[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44560

Hi Gail,
They do the same thing at the schools around here also. I think that it is a dumb idea to keep moving the kids all around. That is a lot of schools to have to go to and then change to a different school when they go to high school. By the time they figure out where all the class rooms are they are moving to a new school. That is hard especially on a child that gets stressed out at school.
That falcon was a lot different then a corvette. We use to tease my mom about buying all of cars for our graduation but she just laughed at us. There were 4 of us girls and three of us graduated pretty close together. So it would have been a little hard to get that many cars all at once. We all graduated a year or two apart. They would have felt like they needed to buy a car lot.
We have the same type of Philosophy. It does smell really good, I got mine when they sold the big bottles and had it on auto delivery. So I still have enough that I do not need any right now. Will need more by the time that Christmas comes. I love the lotion that came with the set.
That was good that Greg took you to immediate care. As sick as you are you did not need to wait for a day or two to be seen. That is good that you are on the right medicine now and are on the mend. Just take it easy and do not worry about things that need to be done. They will still be there when you feel better and feel like doing them. Or if you are like me that day has not come yet.lol
We went up and watched Aliza and Owen today. It was nice to be with them for awhile. Aliza had a sore mouth today so she was a little crabby but after she took a nap she was not as bad when she woke up. She stayed up for a long time today and played with her toys. So that was good. She just keeps getting cuter and cuter everyday.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44484

Hi Dianne,
I remember the old Ramblers. They were a nice car for the time. I always wanted a corvette but ended up with a ford falcon. It was funny when you drove if you had to go up a hill and you had the wind shield wipers on you had to turn them off or the car would not make it up the hill. I bought that car right out of high school. My mom and dad could not believe that I would buy a ford. They always drove Chrysler products.
The pictures are so pretty it does not matter if you duplicate them. They always make me smile. The water and the snow are always so pretty in the pictures. We will all appreciate whatever you want to post on here. Anything to brighten up the days. We are supposed to cool down tomorrow. We will have thunderstorms so that will be a lot of fun. Hope that it turns out to just be rain and not bad storms. Do not want the electric to go off here.
Philosophy is a very popular brand on the q. I like just about every scent that they have. I am thinking about getting the scents that they have on there now. They all will smell really good. I think that they are the bigger bottles and are just the body wash.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44432

Hi Dianne,
I hope that you like the philosophy as much as we all do. It really leaves your skin feeling soft. I had it on auto delivery for awhile but it has finally run out. We have to try a different scent this time around. Mine came with the lotion and body spray. They all smell really good.
QVC seems to get boring after they have all the Christmas shows and then they go back to the other shows. It is so much fun to see all the Christmas decorations up and all the trees. The hosts probably get sick of it by the time Christmas comes around. It is fun for the customers though.
I bought my tree from qvc a few years ago and still have it. We really are pleased with it. I really want to get one now that the electric is in the pole. That sure will cut down on a lot of plugging in and mess. They say that the tree falls into place when you open it. I guess it just depends on which tree you buy. Think that the one we have is a Santas Best am not sure though.
That is sad that you did not find a good guy when you got married. Yes we all did get lucky and find really good guys to marry. I am glad that you had a good life and enjoyed it being single. Everyone has to do the best they can with their lives and I do not blame you for not wanting to live with a mama’s boy who would have never been a good husband. What will happen to him when his mamma is gone. You sure would not have wanted to replace her.
Well that is about all from here. I love the pictures that you posted. They are so pretty. The pictures with the animals and the horse and buggy are so pretty. That would have been so much fun to ride in a buggy like that in the snow.
Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44430

Hi Gail,
I am very disappointed in the q this year. They do not have a lot of new things and it is harder to find a gift for anyone this year. I was lucky to find the gifts that I did. I wish that I would have seen those trees before they sold out. I will just have to keep looking. I always have to look for sets of three. The trees that they had that had the lights the lights on them were different sizes so did not get them. They all have to be similar so I do not have to choose who gets what.
I wonder if Ron and Greg think that they are going to run out of those glasses and that is why they buy so many. I cannot imagine what the big attraction is to them. Oh well what ever makes them happy. At least it is something small and they do not take up a whole lot of room.lol
The solar lights do look really good around water. That would be really pretty around the pond. I bet that is pretty when there is snow on the ground and on the pond to have those lights shinning on it. That would make a good Christmas card.
That is going to be hard on Kendall to go to a new school. Will most of her classmates be going to the same school? Maybe that will help her a little. It does sound like the stress is school related. It is a shame that she cannot get use to going there or they cannot find out what she finds so stressful. That has to be hard on Jenny and Adam to know that she is getting that stressed at school that it is making her sick. I hope that she grows out of it.
They have the Justice stores around here also. We have been there when the girls were little. Kendall must have good taste. It is fun to guess at what the kids will be when they grow up. It will be fun to see if we are right or how far off we are. Like you hope that they all will be happy in no matter what they do. They all deserve to have good lives.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44366

Hi Dianne,
Thank you for posting the winter pictures. They are really pretty and they make you think of cold weather for awhile. Until you opened the door and you feel all the heat.lol We really appreciate all the winter scenes that you have posted and all the pretty scenery that you have posted on here. It make the day better.
Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44364

Hi Gail,
You are right about putting kids in foster homes. They usually do not come up for adoption unless they can prove that the parents cannot take care of them. Then they go up for adoption. I think that it takes a lot to prove that now. It does take courage to give your child up for adoption. These kids need to understand that it was not an easy decision for their parents. I can see where it would be hard to explain to them that their mom loved them she just could not take care of them. You and Greg are really good parents. Any child would have been lucky to have you two for parents. Kids just need a home and a stable environment to live in. A place where they know that they are loved no matter what.
I did not see those trees that you are talking about. The ones with the balls on them. When were they on? I wonder if they sold out. I will have to look on qvc and see if I can find them. That may be the gift that I need for my sils. It is hard this year to find things for them. I may have to get them a tin of popcorn.lol
That disk must be laying on the nerve that goes to the leg. That is miserable when it hurts like that. I hope that it gets better soon. How is Kendall doing? I hope that she is not having anymore stomach problems. That is terrible that she has to go thru that. She seems to be such a sweet little girl.
Not much going on here. It is just too hot to do much. We did go grocery shopping and got that done for the week. Do not know what else we will do this week-end. Probably sit in the air conditioning and stay cool. It almost takes your breath away when you go outside. It is just so humid.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44362

Hi Adele,
I bought my two oldest grands tablets and my one grandson that robotic dinosaur the one that chases the ball. It will get him off his tablet for awhile everyday. I still have to buy for the baby. I will have to go out and look and find something for her. It is hard to buy things for the kids off of the q here lately. I just hope that they are all happy with what I got for them.
It is the same here. We need more light so we can read anything. It is getting worse every year. Poor Ron is having trouble seeing now also. He is wearing those glasses that you can buy at the Dollar store. In fact we have a container full of them. If there is a run on those reading glasses we are all set. We have enough to last us for the rest of our lives.lol For awhile Ron was getting all the solar lights that he could find. It looked like a landing strip at the airport. We kept teasing him that planes were going to start landing in our yard. It was funny. He has stopped doing that now and just gets the lights that he puts on the buildings so if someone or something comes around at night the light will come on. So that is not as bad.
Sounds like you have a nice evening planned. Pizza was a good idea. Is it going to be delivered or will you have to turn on the oven. I am getting really lazy here lately when it comes to cooking. If we can pick something up I am all for it. They will not deliver where we live. We are too far out of town.
That must have been a fun day having everyone there to play in the pool. It is fun having all the kids there. You are lucky to have a pool for the kids to swim in. Ron will not get one.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44294

Hi Barbara,
I agree with Adele it is good to have you come on here and chat. Sometimes it makes you feel better just to write everything down that is bothering us and then if it goes away that is not big deal. We do not care if you were telling us everything that was going on we all do that. It is an outlet for us and we all understand. We all go thru this stuff.
My dog is the same way. He does not like it in the house. He wants to see what is going on outside. He does not like to chase things anymore he just likes to see what it is. He may bark if it gets too close to him but that is about it. Austin has decided that he does not want to do anything but lay around and be lazy. He has been doing this even in the cool weather. He is a mess. He has two dog houses one is his summer house and the other is his winter house.lol
That is about all anyone can stand to eat right now. It is just so hot here. It is supposed to cool down into the 80″s next week. I cannot believe that we are calling it a cool down. It will still be hot. Oh well it beats what we have had this week.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44292

Hi Gail,
I am so glad that you are feeling better. It is terrible to get sick this time of the year. It is just so hot outside and miserable and too hot to be sick. I hope that the doctor refills your prescription. You have a really good doctor so he or she will.
We do not have much going on here either. It is just too hot to do anything. We have to go to the grocery store tomorrow and that will be our big adventure of the week. Well we did go out to dinner for my birthday. This place we went to was something else. It was really nice. We ordered all you can eat plate. It was the same price as the other plates so we decided to go that route. Well most places they bring so much out on your plate and if you want more you have to ask. This place brought out a big platter of food and all kinds of side to go with it. There was no way that we could eat all of it. So they brought a box so we could take it home with us. We ate on it for two days. I could not believe it. On the platter it was fish, chicken, shrimp and hush puppies. The food was really good also. So that is a place that we will go back to.
Since we have not been doing much I have been shopping. I have bought 3 gifts for the grands and only have three left. That makes it really nice to have that done. I am hoping to be done before Thanks giving so even if I do go shopping with Danyielle I will not be a rush to buy things. I can just watch her and push the cart. That will be nice for a change. I do not want to be in a rush anymore. Then I can get some of the bargains for me and Ron and not for everyone else. lol
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night. Take care of yourself. How great that Greg did the cooking. Is his back better?
Colleen

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