[adele shanbar]

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Hey Colleen- read my other posts for all the goings-on up here…..hope you are good too, and ready for the AGT finals tonight. Who are your favorites on DWTS????
Adele

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OMG BARBARA……….every time I go to order pumpkin shirt, I am too late. All gone in my super size….LOL I did get the last 2, but I am on waitlist for another. I wish they owld get more of the pumpkin ones in stock. The one I really wanted is completely gone- no waitlist. Gail got one.
I am still waiting for our weather to come into Fall. I have apples in the fridge that are waiting for the smell of Fall to appear…… I got that new accessory to my Kitchen Aid mixer- it has all these fabulous slicing accessories, and even cores and peels the apples. It will do the apples way faster than my old fashioned apple corer/peeler.
I hope Neal and Jerry get better soon. I will bet that flu will be up here soon. It seems you get it first, and then we see it up here. The first flu of the season is the worst!
Your granddaughter sounds adorable. I hope she will make it to work in Disney. That would be such a fun job. Do you still see her- does she come to visit?
I am thinking of getting a couple of those pumpkins that look real0 no worry about rotting! I have a huge Jack O Lantern one- lighted- that I put outside near my metal Frankenstein.
That is so funny about them asking for the sick boys to stay in their rooms, so they can come for a goodie! did they think the germs would not be in the house? That speaks to how good your apple pie is- they risked the illness to get some.
hope you are having a good day!
Adele

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Gail …… That Piper is so funny! You could do a You Tube on her, and people would be howling….minus the bare little bum, of course.
School pictures minus teeth are so cute!
Adele

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Hi Gail
Oh yes- Tillie loves Halloween. But, she did not buy any Halloween from the last show- she got another pair of dream jeannes, and another grey shirt. Can’t remember which one….LOL
Everyone I know stayed here around Boston. We have the best colleges, and people come from all over to learn here. Eve our state colleges are famous. We laugh around here, and say no Italians we ever knew moved further than Saugus, where I live. we used to say, very un-politically correct, I may say, “Nobody moves further than Saugus because they all think there are Indians out there.” Of course, nobody ever meant that in a derogatory way to the American Indians, just a slam on everyone for staying close to home base. My x-husband used to say nobody in my family moved off “The Family Compound.”
I feel so bad for Greg. Didn’t the antibiotic stop the pain? I hope mine does not come back. So far, it is just a tiny bot tender, and not getting worst. I will have her look at it, at my next cleaning, unless it gets worst. I hope Greg is better today. Nothing worst than tooth pain!
It is still in the 80’s here. The end of the week looks like it may break.
It was so crazy here last night, I never made the meatloaf. Bobby had to go on an ER visit before he came home- a bed bug inspection. So, we ended up doing hot f dogs, and saved the meat to make for tonight. I had already made the potato’s, so I will do home fries with them for supper tonight, with the meatloaf cooked in the Temptations Bundt pan. saw a recipe done in there, so I want to try it out in the pan- not the recipe though, just our meatloaf. Have you ever done meatloaf in the Bundt pan?
Yesterday am I made the Blueberry Breakfast Cake- recipe on the King Arthur Flour website. It has 1 cup of sour cream, one cup of ricotta, and 3 eggs, with only a half cup of sugar, and 3/4 cup of flour. So, it has a lot more protein for Gary, with less carbs….and of course the 2 cups of blueberries- made in a square pan. He has no idea it has cheese in it….LOL LOL
I love the cute graphics on the top of the page!
I am dying for this weather to get cooler, so the baking of bread can begin! I did not do much bread over the summer.
Adele

[adele shanbar]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15109

hey Gail – read the post to Colleen for all the info…..LOL
I hope you can find us a new page!
Adele

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Hi Colleen
Oh yes- nice to have the windows open. I had to shut them again this morning, as I baked a blueberry breakfast cake- it has ricotta and sour cream in it, and 3 eggs. Only 3/4 cup of flour. Gary has NO IDEA it has ricotta in it….LOL So, it was getting hot, and it will ‘s with humidity again today. I will be very happy when it gets back down to the 70’s.
It must have been hard to see the patients with Alzheimer’s deteriorate. I bet you remember the special ones, who were very kind . It is very difficult. Gary always looked up to his brother, and always felt “less than” him. His brother went to college, and did extremely well. he developed 2 different Advertising Agencies, and sold both. He is a millionaire. If you met him, you would never know, because he was a very kind, calm, nice man, who never made you feel he was worth a lot more than you. Such a shame. He had a brilliant mind. That is one reason Gary is having such a hard time. It is hard to wrap your head around it. He cannot fathom why such a brilliant man could end up like he is now.
I think the men should have a set amount of chores when they retire….let’s work on that!
High school is so difficult, and Marissa is so happy she is out of there. She hated the clicks ,and how snarky the other girls were. She did not make a lot of friends in school because of that. I think she will like college a lot more. I am so happy she went, you have no idea. I was really upset that Amanda did not take advantage of the scholarship she won, and that Stephanie did not go either. They are both very smart girls. Marissa has to work harder to get the good grades- it came easy to the other two.
Did you see DWTS last night? I loved it. I loved that cute little girl who was the daughter of the man who was killed by an alligator, and the jockey. I also thought Paula Dean did better than they said she did.
Hope your day is going well!
Adele

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Hey Gail and Colleen
Congrats to Lachan and Kendall. Yeah for the grands!
BJ’s also has a lot of outside Halloween things. You may want to check Walmart too- on line, as they have way more on line than in the store.
I hope you can find something at a reasonable price that you can use year to year.
Adele

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Hi colleen, Gail, Barbara, and Cynthia
The only notice I got on email was from Colleen. I think we are all missing a lot of posts!
Last night was good, and bad. My BIL only knows his wife’s name. He looked at Gary, his daughters, and his grands with a confused look on his face, but somehow seemed to recognize them on some level. When they did a birthday cake for one of the girls, they told him it was Maia’s birthday, and he looked around the table, until he focused on the cake with the candles. He also fell asleep a lot. We were there for about 3 hours total. The home did a fabulous job. They have a private dining room, used for families for celebrations. they set the table with pretty linens, flowers on the table, and nice dishes. They have a huge kitchen area, where families can prepare meals- Susan brought everything, and all just had to be heated. The staff cleaned up the dishes. Susan laughed and said that was the best part- she did not have to do any dishes.
the whole thing was very sad. It was nice to see the nieces, their husbands, and their kids, of course. His daughters are devastated. They did their best to smile through it all. My heart goes out to all of them. Gary had a tough time. the only good part, was that he saw, first hand, that his brother needs to be in a home at this point.
Gail- the dentist thing does not sound so good. Look at the difference with my dentist. She said if the antibiotic did not stop the pain, then I needed another appointment to see if a root canal was needed, or if there was any decay inside the crown. I hope he does not have work done for nothing. My tooth stopped hurting. it is just a tiny bit tender- nothing of concern, I would say. If it starts up again, I will call them asap. This is the first time I have ever had an infection inside a crown- very strange to me. I have to find out what causes those. Maybe I am a little too aggressive with the flossing, and water pik.
That is funny that both Barbara and I got it backwards- LOL I think we both have a little too much going on right now. Still, you did good work with the speech therapy- we know you did!
Colleen- I also wish I had kept in contact with old school friends. It seems once you move, that is it after a while.. It is so good your daughters have the support of their friends. I hope they keep intouch with them all their lives.
It is a cool, nice day here today. Yeah!!!! It is supposed to get a little warmer the rest of the week, but not above the low 80’s. All the windows are open.
Adele

[adele shanbar]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15055

Hi Colleen
JJ loves school. last year he cried when school got out. He is too funny. Who knows, maybe he will be a teacher some day. He does not mind getting up. His parents do. He gets real annoyed when he is late for school because his Papi is late. Since Jhonny’s work schedule changed, hopefully he will be more on time this year.
I feel that same way- I think I am missing a lot of posts. I liked the old site better too.
that is nice that those girls all stayed friends. Kids today seem to scatter more after school. and lose contact with all their friends.
I do not have any ideas on how to do the ghosts. But, I get a lot of catalogs that have Halloween outside decorations in them. Google outside Halloween ghosts, and see what come sup. Maybe you can set your up, like they describe ones in the catalogs. That would be my only suggestion. I have seen the ghosts is see through wispy fabrics- that I do know.
Going to celebrate Rosh Hashanah I made a double chocolate chip cookies- one for here, and one to take with. If not, Bobby would have had a fit. Rissy came and got some last night, when she stopped by to show us her new Tablet for school work. I am so glad she is getting into the college thing. She has a great schedule, and can still work at Yankee Candle with no problem, so she can pay her phone and car insurance.
Read my post to Gail and Barbara for more info on the holiday today. Very sad- going to the home where my BIL is for respite for dinner. I am so glad Barbara is on her writing again. It is good to hear from her, and know she is ok.
Hope your weather is better than here- rainy!
Adele

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