[Colleen]

in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43110

Hi Gail,
Sounds like you had a nice trip. Hope that they get your jewelry done soon. The museums that you have been to sound really interesting. I love looking at the old steam ships. They really have a lot of history. The place where you stayed must have been gorgeous. Did you have a hot tub in your room? Those are always nice. We ate at restaurant that was in the river in Kimswick. It was fun to eat on the old paddle boat. It was one of the big ones so I guess they are still called a boat.
I like all the pictures that you posted on the top of the page. They are really nice pictures. You are doing good to get those posted. I would have never got that far. I just wish that I could do things like that.
I am sorry that you miss Rocky so much still. It is hard to lose a pet like that when you are use to having him around. It will get easier as time passes. You are such a good pet mom.
That would really be interesting to go thru that house that was a hospital during the Civil War. They will have all types of interesting things in there. Maybe next time you will be able to go thru there. Just keep it on your list of things to do.
Watched the CIJ shows and did not buy much. Was not that impressed. I did order one of Valireas wreaths. it will not come until the 28 of November. There just was not much to pick form this time around. Maybe later they will have more things on there. I did order some of the candy and apples that I give away for Christmas. It is nice to have them ordered and not have to worry about them. Sometimes I think that is the only reason that the pain clinic has me keep coming back. They like the apples.lol
We are going to Melissa’s for the 4th. I have a couple of desserts that I am bringing and may make some salads. We will have to take a cooler so will be able to take some things that we may want to eat. She has kidney stones again and was not feeling to good the other day. So will do what I can because she will not feel like cooking that much. It is a good thing that Stephen is bbqing. That poor kid has had trouble with kidney stones since she was in high school. I wish they would come up with away to keep her from getting them over and over.
If I ever hear that Mike and Frank are in our area I am going to put out a big sign to stop here selling things cheap. I will have to put the sign where Ron cannot find it. Will have to call them and tell them to come here but Ron will not know til they get here. I can just see Ron’s face when they get here and they want to buy things.lol
Well that is about all from here. Glad that you made it back safely.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #43045

Hi Barbara,
I love what you told the tile guys. You must have made a point that hit home. Even if they were not married they know how their moms would have acted if they did that at her house. That is funny. I can just see their mouths hitting the floor. Good for you Barbara.
Your dinner on Sunday sounds really good. How nice that Sarah put in a request for banana pudding. She is feeling more like part of the family now. The broccoli salad sounds really good. It is nice that they are all coming over. The pizza sounds really good. We just had left overs. I did a lot of sleeping today. Guess getting over this ear infection. So not much cooking going on here.
It is fun to go thru the old photos. Even if it has pictures of our pets that are no longer with us. We have a picture of our oldest grand daughter with Lucky and her puppies sitting on the porch and the puppies were climbing all over her. She was three and she was just laughing. Lucky just sat there and watched her with the puppies. I guess she was making sure that they did not get hurt. She was protective of Kylie when she was little so she was probably watching out for all of them. That is my favorite picture.
Ron is still buying tractors and lawn mowers. He just bought a lawn tractor and now is going to this guys house to buy some more lawn mowers. I told him that he is bad at buying that stuff like I am at buying clothes. He disagreed but all you have to do is look in our back yard. He has started putting things back in the woods so it cannot be seen from the road. Really I think that he is hiding it from me.lol It would be nice if Ron would find something else to do besides buy this junk. Ron would love to have a bush hog. He has been looking for one but cannot find one that he will pay for. He does not want a new one just one that he finds that someone wants to throw away or they have put in some type of sale.
Wish that I would have found that doctor a long time ago. It was such a waste of time and money to go to that other doctor. I really miss the first doctor we had. He was so good and he left. We would still be going to him if they took our insurance. Well that is water under the bridge. This new doctor is just one that I went to because the one I wanted was not taking any new patients. They are in the same office so she must be as good as he is.
Angel and Patrick are really good hosts. I imagine that Jeanne is smiling down at them for the good job they are doing. They are good representatives for the company. It is a shame they do not make a shirt for Patrick to wear with some sparkle and shine.lol
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night. Have fun Sunday with the kids.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #43043

Hi Adele,
I really like this new doctor. She checks on things right away. I am glad of that. It is a shame that I did not find here before we started going to that other quack. Ron is still going to him. I am trying to get him to switch.
Well at least that whole mess is over with and you can move on. Sometimes we have to do things our way and not worry about what they kids think we should have done. I know that Bobby just wants what is best but it is not always possible to do it their way. That is nice that you now have enough to get the wood floor. That will be really pretty also. It will look so nice. Wood floors really make a difference in how a house looks. It is nicer the the rugs sometimes. Hope it all turns out the way you want.
That is nice that you had a good time with Joyce and Ronnie. Must have been nice to go out without having to worry about all the things that was going on in the kitchen. You did not have that on your mind.
Maybe they will let that assistant manager go. She does not sound like a type of person that they would want working in their store. She is not people friendly and that can do a lot of damage to a stores business. She sure was snotty to you.
You and Barbara make me laugh. You are both fighters.You sent that e-mail and it must have really worked because they came right after you sent it. And Barbara went in there and told them what she thought and they fixed it for her. I can see both of you doing that. That is what it takes to get things done now days.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42975

Hi Adele,
I hope that you have a nice time out tonight with Joyce and Ronnie. That did work out well. At least you will be able to relax now that you have the back splash all worked out. You can just sit and relax and have a cocktail or a mock tail.lol You are probably ready for a good stiff drink.
They probably used some big word and all it meant is that they wiggled. It seems like they all do that. They have all these fancy words for things and they do not mean much. it was good that they all came and did not treat you like that manager did. They sound like they wanted you to be pleased with the work which they did not sound like they cared at first. Well now you can move on and get your light put in and your window treatments done. Cannot wait to see the kitchen when it is done. I hope that you will post a picture.
I went to the doctor today. She gave me some medicine for my stomach and told me to take them whenever my stomach started to give me trouble. I also found out that I had an ear infection. I new that my ear was hurting at night but it was not that bad so when I told her she looked in my ear and said that it was red. I thought that maybe that I had wax in my ear but she said that it was clean and no wax. So now I am putting some ear drops in my ear and hoping that it will be better soon. All this stuff happens at once. She is a good doctor and hope that she does not move out of the area.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42934

Hi Christine,
I am glad that you and your mom was not hurt in the accident. I hope that they figure out why it jumps out of gear. You both were lucky that it did not go further then it did. You got a good policeman. At least he understood what happened,. Sorry I read that wrong I thought that you were in the car with her. You have to be so careful with cars these days. They are constantly are sending out call backs to fix on thing or another. Your poor mom is having a rough month and the rest of the family also. Hope next month will be a bit calmer.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42932

Hi Adele,
My back is the same way when it is raining out. It is weird that it happens that way. It is like that when it is really cold also. I have to take it easy on those days. I am glad that your are being careful when moving thing. You are lucky to have Frankie around to help when you need him. You are very lucky.
I am so sorry that you had to cancel your lunch date today. You and Joyce have such a good time when you are out together. Maybe after all of this is over you two will be able to go to lunch and you will be able to go to Barnes and Nobel with the grands. I imagine that the stress from all of this is bothering your back also. Stress can do some weird things to all of us.
It is nice that Bobby will cook for you and then you do not have to all the time. It is hard to fix a big meal every night. When Ron was working we had big meals all the time but then when he retired we stopped. There are times when I cannot eat anything and I just cook for him. He usually will tell me not to cook anything he will find something to snack on. He is a good guy.We are all lucky that we found such good men to marry.
I am like you anything is good in a salad. Any veggie that we have on hand. Right now we have a lot of zucchini we have to eat. I may freeze some of it and make some bread or bars with some of it. I love this time of the year. All the fresh veggies come in and we can just go to the garden and pick what we want. We tried a new type of tomato this year. It is called a purple tomato, or an Amish tomato they have different names for it. They are really good and they are really juicy. I wonder what they would taste like if we made sauce out of them. May have to give it a try.
Well that is about all from here. Good luck tomorrow. Those tiles are really wavy. You can really see it with the close ups.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42810

Hi Ladies, there is a quacker show on tonight at 1 AM central time with all clearance items. Just thought that I would let all of you know. It will be on QVC plus here in the early morning 4: Am. Not sure what time that will be your time Dianne.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42808

Hi Dianne,
I like the picture of the tiger. That is how Adele may have to be when they finally get there to fix her back splash. THey sure have given her a bad deal on that one. THey should give her a break on what she had to pay on that job.
Your weather sounds really nice there. It is supposed to cool down here tonight and for the next couple of days. Hope that it is not too hot on the 4th. We are going to bbq at my daughters and we will spend a lot of time out side.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42806

Hi Christine,
Glad that you dad is doing better. Sorry to hear that your mom will have to have a hysterectomy. I would put that off for as long as I could also. Sorry that your asthma is bothering you. Hope that you get some relief soon.
I sure hope that Scott finds a job soon It is hard to not have a job when you want to work. Jobs are just not that plentiful right now. I know that they aren’t in our area.
well have a good night.
Colleen

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