[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17328

Hi Gail,
Ron said to tell you that there is always next year. He also said to tell you he heard that there was a shortage of Kleenex in Illinois and wants to know if you have enough or he will send you some. He is a real smart ass. Excuse my language but there is other way to put it. That was sad that they lost. You could hear the silence. They all were so upset. At least the Cubs came closer then the Cardinals.
Well I am getting the run around from the new doctor now. I have to go back to my primary care doctor to get the referral. So tomorrow I have to call the other doctor and see if they can get this straightened out. I am thinking about calling that docs office and make an appointment and have them try and get a referral from the primary care doctor. This is so aggravating. I think that they are hesitating because this doctor that I am trying to get an appointment is not in there area and is not associated with there group. I am ready to scream.
I saw the bread dumplings and they looked really good. I would have to get rid of all that broth though. They made a good recipe today with chicken thighs and tomatoes. It looked really good . Did you watch it today? They always make some interesting things. It is funny that Micheal use chicken thighs all the time and Mario used chicken breasts. They say that the thighs have a lot better taste then the breast. I bet that they do they are not as dry. Your clam chowder sounds really good. I love clam chowder. I am going to have to make a stop at your house or since you are bringing the potato soup over you can bring some with you. lol Maybe Adele can bring some of her bread and Debbie and Barbara and Cynthia can all come over for a bite.
Every time that I see a Cardinal I think of you and that crazy bird that flies into your windows. I have to laugh when people say that it reminds them of a member of their family that has passed on. I do not think that I had any relatives that would fly into the windows all the time how about you. lol Most Cardinals that I have seen are not the brightest birds that I have ever seen. We are being invaded by box elder bugs now. I will be glad when it gets cold so I can get rid of the. I will put lemon joy all over the places that they come in. They mostly come in where there is a window.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17247

Hi Debbie,
We are all a little confused on here. That is why we are all friends. lol When it comes to the new tech I am not worth a dime. By the time I get things figured out they change things again. So I give up. I will let my grand kids and daughters show me how to do things they all think that I need to take a class in computers.
The new baby will be January 12th. We hope that it will be on time. She will have it naturally so it will depend on when the baby wants to make an appearance. I hope she is not as stubborn as her mom was. She took for ever to be born. Debbie it is probably the tv being up too loud. It cannot be you. That is what I would say. I still blame everything else if things go wrong.lol I doubt that you are cranky. I am sorry to hear that you have a cold. I hope that you get better soon.
Have you bought a lot of Quacker lately. They are supposed to have a show on tomorrow. It will be fun to watch. I will have to dvd it because we have things to do tomorrow and then the next one comes on in the middle of the night so that will be on the dvd also. I have found that a good nap is better then sitting up and watching tv. In fact if I do not have my nap everyday I get cranky. I am like my grand kids.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17245

Hi Adele,
The chicken dinner that you are fixing sounds really good. I will look that up and write it down so I can try it. I have got to figure out a way to put all my recipes on here in a separate folder so I can find them when I want them. I probably will have to have my daughters show me how. I just go back and forth looking for them. Wish my printer worked I would print them out.
I am glad that you got rid of your head ache. That can ruin your night when your head hurts like that. Two of my kids use to get migraines and they would be miserable. They would have to go lay down in a dark quiet room until they went away. They still get them once in awhile. Do you get those are they just regular headaches? One thing you have to say you have to have a good sense of humor the more we age. Cause if you don’t it will drive you crazy. My poor mom called me today and was all upset because her blood pressure was a 150/ she did not remember what the bottom number was. So she tried to call her doctor and he was not in today and she will have to wait until tomorrow for him to come back. I think that she is worrying over nothing that happens sometimes. So will wait and see what the doctor says. She thinks that he will want her to come in but I do not think so. He will probably just up her BP meds and that will be it. She checks that too often and then she panics. I sure wish she would move closer to one of us. We could keep an eye on her. It is hard to know what to do with her.
No appointment yet. These docs are slower then molasses. We are going by the office tomorrow and see what is going on. Hopefully they will tell us something and we can go see this gastro and get this over with. This is really a pain in the you know what.
That pan that Debbie posted is the one that I saw on the King Arther site. I thought that was really cute. I am thinking about getting on and making some type of bread in it. That would be nice for Thanks giving. I thought if nothing else I can get that self rising bread from the freezer section. Sometimes that is really good.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17139

Hi Adele,
You did not say anything to offend anyone. We all feel a little woozy at times.lol No you did fine and we all knew what you were talking about. So do not worry about that.
I am trying to talk him into it and he can pick me up when I am ready to come home. He can go to his hardware stores that he likes to shop at. I do not like to go with him there are only so many tools that a person can look at. He wants me to look at all these power tools and they hold not interest for me. Like I know what he is talking about. So it is like him going clothes shopping with me. He could care less what I get and he lets me know it. So I feel the same way when we go to the hardware stores so do not take offense when he says that.
I read so many chapters at a time and then quit and rest my eyes for awhile. If I do not do that my eyes get really tired. Even if I read a book in a day and a night I still have to take breaks. I could read a lot more if it wasn’t for that. So maybe baking would be a good thing for me to do. Then I would not have to worry about resting my eyes. It will not be long and we will be baking and cooking a lot. The holidays are coming.
Do not worry about what you wrote. You did not hurt anyones feeling are say anything wrong. It did not offend me that you had the wrong day for the shower. It was no big deal. I do that when I am invited somewhere and forget to go. So it is no big deal.
That is no surprise that you have a head ache after having one of those shots. The do cause some strange things. You should relax today and maybe tomorrow also. I do believe in taking it easy after going thru something like that. I think that I am going to give in and have the shot in my hip. I hope that it works and the pain goes away. I also have to find away to get my energy back again. I am so tired all of the time and have no reason to be. I am sure that this will all go away and I will feel fine again.
That is all from here. Will talk to you later.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17128

Hi Gail,
That is really good news that Brent is coming home. I bet you are so happy that he will not be so far away. Your plan to help him get back on his feet sounds really good. With you there to help him he will not have a a hard time getting all of that done. I hope that he finishes getting his degree. It is so important these days to have one. He is lucky to have you and Greg there to help him with all of this.
Ron said to tell you that he got a shirt that says I root for the Cardinals and anybody that plays against the Cubs. He is being a trouble maker. I told him that you were going to send him some potato soup and he laughed. I do hope that the Cubs win tonight. They deserve to win no matter what Ron says. I think that he is just mad because they beat the Cardinals.
They do not charge us anything for going there to give out candy. I do not think that there is a charge to anyone. It is all because of where we live and the kids have a hard time trick or treating here because the houses are so far apart. They started having it at the school in town a couple of years ago and they do not charge either. I wonder why they are doing that. It does not make sense to charge the people that are passing out candy to pay ten dollars. I guess that every place does it different.
I will have to look for the pictures. I did not see them when I got on here. I do not think that I will ever be able to post pictures on here. It was hard enough on the other site. Maybe when I have a few minutes I will try to figure it out. That was nice of Cynthia to help you to post the pictures.
I cannot imagine how relieved that the parents are to have a nice Christmas for all of the kids. It is nice to do such a nice thing for the whole family. The onp does a lot of good work for those kids. It is great that you and Greg participate and all of the other people that join in.
Have a good night and good luck to the Cubs.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17081

Hi Adele,
It is a good thing that you like to bake. I does seem to take a lot of stress away from you. I am like Gail, there is nothing like a good book to keep me from thinking about things. Baking is not my strong suit anymore. I really need to start baking again. I do bake pies for the holidays and I need to make cookies. I have to start that again. It has not been that long ago that i use to bake cookies for Christmas.
The shower is not until Halloween day. I wish that it was over with but it is not. I will not stay too long because I will have to get home before the traffic gets bad from all the little ones out roaming around. They start at 5pm here so they are not out when it is really dark. Then we have the older kids that are out and getting into mischief. Those kids need to stay home.
I am glad that the shot went well. Rissy does not know that if you drink it may be worse then the shot.lol Kids they are always such a help with things like that. She had to take pictures. Hope she does not put them on face book. That would get her in big trouble here. lol
We did not have any snow here it must have been further up north. Did you have any snow? It has been really cold here but that is about it. The cold I can stand but it is too early for the snow. I hope it holds off until after the holidays here. it seems to rain a lot of years on Halloween. The kids still go out though.
Well that is about all from here. It is so nice that Debbie is back.
Colleen

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in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17079

Gail it is so nice that you did not have to cook or clean up afterwards. Greg is a keeper. Glad that you had such a good birthday.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17077

Hi Gail,
That little girl will be so excited to get that American girl doll. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be a fly on the wall to watch her eyes when she opens that box and sees that doll. That is the fun of it. Kaylee was so excited when she got her doll and just the look of amazement was worth the whole thing. It is so much fun to give a child something that they really want. All of you are doing such a good thing for these kids. I am glad that it all went so well. I hope that you can post the pictures on here. Maybe if you ask James he can help you with it. Cynthia sounds like she may know what to do also.
He has not been parading a goat around the yard but he is really rooting for the mets. I have no idea why he is doing this. I can make him some potato soup and see if that will stop him. I can give it a try. He may take it the wrong way though and think that he is in the dog house again or the potato soup house.lol I may have to tell him that you are fixing a big pot of soup for him and will send it if he does not stop rooting for the Mets. He is a pain. I am rooting for the Cubs. They do need to win. How are the bears doing this year? I do not evern pay attention to the Rams. They never play that well so who cares.
The baby shower is on Halloween. So we still have a little time left. I still have no idea what I am going to get for the baby besides diapers. Maybe I will get a gift card. That might be the best thing to do. She can get what she needs and not have to worry about having too much of one thing. When the baby is born I will buy her a few things also.
That is just so sad that it happened to Brent right now. I guess that it is better now though and not later on in the relationship. He is such a good man he should not feel bad about this happening. It is just the way things go sometimes. She may not have been an easy person to live with. She also had all those kids. It would be nice if he would come home. He could start over again and maybe he would find a girl in the area to go out with. Find a new job and new friends and that may make a difference. I just hope that he finds what he is looking for. He is in my prayers.
You and Greg won some really nice things. The Halloween basket for the kids sounds really nice. It is a shame that you did not win the basket of games but it is nice that someone that you knew won. She will make good use of it. I cannot believe that Halloween is getting so close. We have so much that we need to do to get ready for the whole thing. The shower and the trunk or treat. They want everyone to decorate their cars for the event. I may hang some of my ghosts and my skeleton and play that door bell. That will be fun unless it is too cold then I will be inside and giving it away in the church. I am going to wear my ghost shirt with the vest. That will be festive enough.
I am so glad that Debbie is back. Hope that she can stick around for a long time.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17075

Hi Debbie,
It is so good to hear from you. We have really missed you being on here. We have not laughed as much since you have been gone. I hope that this stays in control for a long long time. I would miss chatting with everyone if I got sick like that also. We have all become such close friends.
I cannot believe that your grass finally started to grow and be pink. That is funny that it took it so long. There may be hope for Gail’s also. We will see if she says anything about it. Our veggie garden was strange this year also. We have more green peppers in the fall then we had all summer long. We have even picked a few tomatoes off the vines. Ron had tilled the garden under and the tomatoes started to grow again. So he will have to til it all under again before we have the first snow. It is nice to have fresh veggies this late in the year.
That is a good picture of you. I like the picture of your dog also. He has taken my position there. I was sideways for such a long time until we came here and they had me standing up right. Really I think that I looked better sideways.
I am going to be a grandma again. IT is going to be another little girl. I cannot wait. We can spoil this one now. The others are getting too old to spoil like we did. We have them spoiled and rotten and we need one to start on.lol
That is the only exciting news that I have. Our buffalo have not visited in awhile and no other animal has come in the yard. We have a coyote that is howling at night and driving our dogs crazy. Wish someone would catch it or it would move on so we can sleep at night without all the racket. We have had some red fox around. In fact there are some baby foxes running around and we hope that they will move on also. It is not a good area for chickens or guineas right now.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night and I hope that you can stay on here with us for awhile
Colleen

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