[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #48961

Hi Gail,
That must have been a lot of fun when the kids all come over to go sleighing in your yard. They must have been having such a good time that their moms had to call for them to come home. We have a good place for the kids to ride their sleds here but they all live to far away to come over to slide down. The only ones that live close are older and do not want to do that here. They want to be with all their friends and they do not want to come all the way out here.
I agree. What is the sense of napping if we cannot have cookies and hot chocolate or tea. That sounds like a party to me. It seems funny to be saying that taking a nap is a party. You would have never heard any of us saying that ten or fifteen years ago.lol My how times have changed.
Ron snores really loud also. I have been known to sleep in another room because he snores so loud. He tells me it is me but as we know only men snore.lol I have not tried the pillow yet but I have woke him up and told him to roll over. Does Greg snore the loudest when he is on his back? That is the worse for Ron. When he is on his back he gets really loud.
Well Ron came home today with a puppy. He is really cute but won’t stop crying. We have him in the utility room for the night. I gave him a bear to sleep with hoping that would help him to calm down. It is not working though. I think that I might have to get him a toy that has a heart beat. I wanted to put a radio in there but Ron does not. I bet he will tomorrow. This dog is just a mutt. He is black with white paws with black spots on his paws. THe tip of his tail is white and his belly is white. He is just so cute. Hope he will be easy to tame. Ron thinks that he wants to be outside because that is where the people that had him kept him. He was out there with his brothers and sisters and mom. So I know he gets lonely.
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… #48891

Thank you for the prayers. That will help me a lot.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #48889

Hi Barbara,
I have not had the b12 shots but do take the pills three time a week. I did have to have the IV awhile ago and hope that I do not have to have that again. I think that I went 3 times a week to get the iv. Cannot remember what they called it. I had to go to the hospital and sit there and they would give them to me.
It seems like they are always wanting to give us shots to take care of the pain in our old bones. I have had three shots in my hip and in three different spots. It is doing okay now but it was really sore for awhile there. I use icy hot when I have aches and pain. My mom always uses ben gay. It works for her. I think that all of that stuff has a strong smell to it. People smell you coming when you have it on.lol
That is funny Barbara. I can hear all that stuff falling and the nurse knocking on the door. They should give us a bigger thing to pee in and then we can pour it into that little cup. My daughter Amanda says that those things were not meant to be use by women. A man had to invent it.
How nice that Jerry made pizza. It is so nice when they cook for us even if all he had to do was stick it in the oven. It gives you a break for a night. That doctor sounds like a really nice man. It is good that he made Jerry feel more comfortable about his mom. At least he now knows that he is doing the right thing and that it has happened to other people. It makes a difference when a doctor tells you and says that the place is a good place. Men never want to listen to their wives.lol
How nice that Neal is getting to come home and spend time with Sarah and the baby. They will need that time together. That was nice of you to tell him not to worry about coming to see you and Jerry. He probably appreciated it.
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… #48887

Hi Adele,
I hope that Jhonnys family is okay. That is scary to be in a hurricane. Are they still thinking that the hurricane will go around you? Do you have problems if when blows up? Are you close to the ocean or are you far enough in land that it will not reach you home? It still is scary because of the high winds. It can come really do some damage.
I bet you looked really cute in your orange. That pumpkin shirt sounds really cute. is it the one with the pumpkins and the ghost on the bottom? I cannot remember what all they had. I wrote down some numbers of things that I would like to have but have not ordered yet. Still waiting to buy anything. My easy pays are paid off the middle of this month so that will be nice. I just wish I had more of my Christmas shopping done.
It will be nice to just have one night of dwts. When they have two shows they tend to just show reruns of the dances that they did the night before. That got kind of boring. Had to keep watching thought to see who got voted off the show. They are really getting rid of all the guys and just the women dancers are left. They have elemanated 4 male stars from the show.
I feel bad for Gary. To have to go thru this two years in a row. That is a lot to go thru. My daughter has not had to have stents put in though. They just have blasted the stones and got rid of them. It is hard to watch them go thru that. She would get really sick to her stomach when she was having problems and that made it even worse. I will continue to pray for Gary and that this will be the end of it.
We will just act like we do not know what the neighbors are talking about. We none of us snore. They must be hearing someone else not us. lol
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… #48885

Hi Gail,
They are going to put the tube down my throat to find out why I keep getting sick. I hope that they figure it out this time. This new doctor is so much better then that Jamsie Smith D.O. was. She has found out more in the short time I have gone to her then he did in a year. I am just glad that I found her. I do remember Geritol. They always had commercials on tv for that. I do not know if they still make it or not.
We were still there at that time. I guess we just never got around to going. I use to work at the YMCA when we lived there. I worked with pre schoolers. it was fun. When we were living there no of that other stuff was there. We use to go over to the park and take the kids sledding there in the winter. They use to love it. There are not any good places to go sledding around here in the winter. It is a shame the kids always like to do that.
A good nap is nice. It would be nice to be wrapped up in an afghan or a blanket and sleeping. That is one thing I love about winter. Snuggling up under all the blankets. It is just hard to get up in the morning and have to take a shower. Then you could freeze to death. lol I really love winter and the snow. Hey if we started a napping club we could call ourselves the Napping Quackers. I bet we would get a lot of members.
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… #48883

Hi DD,
That is a mess when they come and spray for bugs. I bet you were ready to scream when he told you he only was going to spray under the sink. He could have told you that before you took all the stuff out. Well at least it is done and you do not have to worry about it anymore. At least the bugs are dead and not still crawling around. That would be really bad.
I like you pictures. The ones of the coast is really pretty. Oregon is such a pretty state. I do not know if I have ever been there are not. We may have drove thru it when I was a kid on our way to California. I just do not remember. I do know that we went to Disney Land and had a really good time.
I am glad that you are getting rain. We have had a lot of rain here so it is not too bad here. If we do not get our fall rain it could get bad. It was warm here today and then tomorrow it is supposed to start cooling down.
I did not buy any Quacker either. Will have to wait until I get all my Christmas shopping done. Hope that I can get enough money to buy the dj. they have for thirty six dollars. That was a good deal.
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… #48797

Hi All,
Adele I am glad that Gary is doing okay. Will continue to pray for him. Do they know a way to keep this from happening to him? My youngest daughter gets kidney stones and has had to have the laser used on her. This started when she was a teen. They still do not know what to tell her to stop this from happening. it is very painful. One thing in her favor she is not a diabetic.
Hi Gail, We were in Rockford in the 70’s. Ron said that we may have been there but do not remember the name of it. The one that I remember was Sinsippi park. They had flowers there and a lot of people get married there. Well at least they use to. Unless I am getting the two confused. Ron does not remember them having flowers there. So I may be wrong and talking about the place that you were talking about. Where is Rockford was it located? You have me curious now.
DWTS was really good last night. I could not believe that Sasha proposed to the other dancer. That was so sweet. Everyone was so excited for them. The double elimination was a surprise last night. I guess they will have to cut the show short this year because of all the election stuff that is going on. I would rather watch dwts then the election stuff. I just want to know who wins and that is about it. Do not want to hear all this other stuff. If you listen to all the ads about each candidate we would not vote for anyone. I am trying to do all the research on each person running so I can make a wise decision. Well at least as wise as I get.
Barbara, That was thinking on your feet. It is funny that you stepped right in there and stopped the situation from getting worse. That is so nice that you got to spend the evening with your grandson. That is so precious when they start smiling and then when they start to laugh it is really cute. Aliza is really growing and she will be out of all that cute stuff before we know it. They will always be cute but the baby stuff will not be going on anymore. With all our aches and pains we may need to all have recliners. We will have to be careful too. After we sit for awhile and we start reading we may all take a nap. lol I am getting to where I need a nap almost everyday.
Well I did not end up ordering anything yesterday. I have a few things that I want but I keep thinking that I need to finish Christmas shopping before I start I getting things for myself. I was doing so well and now I am getting behind. I still have to find the pots and pans for my daughter and for three more of the kids. If anyone notices any cabbage patch dolls please let me know. I thought at one time they had one that was all soft and better for a baby. I could be wrong.
Well more health problems. They took more blood and are testing that. Had to have another urine test and that is getting tiresome. It is no wonder I am so tired. They keep taking my blood. My iron level was 25 am not sure not what it should be so if anyone knows please let me know. Barbara you will probably know. They are going to send me to a doctor to run that tube down my throat and look at my stomach. They have done that before also and did not find anything. If that is what they want to do that is fine with me. I just want to feel better. Sorry this is getting depressing.
Well that is all from here. I hope that everyone has a good night.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's October! Spooky Nights, Falling Leaves, Football and Pumpkin Carving… #48684

Hi Gail,
As usual you have found some really pretty pictures to post on top of this. I like the puppy with the bee costume on. How cute is that. I am glad that it is fall and the weather is cooling down.
Has that Andersons garden been open for long? I do not remember it being there when we lived there. I guess Rockford has really changed since we lived there. They have a lot of new things and some of the places that we use to go to have closed. I guess they are right you can never go home. It is always different then when you left. The kids went back once and did not want to go back again. So they haven’t. Most of the kids they knew had moved away and they did not know where they went.
I am glad that you liked them. That is what I am going to do this year. It is getting harder and harder to buy things for them. At least this will not be something they will have to put away at the end of the holiday or put batteries in. lol
That movie with the Cranks is really good. We watch it every Christmas. I like the crabby man that lives across the street from the Cranks. They are always arguing with each other. It is just a good movie and funny. Who thought that a Volkswagen could be Santa’s sled.
I do not think that it matters when they make their first communion now. For a while they did it when you felt that your child was ready. Then they went back to having them do it with their class. So I am thinking that it is anything goes now. It was nice that you picked that time for your kids to make their first communion. Our kids made their first communion but only two of them were confirmed. Melissa decided that she did not want to be so we did not make her. I kind of regret that now.
Sounds like you had a really good time with your sister. It is a shame that it was so short. It will be nice when Greg goes to part time. Wish that Ron would have done that for awhile instead. It would have made the transition easier. Oh well to late to worry about that now. It is nice to be able to go places when you want to and not have to depend on whats going on at work. It must have been fun for Piper to have a new person to talk to and show all of her talents to.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's September! Fall is coming! Think Cooler weather. #48637

Hi Adele,
We did not have any rain here but it has been cloudy for a few days. It is supposed to be partly sunny until Thursday and then rain. I would love to see the sun for a few days. The temperature is really nice though. No more high 90″s. We are ready for this that is for sure. I hope that you get enough rain to bring you out of drought status.
You are right it does not matter who says the prayers just as long as they are said. God listens to all of us. Our house is not as far apart as you are there with you being Catholic and Gary being Jewish. I am Catholic and Ron is Baptist. So we have our religious differences but we worked them out. Ron will not do anything the Catholic way unless forced. We always say grace before we eat when the kids are here and we all make the sign of the cross and he sits with his hands folded. He will not go to Mass unless it was a special occasion like first communion or something like that. Never on Christmas eve when the kids and I would go. The kids did go with me though and that was alright. That is cool that you have both decorations up for the holidays. It is nice for both groups. You will have Jewish people and Christians coming by to see your decorations.
One thing that is hard for me is on Christmas day we all celebrated a different way. At Ron’s family they would open gifts on Christmas eve. They would go to church and when they got back their gifts were there. I could not get use to that because we always got the gifts on Christmas morning. His parents took their tree and everything down the day after Christmas and we kept ours up until the 6th of January. So Ron had to get use to the way we did things also. That is one thing that he gave in to.
That is funny that they tried to give Gary Communion. I bet he was surprised when that happened. It is funny that Bobby spoke up and stop the guy from giving communion to him.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great rest of the day.
Colleen

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