! ;)
 

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