[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14785

Colleen,
Thanks for telling us about the witch hat contest. I would never even have known about it as it never occurred to me to click on those little dots.
When the guys fish they usually go for northern or walleye. We have not eaten the 2 fish that Greg brought home yet. We like to save them for a little while as he has just eaten a lot of fish on his trip. Sometimes they have what’s called a shore lunch of fish and sometimes they have it for dinner. Believe me the wives would not want to go with them in a million years. They are way out in the boondocks with absolutely nothing to do and it’s a small place with kind of crummy cabins. It’s roughing it-not a nice resort or something. Sometimes Nan and I will meet for shopping and lunch while they are gone but she just got a new cat and didn’t want to leave him alone yet and I don’t like to leave Rocky alone for too long now that he is an only dog. He feels like everyone is abandoning him.
What color did you get in the TSV-black or indigo? lol I’m passing as I prefer the pull on pants. I wish they would have made those pants with the sparkle on the pockets when I was younger and slimmer and wanted to show off my butt. lol Although Jeanne would tell me to decorate it-wouldn’t she?
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14782

Hi Cynthia,
I also had dark brown hair with natural auburn hilights. I never started dying my hair until I started getting gray in my 50’s. I started doing it myself but now that i have the hair done plus the hi-lites it’s better if a professional does it.
I didn’t watch the program The Returned but I did read the book. I don’t like the gory horror stuff but I like a good psychological suspense movie and I do read mostly all of Stephen King’s books. He describes things so well and is usually an author that consistently grabs me from the first page. I think most of us probably watched less TV when we were younger as we lead busier lives. Sometimes I just have it on in the house for background noise-QVC was always good for that.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14781

Adele, the TSV number is A267934 DJ’s with straight legs and rhinestones on the back pocket. They are the kind with the zipper and button not the pull on style. In I think about six colors. I like the way the pull ons fit better so these will not be for me-but I’m sure that I will find something else on the shows that will tickle my fancy.
How was your lunch today?
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14735

Hi All,
Well-ask and you shall receive. So thanks for asking Cynthia. It looks like the picture posting is back. That’s a good thing. Now we can see Adele’s creations again.
I didn’t know they were having another witch hat contest this year. Where did you see that Colleen?
Adele, that is a hard decision to make as far as the hair goes. I don’t think I will ever let my hair go gray. I just don’t like the color of it with my face. My mother always said she would let hers go if it was pure white like her mother’s but my mom’s was more of a steel gray and she just did not like that. So later in life she was pretty much a platinum blond-I would always kind of choke when people talked about my mother’s “blond” hair like it was natural. lol Anyway, you will have to decide what look you like the best. How nice that Heather has a beautician’s license. She can give you pointers.
I’m surprised that the Quacker things go so fast on EBay- whenever I look it seems like they have tons of it. I’m like you in that if I like a certain style I buy in several different colors or sometimes they have the same item with different motifs.
Colleen, I agree- I never would have thought that I would love the Dish and the internet so much. I guess because i spend more time at home than ever before. I still love my books though too. Sometimes if I have a day where I’m so busy that i don’t get to read I feel reading withdrawal So I always like to make time for it. Right now we are having trouble figuring out where all the overages on our internet/phone are coming from. We have not changed our using habits at all but all of a sudden we are way over our usage. It seems like it started right after Greg got his new phone and changed our program so he has to get with Verizon now that he is back and see if he can figure out what’s happening.
Yes, my dear husband came back from a week of fishing in Canada yesterday. Monday they had bad weather and couldn’t go out but the rest of the week was great fishing and he caught some fish that were bigger and better than ever before. After all that fishing Canada only allows you to bring two fish home-so I always say that each of those fish dinners cost about $1000.00 dollars apiece. lol Anyway, he had a great time and loves the fishing but he was home by 11:00 A.M. yesterday morning so he must have left Saint Germaine at 6 because it’s a 5 hour drive. So I would say he was pretty anxious to get home. I always say spending that week with two other guys makes him appreciate me more. Rocky was so happy to see him. Now his little family circle is complete again and he can relax and stop being my velcro dog.
Now that they fixed the pictures I hope I can copy and paste again for our new monthly Discussion pages. We’ll see.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14695

Hi Colleen,
I told my SIL the same thing as you. Maybe the results will come in quicker than she was told.
I agree with you about the educational system. Only I actually think it was better when Greg and I went to school than when our kids went. We were always surprised that some things that we considered common knowledge they were not even taught. I think that they have really dumbed down the educational standards over time. I know I’m getting old when there’s just another example of things being better in the “good old days.”
What we were talking about was Greg’s posting of movies on Facebook of the koi pond taken by the drone and people telling me they liked them but i have never seen the movies because i am not on Facebook. They are going to have to start regulating drones soon before someone interferes with an airplane and causes a tragedy. Just like anything else there are a lot of irresponsible drone users.
I have read some online leaks about the cast of DWTS-whether they are true or not i don’t know-I’ve read that Bindi Irwin will be on, Victor Esponoza(triple crown jockey), Chaka Khan, Nick Carter from the Backstreet boys, a young married couple actor and actress and some internet youtube young guy. I’ve also heard rumors of Paula Deen-don’t know if there is any truth to them or not. I guess we’ll find out soon if there’s any truth to these leaks. You can’t seem to keep anything secret anymore. Except maybe Jennifer Aniston’s wedding-not that it mattered as my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail anyway. That reminds me of when we got a save the date card for a 50th anniversary way last summer. Since the cards were sent out Greg, Tim and a couple other choir members had a falling out with the husband of the anniversary couple and so we never received an invitation to the party after getting the save the date card. It was pretty funny and we made lots of jokes about it but I’m sure that was not good manners according to Emily Post.lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14694

Hi Adele,
I was pretty much in the same boat as you when they sent out that e-mail about the Fall Quacker. I already own a lot of it. I think you and I like a lot of the whimsical things with the pictures on them. I am definitely not a quiet Quacker! lol
I love the story about Rissy and the witch hat. Of course you can get your hands on one in 30 seconds! lol It reminds me of when Greg and I were first married and my family was always surprised because it seemed like anytime you needed something Greg had it in the trunk of his car whether it be a tool or a microphone etc.
I get my hair dyed to cover the gray and then I also get hilites put in twice a year and a haircut every six weeks when I get my roots done. That is my big indulgence that I do just for me. I have gone to Emillee for many years now and I enjoy going there just to relax and have some “girl” time. I have gone through several different colors and styles over the years. When I first went to her she was working for someone else who had a shop in their home. Then the woman moved the shop to downtown Harvard and she and Emillee had a falling out and Emillee ended up opening her own shop. She’s a great colorist-I always get compliments on my hair color from total strangers and I make sure I let her know what people say-it makes her feel good. She is easy to get to-has a parking lot right out in front. I usually can park right in front of the door.
Not only can’t you post pictures here but I cannot copy and paste like I used to either. So there will be no more cute pictures at the beginning of each new month’s discussion. Oh well-it is what it is.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14682

Hi Adele,
It must be the week of waiting for service men. I was waiting for Stephen(you better not call him Steve) Yikes!-earlier in the week. Got that all taken care of.
We have whole flocks of wild turkeys that come through our yard in the summer and fall. I like to see the chicks in early summer. It’s funny how the turkeys disappear around mid November. Now that you mention it we used to have tons of chipmunks and I haven’t noticed them the last couple of years. I wonder where they went? Maybe the guy from Caddyshack got them. lol They did make a lot of annoying holes though. I guess Greg posted a video taken by his drone of the koi pond. Other people have remarked that they have seen it-I have not since I’m not on Facebook.
Thanks for the “wicked easy brownies’ recipe. That must be a Boston recipe.
How great that the solar has worked out so well. What is the National Grid? is that your electric company. Ours in called Commonwealth Edison. Another interesting difference.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14681

Hi Colleen,
Two weeks is a long wait for those test results for my SIL. Her old boss asked her to come back and help with the back to school rush so she is doing that-so that should help her keep her mind off the waiting. The Chicago public schools have uniforms and the stores that she worked at sold the uniforms so there is always a big pre Labor Day rush.
Are the schools by you funded primarily by property taxes? That’s how it’s done around here-so basically the richer school districts have the better educational systems.
I have a Q card-but you can still use any other card that you have. The Q card just gives you the 3 easy pays automatically. Sometimes i don’t even notice if something is on easy pay or not. For a smaller item I just want to pay it and get it over with. In any case that whole three easy pay thing could change any time. I doubt it will be like that forever.
Hoping that we will be getting an e-mail soon about what the new TSV for Quacker will be. I hope it will be something that I like.
It’s raining here today. I hope the people in Florida don’t get hit by a hurricane.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Hi Girls-Here's Celebrating the Dog Days of August Part 2 #14664

Oh Gosh Adele-We have a veritable zoo here coyotes,fox,raccoon,opossum,skunks,wild turkeys,deer. Cranes which come to try and eat the koi that we chase away. We have had a duck couple at the pond a couple of years. All kinds of birds including the crazy head bashing cardinal who finally gave up after mating season.

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