Glass Chatroom Board

Hi everyone!

Wow! a wedding--how time flies. Congratulations!

I plan to move down south sometime. I have already called a moving company for estimate.

You would not believe what I have sold. I cleared out one entire room and 80% of another (and that one is a BIG room).

NancyP & Julie, yes though I will never get over missing him, I will eventually have to get used to it and accept it.

I talk to him to the point which he may wish I'd stop!

Meantime, I clean, sell, donate....

Hi everyone. Happy Birthday to Don!

And Julie thanks for the cupcake!

We had Mike's Celebration of Life and what a party it was. Catered BBQ, chocolate chip cookies, and Mike's band played the songs he loved. I had 21 family members there with FOUR generations! I gave kids, grandkids and great grands things that belonged to Papa. The plan is to move to North GA.

Reen had written me about Gil. He fought a hard fight! He was a very nice man. I loved visiting them.

Right now I am in my downstairs while a huge thunderstorm is overhead.

I have to decide what I will take with me. I have sold so much, this big living room is empty except for a couch, rocking chair and steamer trunk full of photos.

I don't know what the future holds. I sure miss my partner in goofyness.

God evening! I saw on the pottery page that Max is gone. So many of us.

I was taken to Georgia by my kids to look at neighborhoods, and the military cemetery, and then to Jekyll Island where we spent our 25th anniversary. Perfect weather for it!

Thanks, my glassies. I wake up each morning at the exact time he died, and just can not connect the dots yet. I keep thinking he will walk in the door or call out from the next room. This weather isn't helping (wind, ice, cold). I can't seem to get going planning the celebration. I'd honestly like to go to bed and stay there. It may sound odd but I talk to him a lot. It was my job to care for him for so long it's hard to switch gears. Kids think I need to get myself to the beach (they will arrange it). Maybe so?

Hi everyone. The days appear to fly past. I took four big bags of clothing and shoes to The Wardrobe. This should make me feel accomplished or better but it does not. I am in the house until after the expected snowstorm, plenty of food. I hope I don't scare my kids by going radio silent (I will answer their calls).

Hi friends! I appreciate all the thoughts and hugs. I know there is an urgent need for warm, clean clothing here in several populations so I've made up a couple of bags of nice things of Mike's things and will donate tomorrow. I just can't believe this has happened. Yes, I wished he would not suffer but I sure did not want this great yawning hole in my heart. Son goes home tomorrow.
I seem to be "at sixes and sevens" as my Gramma used to say.

Friends, my dear husband slipped his earthly bonds yesterday morning. He waited for the kids, and his night nurse was a star, had him comfy, clean, surrounded by lavender, peppermint, eucalyptus essence. We had 55 years, more than my own parents did. At some point we will have a celebration for this very funny and creative man. He was not perfect, but he was mine.

Good morning. Mike is home on hospice. We have a big hospital bed in the living room. meds adjustment helped him stay serene.

I have hired night nurses. Kids are coming and going. I think he still knows me but is back in he 1950s in his mind.

Shelly this could be so many things. Please see the doctor. Could be vitamins, cardiac, anything. I hope you get help with it.

Morning, all! Marson that does sound brutal. It's 1 degree here today.

I pray I can get respite for myself. The whole idea is not to kill me in the process.

Thanks, everyone.

Good morning everyone. The plan is now to bring Mike home on hospice care. I hope this works. I am a little scared. My neighbor did this for her mother. I may have to hire help to infill. VA will not cover home health. Our boys can help too. He is still eating and drinking but not very much. I did get him to eat some shrimp and sweet potato and a brownie last night.

Thanks everyone. After helping Mike eat and sending the morning with this, my friend came and sat with him while I went to the VA for a meeting. Then ran to store as I had no food and snowstorm was coming. By then it was 4 PM and I was running on emoty (so tired). Fell asleep by 7. Now I have to get the driveway done again as the 1" of snow expected is much more and still coming.

Good evening everyone. The day after I posted, Mike fell and we went by ambulance to the ER at MU. He was admitted and is declining rapidly. I am beyond heartbroken as we have been married for 54 years. I knew this would eventually happen as he has dementia and Parkinson's and nobody lives through it. I have been his caregiver for almost 8 years.

Merry Christmas, all. We have been dealing with a progression of Mike's Parkinson's and the lack of available neurologists to see him soon. After 6 falls, Xrays, MRI, therapy evaluations, we are on the right track with meds. I think.

I wanted to do a dinner Christmas Day but will instead have dessert and coffee, and a toast with anyone's choice of drink at 1 PM Central time to all who for whatever reason are not with us. Please join in! We will also do a zoom with family.

Hi Glassies!

Mike appears to be improving. I know I have to figure out where we will live. My house is nowhere ready for market. However I have sold a ton of things and it's fairly cleared out. My plan is to whenever I do sell, we leave behind whatever we aren't going to take for a big sale, held by someone else!

Hi everyone! We had a gang here Thursday including a neighbor! Very nice feed. Unfortunately we also sprung a leak in the lower bath and still can't find the source and of course all plumbers were elsewhere, understandably.

Mike has fetched up with some worrying symptoms, very similar to when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. I am hoping that it will just require a medicine change. Neurologists have been advised but no appointment yet. He has outlived his diagnosis of Lewy Body dementia by a year so I pray this is not the beginning of late stage.

I am not doing "old" very gracefully.

Julie robocalls are a pre-recorded call that is sent to gobs of numbers, usually with a political message or scam call to get your information ("Your credit card percentage rate has been reduced..." and it asks you questions that are a a blatant grab for financial information. Some communities have put a stop to it.

Well, I am awake for no reason so should go back to sleep. Mike's Parkinson's doctor is doing telehealth only now so unexpectedly I have to find someone else.

It seems as soon as I fix one thing for him another thing happens. There is so much to organize just to get to appointments. I did get my COVID shot and will get flu for both of us this week.

He is able to socialize still so this week we went to a nice dinner with 20-plus friends and he had a very good time. It's walking distance from our house but t was after dark so we drove.

I am selling vintage costume jewelry for a very nice woman who is donating all proceeds to Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center. I have made over $300 for her but am at the end of that, just some necklaces and brooches left.

Good morning friends. Glad to see Shelly here! NancyP that idea of helping athletes with disabilities, what a good one! Shelly I am so sorry you were so ill, that's awful.

I just saw that ALL my FB Marketplace posts have only the "boost listing" (for $$$) edit available so I can no longer renew them. I have contacted FB three times for help. They did this without my permission and the "boost listing" edit button is off.

Mike is progressing in his Parkinson's and dementia and we have an appointment at Neurology next week. I am trying to figure out what is our best option living wise. Wish there was a fabulous senior living option that was within our financial capabilities.

Hi everyone. I had not heard from Gail in a while and I am saddened to see why. Julie thanks for letting us know.

Looks like I missed some birthdays!

NancyP it is hard to imagine. Anything you've seen, triple that,

That was Helene...

Hello, all. It has been a crazy week. When I knew Helen was headed into GA and NC I warned my sister to get battery lanterns, gas up the car and stock up on food (nonperishable) and water. Helen struck her little mountain town with such fury that we lost touch for two days. She is okay, still no power and just got cell service back. Many of the beautiful places we visited last year are gone now, or destroyed. Worse, not only are hundreds dead but likely the hundreds missing are as well. This storm was worse than Katrina in size and strength. Donate money if you can to any rescue organization. Mules are bringing medicine, water and food to remote areas!

What terrible news, though I think you feared this might happen, Carma. One of my sister-caregivers could not find her husband one day and he ended up over a hundred miles from home, where the highway patrol thankfully found him. My own brother-in-law managed to steal $500 from his caregiver, drive into Mexico, go shopping and have lunch, and drive BACK across the border, all without any ID. Another jaunt (by now the car keys were hidden but he found them) took him well into AZ. I am so sorry this happened to your cousin.

Carl, how terrible for your cousin's family--your family. Mike suffers from Parkinson's and dementia and it's challenging. Thank God he can not drive.

I have sold so much I have whole shelves in closets completely bare. However the spammers and scammers are out there. Usually they insist on mobile apps for payment, and when I ask for cash they vanish like the wind.

Nancy, Happy Birthday REALLY late!!!

As per the Pottery gang: Shelly's son lost his battle with COPD and cancer July 8. This is so sad, and I'm speaking as a mother of sons and one daughter. Losing a child is about the worst thing that can happen to a person.

It's good that some of us are still here to offer comfort. Such a sad time.

Hey everyone! Kids are back after a wonderful trip along the French Riviera. Wonderful food.

This week I have sold so much. A few things made me sad. Not many though.

I have Shelly's email, will touch base with her.

After some brutal heat and 9" of rain, we now have reasonable weather at last (low 80s).

Hi folks! Our son and GF flew off to Nice and are now wandering around. Last stop was a Portuguese restaurant. I think they are gouing to visit Monaco tomorrow and Menton soon thereafter as they fly home Thursday.

I have sold so much stuff we have an echo here. I am actually selling my old Fire-King.

Nice new road, Carl!!

Julie--what a photo!

Carl, good going on your new road. I think the state of Missouri owes me a front end alignment. And the garden sounds wonderful. I have a window herb garden and it seemed to have crop failure till I oved the whole thing outside. Then it went wild.

Hi everyone. We have weathered storms, cicadas (what a racket!) and I am still selling things at a steady pace.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. We had the whole gang here yesterday and had a sudden, unforecast wild storm with high winds. The charcoal on the grill went out so we cooked inside.

Mike has had a tooth extracted so today he gets scrambled eggs, ice cream, pudding. I am eating yesterday's leftovers.

Thanks, NancyP! I am going to be 77 tomorrow. Not sure if anything is planned. Frankly a day of rest is always appealing.

I thought I was going to be 76, what a bummer.

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA but we have had neuro, VA, oral surgeon appointments galore.

Good news is I've sold close to $700 worth of things I found behind furniture, in the backs of drawers, etc. Astounding! I even sold the ruby bud vase. Working on a stack of newspapers from the end of WWII, the Challenger tragedy, Nixon leaving office, etc.

Julie thank you! I will keep sleuthing!

Here is another view.

I have sold about $350 worth of glass, china, old comics, postcards and what have you this past two weeks!

If anybody recognizes that bud vase let me know. Thanks heaps!

Good afternoon! We have had high winds for DAYS here!

Good news: son's cardiac issues resolving after a nasty bout of COVID. Bad news: Both cars broke down.

I did not know about Jim L. If that is true this makes me very sad.

I volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity sale pricing items. I would have done more but Mike had a big VA appointment. He is slowly progressing in both Parkinson's and dementia but we have held both beasts at bay for over seven years! Our couples counselor and my caregiver group counseling is all very helpful.

Any idea who made this? Almost 8" tall, very thin ruffle that rings when tapped.

I hear New England is getting a Spring storm!!

Greetings from VERY windy Missouri!

Good news: son and Subie both well. I have sold glass, china, artwork and other treasures this week and they have all gone to good homes! Not enough to cover everything but close!

Weather appears to be wacky everywhere!

I want to alert everyone that this virus may appear as "just a cold" to some, it is NOT to everyone.

Subie has been transferred from my regular mechanic to Subaru as there is more going on that they can not identify/. Sigh. I'd best start selling faster.

Thankfully my neighbor took me to the Farmer's Market and the grocery so we're well stocked. I can at least relax while we wait.

I love hearing about when glassies actually got to meet each other. I still have some old emails from some who have gone on now. Those old days were fun, and I leared so much from them.

Youngest experienced cardiac issues from a nasty case of COVID. It's still out there and can be devastating. He is in care of a cardiologist.

My old Subaru broke down very publicly on the bridge on Broadway here that goes over Highway 63 as we were on the way to the oral surgeon for Mike. Amazingly, as police were nearby working an accident scene I had oodles of help! Tow truck arrived immediately! I think it was the original fuel pump that went. NO advance warning as I'd had the car checked out the week before (oil change, etc.). I need to sell something quick!

Welcome, Liz!

NancyP I can't sign in to the Book Board with my regular sign-in. Gorgeous weather here.

Friends from college (1968) will be through town towing a trailer with a 1954 Rolls Royce inside! This should be a fun meet up!

With all the crazy weather all over the country, we've lucked out. Sunny and decent enough for daily walks!

Happy Birthday Marymelodee!

Good gloomy, wet morning. Off to the Farmer's Market in an hour.

NancyP, I got my ears done and no dizzies! But I took a CBD gummy and I know that helped. I usually get White-coat Syndrome and with the gummy, my BP was normal. I love my new ENT nurse and go back every six months now. Not three years!!

Happy Birthday Shelly!!

Happy New Year a bit late. We expect the first winter storm on Monday. We have a standing order for snowplow if over 3" accumulate as we have a very long, steep driveway.

Good morning.

Carl, I have been worried about my nephew and his family along the Maine coast. No word from them. It sounds awful but amazing you have power!

NancyP I always worry about that. It has never happened but I know it can. How long did it last? I have no one here to help me if I get that,

NancyP. My next thing is to get of all things an ear cleaning. I realize my hearing is not the best--and I know exactly what it is and should have done this ages ago! Always nice to hear again!

I have been MIA for a while. The trip (two weeks) to NC and GA was a huge success. Thanksgiving brought 7 to our table and I have decided next year to make it a potluck. I was so tired!!

Since then I have a dear friend in hospital with no diagnosis yet, and we lost a darling friend who always made the day a bit sunnier for everyone. It was sudden and we are all still very broken hearted.

Mike is walking better than ever which is amazing as Parkinson's is progressive. Therapy is the key (and good food and keeping busy). The bad news is that caregivers often burn out and die before the person they care for, so I am trying to be good to myself.

Got to get a tree this week!!

Hello all. Carl, I have relatives in Maine and I am worried about this storm. They are battening down hatches I presume.

My neighbor's garden was terrible. She did get a LOT of peppers.

Good morning!

Shelly, please see a doctor about your balance. Youmight have a vitamin dficency and there is help for that.

Anyone know Susan's last name? I really hope she is kay, and what about her husband? He's in a veterans' home I believe. She is in a part of GA not far from my family.

Julie--great photos! More, please.

Hi everyone (whoever is still here).

NancyP we had that awful heat, then torrential rains. Now it is in the 60s and GORGEOUS. My yard helper never showed. So Tuesday the lawn gets mowed and trimmed by the regular service.

Hi everyone! Julie my fingers are tingly just READING about it!!!

Morning everyone!

Julie, a little under 2500 metres. You were a LOT higher. We had New Yrk kids get a touch of mild altitude sickness because they did not acclimate. It does take about two days.

Good morning!!

Wow, Julie!!! How exciting. Yes, the humidity must have been awful in Delhi but oh the mountains!!! How fantastic. Thank goodness you conditioned yourself for this as high altitude can be vary hard on folks. I did too much the first visit to Silver City NM as we went to the Clidf Dwellings on a hot day and climbing around I developed a fast heartbeat. Water and a rest put me right but I should have acclimated myself. That was 8,000 feet.

Morning!

Before dashing off for Mike's meds and his desired croissants, I discovered a jade plant had toppled right out of its tiny pot, I repotted in a much bigger one after cutting it back some, and now I have five nice ones in water, which should re-root. Daughter in law took one, son's girlfriend took one.

Hi all. Wow, NancyP you have been quite the voyager. I have spent hours cutting back invasive honeysuckle.

I had a batch of books to sell to a book shop today and danged if I could not find a place to park. I rescheduled for next Monday. Then I left my hot rotisserie chicken out and forgot to put it away once it had cooled. What a dunce.

Shelly I heard from her a while back, let me see if I can find that email.

Good morning! 60 MPH winds and rain yesterday. Whoo!

Carl glad you will get some of that great Maine weather at last.

Shelly it was an amethyst color. Hard to resist.

Nancy Happy Birthday! Yes buy yourself a pretty thing! I almost bought the "Spring Crocus" water bottle at $25 from the Blenko Seconds Sale but I have yellow, aqua and red, and a cobalt mini. I really almost did it.

Good afternoon!

Woohoooo! Julie I know it will be a real adventure. Have the best time ever!

Last night in the storm I got soaked to the skin, water in me boots, struggling to hold a broken downspout together. A big hickory came down too.

Happy Birthday, Carl! Everyone seems to be having garden woes this year from too much or not enough rain!

Good afternoon! Is everyone in the NE okay? I am worried about West Point (among other places) where my parents' graves are.

This rain appears to be epic.

Evening, all.

Julie Shelly and I will take turns worrying!

Mike is doing well. Right now he is devouring a "clean out the fridge" salad (with my honey-mustard dressing). Made with local everything except the turkey bacon crumbles and slivered almonds.

Carl, my lilies are JUST NOW blooming. We think it was indeed the wacky weather. Hardly any irises. And I have weeded but not fertilized because you do it after the bloom. I did cut back the lilacs. Hope they bloom better next spring. Haven't mowed all June.

Mike going in for carotid doppler and cardiac appointment. I retested for alpha-gal and indeed my numbers are significantly lower but I am still positive so no cheese yet (darn).

Going dairy.mammal free and gluten free has lowered my LDL by over 20 points.

Notice the guitar pick in his mouth.

Good afternoon!

Mike still plays beautifully.

Hi, NancyP!

I would post photos but I can't seem to get that to work today.

Good morning.

Julie, he did! In 2017 we were on the verge of calling hospice when he began to improve. A massive UTI was making his dementia worse. He did fine until last October when he developed Parkinsons, and is now in therapy for that. In spite of it all, he continues to enjoy family, friends and fun!

Good day, everyone!

Mike celebrated his 80th in fine style. First, cousins came from Iowa. They had such fun reminiscing about days on the farm. Then kids came from Atlanta and they spent several days taking their Dad to hear music (his original band was playing by the river), prowl record stores, eat ice cream at TWO places, eat ribs from his favorite place. Lots of walking! One of them even took him to his VA appointment for me!

Hey, Happy Birthday Curt! I celebrated your birthday by buying two huge hanging baskets of petunias.

Julie! Whoa! Just looking at the video is wild and wooly! You are about the most adventurous person I know.

It's going to finally get hot here. But I am sworn off yard work anyway. I have a young man coming Monday to help!

Oh my, Julie! Such an adventure. Will you be Jeeping or motorbiking or both? PLEASE get a lotof phtos.

Hi everyone. Somehow I managed to neglect two bills in April and just got caught up. Turns out it was not just post-COVID brain fog. I have "Walking Pneumonia." That only adds to my fog.

Carl, congratulations. You will feel better and your heart and other parts will thank you.

We are in a drought but have had some rain the last two days. Yard looks better. Found a way to kill poison ivy that is not close to any plants or grass. Bleach water! After it dies, dig up vine and with disposable gloves put in bag. Then clean all utensils with bleach solution. Paper towel with bleach, used gloves, all go in the trash bag. It's working. My lily of the valley, jack in the pulpit, all kinds of things came back once it was gone. Also found some stuff to kill carpenter bees. Inject it (Spectracide) into the tunnels and the next day, no bees. Of course I wear mask, gloves and goggles. I rarely use chemicals but my gosh!

The traps were not working this year.

Thanks everyone! I went to pick up my dairy-free, gluten free gooey chocolate cake...and grabbed two things of ice cream (chocolate and chocolate mint chip). We are going to see hot air balloons lit up by the airport.

Happy Birthday, Don!! I treasure my pretty gift from you.

Wow!!! It's a reunion! Good morning all of you. We are off to the VA but I got up to trim lilacs back (probably won't bloom next year).They were getting very long and leggy.

Happy birthday to Reen!

Gosh, so many of us are gone. Yes, remembering Toby.

NancyP, Mike's old urologist refused to test him for a UTI for some reason (after he delayed a lithotripsy for a stone so he could go on vacation) and he DID have a UTI, a bad one, and was suffering symptoms of delirium for months (the UTI, delayed treatment, anesthesia, a combination of all of it). We immediately found a new urologist. After spending thousands on his care not covered by Medicare.

Good morning everyone. Yesterday it was tee-shirt weather, then a huge storm blew up and rattled the windows and now it's cold.

A week or so ago my dear brother in law who suffers from dementia triggered not one but two Silver alerts while in care of a lady while my sister had a precious visit with her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. He managed to get across the Mexican border and back again with no ID. He had also become aggressive. FINALLY after I yapped about it enough he was checked for a UTI and by golly that is what was tge root of the trouble. New antianxiety meds and antibiotics have him peaceful and pretty much his old self.

I am so lucky that Mike responded so well to Parkinsons meds and therapy. One therapy is SPEAK OUT and actually kind of fun. We can yell at each other (in a nice way).

The weather right now is gorgeous. Good morning everyone! My first iris popped out!

I had a no-show on my Fire-King red mixing bowl. I really love it but I have to cut down somewhere.

Hi folks. I have been offline off and on for days. Yesterday we had FIVE Mediacom trucks here ALL AFTERNOON. This morning all was normal and after noon, zippo. Right as Mike wanted to watch the Masters.

So many of us are gone. Happy Heavenly birthday ohliz!

Hi, all! Sunshine, stormy days behind us. More to come though.

My Blatz soda bottle from Prohibition time.

Hi folks!

Still going through things and posting on Marketplace.

Yesterday we had a huge wind and hailstorm. Turns out the tornado in Little Rock took out the neighborhood my father developed in the 1960s.

Good evening.

Carl, you were so lucky. I imagine those huge amounts with bring down power lines and collapse roofs.

Good evening!

Carl I would love to move back to the Connecticut coast if I could afford it. I have no family there anymore. But I spent so many happy years there. Yes, it snows a lot in winter. But in summer you have amazing garden veggies, sailing, the beach, fairs and arts festivals. And did I mention the beach?

Good evening, all!

Yes we are negative at last, and I worked in the yard some today and took a walk. But it was bitter and windy and that last 50 feet up the driveway I screamed! So cold!!!

Mike is back in Parkinsons therapy and his bloodwork came back good. He had a drop in hemoglobin that worried his doctor.

Someone came and took all my downed tree limbs. Yay! Still have a stack of firepit wood.

Good afternoon! Yes, I really liked George. And he did know a lot. I miss all the very educated ones who helped us newbies.

Mike's suspicious bloodwork came back as excellent. Whatever it was, is gone.

He has recovered from COVIUD faster than I have.

Julie I stand by my original statement, it's cute and funny and nobody with a functioning brain would think you would pummel your dear Aunty. Facebook refused to let me post Air France menus with reproductions of paintings of wild animals on the fronts because I was promoting the sale of endangered species.

However I use it exclusively to sell my house-leftovers (old toys, etc.) so I need to figure a way around these things. My sister got thrown of Facebook for saying what she would like to do to anyone cruel to animals. Go figure.

Good afternoon! I felt well enough to make pecan blueberry muffins!

Oh Julie, no--your cute little excgange with beloved Aunty is banned? I think it's cute. And with all the other raggedy mess on FB---!

Hi everyone. All symptoms gone except a little cough and extreme fatigue. Thanks for asking, NancyP.

Blenko has water bottles (seconds) 60% off. I have long coveted ruby so I ordered one. Fool that I am. I will chalk it up to COVID brain.

Good news. Mike is positive but improving! Light at the end of the tunnel isn't another train.

Hi Julie! He sure has symptoms and is starting a low fever. Mine lasted two days. I may call VA doc tomorrow for stronger cough meds.

Thanks, NancyP. Fever is already gone, cough is annoying but controlled somewhat with dextromethorphan and guaiafenesen. No aches, just fatigue. One friend had to have some sort of infusion.

NancyP I think I am going to skip it. So far it's like a mild flu except for one night.

Good afternoon. Sad to say I tested positive today for COID-19. Since I've had symptons since Friday It's almost too late for Paxlovid. My doctor retired and I don't have one to prescribe it. Watching Mike like a hawk.

NancyP--you are right it's crazy!

My sister in SW NM git snow, it was tee shirt weather here for a few days. Now it s freezing with something falling out of the sky that is neither rain nor snow nor sleet.

Hello to all. We are at the end of week 2 of BIG Parkinsons therapy for Mike. I have to do all the exercises too.

Morning! Cold (and Chinese balloon) passed us by. Carl, I remember that in Minnesota OUTSIDE hockey practice was only canceled if the air temps got below -20 degrees. Sounds like you are through the worst but its pretty awful sounding.

Evening all....a relatively mild day today so we went for walks, one of the boys took Mike for a hot fudge sundae (the only part I can eat is--the pecans) and we got Justin to take home two boxes of electronic junk.

Watching the original black and white "Godzilla."

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