[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: What Books Are You Reading and Recommending Now? #18323

Just finished The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne. I believe that she is a British author. It’s a story about a young woman in London who meets a man at a party who ends up being a prince of some small fictional country kind of like Monaco. Of course she doesn’t know at first that he is a prince and the book is about the confusion that ensues until they can get all their differences ironed out and live happily ever after. It was just the bit of light reading that I needed.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #18235

Hi All,
Adele, I am like you I have given up ever losing the weight. I am like Popeye-I yam what I yam! lol We both lost our Dad’s early-I lost mine in 1982-the same year that Jenny was born. Also I see that you lost your Dad around Christmas-I lost my Mom around Christmas in a different year-her funeral was on Christmas Eve. I know for me the next few Christmases were difficult-but our kids were about junior high age then and looking forward to Christmas so that helped a lot. I will have to go back and check out that turkey and dumpling recipe since it is such a big hit. I guess I will probably be eating soup tonight after the tooth extraction.
Colleen, my SIL and finacee are not going to Puerta Vallerta on a cruise. I know a cruise ship will change the itinerary if a hurricane is in progress. they are just worried that the hurricane may have done damage to the resort that they will be staying at. I have not heard back from her yet with the info.
I think Jenny and Adam aren’t worried about what place they come in in the half marathon. I think they just want to do it to say they did it. It’s on Halloween in Chicago so I wonder if people will wear costumes. Just think about all the Halloween candy that they can eat after running thirteen miles. lol
I have a lot of those wardrobers too. I didn’t used to wear stripes but now I don’t worry about it-nothing can make me look bigger than I already am so I no longer worry about it. I wear whatever I want. The Quacker clothes last a long time. I have some from so many years ago.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17891

Hi All,
Adele, I am full figured too. Didn’t start out that way-I was short and tiny and then the years and inactivity and eating too much took their toll and now I am a beach ball with four sticks. lol It is what it is Now if I was 6 foot 6 I would be in proportion! lol Thus the three bags of candy. The tooth is a lower molar and the one above it was removed last year. I thought originally to get implants but each one is sooo expensive and sooo involved that I will skip it as these are teeth that can’t be seen. I’m just depressed because that’s three teeth now-there’s nothing wrong with the teeth-it’s gum disease-and much as I take excellent care of my teeth and gums the hereditary factor plays largely into it and both parents had gum disease also. So sometimes I’m afraid that we are fighting a losing battle. And of course the dentists want to blame the arthritis drugs-and I go what do you want me to do stop taking them and be in constant pain and also have other systems involved then too? I don’t think so…
My SIL is all moved in with her fiancée now. They have a vacation booked in Puerta Vallerta in two weeks so she is afraid about what the hurricane may have done to the area. I think it went next to it but missed it so hopefully they will be okay.
Barbara, Greg has been having trouble since he installed windows 10 too-so he told me not to do it on mine which crashed anyway the other week and we had to reboot the whole thing to it’s original settings. someone else put in windows 10 and his whole computer crashed and he had no files backed up so had to spend a lot of money to take it in and get the files back.
I guess I’m the only one who watches sports-as I know Debbie doesn’t either. I guess maybe because I had a lot of boyfriends that played sports growing up so I used to go to a lot of games and Brent played sports so I just am in the habit of watching. I’ll bet that you guys watch figure skating and gymnastics on the Olympics-so you probably watch some sports. Greg will watch a tiddly winks championship if it is on ESPN and his brother is even worse. Speaking of sports Jenny and Adam are running a half marathon this Saturday in Chicago. Hope it’s neither too hot nor too cold but just like the porridge is just right!
It’s funny but my family liked Greg right away-even my Dad. Perhaps because of his sense of humor which I know I have mentioned before was a commodity highly prized in our family. Now there was a former finacee that my Dad couldn’t stand and probably some others too. Fortunately many of the people that I dated he never even met as once I left for college I never lived at home again until the few months before I got married. Also I was probably a little older than you guys too when I got married. Colleen, I didn’t know that Ron played golf-does he still?
Poor Greg got stuck making dinner again last night I was trying to get some cleaning done and he was getting hungry so he took matters into his own hands. I guess he was afraid that he wouldn’t eat since I haven’t had much of an appetite the last week-we have a bunch of personal family things swirling around and it just takes my appetite away but the poor guy still wants to be fed so he took matters into his own hands. lol
My friend Mr. Cardinal is back tapping on the window this morning. Maybe he is some ghostly figure getting ready for Halloween. It’s funny at first you feel sorry for him because you think he is hurting himself and then after days and weeks you just think “what a stupid bird.” Go Away!
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17388

Hi Colleen,
Tell Ron that I don’t need any Kleenex. Boy for a former Illinoisian he has a bad attitude! lol He should just remember that the crazy bird bashing it’s head against my back window has the same name as his baseball team. Yes if that bird represents someone’s deceased loved one it must have been a person who was demented! I know a lot of people have that association but all I can think of is crazy dodo bird.
I hope you can get this whole doctor referral thing straightened out. My lord what happened to the whole doctor’s creed of trying to help people. Unfortunately medicine has now turned away from helping and turned into a big business trying to be the most profitable at the expense of the people that they are supposed to be serving. The doctors are now all at the mercy of the insurance companies. This runaround is getting to be ridiculous.
If it is just baked or fired chicken I like the dark meat best. But if I am making something with a sauce I think the breasts hold up better as they are denser-but I personally like the taste of the dark meat better on a chicken. It works out perfectly for us as I like the legs and thighs and Greg likes the breasts. a match made in chicken parts heaven! lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17386

Hi Adele,
No our house is a pale creamy yellow with teal shutters and accents. But that is all on the front and the cardinal attacks the window in the back.
Unfortunately “there’s always next year” has been the Cubs mantra for far too long. Its funny that you mentioned that about the chocolate though. I had gone to the dentist on Tuesday and they decided that they could no longer try and save that molar-there was an infection and too much bone loss so they will be pulling it next week. I had to go to Wal Mart after my appointment and I was so depressed about the news on my tooth that I came home with three bags of Halloween candy and we don’t even get trick or treaters so guess who will eat them?! This has been a tense week for a variety of reasons and the candy was just speaking to me.
I’m thinking that the bread dumplings and the potato dumplings might be quite similar in texture. Hey! How about making it with potato bread! lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17274

Hi All,
Well Colleen, I hope that Ron is happy now! Tell him I’ll be dropping off a five gallon bucket of potato soup any minute now. It was sad-the Mets just played better. But I laugh when all the announcers say the Mets haven’t been in a world series since 2000-well the Cubs haven’t been in a world series since 1945-so give me a break!
I hope that you get into that gastro doctor soon-being sick is not fun. Also it’s a good idea to try the hip shot. It may last for a long time and just think how good it will feel to get some relief from the pain. I can attest that chronic pain is not fun.
Hi Adele, hope that you are feeling better. Did you see the bread dumplings on The Chew yesterday? I wrote down the recipe as that sounded interesting to try during the winter. I make a drop dumpling with flour and egg but this was a little different. Yesterday I tried a crock pot recipe for new England clam chowder (or as you probably say Chow-Da lol) – we had BLT’s with that. Greg liked the soup and he likes clam chowder more than me so I guess it’s a keeper.
Debbie, good idea to write with the voice feature on the IPad so that you don’t have to type. I can only imagine how the IPad interpreted the word peanut. lol That autocorrect makes you say funny things sometimes. Brent is in New Mexico where they do have a peanut harvest-somehow associated with the USDA-don’t ask me how peanuts got associated with dairy. Actually Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer from Georgia, I believe. And if memory serves me Georgia is know for peaches and maybe pecans.
The scrolling down is weird-I have no idea why we don’t have pages. I will be starting a new page soon for November.
You Girls are not going to believe it but Mr. Cardinal is back flying into the window again this morning. Thus the term bird brain.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

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Hi All,
This is how I feel today.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17116

Hi Colleen,
I knew that the shower was Halloween as we had talked about it so I have no idea why I thought it was last Saturday. My brain is all muddled up I guess. Too much knowledge in there. lol
I saw that they have a trunk or treat at Kendall’s school this year. Does it cost you to bring your car in. I couldn’t figure out if it cost the people who attend 10 dollars or the people who bring their cars in but there was a 10 dollar fee for something.
I have wished that we could be a fly on the wall every year when our Secret Santa kid opens their gifts. It must be such a relief for the parents who must be so financially strapped having a child with a life threatening illness to have all of their children’s wish lists fulfilled; the ill child and all of their siblings. Every year it makes me so grateful for our healthy kids and grandkids.
The Cubs are back in Chicago tonight. I sure hope that will help them to get some wins.
I did post some pictures on the front page-they are probably on page 2 or 3 by now. Cynthia did walk me through the process of shrinking down the file but I just haven’t gone and done it yet. So in the meantime you can see them on the front page of Quacker Social.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #17106

Hi Adele,
Well it looks like Brent will be coming back here in another six weeks or so. He wants to work through the peanut harvest to save up a little cushion money to make the trip back home so that’s all right. I kind of think perhaps he wanted to come back but was just waiting for us to say it in order to save a little pride and not come running back home with his tail between his legs. This way it sounds like it’s our idea instead of his-when that might be what he wanted all along. I guess when someone is feeling so down and out it’s important to save a little bit of pride. I’m sure if he had really wanted to go on and move to Vegas and take that job he would have-so maybe it was not enough of a sure thing. I would like to see him come back and get a job and take online classes and finish his degree. Jenny worked full time and went to night school and took online classes and that’s how she got hers so it’s quite doable. this time when he moves in it will be different. Last time it was just because Kim had died and he needed to have a support system around him. This time will hopefully be more thought out so we can give him a sense of direction. Suggest career alternatives, more schooling and most importantly figure out someway to get him on a budget and wipe out his debt so that he is not always living on the edge scrounging for money. He needs to achieve financial independence with a back up plan. So Greg and I need to use these next 6 weeks to formulate a path to steer him down so at least he won’t always be struggling financially. that’s where his largest issues are. Once that’s taken care of the personal issues should follow. I don’t think any woman will want to take on a guy in his thirties with a lot of debt so first things first. I’m thinking that had a lot to do with the failure of this last relationship so that finally needs to be addressed. We’ve tiptoed around it all for many years and tried to ignore it hoping it would go away but now difficult as it is; it needs to be addressed if we are going to help him to move forward with his life. Money can’t buy happiness perhaps but it’s a fact of life that you need it to put a roof over your head and food on the table and we won’t be around to bail him out forever. I would like to go to my grave(not any time soon-mind you) knowing that he can take care of himself.
How is the back today. That’s funny that you were loopy from the anesthetic and amusing to your granddaughter. You’re lucky she didn’t take a video and post it online or send it to AFV.
Gail

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