[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14988

Hi Adele,
Hope JJ had a good first day of school. What grade is he in now?
Next time you’re in Hobby Lobby or somewhere like that you should pick up a sketch pad and some chalks and try your hand again. I’ll bet the great grands would love to see you draw something. Greg did mostly oils and pencil sketches. Somewhere around is a pencil of me when we were first married. I wonder where the heck that could be. Maybe in the basement somewhere.
It is funny what we end up doing. I ended up working in accounting and I hate math-but I am good at details. I started out in speech pathology-directed that way by my mother when I really wanted to work with emotionally disturbed kids-or be an archeologist which would have been unheard of at the time. Then quit school and went back as an English major in secondary ed-then decided I didn’t want to teach so just ended up in English-not very useful though. I also was interested in helping people but that just never transpired career wise. Life often takes a very serpentine path.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14986

Hi Cynthia,
Yes, I’ve bought Bob Mackie over the years. I think after 25 years I’ve tried just about everyone once. Except for Gili-too old and fat for that stuff. Plus I still wonder who is paying 85 dollars for that Obi belt that I don’t think looks good on anyone but a total stick figure.
I had not heard about the Macy’s closings. That would be sad as they are an anchor store for many a Mall-although I hear Malls are hurting because of online shopping.
I’ve never had a QVC wish list as I am the only one I know who buys from there.
I do love the look of the statement necklaces but I only have one because they seem so dressy and I wouldn’t have a lot of places to wear it. Plus they are a little heavy around the neck and after awhile that starts to bother me. Every place you go now seems so casual-no one dresses up anymore. But I enjoy seeing what statement necklaces the women on the morning shows and the talk shows choose to wear.
It is hard when you lose a beloved pet. You do feel like you cannot go through that again. Then after awhile you remember all the wonderful memories and the love that you received from your pet and you decide it’s worth doing it over again because if you don’t you might miss another opportunity for happiness and love.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14957

Hi Adele,
I’m glad that Marissa was able to find more classes to take. I hope that she does well and enjoys her time there.
So you are an artist. How interesting! An artist who went to school for social work in order to actually be able to make a living. I know how that is as Greg was an originally an art major who I think ended up as a business major. What medium did you like to use and what subject matter did you like or did you like abstract art. I must say that I understand representational art more than I do abstract. I don’t know how you tell which abstract art is good and which was actually painted by a kindergartener. I guess I am just unsophisticated. Do you still draw or has your creativity gone into your needlework and your baking? Greg doesn’t draw anymore except maybe sometimes a quick sketch for a grandkid. Of course now he has taken up guitar making so woodworking is a form of art too. I often wonder how he got the artistic and musical talent and I got none of that stuff. I’m still trying to figure out what talents that I have.
I think we probably have the same type of night guard. I just don’t like to wear it-I guess because it does interfere with my main talent-talking. lol
I know what you mean about those pesky little balls of Styrofoam inside those boxes that the houses are stored in. They have a mind of their own and just stick to everything. Like those crazy styrofoam peanuts-you can’t get rid of them-much prefer bubble wrap. It protects and it pops.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14956

Colleen,
A new little baby girl will be so nice. I wonder if Kaylee will be unhappy not being the baby of the family anymore. It always seems to me it’s easier to shop for girls than it is for boys. Perhaps because I am a girl too. lol
I usually just donate my gently used clothes somewhere. My friend takes hers to a consignment shop, but we don’t have anything like that around here.
I think Lisa Robertson has a boyfriend that she has been taking trips with. I imagine that she has lots of girlfriends and some sisters too so she probably has no problem finding traveling companions. I doubt that she and Dennis Basso would be getting married as he already has a husband that I have heard him speak of. Dennis is certainly a larger than life personality. Greg likes to imitate him when he isn’t imitating “Little Susie Graver.” lol For a guy who never watches QVC he sure seems to know who everyone is. lol
I’m glad that Ron was around to get that snake and glad that Biscuit barked and stayed away so that she didn’t get bit again.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14955

Cynthia,
It’s Lisa Mason with the lupus-not Lisa R. I think I read that on the Q boards so I’m just going by what was said over there.
I thought maybe there were rattlesnakes in the Vegas area because of he desert climate.
Your outdoor decorations were so nice! Cute and not spooky. When the grandkids go out trick or treating they will not go to the houses that have the really spooky decorations.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

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Barbara,
Glad that you found us again. I guess you have to check your spam every once in awhile to see if something goes there that shouldn’t. I never used to until I was waiting for a confirmation for something that I had ordered and couldn’t find it anywhere. I finally checked the spam and there it was so now I check it every few days and then delete so that I don’t have hundreds of e-mails adding up in there. I saw you had posted on the old sight but by the time I saw it Sue had already come on and directed you back here. You will find your way around. It took all of us awhile. There are some things that I really don’t like about it. I don’t think it’s quite as user friendly as it was before but at least we can still chat and that’s the main thing.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14915

Hi Colleen,
I’m hoping that we will all be getting a break from the heat soon. Greg barbecued today anyway. He’s like the postman-neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail keeps him from his grill. lol
I imagine that Lisa will be on with Super Smile which she represents. But a little while back she was supposed to come back as a host and I saw her on a few shows and then she was gone-and i thought I read somewhere about health concerns with her lupus. I’m glad that Carolyn Gracie will be back. this has been a rough summer for her. I hope that she continues to be well. She seems like such a nice down to earth person and she loves her animals just like we all do. I read about the other Lisa on the Q pages. some people keep up with her on Facebook and from what I read she is doing a lot of traveling. I say good for her. Take some time off and regroup before you decide what to do next. Not everyone has that luxury but if you do take advantage of it.
Have you heard yet how Kaylee is liking preschool? Whenever we ask Lachlan what he did in preschool he says-“played.” How is Danyielle feeling? Good I hope. Is she going to find out the sex of the baby beforehand? Maybe she would like a girl since she already has a boy. That’s always nice to have one of each. But we all know that we take whatever the good Lord chooses to give us! And we love that precious little bundle.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14914

Hi Barbara,
So glad that you finally got on. I e-mailed you trying to tell you that you would have to re-sign up but got no response so maybe you didn’t get the mail or you don’t check mail. For some reason they only brought over half of the people from the old site. They didn’t bring Debbie over either. We all had trouble at first trying to figure everything out. But anyway-we’re glad that you got here.
The print is awfully small. I don’t know what’s up with that but at least it posts larger.
I sent you a friend request. To accept it click on your my page and it should show up there where you can accept it.
Glad to hear that Jerry is doing better.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14913

Hi Adele,
My dentist has said to brush the night guard before I put it in and after I take it out but maybe I will try skipping the before part in order to not get wide awake again. I guess it’s been hard for me to stick with because i am a gagger and really don’t like the feel of it in my mouth. Plus it’s hard to talk so it’s not good for the conversations that we sometimes have in bed. Of course Greg probably prefers that. lol
Wow! 32 kids is a small class. We went to a small school but not that small. I too had a great high school experience and it was only as an adult that I found out it was not the same for everyone. Some kids had a miserable high school experience. That’s sad. A small school was nice in high school because you knew everyone in your own class and in the other three classes as well. College was a little more difficult for me at first after having been a big fish in a small pond. I missed my circle of friends and it took a while to establish a new one as there was a so much larger pool of people to choose from. It’s funny my dentist was at ISU the same years that i was there and sophomore and junior years we lived in brother and sister dorms which means we would have eaten in the same cafeteria. However I probably would not have known him anyway as i was a bit of a wild child then and he was most likely very studious. In any case I left there after my junior year and took some time off and then went back to school in Chicago. We always tease each other as we both have October birthdays although mine is mid month and his is Halloween-so I tell him as his elder he has to listen to me. My uncle also had a Halloween birthday. I always thought that was kind of neat.
That’s funny that Tillie wants Meals on Wheels. You are really serious about this strike. lol It’s bad enough trying to make picky kids happy let alone picky adults. I would have the same reaction as you-if you don’t like it you guys are all adults-fend for yourselves. I am lucky with Greg-he is pretty satisfied with just about anything-and to him if it can be cooked on the grill-that’s even better. He would grill pancakes and eggs if they wouldn’t drip through the grate.
So, Adele, I need your help. This new site will not let me copy and paste a picture. So I tried saving it to my photo file and then posting it that way. I get it in the little browse box but when I hit submit it still does not show up. So what step am I missing? I went back to look where Tiago wrote step by step directions but could no longer find that post. Help!
Gail

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