[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44719

Hi Gail,
That is nice that Greg will grill all year long. Ron could move the grill up on the deck in the winter and we could use it but he won’t. I guess that is why. If he moves it I may want him to grill in the winter time. Smart thinking on his part. It would be nice to have one of those small grills that can sit on the deck and it not that much work to move around.
That will be another fun experience to see who the girls date and marry. I may not be around for the two youngest but the two oldest should get married while I am here. It would be nice if I could live as long as my mom. She has seen one of her great grands get married. My sisters grands are all out of high school and two of them are out of college. They range in all different age groups. She has the older group and then the little ones that are 6 and 4. So that is a wide range.
I am not sure what events we will watch this year. The Olympics are so good and they have a lot of events. I just worry about all of the athletes that we send over there. I guess that the kids do not think about it at all. They just think about the competition. I guess when we were young we were fearless also. We just never thought anything could happen to us. It has to be that way when you are young are no one would ever do anything.
Have you been watching all of the shows today? They have been all cij shows. They have some cute things but not sure that I have found anything that I want. Have to make up my mind pretty soon or the shows will be over and so will the prices.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good week-end.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44688

Hi Barbara,
I will be praying for Jerry’s mom. That poor woman has really been having her problems. I wonder if she was having trouble walking when she fell. She is just having all kinds of health issues since all that happened. It is good that she has you and Jerry and she has a place to go when she needs someone. You two have really been good to her.
It seems like all works out when you need it to. It is going to be so exciting when the baby comes. You are going to be so excited. Cannot wait to hear from you after the baby comes. You will be gushing then. It is just such a joy to see and hold the baby for the first time.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44686

Hi Adele,
I am glad that everything went well with you when you went to the doctor. I imagine that everyone’s hair looked the same way. When it is hot and windy there is no hope for your hair at all. It is like that here also. We are still hot and humid. We did not get the cool weather they said that we would get. We are getting some rain. IT has not been bad storms though. Thank God for that. I got my hair cut today because I could not stand it anymore. It was getting too long and hot.
That will be nice when you get Aizen’s stocking done. They will both like the dinosaurs that you got them. I still have two more grands to buy for and itty bitty. She will be easy to buy for though.She needs everything and any toy you get her it will be new and different to her. One bad thing her birthday will be 18 days after Christmas and we will have to get her present at the same time we get her Christmas present. It is hard when they have a birthday so close to Christmas.
I like your idea about giving the poopouri. That will be funny. It will be funny to hear what they all think when they get that. Every one will get a good laugh out of it.
The back doctor went well. I have to come back next week. I feel like it is my home away from home. If they had a comfortable bed in there I could stay there. Another one of the girls that work there is leaving. Every time you go there, there is new help. It seems so odd because when I first started going there it was all the same people. Now you never know who will be there.
You do need a revolving door at your house some days. You had a lot of company in and out. It will be nice when they get your floor in. Hope it does not take more then the two days. Maybe you will be able to go out with Nancy. Sounds like you need to get out.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44684

Hi Gail,
When Kaylee and Ethan call me they tell us a lot of things that they do not talk about when we are all together. Kaylee usually tells me about her boyfriends. She told me one time she had a crush on a boy in her neighborhood. I told her she was too young to have a crush and she told me that it was her crush and she could have one. We just laughed at her when she said that. Owen mostly calls when he is selling something for school. He will talk for awhile though. The two older girls use to talk a lot but they spent a lot of time with us. They lived with us at different times.
That was funny. You were just talking about not hearing from Barbara or Adele lately and then they both posted on here today. Sounds like Barbara has had her hands full with her mother in law. Her poor mil has been going thru a lot here lately. She is lucky to have Barbara and Jerry around to take care of her.
The floor that you picked out for the basement sounds really nice. It will last for a long time. I do not think that if you have a leak again that it will have to be taken up and replaced. Seems like it would be harder to ruin. The rugs will be nice. It was good that it did not get into the music room That could have been a real mess if it did.
Ron likes to grill when it is not too hot. He is getting picky about the weather when he grills. We have not grilled that much this summer. It has just been too hot. He needs a building or a roof to go over his head so he does not have a lot of sun on his head.
That cardinal really likes your house. Maybe you should make him a bird house with a mirror in it and he will stay in there. We need something here that is persistent about something. Our Cardinals are doing terrible. The manager is not as good as he use to be. Do not know what is going on with him. We definitely will not be in the play offs this year. They traded a lot of our good players. Maybe next year. How are the Cubs doing? I heard that for awhile they were doing really good.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44629

Hi Gail,
it is about time for Barbara to become a grandma. She is going to be so excited when she sees this baby for the first time. I can remember what it was like when we had our first grand baby. It was so exciting. I can imagine you remember your experience also. It is the next best thing to having your own. For us it was different with each first child for each girl. I hope that one of them has another but it does not look like that is going to happen.
It is hard when you cannot babysit and cannot see them for awhile. You feel like you let them down. They must really miss you when you cannot come to be with them. Do you ever call them and just talk to them for awhile? That is fun to do. They come up with some interesting things when they are on the phone.
It is good that you are taking it easy. You need to be taking care of yourself and rest until you get rid of that infection. I would love to see Ron cook meals for a couple of days.lol He has done that when I am sick. Just does not happen that often. You really need to take it easy and get rid of your cough and get back to feeling better.
That is so cute that they got participation medals . I can imagine how proud they were. Do they give out the little trophies anymore? It has been awhile since we have been to a t ball game. The little ones are a lot of fun to watch. Some of them could care less what is going on. They like looking at the grass and the sky and if a butterfly should happen to pass by they are happy about that also. It is more fun watching the kids then the professionals.
Well not much else going on here. Have a great night.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44607

Hi Adele,
I think that JJ will like that toy. It is really cute. They can roll the ball to the dinosaur and it will go after it. It was just a really cute toy. I just hope that my grandson likes it.
Poor Gary. He must not be able to handle the heat now. It is miserable here also. We did finally get some rain. We are supposed to get more tomorrow. We really need it though. It is not as hot as it was last week but hope that it really cools down for a couple of days. This heat has really been extreme. I cannot remember it being this hot since I was a kid. It was really hot but we did not have air conditioning we just had to stand the heat. People did have window air conditioners but when it gets this hot they do not work as well. Even some of the smaller stores did not have air. It sure has changed since then.
Ron told me that the people that are asking for money are not necessarily homeless. He thinks that some are just wanting money for liquor and things like that. So we just give them food. I thought that they were homeless. Guess that I was wrong. Sorry about that.
Hope things go well for you when you get your shot. It will be nice to have it over with. It is nice to get them because you need them but it is a pain to have to keep going to the doctor. I have had the three shots in the hip so cannot have anymore for awhile. Thank heaven.
Not a whole lot going on here. I have to go to the back doctor tomorrow and have a treatment. I have not been for awhile so it will not be too bad. That is another place that gets tiresome going to all the time. I guess that I am just in a grumpy mood.
Well that is about all from here. Hope that Gary is better and does not get sick again tomorrow. He might be better off staying home and letting your daughter and his helper make all the calls. Have a good night and try to stay cool.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44566

Hi Dianne,
Thanks for finding that number for that toy. I forgot to look it up to give to Adele. They said that it was for kids 8 and up so that is why I bought it for my grand son. Hope they are right about it. IF not I guess I will have to send it back.
I did not order anything today either. I have too many easy pays on my Christmas gifts that I bought so did not buy anything this time around. Most of the clearance things on Quacker has been around for awhile and I already have it. So it is a good thing that is what they had on the QVC site.
We have homeless around here but we do not see them as much as they do in the city. I think that they have places where they can go and they go there. I am not sure if they are on drugs or not just never see them. We have them begging for money by parking lots like Wal-Mart but when we see them we just buy them some food to eat. You do not know what they will do with the money.They say to be careful of that. Not sure if those people are homeless or not.
I love the pictures that you posted. That water looks so inviting. The snow does also. It is just too hot here. We need to cool down for a little while. We did not get the cooler weather like they said we would for today. So will have to wait until tomorrow and see if we get it then.
That is about all from here. Have a good night
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44564

Adele, That dinosaur that I was talking about is for children 8 years and up. So you will have to look at it and decide what you think. Dianne posted the number for you which is good because I forgot about it.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44562

Hi Adele,
That is funny that Aizen spotted the cookies right away. He is going to be your little cookie monster. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday with all the kids there and Bobby grilling the meat for dinner. Your dinner sounded really good. It is nice to have them all there playing in the pool and having a fun day together.
I have prescription glasses also. So all the glasses we have laying around are his. It is nice because he never loses all of them. He is something else when it comes to buying glasses. He does carry them outside with him and leaves them out there and we have to go looking for them. Why I do not know he has plenty more in the house in this little container. That is nice that Tillie does not have to wear glasses. She seems to be in pretty good health.
We were supposed to get some rain and then a cool down. It did not happen though. It is still really hot here and do not know if it is going to rain tonight or not. We really do need the rain right now. Not any storms but just the rain. Sounds like you have been getting hit pretty hard there with the storms. Hope that they go away soon.
That was a good idea to buy a pizza instead of making one. It is just too hot to have the oven on. We got some Chinese food for dinner tonight. We went to St. Louis to babysit for the kids so it was late when we got back. Did not want to have to cook when we got home. I think that we keep that place in business. We always stop there if we do not want to eat late and just want a quick meal.
I hope that you got to relax today and not worry about doing too much. Have a good night.
Colleen

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