[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #121137

Hi Adele,
JC Penny’s always has such good sales. I like it when they have the extra coupons so you can get more off. They have that sale right before Thanks-giving . I try to get a lot of my Christmas presents when they do that.
That is a good idea to change to your mom’s doctor. You will not have to go into the office. I wish that we had doctors that made house calls but we don’t. I would like not having to go into the office. I do not like wearing those masks. They make me cough from breathing through that mask.
I heard about the earth quake in Alaska. I did not hear if it caused very much damage or not. They were talking that it may bring on another one of those big storms. I cannot spell the name of it right so I am not even going to try.
I am not sure who my favorite is on dwts either. I like the one girl that is a little older and I think that she dances with Sacha. She is the one who is a little heavier then the other girls on the show. I think that she is a really good dancer and can dance to just about any music they play. I also like the woman who is the cheer leader coach. It is going to be hard to decide this year.
After what happened to Ron and how close I came to losing him I am not as scared as I was. We could lose any one at anytime so we both feel the need to be around our family. I am careful and take all the precautions that we should but I am not going to stop seeing my family. I may be wrong but that is just how I feel.
Well that is all from here. Have a great day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120963

Hi Adele,
I know that it will be hard to make that stocking. Did she pick out the stocking that she wants you to make? I hope that she did it would be hard for you to pick it out and make it.
I hope everyone will come for Thanks-giving to make it more festive. You need as many people around as you can. We had a big dinner for both Thanks-giving and Christmas after my mom passed. We even had a big Easter dinner so we were together for all of them. So I hope that your family will be around you for that.
We are finally getting some rain. We really did need the rain. I hope that we keep getting more it has been so dry here. It is getting cold here also. It is really feeling like fall. It is getting me into the holiday spirit. I went to Penny’s the other day and got a few things for the kids for Christmas. I found a really cute outfit for Grayson. It is a pair of dress pants ,a long sleeve shirt, with a tie and vest. I cannot wait to see him in it. I hope that they will put it on him for Christmas. Even if he just wears it long enough for pictures. I found some really cute pj’s for Aliza she always needs new ones. They were having a sale and they were giving away coupons for even more off of that. The one that I got was for 40% off of that so we got some really good deals.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120881

Hi Adele,
The way you make apple crisp sounds really good. Thanks for sending the recipe I will have to try it. It is a little different then mine. That is nice that Amanda is such a good cook. She had some really good teachers.
I wish that we would get some rain. It is so dry here. We had a little rain here the other morning but not enough to make a difference. I do not think that it hardly got the ground wet. I hope we get more this week-end or next week.
That was sad that Steph wants you to make her mom a stocking. I wonder if she wants to take it to the grave site. Maybe she can put some flowers in it and it will be really pretty. I just hope that it will not be too hard on you to do it. It is nice that you are making stockings for everyone. Do you make them new ones every year?
I am glad to hear that your back is better. It is hard to get anything done when your back hurts bad like that.
We are celebrating Christmas and Thanks-giving. Are you planning on celebrating the holidays with your family. I cannot go without doing something for the family. We enjoy getting together and so we will. We will do a good clean up before they come and after they leave. We are going to use paper plates and we might use plastic knives and forks. That way we can throw everything away after dinner and that will take care of that. We can have a safe day.
Well that is all from here. Have a great night and be safe.
Colleen
p.s. It is good that Steph ate some food.

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120824

Hi Gail,
It must have been the sea horse. She has such a beautiful voice. She sang the song from Titanic. It was so pretty and she has a strong voice. It will be fun to find out who she is. I have a feeling that we will not find out until the end of the show. She will make it all the way thru. I would have never guessed Mike Tyson for the what cha ma call it. I know it all one word. It will be fun to see who all Ken guesses. It will drive him crazy he cannot stand for someone to make it sound like he should know them.
Danyielle had pictures of the New Kids hanging all over her wall. She would cut them out of magazines and anywhere she could find them. She took a camera with her to take pictures to hand up but they were never close enough that you could tell who is who. She thought she really had something though. I was not all that great a mom. The concert hall was in a bad area and I did not want them going alone. I finally let her go when she went with a group and it seemed to be safer. I guess that I was over protective.
Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120775

Hi Adele,
That is a shame that you spilled the chili. I have done that before and made really big messes. It is a shame that the kids got upset with you. Maybe they need to put everything away for you after dinner and then nothing like that will happen again.
I am so sorry that your back is hurting. Do you know what you did to get it to start hurting again. I like the food that you made and the new ornaments I like the one with the babies picture in it. That will be a family ornament that they will cherish for a long time.
I must be going blind I could not see the coyote behind Bobby’s truck. I will look again and see if I an see it. You may have to give me a direct place it can be.
That is nice that Amanda is doing some cooking for you. It has to be nice not having to cook once in awhile. Is she a good cook? I really like apple crisps. They are so good. My mom use to make them when we were little. I guess they are made the same way. You put them in a baking dish and it is topped with cinnamon and butter. It is pretty good. I guess that it is called by different names.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120773

Hi Gail,
Aliza is 4 and she will turn 5 in January. I think that Kaylee and Lachlan are the same age. It is getting hard to remember how old the others are. If we keep getting more grand I will never remember. They are doing both at the school where Owen goes. He was glad to go back to the classroom and not just doing work on the computer. They go for two days and when they are in school the teachers send work home with them to do when they go home and they have to do it on the computer. Half of the kids go Monday and Tuesday and the others go Thursday and Friday. I feel bad for the teachers that has to be hard to keep track of.
I was not any good tonight at picking out the singer tonight. He was a foot ball player I think and surprised everyone. It is going to be hard to pick the next person to go. I think that the dragon is going to win. I think that is what she is. She has such a good voice and it is so strong. The whatcha ma call it really threw Ken for a loss. I wonder how they know each other. I was wondering if it is the guy that Ken always guesses but is wrong. I cannot remember the guys name. He guessed him for a long time but do not think that he has done that this year. Do you remember who it was?
I have not watched any of the cake baking contests. They really do come up with some really good cakes and I do not see how they get them to stand without falling apart. They must all be really good bakers and very creative.
My daughters listened to the music in the eighties. I think my kids are older then yours are. So we listened to it all the time. Was Jenny a fan of the New Kids on the Block? Danyielle was and we went to two of their concerts. I could not believe how loud those concerts can be with all the girls screaming. The kids really enjoyed it though.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120688

Hi Gail,
I hardly ever know the people that they unmask either. The only one that I have guessed right was Dion Warwick. Her voice is so easy to recognize. It is fun to watch though. I guess they will have the next group on there tomorrow night. They are all so good I would not want to have to pick the person that has to go home.
Aliza is still Grandpa’s girl. She always agrees with him and when we go places or if he says anything. It is cute how she acts when she sees him coming. She is really cute when it comes to her brother. If we get candy or anything for her she has to have some for Owen. She is going to be good about sharing.
Maybe you can figure out how to social distance in the house. If everyone sits away from each other and you have something to keep the air moving then you could get together. There has to be a way. You can look it up on the internet and see if they have any ideas.
I just mute the tv when she starts talking. I think if it would help if Tyra would just stop talking as much as she does. She needs to give other people a chance to talk. I won’t stop watching the show I will just mute the tv and watch the dancers. This week was really good I liked all the music that they picked. Everybody was dressed really cute and I liked all the dances they did. This is another show I would not like being the judges and have to pick the one to go home. They all improved so much this week.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120447

Hi Gail,
The masked singer was really good last night. I would never have guessed Austin Greene was the giraffe. I did not know he could sing or rap. It was funny when Robin found out who it was and that they were friends since they were kids. It is funny that you can’t figure out that a person that you have known that long. It is a lot harder then it looks.
We went to Costco today and got the things that we needed. The chair with Santa is a lot smaller then I thought. Aliza really liked it until Ron said we do not have room for it. Then she said she did not like it we don’t have room. She is so funny. They had a lot of cute Christmas decorations and some really big ones. They have a nutcracker and a snowman that you put outside. We gave Aliza a nutcracker but she said that it broke. She doesn’t know how though. They did not have as many of the big things like they usually do though. We may have to see if they have more sooner to Christmas. They did not have as many fall decorations like they use to.
It is nice to have the two fire places. They also so had a wood cooking stove so if the electric went out mom could still cook. She use to make a big pot of soup on it and it always tasted really good. I think cooking on that wood stove made a difference. It might have just been in my head but it was good.
Well that is about all from here. Thanks for posting the memes they are so funny. Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-October 2020 #120332

Hi Gail,
I do not put it on the table anymore we just get it right out of the pans. I know that sounds really lazy but with the two of us it seems like just extra dishes to wash.
I did not see any peppers frozen. I had no idea that they had them. I have to go to Costco Thursday. Danyielle will go with me and Aliza. She wants to go and look at the Christmas decorations. We always go and look and she helps me find a new Santa. They have one with Santa sitting in a big chair. It looks like the kids could sit in his lap. Would like to have it but too big to put in the house. I do not think that it will go outside but will have to look at it. In the picture it looks like it was made out of cloth.
Sounds like he might be cutting enough for next winter also. There are times that I wish that we had a fire place but we don’t. It is too late to put one in but we have gone this long without one we will survive it. We always had a fireplace when we were kids and when mom and dad moved into the country they had a fireplace in there family room upstairs and one in the room in the basement. They were really nice.
I kid of wonder about the mistake that was made at the end. She kept going on about how it was live tv and mistakes are made. When she kept saying that about it being a live show I figure it was her mistake. I guess that I just do not like Tyra as a host for that show. Maybe she would be better at something else but this is not what she is good at. She seems like she is trying to out dress the contestants and she is doin g a bad job. I do not think that you are being catty is just true about the way she dresses.
Well that is all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

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