[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42804

Hi Adele,
Finally they are going to come there and get the job done right. That letter really got them moving. I hope that they do a really good job this time around. With the owner and the manger of Lowes they should get it right.
Well that is not right that you have to give up your day with the grands and stay at home and work. Well at least you will be able to go to lunch with Joyce. They should really give you a break on the price on the tiles since they have messed up your day. I cannot believe that you have to go thru moving all that stuff again and covering everything again. They should help put everything back into the kitchen after all of this. Well at least you can go to Barnes and Noble on another day. That is just aggravating.
Aizen may become a chef the way he likes to eat. We are getting all of the grands set up for their lives. Gail’s Piper is going to be an actress and Aizen a chef and we will have to wait awhile to figure out what Aliza will be. lol She is too little to figure out what she will be later in life. It is fun to think of things that we think that our grands will do when they grow up. They are all so cute. I just hope that they will have all the choices in life that we had when we were younger. That really worries me.
We do have a lot of scoundrels in our yard. The bad thing about a fox is they are so sneaky. They can be really quite also. That is how they are getting the guineas. Chickens are louder and would let you know that something is in their pen or coup. Guineas shut down at night. They do not move hardly at night. I do not know what it is about them. During the day they move pretty fast and can get away. But at night they are helpless.
You always make the best things. The cinnamon bread sounds really good. I bet everyone will love the mint chip ice cream. You will have to let us know how it turns out. It makes me want to get an ice cream maker.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42802

Hi Barbara,
Sometimes it is better to let them know what you are getting them as they may have one already. That is one bad thing about the registry everyone gets the same list. Sometimes the things get marked off the list if someone orders one of the items and sometimes not. So i just always told the girls what I was going to order and they seem to know if someone had ordered it yet or not.
It has been hot here also. We are supposed to have a cool down tonight. I hope that they are right and it happens. It is going to get down to sixty. That will be really nice since it has been up in the upper 90’s for over a week. We have not had much rain lately. Before it would not stop raining and now we cannot get a drop. I guess we are never happy.
The younger kids do not realize that we have different tastes as we get older. Wait until they get older and they start eating the same things. A lot of times if we eat lunch we do not eat dinner. We just snack. It is funny that he is telling you what to eat. I guess the roles have reversed. We use to tell them what to eat and they did not like it. So now they are telling us.lol I agree with you shopping is getting to be a chore. Sometimes I do not like picking out the food that we have to buy. If Ron would go all the time and I could stay home it would be really nice. There is no telling what we would have to eat if he did all the shopping. We would have a lot of head cheese. Not much else.lol
Sounds like Joey has made up his mind and is not going to change it about Lisa. It must make him feel a lot better. I wonder if she will ever take her dog with her. It would be nice if she did. That way she would not have an excuse to go see Joey. That is horrible when the dogs get snake bit. We were lucky with Biskit when she got bit. We just soaked her paw in ice water to keep the swelling and gave her benadril. She did not move around much and she got better. We do not think that she got bitten as bad as some dogs have. She never did get that close to a snake again. She did warn Ron when there was one around though.
How nice to have Joey coming to house for meals again. I know that you really missed that. It is really nice that he has his house back again. I hope that he finds a really nice girl to settle down with. It would be really good for him.
Just wait Barbara. When the little one comes you are going to just love having a baby around. Then you can give the baby his first taste of ice cream. I think that all babies like ice cream. Cannot wait to hear what a good time that you are having being grandma. The best thing is you can spoil them and then send them home to their mom and dad.lol It is nice that they live close to you.
We are going to our youngest daughters for the 4th. She lives on post and we will get to see the fire works display there. They say that they have a fantastic display there do it will be fun. We will be able to see the grands also. We do not see them as often. That will change when their dad goes overseas though. Melissa comes home a lot when he is gone. They are going to move into a house this summer off the post. It is harder for people to get on post to visit. They have a lot of new rules.
Well that is all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42736

Hi Sue,
Thank you for letting us know about the blog on the qvc site. That was a really bad accident. I am surprised that Mary Beth will be able to come back so soon. She did have an angel sitting next to her that day. All of that caused by a drunk driver. That is awful. When will some people learn.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42734

Hi Dianne,
What beautiful picture of the eagles. You always find the best pictures to post on here. They are beautiful birds. They are so much fun to watch when they are in flight.
That is nice that you can see all the fire works from your window. Where we live you cannot see any of them. So we have to go into town. That is really high up there the 12th floor. From the sounds of it they have a lot of fire works displays around town. They have a really big display in St. Louis but you can hardly find a place to park there are just too many people. That is something that we would try to do when we were younger but not now.
I ordered the rum cakes that they had on the food shows. They looked so good and it reminds me of the cakes that my mom would make. She use to make fruit cakes and she had to pour rum over them to keep them moist. You would open the cabinet and it would smell like rum really strong. The fruit cakes were really good though. I have never tasted one like it again.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42732

Hi Gail,
I have not been having any trouble with getting the notice when an something is posted on here. I know that they do not all come at one time like they use to. Sometimes I will get two or three different ones not like they were before when they were all together. I know at one time I was not getting all of the messages just one or two. That is working better now. I hope that this is making sense.
Aliza was in such a good mood today. Owen was home and he played with her for awhile. He put her on a blanket and make sure ti was fixed so she could not roll off of it and pulled her around the living room. She just giggled and smiled. She actually stayed up for 2 and 1/2 hours and when she finally got tired she went right to sleep when I put her in her crib. She was still sleeping when I left. When I came in and put her down for her first nap she slept on a blanket on the floor. When I went up to check on her she had rolled over to where the dresser was. When I came in the room she was laying on her tummy and she had the biggest grin on her face. She sure was proud of herself for getting that far. That is why the second nap she was in the crib. lol
The pain clinic must be good if it is taking that long for Greg to get in to see the doctor. I just hope that he likes the doctors there. They really do a good job I think. I know that I am glad that my doctor sent me to a pain clinic.
Now we have not seen a skunk in the yard so far. They are probably in the woods though. We have found out that Biskit was keeping all the animals out of the yard. Austin will bark but if they look like they are going to come after him he runs and hides. That is why Ron is looking for a new do. Your would think that Austin would keep the animals away because of the breed that he is. He is getting really lazy and does not like to run unless chased. He watches the rabbits get into the garden and the fox running around getting the guineas. We still have two left and we are hoping that the fox does not get them. I really believe that someone has killed it. They do not like it when they come around and kill their chickens. You really do have a lot of turkeys. We have not seen that many but we have seen quit a few. I have never seen them all walking across the yard at one time. I wonder if they go to the pond and get water.
Has anyone asked Tiago if he can get the watch qvc thing from following us down the page and getting in the way. It would be nice if he would make that stationary so it does not get in the way.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42705

Hi Adele,
You always have something sweet for the kids. That is funny that Aizen makes a certain face when he tries something new. I cannot wait to start feeding Aliza new things. I think that they should have started her on baby food by now. She will soon be 6 months. She is drinking more formula then she was and that usually means that they are hungry and need to start eating food. We always fed the girls mashed potatoes. They always like them and we would mix them with the mixer and not just use the potato masher. The mixer gets more of the lumps out. She was really good again today. Her mouth was hurting her but she did not cry the whole time we were there. That is always a plus.
Tell Amanda happy birthday for me. Gail is right 21 is an important age. My Amanda is a lot older. lol She is pushing 40. She turned 37 this year. It is so hard to believe that my kids are getting to that age. They should still be in their early 20’s.lol Where does the time go.
That letter had to be a good one that you sent. I hope that they are all thinking about what happened and are ready to refund your money. You should not have to wait for them to decide what they are going to do. They should be doing what you want them to do. It is your house that they messed up. You did the right thing by sending a letter.
You have a really good day planned for Wednesday. I hope that all of you have a good time. I have not been to Barnes and Noble in a long time. Hope you find some really neat things to bring home with you. Hope that the girls do also.
Well that is about all from here. Enjoy your lunch with Joyce.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Prayer Request #42698

Will be glad to pray for her. That is sad to be so young and have cancer. I hope that the protocol works.

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42655

Hi Adele,
Glad that you had a good time at the graduation. Did you get into the pool? That is nice that the day was not too hot. Poor Gary cannot eat many places since he is picky. It is hard to imagine that he could not find one thing to eat there. It was nice if you were still hungry though. You got to go out to eat and did not have to cook something when you got home. Men can be difficult sometimes.lol
They should work with you on this. You have really been good about them not coming when they were supposed to and that guy taking all those calls. It will be interesting to hear how they are going to take the old tiles off. I hope that you come to a place where you can both agree. If you let them redo the job I would make sure that they take money off. It is not your fault that the guy did a bad job.
When they come up with the robot to change diapers I will really be in trouble. I cannot even work a bottle maker do not talk about controlling a robot. I can just picture that dumb thing chasing me all around the house. I would have to figure out a way to get the thing in the garage and not let it back into the house.lol It would be embarrassing to have that on a video and all the formula all over the counter. They would all be saying look at that dumb old lady.lol
If you read the books after watching the movies you can picture Tom the whole time you read. That would make it even easier to read. When I read I always have a picture in my mind what the characters look like. It is not good though when they make the movies. They never look like you think they should.
That was nice that Steph and her family came over today. It is always so much fun to see the grands. Hope that you had lots of cookies.lol The boys would be wanting some.
Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #42628

Hi Gail,
I do not like the monitors either. They work a certain way and I do not touch them. I tried to turn it off once and do not know what I did to it. Kevin told me he would just fix it no problem. I get the feeling that under his breath he was saying do not touch anything. lol So I have taken his hint and do not touch a thing. They are neat though. You can see the baby laying in the crib and know what is going on with them.
We went out to lunch with Danyielle and Aliza the other day. It was nice we just went to burger king. I fed Aliza ice cream. It was funny. I put the spoon up to her mouth and she kind of tasted it first and then she really wanted more. She would just stick her tongue out there trying to find more on her lips. So I went to give her another taste and she went for the spoon. We had to move her hand so she did not get it all over her. She would just stick that little tongue out trying to get it on the spoon before I got it to her mouth. Could not give her that much because we were afraid that it might bother her stomach if we gave her too much. She was so excited to get that. We sat there for a long time and then she got tired so we had to leave. It is fun to watch them when they get their first bite of something. She has also tried yogurt and really likes that also. I wanted to let her taste the french fries but they were really salty. So thought better do that. She would just lick the salt off and that would be all she would taste. It would not be good for her.
That is where I go for my back. It is the pain clinic. They do the therapy there and that is where I get the shots in the back and in my hip. I think that he will like going there. They are really good and they understand the pain that you go thru. They are really good about explaining everything that is going on with your back. I do not think that I have ever heard of one person going for surgery for their back that they did not have to go back again. That is why I am trying to avoid it. I just hope that he has some good doctors like I have at the pain clinic I go to.
That was good that you figured out what they were barking at. That would drive you crazy if you never figured it out. I hope that they are not living under your deck. Have you just seen one? Raccoons can be destructive. You do not have dogs outside though but they will eat the dog food. Possums will also and possums like going into the dog house also. Ron has had to chase a few of them. Do you have a lot of turkey’s around where you are? We have a lot around here this year. That may be why we have so many fox around this year. We have a fox that has killed all but two of our guineas. He must have got shot or something because he has not been around. He must have gotten into someones chicken coup. People around here do not act kindly to anything that starts killing their farm animals.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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