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Hi Adele,
The baby slept the whole time we were there. Even when I fed her she kept her eyes closed. The only time that she opened her eyes was when I burped her. She is such a good baby. We took a lot of pictures but not one with her eyes open. Will try again the next time we go up there. Owen was at school so next time we will stay until he comes home. I want to get some pictures of the two kids together. He gets jealous of the baby once in awhile but he is really good to her. HE helps to feed her and change her. I think he just gives his mom diapers and that is about it. That is helping though. She is just so tiny. She is in new born clothes and cannot wear clothes that are 0 to 3 months. So they had to go out and buy her somethings. She may be like her mom and not grow very tall and will wear her clothes for a long time. That would be great if she does.
She had to quit the baby was not gaining weight. So now that she is taking the bottle she now weighs over her birth weight. So the doctor is happy with her weight. So she does not have to come back for a month. Then she starts to get her shots. That is a horrible time. At her baby shower she got a bottle washer and a thing that heats the water for her bottle. So it is never too warm and or too cold. I had never seen either of those things before.
That is nice that your weather is better. Glad that it is starting to melt. Maybe you will be able to get out again. It is warmer here now then it was. So we are supposed to get more rain. Just hope that it is not as extreme as it was before. A lot of the people that got flooded have not got it all cleaned up. It was just so cold. Maybe they will get more done before it rains again. People had to get a tetna shot before they could go in their homes to start cleaning. Some areas the sewers backed up and it was all over the place. I feel so bad for those people. Somethings that they wanted to save they couldn’t because of that. I am so glad that we do not live in an area the floods. Glad that you were not in the are where they had most of the snow.
I agree with you about the ear infection being connected with the fall. You cannot fall on your face that hard and not have problems. It is good that her nose is doing okay and she will not have to have surgery. I hope that she will feel better. That is funny that she is trying to cover all that stuff with make up. Is it working? It is hard on her to have her face bruised like that.I bet she gets a lot of questions everywhere she goes. It will all go away before long and she will feel better about the whole thing.
Have you ever tried It cosmetics? They were showing it on tv and they were saying that it is good for people that have allergies to make up. I just wondered if anyone has tried it and if it is as good as they say. I have not been able to wear make up for years and just wondered if it was as good as they say if it would be worth trying. Now that I am getting older I need something to cover up my old face.lol.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good evening.
ColleenHi Gail,
She is handling it okay. They told her that it does not always work out when breast feeding. They took the baby to the doctor today and she is gaining weight. She is finally over her birth weight. That is what they were waiting for. Aliza is just so sweet. I held her the whole time that we were there. She slept the whole time. We tried to wake her up but she would just go back to sleep. It was really nice because there was no one else there. After Kevin goes back to work I am supposed to go back up there and spend the day with Danyielle and the baby. We may go out to lunch and take the baby out for the first time. She is just so tiny. She just snuggles up to you when you are holding her. She has a good disposition. She did smile a couple of times while we were there. I did get to feed her. She never opened her eyes the whole time except when I burped her. She was being stubborn.lol They thought she was worn out from having to go to the doctor. Danyielle showed me the babies room and it is really cute. She painted the walls a lavender color. Her crib will turn into a toddler bed at first and then they can turn it into a twin bed. It is really cute. I really liked the color. She said that she did not want to do everything in pink. I do not blame her it is good to have more color in their lives. She has always marched to a different drummer.
Ron is watching the news again tonight. He keeps coming in here to me to complain about what is going on. I keep telling him to stop watching it and watch something else. I really think that he likes to complain. He is going to drive me crazy if he does not stop. He also messes me up while I am trying to post to you.
Are the seeds called monarch seeds or milk weed? Maybe I am looking for the wrong seeds. We will look again and see if we can find them. It may be too early to find the seeds right now. It would be a shame if they all died out. Hope that it works.
I just wonder if those plants work better in the area that these guys come from. I cannot remember where Cottage Farms or Robertas have their green houses. Do they live in a warm climate and then come to QVC to sell their flowers.? I think that it is better to buy from green housed in your area. Ron has bought flowers from catalogs and not had much luck with them. So we have learned our lessons.
That is terrible that your nose was broken at such a young age. Do you have any problems with it now or is it fine? It is unusual for a little one to have a broken nose. I guess if you get hit in the face with a bat that would make a difference. Was it a sibling that hit you are just another kid?
Well that is about all from here. Have a good evening.
ColleenHi Adele,
Poor Heather. I bet she looks like a mess. That is terrible that she hit her face on the concrete. I do not blame you for checking her shoes in the mornings. You do not want her to fall again. I hope that she is wearing better shoes that works in snow and ice. We have to watch our kids all the time.
Danyielle found out that she cannot breast feed the baby. The baby is not doing well with it so she is on the bottle now. She has to go to the doctor tomorrow and have her weight checked. So she tried but she did not have luck with her son either. So we can take anything that we want now. We are going tomorrow to see her and the baby. We have not seen her for awhile. All her company has slowed down now. So we should have the baby to ourselves.
I can imagine that all of your friends from work really had a good laugh from that. They probably need a good laugh. That was really funny. I hope that the mourning period is about over am not sure how long you should wear black. Never knew anyone that wrote an obit for their fish.lol If you do not have fun and laugh if is a boring life.
We have not gotten any snow but we are supposed to get more rain. We really do not need it right now but we are going to get it anyway. Just hope that it does not get as bad as it did right after Christmas. Those poor people have just got their businesses up and running again. The ones who live in the houses that were flooded are still not cleaned out yet. The weather got so cold that it did slow things down a little. I cannot imagine cleaning up after all of that mess. I just feel so sorry for those people.
How are you guys doing there. Can you and Gary get around? I figure that they will clean your roads a lot faster then they do ours. Were the kids out of school for any amount of time. With just the little bit of snow that we had our schools were closed tor three days. It was slick on the roads though. We have too many country roads and some of them are gravel. We were lucky that they paved our road. When we moved here it was gravel.
We were not rooting for any team this year. Ron did watch the game. He will watch the super bowel so he can see the commercials. Well that is what he is telling me. lol I am not choosing a team this year. I do not know that much about either team. I was wondering if Manning will retire this year. He is getting older. He is still a good foot ball player.
Did you watch the Quacker show today? I have not seen it but do have it on the dvr. Will watch it after Ron goes to bed. Then i do not have to listen to his commentaries. I have not watch the Chew yet either. It was funny yesterday. That guy that was on there was funny. Cannot remember which brother he was. I cannot remember how to spell the name and am not going to try it.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night. Do not forget about the Quacker shows that will be on tomorrow. One will come one at 4am your time. That one is on the regular qvc do not know which ones will be on qvc plus.
Have a good night.
ColleenHi Gail,
We have the furnance set at 68 but we use heaters throughout the house. We have the ones that you do not have to worry about them catching things on fire. They are the Eden Pure. They really keep the house warmer. I still freeze though. I do not know what I will do when they stop working. I will be in trouble.lol
I will plant some milk weed if we can find it. I did not know that it attracted monarch butterflies. That is interesting information. We are trying to get more fruit trees planted this year also. We have apple trees we also want peach and cherry trees. We got apples off our trees this year. Hope that they are much better next year.
I hope that the snake will work. It is bad news to have a cardinal banging on the window. I do not know what keeps that bird alive. You would think that he would be out of his little bird brain by now. Hope that this works for you.
I worried about Danyielle breast feeding and now she has stopped. The baby was not getting enough nourishment so she is bottle feeding her now. She had trouble with Owen also. Little Aliza is happy though so that is all that counts. She has to take her to the doctor tomorrow so they can weigh her. They want to make sure that she is doing okay.
It is hard to clean closets. It seems like the stuff has been in there this long why bother it. I guess that it just means that we do not need that stuff anymore. It will be interesting to see what is in there. It will just be nice if it is done and then will not have to worry about it again. We just got all of our Christmas decorations put away. This is just the things that we had inside. We still have to take the lights down that are outside. Can you believe that those lights are still working. Ron put them up right before Thanks giving and they are still burning. We are waiting if they will still be lit on Valentines day. It will be interesting to see. They are the ones that we bought from Bethlehem Lights. Those are the best lights that we have ever bought.
It is hard to believe that they are selling flowers right now. I am not sure about buying things from them. Some people have luck buying from them and others do not. I have not bought anything from them. Have you bought anything form them? I know that the pink grass did not grow right.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
ColleenHi Adele,
You had me laughing when I read you obit for the fish. I especially liked the part when you said that about Tillie not mourning and Bobby saying you should have flushed him. That was so funny. I do have to say that is the first obit that I have read for a fish. It was pretty good though. I am sorry that you lost your fish.
Poor Heather. I hope that she heals fast and that her nose is healing like it should. The ice is so dangerous and so many people fall on it and really get hurt. Just glad that it is not any worse then what it is. I do not blame you for telling her not to wear those boots in this type of weather. Now if she will take your advice and wear different boots.
Sounds like you are getting a lot of snow now. Hope they are wrong also. That is all you need more snow. We are just supposed to get some rain this week-end and then it will cool down next week. You sure do not need more snow.
We are going to her house one day this week. We are going during the week so we do not have other people around when we are there. That way we will be able to hold the baby and she will not be passed around the whole time we are there. We have to find out what we can bring with us for her to eat for lunch. Do not want them to have to fix anything for us. Just a good reason not to have to cook. If I cook at her house she will feel like she has to do the clean up and do not want her to do that. Will have to find out what she can eat so it will not upset the babies stomach. That is the only thing about breast feeding.
There is going to be a lot of quacker shows on tomorrow and Wednesday. Some of the shows on Wednesday will be on qvc plus. Have you found a way to watch that show? I would not want to have to watch it on the internet but guess I would if that was the only way. I would not be able to let Ron know though he is so protective of our of our internet. He is a mess.
Well that is about all from Here. I wrote some on Gails if you want to read that. Hope that Heather gets better soon.
ColleenHi Gail,
You should not feel guilty for using that mixer. You have arthritis and like me it is hard to mix that dough and get it right. I use to make cream puffs all the time and everyone really loved them. But now it is so hard to mix the dough that I do not make them. That is the only thing that I ever made from scratch. Well since I have gotten older. Anything to make our lives easier is better. That is my theory.
We will see if we can find any milk weed seeds. i have never looked for it. If we can find it we can plant it at the edge of the woods. That way Ron will not cut it down with the mower. Butterflies are so pretty. Have you ever had one of those butterfly hatching things. My granddaughters did and they kept it at my house. It was really cool to watch them go into a cocoon an to watch them come out of it. We feed them orange slices and things like that . Until they got big enough to let go. We use to have a lot of them around but last year I noticed that we did not have as many. How is your cardinal doing? Hope that he has found a new home. It is a shame that you cannot catch him in a bird cage and move him on down the road. Those birds are a real pain. I cannot believe that people think that they are relatives come back to visit. They must not have had any of the crazy ones around.lol
That would have really upset you if you found that fish again. It was a good thing that someone moved him. It had to be your parents trying to save you from heartache. It is funny what kids do not thinking about what will happen the the animal or fish. They just love them so much. Ethan did learn his lesson though and never tried that again.
I am hoping that they all come with food for dinner so Danyielle did not have to cook. I imagine that Melissa did because Danyielle would say something to her. It does not bother the girls to say something to each other. She would not say anything to me and her dad but we will bring something with us for lunch. We will call and see what they would like to eat. I am afraid to by anything without checking with her on what she can eat so it does not upset the babies stomach. That is one thing about breast feeding. They do tell you something s that you should not eat so you do not give the baby an upset stomach. It will be so nice to see her and be able to hold her without anyone else getting in my way. One day if she does pump some milk I will go up there and watch the kids so they can go out just the two of them and enjoy a meal. That is one thing that when a baby is little you do not get to do that often.
Our weather is going to get into the 40’s and 50′ this week. Then next week it is supposed to get cold again. This weather is really crazy this year. You do not know how to dress the kids or yourself. I want the weather to stay warm for a month and then go away for the year. Instead of this off and on type of weather. I bought my muk luk set and my long winter coat and want to get some wear out of them.
Next week is the week to start to clean out the closets. I have so many of them and they are small but you would not believer all the junk that we get into them. I will have to clean it out and get them vacuumed out and put new fresheners in them. They really need that. I am doing this early guess because of the weather. It will take awhile to do this since we can only do one closet at a time. Do not want to have back aches again and the doc tell me that I am doing too much in a day.
That is one thing that I miss. That is a fire place. It would be so nice to just curl up with a good book by the fire and not have fifty blankets wrapped around me. Do you get really cold like that this time of year?
There is going to be a lot of quacker shows on for the next two days. I did not realize that they were have shows on Tuesday and Wednesday. I hope that they have some good sales and some new things. They had a picture of some capris and they looked to cold for this time of year. I am not thinking of warm weather yet. It will be awhile.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night and will talk to you later.
ColleenHi Adele,
I am glad that your bread turned out okay and everyone liked it. I have never had to let dough rise twice. Maybe that is why my bread never turns out right. I have just started to get on the King Author site and did not know anything about the plastic tub that you put the dough in to rise. That is why you are such a good baker you have all the equipment. Do they have King Author bakery anywhere near your house? They have shown advertisements on here a couple of times and am not sure where it is or if there is more then one.
The chicken ring is really easy to make. It is crescent rolls, chicken and broccoli with cheese. You just put the rolls down on a cookie sheet and make a circle then you put the chicken, broccoli and cheese in it and close it. That is how it makes a ring. The chicken and broccoli is cooked before you put it in the unbaked crescent rolls.. I guess I explained it right. Ron really liked it and it is something simple and easy to make.
You got a lot more then they had predicted at first. We did not get any snow at all so that was good. You were probably better off not knowing that she had to drive home from work. You would have worried and like you said ate the rest of the cake. Sometimes it is better we do not know somethings until they are over with. As long as they are safe. It is harder when the kids are older and they are getting out and going on their own. You worry about them more.
How is your fish today? I hope that it is doing okay. I do not know where you would go to find out what is wrong with it. It would be nice if when you wake up in the morning that the fish would be fine and swimming around in the bowl. There is just no telling about them.
Danyielle has had so much company since she got home from the hospital. I am glad that we decided to wait. She had a house full today visiting. So thought it would be better if we wait until this week because there will not be as many people. Everyone has come to see the baby already. We will get to hold her more and spoil her just a little. It will be interesting to see how the cat and the dog are accepting the new addition to the family. They may not be liking it too much.
The snow blower must have run out of cookies. I will not forget that it was funny. How nice that Bobby is fixing dinner for you. Sorry that your team lost today. We do not have a team playing in the play offs or competing for them. We are watching the Cheifs to see how they do next year. Hope that they do good.
Well that is all from here. Have a good night will talk to you later.
ColleenHi Sue,
that is really nice that your neighbor and one of the guys from work are digging you out. Hopefully the snow has stopped now and you will not have to worry about getting out. Your soup and cake sounds really good. You will not have to worry about something warm to eat. There is something about soup on a cold day it warms you up inside and out.
Does not sound like you are going to have to worry about shoveling yourself out even if there is more snow. You are really getting hit with this storm. Just take care of yourself and if you have to go out be careful. I am glad that you checked in and let us know how you are doing. I have been thinking about you and all the shoveling that you would have to do. Am so glad that you are not having to do it. Please keep letting us know how you are doing.
ColleenHi Adele,
I was hoping that the snow would miss you altogether. I do not like it when the wind is blowing it will make the snow drift and hard for people to drive. Well at least you will only get 4 inches. Hope that they are right.
Your rye bread sounds really good. I love corn beef on rye. Will you make a rubeun or just corn beef on rye. That sounds really good. Tomorrow I am going to try and make a chicken ring. I have never done that before so it will be interesting. I just hope that Ron will like it and if it is easy to make we can have it again. I am going to have to put is on some foil and then put it on a cookie sheet. I do not have my round pizza pan anymore. Hope with it being on the foil it will still work. Your dinner sounds really good. How many times do you have to let the bread rise? I thought it only had to rise once.
It is sad that the friendly one is sick. Not that I want either of them to die but the mean one would be better. You won’t be able to pat the nice one head anymore. Maybe he will get better. You will just have to wait and see. That is just so sad. I do not like to see a fish die. My grandson had a fish and he decided that he wanted to sleep with it. So he took it out of the fish bowl and took it to his room and put it in bed with him. Of course it died and he did not understand what happened. So when he told his mom she had to try and explain and be serious when she really wanted to laugh to think that he took the fish to bed with him. It was just funny that poor little guy thought he could take the fish out of the water and sleep with it for a night. So of course they had a formal funeral for the fish.
Your are celebrating your birthday like Jeanne Bice. She liked to celebrate her birthday for the month. Since you birthday is at the end of the month you should be able to continue celebrating all thru the month of Feb. Jeanne was always so funny and knew how to party. She was taken too soon.
So far the fruit has tasted pretty good here. I bought some blue berries and raspberries. They are both good. I put the raspberries in my oat meal to give it more flavor. It sure beats the dull oat meal that does not have much of a taste. I really like oat meal but sometimes it is nice to have something with flavor to put on it. Well that is about all from here. Enjoy your mac and cheese and have a great night.
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