What's on your agenda for today?

We spent the day in Savannah yesterday...cool and overcast but still had a good time walking on the beach on Tybee Island, then lunch and shopping before we came home. Four hours there...all day in Tybee Island and Savannah...then six hours home. Traffic was a b*tch! If it had been hot and sunny, I'd never have lasted, and if we ever got back, it's gotta be a spend-the-night trip. By the time we got back, I was almost too tired to even get out of the car and into the house!

This morning I made mini-cheesecakes (in cupcake liners), and wouldn't you know, they fell in the centers. Drat! I think it's because the batter was beaten too much. I bought cream cheese for $1 for an 8 oz pkg at Aldi and it just wouldn't beat smooth. So much for "saving" a dollar on the cream cheese. After they chill for a few hours, I'll try one. After all, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, right?
 

Evenin' all.. back from the Pitface, It's been very eclectic day to say the least ..my feet are killing me, I need a foot masseuse..or maybe just new feet.:rolleyes:..11 hours almost continually with only a few minutes sitting down at my desk when I can grab a few minutes doesn't do them any favours..but heyyyy I can catch up and put them up because I'm off now for the weekend, ...:wiggle:...but even better is that the O/H is away for a couple of days, so I got home, dumped my stuff straight on the stairs, didn't put anything away, it can stay there 'till tomorrow...LOL...made myself some food ate it in front of some junk TV ...and I'm doing nuthing but chilllllll all evening ....bliss!!! :D

Georgia...jeeez a 10 hour drive in heavy traffic in one day?? *yikes*...that sure takes the shine off any trip.. :eek:mg1: still I'm sure you enjoyed just getting away to somewhere different, but yep..you gotta book an overnighter next time..now where's your photies? :D
 

My dumbphone doesn't take pictures:( Even if it did, I wouldn't have a clue how to post them! Boo and hiss. I'm not exactly what anybody would describe as computer literate.

Hollydolly, why don't you buy one of those electric foot massager thingies? You'd have it to look forward to every day that you work:)
 
LOL well I would Georgia if I thought they might actually be fit for purpose...not sure that any of them are tbh!! ...but it may be worth a try..

Ohhh well no biggie about the photos...I can just as easily look Savannah and Tybee Island up on Google...in fact I'll go do that now, and post a few pics for you instead ..:D
 
I might have a little look online at some foot massager reviews and see if I can come up with something because in all seriousness my feet get soo sore it feels like I'm walking barefoot on broken Glass!!

Ok a few photos of Tybee Island Tybee-Island-Wilmington-20110921-00158.jpg looks like an ideal little seaside town to spend a sunny day .. :cool:


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........oooooh I just noticed, there's a beach there too... well whaddya know... :lofl:
 
Beach? That last picture has a beach in it? Too bad it was so cool and cloudy yesterday...nobody on the beach, including those "helpers" in red swim shorts:) My, my, my:)
 
Phew! I'll never catch up. Been busy doing touristy things or shopping or visiting family. Got new trainers, sandals, 2 new laptops, 2 new paperwhite kindles.
 
Hollydolly, my massager thingie sort of looks like a pair of giant slippers (except that it's all one piece) with openings where the feet slide in to be pampered.

Ameriscot, when do you go home and how do you get the laptops there? Ship them separately or in your luggage? Is there duty? And what happens with the voltage? Are they made somehow so that they're compatible with UK wiring? Have I asked enough questions? LOL
 
Georgia, envy your day in Savannah. Is such a lovely southern city. They really did a wonderful job restoring it. Has that appropriate antebellum feel.
After three weeks without my RA meds...finally got them yesterday. Now to get blood levels up so I can move with less pain. YEAH.. Hope everyone has a terrific day.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Hollydolly, my massager thingie sort of looks like a pair of giant slippers (except that it's all one piece) with openings where the feet slide in to be pampered.

Ameriscot, when do you go home and how do you get the laptops there? Ship them separately or in your luggage? Is there duty? And what happens with the voltage? Are they made somehow so that they're compatible with UK wiring? Have I asked enough questions? LOL
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I would never ship anything to/from US/UK. Too expensive! We go home next Weds. We will have our laptops in our backpacks. I never put anything I'm not willing to lose in my checked baggage. Not a problem just popping on a different plug or converter. Voltage doesn't really matter. My previous netbook was US and I used it in the UK and in Uganda. Only difference is the keyboard with the @ sign in a different spot. We also have a multiblock at home that will take any type of plug - US, UK or European.

Both of us now have the kindle paperwhite to replace the previous ones. I wasn't going to buy myself a new kindle as mine works fine, but hubby's was causing problems. But when I saw the brightness on his paperwhite, I had to have one!
 
All 3 of my sister's kids are coming tonight with their spouses and all 5 grandkids. I haven't seen any of them yet.

Weds night I was invited to the monthly girls' night dinner at sis's friend's house. So there were 4 women I'd never met. They were baffled when they asked me if I ever planned to move back here and I said no. One asked me if I preferred to live in Scotland or here and was surprised I said Scotland. One of them asked me if they speak English where I live. :rolleyes: A couple of them have visited Scotland before, including the one who asked me about English!! Another one said she had no desire to ever go outside of the US which I will never ever understand. Nice dinner though but I seemed to be a mystery to them.
 
My masseuse friend, a little person, walked on my back today. Bliss! Rollerblading is tough on aging bodies. But hey, good exercise, and I get to wear funky outfits. Lol. Georgia, I would love to visit Savannah. Annie, your trip seems to be going by so quickly. I have enjoyed your comments and pics, although I have been bad about commenting. Mea culpa, I am still a bit scrambled over the nephew thing. Please do not poke me with a haggis! Dude, kind of you to deliver meals. My mother used to do the same at one time.
 
Annie, you are cosmopolitan, and they are provincial. Insular versus global. I suspect they may find you just a teeny bit threatening. I think the younger generation has a different perspective. Certainly in Canada they do. Also, I have met many young American tourists travelling about Vancouver Island, and the neighbouring Gulf Islands.
 
Ameriscot said:
All 3 of my sister's kids are coming tonight with their spouses and all 5 grandkids. I haven't seen any of them yet.

Weds night I was invited to the monthly girls' night dinner at sis's friend's house. So there were 4 women I'd never met. They were baffled when they asked me if I ever planned to move back here and I said no. One asked me if I preferred to live in Scotland or here and was surprised I said Scotland. One of them asked me if they speak English where I live. :rolleyes: A couple of them have visited Scotland before, including the one who asked me about English!! Another one said she had no desire to ever go outside of the US which I will never ever understand. Nice dinner though but I seemed to be a mystery to them.
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Annie I'm surprised at how many people seem angry/suspicious/ignorant about people who leave the US to live in another country. Our 2nd oldest son has dual citizenship in Sweden/US and he has lived there 31 years (fell in love with a foreign exchange student). One lady working in the post office when I went to mail something to my granddaughter thought Switzerland and Sweden were the same country and I was so surprised all I could do must shake my head no. How could anyone think that? The response that ticked me off the most was from an adult lady from church who told my daughter she didn't know much about Sweden except that the people there have low morals. OMG!! I better stop here and not say anymore on this subject.
 
Linda said:
Annie I'm surprised at how many people seem angry/suspicious/ignorant about people who leave the US to live in another country. Our 2nd oldest son has dual citizenship in Sweden/US and he has lived there 31 years (fell in love with a foreign exchange student). One lady working in the post office when I went to mail something to my granddaughter thought Switzerland and Sweden were the same country and I was so surprised all I could do must shake my head no. How could anyone think that? The response that ticked me off the most was from an adult lady from church who told my daughter she didn't know much about Sweden except that the people there have low morals. OMG!! I better stop here and not say anymore on this subject.
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Ha! I know exactly what you mean! They believe the stereotypes of other countries but resent stereotypes of Americans.

I had to go to a bank here last year and when I said UK she thought it was Ukraine! I remember someone I worked with who thought Sweden was part of Russia! I give up on correcting anyone who calls all of Britain 'England'. Although when someone says something to me in reference to England, I just say I don't know, I live in Scotland.
 
My agenda for today is to get up from this computer and do a few things around here. I have been parked here at the bar separating my kitchen and living room for a couple hours. Our youngest son brought his new wife up here to visit for the first time. They got here last night and will leave tomorrow evening. He is out showing her the neighborhood right now. She left the Philippines 8 years ago to live with her aunt in California. She has family that's been here for several years. It's 100* outside now so I'm sure they'll stay in the Jeep under the a/c. She seems very uncomfortable in this heat.
 
It's a mystery to me how in this day and age people can be so completely in the dark about the rest of the world.

After the war, we moved back to Wisconsin from Hawaii. You'd think the war would have been a sort of geography lesson, but my teachers used to refer to me as "that little Filipino girl"! What's really funny about it was that we moved back to my hometown, where my parents were both from large and well-known families. LOL

I was just six but remember being asked whether people in Hawaii wore shoes and shown by one of my teachers how use the light switch to turn on the lights. One of them asked me if we had lived in a grass shack (like the song). The house we moved into when we came back hadn't been brought into the 20th century yet so we had no electricity and no running water, but we did have an outhouse, a pump in the kitchen and kerosene lamps. In Hawaii, we had electricity, running water, flush toilets! LOL
 
Shalimar said:
Annie, you are cosmopolitan, and they are provincial. Insular versus global. I suspect they may find you just a teeny bit threatening. I think the younger generation has a different perspective. Certainly in Canada they do. Also, I have met many young American tourists travelling about Vancouver Island, and the neighbouring Gulf Islands.
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Except for the one lady, I believe all have been overseas.
 
NONA ...ooooh I'm sooo pleased for you that you've finally got started on your Meds..may they quickly lower your pain levels!! :love_heart:

Annie talking of the Paperwhite it has been voted the best kindle of all...I'm tempted to get one, but I reaaaallly do prefer the feel of a book, so I keep ummin' and agghin' about buying one

Don't know if I mentioned it but the other day I had a pressure test on my eyes because of pain build up over the last 2 weeks..( I'd been putting it down to stress) but it showed an abnormality and so I was quickly despatched to hospital where I had more invasive tests...acccch not good getting stuff squirted in your eyes making them sting like the devil and then being ordered to keep your eyes wide open while they shove light test contact lenses in.. when all you want to do desperately is to close them after you feel you've just had a wasp have a party in there. :( Anyway...nothing too untoward was found to cause this build up of pressure but I've been referred to the ENT specialist because of the accompanying headaches and earache...so given the NHS I'll probably still be waiting in 6 month for an appointment.

However...I bought new reading glasses after my test...I usually go to a budget optician where I get 2 for one...and they cost around £400....this time a different optician, and a pair of Gucci frames...£130...and the rest was the cost of the lenses for one pair..almost £500 (over 900 dollars US) ...gawd that made my eyes water all over again!! Sheesh!!
 
Hollydolly I can really feel for you with those eye tests. They are scary aren't they? Our eye sight is so precious. I have what they call "high normal" pressure in my eyes so they keep watching for glaucoma. About 15 years ago I took a couple puffs of pot, for the first time, cause someone told me that would help and I am up for trying new things. (NEVER tried any other drugs though) It made the stabbing pain in my eyes go away but I just couldn't get into smoking it. My dad and sister-in-law died of lung cancer and I hate cigarettes. Anyway, I ordered new glasses over a week ago. My husband wanted me to get them at the first place I went to but I like to shop around. I finally settled on Wal-mart and paid $348 which was over a $100 savings from the other places. I always pay extra to get thinner lens and various things like that add up. I was disappointed that wire frames have went out of style (at lest at Wal-mart) and I had to get frames that seem to me were popular when I was a girl! :( Yes, $900 glasses would make my eyes water too! :(
 
Shalimar said:
Wow Annie, if most of those ladies have travelled overseas, then I really don't understand their attitude.
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I don't understand either! One of the ladies has traveled all over the world but she was the one that asked what language was spoken. :rolleyes:
 

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