Good morning gals! We may have to extend our "14 posts then on to a next one" with all the new gals or we will be starting new ones all the time. Jean, you and Maggie decide what you want to do and I am game to go along. My thread runs around 45 posts then I set up a new one.
Gosh, hope I can remember what I just read! I always hate that starting a new thread.
Maggie: We want to replace our deck but that has to wait for a couple years until we replace all the flooring. This old condo needs a lot of work and we have to fit it in between trips to Vegas! I know it sounds selfish to always be taking expensive vacations every year, but the truth is we never got to take anything but a trip where we were transferring from one base to another, some family member passed away or occasionally we got to go home for a holiday. So now that we have quite a bit more money, we are getting 30 years of no vacations our of our system! We have these huge windows that face out onto the deck, one in the living room and one in the kitchen and I want to eventually take down the ratty verical blinds that came with the condo when we bought it and put up louvered shutters on the kitchen window as it will look so cute. As for my Lucy avatar, I just trolled some Lucy sites, found what I wanted, right clicked on it and used the "save picture as..." function, saved it, then went back in and adjusted the size with my photo program and voila! I can do that with anything that allows me to copy it. What I am REALLY wanting that is Lucy is wallpaper border for my kitchen, but as of yet they don't make it. If you ever come across it somewhere in the future, let me know. I contacted a big Lucy site and she said there is no one that makes it as of now. I even have I Love Lucy bank checks. Jack and I take turns. When we run out, then the other person gets to pick what the check has on it. I had the last one and found Lucy checks, which made Jack groan a lot, but fair is fair. I had to put up with Indiana University the time before. I don't write a lot of checks anymore with online payments and being able to use our bank card everywhere so these are lasting longer than usual. I still have another box before Jack gets to pick again! Jack told my son he has some "splaining to do" about buying his mother a bunch of that, "Lucy crap" for my birthday! I was talking to him on the phone on Jack's bday and he asked me about my birthday gifts (if you remember I hit the mother lode with Lucy stuff this year) and I could see Jack sitting here at the computer rolling his eyes. He then got back on the phone with Jay and talked to him about it. See, I have an extra bedroom that has lots of Lucy stuff too. Believe me, I am nothing compared to some people. I don't collect for collecting's sake, I need it to fit in somehow. Now, truthfully, Jack can't be let off the hook as he has given me DVD's of ALL the I Love Lucy episodes, bought me an I Love Lucy board game and is currently getting me the Here's Lucy dvd series.
Gail: That is cool about your gift card. We got a $5 one from Lowes recently for rebate on a thermostat we bought. It is still sitting here until we need to use it. I love to shop, but I am not a shopper looky lew. I want to BUY when I shop not just go store to store looking. My sister does that and I hate it. You want someone who loves to shop, sheesh! We just came back from a beautiful 10 days in Vegas in August and my sister, who lives in Foothill Ranch CA drove over for the weekend with her dh to see me. First thing she wanted to do was GO SHOPPING at a Fashion Bug. In VEGAS! Now that is a shopper!
I got a phone call last night from my sweet baby boy that he got his report card and was on the honor roll and made all + in all areas. Made me cry! He is growing up too fast (for you new ladies my one and only grandson just started kindergarten in Aug) Jack and I are getting him a video game as a gift.
Well ladies, I have no chores done and we have a soccer game across town at 8:30 so I better get them done before Jack gets up.
Have a great weekend! I would love to see pics of everyone's grandbabies! For you new ladies, I am including one of Thomas and Jay at Easter (Jay is his Uncle not his dad)
Faye