[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127333

Hi Colleen,
I guess that i didn’t say that right. The restaurant didn’t close permanently. They just had to close temporarily because someone had covid. They will be reopening April 1st. I know they usually have a large Easter crowd. One place around here always has a large Sunday brunch which they just reopened. It has always been a buffet. I can not believe in the era of covid that anyone would even want to go to a buffet but maybe it’s just me.
I think they planned the wild card from the beginning. I would imagine that each group will have one although i don’t really understand the purpose of it. Maybe just to mix things up so the program doesn’t get stale since they had two seasons of it this year.
I just went online this weekend and ordered some things for the kids Easter baskets as I had no idea what I wanted to do. I didn’t want to bother Jenny for ideas as she has just started a new job and her plate is full-so I just sort of winged it.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127283

Adele,
I will pray that Gary will feel better soon.
As we age it seems to take us longer to bounce back.
You will be busy with all of your baking. It always sounds so delicious. Too bad you can’t get some of the girls to lend a hand.
So honey baked ham has a complete dinner with the sides. What a good idea!
The extra mashed potatoes are an easy enough add on. I even have a recipe for make ahead mashed potatoes somewhere. It’s been a while since I made them.
Here’s something funny. Piper developed a love for mashed potatoes so I made them for some holiday. Well she didn’t like them because they were home made mashed potatoes and her mom always served the instant potatoes. lol
When I was a kid I hated the instant potatoes-I remember when my Mom would make them I would announce at the dinner table-“Mommy made fake potatoes.” Now I feel guilty as here my poor mother worked all day and some times she probably didn’t feel like coming home and peeling potatoes and here I was shaming her. lol
I am looking for someplace just to pick up a couple of Easter dinners this year as it will just be us two.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127268

Hi Adele,
I hope that Gary is feeling better. And that everyone else at your house is well too.
You should keep that lace shell and cardigan and wear it for Easter. It sounds pretty.
I’m looking at what restaurants around here might have some sort of carry out Easter meal since it will just be the two of us. Or maybe we will just barbecue. I don’t really know yet. All these holidays have just been so weird over the past year. Sometimes I still feel like I am living in a science fiction movie.
I keep looking at the trees for the first signs of buds. This is my favorite time of year and it goes by so fast. it has my favorite flowers lilacs, lily of the valley and peonies and they each only last for such a short while.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127263

Hi Colleen,
I am glad that you convinced Ron to get his shot. The more people that get them the better off the whole country will be.
I think Nick had covid back when this season of the Masked Singer was being filmed so I’m sure he’s better by now. I’m sure this is all filmed months in advance. I just found out that one of our local restaurants is closed due to covid. fortunately they will be able to open on April 1st as I know they have a big Easter crowd.
I don’t really know why they need to have a wild card on The masked singer-it just adds an extra player and probably makes the season longer.
We won’t be doing anything for Easter. By the beginning of May it will be two weeks after our last shot and then we can start seeing the kids again. So there’s no use messing things up when we are so close to our goal after we have already stayed away for this long. Every one has to do what they feel comfortable with and this is how we see it. I was just online this morning getting some stuff for Easter baskets.
That will be fun having the adults hunt for eggs too. I hope the weather will be nice.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127141

Hi Adele,
I’m glad that Tillie is feeling better. It does seem like the side effects from the shot goes away pretty quickly.
It sounds like Gary may need a covid test too. However, he may have just caught a cold from Bobby. I hope he feels better quickly as he already has enough to deal with recuperating from the kidney issues.
I was remarking that none of us got a cold or flu this year-probably from staying home and not going anywhere. However, it does worry me that our immunity from other things may be lost because we have stayed home for so long and I am afraid when we start venturing out again we will be susceptible to every bug out there. Plus as we age our immune systems aren’t as strong as they once were.
Anyway, you need a break too from all this sickness. Tell everyone that the new rule is they all need to stay healthy so you can get some rest.
I had never heard of Hess trucks either until you started talking about giving them to your boys. I wonder if they are more popular out in the Eastern areas. I looked them up and they are really cool trucks. Don’t have anyone in the age group to gift them to anymore.
That’s cool that JJ qualifies for honors math. That reminds me-remember when he said he didn’t want to tell you what he wanted to do when he got older. did he ever finally tell you. I would be interested to hear what he is interested in doing.
Ricky came over to help Greg take the net off the pond yesterday and Jenny and the kids and Finn(first cousin) came with them. Lachlan wanted to bring his drone out to fly. He practically landed it in the pond until I told them to go farther out into the field to fly it. Then when they were out there they discovered lots of golf balls that Greg had hit so they collected those. (that made Greg happy) Then Piper saw all the pinecones and she collected a bag of those. I’m so glad that it was a nice day so we could all be outside and see each other.
I am saying prayers for Gary to feel better.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127138

Hi Colleen,
Yes, we got one of those cards too-I think everybody does. I’ll bet they are going to be important in the future for international travel and such. We still don’t know if Canada will let the guys in this summer so they can go fishing. I read that the state legislature in Idaho is shut down because of covid so we are not out of the woods yet. The more people that get vaccinated world wide the better off everyone will be.
We got the stickers because we were vaccinated at Walgreen’s-where did you get your shot? You must have Moderna like us because of the spacing of the two shots. I got a sore arm for a few days and two red spots on my arm.
I didn’t get anything from the Irish shows this year. They seemed to sell a lot of sweaters this year. I already have a couple and they will last me forever so I don’t need more.
I think all day kindergarten is here to stay now. Especially with so many kids already going to preschool.
Nick definitely had covid which is why Niecy is there. I have read he will come back toward the end of the season. I’m not sure how much in advance that these shows are taped.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127135

Sue,
So happy that you got that shot booked. Slowly but surely we are all getting vaccinated.
Isn’t it kind of funny that we were some of the first generations to get the polio vaccines and now we are some of the first to get the covid vaccines too.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127041

Colleen,
How was your shot today? Where did you go to get it?
We didn’t do anything for Saint Patrick’s Day either. Did you see any of the Q shows? There were broadcasting from a castle in Ireland for the Irish vendors so that was sort of cool. I have a friend who has been to Ireland several times. I will have to remember to ask her if she has ever been to Ashford Castle. It looked beautiful. I sure am looking forward to being able to travel again sometime.
I figure two weeks after our second shots will be Jenny’s birthday so I can hug her for her birthday this year.
The kids really do learn more at younger ages than we ever did. I didn’t even know what pi was when I was in 4th grade. I had never heard of it. And now they are learning to read in kindergarten-when we were little you took a nap in kindergarten(at least that’s what I hear since I was a kindergarten drop out) lol You couldn’t even drop out like I did anymore as now kindergarten is required but it wasn’t when I was a kid. Plus it’s full day.
The memes are a bit harder to find but they are there. When covid first started there were so many just about the virus.
I thought Nick was temporarily off the show because he had covid so I don’t know how he could be one of the singers.
I will be glad when he comes back. I’m not sure how far ahead this is all taped or how it’s set up. I will have to check into that. I wonder how heavy those costumes are.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for March 2021 #127006

Hi Adele,
I hope that Gary is home and doing well.
Are you getting rain and cold weather?
It is very blustery today but will be warmer by the weekend.
I had such a chill yesterday afternoon and couldn’t warm up so I had Greg build a fire and that kept me toasty into the evening.
Gail

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