It's been a strange summer. Very long story, very short -- DH (who is diabetic) had a blocked artery in his right leg and had bypass surgery on the leg on July 23. The surgery was successful but the healing process has been very slow requiring weekly visits to the Wound Center at our hospital. DH has to spend most of his time in bed with the right leg elevated. Poor thing hasn't been out in his kayak since the end of May (which is when we realized the severity of the non-healing wound on the side of his foot which led to all of this).

I did see the sad news about Gail on FB in the EAPG group & then saw that today is her birthday. She was a wonderful lady!!

We haven't had any rain in NJ in over 3 weeks. It's been low humidity & windy, so we've been under fire watch. And it's been chilly overnight with a few freeze warnings but then warm during the day.

Even though our country, compared to so many others, are doing well down here with the rate of COVID 19 cases and deaths. Had they not let those passengers known to have the virus, off that cruise ship it would have been so much better. It is now reported that 1 in 10 coronavirus cases throughout Australia are linked to the Ruby Princess.

Fran @fran2 I should ad too that it is not just the restaurants and those in the Hospitality industry that have adapted down here. It is a lot of the small local businesses.Many of our fashion shops that are locally owned and run have started trading via Facebook and other forms of media, offering free contactless delivery.The little locally owned supermarkets are doing the same.

Fran @fran2 A lot of our businesses have adapted so well to all this. Most have the call in pickup only service. It was that or shut shop. A lot are now even offering home delivery, where before it was dine in only. Some offer free delivery, some for a small fee and some free delivery if your order is above a certain $$. Some stores are offering shop online and pay (Click and collect) , they will get your order ready and you call in and pick up. I think it seems to be working well for them.My regular coffee shop I go to after my training sessions has adapted well. One person at a time in the shop to place order. Most of us just have to stand in the door way and they see us and automatically know our order. Once the order is placed we then wait outside at a good distance (It's located in the perfect spot to be able to stay well away from anyone) Matt will call out your name when your order is ready. He has it ready on the counter and stands the required distance away. No cash sales. It is tap and go only, so we do not even touch the machine for payment. No contact at all with anyone or anything.
Julie

Jim @dorbitz LOL pretty fancy Uber isn't it LOL

George @george it was amazing.And to think all those buildings, the materials were either carried up on someone's back or on a donkey. I love Nepal and I love the ppl

Fran2 @fran2 we are going into winter and our Flu season. So I think it will be chaos here for awhile. So many ppl will be presenting with cold and flu symptoms, so the scare will continue here. Anyone with a runny nose or cough will panic and so will everyone around them. But eventually ppl will start to settle down and life will get back to normal. Good hand hygiene is the key to not spreading sickness. Common soap and water and a good wash.

You're right, Jim hasn't been around in quite a while. I hope he's okay.

Jim @dorbitz if that young bloke comes back tell him they are offering jobs down here in Queensland for banana benders LOL

Oh George @george, Carl @carma, Nancy @jerseystar27 and Fran @fran2 where's your sense of adventure LOL Just a little sip..go on, It's really nice coffee.

Julie

Thanks for the compliments of my new pic. I took this pic Friday night when I was getting ready for a night out with some friends. It's amazing what a bit of makeup and the right lightening can do LOL
Fran @fran2 My secret? I live healthy-ish. And I refuse to think because I am 60 I have to stop being very active. I am sure bootcamp and swimming have a lot to do with it and my refusal to not grow up LOL My Uncle was 91 yrs old and he was still power walking 6 kilometres per day. My father was a very active man too,And I can add my Aunties to that too. They all refuse to slow down. I get my attitude from them. LOL Oh and laughter.Laughter is good and I have a lot of friends and family that keep me smiling and laughing

Thanks to everyone that researched this piece.......

IreneM @jmart8248 😆 😆 😆 Its good that we can laugh at ourselves when we have those "blonde" moments 😆 😆 😆 Reminds me of my sister when ATM's first hit the scene. She stood there saying "OK" to the machine over and over again to continue and nothing was happening, till a person behind her told her she had to press the OK button 😆 😆 😆

Fran2 @fran2 NO fees is good 🙂 Now to get the exposure out there so ppl know I exist.

Shelly @shellyrae37 the setting up on FB is pretty easy but trying to get known is another battle. I have joined a few like minded groups so as ppl in those groups would get to know me, Now I have to get them to come to my shop and buy. Its a slower way then eBay to get customers and you do have to work on it, trying to get everyone to "like" your page. The more likes, the more exposure And it is also a case of "I'll scratch your back if you'll scratch mine" I'll help promote your shop if you help promote my shop among your friends.
Julie

Day is pretty here. I really really really hope I can get myself to get busy and list some items. I bought 4 new crochet e-books and I want so much to start projects, but I absolutely positively MUST get some stuff listed first before I start playing with the crochet needles. Also, our county fair is coming up in 2 weeks and I have 2 projects that I'd like to try to finish so that I could enter them.

@suzy SUZY ... golly, I sure wish you just lived next door or only down the street. I really need someone here who would find my glass stuff fun and encourage and help me decide how to list it and describe it. Also I've got 2 computers that I really need Jim to dig around in for the day. Wouldn't that be fun? Then we could have a picnic for supper and watch the fireworks tonight!

@fran2 FRAN 2 ... I lost my taskbar a couple of times and was really put out. I finally googled and was surprised that it can happen often to a lot of folks and the solution was quite a simple remedy. I forgot exactly what it was...but figured if it happens again, I can google again. 🙂

@booklady LYNN ... ah, one is never to old to have FUN! and Glass is surely fun. 🙂

Waving HI to CARL and GEORGE! Where's DON? Does he think he gets a day off? rotflol

Got a real treat in my mailbox today. @fran2 FRAN 2 ... thank you ever so much for the cruet stopper. It's a real unusual one that I don't have. I'm really trying hard to remember which book I have seen that stopper in sometime this past month so I can match it to the correct cruet. I'm just delighted with it.

And @donscns DON ... the pitcher arrived this morning and it couldn't have come at a better time. I do my volunteer work this afternoon at the museum. I don't know if that display case is kept locked or not. If not, I'll put the pitcher and tumbler together and take a picture. 🙂

So FRAN2 and DON .... thank you thank you thank you! Such sweet peeps!

@fran2 FRAN 2 ... oh my, I would have died of a heart attack if that had been me. Well, I live in Oklahoma and we have really ingenious methods of invention. My "cat door" is nothing more than the storm door with the window glass pulled up a bit and the screen portion cut off. Of course, this requires the front door to be open so the cat can leap up to the window portion and jump through. Needless to say, this does not work during winter. 🙂

@shellyrae37 SHELLY .... nothing smarter about me. This is day 3 of trying to figure out this new system. Still can't find where my contact email addresses are! Don't have a photo editing software to work with. Still haven't figured how to find a "back" button. Don't know why sometimes I lose all my tabs when I'm just trying to close one tab. I did finally find my favorites today which I thought I'd lost.

@fran2 FRAN ... gee, I don't know what converter I used. It's just that when I tried to open the document it said I would need to download a converter and there was a link that took me to several and I just used the first one on the list. It only worked on my word processing documents. It didn't work on my Excel and I still can't open them. I'll go search the net and see if I can find what I used. ..............Time Out .......... I just checked my downloads and this is what I used. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12 looking further down I guess I should now do "01" so that my Excel will open. Maybe tomorrow as I'm so tired and sleepy now.

@wjweese WENDY ... yikes...jails and courts...what a bunch of gobbledegook. Turns out she just went before the judge who rattled off some formula that he said to each of the people there...Come back on such and such date, bring a lawyer to enter your plea, if you can't afford an attorney, etc. So we went across the hall and got a several page paper she will have to fill out to request a lawyer then pay $40 to submit the request and wait to find out if she will be approved for a court appointed lawyer. There's more but it's just too much to write or think about right now. 🙁

@itsagas BILL ... I actually like quinoa when it is all spiced/herbed up...and I love yogurt if it's flavored. Think I'll go grab a cherry one right now. 🙂

@jmart8248 IRENE ... Saw those snow rollers on tv news tonight for the first time. What a hoot. Kind of a Northerner's tumbleweed.

@fran2 FRAN ... the Felt/Stoer book usually only has the shape an just tells you what colors or decorations it can come in. They do not show IRENE's decoration but they do show one with an enamel decoration.

HI to CARL, DON, IRENE M, JIM D, BOB in KY, GEORGE, SHELLY, NANCY P, and SHARON!

Stay warm everyone
Julie

Trying to find out the pattern to this shaker. When I bought it I thought it was Hocking in the 4 piece set that has Dove and Quail etc. as seen in HMW2. It's shaped like Quail but totally different pattern that I can't match to any pattern I know.
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@gailmacphee GAIL MAC ... Good Gravy! Congratulations on the New Martinsville! Would have walked right past it without a clue!

@newtonenterprises JIM D ... I didn't recognize the new avatar and for a minute thought it was our poker player JIM. Once I caught on it was you I was reminded of the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 🙂

@fyrqueen KATIE ... ai-yi-yi can't imagine those leg presses. Surely hope the PT is strengthening you and making for better mobility.

@shellyrae37 SHELLY ... yum yum yum Red Lobster CHeese Biscuits sound super. Herbal garlic butter is just garlic butter with some extra herbs thrown in...maybe a bit of parsley or the like.

@fran2 FRAN 2... Since the Catalonian sticker says "Reproduction....Old Spanish." people don't realize that it is NOT a reproduction piece in the sense we think of reproductions today and often give it a cheap price tag. I got lucky and got a lovely vase for $10 that I sold for over $100.

@reen REEN ... I'd just use both Pitcher / Ewer to cover my bases. 🙂

HI to CARL, DON, and GEORGE!

@lilac1987 SARA ... so good to see you checking in! I'm so sorry your DH has been ill for such a long time. But do check in, if just to say HI, more often!

@fran2 FRAN2 ... egads! I have no idea what your computer is talking about. I hate getting messages from my computer when I have no one around to translate them.

HI to JULIE, REEN, CARL, GEORGE, IRENE M, NANCYJEAN, JIM D, and BILL!