[Colleen]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50543

The Cubs win the world series. Congratulations to all the Cub fans on here. That is so cool that they finally won the WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gail I bet there will be some celebrating at your house tomorrow.
Congratulations again.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50534

Hi Barbara,
Jerry has really been busy today. I hope that they get that all set up for his mom soon. Any time you have to work with a government office it takes forever. They always have so much paper work and forms it can drive you up the wall. Jerry is a nice person doing all those nice things for everyone. It makes it hard on you though seeing him working so hard to get things done.
That is terrible that the dog ruined Jerry’s tree. I hope that the spray and the wire will help to keep it from happening again. Maybe the tree will survive. You never know what will happen Ron is like that with his trees. If anything bothers them he gets really upset. Something killed one of his apple trees this year and he had to chop it down. He was not happy. He thinks that the guineas were pecking at it.
I would not let her know that it bothered me. (Sarah) That is not right that she did that. As far as watching him that would have to be a decision that you make. I wonder how long her mom will be able to spend the night at her house. I imagine that Sarah’s dad will be wanting her home with him.So that may not work out like she thinks. She may end up asking you to help out with the babysitting. She should have let you know sooner but some people do not think. Things may change when Neal gets home also. I do not have dil’s so it is hard for me to say. I can understand why you were hurt. She just does not think. I will be praying that this all works out for you.
It will not be bad if I gain the weight again. What I am thinking about is my diabetes has been under control since I have lost weight. If I gain it back it will not be bad I have the clothes to wear. I do want to feel well again though so will eat the smaller meals until I can eat a regular meal again. I really do appreciate you ladies for helping me thru this. This has just been a hard time. I love all of you girls for always being there for me.
The planning has started here already. The girls and Ron have told me what they want for Thanks giving. So I am getting the recipes together so I will have them. My youngest daughter surprised me today. She called to let me know that her mil will be joining us for Christmas dinner. So now I have to figure out some type of gift to get for her. If anyone has any ideas I sure would like to hear them. It has to be something that she can take home on the plane.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50532

Hi Gail,
I will try eating the smaller meals. There just is not enough hours in the day to eat that many times.lol I will try it and see how that works out. I did get some cottage cheese tonight. It is really good with blue berries in it and I can eat that. She was telling me all these things that I should try and avoid and I thought that will take care of gaining any weight. The weight has helped to keep my diabetes under control. It is just hard to know what to do. I will probably gain the weight back but at least I will be able to wear some new tops that I bought from quacker right before I lost it.
I love taking naps. I have missed my naps for a few days. We have had so much going on here. We had to babysit for Aliza today. She is getting to be a character. She is crawling all over the place and pulling up really well. She was trying to walk a little but still will not let go of things. We were laughing at her today. She tries to get into things. They have this decoration on the coffee table and she kept trying to pull it off the table. We would move it and she would walk around the table and try again. We would keep moving it and she would keep walking around the table to get it. She was giving me some dirty looks like she was saying leave it alone I want it. She finally gave up and got interested in something else. We chased her all day. She is so funny. Then before we left Ron hid Owen’s Halloween candy. He thought he was really funny So Owen called me to ask me if grandpa hid the candy. So I told him where ti was so he could get some. I asked if he wanted to talk to his grandpa and he told me know. I think that he is mad at him now.
That was really nice that your hair dresser worked you in today. She sounds like a nice person but you have been a good customer for a long time. Things worked out pretty well for you. The rain stopped before you went to go home. Saved you hair do.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen
p.s. The Cubs are driving me crazy. They were winning for a long time and now it is tied. Will this ever end?

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50484

Hi Gail,
You would not think that you could forget an appointment like that but it is easy to do. I forget hairdresser appointments and doctors appointments. That really makes me feel bad. Then I have to call and reschedule and explain what happened. I have done that with the back doctor more then anyone else. The other doctors call and remind us.
That was a shame about Sharna. She really felt bad that she could not dance last night. It was nice that she came to support him. He did really well with the new dancer. That had to be hard for him and her. They really did score high though. I do not know how I feel about Ryan going home last night. He is not as good as some but he is not doing badly. It is going to be hard to pick the one to leave because at this point they are all doing well. I have been rooting for Marylu because she has had some mis steps and she did fall last week wasn’t it last week or the week before. She has to be getting tired but hope that she makes it to the end. I loved all of their costumes and they did some different dances.
I hope that they can fix the notifications. It is hard to not know if anyone has been on here or not. We will just have to check on here every day and see if anyone has posted on here.
The Cubs were winning the last time I looked but Ron keeps changing the channel to the news. That is usually a sign that the Indians are losing. He is really being a pain about the whole thing. I just turn it back to see who won and then he gives me dirty looks. I think that he is for the Cubs also. He just is trying to be funny.
I am trying to eat three meals a day but it is hard. Today I got two down but could not eat all of it. I am sure that it will get better once I make myself do it. I never was much of a breakfast eater though. So we will see what happens. I am kind of have a problem. I do not want to gain the weight back because I bought the new clothes that fit me now. I did keep the others though. I am going to pack them in a box and hang on to them until I am sure that the weight is gone.
That is funny that Al Rocker was dressed like Erkle. Did he make a good one? I cannot picture him talking or looking like him. I bet that he had fun though.
I hope that Brent comes home soon. It would be nice for him to come back and see you and Greg and Jenny. I am sure that she misses him also. It is hard when they move away like that and cannot come home as often.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50360

Hi Adele,
I think that I answered some of your questions in Gails post. Sorry about that. So if you read that you will find some things that I meant to write to you. It seems like my mind is wandering right now.
We had whoopee pies here. I know what they are. They do not make them as much as they use to though. Maybe I do not notice because the kids are all grown and we do not buy them anymore. They are really good.
I do not know how I missed your anniversary. I hope that you had a good day and did at least get to go out to dinner. Maybe it will be nice next week-end and you will get to go to the farm. It just seems like everything tastes better if you can get it from the farm then from the store. Apples are always so much better.
I hope that the brace helps your hand. It is hard to wear those braces though.It does not seem that it is not easy to do anything when the brace is on your hand. Hope that you do not have to wear it for long.
The costumes on the Chew were so cute. I thought that it was funny that Micheal had to wear a dress again. They do that to him every Halloween. Carla made a perfect Erkle and Daphne made a good Peg. They really put them in the right costumes. Poor Clinton did not know who Zack was. He did a good job imitating him though.
I am glad that Heather’s eye is doing better. Hope that she continues to get better.
well that is about all from here have a good night.
Colleen
p.s. we never have any kids come here on Halloween so we just sat at home and watched Halloween movies.

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in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50358

Hi Gail,
I wonder if they are going to fix it. It has been like this for a long time. I just always get on here and look because I have to do birthdays anyway. I am not sure about this new site. I guess they are still working the bugs out of it.
That would be hard to go thru Kim’s things without Brent being there. He really needs to get rid of those things. It is not doing him any good to hang on to them. I guess some people cannot let go. My niece is having trouble letting go of her husbands things also. My sister goes over there once in awhile and helps her to let go of a few things. Her son does not really want them so it is better if she just lets them go.
It is fun to watch the kids but it also good to know when to leave. It is hard to have a lot of fun with your grand parents sitting there watching you. There was a lot of chaperones there anyway. She does have nice friends.
It is nice to see her standing and when she hugs you it is so sweet. I cannot believe that she has grown up that much. I have to watch her on the 2nd so will get to see her and spend time with her.
I saw the doctor today and she is sending me to another doctor in another hospital. She said that if it is not the bile duct then it must be a diabetic problem that happens when you are diabetic. There is a nerve in your stomach that is effected in your stomach just like when you get trouble with your feet or legs. I would write down the name of what they call it but I cannot spell it right so will not even try. She has me on a pill that will keep me from getting sick. She wants me to eat three times a day but that is hard to do. She was not happy that I have lost more weight. Can’t help that. We will see what happens.
Well that is about all the news from her Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50284

Hi DD,
I sure hope that the creepy crawlers did not come into your apartment again. That is terrible that they did that much damage to that apartment. Has Critt moved in yet or is he still waiting to move in? I hope that he is. I do not understand why people would do that either. Where will they be able to live after doing all of that. They were not too smart were they.
We never get any trick treators here. We are in the country and the houses are too far apart. So they kids go where the houses are closer. We do go to a church for trunk or treat but do not know when they are having it this year. So probably miss out on it all together. We will stay here and watch Halloween movies and eat popcorn.
You really are getting a lot of rain this month. Hope that you do not have any flooding. We have been lucky with our rain that we have had. We just have showers and not down pours. That is always better. I love a slow rain that sinks into the ground. It is much better and does a lot more good.
That picture of Jewel is really cute. She is such a cute cat. You always find some cute pictures to post on here. That is nice because we all need something to smile about.
Well that is about all from here. Hope that you have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50282

Hi Adele,
Your cookies and the whoopee pies look really good. You need to sell things on qvc so we can buy them and get to taste all these good food items that you make. My sugar would be really high after eating all the treats that you make. You know that you would sell out from just us buying.lol
They are all so cute with the little eyes on them. You really take our time with baking. You do all the little things that matter. Hope that you get on here tomorrow we miss hearing from you. It doesn’t show the posts in our e-mail still I really wish they would get that fixed.
We may all have to write to Tiago and James.
Well that is about all from here. Read Gail’s post if you want to hear what all is going on here. If you want to read it.
Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50280

Hi Gail,
You have a bigger place then I do so they would look good there. We have a small place and low ceilings. It is just hard to explain. I wonder if Brent would get upset if you gave away Kim’s stuff. It would make it easier on him but not sure that it would be easy for you to do either. That is kind of a hard thing to do. At least you can put them in the barn and it will be out of your way.
Well that is not right that you cannot wear Halloween shirts every time you go over to his house. Lachlan was probably was disappointed. He will be okay when he sees your Thanks- Giving shirts. We went to Brooklins Halloween birthday party Saturday. She had a few friends over and they were all very nice kids. There was one girl there that was taller then Ron. She was a tall girl. We stayed until they all started to dance and sing songs while listening to the radio. I think that we were cramping their style. So we left so they did not have to worry about the old folks listening and watching them. You know how teenagers are. They were all really nice kids and very respectful. Owen and Aliza did not come they had company and then Owen had to go to a birthday party. It was a sleep over and he did not to miss it. I do not blame him. Brooklin is so much older then him it just did not seem like fun to him. Melissa did come down and we fixed chicken and dumplings today for lunch. She always wants that when she comes to visit. Kaylee and Ethan looked really good in their costumes last night. Some of the kids wore their costumes and others did not. I guess with older kids they do not dress up like they do when they are younger.
Maybe Enya will go to a cooking school. They have a lot of good ones around. Wouldn’t it be fun if she got to go to Paris and go to a cooking school there. A lot of good chefs go there. I hope that both of them succeed at what ever they want to do.
I can imagine it is hard not to be around Piper. She is very entertaining. When the older ones are in school all day it is hard to get to see them when you are watching the littler ones. There were a lot of times that Kevin or Danyielle would get home before Owen so we would not get to see him. It is hard to not see them as often. We use to see him all the time.
At least the cubs are winning tonight. Ron turned the channel and is watching the news. I do not watch it until the end. I cannot stand to watch the whole game it drives me crazy. Go Cubs do not give up yet.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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