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Hi Adele,
I hope that you had a fun visit. I do notice that everything seems to be more tiring now than it used to be.
I don’t remember Beverly Hills camo but maybe that’s because your kids are a little older than mine are, I believe. So maybe it was before our time. Brent was born in 81 and Jenny in 82 so they were not even teenagers in the 80’s.
Men in general are not good gift wrappers. Plus they complain about having to wrap a few presents for us when we wrap all the presents for everyone else in the family-his side and ours. lol I must say though Brent used to help me wrap when he was a little older. He was a sweet kid. Jenny was always too busy with her social life to help much. lol
Well we got the trees up today and even though they are not decorated yet the lights are pretty. Greg set up the bliss lights on the front of the house for me so that’s done. I still have to hang wreaths and put out table decorations but will work on that little by little during the week and hopefully finish up on the weekend.
When Greg was bringing things up from the basement today I was upstairs doing some cleaning. So each time he went up and down the stairs he left the door to the basement open thinking that Rocky wouldn’t venture down. Well sure enough he did and he walked part way down the stairs and then fell the rest of the way. He seems to be okay but I noticed that Greg came and found me and told me right away as I imagine that scared him and he knew there would be hell to pay if something happened to the dog. See he has to learn to think like Rocky. First of all Rocky was probably looking for me since I was upstairs. He can no longer hear that I am up there and because he is elderly his brain processes are no longer totally clear so he probably thought because he couldn’t see me that I was downstairs with Greg and that’s probably why he tried to go down there. In any case he seems to be okay- knock wood. Greg also let him fall through the ice into the pond one time when he had him out and wasn’t paying attention. He thought he could float that one by me but I caught him trying to dry Rocky off before I saw him . lol I was not a happy camper.
Here’s something funny. I went to turn the trees off and they are both supposed to have these little mouse things on them that you tell to turn the tree off with a voice command. So it worked for the upstairs one and then I’m standing there talking to the downstairs tree over and over and nothing is happening and I finally figured out that for some reason he didn’t connect the voice command thing to that tree. So there I am in the middle of the night standing in the middle of the living room talking to a Christmas tree that won’t even answer me. Is this a call for “they’re coming to take me away?” lol Plus I just noticed that he didn’t put the tree skirt down. Hmmm. Slacking his duties which are minimal to begin with as far as decorating or Christmas in general is concerned. But he did pick up dinner from the Mexican restaurant so that’s a good thing.
GailHi Colleen,
It was kind of a quiet weekend on these boards. Remember when there seemed to be a lot of activity on these boards with lots of people posting. I guess those days are long gone and it is just the little core group of us keeping things going until someone else comes along and is brave enough to jump in and join us. It does take courage to do that first posting because you feel like you are intruding on a group of friends who have known each other for ages and you wonder whether people will ignore you or accept you.
We have a pet cemetary too out behind our pole barn. I even have little markers for our fur babies who are buried out there. However-we had both Abby and Belle cremated and I had every intention of burying the ashes but at first I couldn’t part with Abby’s and now I’m just kind of used to having having the two little urns around. Maybe we will bury them someday-I’m just not sure. Maybe you could ask Ron not to get another dog yet-that you are just not ready and are too busy with the holidays coming.
Thanks for posting those pictures. I looked for them on here but finally tracked them done of the front of the Quacker social page. I wish there was an actual place for all of us to post pictures like on the other site. Once other things replace the pictures on the front page you really have to dig to find them again. Melissa is very creative. The tree and the penguins are so cute! Someone decorated a snowman tree like that for ONP last year. I remember that now. I wonder if she looks at things on Pinterest for her ideas-that seems to be the place that the young people go now for crafty ideas. I think the young people now a days are born knowing how to text and post pictures and send them and all that stuff. It just seems to be second nature to them all. I don’t blame Melissa for wanting to stay home with the kids if she can. They are only young once and as we all know the time goes so fast. I was lucky enough to be able to stay home with ours but not everyone can. Some women prefer to go out to work too. All I ever really wanted was to have kids so I was glad to be able to stay with them. Although sometimes I wish that I had had a career too. The problem is I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. lol
By the way. I love turkey soup too! I would have been by if i had known that you were serving it. Do you put noodles in yours? I love some chicken or turkey soup with some big wide egg noodles. Yum!
GailHi Adele,
Or should I say Beverly. That is funny that you were like her. Did your kids hide when they saw you coming? I must say we had a house where a lot of the kids used to like coming over to-so i kind of kept an eye on things that way. I did go on a lot of field trips with the kids but usually they actually wanted me there. But I must say Beverly is a bit over the top-but what a great character she is. I love when they show at the end of the program a picture of the real life incident that the theme from that night’s show came from. It shows how if presented right we can all make our real lives sound interesting or funny. Everybody really does have a story.
I too feel awful for the families of those killed in the attacks. People that the one fellow worked side by side with. I just can’t wrap my mind around the concept of killing innocent people for an ideal. That is fanaticism at it’s worst. And then going out knowing that you will probably never see your six month old baby again. That poor child. Plus I keep on reading reports that Farook’s family lawyers said this or that. Why do they need to lawyer up? There’s no one alive to defend and who would you sue for damages-their can’t be any estate. I don’t quite get it. Anyway, I don’t want to talk about these people anymore-they just want the attention. It’s the the people who are dead and injured who should have our focus now. All i can say is whatever it takes we have to find a better way of keeping people safe in this country.
I think it’s an excellent idea to get what you want and mark it from Santa. I can do you one better. I will sometimes get something and give it to Greg to wrap and tell him he’s giving me that for Christmas. I figured if i went through the trouble to shop for him the least he can do is rap it. lol
GailOh Colleen,
Your story about the curlers reminds me of something i just saw a story about on TV and online. There is a popular toy out this year-can’t remember what it is called but kids have been getting them stuck in their hair and they are just about impossible to get out. They are like round litle balls with bristles on them. I just you build with them by sticking them together but they also will get stuck in a child’s hair and are just about impossible to get out. Parent’s are calling them the blocks from hell. lolHi Colleen,
Oh, I am so so sorry about Bisket. You must be heartbroken-she was still a young dog too. And Ron must feel awful too-especially being right there. I know when they run in front of a car or bus the vehicle just cannot stop in time. She is over the Rainbow Bridge now playing with your other dogs and our Belle and Abby. It is hard to get another dog and open yourself up to that possible future hurt again. Two weeks is kind of soon-maybe Ron will wait longer this time. I hope so for your sake. We have never had outside dogs. Our dogs have always been indoor dogs who just go outdoors to go to the bathroom or to go for a walk. If they were loose in the yard one or both of us were out there with them walking around and when we came in they came in. I know the farmers and such around here have outdoor dogs but I was always too afraid of losing a dog or having it run away to do that-plus Belle or Rocky were too little to be left outdoors alone any way-they would have been someone’s dinner. Years ago we had a Dalmation and if we would forget and leave him in the dog pen for too long he would climb the fence and come and sit on the front step to be let back in. Funny guy! I wonder if Austin will be looking for Bisket. You know what a dog person that I am and I feel so bad for you and Ron. Your eyes must be red from crying. I’m sending a big huge hug your way, my friend.
I hope that you can figure out how to get the pictures on here. Every time I want to get pictures out of my camera or phone on to here I have to ask Greg for help. Because i don’t do it all the time I forget how to do it between times and have to be told again. it’s not like when I was young and remembered things from doing them once or twice.
It’s funny I was looking up the recipe for those raspberry bars today and I ran across a recipe for those cornflake wreathes my mom used to make. I really didn’t like them that much but i liked to decorate them. They were dyed green with food coloring. You know Jenny is not much for baking. I don’t think she’s ever made a homemade cake or cookie. First of all she has so little time what with three kids and working full time. Second she was never really that interested growing up. Brent was more likely to help me make stuff in the kitchen than she was. He used to help me shape the crescents and stuff dumplings and all kinds of stuff.
I never realized that you are left handed. My SIL is also and she always talks about how none of the tools like scissors and stuff is made for left handed people. Plus if you want to knit or crochet or something you either have to learn to do it like a right handed person or in a totally different way. My brother is left handed and he was the one who taught me to play pool so that is the only thing that I do left handed. I used to be pretty good at at it too-now not so much.
I just have a few more gifts to get too and then I think that I am all done unless i forgot something. I hope to get those things finished up this week.
GailHi Colleen,
Gosh the penguins sliding down the banister sound so cute too. I guess maybe when i was younger I was better at decorating too. Now i just want to get it over and done with.
I do remember that some recipes for the sugar cookies taste really floury until they are decorated. When I was a kid my Mom made them and it was my job to frost and decorate them then. I remember I loved doing that as she gave me the frosting and the colored sugars and those little silver balls and the red cinnamon balls. She also made those little wreath things with melted marshmallows and corn flakes and they always needed those little red balls on them too. Now I’m thinking of how much fun it would be to bake with my mother again-like that song by Luther Vandross-Dance with my Father Again. Now I’m getting sad so i need to change the subject.
As a medic I’m sure that if Ron had been in Vietnam he would have been sent into conflict so it’s very good that he went to Korea. My Dad was actually in Korea after he served in WWII. He was in the army in the world war and then after he came home he joined the Air Force reserves and when the Korean conflict started he was sent back over by the Air Force.
I’m thinking that Ron getting you a hot brush could be interesting. Maybe you better research them and tell him what kind you like otherwise he will be lost unless he has one of your girls helping him. Is your hair short? Mine is just to my shoulders and I got the darn thing stuck because i wasn’t using it right and Greg had to detangle me. If your hair is shorter though that shouldn’t be a problem. They are good for a quick fix.
GailHi Adele,
Somehow I’m thinking that the raspberry bars had oats in the crust or on the top. I will have to pull out the recipe-I think it was in an old Good Housekeeping or Ladies Home Journal or something like that.
You gave me a good chuckle with the whole looking like Ursula thing. I always have the same reaction-who is that large lady in the mirror or in that photo-Oh my gosh-it’s me. Even though i know what size I am in my head I’m still the same size i was when i was 30. Jeanne did have a great line with the “if you can’t lose it-decorate it” I am decorating like crazy!
I will never understand why men think that we would want someone else’s castoff as a gift. I’m like you and just pick out my own gifts for the most part and then everyone is happy. I think as women we have to learn that in general men are not as invested in choosing the perfect gift as most women are-it’s just not in their DNA so we either have to tell them exactly what we want or get it ourselves. Greg knows now that if he wants to get me something really special he just tells me to call Tu at my favorite jeweler in Kansas City. Like I said if I want something electronic he’s right on that.
Here’s another Christmas story. When our kids were little we always had a Christmas get together with two other couples who had children right around the same ages as ours. We always hosted at our house as we were friends with both couples but the other couple didn’t do things with each other-if you get what i mean-we were the mutual contact for both couples. So i would usually do a meat and a potato and the other ladies would bring a side dish and maybe some desert or cookies or something. After dinner the kids would have a visit from Santa. Each year one of the three Dads played Santa and i believe we have video from all these visits. Fun Stuff! My Mom always thought that Greg’s Santa sounded like WC Fields. lol
Your penguin wineglass thing sounds so cute. You know Adele, I don’t know why I think this but whenever I picture Gary i think of the Dad on the Goldbergs-i have no idea why. Is he anything like that? Perhaps he watches TV in his underwear? lol I liked the other week his dad came to the house and did the same thing. I didn’t care for that program the first year but it has grown on me over time except that Barry always talks at the top of his lungs-he needs to tone it down-and of course the Mom is a classic. lol
GailIn light of recent events in Paris and in the United States I have only one wish for this holiday season and every season after that. For this I pray.
Hi Colleen,
I’m glad that Melissa has her crafting to keep her busy. That snowman out of a tree sounds really cute. I wish that i could see it. She must be really creative as i think she was also the one sewing the tutus. I’m sure that even once Kaylee starts school she will have plenty of things to do to keep herself busy. And like you said you can visit back and forth a little more then too.
Okay now i am confused. Does the brace go on top of your clothes? I was thinking it went underneath but then you could not be putting it on and taking it off so much without having to disrobe all the time.
What kinds of cookies do you like to make for Christmas as long as I am taking an inventory. It will help me decide whose house to visit first. lol
I agree with you and Adele-these terrorists and shooters are nothing but cowards. Otherwise they would shoot at people who can fight back. However, why does our country have so many of these whether from terrorists or mentally unstable people. We have more than anywhere else on earth. There have been 355 mass shootings in our country this year-more than the days of the year so far. We have to make this unacceptable. This has to be addressed during this next presidential race-it needs to be a priority. Amen.
I never realized that Ron went to Korea. He must have been in the service during the Vietnam War and was lucky that he wasn’t sent there. Greg was in the national Guard back then but was never deployed.
Our dusting of snow was so beautiful yesterday morning and now it’s just about all gone. I need to get busy on my decorating this weekend. Christmas will be here before we know it. Then after that you will be welcoming a new little member of your family. Hooray for babies!
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