Hi Adele,
I hope Heather is getting some movement back and doesn’t get too frustrated about it.
I’m sure she wants to be moving and doing-especially at this time of year.
Gary should get that xray as he could have pneumonia and that would need a different antibiotic. Although it does take us longer to shake things at this age too.
Yes, Kendall…[Read more]

Hi DD,
I did watch the Light Fight show. I’m always amazed at how time consuming doing that must be. So you have seen the million lights place in person. That’s cool. Is there a lot of traffic past there constantly. I wonder how the other people in the neighborhood feel about it. I do enjoy watching that show though.
Good thinking to get the…[Read more]

Barbara,
I hope Jerry feels better soon. Do you have to cross the Smokey Mountains to get to Neal’s. That is never my favorite part of any trip either. I am just not a mountain person. I am a Flatlander and proud of it. That’s what the Wisconsin people call us here in Illinois. lol
Well Sarah knows she needs you guys to watch Colin and you know it…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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December Quacker chat is up!

Hi Everyone,
This is the last day of November. tomorrow I will start a new page for us. wow! where did the time go? Plus there is like six days less between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. i will really have to work like a draft horse to get my Fall decorations down and away, my Christmas decor up, cards sent, shopping done, things wrapped…[Read more]

Hi Adele,
I am so glad that the visiting doctor turned out so well. It sounds like a great situation.
I hope Gary is feeling better. Hopefully there will be more nice days where you can get the blow ups put out.
Well Hannah won-here’s the positive spin that me (Gail Pollyanna) are putting on it. I don’t think her pro – Alan- has ever won before…[Read more]

Sue,
We are supposed to get strong winds tomorrow-and rain. Better than snow in my book.
Gail

Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone had a good weekend.
Barbara, I hope little Colin is there and you and Jerry are spending lots of time with him. That’s definitely something to be thankful for.
DD, I like those old fashioned holiday pictures. It reminds me of the cards and decorations we had when I was a kid. I just loved the old bubble lights when I…[Read more]

HI Colleen,
I’m with you I like to leave the Christmas decorations up for a long time. I have left them up until the end of January before-just to light up all the dark. It’s too much work putting everything up to take them right down after Christmas-plus it’s still the holiday season at least until New Years or to the epiphany.
You are doing…[Read more]