[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50202

Hi DD
This weather this year has just been crazy. It is going to be in the 80’s here for a few days and then drop back down to cold weather. We have been having rain off and on but not as much as you have been having. Hope that you are not having a lot of flooding around there.
I always thought that construction workers had to get permission to dig in certain places. That way they will not hit a gas line. I guess that they just did not know that the lines were there. That is good that there were no more explosions. That is scary when you hear an explosion like that. They were quick to get everyone evacuated.
Does your arthritis act up when you have wet weather? I know mine does and it drives me crazy. Especially my back. I injured my back and I have arthritis in my back also. That is miserable. That was a bad fall. I hope that you elbow will start to feel a little better when this rain slows down. Do you take anything for it? That made my arm hurt just thinking about that fall you had.
How nice Jewell is letting you know that she loves you. Cats are so cute and so are dogs. it would be hard for us not to have some type of pet around here. We have not been without one for a long time.
Well that is about all from here. Hope you arm feels better soon.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50200

Hi Adele,
I am glad that they pillow is helping you with your neck. I may have to get one for my neck. It always hurts after we go on a trip anywhere. It just does not seem possible to get comfortable in the car. Can you use that pillow in bed? I just wonder if it would do any good when you are in bed. I sleep in our recliner sometimes. It is more comfortable then lying flat. Wish we could get one of those beds that you can raise up and down. That would be nice. I guess it is a sleep number bed.
It is hard not to fill up every empty space in a house. We store a lot of things in every empty spot we have. My Christmas things takes up two closets now. The outside decorations you have now sound really nice. It is a good thing that you are not keeping the things that you or Gary would have to get on a ladder to put up. That is not a good idea for either of you. I would love to get a new tree. Mine is getting older and I want a tree that it all plugs into the pole instead of having to plug it in more then once. We have had this tree for a long time now. Were the 7″ trees for the outside or inside? That is really tall.
We do not have that much traffic down here any time of the day. I have to be there at 8am so it will not be bad at all. Where we live there are not a lot of trick or treators that are around. We go mostly on the high ways so there are not houses on there. That is one good thing about living in the country. We will see all the grands tomorrow in their costumes. One of the grands is having a Halloween birthday party.So it should be interesting to see what all they are wearing. The second oldest grand is turning 15 and so she is excited about having this party. It should be interesting.
I hope that you got to go to the farm and get your produce and then go to dinner. That sounds like a nice day. Sometimes if they know the issues that you are having they will let you park closer. At least they will here. They do not want anyone falling for fear they will get sued. We did not go to the apple orchard this year. We should have an froze some apples. We have a lot of peaches frozen that we got from the orchard. We found an easy way to get the peals off of them now if we could find an easy way to get the peals off the apples that would be great.
I am glad that Heather’s eye is getting better. Hope that she can wear her contacts again. It would be hard to get use to wearing glasses again. Do they know what caused her to get this infection in her eye? That is rough when your eye is bothering her. How nice that you and Gary sent your sil some candy and wine. She will probably really appreciate that. Nothing makes you feel as good as chocolate.
Your meal sounds really good. I like the sauerkraut and apples cooked together. That is a shame that the pork chops were dry though. Well it sounds like the likes and dislikes were about even. So when Heather and Dave come over you will have to fix it then and fix just pork chops for the rest of them.lol Bobby is a coward for not at least trying your dinner. How could he say that he did not like it. I see potato soup in your future.lol
I have been enjoying the Chew this week also. They have had a lot of good things on there this week. It is going to be fun Monday to see what costumes that they are going to be wearing. I wonder if poor Micheal will have to dress up like a woman again this year. He is a good sport about it though.
Well that is about all from here. This is starting to look like a book. Read what I wrote to Gail about Aliza. She is so cute.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50198

Hi Gail,
VPH does have some really cute village pieces. The ones that I am talking about are the balls that she had and the stands to put them on. You would have to have a big are to put them so they would look right. We have a small house and big things like that look out of place. Unless it is a Santa. lol She did have some cute things before. She does not seem to have as many candles like she use to have. I guess that everyone is going to the wax burners and not lighting candles as much. I guess things are just changing and I cannot keep up with the times.
I hope that you can find your Christmas things by the end of November. Sounds like Brent left a lot of things behind when he moved. It is hard to know what to do with it. Ron has three sheds and there is not room for anything in them. He has really stocked them up. If anyone ever needs a lawn mower or a tractor or parts we have it here somewhere. It is hard though when you things get moved around and you cannot find them. It can really get aggravating. Hope you find everything.
My shirt is in grey also. I got that in grey and a grey top with Santa on it. I get a lot of grey. I was looking thru my closet and I have a lot of grey tops. I need to brighten up a little.lol It is a good thing that they have a lot of sparkle on them. My tops are about as boring as my conversations. I had to go down another size in djs. If I keep losing weight I will be in a size six. lol My daughter would be shocked to see me that small. I have always been chubby mom and grandma and now it is all going away.
We went to see Aliza Thursday. She is changing so much. She can stand by herself now and she is walking around tables and things. She is giving hugs and kisses now. It is so funny. It is the open mouth kiss like they do when they start. When she hugs us she puts her face next to ours and say aw. Just like I guess we do to her when we hug her. She is just so darn cute. I am not prejudice though.
I do not know why I thought that Gabby was a senior. She has time to decide what she wants to do then. Was one of the girls interested in helping animals or am I thinking of someone else? These kids are growing up too fast. They will not slow down either. Kaylee got an award at school today. She got one for being a good helper and listening. She even got to eat lunch with the principal. That was a shock to all of us. She was the one that we all thought would have trouble in school because she did not want to go. You never know how these things are going to work out.
We have a couple of groceries stores here and not just Wal-Mart. I like to go to Schnucks but Ron likes to go to Country Mart. They started enlarging their stores when Wal mart put in there super centers down here. So there is some competition here now. That is good. We do not get good produce at our Wal mart either so was glad to be able to go to other stores.
The game must have been torture tonight. They lost and I was hoping that they would win. Maybe they will win the next two. It would be nice if they would have won at home. Do each of the teams won two games? This does get nerve wracking. Come on Cubs get going.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night and hope the Cubs win tomorrow.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50122

Hi Gail,
I wonder if it hurt them to have that extra channel. They do not have enough product for both channels. It would be nice if they would get some of the old vendors back again. They use to have more Christmas vendors then they have now. That is probably why they had so many different things. I like Valerie Parhill but her things are too big for my house. So do not buy any of her things anymore. I did buy some Choir people last year but they were rough on the bottom and had to send them back.
Did you watch Chics Night in tonight. I was surprised that it was on at 7pm today instead of 9. It was a good thing that I have the dvr to record it when ever it comes on. It is supposed to be on at the regular time next week. I have been ordering things and I shouldn’t be. I still have Christmas things to order. I bought the shirt with the pumpkins and ghosts on the fence, I bought two pairs of dj and a jacket. Oh I forgot I ordered a shirt with Santa on it. I cannot believe that I bought all of that. I need to stop again and finish shopping for the kids. The things that I want for two of them I will have to buy at the store. Will so that pretty soon so I do not have to go out after Thanks giving this year.
I have not heard from Debbie either. She was so much fun and I miss her being on here. Maybe one day she will surprise us and post on here again. I just hope that she is okay.
Kylie does want to be a doctor. She is applying at St. Louis University and Washington U. They are both in St. Louis. So hope that she gets in there. She was going to see about getting loans for school and see what she can get. She did really did well on her entrance tests. We are hoping that she will get some type of scholar ship for college. What about Adams older daughter? Is she graduating from high school this year? What are her dreams and what does she want to be?
Snoopy is part lab, part blue healer and some type of cattle dog. We cannot remember the name of it. That man told Ron what it was but it is really unusual. We will have to look up the different types of breeds again and see if we can find it again.
I go back to the doctor on the 31st of this month. Will see what she has to say then. I wonder what the next test will be.
The cubs are winning right now. They won 5 to 1. It will be exciting to see who wins tomorrow night. When do they go back to Chicago? I hope that they win at home so everyone there can celebrate.
Well that is all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50055

Hi Gail,
I have been feeling the same way about the q’s Christmas shows. It was disappointing that they did not have more Halloween then they did. I did notice that the other day they did have a few new items on a Christmas show. They had a hurricane lamp with a flameless candle. It has snow birds on it. That was the first time I had seen those. They had two or three others with different designs. I thought of Debbie the other day when they were showing a Christmas tree with a remote. She was looking for one for such along time. I think that she did end up ordering one but it just make me think of her.
Yes Brooklin is going to be 15 and Kylie is 17. She is going to graduate this year. It is so hard to believe. Brook is a freshman because she had a late birthday she had to wait a year before she could start school. That is kind of a shame that they do that. She was ready to go to school but could not.
I cannot imagine Piper not talking during school. She is such a live wire. I guess they are the ones that surprise everyone and do not say much. She is so cute though.
You should also have a pinacolada or some type of interesting drink. Since you have a pool boy he can fix them for you.lol Ron would tell me to get out of the pool and fix my own.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50053

Hi Adele,
I am glad to hear that all of you are okay there. Even though there has been a lot going on. I hope that Heather’s eye get better soon and she does not have any more pain in it. I hope that the surgery for Nancy’s son goes okay. He really has been having some bad health scares. That would be hard for Nancy to go back into that hospital but it is the right place for her son to go. Will be praying for her and that she makes it okay when she has to go there. Your poor sil has been going thru a lot also. Hope that she is feeling better soon. Is the fever gone now? I am surprised that they sent her home with a fever. They do things different now. That is really good that Gary is doing okay. Hopefully this will not happen to him again. He is another one that has had his share of health problems. How is your neck? Have you tired a different pillow? They have a lot of new ones that are supposed to line you neck up with your spine. I wonder if that would work for you.
I think that I missed something. What are you doing in the attic? Are you redoing it or getting a solar panel on the roof? Sometimes I think that I read over things or I forget what is going on.
The new puppy is getting to be a little rascal. He took his food bowl off and we cannot find it. I guess we will have to get a heavier one so he cannot pick it up. He does not come in the house that often. He really likes it outside. I guess that he will stay there until it gets cold. Then he will have to come in the house. He is not easy to house break either. He just goes all over the place.
Your dinner sounds really good. Hope that everyone likes it. Maybe Gary will like this meal. What is his favorite meal? If he is like Ron it depends on his mood.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #50010

Hi Sue,
That is funny that there were 4 Dave King’s at Penn State when he was there. How unusual is that. I remember when they made that cd it was really good. They had a lot of good singers at that time. Ihope that he has a lot of luck with his new career. He would make a good actor.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #49972

Hi DD,
Glad to hear that every thing is going well where you are. This weather could not be better then it is right now. The skies are so blue. I like your fall decorations. They are really pretty. I still have Halloween things up.
Have a good day.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #49970

Hi Sue,
Is Dave King the one that use to do the cooking shows? I really liked him or is he the African American? I really liked him also. It was a shame that both of them are no longer at qvc.
Colleen

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