[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40858

Hi Christine,
You are really good at your hand work. You make jewelry also? I agree with Gail you should go to fairs and sell your things people will buy it. You are really good at it. I use to embroidery a long time ago but not as good as you do it. I always had to go by a pattern on the material.
Branson is a nice place. There is a lot going on there. We like to go and see some of the shows there and they have some good places to shop. They have a five and dime that has just about everything. It has some things from when we were younger and cannot find anymore. You are too young to remember some of the things that I am talking about.
That would be a good thing to get into. Planting grapes. They have a lot of places around here where they plant grapes and they have winery’s and they sell the grapes at road side stands. We do not have land that would be good for growing grapes. We do have a few vines but they do not produce that many grapes and when they do the birds get them before we do. It is nice that you live on some land. We would not know what to do if we had to live in town and just have a yard.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40856

Hi Adele,
Sounds like they are making progress with the counters. Now if you can just get the back splash on it will be nice. It is sure taking Lowes a long time to get that ready for you. They must not be very dependable.
That is a shame that Steph and her family will not be able to come over to see you Saturday. That is a bad thing about working for the post office you never know when they will schedule to work. That is like that for any job that works on week-ends. It will be nice when Johnny get a regular schedule. Is he hired on permanent now? Seems like he should be as much as he works.
Men are just so stubborn. They do not listen to what we tell them and they end up hurting themselves. You may have to put those socks on him that when he gets up an alarm goes off. They put them on my mom when she was in the hospital. Maybe that would wake him up and he would not fall off the bed. That are you might have to get a mattress to set next to his side of the bed in case he falls he will not hurt himself.
I am having trouble with this site tonight. I posted something to Gail and it finally posted but would not delete from here. I do not know how to put it. I would look and it was still here where I wrote it but it also was up above where it sent. This is really strange. I will see what happens with this one. I wrote what is going on in Gails post so read that. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40854

Hi Gail,
Greg must be getting the same thing that I am getting when I go into the back docs. It does really feel good when it is working but you do have to give it time. I can see where he is getting impatient he has things that he wants to do and it is hard with his back hurting. Hope he just hangs in there with the therapist. They will do him some good.
One of my cousins died this week. It is hard to believe that we have lost three cousins in that family in just a short time. She was a lot older then I am but she was close to my oldest sister. When we were kids we would all get together at my grandmas and we would have a good time. I do not see how my grandparents put up with us. We were always welcome and we could do a lot more there then if we were at our own homes. The only thing was anything that we messed up we all had to clean up before we went home. We did that gladly. It is hard to believe that she is gone. She had cancer so did her two brothers that died before her. There is only five of them left now.
That is nice that Kendall is playing outside and not just sitting in the house. So many kids do that now. It is nice that they live in a neighborhood with a lot of kids in it. It will give them something to do all summer. It is so much better then when they sit around and talk about how bored they are. My oldest granddaughter got a job at the movie theater this summer. She is so excited. She will finally be making money of her own. Now if she would just go and get her driver license she would be all set.
I really hope that they get more things to show on Chics Night in next week. This is the second time that they showed things twice and it does get boring. They can only say so much about the clothes. I was surprised that they did not show the sets like we bought. They are new and people would like to have seen those since they only showed them on the morning show that day.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: What Books Are You Reading and Recommending Now? #40726

Hi Gail,
You have really been reading a lot. Is the book The Residence a new one or has it been around for awhile. It sounds interesting and would be nice to read. Just want an idea of where to look for it. I have not been reading lately but need to start up again. It just seems like things have been crazy around here and I have not had a chance to read much. They make movies from a lot of books. They are never as good as the books though.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40719

Hi Sue,
I know what you mean about no electric. Ours went off the other day. It is just so aggravating and there is nothing that we can do about it. We do have a generator so that helps if it is out for any length of time. It is just hard to hook it up and get everything plugged into it. So we usually wait to see if it is going to out for a long time or not. Hope that they get the electric fix so it does not keep going out like that.
Have a good day.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40717

Hi Barbara,
Ron has figured out a way to take care of his cuts. He uses super glue. I cannot believe when he does that. I always worry about infection. So far so good. So he will never go to the er. he thinks that he can take care of things himself. If he ever gets hurt I will have to call the girls and tell them to come down here and help me get their dad to the hospital. We would have to take him kicking and screaming.lol
They had some sets on the morning show with Leah Williams. I bought the set that was khaki with the palm tree on it. They had them with cherries and a few other things cannot remember now. The one with the palm tree caught my eye so I got that one. I think that Gail ordered the one with the cherry. Do not feel alone about not being able to match clothes. I cannot do it either. I get so frustrated so mostly I stick to the basic colors. I have a lot of dark indigo and light denim at least you can match any top with them. I did get a pair of the light grey dj. and they are really cute. I think that I like them better then white. They are just really cute.
I wondered about the smash burgers. Will have to wait and see what others on here think of them. I know that Sue said the Kansas city steak hot dogs are really salty. I cannot eat them that would drive my bp up really high.
That must have been a mess when that electric pole fell across your drive. At least they came right away to fix it. You were lucky that the puppies stayed away from it. That is a mess to go without electric for any amount of time.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good day.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40702

Hi Gail,
Did you watch QVC plus last night. They did the same thing that they did the other day. They showed things twice again. I wonder what is going on. They should have plenty of things to show. I hope that they find more or it will get boring. Hope next week they have more of a selection.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40695

Hi Christine,
Welcome to the group. You will be a quacker addict like the rest of us before long. We all have closets full of Quacker but we have been at it a lot longer then you have. You really have to be quick about ordering some things are you miss out. Sometimes it takes me awhile to make up my mind and I miss out on a lot because of that. The clothes are just so bright and cheerful and that is what I like about them. What attracted you to the Quacker clothing?
Your mom must be a really good gardener. That is nice that people want to tour her garden. She should start charging admission. That would help with buying new plants every year.
That was really good news to hear that your dad is going to be okay. They are doing a lot better with cancer then they use to be. Thank God for that. If we keep praying maybe one day they will find a cure that that horrible disease.
I use to live in Illinois also. We moved back to Missouri about 20 years ago. We lived in Rockford it was a really nice town. From what I understand now it is not as nice as it use to be. That is really a shame. I guess they are right you cannot go back home and find it the same.
I will be praying for your dad also. I do not like the dentist either. Hope they get that tooth fixed soon.
Have a good day.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40690

Hi Adele,
I hope that your finger is okay now. That is so irritating to hurt yourself like that when you are busy doing things. I can imagine what a mess it is with all that dust around. That will be a job cleaning all of that up. At least Steph will be there to help you and I am sure Bobby will help you also. You have a lot of help around there.
That would be scary to know that Gary falls out of bed. It was a good thing that you woke up and hollered at him. You need some type of alarm that will go off if he is going to get out of bed. I bet that does make for a bad nights sleep if you worry about Gary. You may have to get the bed with the bars on the side like they have in the hospital.
Have you had any luck with Lowes and the back splash? I sure hope they get that in soon. That would be aggravating to have to wait a couple of months to get that put in and have to put up with that mess again. I know that it will not be as big a mess but it will still be a mess and trouble. Have they started on your sprinkler system? You just have so much going on this week. Next week you are going to want to just curl up and read a book or really start baking again.
The only time that I have been to Vegas is when a kid and we had to stand outside the casino while my mom and dad went in. There was 4 of us at that time so they did not have to worry about us. They did not have a play area for the kids back then. We were going to California to visit my sister and her husband. I think she had her first baby then. That was one long trip. We did get to see a lot of the scenery.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good day.
Colleen

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