[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15056

Hi Adele,
I am so sorry about your bil. It is hard to have to put him in a home but it is better for him and for her. They will know how to handle him and make him comfortable. We had to put my dad in a home and it was very hard on all of us.
I am glad that JJ is enjoying school. That is funny that he gets upset when school is out for the summer. It is good that he likes school that much. He would make a good teacher. If he likes school that much.
It is unusual for young girls like that to stay friends for that many years. They have helped each other thru a lot. Marriages and divorce. Two of the girls are still married and two are divorced so it is odd how that all worked. The one girl has not been married that long so they will probably be together for a long time. After I graduated from high school I lost contact with all my old friends. It was really sad that none of us talk to each other. Now I do not know if I would recognize any of them. Now some of the girls that I went to college with I would recognize. I have talked to a couple of them since we got out of school.
Rissy sounds like she is doing really good. Glad that she did not get discouraged when they canceled her classes. She really hung in there until she got signed up for two more classes. She is going to make it thru college.
It is really nice that you are going to the home to celebrate with your bil. At least he will not feel left out. You are all doing a good job with him. I hope that you had a nice day and he did enjoy himself and all of you did also.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15051

Hi Barbara,
How nice that you and Joey got to go out to dinner together. That gave you a lot of time alone to talk. At least you know now how things are between them. Maybe this vacation will do all of you some good. I am sure that you and Jerry could use some alone time. That will give you time to regroup and think things thru.
Barbara we can only do what we think is best at the time. Hind site is always better then fore site. I am sure that we all look back and think what have I done different. When things are happening you just do what you can right then. So you cannot go back and worry about the decisions that you made with the boys. It always seems like the kids will be with us forever and then they move away and get married. It is hard to prepare for all of that. Just hang in there things will get better and you will feel better about everything.
I like Paw Paw’s quote. He was a smart man.
Well not much else going on here. Have great rest of the week-end.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15050

Hi Gail,
I am with you on the weather staying in the sixties and seventies during the fall. It is nice that it has cooled down like it has I got really cool here last night. We even turned the fans off. I like snuggling up in the blankets. I hope that it does not get close to 90 again. We have had enough of that. We have tomato plants coming up again. Ron thinks that it is from where he plowed the garden under. We have had enough rain and warm weather for it to come back again. It will be interesting to see if we get any tomatoes off of them.
Jenny and Adam have had a lot going on at their house. That is really great to hear about Kendall. She has found her place in school. Maybe that will help her to be more positive about going next year. That is really good that she is doing well in Spanish. I wish that I had been able to do that well and remember what I learned. The older I get the more I forget.
We are having the hay ride the 3rd of October. We are having it a little bit earlier because it will not be as cold. I am trying to think of things that I can do to make the yard look a little more scarey. If you have any ideas I sure would appreciate it. Maybe if you and Adele help me out we can come up with some really good things to do. All of the kids will be older this year and so we can do more this time around.
It would be nice to be that young again. That young and know what we know now. That would be even better. I do not know how she does it either. I guess we did the same things when we were young except run. I cannot see running if not chased.lol Running was not as popular back then. I hope that they do good running in the marathon.
Kaylee is not going to pre school. They could not find on that was reasonable. They do not have one thru the school unless your child has a learning problem. Which Kaylee does not. Melissa is going to teach her herself. She use to teach preschool and did a good job. It is going to be harder with Kaylee though. She did it with Ethan and he did really good in school but I think that she is going to have her handfuls with Kaylee. She is a mess. I guess that she has to be firm with her and make her sit for awhile and do the work. We will see what happens. She said that there are some little girls that have moved into the neighborhood where they are now so she has been playing with them. So she is doing well with other kids.
How did Lachlan feel about losing his first tooth? Did he know that this would happen or was he surprised to see it? They usually are excited because they get a visit from the tooth fairy. That always means money.lol
Poor Rocky. He has to be lonesome without all the other dogs. Maybe you will find one that will be company for him. That is us we have always had a dog. The only time that we did not was when we lived in an apartment and could not have pets. We still had a cat that lived outside and came to the back patio to eat.
Well that is about all from here. I hope that Greg’s tooth has stopped hurting. Enjoy the rest of your week-end.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15049

Hi Adele,
Marisa sounds like she was determined to get to school and have the classes she needed to stay in school. She will make it she seems to want something more out of life. My oldest daughter was like that. She always new that she wanted to be in fashion and never gave up on getting to college. We got her all set up and got the things that she would need for the dorm and she was happy. She finally went with two other girls and rented an apartment. They stayed there until they got married and some other girls took over the apartment. These three girls all went to high school together and they all went to different colleges. They still stayed together and are friends to this day.
It is hard to find where people have posted on here. You have to scroll down so far and then you lose the post you were looking for. That is so aggravating. I wish they would break this up into pages like they did on the old one. You could go to page 2 and find where the last chat was. I hope you know what I mean.
I have got to figure out how to fix up the yard this year for the hayride. The kids are all older now and we can scare them a little. I wish that I had ghosts with lights in them that would light up when they went by in the wagon. We have a thing that will make strange noises so that will be fun also. I know that we can use sheets but what can we use inside to make them light up. I thought about the candles that are on timers but that would not work. They would stay on all the time. I may have to go and look at wally world and see what they have. I wish we had a party store down here somewhere. We do not though. I sure could use some ideas if anyone has any.
That is really nice that JJ has a good teacher. That makes all the difference in the world. Does he like going to school are is he like my grands. They like it just do not like having to get up early in the morning to go there. If it did not start until noon they would be completely happy.lol I do not know how these kids got to be such late sleepers. They all are though.
Well that is about all from here. Enjoy the rest of your week-end.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15045

Hi Gail,
I hope that Greg gets rid of his tooth ache soon. That is no fun to have a tooth ache. I have never heard of having an infection under a crown. That would make it hurt even worse. I hope the dentist can give him something to help him.
I do not know what they will do with Kaylee when the baby comes. She is going to be something else when the baby gets here. She may not want Kevin to touch the baby. It will be interesting to see how she reacts. Maybe by then she will have forgiven Kevin for what ever it was he has done to her. You never know about her though she is a stubborn girl.
Poor Rocky. He needs a friend so he does not have to do things alone. Do you think that you will get another dog? We are not sure after these two if we want anymore dogs or not. We really love our dogs but you never know what will happen with them. Biskit is a handful with the snakes even though she has learned not to get too close. You just never know what she will do. I felt this way when Lucky died but here we have two dogs again. I guess never say never.
Our weather is really nice now. We had some rain and then it got really cool. We do not have to have the air on at all. We just are using fans. It is so nice. We have been sitting on the deck in the evenings it is so nice out. It would be nice if we were done with the hot weather for the rest of the year. I am ready for fall and winter. It is fun wearing all the sweaters and coats. I am just weird. It is easier to get warm then it is to get cool.
Well that is about all from here have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15031

Happy Birthday Barbara, I hope that you had a fun day and did something exciting for your birthday. Get a new solar light or a Qauacker top. Either one would be great. Have a great day.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15030

Hi Barbara,
Sorry that you are still having problems with Sarah. I do not have any dil at all so do not have that problem. She sounds like she has been spoiled really bad by her parents and never taught any responsibility. That is a shame. You are doing better then I would. I would have to say something or explode. You have to do sounds right to you. If nothing else you can tell us all about it when you do not think that you can stand anymore. We will always listen.
I wish that I had some type of talent. I cannot paint or sew or anything crafty at all. My mom can do all types of things and my dad was a good artist. I did not inherit any of that. I am the only one in the family that cannot do stuff like that. lol I think they must of found me under a cabbage leaf.
Your brother sounds like a very talented man. That is really nice that he found someone later in life that he can travel with and enjoy life. A lot of people never find that. How exciting that he has sold some of his paintings. He must be really good.
I know what you mean about men and the news. Ron does that also. Then sometimes he is crabby all night long and I have to tell him no more news. It is hard to understand why they do that to themselves. They know that it is going to make them mad so why listen. Do something else. Not men though they like to watch that junk and get mad. I will never understand.
Have a good night.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15029

Hi Adele,
That is more decorations then we put outside. We use to get a couple of hay stacks and then put a couple of pumpkins on it and some mums. Then we would put a scarecrow on there also. Ron just decided that he did not want to do that anymore so he doesn’t. The man is getting old and grumpy. We still do the hay ride every fall. We are going to do it the first week in October this year. We have tried doing it later in the month but it is so cold that everyone freezes. We should have a good time. We roast hot dogs and make smores. The kids always have a good time.
I know that ring is not important. Some people get married and it does not last very long . She had second thoughts about her first husband and did not do anything about it. I told her she should have told me and her dad we would have canceled that whole thing. So she was unhappy with him for all that time and never said a word. She did have Owen that was the only good thing that came out of the marriage. Sorry did not mean to go there.
Snakes are creepy. I am so glad that it is almost time for them to go into there wholes for the year. I will be so glad when they are all gone. Someone said that if you pour bleach in their holes it will run them off. I am not sure if that works. Who wants to go looking for snake holes. I sure do not.
It is good news that Marissa got into two more classes. I can imagine that she was relieved.
Well that is about all from here. Take care and will talk to you later.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #15028

Hi Gail,
Kaylee is going to be so jealous. She is mad that Danyielle has a boyfriend. She does not like him and will not have much to do with him. He has tried to be nice to her but she is not having any of it. She told him she did not like him to leave her alone. She does not get to stay at Aunt Danyielle’s anymore and that makes her mad also. It would be hard to have her there and Kevin. It is really funny. So by the time the baby gets here she will not be talking to Danyielle either.
Greg is getting to be the little imitator. lol At least he imitates people that have better voices then the people that Ron tries to imitate. It is odd how these guys know who is on qvc but they never watch. I wonder if they go off by themselves and watch it when we are not looking.lol
I got my djs today. The wine color is really pretty. I also ordered two shirts. They came in a set. One is grey and the other is pink. I am hoping that it will go with the wine jeans. I am not sure about either one of them.
I did not think that Dennis was Lisa’s type. I just wonder what she is going to do after she gets done traveling. She must have had some type of plan. She may have figured out a way to retire at her age. They have those plans now where you can retire early. I wish we would have gotten one of those plans. Now that we could travel we are stuck at home because of health problems. Life is not fair but then no one ever said that it was going to be.
Ron knows that I would not live here much longer if he did not kill the snakes. I have never walked up on one but if I did it would be all over with. I do not like snakes. We are just glad that Biskit has gotten to where she knows to stay away from them. She learned the hard way.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night.
Colleen

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