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Hi Adele,
Gary is funny-what difference does it make if he likes the salesman or not? Maybe that is his passive/aggressive way of getting you not to spend the money. I guess he hasn’t learned that doesn’t work yet. lol
The doctor did talk to Greg about getting some prednisone but they want to avoid that if possible because in some people it brings up blood sugar which he does not need. So he has muscle relaxers, pain pills and therapy to see how that works. He seems to be a bit better.
I noticed that the woman in the one commercial is young too. Like those old guys could even get a woman like her anyway-unless they had lots of money. lol Here’s what I want to know-what kind of a world do we live in where it’s more important to put the research money into getting an old guy an erection than it is to cure breast cancer. You know a guy had to have been in charge of that research. Plus many of the older wives probably were just as happy without the viagra. Just sayin.
Okay that’s enough of that.
Hope that you got to visit with JJ. I think our kids only have a week and a half of school left-how about you?
GailHi Sue,
I see posters on the QVC site have said similar things about Caroline only over there they have moderators that poof the post and probably Carolyn would never see it anyway. Some people just are not happy unless they are tearing someone else down. I guess they don’t feel very good about themselves so they pick on someone else when they can do it anonymously. Poor Carolyn-she doesn’t need that kind of grief. I’m glad that everyone came to her defense-that shows that there are more good people than bad in this world.
GailHi Adele,
Greg has been icing and taking Advil since the Chiro told him to do that but when he gets in bed he’s miserable. I told him to try sleeping in his recliner last night. Not sure how that worked yet as he is in the shower.
Even if I recorded a video of Piper I can’t post it here. We used to be able to post videos but we can’t anymore-although they can post Quacker videos.
Greg is like Gary about prices too except if it’s something he wants like a car, or boat or tools etc. He’s just out of touch with what stuff really costs. Probably because I have paid all the bills for the last 40 plus years. I keep telling him he should raise the rents at the apartments as everything else there goes up every year and we haven’t raised rents in ten years-I’ll bet. It definitely is not a big money making deal over there and he has to spend the time on maintaining it. If the real estate market ever gets strong again I think we should sell it.
That’s funny that Gary won’t throw out the uncomfortable underwear-they probably just sit in the drawer anyway. A lot of time I have to point out to Greg that he needs to throw out the ones where the elastic is tearing. Men!
Hey-I remember Jacquie Gonzales talking about being a bra fitter too. I have often heard that most women are wearing the wrong size bra-I probably am too. I’ve often thought that I should go in for a fitting just for the heck of it. I can’t believe that woman loved that dress so much that she bought it anyway even though it was not the right size and then wanted to stuff herself into it by wearing the corset etc.-that would just not be worth it to me at this stage in my life comfort is king. I won’t even wear spanx anymore and those are a lot more comfortable than the old fashioned girdles that we used to have to wear yeas ago just to hold our nylons up. Remember that? Here we were all skinny little high school girls wearing these big old heavy girdles so we could attach nylons to the garters-although I guess we sometimes used garter belts too-now those are only used as lingerie. It’s funny they were talking about that stuff on The View the other week and only Whoopie and Joy remembered that stuff as the rest are too young and then when Whoopie started talking about attaching sanitary napkins to a belt they really had no idea what she was talking about. It’s funny that just a generation later women don’t know about that. Do you all remember that? Also when you went into the drug store to buy sanitary napkins they box was wrapped in a paper bag and it might not have even been on the shelf-it may have been behind the counter. Can you imagine! Talk about public shaming-it was something that concerned all women of a certain age but yet it was literally kept under wraps. What a difference from today when all that stuff is advertised on TV in addition to Cialis and Viagra-at least now the men are getting equal time-whether they like it or not. lol Can someone please tell me what two people sitting on a beach in claw foot tubs has to do with erectile dysfunction? lol Is there something that I don’t know? I keep on telling Greg that we should put two tubs like that out facing our pond. lol
I checked and the name of that school that Jenny’s niece and nephew go to in Washington is called The Waldorf School. I see they have one in Pennsylvania so I’ll bet they have them in Mass. too.
Your turkey sounded good. I just did that a couple of weeks ago and it hit the spot. We had Chinese take out yesterday and hot dogs on the grill on Saturday. I don’t know what’s going on-we used to go out a lot more for dinner on the weekend. I am slacking off. lol Can’t believe I didn’t get anything from the Quacker show yesterday. I really am slacking off! lol Wonder what the TSV will be?
GailHi Colleen,
The pizza birthday party sounded like fun and I’ll bet the kids had a good time. I love those little baby smiles and laughs-there is nothing else like it in the world. That’s funny that Kaylee couldn’t see the bunny and thought the animal was a deer.
Kendall and Lachlan are fine. I think Lachlan is so used to being surrounded by girls that he doesn’t even think about it much. Plus his cousin Finn lives two doors down and he plays with him and he and Kendall play with the neighbor boy Tony so he does get to be around boys sometime. lol
I will blame the cold spring on Ron-it’s as good an excuse as any.
That’s good that Amanda will trade off baby sitting with you. That is a long drive back and forth especially if there is traffic. I still have a couple weeks of babysitting left until Adam is off of work.
Wow! I’m glad that we are not traveling anywhere right now. The lines going through security at O’Hare Airport are huge. I guess there is a big TSA shortage. I wonder what is going on. Greg says they need more people at his work too and are having a hard time hiring or getting people from the temp service. I thought there was a lot of people still looking for work.
I hope the temps will warm up this week. It’s hard to believe we are still running heat. A lot of times we have the air on by now. Well I suppose we will go from 30 to 90 when the weather decides to change.
GailHi Colleen,
That Aliza sounds so cute. I think she already has you wrapped around her finger. That’s funny that she wanted to stay in her bed when you were there. Was there someplace for you to sit down in her room. I hope so.
I am getting a babysitting vacation for the month of June as Adam will be on vacation most of the month.
It frosted here last night and yesterday there were snow flurries. This is May!
We are not doing much of anything this weekend. Greg’s back has been bothering him and I just have chores to do.
Have fun on your day off from baby sitting tomorrow.
GailHi Adele,
Oh my gosh. I can’t believe that you have a robin bashing against your window. I hope it doesn’t hang around for the next three years like our cardinal.
Speaking of birds-a bird had built a nest and laid eggs right on the swing set at Jenny’s house. The kids were all excited to see the babies and when Jenny got home from work on Friday the babies were gone. They were there in the morning and gone by afternoon. She doesn’t know what happened but figures some animal got them. The nest was in such a wide open spot that it was probably easy for any kind of predator to scoop in and get the babies. At least if a nest is in a tree it is hidden a little bit in the branches. It was sad.
The argument is quartz vs. granite. I want the quartz as you don’t have to do that resealing stuff as I know it will never get done. For some strange reason Greg likes granite better. I figure why not get the stuff that is easier to maintain-and it is not porous so it is actually better for a kitchen for that reason-just for the sake of sanitation.
Now Piper has a new thing. When she sings and dances at the very end she stops and bows her head down and then we have to clap and cheer-I also like to shout encore-encore. Oh she was so hysterical on Friday night-i wished I had a movie camera with me-although I guess I could have used my phone. She put on quite the show. I will have to write down the words to some of these songs so that I can quote them as my memory is not good anymore. lol
They still do have Montessori schools if that’s what you were thinking. Although I’m not sure how “free spirited” they are anymore. Jenny’s MIL was telling me about the school that her grandkids go to in Washington state-I wish I could remember the name as I wanted to research them. They have to learn all kinds of stuff besides regular academics like sewing, crocheting, playing a stringed instrument etc. It sounded like what years ago was considered a “classical” education except the boys also have to learn the sewing and such too. I wanted to read more about these schools so I will have to ask her the name again when I see her next. I don’t know if they have them all over or just on the west coast.
Years ago I worked as an aide in an open classroom. It was a program to see if the kids in that atmosphere were more creative than kids in regular classrooms. It was a big open room with “pods” for 4th, 5th and 6th graders. They had their core subjects and then they could sign up for electives. We aides even got to think of and run some of the elective classes. There were three teachers-two aides and there was a different student teacher each semester. It was definitely an interesting experience. I’m not really sure if the students ended up being more creative that year or not-it’s hard to test for creativity although I remember that they did.
Poor Greg is having such a hard time with his back right now. He has sciatica and he did something to aggravate it and has been to the chiropractor three times this week. The biggest problem is that he can’t sleep at night. I think he’s going back to the doctor again this week to see what she says. I know back problems can be so chronic and sometimes there’s not much to be done about them either so I feel bad for him. He just doesn’t know quite where to put himself.
GailHi Barbara,
If you get that little cradle I hope that they like it. I know Jenny used it a lot for all three kids.
I think that would be so cute if you can get a picture of the baby on his first birthday in the same little sailor outfit that his Daddy wore. That would be the most precious picture. I still had the first teddy bear and the first doll that Brent and Jenny were given by my parents when they were born that I gave to each of them when they got married.
How nice of Jerry to bring a try of cheese and crackers for your dinner. When we have pizza or finger foods we sit in our easy chairs and eat too. I enjoy that. I could eat like that all the time but I know that after working all day Greg enjoys a sit down bigger meal still.
GailHi Dianne,
I’m not on Facebook but I do read the QVC forums and there is also a lot of complaining about certain hosts on there. Although now they have moderators on there who will remove posts or even whole topics if things get out of hand. I really feel that some people just like to complain about everything and anything. I feel like you do-if you don’t like it just change the channel but there is no cause to say unkind things about people. Plus Carolyn Gracie seems like such a nice down to earth woman who has just had a very tough past year. I don’t understand the need to be uncharitable towards someone in that way. I always remember what my mother said “if you can’t say anything nice about anyone-don’t say anything at all.” Or-“try walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.”
Fortunately on this site we have all gotten along and we make sure that we are here to support each other.
We actually had a frost this morning and a few snow flurries yesterday. In May! It’s a good thing our rototiller is still being repaired otherwise we would have had the garden in. At least it’s sunny today-even though the heat is still running.
GailHey Barbara,
I asked Jenny and the name of the cradle was a Fisher Price Rock and Play. She had the basic model which I am attaching a picture of here-but now they have fancier models that play music and such too. -
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