[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43459

Hi Adele,
The compliments were well deserved. You are a very talented person. I have never had a Tiffany lamp. My grandmother had them but I think that when she passed away my brother got them. So that was that. They are pretty though. I did not get any when they were on QVC. I can remember them though. Wish they would bring some of those things back.
They are not being deployed for that long anymore. I think they can only stay for 8 months now not a year like before. I was thinking about my mom the other day. When my dad left he was gone for I cannot remember how many years. Mom did not know where he was at. That was during ww 2 that must have been so hard on the families back then. I did not know if your dad was in the service during the war or not. I think that my parents are probably older then your parents were at the time. It was a sad time for everyone.
It is nice to have Melissa and the kids here but by the time they leave we will get on each others nerves. I will get on her nerves just as much as she will get on mine. It is not good to have to strong headed women in the same house for any amount of time. She is 30 and still thinks that she knows it all. lol I know that I know it all.lol
If you have a rug on the floor you will probably be okay. Just as long as you have a warm spot to walk on. I like wood floors also. They are easier to care for and you can just clean them yourself and not have to hire someone to come over to do it.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43361

Hi Dianne,
I am glad that you and Kay had a good 4th. Your meal sounds really good. It is nice that she had a thing to grill the steaks in the house. Those are nice to have. You can use them all year round.
It is aggravating when you lose a post that you put on here. It is like where does it go does anyone get to see that post? If people read some of the things that I put on here they would think boy that lady is really weird. lol Oh well we just have to try again and hope that it posts.
It is nice that you ran into your family at Wal-Mart. Some times friends are more like family then family. The girl Hallie must really think a lot of you if she calls you aunt. You really must have had a good day with them. How nice for you to get out of the house for awhile. It is nice to go someplace that you do not ordinarily go. It is always nice to do that. Did you find a lot of interesting things? I love to go shopping even if it is just window shopping. Hope that you had a nice lunch out.
I agree seniors do rule. We are just sure what we rule anymore.lol If we were sure we would soon forget. That is how my mind is working here lately. It just seems like the older I get the faster time goes by. Seems like it was not too long ago we had our daughters at home and we were young. Where did all the time go.
I like the 4th of July pictures that you posted. They are really cute. Wish I could figure out how to do that. I am not good on the computer at all. I have tried different things and it never works out the way that I want it to. I should probably take a computer class.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43359

Hi Barbara,
I am glad that you had a good 4th. I know that we did. Have you ever gone to the base with your son on the 4th? They really do a great fireworks display. I am so glad that we went we really enjoyed it. It was well worth it. We also got to see the soldiers marching back to their barracks. It was interesting to watch. They also were doing their chanting thing that they do. We have seen it on tv but never in person. The last time we were at the base Ron was in the service and they were graduating. That was a good day but not as good as the 4th.
Your are not losing it Barbara. It is hard to think of your kids as parents. There are still times when I look at them and I see them running around as kids. It is a hard transition. But after the second on you do not feel as bad. It is like they are not your babies anymore they are dad’s or mom’s and they are all grown up. Never too old to not need our advice though.lol
I can just picture you trying to put that big box on a dolly. It is a shame that the fed x man did not put it in there for you. You really disappointed the poor dog. He needed to hike his leg up on something. lol Well at least you got it into the garage.
I do not think that I would know what to say if Ron called me about yarn. I think that I would fall over laughing. It is nice that he is helping his mom though. It does make you feel good to know that he is doing all of that for her. Is he going to take up knitting up also? Just think that he is giving up collecting junk and that is a plus right there.
I hope that you enjoy yourself with your neighbors when you go out to dinner. That sounds like a good time. We have not gone out to dinner for awhile but we did go out to breakfast Tuesday morning.
Well that is about all from here have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43355

Hi Adele,
Well I am trying this again. It all disappeared last night and I was too tired to do it again. Hopefully it will not disappear this time. I hope that I can remember all that I said last night.
I am glad that they liked the mint chip ice cream. What’s not to like. The vanilla sounds really good also. It will taste fantastic also you are so good at baking or making anything. Wish that I had your talent. My grands would never go home. My daughter is coming home for a few days with the kids. It is going to be hard on her while her husband is away. At least it will not be as long as it was the last time he has to go overseas. It is hard on the whole family when these men have to be deployed.
I bet the kids will be excited to see the baby birds in the bird house. That is so neat that they can see the inside and not disturb the birds. Wish we had one of those bird houses. We have a lot of birds around here. I would like to get one that the humming birds would go into. They are so small and cute. We have a lot of wasps this year though. Wish we could find a way to get rid of them.Guess there is no way though.
It must have been nice to have a quite day and you and Gary could relax. We went to my daughters for the 4th. The base really put on a good fire works display. It lasted for a long time. We all had such a good time. The grands were fun to be around. They went to the motel with us that night and stayed with us. It gave their parents time to be alone for awhile. They need that time before he leaves. We had such a good time they bbq in the afternoon and then we all just sat and talked and played games. They had this cute game where you throw a ball and it hits on a trampoline and then bounces into another board that has pocket with a score on it. They had a ball playing it. We hated to come home but we had to the next morning. We all went out to breakfast that morning and sat and talked there for a couple of hours. It was hard to be the one that said that we had to go. We really like our sil.
I hope that you decided on a flooring that you wanted before the free interest ran out. I hope that you enjoy the new flooring. How are things coming along in the kitchen? Is everything done yet. After you get done with all that you are doing your house will not need anymore work done it will be beautiful. You are good at decorating. I think that you are good at anything that you do.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43285

Hi Ladies.
well I just wrote a long thing to Adele and the whole thing just disappeared. So will get off of here and try again tomorrow. It is so discouraging. I am ready to scream.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43283

Hi Gail,
We ended up staying the night at a motel Monday night. The fire works did not get over with until late. They really do put on a good show. The grands came back to the motel with us and spent the night with us. I am glad that they wanted to so their mom and dad has some alone time together before he leaves. So we all met this morning for breakfast. It was really nice that we could sit and talk for a long time. We were there for almost two hours. I think the kids were getting restless. Kaylee kept getting up and coming over to me and tapping me on the arm. She was standing behind and I guess she thought that I would not figure out who was doing it. She was the only one not in her chair so it was not hard to figure out. She has a crush on a boy. She chases him all over the place. He is older then her and does not want to be bothered with her. I told her she should not be chasing him she should make him chase her. She just gave me and look and told me that he will not chase her. So I gave up on it.
I still get the paper copy of the Insider. I told them that I cannot read the one they put on the internet. The printing is too small and they print on colors that make it difficult for me to read it. If you make it larger it takes forever to look at it and it is hard to keep on the computer for very long. So anyway they started sending me the paper one again. I just hope that they keep doing it. They do have the schedule in there. It makes it nice so you can look things up. They are having Christmas shows off and on the whole month. It is weird how they are doing it this year. So far it has been mostly clearance stuff.
I guess they changed their minds about moving off post. It is going to be easier on her if she stays where she is. Ethan would have to change schools and she really did not want to make him do that. If they move next year they will have to take him out then. They are going to transfer Stephen to a different post so they have no idea where they will send him. I hope that it is not too far away. It would be hard on us if they do. I do not like this at all. Well at least we have them for another year and a half. They will finish out this year here and then he will have to stay a year after he gets back. At least that is how it use to be.
I will have to babysit on Monday. I wish she would find someone else to babysit. It is such a long drive to get there. I will have to keep doing it though until Mandy can do it full time. Hopefully this winter she will take over. That will be good for Piper to have you for awhile to her self. She will love that I am sure. Lachlan will probably do well in school. He seems to be better at adjusting to different situations. He did not have trouble going to pre school did he? He will be going to school with his cousins maybe he will be okay.
I am glad that your migraine is gone. Two of the girls use to get those and they were miserable. They were not the ocular though. That would be horrible seeing squiggly lines that would really make you dizzy.
I hope that Greg is doing better. It will not be long and he will go to the pain clinic. That must be really painful if the nerve that is being laid on has to do with his leg and foot. Hope that they do something right away.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43180

Hi Gail,
I was a little disappointed in the selections that they had for CIJ. I usually find gifts for my sil but this time they did not have anything. I always order something for my sister from qvc but have to wait until closer to Christmas as I have it delivered to her house. That way I do not have to worry my mom with it. She is the one who keeps that stuff at her house until my sister decides to come and pick it up. We never know when that will be.lol
I kind of figured that you would not get the cardinal. I figure that you have had enough. Is your cardinal still banging into the window? That poor bird must now have a brain left. Maybe that is why they call scattered brained people bird brains. Will have to look that up and see. We have not had many cardinals around here this year. Ron said that he saw one on our banister on the deck but it never did come back again.
How nice that Greg got a new SUV. I bet it is a nice one. What kind did he get? It is nice that you are going to Jenny’s for a bbq today. Hope that you had a great time there. The puppy sounds adorable. You may fall in love with it. Puppies are so much fun to see. They are so playful and most kids love them. All of the kids will be wanting to play with him.
It will be interesting to see what Piper was up to at the bbq. I am sure that she will perform some how or way to entertain all of you.lol It is nice when the kids do the cooking and we do not have to.
We may spend the night. I am not sure yet. We will probably stay at a motel if we stay. Do not want to stay there and make more work for her. She said that she was feeling a little better today. So she has all this food planned to cook. She is all excited that we are coming to their house. It is a pain to get on base so no one usually goes there they have to go to other peoples houses. That is one reason they are moving off post. It will be easier on all of them.
Well not much else going on here. Have a great night and a good 4th.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43114

Hi Dianne,
I love the pictures that you posted. They are so pretty. The old house with the decorations on it is really cute. I watched Christmas in July but did not buy much.They just did not have a whole lot that I wanted. The grands are getting too old for most of the toys that they have on there. So will have to look elsewhere if they do not get more things in.
How is your back? I have not heard you say much about it so thought that I would check up on you and be sure that you are okay. If you wrote it in another post I must have missed it. That is not unusual for me.
A lot of things have been vanishing on here. It is aggravating. I know that I have posted on here and submit it and it is gone. I wonder where they all go to. They must be out there in cyber space floating around.lol
Well that is about all from here. Have a good week-end.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43112

Hi Adele,
If you and Barbara were at Lowes together I would want to be there. That would be something to see. Lowes would never be the same again. You two would inspire all the customers to fight for their rights.
Hope you find the right coloring for your floor. Are you going with a light color or a dark color? I like the light wood. Your house is going to look like a new place. It is going to be so pretty.
You are going to have some good food for the fourth. The pesto and linguini will be really good. Will all the kids be there for the 4th? That sounds like a good day. We will just be with my younger daughter and her family on the 4th. The other girls are not going to be able to make it. It will be nice though we will be able to spend some one on one time with the grands. We do not get to see them that often. It will be nice to be with them for awhile.
It has rained all day here and supposed to rain all night also. We will have more rain tomorrow. I am ready for it all to end it has to be gone by the 4th. We want to have a good day with the kids.
How did they like the mint ice cream? I bet it was a big hit. That just sounds so good. It was nice that Steph and the boys came over and stayed for awhile. It is a shame that Johnny had to work. The over time really helps though.Any young couple with kids need the extra money.
Well that is about all from here. We are living the boring life this week-end not much going on here. My stomach has not been really bad this week-end but will take the pills with me to make sure that it will not start acting up.
Have a good rest of the week-end.
Colleen

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