[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for February 2021 #125441

Hi Colleen,
I think Greg sometimes drives the truck in places that he shouldn’t and then gets stuck. lol It’s not the first time so you think he would have learned. lol
When our kids were in school they took drivers ed but then they had to have a certain amount of hours driving at home before they were allowed to take the test. I know some parents just said they had the right hours and didn’t do it but I made our kids do the driving so either Greg or I had to go with them. I went with Brent but I made Greg go with Jenny as i found I was a very nervous passenger with the kids so it was probably better both for me and for Jenny. lol
The thing is when you live in the country you have to drive everywhere so that’s why it must be so hard for your grands not to drive and you would think it would give them the incentive. Now when I lived in Chicago I didn’t have a car but didn’t need one as you could get everywhere on public transportation. Of course i was young then too and didn’t mind waiting in the cold for a bus or an el. I couldn’t do that now.
When I was in school we had drivers ed classes and then behind the wheel classes. I think I took my behind the wheel in summer school. At home the car I was learning on was a stick and I couldn’t reach the pedals so I had to wait for a few months after I turned sixteen until my mom got a different car that was automatic and I could reach the pedals. lol Now the cars have seats that can be raised and lowered and pulled close and far and even the steering wheels can be pulled out or pushed in but back then everything was very basic. Needless to say I never did learn how to drive a stick. lol
It’s funny that you said that about playing in the snow since I asked Greg yesterday if we should go out and build a snowman. lol he even has nice new high waterproof boots.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for February 2021 #125435

Hi DD,
Do you have a hedgehog instead of a ground hog in Portland? How cute.
We actually have a ground hog that lives under our deck but we don’t see much of him in the winter.
It’s nice that you will be able to get the vaccine right in your building when it becomes available. Is your building limited to senior citizens?
Yes, there is a gem day Wednesday-they only have two a year one in February and one in July I think. Those are about the only days on the Q that interest me anymore as I have always loved colored gem stones. Jewelry shows are few and far between on the Q anymore.
Then Thursday is National Quacker Day so there will be a couple of Quacker shows. I still have some of those sweaters with the hearts and the bunnies. I must say the Quacker clothes seem to last forever.
I just noticed on the picture of your cat that it looks like she has one blue eye and one green eye. I never noticed that before.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for February 2021 #125430

Sue,
That grilled ham and cheese sounds good. I haven’t had one of those in a while.
I hope it’s stopped snowing by you now. I’m sure your neighbor will love the soup if you ever catch up with him.
I did remember National Quacker Day. I fear for Quacker as the shows are so few and far between now.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125369

I’m starting a new February discussion page. See you all there.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125273

Hi Adele,
It would be nice if Tillie would come up more as I am sure that she would enjoy the company. I take it Amanda isn’t there anymore. it’s hard to keep track of the comings and goings. lol
The short ribs look good and sound easy with the crock pot. My Mom used to make them a lot but I forgot how she did them. I don’t normally make them but I bet Greg would like them.
We got the new wash machine delivered. I did one load so far and it works good. I think it’s a better model than our previous one. I know it’s heavier. The delivery guys hate the second floor laundry rooms. Oh well. We tipped them well. The previous one was also a front loader. It’s so much easier for a short person to get the laundry out. With a top loader I am practically standing on my head falling in to get the clothes out.
We’re getting more snow tomorrow. It’s definitely winter.
Did anyone see that big old full moon last night.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125268

Hi Colleen,
Once I became an adult I lost contact with most of my cousins too. Some of them were much older than me so they may not even be alive. That’s a sad thought. My sister does keep in contact with one cousin that is her age so I hear about that family through her.
We are due for quite a bit more snow Saturday night through Sunday morning. I wish I could send some to you. lol
Did you say Brook was working at WalMart now? Does she like that better than KFC? How is Kylie doing? Is Ethan in high school now?
Gosh the kids have grown since we first started chatting on here.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125241

Hi Sue,
No Covid vaccines here. We are on a list with the county and they tell us when and where it will become available. We are just content to wait as we are not going anywhere anyway. We are not driving hundreds of miles or waiting in line for hours. So we will wait our turn. I don’t expect to see anything until later in February. It’s a lot of people to vaccinate and we know it can’t be done that quickly. Plus I feel the Trump office had no plan in place so Biden’s people are probably starting from square one.
I always feel so bad when you tell us about shoveling all on your own. I know I couldn’t do it. No wonder you dislike when it snows-I would too in your position. Too bad you couldn’t move to somewhere without snow-it would make things so much easier for you. Did you ever think about relocating?
My Mom moved to Florida on her own after my Dad died and was very happy there.
I’m sure most of those baby chicks died. of course that would be considered animal cruelty today and it was an awful idea. Greg said he got them as a kid and they gave them to his grandmother who eventually ended up eating them. (I hope they never told the kids)
It seems those goldfish giveaways or the ones the kids won at carnivals never faired much better. I was heartbroken as a kid when my carnival goldfish died-I named it Bubbles from the TV show back then with Two Ton Baker (very politically incorrect) we can’t remember the name of the show. Anyway,i was inconsolable and cried for two days and then two days later because i wanted to be an archeologist even at six i wanted to go out and dig him up thinking I would find his bones. lol I never could find the grave. (I suspect my parents moved him after i decided to dig him up knowing I would be horrified at what I would find) lol What can I say. I was a weird kid.
That is nice that your service place picks up and drops off your car. I suspect we got that service since it was done at the dealership where we bought the truck.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125219

Hi Adele,
I thought the tornadoes were in Alabama not Arkansas. I could be wrong.
I’m glad JJ stopped sneezing.
Greg got a bad bloody nose last night. He gets them from the dry in the winter I think. Brent used to get them too. At least it wasn’t as bad as when he was on the blood thinners though.
I hope you are feeling better both tummy and ankles. It sucks to hurt all the time. And some of the things that you take for arthritis can be hard on your stomach.
The sun is shining here today so that’s a plus.
I am getting my new wash machine delivered tomorrow I think. I’m not even sure how much it is costing me yet because Jenny didn’t think her bosses gave me a big enough discount so she was working on him. It’s a front loader and my laundry room is on the second floor so I know the delivery people thank that’s a pain in the butt. Some people have their laundry room in the basement so what’s the difference. Except I guess the front loaders are heavier for some reason. But i am short and I have a hard time getting things from the bottom of the top loaders without standing on my head practically. lol
Gail
Love the glasses case!

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #125214

Hi Colleen,
It’s nice that your girls get along so well-I’ll bet they will always be close. It’s also nice that the cousins get along.
I’m glad that my grands know their cousins as our kids didn’t know any cousins growing up at all.
I knew lots of cousins when I was a kid even though most of them were older than me. My first cousins were all older boys but we had lots of third cousins both boys and girls and some were closer to my age. It was just nice to know some extended family members.
My parents had a club called the kissing cousins (I still have my mother’s pin from the club) They were all my mother’s cousins and their spouses and they used to have parties and meetings and go out together I think once a month. They had a lot of fun together.
I don’t know why that happened to Piper’s teeth. Hopefully that will be a one time thing and she won’t have problems with any others.
I’ll bet Aliza is good for her teachers-she just knows that she can get grandma and grandpa to do what she wants.
Happy 1st Birthday Grayson!
We had probably six or eight inches of snow. Our truck with the plow was in the shop so we were worried about that-about being able to get out of our driveway to pick it up. It was a local place so they sent someone out in a car to our house to pick up Greg so we could get the truck back. I was so happy about that because then I didn’t have to drive him in to get it and then drive back on my own. he said there was ice underneath the snow too. That’s one of the nice things about doing business locally.
Gail

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