[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116641

Hi Adele,
I like both of your haircuts. You look with short hair and so does Tillie. You two look like you are ready for a night out. It is just a shame there is no place to go since most things are closed. You will have to party at home. Your smile looks good to me. It will get better as time goes on.
We have had storms here but we did not have any damage. We also had the storms that Gail had. We did not have any tornado warnings here though. It is hard to believe that Gail’s basement flooded again. At least it was not as bad as before.
Steph can get some medicine to stop her from throwing up. I have some that I have to take and they really help. I know the reason I get sick is a lot different then hers though. It would be worth the call to her doctor.
We are all doing fine here. I hope that everyone there is doing okay. I hope that the other two girls are doing okay and getting on with their lives. Just wish that Steph could do the same. I will remember all of you in my prayers.
Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116628

Hi DD,
It is really hot there. We are cooling down for a few days. I cannot believe that you are getting our weather and we are getting yours. It will only last for a few days though.
It seems like the prices are going up on everything. QVC is just as bad as the other places. I order some food from the q but not much else. If I buy Quacker it is off the clearance page. It is really sad that things are going this way.
It is sad that people are being so mean to each other right now. I guess it is the times. People have been locked up for so long they are getting nasty. I guess that we all need things to do.
Thank you for posting the pictures. They are so pretty and calming. I am grateful that yo post them and Gail posts the memes.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116626

Hi Adele,
Sorry that I missed your post. I saw it today when I was going thru the e-mails. I really do miss things here lately. I just had my eyes checked and they were fine. I guess that I just do not look careful enough.
I know how hard it is to watch a person lose weight like that. I hope that you can get her to start eating. You can help her I am sure. It is sad that Johnny did not understand how she felt. It is hard to know how to help her thru this. She does have to take care of those boys they need her. Maybe if you remind her of that she will do better. She is a good mom and the boys are important to her. I will say a prayer for her.
I am sorry to hear that you are losing your hair. Have you called the doctor to see if there is something that you can do for it. Sometimes it is medicine that you take along with the worry. I hope that you get it to stop.
We could eat the watermelon that we had. My daughter picked the bad one. I felt so bad for her. I would not want to have to clean up the mess that she had. We will never cut into a watermelon in the house again. We will do that every time we get a watermelon.
That is so cool that Sonny is crawling now and pulling himself up. I do not think that Grayson is pulling up yet. I have not seen him for a few days. I will see him Sunday and Monday. Brook wants me to take her looking for a car.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116624

Hi Gail,
It was a government agency but cannot remember who they were. Ron cannot remember the name either. I thought they were a group from a church but that is not where they came from. We had a generator so did not lose a lot of food.
It is a generator that runs the whole house when the electric goes out. I think it waits a few minutes then it turns on. It would be nice to have then we would not have to worry about food in the fridge or freezer.
I had read in one article that he had some bleeding. They did not say what caused it but it was probably the chrone disease. I knew one person that had it but I never heard of her having trouble with it.
It will be different watching all these shows. I do not see how they will do dwts when they are not supposed to get that close. I do not see how they are going to dance with masks on if they make them wear them. It will be different that is for sure. I hope they do the Mask singer. I really like that show. It one where they all just seem to be having fun and it does not matter if they win or lose they just want to enjoy themselves.
That guy was really taking a chance putting that slide whistle in his mouth after someone he does not know. That was not a smart thing to do. If he gets covid he will be sorry that he was being so careless.
Krabby Daddy spelled with a K instead of a C. They have two them in our area. One in Farmington and then one in Festus. We go to the one in Farmington.
We cut into the watermelon and it did not explode. So we were lucky. Mandy was not that lucky she got the one that exploded. I could see her face when it did that. It is funny when she tells it but would not be as funny if it happened to us.
Well that is all from here. Have a good day and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116574

Hi Gail,
The last time our electric was off for a long time they came around to see how much food we lost and they were going to give us the money for what the food was worth. I cannot remember what group it was now but it was nice for them to do that.There is not telling how much it cost them because they went to all the houses in the area.
We also have generators around here also. I would love to get that new one that they advertise that turns on as soon as your electric goes. I think they call them genrac. It would be nice to have and then you would not have to worry about hooking all of that up. I think it runs off your propane tank.
Frank has Crohn disease. I probably spelled that wrong. It has been acting up and he has had some bleeding. I have not heard anything else about him. I hope he gets better.
I am not sure where all this restaurant is located. It is Called Krabby Daddy. They really have some good food. The only thing that I miss is the biscuits that they make at Red Lobster. I miss them they were so good. We have to drive into St. Louis to go there. Do not want to go up there to eat out.
We cut open another water melon today. Ron took it outside and cut it open. We figure that if it is outside we will not have that big a mess to clean up. We will not get as much all over us.
Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116451

Hi Gail,
I was hoping that you had the problem with the basement flooding solved. I hope that it does not do too much damage and you do not have to replace flooring or anything. I think you had the same storms there as we had in Missouri. We did not have any damage so we were okay. They had damage in different places.
I am glad that your electric came back on so quickly. I hate that when the electric goes out and you have a freezer full of food. It is hard to replace all of it. It does not do any good to cook a bunch of food because you do not have anywhere to put it to keep it fresh.At least in the winter you can put thing outside and it will stay frozen. We have had the electric go off both times of the year.
Well that is about all from here. Have a good night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116449

Hi Adele,
I am glad that you checked in. I was worried about you. I am glad that the medium worked out okay for you. I am so sorry to hear about Steph. Is this all because her and Johnny split up and the loss of her mom? I am glad that she spent the night with you. It is lucky that she has you around to help her thru this. How is Tillie? Is she feeling better and not as depressed.
We had storms here last night. Luckily we did not have any damage so that was good. They had damage in different places in the state. Danyielle did not have any damage where she is either. We have to thank the Lord for keeping us all safe.
It is really hard on families that have family members in a nursing home right now. They cannot visit their family and if they get sick. I can understand why your neighbor is so upset. I do not know if they are helping anyone out doing it this way. People have a lot of regrets and that makes it harder. There has to be a better way to handle all of this.
Poor Aizen. He really thought that all the decorations would stay in the closet this year. You probably made him feel good knowing that you are going to decorate. Kids really pick up on things like that.
Well that is all from here. Have a great night and rest.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116399

Hi DD,
We have been having storms here. The wind got really bad for awhile but then it stopped. We could not get on the internet for a long time. It is supposed to start up again later tonight. We had nice weather for awhile and then it started heating up again and then the storms moved in.
That was nice that Diane found that air conditioner for you. It will be nice if it keeps your room cool enough to sleep at night. I am surprised that they do not have central air for those apartments. It must be really hot on the upper levels because heat travels up.
I love the smell of fall. The crisp cool weather and the smell of the apples and and pumpkins. I just wish that we could grow fall flowers. We have not have much luck with them.
That makes it nice that you can cook food for Critt and you both have a good meal and you split the bill. It is a good way to do that. You each have someone to eat with and not alone.
I really enjoy the pictures that you post. The pictures of the ocean are so calming. The only scary thing is it seems to just keep going and going and it would be easy to get lost.
Well that is about all from here. Have a great night and stay safe.
Colleen

[Colleen]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116392

Hi Gail,
That does look like a normal bike. You would have to know what it was when you saw it on the road. You learn something new everyday. Thanks for sending the picture of it.
I just really like Vince Gill. The only thing that bothers me is he cries so much and then I start crying. He sang a song about his dad or a friend and it was so sad. It was about their death. I cannot remember the name of it. I remember the song that Allen Jackson sang about 911. It was really good song. It seem like the Country singers come out with some of the best patriotic songs. I like the one Proud to be an American by Lee Greenwood.
It is Governor Huckabee. He has a show on Saturdays and it is political sometimes but he always has good guests. He has had a lot of the old actors and actresses. It is just fun to watch at times.
We really had a nice lunch. They have cajon style food. They put it in one of those foil pans that you would bake something in. We ordered the lobster dinner and it was enough for three people. It had lobster (2), 2 clusters of crab legs, shrimp, potatoes and corn on the cob. I couldn’t believe when they brought it out. They did not tell us that there was going to be that much in there. The food was really good and filling. We could not eat anything after that. The place was really small so they get a lot of take out orders and no one was sitting close to us so it was really nice. We will go back there again. The food was not real spicy they give you the hot spices on the side. So it worked out really well.
Frank did have back surgery but I read that he is having some type of stomach problem. I will have to look that up again and see what they called it. He had some bleeding with it.
I found out about the watermelon exploding. If they are going bad they build up a gas on the inside. When you cut into it it explodes. It will make a a hissing noise so if you hear that get out of the way.
It is nice to know that Culvers has good fish dinners. We will have to check it out.
Have a great night. Stay safe.
Colleen

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