Thursday, November 20, 2014

Home Sweet Home

 

Home is sweet … the weather not so much.  But our favorite people are here, and now so are we.  Winking smile

 

 

We got home around noon yesterday … we unpacked the car, and I unpacked the luggage and started the laundry while DH went to the store to bring home fixings for lunch.  I finished the laundry by dinner … I guess I should fold it and get it put away, eh?

 

 

We’ve got some T-time coming up today.  Perfect timing!  Red heart  And if that’s not enough, we’ve got a swim meet this weekend … a pretty important meet.  It’s the USA Swim A Championships for the Ozark region.  It’s a meet that swimmers must swim a set time (or better) to qualify for … the qualifying times are based on the swimmer’s age and gender.  The times are fluid, changing from year to year to meet the following criteria (click on the picture for a larger view):

Swim Times

T#1 made A time for 7 different events … and is seeded 6th for his 50 fly (his strongest event).  So hopefully he’ll qualify for the finals in that event (top 8 swimmers in the preliminary events will advance to finals) … and maybe a few more if he has a strong outing.  T#2 has qualified for several BB events … the championships will be held at the end of February. 

 

 

Does thawing the turkey stress anyone else out like it does me?  Winking smile  I worry about buying it soon enough so that there’s enough time to completely thaw the bird and I worry about buying it too soon so that it sits in the fridge unthawed for too long. Argh!

 

 

The day before we left for “paradise”, I tried to print something from my new laptop … it wouldn’t print.  I tried everything I could think of … trying to print from DH’s laptop, trying to print from our iPads, rebooting the printer, rebooting the devices, rebooting the wireless router, reinstalling the printer software.  While we were gone, I researched wireless all-in-one printers and had chosen a highly-rated one that was on sale at a good price. We were all set to run to Best Buy to buy it this morning when I decided to give our current printer one last chance … and of course, it works just fine!  I don’t have a clue what was going on with it before, but I won’t complain about saving a few $$. 

 

 

I hope that whatever you have planned for today includes a little something that brings you joy! Have a great day!
Kathy

15 comments:

  1. Printers seem to know when you are 'done' with their antics and suddenly start working again! Just think more $ for fabric =). Glad you are home safe and sound. Enjoy your T time.

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  2. Good morning and welcome back! So glad you got to go to Paradise for a while...that sounds so good to me about now, lol. Congrats to T#1! How exciting to have qualified for so much. He was must be quite the swimmer. Been busy over here to the point of somewhat silly, lol, but I am taking the day off. A little shopping and lunch with my sister today, followed by hair cuts for my grandsons, and then a movie and some popcorn. Looking forward to it all. Enjoy your day!

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  3. Welcome Home! The second day home is the best - after the unpacking, laundry,... Glad your printer is working again - they are so finicky! Enjoy the T's and the meet this weekend. We are headed north today for Ray's 6 mo cancer check and this weekend will be at hockey games - brrr. ~Jeanne

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  4. Welcome home! I love to travel, but I love to come home. Have fun with the T's today!

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  5. my printer is acting up all the time now - I have to reboot the computer and turn the printer off and on every time I want to use it!! I do not know why it is doing this very frustrating. I don't use the printer every day but it gets annoying

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  6. Yes, on the turkey thing. Actually, I buy mine plenty early, but when to get it out of the freezer for thawing is always an issue. I often end up doing the cold water bath thaw method the day before because it is still frozen even though it has been in the fridge for days!

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  7. Welcome home! Enjoy your T time. I'm sure you missed them.

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  8. See? Being a vegetarian has its benefits. No turkey thawing worries :)

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  9. Oh, that part of vacation when you get home and have to do all the laundry! Not my favorite part!

    Glad you get to have T time! That's always fun! Hope they get the swimming spots they want.

    Thankfully, we all bring something to our huge family Thanksgiving and I don't do the turkey! Smile!

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  10. I thought I was the only one who stressed about the frozen turkey! This year we have 11 people for dinner, so I'm thinking a great big turkey, plus an additional turkey breast. And I'm planning to double most of the side dishes.

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  11. Welcome home! Hope you got those clothes folded. :o))

    Yes, the whole turkey ordeal stresses me too.

    Enjoy your weekend!

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  12. Welcome home! Our printer does weird things like that. I fought with it last night for an hour. Sigh.

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  13. So glad you had such a nice trip and a safe trip home.
    It sounds like you never missed a beat once you walked through the door.
    Have a lovely weekend. Yes, I do worry about that turkey way to much.

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  14. Yay! There IS no place like home and it sounds like you have plenty on tap to keep you busy.

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  15. Welcome home! Hope the swimming went well. We celebrated early this year and got a fresh turkey at Costco for our Saturday meal. I don't usually stress over thawing it. I have a wireless printer that I love but getting it set up with a new computer with Windows 8 was not fun! Happy Thanksgiving....

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