[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #41168

Sorry to hear about the passing of our fellow Quacker. Prayers to her family and other loved ones. So very sad.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #41106

Hi Colleen,
I think in Illinois kids have to take drivers ed before they can get their license and they are also supposed to have a certain amount of hours driving in the car with their parents or other licensed driver- I can’t remember the number 30? 50?-It’s been so long that I can’t remember exactly.
I love Owen’s version of lunch. I think you have a future chef on your hands. The baby’s do grow so fast when you don’t see them for a few weeks. I love when they start giggling. It’s so infectious.
I am off baby sitting duty for the month of June as Adam has the month off. I’m kind of enjoying it.
Oh that’s right-Donnie is his name. I think they are living in Jenny’s home town of Saint Charles Illinois now.
Unfortunately cardinals don’t migrate-they stay here year round. I don’t know if any wildlife specialist could tell us any different information other than what we have already read online. The bird really just needs a better brain.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #41104

Hi Adele,
How goes the back splash wars?
Did Steph get everything planted? I hope so. When does JJ get out of school? They were out here May 26th. Kind of early as they had no snow days this year.
I’m with Aizen-yum yum for corn on the cob. Haven’t had any so far this summer at our house.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

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Hi Sue,
Thanks for posting. I will be praying for her.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #41033

Hi Adele,
So how are the Wallburgers? The one that is married to Jenny McCarthy lives in this area of the country.
I’m sorry that you guys didn’t get anything planted but at least you got to see Amanda and JJ. The weather has just been conspiring against you.
We used to feed the birds all the time and they always pooped on the deck where the birdfeeders were. After a bunch of years we kind of got worn out buying the food and filling the feeders as they could empty them in a day easily. So now that we don’t have the feeders there is not as much bird poop on the deck. Except from our wayward cardinal. If in Italian legend a bird pecking on your window means that something needs to be brought to your attention we must be very dense as we obviously have not figured out what the message is for 3 plus years. lol What does it mean when the bird is flinging himself against your window? That he is a bird brain and what he sees is not another bird but his own reflection? Duh! Cardinals are pretty but like the legendary Hollywood starlet-not many brains.
That inversion table is like something that they might have had in a medieval torture chamber. lol I guess it’s a toss up between feeling dizzy and having your back feel better. Maybe he should practice being upside down by doing some somersaults before he gets on there. That would be interesting. Poor guy is just trying to get relief from his back pain and I’m making fun of him. Bad Gail!
I hope you get those back splash guys over there first thing. Bug them until they get it done.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #41031

Hi Colleen,
It’s nice when the teenagers get a summer job and earn some money for themselves. I think it’s a good lesson in responsibility. I know it’s hard when the kids start driving as teenagers-it is kind of a leap of faith to let them go but by the same token it was nice not to have to drive them everywhere. I hope that Kylie’s dad will eventually realize that she is going to grow up no matter what he does. It’s hard to let go and watch them grow but by the same token that’s what we want for them too. It’s hard being a parent sometimes.
Greg looked it up on the internet and it says it’s common to feel dizzy when you start using the table. We’ll see what happens. Maybe he will use it or maybe it will be another thing that ends up in the basement. It was kind of like a comedy act around here today. lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

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Dianne,
I get the Current catalog. I used to buy paper and cards from them. I will have to check out the catalog as I really don’t look at it much anymore.
I hope that your weather cools off soon.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40970

Hey Adele,
You should be here now-you would be in hysterics. So Greg gets this inversion table thing for his back all put together and he is trying it out and he has me in there guiding his feet so he just doesn’t go back over too fast until he gets the thing adjusted to his height and weight. It’s like the blind leading the blind and meanwhile Rocky is just laying in his dog bed watching us like we are both nuts and he’s just hoping this weird thing doesn’t tip over and fall on him. Who needs to go to the carnival-we have it right here in our family room! lol Meanwhile he says it feels good on his back but it makes him dizzy and a little sick to his stomach. Now he’s telling me it’s my turn and I’m saying no way-I’ll stick to the stationary bike. This is what happens when you take medical advice from your golfing buddies. lol I’m afraid he’s going to tip over and break some bones. Holy crap!!!
As for Rocky he has heart problems now and has been put on medications to make his heart work more efficiently and also the lasix to keep fluids from building up. After all he is 17 years old which is probably somewhat equivalent to a person in their 90’s-and probably most people around that age have some sort of weakening of the heart muscle. We just want to keep him happy as long as we can and we realize that at this time every day is a blessing. But he still gets around good and although he doesn’t like to snuggle as he once did he still enjoys a good back scratch and a scratch behind the ears-he still has a good quality of life and is a happy little boy. (although he did try to take the vets nose off when he went to draw blood) When the dogs get older they don’t have the tolerance to be messed with that they once did and you can’t really blame them. Anyway, hopefully he will do well on the meds.
So I just wanted to tell you about the crazy happenings at our house today.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40928

Hi Colleen,
I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. It is so hard when people that we ran and played with when we were growing up pass away. It makes us feel the fragility of life. I have lost some cousins over the last few years also and it just makes you think about your dwindling family. I like your mother’s idea of staying around as long as she has. She’s smart!
How nice that your granddaughter got a job at the movies. She must be excited-is that Brooklyn or Kylie? I forget which is older. It will be nice if she would get the license and be able to take herself places. Usually the country kids get a license as soon as they turn 16-I know our kids did. It was so nice when I didn’t have to drive to town sometimes 3 or 4 times a day for school or sports or meetings or picking up or dropping off friends. It’s practically a necessity out here.
You know what I do with my old sets of storage bowls. I save them and when the kids want to take leftovers home I use those and then I don’t care if I never get them back and just use the lock and lock for our own stuff. I have also given them lock and lock as gifts-very nice and not too expensive.
I have to split up my housework too. Usually upstairs one day and downstairs another. I used to be able to do it all in no time but not anymore.
I’m wondering if you got your Dans mixed up. Dan Hughes got chased by the goose-Dan Wheeler lost his wife. At least he’s the only one as far as I know. I’m sure if someone else knows different they will let me know-I hope.
Guess what, Colleen, Friday evening I look out the back window and there is a calf running around in our back yard. Now I know our neighbor has a steer/calf in his pasture so I figure it must be his but I don’t know his name or phone number as he is kind of new around here. And I don’t want to walk over there and tell him as it’s not a small calf-so i figured Greg should be close to home from the golf outing so i call him to tell him to watch out for the calf when he drives up the road. So he goes over next door when he gets home 15 minutes later but no ones home. Meanwhile the calf goes back in his pasture on his own but Greg finds a fence rail down so he gets a hammer and fixes the fence. I am so glad that the darn thing didn’t go smash the garden as you well know that those hooves will just churn up the ground. The guy behind us used to have steers that would get into our yard and Greg would just about have a coronary as if the ground was wet they would just chop it up. Plus now we have the putting green which could be demolished by livestock out there. Anyway, you know from the buffalo what kind of damage can be done. The calf was kind of cute though as sometimes it would just take off and run in a circle and kick up it’s heels. lol
It’s a little over cast today. Not sure if it’s going to rain or not. Greg’s out golfing so hope it holds off til they are done at least.
Gail

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