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Hi Barbara,
Is it Sarah’s sister or Buddy’s wife’s sister who is having the baby? If it was Sarah’s sister that would be nice to have cousins so close in age. Jenny’s kids are lucky to have cousins close in age and 4 who live just two doors away so that they can play together.
As to the shower and wedding stuff. Jenny’s MIL threw a shower and never really consulted me and there was a shower at our house thrown by her girlfriend even though my SIL and I did most of the prep and Jenny’s MIl came as a guest and that’s just how we did it. No one felt left out-at least I didn’t and I’m pretty sure she didn’t either. As to the wedding we did all the planning and made all the arrangements-other than Jenny and Adam choosing the cake and the menu (with input from me) I made the rest of the arrangements-this was a party that Greg and I were hosting (and paying for-lol) -so I just figured the planning of it was up to us and everyone else was just supposed to come and relax and have a good time. Anyway, that’s the way I looked at it and I don’t believe Adam’s parents expected to be involved in the planning-I always think of the old saying-too many cooks spoil the broth. Sometimes too many planners can make things contentious. As to the baby shower-I would just call Sarah’s Mom and ask her if she would like you to bring anything and see what she says. If she says she doesn’t need anything just go and have a good time and just keep thinking about that precious little bundle who will be making his entrance in another few months. That’s what it’s really all about.
That’s interesting that Jerry loved the Boxcar Children books-so did Brent. However I had no idea that series was that old. (no offense Jerry) I thought those books were more contemporary. I guess well written books are timeless.
The dresses aren’t lined in a different material-only crepe paper is allowed-if I can figure out how to transfer over the rules I will. They are very stringent.
Years ago my next door neighbor who had an elderly aunt that got ovarian cancer told me about the baby powder connection. That really stuck in my head for some reason and I used powder on the kids very sparingly. Of course for boys it would be a moot point anyway. I think the problem comes from women who use it lifelong for purposes of feminine hygiene. Notice how properly I stated that? lol I don’t think Jenny ever used baby powder. Now they have Desitin which really seems to keep them dryer anyway if they have a little irritation.
We are having a beautiful day here. Hope that you are too.
GailHi Adele,
It’s finally sunny and 70 and beautiful. I hope that this is a trend.
I made a strawberry cake with whipped cream frosting once-it was a recipe from Taste of Home. It was really good-a little time consuming. I love Taste of Home recipes as they all come from home cooks just like us. I think many of my standard recipes are from them.
What exactly is American chop suey? My MIL always referred to that too. I think I may remember that Chicago take outs had something like that but out here they don’t differentiate. My mother made chop suey when I was kid-it was probably the American style but I never really liked it-however I don’t remember green pepper being in it-just celery which I don’t care for cooked. That’s interesting that you eat red and yellow peppers but not green. Perhaps the red and yellow taste a little milder. Isn’t funny how the red and yellow are more expensive than the green?
Is Sunday Tillie’s birthday-i think i remember that because Greg’s is the following day.
GailHi Adele,
Poor little Aizen crying because you told him to wait to go downstairs. It does bruise your heart to hear them cry. It always makes me feel bad too. I like that he was calling a 4 year old a baby. I guess he thinks that he is a big guy. lol What a little sweetie!
I have never had the hot dogs from KC steaks. You don’t like Nathan’s? I remember my old boyfriend from NY talking about Nathan’s hot dogs years ago. Then eventually they became available here and I don’t really like them at all-too garlicky for me. That’s just like the great polish sausage debate. Now I love polish sausage but it ends up that what I really love is my grandmother’s homemade polish sausage. The commercial polish sausage is way more garlicky than she ever made it-so i don’t even buy it. The closest that I have found was Greg’s grandfathers sausage. There is a place around here that makes a bratwurst that is as close as I have found to my grandmother’s sausage so that’s what I buy to use instead.
It was in the 40’s all weekend here too. But today we will be 60 so that’s an improvement. Anyone have any plans for Mother’s Day? I think we are going to brunch again.
GailHi Barbara,
It sounds like Jerry’s Mom is really enjoying all the love and attention that she is getting from Jerry. I’m glad they have this developing relationship and I’m sure both will benefit from it.
It sounds like Jerry is really enjoying the reading sessions if he’s reminding you that it’s time for reading. Now if only you could find a book about a man who had a railroad car in his backyard and then decided to get rid of it. lol
We grill here all year long. There have been times when we shoveled a path through the snow to the grill. Although it wasn’t a long path as the grill sits on the deck just outside the back door.
Everything sounds so nice, even an insult, when it is delivered in a southern drawl. I’m sure your voice and way of speaking is wonderful.
GailDon’t forget to check the alerts box.
Hi Everybody,
Adele, I remember those naughty nighty parties. I think I went to one and as far as I can remember the stuff wasn’t really that risque-especially by today’s standards. I can’t take a picture of my craft yet as she was missing one of my letters so it isn’t quite complete. The stuff is really cute. Jenny, her MIL and two SIL’s all made the same menu board for the kitchen. So I was saying all the Crone women made the same thing. I know previously Jenny had made a cute board that has little clothes pins to hold photos or kids artwork. It’s actually a pretty nice party idea and I thought all the things that everyone made turned out really cute. I asked Kelly about the crepe paper dresses and she said there is no inner lining but they probably use several layers sewn together. The rules are really strict-if I can figure out how to get them over here i will post them. If you use buttons or snaps they have to be wrapped in the paper etc.
Colleen, I drink diet soda too-probably more than I should but that’s really what I like to drink and a person can’t give up everything.
Did you catch that Quacker program on Q+ yesterday-with all the presentations previously recorded with a different host each time. I thought that was kind of a bizarre show. I wouldn’t even have recorded it but it was set to record automatically.
Gosh we had no AC at all in the house we lived in for our first 20 years. Now I wonder how we ever stood that. I think later on we may have put window units in each of the bedrooms but for many years we had no AC anywhere. I do remember that without AC it was so humid indoors the crackers and cookies and things like that would get soft instead of remaining crisp.
I have a few pairs of sneakers with those bungees. I think mine are from Skechers. I like them because they slip right on-but with my brace I have to wear the ones with the ties. So I have bungees and ties both.
I think they sell both cherry and vanilla coke in bottles but they don’t taste the same as the old soda fountain ones. They taste more artificial-at least to me.
Speaking of pizza and coke we just found out that today the owners of our favorite pizza place are retiring. Red’s pizza is an institution in this town. They have been here for 50 years and they have the best pizza with a nice thin crust that compares to none. Red and Bonnie have to be the two hardest working people I know-especially Bonnie who still worked in the kitchen and waited tables when she was there and she has to be 70. Red worked the bar so his job was a bit easier but i think he’s been sick so they decided to finally retire. Someone else is taking over and promises that things will remain the same but it will never be quite the same without Red and Bonnie. We have gone there before we had kids, with our kids and with our kids and grandkids so they have seen three generations of us. I hope they have lots of time together to enjoy a happy retirement.
Barbara, I am getting the giggles thinking of Adele trying to do a southern accent with her Boston accent. I would pay money to hear that! By the way, Barbara, do you say “fixing to” instead of “going to”? Brent used to love to tease Kim when she said that-personally I found it charming.
Wow! That is quite some story about your BIL. What a wonderful man he must have been to have such a great attitude after all that suffering. It’s funny I was just thinking about when the polio vaccine came out and talking about it with Greg. Did everyone else also get it in the form of a sugar cube? I remember we had to go down to City Hall and line up and wait to get the sugar cube and Greg remembers doing something similar in Chicago. Do you all remember doing something like that? I’m thinking I was maybe about seven when they came out with the vaccine.
Barbara, I think Adele might be the closest to New York City. I have traveled the northern, southern, southwestern, and some of the western states but never gone east for some reason. I would like to see NY and DC but I no longer like all the crowds so we probably won’t make the trip. All the years that Greg’s brother lived in Virginia when he was in the CIA and I never made it out there. If there was a family thing Greg usually went alone as it was too expensive to fly all of us out there. We still have a nephew in the area so maybe we will get out to visit him sometime as I would at least like to see the Smithsonian and Williamsburg. There’s so much history in that area of the country and we all know that I am a museum geek. As to safety-all cities seem to have their good and bad parts-you have to do some research before you go. I try to stick to upscale areas when visiting a new city.
Thank you all for asking about Kendall. She doesn’t have the results from the ultrasound back yet but Jenny said she went through it pretty easily so that’s good. She hasn’t had any of the bad stomach aches for a couple of weeks now-so we’ll see what happens next. I am eternally grateful for all your queries and prayers. You Quacker ladies are absolutely the best!
Hugs and Love,
GailHi Girls,
I’m off to start a new discussion page. I’ll see you all over on the May discussion.
GailHi Colleen,
They used to have several kits on the Q with tools for opening different things but I don’t know if they carry any of that anymore. I always have had an electric can opener and i have another tool that helps opens those cans with the pop tabs. I also have something for soda bottles and jars. There’s a nifty tool for jars that you just put under the lip and pull up and it breaks that seal and you can open the jar right up. I was with my friend in a kitchen store once and I found those and recommended that my friend get one for her husband as he has bad arthritis in his hands and he loves it. I guess I am the queen of opening gadgets as i found it so frustrating not to be able to do those things myself anymore so this gives me a little independence.
I was thinking the same thing when I was watching Chics night. I didn’t watch it but was just flicking through and was wondering if there was something wrong with my recording as it looked like they were showing every item twice. I’m sure they have enough inventory not to have to do that-it makes the show kind of a snoozefest when they show everything twice. Albany in general is a little too scattered for my taste and Patrick is a good presenter so she should just let him do his thing in my opinion.
I haven’t heard from Jenny yet about Kendall’s ultrasound-I’ll hear from her today. I’m sure stress has a little to do with the migraines but i also think that the main thing is certain people are just prone to them.
We still have heat on. I resisted turning on the AC when we had those few days in the 80’s . But we can just switch back and forth between the two without any trouble so it isn’t a big deal.
If you needed new tennis shoes and you like Ryka I hope that you checked out their TSV yesterday as that’s exactly what it was . Ryka tennies. They looked cute. I think they were the canvas ones. I hope that you saw them.
GailHi Adele,
Nope a phosphate is not like a float. A float is soda and ice cream-root beer floats are popular around here. A phosphate is seltzer, chocolate syrup, and milk kind of mixed to make it all foamy. Like I said- I have not seen one in years. My Mom always used to order them. They are less sweet than a shake or a float-probably because of the seltzer base.
Here’s the thing about Tillie and the braces from my own experience. She probably figures if she is just sitting around the house and not walking much that it is just a pain to put them on. Also are they hard for her to get on and secure by herself? Does she have to struggle to get them inside her shoe? These are all things that I struggle with myself so I was wondering about her too. Also I have to wear mine with tie shoes and just bending to tie the shoes is a struggle when you have a lot of weight in your belly like I do.
Just some thoughts I had on the subject from my own experience wearing a brace. I have no idea if any of this applies to Tillie’s situation-I just thought that I would throw that out there.
Still cold here. We will probably go from jackets straight to shorts. That seems to be how it works.
I am going to Jenny’s Saturday night. She is having one of those craft parties where you make something like a wall hanging. Jenny is making a thing where you use blackboard paint to make a board with the days of the week to write your menu. I was thinking about doing that one as I always used to write a menu each week but now with just me and Greg I rarely do it anymore. So instead I am doing a board set up like a scrabble board or a crossword puzzle (since I like both of those things) that has words like home and love and family on it. It should be fun. Jenny’s birthday is Sunday so afterward she and some of her friends and her husband are going out for a drink since Enya will be staying there and she can watch the kids. it’s terrible-i can’t remember how old she will be. She was born in 1982 so that will make her 34-she and Brent will be the same age for two months until Brent turns 35 on June 30th. I always had fun with that one when they were young and they were the same age for two months. I liked to confuse people-what can I say-I am a little evil-actually people were either a little confused or else they thought I was a sex fiend. lol Sometimes I explained and sometimes I didn’t depending on my mood. lol Sometimes I just need to be a little mischievous.
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