[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #123372

Hi Adele,
I am glad that you are on here tonight. I was wondering about you and DD. It seems like it has been a long time since she has been on here. I am sorry that Tillie is not coming upstairs for dinner. She really needs to socialize with everyone. I guess it is hard after she has fallen.
Is JJ still at your house or did he go back home? Do the kids see their dad much or has he just walked out of all their lives. I noticed you do not talk about him much anymore. Brook’s boyfriend left her and is living with another woman got her pregnant and now he is living with a 16 year old. If I was that girls mother I would have him arrested. She is only 16 and he is in his 20’s. I cannot stand to look at that jerk. He does not try to see the baby or pay child support. I better stop.
I did not know that they were showing new Blue Bloods. I am going to have to watch this week. I cannot remember when it comes on. I think it is Friday but I am probably wrong. It seems like after that wreck my memory is not as good as it was.
Sounds like JJ is a lot of help to you and Gary. He wants to learn how to cut up vegetables for soup that is good. Maybe he is going to become a chef. He is interested in a lot of things. He was acting in plays for awhile wasn’t and enjoyed it and now he wants to learn to cook. He is a very talented young man.
I wrote in my post to Gail about the leg. So you can read about it there. I am tired if wearing the stupid brace and will be glad to get rid of it.
Well that is all from here. I hope that Steph and Aizen come over and help with the tree.
Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #123370

Hi Gail,
Here is the place to find Melissa’s things. Humble Abode Home Decor. Artistic Functional Home Decor by HumbleAbodeHome decor on Etsy. That is what she sent me. You know how to get on Etsy without any trouble. I thought that I put her site in my favorites but I guess it didn’t work. She did decorate an old tree that they weren’t using and made it into a snow man. She is good.
The therapy starts Wednesday. I am not looking forward to this but it has to be done. I am sure that after the first couple times I go it will get easer. I just want to get this brace off I am tired of it. I miss going into the stores and seeing all the Christmas decorations and the music. This is the first time that I have not been to at least one store.
That is a really good gift. Omaha steaks and meat is really good. Does Brent’s girlfriend have any children? I thought you said that she had one child but am not sure if I remember right or not.
Have you found the Masked Singer on anywhere so we can still watch it? I have looked but cannot find it on any channel. I am just sick of this happening and wish there was a better way to watch tv.
Thank God Greg’s friend is out of the hospital and doing well. It is always good to hear good news about a covid patient. They always make it sound like if you get it you will die. I think that they need to tell about the people that go home from the hospital. It would be nice if they would talk about people that have survived. Maybe people would not feel like things were so hopeless and be a lot more careful.
I am glad that you can stream that concert. I know that you and Greg go to a lot of different concerts thru the year. Hopefully things will be back to normal next year.
Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #123290

Hi Gail,
I forgot to get the name of Melissa’s Etsy name or whatever. She doesn’t have a lot on there or she didn’t. I thought that I had put it in my favorites but couldn’t find it. So will have to get the name again. She has cute things on there but does not want to put too much on until she sees how it goes. I will send it tomorrow. You will have to tell me what you think and if you think her prices are too high.
The bone in my leg is mending. I have to go to physical therapy to build up the strength in my leg. I also have arthritis in my knee. I hope that it is not going to give me a lot of trouble. I will have to go to therapy twice a week for a month and then go back to the doctor in six weeks and get another x-ray. I am hoping by then it will be healed and I will not have to wear that brace any longer.
Bret must really appreciate getting those steaks. That is always a good gift for the kids when they live far away. I sent Danyielle food a couple of times when she lived in Texas. I tried sending her the wreaths from Valarie and she really liked it but they did not last long in Texas it was so hot. We sent one to her when they moved back and it lasted a lot longer. It is hard to think of things to send the kids when they live far away from home.
I am really aggravated that we cannot get the Masked Singer anymore. That is one of the only shows that I watch every week on fox. They said that Dish
will not pay the amount of money they want for the channel. They said if they agree it would raise our prices and they do not want to do that. I really don’t care. I only watch the one show and do not want to pay more money for that.
I will pray for Greg’s friend. I really hope that he does okay. I will be so glad when they get enough of the vaccine for everyone to get a shot. We need to get back to normal.
Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #123179

Hi Gail,
I wrote to you on the November post should have done that here. I do not know how I missed this post here. I’ll tell you I think that I am slowly losing my mind. I think might have to start taking those memory pills. I wonder if they work.
The cat with the Santa hat and bow reminds me of DD’s cat. He looks like a lot of the pictures that she has posted. That is such a cute cat. You always find cute pictures to post for each month.
We cannot order from Costco because we live too far away. We do not know if they will ship by UPS or not did not really check into that. I know that there is a lot of the grocery items that they will not ship here. It is the only bad thing about living out in the country. I never worried about shipping until all this covid started. So I figure that we might go ahead and shop instead of driving all that way for nothing. We stay masked and leave a lot of room between us and the other shoppers.
We had snow flurries here the other day. I could not believe that it snowed like that. It did not stick but it was fun to watch the snow fall. It did not stick so that was good. We are supposed to get more on Thursday with some sleet. I hope that they are wrong. I do not think that any of it will stick. Have you been getting any snow?
Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #123154

Hi Adele,
The pot pie that Amanda made looks really good. Wish that I could reach thru the screen and take a bite. That is one of my favorite meals but never can make one from scratch. I can never figure out how to make the sauce that goes inside of it. Mine is always dry. So I get the frozen ones.
You need to put decorations up or you will never come out of the slump that you are in. Everyone need to see them up and feel like things are still okay. I know it is hard but you and the family need that. We can’t stop life because we have lost someone. It took me awhile to figure that out after mom died. It was putting out the decoration because she loved the holidays and always put things out. You may not put all of it out but you will put more out next year. Just never give up on life.
We had snow here yesterday. It was pretty watching it fall to the ground. It melted as fast as it hit the ground but it was nice to see. It may be the only snow that we have this year. It is really cold here yesterday and today. It is a good day to stay wrapped in blankets and rad a good book. Wish we had a fire place but we don’t so will have make do with sitting by the heat vent.
It is good news that their tests came back negative. You will not have to worry right now. Hopefully you will not have a scare like that again. Well that is about all from here. Have a great day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #123152

Hi Gail,
It is hard to get rid of something that you do not see. I hope that this netting helps. If you have beaver they are easy to spot and they build dams. So you know that they are there It is a lot easier to fight them.
It just seems like our mom’s had more time then we have. We have all these modern inventions and we do not have the time to do the things they did. I think of all the things that my mom had to do the ironing, the cooking do all the dishes and have the house cleaned. They would also have time to help their mom’s out when they needed it.
There are not a lot of people that can do crafts like our parents did. Melissa is the only one of our kids that makes things. She has a place on Etsy where she sells things. She made a tray that she put an there the first day and sold it. She needs to add things to that place on there. I do not what to call it.
I will find out tomorrow after I see the doctor. They are going to take another x-ray. I am just praying that they let me take it off but Ron does not think that they will. I just hope that he is wrong.
Time is just flying by. I do not know where it is going. I wish that we could stop it. Do you have your Christmas shopping done yet? I am almost done just need to get gift cards for two of my kids and some of the older grands. Do you get all your grandkids gift cards are get them gifts? I got both the younger ones gifts so they can open presents.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #123088

Hi Gail,
It is nice that Brent got to move and get settled. I hope that he can find a nice place to move to. It can be hard to find a place that will take pets. I know that Melissa and Stephen have a hard time finding a place that takes the dogs and cat. I think that she has too many pets especially since they have to move a lot.
When I order on the internet I hit the wrong button or instead of ordering one I will order two of the same thing. I do not know how I do that but I do all the time.

Mom use to make ceramic houses and people for villages. She was so good making those and she could paint them and make them look so good. You would have thought that they were store bought. We use to make Nativity sets and had started on some for the girls but never got them finished. I cannot do it myself it just really bothers me to try and do that with out mom here to do it with me. It was something that we did together and I just can’t do it without her.
I am waiting to see when the kids will be out of school for the holidays. It will be interesting to see if they go back after the Christmas break. They seem to be unsure of what they will do. I hope in some ways that they will stay in school they need being with other people. It makes a difference in how the act. I know that Aliza gets tired of being at home. I wonder if she will like kindergarten as much as preschool. It will be interesting to see.
I hope the netting will keep the minks out of the pond. You have lost enough fish to them as it is. I do not think that I have ever seen a mink around my friends pond. I will have to ask her if she has seen any.
Well that is all from here. Have a great night and be safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #123049

Hi Everybody,
Sounds like we all had a great day. We all woke up and are healthy and so far on one in the family has tested positive with covid. I am trying to think of all the positive ways to be thankful. We did get to have my daughter here with her family so that was nice. The baby is getting to be a character. When he knew he was going to get into trouble he would just smile at us and then go after what he was not supposed to have. He got very disappointed when it did not work. He did not give up. He is saying words and he talks as much as he can. He can jabber. He has a lot of teeth now and it is changing his looks.
Gail that is funny to listen to boy’s tell what they are thankful for. I know that Owen is the same. He thinks of some strange things to be thankful for. Aliza told the teacher how her mom fixes a turkey. She said that she uses bananas and ice cream and cooks it for 17 to 18 hours. It would be interesting to see what that turkey would look like with the ice cream and bananas would look like. I imagine that the bananas and ice cream may be a little burnt. Don’t talk about the turkey. The imagination of little ones. It is such a shame they lose it. That is funny about the groceries It sounds like what I would do. My daughter helps me because they all know that I am not good at ordering on the internet. I love the memes that you post. They are so funny and it is good to get a good smile all the time.
Adele, That must have been fun for JJ to be able to help Gary. He will like being able to help with the decorating also. My grands put up my tree for me. They did such a good job. Ron can help me put up the rest. He got my new village that we bought at Costco. We will have to get the sleigh out and get that put up. We will be putting up more of the decorations cause I like to have my Santa’s out. I do not like that I cannot do this myself. It is so aggravating. We got a wreath to put outside it is the one that Valarie Parhill sells. It is really pretty and I like the fresh smell of the pine.
Well that Is all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #122908

Hi Gail,
You had good intentions when you got those things. It just does not work out the way you plan. At least Greg can use them so they will not go to waste. That is when it is really aggravating when you cannot use them at all and you have wasted that money. I am really getting crabby.
We have to buy her a car seat and let the insurance company give the money back. He is growing into the next size car seat so he will need a new one soon.
I guess it was because of where I was sitting. The passenger seat in the front is not the best seat to be sitting in when hit from behind. I am not sure where a safe place is but not there. If anyone was going to get hurt I am glad that it was me. I could not have taken if something happened to the baby or to Brook. The people did have insurance and we are hoping they will pay enough to cover the bills and therapy if I need it later.
Well that is all from here. Have a great day and stay safe.
Colleen

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