[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44290

Hi Adele,
I am glad that the shot went well for you. The reason that I am not considering any more shots is the last time my sugar shot up really high and then it just bottomed out really fast. It even scared Ron. He thought that I was going to go into a diabetic coma. So decided that it was not worth the risk. It is just some weird thing that happened to me. It does not happen to a lot of people. The doctor told me that. He said that I could have another one and it would not happen but I am still a little nervous about it.
The lights sound really nice. That is good that you have all the lighting that you need now in the kitchen. It is nice to have the bright lights in the kitchen when you are cooking. It sure makes things better.
That is horrible that they would not bring the wood up into the house. You would think that they would make an exception knowing that you two cannot do it yourselves. Well at least someone is going to come over and do it for you. I am sure that your kids would have had a fit if you and Gary tried to bring that in yourselves. I really think less and less of Lowes the more that I hear about them.
I have been Christmas shopping on the q this week. I have three gifts bought now. I have three of the grand kids done now and just three more to go. Itty bitty will be easy to buy for she needs everything. The other two will be hard to buy for . Especially Ethan. He is so smart and you have to find things that fit his mentality. I will get him some books he loves to read but do not know what else to get him. This will take a lot of thinking. I just hope that I am done before Thanks giving so I can spend time with the family and not worry about going out shopping this year. My youngest daughter wants pots and pans for Christmas so that is what they will get from us. The other two I have no idea what to get them or their spouses. That is why I have to start early.
Well that is about all from here. Hope you have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44254

Hi Dianne,
I do not like to wear the convention. We already know who will be running for president and we just have to deiced who is the lesser of the two evils. I do like the man that is running for vice president on the republican side. That is about all I can say about all of that. My husband watches it constantly. He drives me crazy. I just do other things to keep from watching it. We have two tvs and he will watch in the bedroom so I do not have to. It is really nice of him.
Oregon is a beautiful place. We need to go there and look around. It would be a nice get away and then we would not have to listen to all the politics. We have so many places that we want to go see but with the guineas and the dog it is hard to get away. It is hard to find someone that wants to take care of the guineas they are a lot of work.
I do love the pictures that you post on here they are beautiful I think that we all complain about where we live. We get use ot weather being a certain way and we want it that way all the time. Either it is too cold or too hot or to much rain or not enough. We people are hard to please. lol
Well that is about all from here have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44184

Hi Adele,
I hope that the shots are helping your knee. You only have two more shots to go. They are nice because they help but a pain to have to go and get them. I have not been back to the doctor that gives me the shots for awhile. Need to go back and have him look at my back. No more shots there though.
I did not realize that the wood had to sit for that long but it makes sense. I know that you will be so glad when all this stuff is done. You will have your house back and it is going to be so pretty when they get done. Were you as happy with the lighting as JJ? That is so cute that he complimented the electricians. He is going to be the diplomat. Cannot wait to see what Aliza is going to be. Or what we think that she will be. We have an actress, a chef and a diplomat so far. Kaylee is going to be a lawyer. She likes to argue about everything and she always wants to win. She is like my dad. He was like that and was hard to beat. When he passed away a couple of guys that he came up against told my mom that.
The doc gave me some pills to take if I get sick to my stomach. So at least that is better then it was. Hope that you back is doing better. Have you had anymore trouble with it. I know that you have twisted it a couple of times. It really is quite around here. The kids will be coming back in a few days they have to bring my other granddaughter home again. It will be interesting to see how it went while she was up there.
Your dinner sounds really good. Everyone will be glad that you are cooking again. It is nice that you have your kitchen to be able to cook in again.
well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44112

Hi Dianne,
You just holler all you want to. We all understand how you feel. It is terrible that we cannot turn on the tv and hear nothing but terrible things on there. I am like you I would rather not watch it at all. I have been buying a lot from qvc also. Need to stop and save some money. It is scary to think about traveling anywhere. I guess that we cannot give in to that though. We need to go on with life.
I agree also. Chocolate is a separate food group. It is the best food that we can get. You should try the Landies pretzels they are so good. You will be glad that you got them. I ordered some food items also for the holidays.We get a few things from the q because it makes it easier when I have to cook a big dinner.
I love the pictures that you posted. They are very calming. Wish that the world was back to normal and all this nonsense would stop. I do not understand what is wrong with people.
You can just come on here and holler and get mad anytime that you want we all do it. This is a good place to do that. We all do it and we understand when someone else wants to do it also.
Well that is all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44110

Hi Barbara,
It is nice that you are having Neal and Sarah over for dinner Wednesday. They will really appreciate it. If Neal says anything to you about your meal you can tell him it was not worse then his sandwiches and peaches.lol As my grandson Owen says at least you had veggies.
My sil is in the Army. I do not see how they can go out in the field and have to have that pack on and all that junk. It does not matter how hot it is they still have to go with full packs. He is in Korea right now so he will not be doing that again until they get back home. That is great that your son is going to be able to retire soon. He had to have worked hard to get to that point. My sil has 12 more years to go before he can retire that is if he wants to retire at 20 years.
We have not bought a water melon yet. They just have not looked all that great. Hope that they have some good ones soon. I know what you mean about the Landies pretzels. We did the same thing. We bought a box and was going to give them out and we gave them to each other. I love the white chocolate. Wish they had more of them in the box. They are just so good. They rank right up there with the Mrs Prindables apples. They are delicious. I am not supposed to eat sweets but cannot help myself when it come to those two items. At least the apples we give away as gifts to the girls at the docs at the pain clinic.
Sometimes it is too hard to catch someone when they are falling. He did the best he could so he should not feel bad. At least the baby is fine and Sarah will be okay soon so it was not too bad. Poor Neal.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44103

Hi Adele,
You did really good. I think that you covered everything. That is funny about JJ. I bet that he made the electrician smile when he said that. So now you have your lighting in and what do you have left to get done. Have they started on the floor in the living room yet? Your house is going to look like a different place. I am glad that the kitchen is done though.
It is sad when you cannot put all the decorations up anymore. That happens to all of us. We do not put as much up anymore either. We use to have candy canes that lined the drive way. We do not do that anymore and do not put anything in the yard. I think that all we do is put the lights on the banister on the deck. Ron would not do that but they are battery operated and he does not have to deal with them except when he first puts them up and turns them on. We have given a lot of things to the kids. I did have a big ball with Santa and Rudolf in it but he would not plug it in because he had to go outside to do it. So I gave it to my daughter. He did the same with the reindeer that we had. We used them one year. He put them all really close to the house so it was not worth getting them out. Ron is a pain when it comes to stuff like that. Now if it was a lawn mower it would be out there all winter long. Maybe that is what I need to do. Get a lawn mower and put a blow Santa behind it and put lights all over it. That he would like.lol
That is a pain when the internet goes out. Our computer is still acting up but we are looking for a new modem. It is not as bad now that we have the air on it is right by the computer and so it blows on the back of the computer all the time keeping it cool. I am wondering if we put a fan back there if that would help. It will be interesting if we have to get a new computer. We may never get it set up right. lol
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44099

Hi Gail,
I hope that you get plenty of rest and get over this really quick. I know that it was hard for you not to watch the grand kids today. It is hard to tell you kids that you cannot do it. I am the same way with Danyielle.
That was really nice that you and Greg hired his golfing buddy to do the floor for you. That will give him some money and really help him out. This is a hard time of the year to get laid off. I guess that no time is a good time.
I cannot imagine what it would be like not to be able to read street signs or anything else. I guess that is why they always lived in the country. His mom could read though so she did all the reading. His dad was good at math also. I guess when they have low skills in one thing they are better at something else. It is just sad. It was hard for some people to understand that he could not read. That is what made things hard.
Well I think that I will stop for now. You take it easy for a couple of days. Hopefully you will be better soon.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44051

Hi Everyone,
Forgot to thank you for all the birthday wishes. I do appreciate them. I think that I am going to be 39 again.lol
Thanks again.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #44023

Hi Barbara,
Sounds like we were the only two that had some bad eggs in our families. They did not hang my uncle though. I really do not know what happened to him. After my aunt threw him out she never mentioned his name again. It was funny. That would be terrible to be hung. Did they have families?
Jerry needs to take care of himself. If he doesn’t you will be taking care of him and his mom and you do not need that.Men do not think about their health. They do things that will hurt them and think nothing of it until they get really sick. He has been really good to his mom. It is nice that she has you and Jerry to take care of her. At least she knows that she can stay in her home as long as the two of you are in charge. It is lucky that Jerry took over and his brothers did not. They probably would have her in a nursing home by now.
OMG poor Sarah. I hope that she will be okay. It is a good thing that they are making her stay home for a couple of weeks and let that foot heal. I am glad that itty bitty is okay also. Poor Neal he probably felt really bad that he could not stop her from falling. It is hard to stop someone when they are about to fall. Sometimes it is better to let them fall then to try and stop it you can end up hurting them. I hope that he foot heals soon.
You girls are making me hungry for ice cream. Those sundaes sound so good. The funnel cake one sounds really good. I cannot have one though but would love to try it. Maybe I will cheat one day and have one and just not eat a lot that day. Or make Ron get one and eat part of his. That would work. I still have to make dinner. I have no idea what to fix. Maybe we should just have popcorn that would be good.
So how are you doing with the junk that Jerry brings home? Has he completely stopped now that he is taking care of his mom. I thought that maybe Ron had slowed down but no such luck.He brought home a gum ball machine that does not work. It was one of the big ones that you see in a store or restaurant. He keeps buying gum balls thinking he is going to find the right size to stay in the glass case. Well when he puts one in there if falls right back out. So now we have that sitting in our sun room. At least he did not get the stand that it should be sitting on. That would really take up room. Where is Mike and Frank from pickers when I need them. They would probably not buy it either.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good day.
Colleen

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