[Colleen]

in reply to: CROCKPOT OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE #52594

This looks really good. This will solve my breakfast problem that I had for Christmas day. Now I will not have a lot of dishes to do.
Thanks

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52586

Hi Ladies,
I am giving up for tonight. I have tried to post on here three times. Every time that I try to post it disappears. I give up. Maybe tomorrow I will have better luck.
Sounds like everyone is getting a lot of snow where they are. We have not gotten any so far. We had flurries but they went away fast. We are supposed to have more snow on Saturday night and Sunday. They did not say how much we will get. So will have to wait and see. They did not expect us to have the flurries either. They do not know much.lol
Well that is all before this disappears. Hope all of you have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52446

Hi Adele,
The cookies that you make sound really good. I do not know if I will get any baked or not. I really want to make the candy cane cookies but they are a lot of work. With all the doctors appointments that I have next week I may not feel like it.
If you look at the recipes on the Chew web site you will be able to see the cake. They were going to put it on there. Wish you lived closer so you could give me some good ideas on what to fix for Christmas. I could come to your house and sample some of the things that you make and go from there. Gail have a good menu for the holiday also. I would really have to make the rounds.lol
We usually have a good time at the Christmas party with his family. All the kids like me because I have all the toys that they get when they play the games. They either call me the toy lady or the game lady. It took awhile for some of them to figure out that I was their aunt. I guess they thought that I just came to play games with them. There were 11 kids this year. They were all different ages. So it was interesting.
I thought that you had a lot of snow on the ground there. I guess that it must have been somewhere else. We do not have any snow on the ground at all. Just hope that it stays that way until after next week and then it can snow all it wants.
I am glad that you got to go to the two luncheons. It is nice to get out of the house and be with friends.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52436

Hi Gail,
It was funny how she just stared at Santa. Maybe because Owen sat on his lap first she thought it would be okay. She saw a lot of strangers at the dinner though so that may be one reason he did not bother her. You never know how little ones are going to act.
Ron’s sisters really liked the throws. Ron’s one sister said that her and their youngest daughter would be fighting over it all the time. I had to laugh. Her daughter will probably take over and have it all the time.
When our kids were little we did not have a movie camera. Now you can take movies on your cell phone. I did not think to do that Saturday so we did not get any movies but did get some cute pictures. She is just so cute. She really likes to jabber at people all the time. She says hi and waves now also. It is funny. Even when she is leaving she waves and says hi.
We are going to have ham and potato casserole. That is all that I have planned oh I forgot mac and cheese. Got the 2 pd tray from qvc. The kids all really like their mac and cheese. St. Claire make some really good sides. I guess that I have the right company. It is better to make it as easy on yourself as you can. That is what I will do also. I have started buying the already made mash potatoes instead of doing it myself. With all the stuff that we have to make there is not enough room on the stove to do that. I just pop them in the microwave and they are done in no time. Your dinner sounds really good.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52434

Hi DD,
We have been lucky all the snow has gone around us. We are supposed to get some snow later this week but I doubt that we will. They are always telling us we are going to get snow and it does not happen. It is the same with rain. It was the same over the summer. They never did predict the rain correctly either. I really do like snow though. It is so pretty and we do not have to go out in it so it does not bother me as much anymore.
I am sorry to hear that your sciatica is acting up again. Hope you find something to do so it will ease up a little. It is miserable when it starts to hurt.Can you use heat or ice on it to help?
Not a whole lot going on today. It is cold here and that is everywhere. You really do have good weather where you are. That would be nice not to have to worry about it being really hot or really cold all the time. We get the mix of hot and cold.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52432

Hi Barbara,
It must be hard to figure out what Lisa wants. She is not happy if she is with Joey all the time but she cannot stand to let him go. Joey is going to have to put his foot down and just tell her that she is going to have to take the dog somewhere else to stay. Is he still thinking about going to Alaska to so the traveling nurse? I hope that made sense. It may be a good thing if he did that for about 6 months after Christmas. Things will all work out. But like I said if not you know what to do.
She could take him out if he is bundled really well. Kids do better then we give them credit. Colin may enjoy seeing all the lights if they do that at the zoo like they do here. She can always stay for a short time and then leave. Then everyone will be able to see the baby. That was really nice that they invited her to come. They must be a bunch of really nice people.
Sounds like you have Neal all set up for Christmas dinner. He will really enjoy that. Sending him cookies too that is really nice. Will Sarah try to go where he is for Christmas? That would be nice so he could see the baby for the holiday. Maybe it would be hard for her to do that with working. My sil will not be home with his kids for Christmas this year either. He will be in Korea. It is sad when the dads cannot be home with their families for that day. Next year Colin will realize what is going on more then he will this year.
We take a nap every afternoon. It is a habit I guess. It cannot hurt us though because we can all use a good nap. That is what keeps me from getting crabby. It will be hard on Christmas day when everyone is here and we have to stay awake. Unless the kids are tired from getting up so early and want to take a nap. Maybe they will humor us and take one. It will never happen but it is nice for a person to dream.lol
I hope that you and Jerry have a nice time at the Christmas party and the lunch with his brother. This is always a busy time of the year.
Well that is about all from here. have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52331

Hi Barbara,
I am sorry that things are going a little crazy there. Lisa needs to take her dog and move on. Are her and Joey back together? I hope not because it seems like when they are together they do not get along. Things will work out. They always do. It is just hard when you are going thru them. When we have problems here we just pray that things will be okay and most of the time they are. If not just pop them all on the head and tell them to behave themselves.lol
Will Neal be home for Christmas? I hope that itty bitty is better now. It is hard when they get ear aches when they are that little. They cannot tell you what is wrong and and they do not know what to do. I bet that he is growing. How old is he now? He must be 3 months. I cannot believe that our little one will be a year old next month. Time goes fast.
I go to see another specialist the 22nd of December. So hopefully he will have an answer for what is going on. He probably will not be able to do anything until after the first of the year so will just have to wait.
How is your sil? Am still praying for her and hope that she is better. All of you will be in my prayers. Hope this thing will be over with soon.
That is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52329

Hi Adele,
We did not get any snow at all. They always show it like it is snowing here but it isn’t. We are not supposed to get any snow until Thursday. We will see what happens though. It has been so cold. We do not go out unless we have to. We went to Ron’s families Christmas party today so we stopped at the store on the way home and picked up a couple of things that we needed. That will keep us going for awhile.
Poor JJ. At least he is sick now and not the week of Christmas. It is always bad when they get sick on Christmas day or eve. I just hope that Aizen does not catch it and get really sick also. That is one bad thing when the kids start going to school. They catch all types of things from all the kids. They just pass things back and forth. it is a shame that they do not encourage parents to keep their kids home when they are sick. At least they do not do that where we live.
I am glad that the shots are helping you and you will not be really sore for Christmas.What all do you bake for Christmas? I need to start baking cookies soon. I have to make the candy cane cookies and some sugar cookies. That is about all that we are going to have. Then we will have to have a cake and a pie. Do not have any idea what type of cake that we will have. Did you see the cake that woman made on the Chew the other day? That was a big cake and they decorated it really nice. They used ginger bread houses on it. It was just so cute.
Maybe they will be wrong about the snow and you will not get any. I hope that you don’t so you can go out with your friends. I can understand why you are so sore all the time. Hope that this will help to alleviate some of the pain.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52327

Hi Gail,
That is sad that Rockford changed so much. I had heard that a lot of the factories moved out and so there are not as many jobs. My girls are 40, 37 and 31. They are older then you two except Melissa she was the youngest. She was a lot younger then the other two and we never thought we would have another one. We wanted more but it just wasn’t happening. At least we have the three.
Ron’s family had their Christmas party today. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to see everyone. There were a lot of kids there this time around. So doing the games with them was a little harder. Some were older and then we had the three and four year olds. It was interesting to say the lease. By the time the party was over I was worn out. Next year some of these younger kids are going to have to help out. It is too much for one person. Especially with all the younger ones.
You probably were close to us on those trips. That would have been fun if we would have known each other then. We could have met for lunch in Cape. We have not been doing that much traveling here lately. I guess because we are at the doctor so much we do not have the time. That is sad that at our age we spend more time with doctors then anywhere else. That is how it feels for me right now.
Are you grand kids ready for Christmas? This party today gets the kids all wound up and they want it to be Christmas right now. Santa Claus came to see the kids and bring them a gift. We took Aliza up to sit on his lap and she was just amazed. She stared at him for a long time. She never did cry or want down. He gave her a present but she would not get the toy out of the gift bag. So he had to take it out for her and hand it to her. The whole time she just stared at him.
Well that is about all from here. I had to laugh when you said that about the two tubs together. That was funny.
Colleen

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