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in reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40598
Hi Dianne,
Your Memorial Day picnic sounded good and I’ll bet Kay really appreciated it.
Gee I wonder who was trying to sneak on your lap when you were typing. lol
Love the picture of you and Jewell.
Gailin reply to: June-The Official Start of Summer #40596Hi Adele,
Well you do have one crazy week ahead. I hope they get that back splash in at Lowe’s for you. I know that you do not want to wait til July to get your redo completed. When you get something like that done you want to be able to see the finished product right away.
I’ll be over for the opening of the pool. I have tried so hard to get Greg to put in a pool but he will just not go for it. I thought when we rented the house in Florida with the pool and he saw how much everyone enjoyed it that maybe that might be the swaying point but no luck. Whenever, I bring up the subject he points to the koi pond and tells me-there’s my pool-and I tell him that I don’t want to be swimming with the fishes. lol The problem is he doesn’t want an above ground pool and the others are so much more expensive. I would be happy with anything-above ground-in ground.
Did your big group all drive out to Vegas? That would be a long drive from the east coast. Vegas is a place unlike no other. Talk about a place that never sleeps!
I guess I have read so much during my life and I have always been curious to see many of the places that I have read about. I wish we could have traveled more while we were younger as now I no longer have the ability to walk all over the place to see the things that i would like to see. You don’t think about those things when you are young. You think you will be able to do whatever you want forever.
Hope you got all the things in the cabinets covered and that you found the plumber. Just think, after all is said and done you will have a pretty new kitchen and it will all be worth it.
GailStarted a new topic for June. See you all there.
Hi Colleen,
We have been to some of those mystery dinners. They were really popular for a while and then they just kind of fizzled out. Who knows-maybe they will come back again.
Well Greg did golf again yesterday and he finished so that was good. He is still going to therapy and doing exercises at home so hopefully he is getting better. I know it takes time. And it is hard to know what might reaggravate it again. I spoke too soon. I found out that there are no ex pro ball players golfing this year. I guess because they have to pay them and ONP wants to save that money this year. Anyway, Greg will be going with his normal foursome in any case-except one guy is sending a substitute as he can’t attend since his wife is having shoulder replacement surgery tomorrow and she will need him at home on Friday. That’s the people that we went to dinner and a concert with a couple of weeks ago. None of the wives go and watch as it would be pretty boring for non golfers-some go to the dinner afterwards but I just stay home as it is a distance away and I can stay home and get some things accomplished around here-or just stay in and read and watch TV and play around on my tablet-who knows.
We stayed home yesterday too and barbecued chicken and had fresh asparagus and watermelon. Sounds like a good summer meal to me plus we have quite a few pieces of chicken left for lunches this week.
I did go back and get the cherry outfit. It was too cute to resist. I’m glad that we’re making you think about trying new things. I think you will look very cute in the beige with the palm trees. Now the next thing is we have to break you away from the neutral colors and get you to wear a pair of bright pink DJ’s. lol Like that’s gonna happen…right. It’s fun to break out of our comfort zones every once in a while. I’ll tell you one thing-it usually surprises the heck out of our husbands when we do that.
I hope that you enjoyed your time with Aliza today and that you didn’t have to drive in the rain.
GailHi Barbara,
We were here by ourselves for Memorial Day too. I’m sure Jenny would have come over if we invited her but it was kind of nice to have a peaceful day where I was just curled up with a book and Greg was working on the garden. As time goes by you will get used to the quiet and may even come to enjoy it. When our kids grew up I looked at it as a time for Greg and I to reconnect and do things together again. When the kids are growing up everything seems to revolve around them and it was nice to reconnect and rediscover what drew us together in the first place and then continue to grow from there in our new circumstances in life. We missed that. Maybe we were a little different though because we were married 8 years before any kids came along and so we looked forward to having those times to ourselves again.
I will definitely say some prayers for Joey and Lisa as they transition into this new phase of their lives. It’s hard to move on when the love is gone as no one likes to leave behind the familiar. However, I am glad that the decision has been made for them to move on separately and to have the opportunity to find a lasting love with someone else. I know that you are hurting for the both of them. It is so sad to have your heart broken-you feel like no one else has ever suffered that pain as much as you-however-we all also know that we do get over it and sometimes the best thing is waiting right around the corner and we will find it when we are not looking and when we least expect it. And don’t be sorry for needing to share your pain and confusion. We are all here to help and to lend an ear. I just feel that the future will hold someone special for Joey. All you can do is be there to love and to listen.
I have never been on a cruise but i do know that they have some pretty good meds for motion sickness now. I don’t think that you have to leave the boat when they stop at ports of call-I guess it depends on if there is something at that port that you want to see or do. As to what happens with storms at sea, I’m not really sure. If you are interested in cruising but don’t want to go out mid ocean there are cruises up the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, or through the Panama canal or the Alaskan cruises sound beautiful. I always look at those European river cruises and they look so nice. Greg’s business partner did one in Russia a couple of years ago and just did one in Europe recently and he said the food was absolutely gourmet. Of course they have been all over the world just like our friends Tim and Nan. I always dreamed of traveling to all the places that I had read about in books but I wish I could have done it while we were young and I had the stamina. I am not a very good traveler anymore-so I guess I will have to content myself with seeing the parts of the country that I have not yet seen when Greg retires. Who knows I might show up on everyone’s door step in several more years. lol
Greg is getting better about getting help with projects that he can no longer take on. He used to have to do everything and he is finally realizing that he just can’t.
I think last year they said that they would no longer be having Black Hills gold shows at all on QVC. It’s sad to see the old vendors fall by the wayside. I have some pieces-not all from the Q and I think they actually get prettier with wear. I have a ring with some little diamonds that go across it diagonally that i got from Greg and I wear on my right hand ring finger next to a small Black Hills Gold rose ring on my pinky. Wearing pinky rings on both hands has kind of been my signature since I was about 20 years old so i have done it for a long time. Anyway, I wear those two rings a lot and i think they are prettier now than when they were new. The rose pinky ring has been replaced with a (wait for it) butterfly ring that i had made up last year with a diamond from a pendant of my Mom’s-so that ring now has a really special place in my heart because it’s like carrying a piece of my Mom with me.
Anyway, Barbara, this is a year of transitions for your family-just remember there are wonderful things in your future. When you are feeling a little sad and confused just put on the song “It’s a Wonderful World” and you will brighten your day.
GailBy the way, Adele, I loved your cruise story. You wanted your Dad to send a helicopter!!! lol lol lol That just cracked me up. By the way I don’t think any cruise lines will be asking you for an endorsement any time soon. lol You really don’t like to venture far from home,do you?
GailHi Adele,
We don’t use stuff in our yard but there is a farm field on one side of us and whatever they use to kill the weeds in the field has killed a whole row of our old fashioned lilac bushes that we transplanted from our old house. Those were my favorites too as I think the old fashioned lilacs both smell and look better than the newer varieties.
I actually went kind of conservative and had a mini chateaubriand,Greg had mussels, Tim had three different kinds of tuna and Nan had salmon in a puff pastry. Tim is really good friends with this man who is a French Chef so he is really into the French foods plus he took some classes in French cooking also.
I do have the patriotic butterfly shirt. I also have a short set from last year with a patriotic heart, star and butterfly across the front of the shirt. I wore that yesterday. You know this will be a good summer for our patriotic stuff as we also have the summer Olympics coming up and we can wear our shirts and root for the USA.
Greg likes to get the grills put together already now too. He is finally beginning to understand the value of letting someone else do some of the work. I never thought I would see that happen. It’s not even so much a matter of pride with him although there is some of that involved I’m sure-it’s just that he thought he should do everything while I’m of the opinion that sometimes if you can afford it let someone else do it and you will have more time for the things that you really like to do.
Thank goodness that you have some cookies left for Aizen. I think he is turning into a little mini cookie monster like Uncle Bobby. lol It’s probably because your cookies are so darn good.
Speaking of grills Greg just mentioned that if I saw a Grill Daddy to pick one up for him. I guess it’s a steam cleaner for your grill grates. Has anyone tried one of those?
GailHi Barbara,
Sounds like you guys had a lively dinner. I would have to be really full to pass up a sundae. lol
Thanks for the birthday greeting for Rocky. We did have a special day for him with lots of treats. He is such a sweet little guy. Every day with him is a gift.
So what is the new bedtime reading? You know whenever anyone mentions “book” my ears go up like a dogs. lol
I’m so glad that Jerry pointed out that now it’s your time to look forward and do things without having the responsibilities of work and family. That’s what retirement should be-a joyous new beginning to think about not what was but what will be. It seems I have read many books set in the Outer Banks so it must be beautiful. I picture you and Jerry and his Mom lazing away the day on the beach and then going out for a delicious seafood dinner in the evenings.
Have a peaceful, happy day.
GailHi Sue,
I hope the dizziness is gone today. That really is an awful feeling.
I hope that you get that AC unit in soon too. Hot weather will be coming. And it will be nice after working in no AC to come home to cooler temps.
I hope the rest of your long weekend will go well.
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