[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104577

Hi Colleen,
I hope your computer doesn’t go out again.
Yes, I think young people don’t write letters. They probably email and text and Facebook message people. Letter writing will be a thing of the past.
Yes, Brent spent part of Thanksgivings at Tenasha’s house and then he had to go to work. so he wasn’t alone which was good.
So he calls me yesterday and tells me he has been robbed. Someone broke into his shed where he keeps his tools stored and stole every last one which is probably thousands of dollars worth of tools. He has tools for working on cars and he does woodworking so he has woodworking tools and some other specialty tools. I know he has a lot as he fixes a lot of things himself. I feel so bad for him-it breaks my heart. He doesn’t have renters insurance so unless they can find the person before he gets rid of the tools he is just out of luck. They suspect that it might be the person who rented the house before him as he just got out of jail and he is a dope addict so he is probably looking for ways to get money to buy drugs.
I hope you like your new fridge. Now Ron will have something to do-he will be feeling the sides again to check up on it.
When will Melissa be arriving? Will Danyielle and the kids be spending the holidays with her boyfriends family.
Now that we have met the mysterious Ricky, lol, I have to find out whether he will be here at Christmas and get him something too.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104437

Hi Adele,
Actually Brent did fine over Thanksgiving-it’s six years now so the pain isn’t quite as bad. He worked that day but before he went to the new girlfriends house and there was family there so he wasn’t alone and lonely-those are the things I worry about. He phoned when we were at Jenny’s so everyone got to talk to him. He was invited to Kim’s daughter’s wedding but wasn’t able to attend. I know Brent has kept in contact with her.
Yes, the deaths around holidays are just a little extra bad-especially if unexpected. Your Dad Died Dec. 23 and my Mom died Dec. 20th-her funeral was Christmas Eve and we flew home Christmas day and went straight from the air port to Greg’s Mom’s house. It’s kind of all a blur still.
Last night we stayed with the kids so Jenny could go to a wreath making party. I had brought a new game over but only Piper wanted to play it so she Greg and I played. Kendall is getting to the age where she wants to be in her room a lot and just pops her head out now and then to say a few words or get something to eat. Poor Ricky usually goes to the gym on Friday nights but he was sick with a cough but Jenny told him he had to stay in the bedroom because I have a compromised immune system and can’t take a flu shot so I couldn’t be around him. I said I felt bad for him but Jenny said she gave him strict instructions to stay away from us. lol
Well I’m done ordering stuff now hopefully everything will arrive before Christmas-I’ve already gotten some things delivered but I have one thing for Lachlan that I’m not sure will make it so I may have to run out last minute. I hope not. today I had gotten a notification from Etsy that an item had been delivered and I was looking all around the house, porch, by the garage and it just wasn’t there. It was for Greg and i was upset as I figured it got delivered to someone else and I didn’t know if I’d ever see it again. Well fortunately it got delivered to out neighbor across the street and he called and said that he had it. Tragedy averted. lol
Haven’t started decorating yet am getting the last of the fall things put away this weekend and than after that I will be a decorating fool. Jenny already had her’s all done the day after Thanksgiving. Piper laughs at me and tells me to get busy. Plus sometime in the next couple of weeks the guys will be coming to install the new fire place insert. That’s kind of our present to each other this year. Greg’s always cold so we are replacing the fireplace with a woodburning stove. They just install it right into your fireplace so it doesn’t stick out or anything it’s just more efficient than a fireplace.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104435

Hi Barbara, It sounds like you had a wonderful time with Colin. Those little ones can wear a person out quickly. I know I’m tired if I am around our grands most of the day. Who would of ever thought that when we were young and juggled houses kids, work and a million other things. When I watch Jenny and all she does sometimes I am just amazed. Will you get to see Colin at all over the Christmas holidays? That could be too much traveling in such a short time span, I guess. But at least they are closer and you can see them more frequently than when they were in California.
Yes I remember the days when I could wander the mall just for the heck of it. Now I get tired of the walking and the people. I’m a crabby old lady!
That’s nice that Piper and your MIL have the same birthday. It’s so close to Christmas-I’m glad that kids will be able to make it to her party. Last night she was showing me the tablecloths and the candles for her party and the two swim suits and the robe that she was going to take to the pool. I like the way she needed two-I guess the birthday girl may need a costume change during the party. lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104267

Colleen,
I was thinking about a gift for your visiting service man. I was thinking about a basket of goodies-like beef jerky-those salami sticks-cheese sticks, nuts, some candies, granola bars, those cheese and peanut butter crackers a couple bottles of flavored water etc. Just a thought as it seems like most young men like to snack. It’s nice that you are giving him a substitute home over the holidays. That’s what it’s all about.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104265

Hi Adele,
It sounds like Steph is really taking good advantage of her license. I’ll bet having it really gives her a sense of independence and freedom and I’ll bet she feels better about herself because of it.
Ricky seems nice enough-it’s hard to tell from just one day-although he got there right before we left on Friday night too-so I guess he will be around
Wow! I didn’t know that you were having a storm. I’m glad that your power went back on. Poor Tillie-stranded in the chair! I never thought about that. MY MIL had one here but I guess she was never in it when the power was out-fortunately.
I was an ordering fool over the weekend once I got some hints from the kids-so I think I’m about done shopping. I can’t tell you what a godsend online shopping is. I get really worn out going out to shop anymore so this helps so much being able to shop from my couch. I do miss the spirit of being in the stores a bit but I guess if I really miss it that much I can take a day and just go out and window shop. Another thing is you never know when the weather might interfere with a planned shopping day so it’s nice not to have to deal with that either. The older I get the less i like to walk around in the snow and Ice as I am afraid of falling. The sun is out today so that is nice although it seems at this time of year it’s already darkening by three. I look forward to Piper’s birthday on the 21st as after that the days start to lengthen again. I don’t know how the people in Alaska do it with days of just a few hours of daylight.
When is Hanukkah this year?
I was thinking it has been six years this year six Kim died and she died on November 28th-so it was Thanksgiving Day when she died and Thanksgiving was on the 28th again this year. I wonder how her folks are doing. We never really knew them as they lived in a totally different place from us. Plus they never even came to Brent and Kim’s wedding which I never quite forgave them for. It was just Brent and Kim and us and their witnesses in the park but i was still mad that they didn’t come. It was in NM so we had to fly out there too. I think maybe it was her third marriage so they didn’t care that much but it was still our son’s first and probably only marriage if she had lived-so I kind of resented that. Oh well. They were a bit different anyway.
Kim’s oldest daughter got married last summer. That’s so hard to believe. I hope she will be happy. Kim really raised three nice girls.
I think shortly after Kim died was when Barbara’s DIL now Lisa got into that really bad accident. So glad that she recovered from that.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104261

Sue,
I’m glad that you didn’t get much snow. Often we don’t use all the bread and milk before it goes bad either.
I remember those days at my MIL’s of washing and drying endless numbers of dishes by hand. Fortunately we have a dishwasher and don’t have to do that anymore. However, even that can be time consuming when there are a lot of people there. I think we have all deferred to paper plates in order to be able to spend more time with our family and friends. We like to have more time for fun! Plus when most of the company is kids they could care less what they eat on or even about the food at all. Especially at Christmas. That way we can eat and go back to playing games, or watching videos and just spending family time together.
How did Penn State do this year? We don’t pay much attention to college ball except for Illinois or Wisconsin. We still follow Harvard high football and they have done awful the last several years. They were actually pretty good when our kids were in school. but since then the coach retired and i think he had a lot to do with the winning teams. Of course we follow the Bears and they have been pretty mediocre this year. Sad to say. We Bears fans would love to be spoiled like Adele and have a winning football team year after year after year. The kids from Boston will grow up thinking that the Patriots are in the Super Bowl every year-they will be surprised when they are not. lol
Did you decide what to do about the wreath?
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104219

Hi Colleen,
I got quite a bit of cyber shopping done over the weekend. Hoping to finish things up today. this year i am having several things shipped directly to Brent instead of shipping them here and then shipping back to him. Although I have a few things from home to send him too.
Did you have a good Thanksgiving? Hopefully Mandy didn’t have to work. We’ll have to find out if Adele finally used paper plates. We have been on a crusade to get her to use them and lessen the work.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104217

Hi DD,
I’ll bet you and Snowball will have some fun adventures with the Christmas decorations. It’s funny. Some of our cats used to try and bat the balls hanging towards the bottom of the tree and others could have cared less about the whole deal. We had one cat that no one but us ever saw because as soon as someone outside the family came into the house she would run and hide under a bed. She was such a nice cat too and very pretty. She was gray with white paws and her name was Dixie. People called her our phantom cat. lol Many of our cats were strays that just found us-one always remained feral and never set foot in the house but most were indoor outdoor cats. We had one that was supposed to be strictly indoor and she was always the one who would sneak out. I think if I ever had another cat (which I can’t since Greg is now allergic) I would have a strictly indoor cat as there are too many coyotes and such out this way now.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2019 #104190

Hi Sue,
Maybe you could just use the wreath without lights. Or maybe you can add a string of fairy lights and hide the battery box in the greenery.
Let us know how much snow that you get.
I love the cute pictures of animals too. I had a really cute one with three guinea pigs in Christmas hats but this site wouldn’t let me post it. The same with the month of December picture that I had picked out. Don’t know why some will post and some won’t. I still wish we could cut and paste here.
Gail

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