[adele shanbar]

in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145379

Amen to that, Gailster!!

[adele shanbar]

in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145375

Thank you Colleen.
Same back to you

I hope everyone has a good day. I’m still in bed. No rush to get up cause I have nothing to do. Lol. The Minnions have it all covered.

Love you guys!!
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145340

Hello my sweet DD
I’m so glad to hear from you. Your kind and gentle words are much appreciated. You always make me smile
I started the thank you’s tonight. Gat hardly any fine because I add a personal note in all of them.
I hope you feel better. Nothing worst than a holiday when you’re too sick to enjoy it. Please take care of yourself and call for an antibiotic before the holiday weekend if you need one!
My poor belly started to go nuts tonight. It was just a matter of time until that happened. I’m back on crackers with peanut butter. Oh well
Hope you have a good Thanksgiving
Have you heard anything about your friends or cousins?
Love. Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145330

Hey Gailster
I am making nothing for Thanksgiving. Lol. The Minnions have gathered and are doing everything Bobby is buying pies, and nobody is complaining. He is also getting mini pastries.
They voted on chicken cause they are all not fans of turkey. Gary would have insisted on some kind of turkey!
Amanda and Bobby are making: chicken, mashed potato, cauliflower/broccoli casserole, can corn, and setting the table with paper products!!!!
Marissa is making 2 batches of baked macaroni, and the sweet potato casserole. Steph is making her cheesy mashed potatoes, and an apple crisp.
Pina is doing the lasagna and eggplant parm
We’re having 14 for dinner, not the usual 17. I pray we don’t lose anymore before Christmas
Or next year!!
I’m excited about everyone pitching in. So glad they have the sense of family I tried to instill in all of them over the years
Sad part will be, there is nobody to light up the outside of the house for Thanksgiving night. Or out out the Nutcrackers or Santa by the front door. That was Gary’s thing. The house was all fired up for Thanksgiving night. That may never happen again, and it will break my heart. No tree has been taken down from the attic. I will put the candles in the window, and I got a real wreath from a school fund raiser.
JJ said he’ll get the trees down for me. He reminded me he’s strong enough to do those things. Lol
For now, he is here. I hope he stays cause if he left too, my heart would be broken. I do look forward to him coming home from school and having someone to eat with. I would be devastated if he left right now.
Steph wants him home, but said….how can I take him back now? I’m grateful she is letting him stay
It is what it us, as I say. Make sure you don’t waste one minute with Greg. Not one
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145292

Hey Gailster
Not one thank you done. Just couldn’t. I will do them today. Need to put it behind me.
He’s been gone for 2 weeks. It feels like an eternity. Fridays are the worst cause it was our special day if the week. No work. Takeout. Watching Blue Bloods. I add Jed JJ to vine out if his room ( you know how teens are) cause I needed to see a human. Lol. He watched a show on Netflix with me…. The Queens Gambit. He thought I’d like it. I did.
We’re having mashed pota, sweet pota casserole, broccoli/cauliflower casserole, corn, Mac snd cheese, stuffing, eggplant parm, and lasagna. Pina making the Italian. Marissa Mac and cheese, and Amsnda snd Bobby the rest
We’re having chicken no Turkey
I have his ashes. I’ll attach a pic of urns. Big one snd tiny one. I can’t believe he’s in there. I really hate this. I lost my best friend snd biggest cheerleader. I don’t know how I get up every morning, but I just do
Happy Turkey prep!!
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145229

Hi Gailster
We made chicken soup. It’s almost done. Then de-bone the chicken.
Only Marissa came to make it. Jhonny has a day off today. Steph us coming with him and Aizen after they pick him up from school
Aizen is having a hard time. So, I bought a couple of children’s books on death of a grandparent or loved one. I will read them with him. Got a couple for Santino too because he keeps saying Papa is in the hospital. Santino freaked when I coughed while I was cutting the onions. I realized he was afraid because zGary was coughing so much before he went into the hospital. I told him not to worry, Nans is coughing because of the onions and pepper. Poor kid. If anyone coughs he must feel he won’t see them again. This is so hard in everyone. He was loved That’s a good thing for his soul, but kind of sucks for the rest of us!
I’ll be starting the thank you’s over the weekend. That will keep me busy
Luv u
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145202

Hey Gailster
Frankie us young. Our biggest competitor has been chasing him for a while. Way before Gary died. I talked to him about what I expect he will offer Frankie, cause he’s like a son to me. He offered him a good package, eith room to grow. They are much bigger than we are
I’m working on Steph. I want everyone here for the holidays. Life is too short
I hope you all have a good time. It should be great with Brent there!!
We’re talking about sides too
Marissa snd Steph want me to make a huge pot of soup they can divide up snd put in containers to freeze. They want to watch because they say their soup just does not come out like mine. I think that will be fun!!
Im trying to get done holiday spirit.
Gif help me!
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145163

Hey Gailster
I am closing the business. That alone is keeping me way too busy. It seems I never have time to grieve That could be a good thing
Yes we were all surprised by the divorce. With him gone too, we have 4 people less at the Thanksgiving table. Steph us saying she doesn’t want to come, so that’s another 3, , making 7 less.
I have had hay rides. Once in New Years Eve we went to a function at a ski resort…. Because they had sleigh rides. We never got one because so many signed up, we did not make the list! But we watched them from the window as the snow lightly fell. It was magical! Good memories of so many things. Now there are none
Yes. There are so many little things he did. Like do the timers for the decorations. When Frankie was hereI had him fix one of the times in the front window for me. The light went in, and then shut off an hour later! I figured it was Gary screwing with me. Lol
Got more done today. Almost fine with the business. Just trying to collect what is owed and make sure I did not miss any payments Gary did not give me
Luv u
Adele

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in reply to: Chit Chat for November 2022 #145140

Ong Gailster.
I nearly wet my pants I laughed so much!!!! I can totally see us doing that in Greg’s truck to go places!
Did I tell you my insurance refused to pay for a chair car to go to dr appointments? I was very surprised at that!!
Just the whole idea of being a widow on New Years Eve is what is do depressing. It’s like when I was divorced. Feels like you are the only person with nobody to kiss at midnight. I guess I should be grateful I had 27 years with someone to kiss. It’s just hard to be that grateful right now. I’m too raw. Then add Tillie snd Heather gone too.
I so wish we lived close. We’d have so much fun
Luv u
Adele

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