[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119703

Hi Gail,
I did not think that you thought Aliza had her own phone. I was just talking about Own not having one. It is hard to understand why all these kids have cell phones.
They needed to find someone who was more experienced at being a host. Tyra Banks is just not the right person for this job. I agree if it is not broke do not fix it. I just mute the tv when she starts talking. She never lets anyone else have their turn at talking.
Aliza will be excited if she gets to go trick or treating. She had been staying at home most of the time. Now she can go to school and do somethings. They are also thinking of opening the parks again. That will be nice if they can go to the park again. We have taken her to Elephant Rock but she could get on the swings they had taken them down. At least she go to climb around on the rocks. That was nice that she had fun doing that.
We are getting food from that shell fish restaurant. It will be nice to get that and they ordered a cake for us. We will go and pick up the food and then the girls will pay us for it. It is just easier to do it that way.
The memes are always funny. It is good to have something to smile and laugh about. It seems like everyone is so grumpy these days we all need a good laugh.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119596

Hi All,
I watched DWTS tonight and I do not like Tyra Banks at all. She never quits talking. The judges get cut off but she just talks on and on. I wish they would cut her off and let the judges talk longer. I like how they vote now though. The judges have the last word and I think that is good. I think that is how they vote in England. I think more of the good dancers will stay in the show longer. I would have never guess that the younger dancer was 18. She looks like she is 12 or 13 to me. I knew she had to older then that or she would not have been on the show. She does look young.
Adele, your bread looks delicious. Wish we could reach thru the screen and get a piece. Are those stockings that you are making for your grands? They are really cute.
They announced tonight that they are not going to cancel Halloween. The doctor from the health department said as long as they are outside and do not bunch up it should not be a problem. It is just the Halloween parties where they are inside and activities where there could be a lot of people.
It is nice that JJ is still there. I hope that Aizen is doing ok. It is probably easier on Steph to only help one child with school work and not two of them. I do not know that I could work with two of them at the same time.
Gail, Aliza has to use her mom’s phone. Owen does not have a cell phone yet either. They are going to make him wait until he is in high school. Right now they pick him up from school and he is not home by himself. So they do not feel that he needs a phone. When he goes out on his own or does things after school then he will need one. I do have sensitive skin. I cannot wear make-up with out my face breaking out. I think that is where Kylie gets it from. I have to be careful what I put on my face even the soaps that I use to wash it.
The schools are really doing things strangely. They are going to let the kids from kindergarten to 2nd grade go back to school but the older kids still have to do their school work on the computer. After they see if it works they will let the next two or three grades go back until they are all back in school. This does not make sense to me but I guess they have their reasons. We will see how it all works out.
That was nice that you got to spend time with Jenny and the kids. It is nice to get to spend time with them and see them in person. We are supposed to celebrate our anniversary Sunday. The kids are coming over on Sunday and we are going to have dinner with them. We will not have anyone else here. It will be nice to celebrate though.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119374

Hi DD,
It is good to see that you are getting some rain and clearing that smoke out. It had to be nice to be able to go outside and go to the store and get groceries. It does feel good to get out. Have the fires started to go out ? I have not heard anything about them still burning as bad as they were.
We drove by a house and they had the cutest Halloween decorations up. She had a blow up of a ghost and a black cat they were both really big. It was so cute.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg sure did live a full life. She really did a lot of things in her life. She sure was on the supreme court for a lot of years. She really accomplished a lot in her life time.
Well that is all from here. Thanks for continuing to post all the pictures. They are really pretty. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119371

Hi Adele,
We had a fun day today. We went to an outside auction. We kept our distance from people and wore a mask. So we felt pretty safe. We got some nice things at the auction. I found all types of mums so bought 4 pots of them. They are ones that we will have to plant in the ground and then I found one that is in a decorative planter. We will set that one on the deck until it gets closer to fall then we will plant it. I wish that Ron was going to get the hay bails to set the mums on and the scare crows to set up there. We have not put much outside since no one comes over that much. Everything we bought was off the trailer with all the new things that were donated by different businesses in the area.
I am glad to hear that your eye and your gout is better. That had to be miserable to be going thru that at the same time. My allergies are really acting up and they make life miserable. There was a breeze today and that always stirs things up. It was not bad sitting outside at least. It was not hot and humid.
It does not seem right that they take so long to give you the results from tests. They just drag things out. They should have let you know a long time ago instead of prolonging it. It is hard to get the bill after someone has passed on. I wish that they could have helped her also. I guess that God wanted her up there with him.
Maybe Steph will come around and talk to you in a few days. I guess that it just takes longer for some to be able to talk about it. It is nice that JJ is with you. He needs someone around to help him. What about Aizen? Where is he staying? Does Johnny ever come to see them? That would help if he would come around. She just needs help thru all of this
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119136

Hi Gail,
That is nice that Brent’s girlfriend is going to go with him. I hope she gets custody of her son ans she can go. That is hard when you have to fight like that to get you kids. Especially when you want to move to a different state.
It is fun to watch them from this age until they turn 5. It seems like they really learn a lot in those 5 years. It is just amazing to watch them. I heard from Aliza she sends me text messages and it is funny. She just hits all kinds a lot of different letters and then sends pictures. It is funny she just does that once or twice a week. It will be nice when she learns to spell and actually say something. It is fun to do this with her.
I will have Danyielle look when she goes to target. She has one close to her house we have to drive a long way to get there. I will try it and if it works I will get Kylie a tube of it. I hope it works. I went shopping for groceries and had to wear that mask and when I got home my face was really broke out. I had a longer list this time when I went.
Bruno did look good and with the social distancing when he starts swinging his arms and getting wild he is far enough away the other judges. He is funny. I was surprised that they are letting that little girl compete on this show. I am not sure how I feel bout it. I just hope that they do not have her wear those sexy outfits that the other women have to wear. I do not know how young she is but she looks too young to be on that show. Maybe I m just getting old and picky.
Did you watch the Masked Singer the other night. They have a lot of cute costumes. I like the one that was dressed like popcorn in the box that you get at the movies. It will be fun to watch all these shows again.
Not a whole lot going on here. IN fact it is boring.so I guess that I will get off here. Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #119133

Hi Adele,
Melissa said that Kaylee is having trouble doing her work on the internet also. I do not know what it is with the grade schools and having trouble with classes. She was really upset that she cannot figure it out. I will have to tell her other kids are having problems also.
My goodness Adele. That is a lot to have to handle at once.I hope that you get better soon. Poor Steph losing her mom and Johnny at the same time. You would think that he could have waited until she was better from losing her mom. That is really sad that she still loves him. Is she working right now? If she could find a job that might help her. I will keep praying for her.
I went to Wal-Mart to get groceries today and there was not a lot of people there. The ones that were there wore their masks the whole time they were shopping. I think that it mostly older people there and they did not want to get sick so they left theirs on. It was nice to be in there and not have a lot of the younger people there pulling their masks off. There was one woman there with her kids. She had three of them and they were all close to the same age. They were so cute. The baby reminded me of Grayson he was chunky and no hair. He would wave at me and just smile. The other little boy was talking to me but the oldest one would not say anything. She said that he was really shy. He was a little red head. The oldest must have been 4 and then the other was 3 and then she had a baby. I do not see how that poor woman could handle all of them in the grocery store. I was wondering also with all the car seats where does she put her groceries. Those seats are big and take a lot o room.
Well that is all the excitement we had here today. Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

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[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118972

Hi DD,
That smoke is terrible. It is a good thing that you do not have to go outside for anything. Can you shop and have your groceries brought in to you? It would be nice if you did. We can order and pick it up but we live too far out for delivery.
I am going to be late getting my fall things out again I have a hard time getting excited about the holidays. I have been Christmas shopping because we have so many to buy for. I do get excited about seeing the kids open the packages.
They are having the Fallaween show today. Well they did have it on today.The prices are kind of high this year. I was kind of hoping that they would have cheaper prices.
I hope that they get these fires out soon and your air clears up. You could use a good rain to help put the fires out. That is all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118970

Hi Adele,
Did you watch DWTS tonight? What did you think of Tyra Banks? I did not care for her that much. She does not have the same engery as Tom B had. He also knew how to talk with the judges and the dancers. She is just not a good announcer. We will see how she does as time goes on. I have to mute the tv when she talks. I do like the dancers and the stars that are dancing.
It is funny that Sonny is being so careful. Grayson just goes and runs into things and does all kinds of crazy things. That is funny he is feeding his dog. The dog must really be gentle with him. That makes it really nice.
I did watch the Halloween show but they do not have all the cute things they use to have. I wish they would show the masks and thing they use to have. I liked some of the scary things that they had.
That is nice that JJ is staying with you for a few days. I am sorry to hear that Steph is not looking any better. I wish that there was some way to get her to eat. I have been praying for her.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-September 2020 #118858

Hi DD,
I hope things are okay where you are at. Is the air hard to breathe? I worry about all the smoke in the air that it will hurt people that have a problem breathing. I hope that it is not giving you problems.
Are they getting the fires under control,yet? I am praying for everyone living on the coast. I hope that they are. It is terrible that the winds can carry the fires as far as they do. I cannot believe they all just lost everything. Did people have enough notice to get some things out of their houses?
How is snowball doing. Hope he is handling this okay. He must be a lot of company to you.
Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

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