What's on your agenda for today?

Mornin',,

It's pitch dark out there and I'm just having a cuppa tea before getting ready to leave for my last day at the workhouse for almost 3 weeks...ooooh yessssss!!!! :D3bc7d2d9b5c0650bd4a57d22a0025b26.jpg

Georgia, I do hope that bruising has gone down and it's not so sore now..

Have a good day all...
 

Good Morning Linda..sorry I didn't see your post before I posted mine...thank you. I can't wait to go away, I've had a continuing blinding headache for the last 3 days, if I'm honest I think it's caused by stress, and PK's are not shifting it.. :( so I'm hoping some downtime will help.

Hope you're having a lovely time at your daughters' place they do say a change is as good as a rest..:D
 

Nothing exciting today. Housework. Semi final of Rugby World Cup at 4. Finished applications for Thailand tourist visas and International Driving Licence. Ready to start packing but it's just over 5 weeks before we leave.
 
Hollydolly...yay you! Three glorious weeks off. Heaven knows you and your husband both need it.

This morning my daughter and I are off to an awareness-raising/fund-raising walk for organ donation. It's on the other side of the city. Ugh. Traffic.

Today might be our last really nice day for a while:(

Y'all have a swell Saturday.
 
Eevnin' folks...

Well that's it for almost 3 weeks ...a long very difficult day today, and I thought my back was going to break by the end of the day..took me all my time to drive home, (and it was dark and pouring of rain just to add to my woes) and as soon as I got in it was all i could do to get a hot water bottle behind my back to ease the pain.

Hubs made my dinner, and I sat with it on a tray in front of the tv..let's hope I'm better in the next couple of days, before I leave for sunny climes.. :D

I hope you managed to negotiate that traffic to get to your fund raising walk ok and managed to achieve your goal..well done to you and your daughter Georgia...what a fab thing to be involved in go you 2.. :D

Well, my daughter flew out of Spain early friday morning, and at around 3.30pm UK time today Saturday she sent me a text saying they'd just landed in Brisbane Australia ...so the journey took about 32 hours in total...and 3 planes...oooh lordy I could never do it...I'd be dead with exhaustion, that's if I still had anything left of my back .. :eek:mg1:
 
Hollydolly, it sounds like you are in a big need of vacation! That was nice of your hubby to serve you dinner in front of the TV. :) I have to hurry here as I'm going to clean my daughter's house for her while they are gone. They don't like strangers coming in so we clean when we house sit (my husband does the floors) for them. (She pays us for doing it). I better turn this computer off!! :(
 
Going to friends' house later for Sunday roast. Should be catching up on housework while hubby is in town checking out the new priest at his church. Hope he's an nice as the last one who just retired.
 
Enjoy your Sunday roast!! I'm on my own as grandson didn't stay last night after all, change of plan and he's staying tomorrow night instead. So, just another lazy day for me.
 
Had a nice meal with friends' last night. However, I should have stuck to the rose' and not had any red wine. Almost as soon as I laid down - heartburn. I know better and should stay away from it. Anyway, didn't have a good sleep so didn't get to the gym. I'll do my home workout today and hit the gym tomorrow.

I'll get the spare rooms ready for guests on Saturday - Ugandan daughter and a co-worker.
 
Linda said:
Hollydolly, it sounds like you are in a big need of vacation! That was nice of your hubby to serve you dinner in front of the TV. :) I have to hurry here as I'm going to clean my daughter's house for her while they are gone. They don't like strangers coming in so we clean when we house sit (my husband does the floors) for them. (She pays us for doing it). I better turn this computer off!! :(
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Well I hope you've managed to get the house cleaning done and you can enjoy the rest of you time at the house...

We had a quiet day yesterday...I cooked us a Big Sunday roast (we usually go out for Sunday Lunch)...but we had Roast Lamb, roast potatoes, broccoli, edamame beans , yourkshire pudding..and a red wine and onion gravy...very rich but delicious...well when I said we..I actually mean me, Cuz hubs is a pescatarian he doesn't eat meat or potatoes...so he had the veggies with some peppered spiced salmon.. and slaw..

Then we got the cases down from the attic, and got them 1/2 packed a few things of hubs to go in today..and electronics last of all....I also bought a new suitcase this time..a Huge ''worlds lightest trolley suitcase''...it's really big but only weighs 2 .5 kilos...so it helps with the weight allowance at the airport. It was quite expensive so it'll be interesting to see how it stands up to the baggage handlers rough treatment . :rolleyes:
 
We returned from Tampa on Saturday evening. The President of the company that I fly for had to play "just one more" round of golf, so we got a late start home. Upon landing at Harrisburg International Airport, we blew one of the two tires on our nose wheels and although it did cause some concern with steering the plane, we were able to stay on the runway and get everyone safely to the tarmac for deplaning. Today, I have to go back to the airport and complete paperwork for the NTSB and FAA, which will take a few hours, not to mention the follow-up inspection and interviews that will follow. The number one question will be, "What caused the tire to fail?" Believe me, this will be a big deal. The tire and wheel was changed, so the plane could get put back in service, but the blown tire on the wheel needed to be contained in a locked area until the NTSB and FAA has had a chance to inspect it.

If the tire would have blown on takeoff and before I made V1 speed, I would or could have aborted the takeoff, but how or why would I abort a landing with a blown nose tire? I can't change the tire while in flight, so we had no option but to complete the landing roll. First thing I looked for was where were the runway lights and signs and can I avert hitting them? Luckily, like I wrote earlier, we were able to stay on the runway and get the plane off the runway and onto the tarmac where we were able to get everyone off safely.
 
oldman said:
We returned from Tampa on Saturday evening. The President of the company that I fly for had to play "just one more" round of golf, so we got a late start home. Upon landing at Harrisburg International Airport, we blew one of the two tires on our nose wheels and although it did cause some concern with steering the plane, we were able to stay on the runway and get everyone safely to the tarmac for deplaning. Today, I have to go back to the airport and complete paperwork for the NTSB and FAA, which will take a few hours, not to mention the follow-up inspection and interviews that will follow. The number one question will be, "What caused the tire to fail?" Believe me, this will be a big deal. The tire and wheel was changed, so the plane could get put back in service, but the blown tire on the wheel needed to be contained in a locked area until the NTSB and FAA has had a chance to inspect it.

If the tire would have blown on takeoff and before I made V1 speed, I would or could have aborted the takeoff, but how or why would I abort a landing with a blown nose tire? I can't change the tire while in flight, so we had no option but to complete the landing roll. First thing I looked for was where were the runway lights and signs and can I avert hitting them? Luckily, like I wrote earlier, we were able to stay on the runway and get the plane off the runway and onto the tarmac where we were able to get everyone off safely.
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Wow Oldman! Glad it ended safely. How scary!
 
See? That's one of the reasons I'm a white-knuckle flier! Glad you and all aboard landed safely, Oldman.

I've had a productive day so far. Went grocery shopping with my daughter, finally made the apple bread pudding that I've been promising to do since forever and have a pot of Mexican potato soup on the stove.

I'm thinking seriously about trying a new cheesecake recipe tomorrow for pecan pie cheesecake...new recipe that I've already tweaked just a tad! It calls for a topping of dulce de leche and I've already got a can of sweetened condensed milk in the crockpot for that.

I finished the chest that I was painting and brought it in the house yesterday. It's not perfect, but it does look nice, and it's nice to have a little extra storage.

Cold, raining and windy here. We're supposed to have a repeat of today's weather both tomorrow and Wednesday. Why, oh, why can't I live in Camelot?
 
Georgia all this cooking lately, you'll be taking up a new career in catering before long..you're such a workaholic.. :D

Shame your weathers' bad, we've had a beautiful day today...got a lot done in the garden, packed some more for the trip..just got a few last minute things to drop in tomorrow and what I don't remember take I'll have to do without or buy when we get there..anyway we don't need a great deal..as long as we've got the essentials and our phones that's all that matters.

Daughter sent a whole bunch of photos from Australia..looks gorgeous where they are..but apart from knowing they landed at Brisbane on Saturday I have no clue where the pictures were taken..what beach...what amusement park?..I've sent a whatsapp to her asking where she is , so hopefully I'll find out soon..

Got bad news today. My next door neighbour age in her 80's was taken into hospital last week and they say she won't be coming home after a series of strokes and other problems, . I've known her since I was 24 years old..and she had 4 kids at school..now they are all grandmothers themselves. Her daughter told me today they're going to have to sell her house to pay for her care in a nursing home if she even manges to leave hospital of which they are doubtful ...so after 36 years of knowing her and the whole family and grandchildren , it's all going to change :( Even tho' we've said for years that ''one of these days' Barbara will die, and things will change... but even tho' we've watched her go from someone in good health to fast deterioration in just the space of a few months you're never really prepared for it.!...so sad
 
Holly you and Annie both mentioned roasts so I'm sitting here with my mouth watering. It's almost 9 pm and I haven't eaten yet. My husband went to bed early with just a snack so I'm making turkey meat balls and then there will be left overs tomorrow. I have an avocado and a sweet potato too. I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor. Things can sure change fast can't they? We've had 3 elderly neighbors move or die in the last 7 or 8 years and then 2 more about 1/4 of a mile down the road about ready to pass on. I guess my husband, brother and I are going to be the oldest in the neighbor before long.

How scary about the plane's tire but you should pat yourself on the back oldman, you landed it safely! :)

My husband took my brother in for his hip replacement surgery this morning. I just didn't get ready to go by 4 a.m. :( We went over this afternoon with his cell phone and I didn't force myself to get on the elevator as I figured room 14 would be on the ground floor but it was on the 3rd. So my husband went up and visited and maybe tomorrow I'll go up there. I went on an elevator twice in LA last week so it's not like I never do it.


 
Morning Linda...

Oh what a shame you couldn't manage to get on the elevator, but no point in trying to force it if you're not comfortable..I didn't realise you'd got a fear of them I must have missed that. Is it claustrophobia or just a fear of lifts generally. ? ..and I presume because you have leg problems that you couldn't climb the stairs.:(

Hope you enjoyed your Turkey meat balls, and sweet potato..I'm allergic to Avocado so I'll let you have that by yourself.. :playful:

Update on my kids...the photos yesterday were taken at Surfers Paradise Beach QLD..and Warner Bros Movie World...while the rest of the western world was asleep and Australia was awake, .they went off to Rainforest walk and Glow Worm caves. They took photos of the Rainforest but they weren't allowed to take pictures of Glow worm..

http://www.discovertamborine.com.au/glow-worm-caves/


 
Holly your Daughter and SIL won't want to go home there is so much to see and do in that part of Australia
I haven't been to the glow worms or got up the Tamborine mountain yet but it's on the list for next years trip to the GC
They Have lots of tours up to the mountain but most of them include winery tours which we are not interested in ( We have wineries in SA) Next year we may drive up so we have transport to go up and explore all the cottage industries up there
( we normally fly)
 
HI Kadee...

No they won't be interested in the wineries either, they're not really drinkers...the odd beer or glass of wine but nothing would interest them in a Vineyard..and anyway there's loads where they live in Southern Spain....but they have sent the photos of the rainforest and it looks really beautiful...you're right they won't want to be going home, but they're there on business as well, and they'll enjoy everything that they can while they've got the chance. They work sooo hard and altho' my s-i-l spends a lot of time travelling all over Europe for the business my daughter stays behind to see to all the real hard work that goes on while he's away so they rarely get any time to enjoy a holiday together. They're off to America soon....again business...and then next year they'll be celebrating their joint 40th birthdays in Hawaii which they're reallly looking forward to...so I'm really pleased they're getting a lot of quality time together ! :D..I really wish I could go with them next year for their birthday celebrations but the flight would just toooo long for me !
 
Kadee, when is the best time of year to visit the Great Barrier Reef? I think my sis in law said June(?) but we'd hate to leave Scotland in June.

This morning was the gym and I worked really hard. Doing a wee bit of housework later. We've been spending evenings rewatching The Good Wife as we watched Season 1-3 a couple of years ago so wanted to rewatch before we go on to Season 4. We got my sister hooked on it as well and she's been watching every night.
 
Scheduled for cataract surgery in my right eye this morning, will have the left one done in two weeks....new hearing aids, new eyes and new crowns on teeth..this should hold me a few more years..lol
 
Flying to Boston this morning and will return tonight. Lousy weather again on the east coast with rain and windy conditions expected.
 

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