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Popping in for a catch up and it seems that it is still very quiet/slow here.
I've just come back from 12 nights in Thailand to celebrate my daughters 50th. I can't believe my baby girl has turned 50 and @carma Carl I can't believe Marley is now all grown up , getting married and buying a home. Time certainly does not stand still.
Katie @fyrqueen I wish you all the best with your move.A huge step for you. ((hugs))

Katie @fyrqueen No you will never get over missing him. I miss Gordon everyday and I still talk to him.You do eventually get used to it, I am not sure though, about accepting it. Continued (((((hugs))))))

Today I see sunshine but not for long. We have been experiencing heavy torrential , devastating and flooding rain. So much damage!! I am safe, all I have to put up with is a very wet boggy yard and a damp smelling house. Others have lost everything and lives have been lost too. If you are interested in following whats been happening here, Google Floods in N.S.W. When I get back from my holiday in Thailand, I will volunteer somewhere to help out the farmers who have been heavily impacted by these floods.I can't do anything just now .It's all about rescuing ppl and animals, so those skills are for our trained SES and Helicopter Rescue. Once the floods have receded and the farmers are ready to repair,rebuild and are in need of some helping hands to get the jobs done and a Volunteer camp is set up, I will go. I foresee that being a few months away before volunteer camps are set up.

@fyrqueen Katie, Happy Birthday!! I'm sure it's a day filled with happy & sad memories. Sending you lots of {{hugs}}. Sounds like it was a wonderful celebration. Glad that plans for the future are falling into place.

Katie @fyrqueen ((((hugs)))) to you. It takes some time getting used to our partners in crime, not being with us. Take one day at a time. I wish you all the best with your future plans

@fyrqueen Katie You will be in a " fog" for sometime. Just take one day at a time and be kind to yourself. Go to bed and stay there, I had days like that. Your body needs to rest. ((((((HUGS))))))

@fyrqueen Katie My heart breaks for you, knowing what you are going through ((((HUGS)))) ditto to what Nancy said.

@fyrqueen Katie, sending {{hugs}} and love. Do what you need to do for you. It will take time to start feeling better. And I'm sure with all you were doing and all of the stress, your poor body is tired. So just take it easy and don't push yourself to do anything you don't absolutely have to do.

@fyrqueen Katie Take one day at a time...STOP....take time out when you need it. You will be over whelmed , some days more then others. Take the phone off the hook, shut the front door and don't answer it when this is happening. Look after yourself and do what YOU need to do during this time.

@fyrqueen Katie you have my deepest sympathy. It will be a hard stage of your life navigating it without Mike. I am send you lots of strength ((((((hugs)))))))

@fyrqueen Katie, sending condolences & love to you and your family, so glad they were able to be there. May you be comforted by your memories. Take some time for yourself and take time to grieve. {{{HUGS}}}

Summer is well and truly here today. We have been so lucky with mild-ish temps (for Aussie summer standards) up untill today. 41 celsius and humid. Severe storms are predicted for later this afternoon with damaging winds and hail.
Katie @fyrqueen sending more (((((hugs)))))
@shellyrae37 I hope you get seen to soon by a DR to fix the dizzies. I use to get vertigo something terrible due to crystals in my ears.Like Marson I was given 'exercises" to do and it fixed the issue. Brandt-Daroff Exercise is the one I was given . It wont hurt for you to do it while waiting to get in to seeing your DR. It is Very easy and very simple to do.It just requires you to sit on the side of your bed and lay to one side , come up and lay to the other side Here is a link that explain it https://www.webmd.com/brain/home-remedies-vertigo

Katie @fyrqueen sending (((((((HUGS))))))

@fyrqueen Katie, hospice is a wonderful thing. You get additional aides, an on-call nurse, and support for you. Sending {{hugs}}

OH Katie @fyrqueen I am so sorry this has happened Big (((((HUGS))))) I was carer for my DH and I know just how difficult it is, especially with dementia. Gordon ended up being so confused and it was so hard. More (((((HUGS)))) to you. One word of advice....make sure you look after yourself. I know it is easier said then done but it truly is very important to take a little time out for yourself.

@fyrqueen Oh, Katie, my heart aches for you!!! Sending gentle {{hugs}}. I know this isn't easy.

Katie @fyrqueen Sending gentle {{hugs}} to you. I hope Mike will be okay and I hope they find the source of the leak.

@wattleihavenext Julie, and here we've had some of the coldest weather, just in time for it to be December. No snow by us but plenty further north.

Hi everyone.
Hot and humid down here and I feel so drained of energy.

Katie @fyrqueen I am so sorry to hear this about Mike. Big ((((hugs))) to you

Katie @fyrqueen Oh Ok, yes we have those down here too, But as I said I never answer any calls that are from a number not known to me and by ignoring them I rarely get any now,

Good afternoon. It's Saturday here so the weekend begins. My morning started early with a training session down at the beach. Such a gorgeous morning and a perfect start to the day. Fresh air , salt water and stunning views..best medicine ever
Shelly @shellyrae37 I am unsure what robicalls are But I never answer a call from an unknown number.
Katie @fyrqueen I am glad that Mike is still able to socialise .And congratulations on your sales for the charity

Summer is on its way down here, temps are starting to warm up and Daylight Savings time has started .
I had a few days away in my van just to kick back, relax and read a book.I went to a lovely free park situated among some great vineyards and only 30 minutes drive from home. Very peaceful there ..
Katie @fyrqueen I would just delete those listings and then do them again
.(((((Hugs ))))) to you. It is very hard when you are the carer of someone that needs 24/7 care. I hope you take some time out to take care of YOU. Do you have Respite over there where someone will come and stay with Mike while you do something for yourself. e.g go to the gym, go shopping, hairdressers , meet up for coffee with some friends, just somewhere away from the house for a couple of hours. ?

@fyrqueen Katie, glad to hear that your sister is okay. The amount of damage and the number of people affected by Helene is just unbelievable!

@fyrqueen Katie -- I believe birthday celebrations can be spread out for as long as we want! And today is my daughter Kate's birthday -- so another reason to celebrate. :~)

Katie @fyrqueen Thanks for the update on Shelly. So very very sad 🙁

Good afternoon. I've been on a little road trip , seeing some of the country side and I have just called into home for a few things that need to be done and once that's all done I'll be gone again for at least another week. The most important thing needing done, is getting the lock on my caravan door fixed. I can lock it from the outside but can't from the inside and it's very important to me, travelling on my own, to have security.
HAPPY VERY BELATED BIRTHDAY KATIE @fyrqueen

@fyrqueen Happy Birthday, Katie!!! I hope you have a great day!

Katie @fyrqueen My first thought was anchor Hocking's Ruby Red but then realised the base is a bit different. So I was then thinking made in Japan and imported by Lefton. I did a bit of a look around on Google and see the same being advertised as Empoli but as you know not everything on Google is correct. Anyway its a couple of ideas for you to look into

Lots & lots of rain in NJ! So far not a lot of wind although there is still a wind advisory and a flood watch. I was going to a glass show/sale this afternoon but think I'll just stay home warm and dry (the road I'd need to take has a tendency to flood.)

@carma/Carl, I went from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on my laptop a while a go. The real shock was going from Windows 7 to Windows 11 on my PC -- I really hate Windows 11, everything is an app not software. I'm holding out as long as I can to keep my laptop. So sad that you'll miss seeing the girls again.

Yikes, @fyrqueen/Katie, I hope your son will be okay. My poor brother & SIL (who both have medical issues) just got Covid -- their first time. They've been very careful and are current on all of their boosters. Glad you were "rescued" quickly when your poor Subaru broke down.

@wattleihavenext/Julie, it's pretty amazing the friendships we've all made through our glass. I'll be going to the EAPG annual convention in May and will get to see Roger and Karen, two long-time glassies.

@emische Liz -- welcome to the group! Yes, you use the same sign-in for all the boards. On the right side you'll see links to the other boards. We're happy to try to help with id's.

@fyrqueen Katie -- nice & sunny (but chilly) here in NJ too. Most of the snow has melted.

@carma Carl, wow, what a mess! And how sad that it is right before Christmas. Glad that you're okay and have power.

@fyrqueen Katie, I hope your nephew and his family are okay.

There is still some river flooding in areas around us (northeastern NJ) and I heard there were some schools closed today and some delayed openings but we're okay, just a few small branches and twigs down. Not sure if it would have been better or worse if it was snow.

Good Morning. Our weather has been brutal and I am not liking it. High 30 Celsius and over 40C days , day after day. Hot hot westly winds to make it feel like a fan forced oven. Bush fires with people loosing homes and lives have already commenced. I have taken the plunge and I have ordered an aircon, hoping it is here vey soon. My fans are just circulating hot air.
Katie @fyrqueen I am sorry to hear about your friends but happy to hear that Mike is doing well. And ditto to what Nancy @jerseystar27 said.... Remember that self-care is not a luxury, it's a necessity!!
Carl @carma right at this moment (35 celsius at 10 a.m) that snow is sounding so good to me.

@fyrqueen Katie, after napping all morning, by early afternoon I was able to get out of bed and have something to eat. Like I said, this was much milder then the few other times I had vertigo. It's also the first time I had vertigo after getting excess ear wax removed.

@fyrqueen Katie, on the advice of my primary care doctor, I went to an ENT a few weeks ago to have excess ear wax removed. It was quick & pain free. But the next morning I woke up with vertigo. I've had vertigo a few times in the past & it pretty much knocked me out for a day. This time it was pretty mild -- I was much better by mid-afternoon. But I'm pretty sure the cause was pulling the wax out and causing something to change in my inner ear.

@fyrqueen Katie, it's good to see you! Sounds like some good things keeping you busy. So sorry to hear about your friends. And really happy to hear that Mike is doing well. Remember that self-care is not a luxury, it's a necessity!!

Katie @fyrqueen my first trek in Nepal was to 3,210metres. I really didn't have much issues with that at all. The last one I did, just as COVID was starting, was to 4773metres. Climbing the last section from Kyanjin Gompa (3870 metres) to Kyanjin Ri (4773m metres) was hard going. I had to stop and rest for a minute or 2 to catch my breath and suck in as much oxygen as I could .It was slow and steady. Not to mention the narrow steep dirt track we were walking on. But it was so worth the view on top of the world, looking out over all the Himalayas, it was beyond spectacular.

@dorbitz JimL -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have a great day!

@fyrqueen Katie, what fun having more jade plants. Yes, I'm forever having to go pick up my Mike's meds -- but no croissants, he's diabetic so I try to minimize the carbs.

@fyrqueen Katie, part of the travel was making up for what hasn't happened the last few summers. The Israel trip was sponsored by my daughter's synagogue. Rochester was to visit my brother & SIL and their daughter & SIL and their two boys (we hadn't met the youngest one yet). Virginia was to be with my daughter and help with the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride/Weekend of Honor (I did not ride a bike, I was support). Pittsburgh was the Phoenix & Consolidated Glass Collectors Convention. And finally San Francisco was a cousin's wedding (this is becoming a habit -- last year we were in San Diego in August for a nephew's wedding). Sorry to hear about the reschedule for selling the books and for the "loss" of the chicken.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.
I had a lovely day. First I went to the School to see my Grand daughter receive two awards. Htis is her first year in High School so I am a very proud Grandma. My daughter cooked me a lovely dinner and my grand daughter made the dessert. Plenty of cuddles from my Grandson and after dinner he had me doing burpees and attempting to do box jumps and push ups with a clap. Push ups I can do, but with a clap....well ... Lets just say I need some work on those and also on the box jumps at the height he was wanting me to attempt 😆 I enjoyed a couple of glasses of Mumm Champagne too, it's one of my favourites. I'll be going out over the weekend with some friends to celebrate.Not sure yet where we will go.
Shelly @shellyrae37 what do you mean "the years seem to roll past fast after you hit 29" I am only 28 😆 😆 😆
@fyrqueen Katie I will be in good hands in India and will be well looked after.

@fyrqueen Katie, that sounds like a perfect birthday celebration. Wishing him many more!! (And you to!!)

Katie @fyrqueen I am glad Mike had a wonderful birthday

Katie @fyrqueen If you want to see more of what my trip will be like Google Chang La Pass too

Katie @fyrqueen It will be a combination of motorbikes and jeeps. When it becomes too uncomfortable to be on the back of the motorbike, we have a back up Jeep to travel in to rest our butts, back, hips and thighs 😆 Some of the roads we will be travelling on will not be in good condition.
Here is a You Tube video of part of what I will be travelling on

Carl @carma Yes it's a bit of a "Ghost Town" most days here. It's been almost a week between posts.
WTG on your weight loss. I bet you feel so much better. It truly is amazing how much weight can be dropped by eliminating just a few items, eating healthy portioned control servings and without starving yourself either. I rarely eat bread now and mainly stick to just the good carbs.
Katie @fyrqueen I hope you are feeling better asap

I am on the countdown now, for my trip to India and I am starting to get really excited . Just 6 weeks to go. I am doing the Ladakh Jeep/Motorbike Road trip.
I will fly into Delhi,have a night there and then catch a Bus to Manali where the adventure of a life time commences to travel on the Worlds highest motorable roads on motorbikes and in jeeps Some of our accommodation up in the Himalayas will be in campsites .So it goes from Manali >Jispa > Padum via Shango La Pass >Kargil > Leh >Nubra Valley >Pangong Lake > back to Leh via the Chang La Pass (5,360metres or 17,585.3 feet ) for the Takthok Tsechu Festival >Fly to Delhi, catch a train to Agra>visit Taj Mahal > bus to Jaipur >back to Dehli> On Day 19 I will fly to Nepal and spend a week there catching up with Nepali family/friends and then home via Singapore

@fyrqueen Happy Birthday, Katie!!

@fyrqueen Katie, glad things worked out for you BIL. It is amazing how much trouble a UTI can cause, particularly for seniors. And so glad that your Mike responded well to meds & therapy.

Cloudy, breezy, & cool right now but more rain later in the day and there's a flood watch for the area from noon until midnight. I really wish the weather would spread itself out and not happen all at once. We go for a week or two with almost no rain and then wham -- we get flooded.

Good Morning, dark, gloomy and raining here and thunderstorms predicted. Hopefully that will ease the humidity.

Shelly @shellyrae37 I had a lovely few days away camping by the river. It was hot but I had a nice shady tree to sit under and a river to swim in to cool down. The camp ground was very well kept by the managers, truly a beautiful spot and they don't pack everyone in on top of each other. We had lots of room and were well away from everyone. And the beauty of it , it was only 30 minutes drive from home. We thought there was a total fire ban so we didn't take any wood for a camp fire.
Katie @fyrqueen glad you and Mike are over covid
Marson @panishklo enjoy your exercise time. I did my gym workout this morning at 6 a.m
Nancy @jerseystar27 Looks like we may be getting our summer back at the end of the week. Crazy weather
Carl @carma I hope by now you are all dug out and no more snow for you

Katie @fyrqueen its hard to reason with a robot.

Katie @fyrqueen Glad you are feeling well. My comment non my Aunty's post is not banned . FB hides it, with a warning to others that it may contain violence and if anyone wants to read my post they need to click on "unhide"

Good Morning. It's the 2nd calendar day of Autumn here. The days are still humid but they are bearable, though it does make it uncomfortable & very sweaty at the gym. Our early mornings and evenings have that tiny little hint, that summer is almost behind us, you can feel more coolness on the air. It really wasn't a bad summer, compared to some of the ones we have had to really suffer through. I don't think our temps went over 35 Celsius and most days they were under 30C. Not bad for an Aussie summer in my parts.

Facebook Bots are getting sillier. 1st of every month my Aunty posts the usual "Pinch and a Punch, first day of the month" and I always reply the usual " hit and a kick for being so quick" My comments get hidden now because of violence content. No wonder people are always getting put in FB gaol LOL

Katie @fyrqueen I am glad you and Mike are over the worst of covid. Rest up and still take it easy through the fatigued stage until you feel more energised again.

@fyrqueen Katie, how are you and Mike feeling? I hope things are going well.

Well, we had our first "real" snowfall of the winter. Maybe 3 inches. Roads seem to be clear (we're on a true side street and it's been plowed already). Glad it wasn't more than that as it's a very wet, heavy snow. Still faintly snowing/raining. Supposed to be in upper 30s by afternoon, so should be mostly gone. And by Thursday it will be in the 50s and raining. And then maybe another storm on Friday. Yay, winter!

@fyrqueen Katie Sorry to read you have covid. But good to read that you are getting over it OK. Do take care of yourself and take things easy for awhile. I have friends that have just come back from a cruise with covid. He caught it but his wife didn't and another from a holiday to Japan with it too. Nat caught it but her husband and daughter didn't.

It's been bucketing down rain here for 2 days. Sun is shining at the moment but they say more heavy rain is on its way. Temps are OK but the humidity is not nice. It's OK doing very little but exert yourself and that's when you feel it. Not looking forward to the gym this afternoon. It is going to be extremely sweaty and that will just be doing the warm ups. But I will add some electrolyte tablets to my water, that does help a lot.

@fyrqueen Katie, I didn't take Paxlovid and it was fine. I had what was basically a bad cold. It did take almost a week for the fever to be completely gone and about 1-1/2 weeks until I tested negative. The cough, however, did linger for several weeks.

@fyrqueen Katie, I'm so sorry to hear you have Covid. I hope you get through it quickly and easily. {{hugs}} And if you do take Paxlovid, be very careful. You do get over the Covid quickly -- but there is always the possibility of rebound, which is what happened to my husband (and that's when I caught it).

Shelly @shellyrae37 nothing wrong with celebrating your birthday again 😆 😆 😆 A good excuse for more cake 😆 😆

Katie @fyrqueen I hope all goes well at the Drs for Mike

It's a warm sunny day here, with clear blue skies. It's Hot but not unbearably hot (26Celsius = 80 F)

@fyrqueen Katie, glad things are going okay,

Drove from NJ to Virginia today -- rain started partway through NJ. At least there was no wind. We're down to celebrate the last few days of Chanukah with our daughter plus various members of DH's family who live down here. Plus on Sunday we'll get to enjoy Christmas dinner with one of our daughter's closest friends and her mom. I hope everyone is staying safe and warm!!

@fyrqueen Oh, Katie, how awfulabout the tick! I have heard of this.

I'll probably getting the booster in November or December. They say to wait at least 4 months or more after you've had Covid to get the booster. There are enough antibodies from having had it that the booster won't really do anything.

Still rainy & chilly, My sister decided they're only going to sell their handcrafted jewelry at the show and only use 2 tables so that she & her friend and the tables will fit under the tent. So I don't have to go -- Yay! I don't think they'll get many buyers, but who knows. Now I can go to my Yoga class at noon and get stuff done around the house.

Good afternoon. Windy here and we have had no rain for a few days but weather reports say that will be short lived. I am still waiting on the roofer to get back here to have another look and to fix my still leaking roof. Hopefully 3rd time a charm

Nancy@jerseystar27 Yes I remember Jim aka Moose. Happy Heavenly Birthday to him. We have lost quite a few Glassies over the years 🙁 😥 This morning I was looking at some cards Marypat had made for me and sent to me and the Fenton basket Betty had sent me when DH was so ill and I was thinking of all the Glassies, no longer with us. Some I had never met in person but we had a bond, a genuine friendship.
Jim @dorbitz good to see that you will be getting a much deserved break. Enjoy
Katie @fyrqueen congrats to your son on his promotion
Carl @carma your garden sounds amazing.

Good afternoon. Sun has come out, but for how long is the million dollar question. So much rain in such a short period, flash flooding everywhere..AGAIN. It seems like there will be no end to this crazy weather. Things just start drying out and those impacted extremely bad and having to evacuate, start to see a glimmer of hope that will be able to move back in and WHAM!! Mother Natures says "Nope, nope nope" Our famers just start getting their farms dry and ready to plant or harvest and again Mother Nature says "I've got news for you. It ain't going to happen" My house has sprung leaks . My 96 year old ornate plaster ceiling in the lounge room , now has a couple of holes where the roof has decided to leak. The amount of water coming down my chimney was also unbelievable!!

Katie @fyrqueen yep it is getting ridiculous on FB . In some of the groups I am in, you should read the foul language some of the blokes use and nothing is done. Those bots need a lot of re-tweeking and they need to know Aussie slang and the Queens English too. Too many I know have been put in time out for totally innocent comments. One I know was gaoled for the word "cracker" We use to have "Cracker night" for the Queens Birthday. You call it Fireworks. And typically Australian "What a cracker idea" (What a great idea) and "Have a cracker day" (Have a good day). Another had her sale pulled because they said she can't sell currency. It was vintage buttons she was selling and no mention of currency/money or any other word to hint at it being currency. It was listed as "Vintage Buttons" It's just getting beyond ridiculous.

Katie @fyrqueen and it is very cold here with a few Frosty mornings. But at least the horrible wind has gone , for now anyway

Katie @fyrqueen I am not 100% sure but check into WOM (Willow, Oleander, Magnolia) by Indiana

No change in our weather. Still very windy and cold.. It's a Long Weekend starting tomorrow and I am planning on going away bush camping in my van. It is going to be very cold but hopefully the wind will be gone by then so I can enjoy a nice warm campfire. I do love winter camping but not windy winter camping LOL I have had this place on my list for a little while. It's reasonable new and not very far away. All my camping friends have made other plans, some are off away, right up North of Aus, soaking up the heat, so I will be going on my own. I am looking forward to seeing if this spot is as good as the photos.

Katie @fyrqueen (((((HUGS)))))

@fyrqueen Katie, I'm so sorry to hear that Little Boss is gone! Our furkids are so much a part of our families, I'm sure you miss him terribly. {{hugs}}

Good morning..it is still wet wet wet down here.
I had a fabulous week away with BlazeAid and we managed to finish all the fences for one farmer. An elderly lady doing it tough on her own, because her husband is not able to help much any more.I loved every minute of the hard work. Well worth it, to see the huge change in Dell and Bruce's emotions from the day we started to day we finished. They looked lost and despaired when we arrived and by the last day , so full of joy and hope. We were extremely lucky that the rain held off for us. The paddocks we had to travel through were already soaked and very boggy, making our drive in "very interesting" even in 4wheel drives. We had to be pulled out by Dell in her tractor, once. On our last day, it started bucketing down on our drive home to our camp and it never stopped. I was thinking about staying on for another week but it really would have been pointless because of all the rain, we couldn't get to the properties anyway to get any work done. It poured rain the whole trip home and just got heavier the closer to home I got. My original plans for a week of travelling around and camping , relaxing, soon looked dismal. But surprise surprise!! Monday late morning the sun actually shone and there was some blue sky, so I quickly jumped in my van and headed off to a lovely little town that has a nice camping area along a creek. Had 3 days there with not much rain. I just enjoyed my own company and view. Everything and everywhere is still so very wet and boggy and the sky is looking very dark and gloomy with more rain the come. I think I am growing web feet LOL

@fyrqueen Katie, sounds like the best kind of birthday celebration!

@dorbitz JimL, so, you survived tax season? Good to see you hear.

We just had a line of severe thunderstorms pass through. The good news is they weren't very severe -- heavy rain for a little bit and some lightening & thunder but no strong winds or hail. And the best news is that the temperature has dropped at least 15 degrees.

The morning turned out to be such a beautiful warm sunny morning. BUT Grandson's soccer club decided yesterday to cancel this mornings soccer games. These days they put a lot of work in the maintenance of the grounds so even though the weather was good this morning, the grounds were a bit boggy and they don't like the damage that gets done. The kids miss out on all the fun of rolling around, slipping and sliding in all the mud LOL

Katie @fyrqueen I play Wordle too and I also play Quordle.

Katie @fyrqueen very pretty.

We are into Autumn and what a wet boggy one it is. A lot of the areas hit by torrential rain and destructive floods a couple of weeks ago, have been hit again. As if it wasn't bad enough loosing everything, to then to have whatever little you have managed salvage and what ever mess you have managed to clean up, hit again with torrential rain and floods. So very sad to see. The only good from this, is seeing so many band together helping each other. It does give one hope, to see so many selfless people helping in any way they can.

Katie @fyrqueen very nice and they brighten up the glass chat room, thanks for sharing

Katie @fyrqueen please post a pic pf your pitcher . I would love to see it

Sunshine at last!!
Katie @fyrqueen
OMG the images of the destruction and the whole mess that needs to be clean up is unimaginable. If you are interested Google Lismore NSW Floods. That is one of the towns worst hit. But the destruction is far and wide, from the state of Queensland right down past Sydney NSW.

Katie @fyrqueen that is sad news about Ginger 🙁

@fyrqueen Katie, great news!!

@fyrqueen Katie, glad that Boss made it home okay. Looking forward to hearing about the new baby.

Good Morning.
With the weather we have been having it is really hard to believe it is Summer , Down Under. It's very wet and only 16 Celsius atm with a top of 24C predicted.
Nancy @jerseystar27 and Katie @fyrqueen we have 3 wheelie Bins and I love it. One is for general household waste that goes to land fill. Another for recyclable items and another for garden waste that gets turned into compost.
Shelly @shellyrae37 how are you after your fall? I hope you were not too stiff and sore.

@fyrqueen Katie, that is so weird. Several years ago our town went to automatic garbage trucks and supplied every household with a wheeled garbage can and a wheeled recycling can (we have co-mingled recycling). Initially I was skeptical but now I love it. They are large, heavy cans -- at least so far impervious to raccoons and squirrels -- and so easy to wheel around.

@fyrqueen Yikes, Katie, take care!! We seem to be on the edge of the storm when it gets to the East coast. I'm hoping we stay on the relatively warm side and only get some mixed precipitation and not the ice.

Katie @fyrqueen I have a cappuccino every morning which has a sprinkle of chocolate on top. It's my little treat after the gym at a favourite café.

We are having a different summer this year to some of our previous one. This has been our coolest so far in 10 years. And probably one of our wettest for a long time. Some of my FB memories are showing where I was complaining, some previous years , about the excessive heat. One day I had said it was 46Celsius. I still have the doona on my bed and
so far the nights are so good for sleeping....My kind of summer 😆

Good morning, still raining here.

Katie @fyrqueen did FB give you any indication of how long they have put you in the naughty corner? Doesn't it show the time in the pop up ? I was sent a warning and told how long.

Good morning. very wet here and boy o boy did we have some very heavy downfalls yesterday afternoon.

Katie @fyrqueen Yes I have heard from some of my collector friends about the difficulty they have had with selling animal ornaments. FB bot only see it as real animals and they could not reason with them. I also reported my mishap to FB. I wasn't going to because I was on a 24hour ban and I knew I would be out of gaol long before they even acknowledged my report. But then I decided that if it is not reported and they were not educated on the meaning of gobblygook, the problem would just continue for so many. It may help in the future and of course the chances are it may not .Who knows when dealing with non humans lol

Katie @fyrqueen Yes I can read messages but can't make any comments. I am glad to be in such good company 😆 I couldn't have asked for a better cell mate 😆 We aren't the only ones either, I read another friend has been gaoled too for nothing. But the Bots said they went against the FB community standards LOL Amazing!!! everyone can use the F word and I have even seen ppl using that horrid C word and they are not deemed as offensive or going against FB community standards. But use gobbleygook and you're gone CRAZY!!!

Good morning. Last few days have been perfect. Spring is such a beautiful time of year. I've been busy outside in the yard and garden. Pruning, mowing, whipper snipping, shovelling compost, planting and rearranging some plants and pots. My front verandah needs a face lift and some brightening up so I have added some plants and I will also move some big pots onto the verandah once it starts to heat up too much. I have ordered some outdoor cushions to jazz up the antique church pew .I've planted lavender in a nice big old watering can, some geraniums in an antique enamel bucket and bougainvillea in an antique enamelled cast iron cooking pot. My house was built in the 1920's so I like to keep with the antique/vintage theme as much as I can.

Katie @fyrqueen In my State we have 93.6% of people aged 16+ who have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.7% have had two doses.

Katie @fyrqueen oh we have our fair share of the conspiracy believers and 'freedom fighters" but there are big fines if you are caught disregarding the rules. But as a whole we are doing really well and most are following the rules. We would have been doing much better if it wasn't for a very small amount of ppl from Sydney ( 3-4 ppl) that broke the lockdown isolation rules and travelled from Sydney to my area, when they were covid positive (Delta variant) No one was to leave Sydney as it was a hot spot, our government tried to keep it there. But there are idiots who will not do as they are required.

@dorbitz Good to see you, JimL! Chilly morning in NJ -- I actually turned the heat on in the house last night (still set it low). And I when I left the house at 8:30AM this morning, I put the heat on in the car. Although I find the online government stuff confusing and had heard how difficult filing for SS was, when I finally did it, it went fine. I filed online and then received a phone call from a very nice woman who walked me through several decision making steps and then the direct deposits started.

@fyrqueen Katie, I noticed a little more color this morning when I was out. And it definitely felt like Autumn this morning.

Katie @fyrqueen This site has been "Not Secure" for a long time. So long I actually forget when I had first discovered it. It means this site is not providing an encrypted connection.

Yes it is hard to imagine it has been 12 months since George's passing. I do hope his wife and family are doing well

Nancy @jerseystar I was very lucky and had no reaction or side effects from either of my jabs.
@fyrqueen Katie yeah we have a few deniers down here too. They watch too much fake news and pretend experts on You Tube. My cousin's wife is one of them..there is no reasoning with them.

@wattleihavenext Julie, wow, it's been a whole year. Time has been so strange this past 1-1/2 years.

@fyrqueen Katie, feeling much better today, so I guess the booster shot does boost the antibodies but they may have already been up there, so it wasn't nearly as bad as the second shot.

Katie @fyrqueen if you Google "jadeite hen egg holder" you will see examples and the ones I looked at are saying they are new

Katie @fyrqueen like this?

Good morning. It's starting to feel a lot like Spring here. I love this time of year where there is still a bit of winter in the mornings and evenings and sunny Spring weather during the day

Jim @dorbitz as they say "it's a small world"

Katie @fyrqueen I do know that the jadeite Hens on Nest have been reproduced but I am not sure how to tell the difference.I think there is an actual webiste for all the repro Jadeite and I am sure Fran (dbfrogs_Fran @fran) would know. Do you have her as a friend on Facebook?

@fyrqueen Katie, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Katie @fyrqueen some collectors groups that allow selling, allow you to run your own auction. It's certainly not set up like any online auctions like eBay. You do all the work yourself. I find the hardest part is monitoring the finish time and closing the auction dead smack bang right on the time I have allocated. Had one that ended in a dispute because I was 30 seconds late posting AUCTION CLOSED and someone had managed to get a bid in during that time. I thought they were the highest bidder but according to the rules of the group and the Moderators of the Group they weren't. I was lucky that bidder was understanding. But I have seen others that get very nasty and the drama carries on for days by both seller and bidders.
Julie

@fyrqueen Katie, Oh my goodness!! Crazy weather. It's in the low 70s here in NJ today but t'storms tomorrow and the overnight temps will dip into the 30s. This is why my long-time rule has been no delicate plants outside until Mother's Day. Which is not to say I'm good about not buying them -- I have two Thai Basil plants on the kitchen window sill and I just went to Lowe's today and now have three regular basil and a Shishito pepper plant that will come inside tonight.

@fyrqueen Katie, I hope you're feeling better today. Usually takes a couple of days.

@carma Carl, glad the shots went well. Sounds like you got the Moderna vaccine if it will be 4 weeks until the second shot.

I go for my second shot a week from tomorrow (Pfizer vaccine is 3 weeks between doses). My daughter, the critical care paramedic, got her shots last month. She got the Moderna vaccine -- first shot she had a sore arm and took Advil. Second shot she had a temperature over 101 the first day and spent the day sleeping. By the second day it was down to 99.5 and third day everything was back to normal. I've heard the reaction to the Pfizer vaccine isn't as bad -- guess I'll find out next week.

Hi everyone. It's still raining here with intermittent sunshine. OMG the grass is growing so quickly and its too wet to mow.
I have had a lovely morning out with my Grandkids, I am so lucky to be living so close. 5-10 minutes drive away

Nancy @jerseystar27 We had lots of fun last night at 10 Pin Bowling. Plenty of laughs, many gutter balls but also a good share of strikes that we all fluked 😆 I chose one ball at first but my thumb got stick when I bowled , making for a very funny moment with me almost going with it and of course a gutter ball 😆 l I love doing activities with these ladies, they are full of life and fun. And age is no barrier, the group is a mix of young, old and in between. It's all about staying active, enjoying life, stepping outside your comfort zone and having a go at just about anything , with no judgement, only lots of encouragement.

Katie @fyrqueen I hope you feel better soon

I think the snow showers may finally be done. We did get about 5 inches yesterday then some freezing rain, then some more snow overnight. And then periodic snow showers throughout the day.

@fyrqueen Katie -- sounds like a fun place to get your shots. Our first dose (as well as second which will a week from this coming Monday) were at a local community center.

@wattleihavenext Julie -- I was never very keen on bowling. We went when I was a youngster (it was a school program) and I had trouble picking up a bowling ball, so I never really got into it.

Good Morning. I wished daylight savings would end. It's still dark now when I get up to go to training, making it very hard to wake up when the alarm goes off. In it's wisdom, our stupid Government has decided to extend it to April 🙁
We have been getting plenty of rain this week and predictions are it will continue on into the weekend. I have my fingers crossed it will clear up by then. My bootcamp group have planned a walk around our beaches and a picnic afterwards. We have not had much luck this summer with our planned outdoor activities. Most have had to be cancelled because of rain or storms.
I think I have settled on early April as the date for when I will go back volunteering with BlazeAide ( helping farmers who have been badly affected by last years bushfires and some from floods, to rebuild their fences etc.) I'll leave here on Easter Monday and will commit for a week of hard labour with them. I may decide to stay on longer. That will just depend on how things are going and if they need me for longer.
Jim @dorbitz the break didn't hurt so it was well worth that helicopter ride 😆
Katie @fyrqueen I hope you are staying warm

@fyrqueen Katie, this wasn't from the US government Medicare, this was from Aetna, their supplemental Medicare division. I'm assuming this was because it's now open season to switch supplemental providers. As I said, I don't have that option as I've got spouse coverage under my husband's retirement plan (for a not to horrendous fee). It is good to be a retired NY State teacher. And there was also a chapstick.