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Ahoy, Glassies! It's been a while since I've lurked about the board but life is terribly busy. I've been into all kinds of voodoo (energy healing) and it's just wonderful. Quirky, but wonderful. Haven't felt this good since before the Lyme Disease invaded. It's all too mystical for explanation here (well, truthfully, I don't understand it at all!) but involves acupunture, tong ren healing, and Tui Na massage. I still have bad days but Lyme is not an easy bit to eradicate. So I'm off to one thing or another nearly every day and in between doing EB stuff or chores or walking or other therapies. There's no time for anything and by the time dinner is finished, I'm in bed watching TV and wondering what the heck I did all day.

Ebay is picking up... I've had 4 or 5 sales a week but half of that is camera equipment that Rick finds here and there. Gives me a big, fat headache researching it all to list. But it sells, so shut my mouth. I had an offer of $7.50 on an item listed for $35 this a.m. Of course, I refused it with no note but was remembering how I would coach buyers when I was in real estate: Never make an offer so low it insults the owner. Ah, well... that's not as bad as the fool who wants to return wine glasses saying they're cordials!!! If you served all your guests a 5 oz cordial after dinner and after numerous glasses of wine, you might have a drunk or two on your hands. I wouldn't take them back and clearly state in my listings "if I have misrepresented the item(s) in any way ... blah, blah, blah". That negates the possibility of simple buyer's remorse being a reason for return.

The weather has turned back to wintry (I won't say real winter - we never did have winter this year!) and everyone is kind of glum. We got spoiled by all that heavenly warmth. I was at a healing class today - about a dozen people all in BLACK!! Yeah, people are all rather morose this week, including me. The sun is never out, the air is damp and chilly, and the heavy jackets are back out.

Went to an ES Sunday. They were asking enormously high prices for mediocre glass and even the Xmas Village Houses (Dickens) were overpriced. One couple offered $10/ea for 9 of them and were refused. I told the ES rep he was crazy not to take that and he said "I'll put them in my shop and get $35 each for them." Good luck, Buddy... maybe over the next 5 Xmas seasons you'll get that! So unrealistic. I love ES's but won't go to one by that company again.. waste of time.

GAIL ---- they look like flamingos to me in spite of being painted the wrong color... Flowers look like thistle? Someone will love that lamp to refinish... I'd say 30's but would need to see the cord and it's kind of Hemingway style. The glass shade is so funky it MUST belong to it.

I'm off to make my yucky veggie juice. Now, if I could add chocolate ice cream............

Janice