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in reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43760
Hi Adele,
Well there I was all set to write e-mails and off went the power. It was off for over three hours. When I called they said it would be done by 3:19. Thank goodness it didn’t take that long as 90 degrees without air is not a good thing. I just would have gone over to Jenny’s if it was out all afternoon and probably taken a change of clothes and showered there too.
I know my Dad was in the army but I think he was in the infantry. Isn’t it amazing we all had Dad’s in WWII but in all different areas. Colleen’s in Japan and Barbara’s on the beach at Normandy and our Dad’s marching through France and Germany. My Dad had one really good buddy that he met in the army. I think he lived in Colorado and they remained in touch throughout their lives.
Your family was very lucky that your grandfather had goods to buy off the authorities. Did your Mom leave all her family behind when she moved here? How did she and your Dad meet? I’ll bet it was difficult for her to leave everyone and come here to live. She obviously had a sister- did she have any brothers who were conscripted into the German Army? I know I’m asking lots of questions but the stories of how and why people come here is always interesting to me. Plus I find that era of history interesting as it is hard to imagine how horrible it all was and it speaks to the endurance of the human spirit as many people survived unimaginable horrors.
I watched the Quacker show yesterday but didn’t get anything as anything that i thought was cute i already had. I think there is another show on today. I think we are probably done seeing any new Quacker summer things. I imagine soon they will be pulling out the fall. The summer flies by so fast.
Your curtains look wonderful. You are a great seamstress. It must feel good finally getting things put back together. I am lucky. If I wanted a new light fixture I would just have Greg put it in. He does all the stuff like that around here. Where is the fixture going?
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43686Hi Adele,
I didn’t know that Tillie was originally from Germany. So she also experienced the war first hand but in a different way than the soldiers. I know there was a lot of bombing of Germany but I don’t know where she lived at the time-if she was in a rural area she might have been away from all that.
My Dad was also in France and Germany. He also never talked about his experiences. He has a bunch of medals and I have no idea what they were for. We found out going through things after my mother died that he was in the Battle of the Bulge. We never even knew. There is a book by Tom Brokaw called The Greatest Generation that talks about how all the men came back from the war and just went back to their jobs and there family lives without ever thinking that they did anything extraordinary. They just did what they had to do to serve their country. It’s an interesting book.
Speaking of books. Is that reading list required by the schools or does the teacher just suggest doing it to keep there skills up over the summer? I would think that he could find some children’s historical fiction books that take place in Massachusetts. One of my favorites from my childhood was called The Witch of Blackbird Pond. However I can’t remember where it took place-it might be Massachusetts.
I don’t think my problem is not having Windows 10. I think something got changed in my settings somewhere but who knows how or what. I guess I will just have to get used to things how they are since no one seems to be able to help.
It’s too bad you can’t get in the pool. I would figure out some way-even if I had to rent a crane for the summer to get me in and out. lol
I think it’s a good idea to go with the oak. You can’t go wrong with that as they have been using that for flooring forever.
It’s going to be hot around here the next few days. Maybe I’ll have to put a float in the pond and swim with the fish and the frogs. lol Not!
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43684Hi Colleen,
That is good that Stephen got a promotion. I’m happy for that.
I’m sure the kids all found a place to sleep. When our kids had all there friends over they would just bring sleeping bags and sleep on the floor. Could you imagine if we had to do that now? We could get down there but not get back up. Plus the floor gets harder the older that you get. lol
Where did Ron get all the peaches? I hope he helped you freeze them or whatever you did with them. You will have to make some peach cobbler to go with Adele’s blueberry cobbler. Gosh I used to make peach cobbler a lot when the kids were home. I used to make a lot more homemade things back then. I kind of miss doing it but just thinking of the extra shopping to get the ingredients wears me out now. lol If only they would deliver ingredients like they do a pizza. lol
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43680Hi Barbara,
Yes there are a lot of new fangled things for the bringing up baby crowd. If you have not been around people having babies for awhile you miss all the new stuff. Now you are in the loop again and will have to learn how to use some of these new things.
I’m sorry that there was some conflict at the shower. They could have made things a lot easier on everyone if someone would have called earlier in the week and said something like “I’m sure my invitation got lost in the mail as my MIL already got hers.” Or something like that instead of waiting until the very day to create conflict. Mistakes happen-learn to go with the flow instead of getting all insulted. Some people just don’t like to make life easy.
When I was little and I used to get those pains behind the knees they called them growing pains. Maybe you are getting taller. lol
Please go and get that B12 shot before you get too run down.
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43676Hi Dianne,
How wonderful of you to go thank the police for their service. I’m sure they don’t hear that enough.
Did you and your Mom live together? My Dad will be gone 34 years in November and Mom 22 years in December. Our friends on here with living parents and inlaws are very very lucky.
I saw some pictures on the Q board of Tara’s wedding. A lot of people (including me) at first thought the groom was her father. I wonder what the age difference is? Or else she looks younger and he looks older. There was also some pictures of Susan Graver’s daughter’s wedding on her blog. She looked lovely too.
Hot here today. In the 90’s.
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43490Hi Colleen,
I didn’t know that Stephen was going to Korea this time. At least it will be a shorter deployment.
It’s nice that Melissa is coming to stay. She will have to do it now before the kids start school again in the fall. I know what you mean about clashing. I used to love to have my Mom come to visit from Florida but after a couple of weeks I was glad to see her go too. I loved my Mom but she was very strong willed and opinionated. I have come to the conclusion that in many cases adult children and their parents should not live together as each needs their own independence. That is just me. It seems to work perfectly fine for Adele and she has three generations together. She is probably more tolerant than me.
Kendall is really enjoying summer. She is outdoor from sun up til sunset. Her hair and eyelashes are all bleached blonde. They do go to the pool and to a summer reading club at the library. I tell you Jenny is my hero with all she does at home and at work. She is like super woman. I never had to do that as I stayed home once we had kids. I was lucky.
You and Ron must be enjoying having Ethan and Kaylee there. Does Ethan like to do things with Ron? I have to start babysitting again on Monday. I have gotten spoiled with all the time off.
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43488Hi Adele,
What were you guys doing at Barnes and Nobel? Since you like to cook do you have a cookbook collection? I do-I used to browse them all the time trying new things. Now I don’t do it as much as I have gotten lazier about both cooking and housework in my older years. I still like to look at them though but just the thought of going to the store and getting the ingredients wears me out. lol Plus I am running out of cookbook storage space.
I have not upgraded to Windows 10 yet-even though they keep asking. I am avoiding it until I absolutely have to. They tricked Greg and did his automatically-at first he didn’t like it but then he ended up thinking it was okay. Now I’m wondering if it has something to do with my computer stopping working one day and Greg did something to it to get it started again. I wish I could remember the exact dates to see if they coincide.
The puppy will remain small probably about 15-18 pounds or so. Smaller dogs are easier than larger ones as they can get the needed exercise in a much smaller space.
Our kitchen floor is wood and it does take a beating. We need it refinished so badly and when we do that we will put wood in the dining room and get new carpet in the family room and living room since they all flow together. Can you believe that Greg was surprised that after twenty years I said we need new carpet? What’s wrong with that man? I know we keep it very clean as we have our own carpet cleaner that he uses on it but really-20 years!!!
Do you ever get in the pool or do the kids just use it? I would be out there on a float with a soda and a book all the time. I loved when we rented the house with the pool in Florida-but remember my dear husband wants me to swim in his pond. lol
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43486Christine,
I will keep your dad and Scott in my prayers.
Gailin reply to: It's July! Let's Celebrate America! #43484Dianne,
Oh my gosh! I never heard about the attacks until this morning. This is getting to be a sad scary world. We need the pictures of flowers and butterflies. Thank you for that.
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