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Good Morning all. Mummy, yummy, great coffee and BD cake too. Happy Birthday Sue and thanks for sharing your cake. Hope it is a lovely day for you.

It is a beautiful day so far, warm 57* and a slight breeze. I can tell there is a breeze for the 14 golden, slightly withered leaves left on the Sugar Maple tell me so. There are mounds of leaves everywhere and they are waiting patiently for their fate. Gathering in big black bags or mulching for the plants. Can't burn them here in the city.

I, too am putting things away until after the holidays, ours lasts for almost a week and everything else is on hold for this a trip from all over the US to Grandma and Pa's, is something they-we look forward to all year. Besides the feast day of turkey and ham etc. the fun trips to White Castle, Bob Evens and the Golden Corral, Taco Bell and Mickey Dee. Lots of visiting and friends and family of our "home town". Shoppin on Black Friday to trips to the orchard.
Grandma and DH will steal away to the back bedroom for naps too.

There is only one baby this year and she will be 2 in May.

Reen, thanks for the suggestion. I am going to make something using tomatoes. We'll call it katsup. What the heck, if it tastes good, that is enough. We have found ourselves making quite a few sauces and things to put on salads or pasta.

I am having a time finding things to eat on my diet. Things having no salt is a mean job. I am having to get out my cookbooks on that subject and have a look. Really, the only things that are completely safe are raw fruits and vegetables and milk and eggs. We have to watch canned things closely and sauces such as salad dressings and things like catsup. Whine, whine. I would really like so many things I can't have. That is the way of the world...Right?

Shelly, I don't remember about the blue tulips because I have had that picture so very long. I do know that someone sent it to me in an email, knowing how much I love blue. I have seen very few things in my life that are that shade of blue.
When I was in high school, powder blue was a popular color and my favorite sweater was that color.

Good Morning everyone. Gee Don, I think that the coffee is great, although I did add a little more half n half. Love that stuff. Some mornings, I can even sit on the side porch with my coffee and watch the critters. There is even a cricket that has been singing me a lovely little chirp for a week now. We have been having some rain and the wind that went with it has brought down a lot of leaves. It is sure beautiful out there. Seems that the trees are bursting themselves to make up for the hot summer. They have piled up a lot on the front porch and every time that door is opened, in comes a bunch of leaves. The kitten thinks that is wonderful and that they are such a great toy.

So sorry about your friend Reen, hugs for you both.

I know that they aren't glass but are so beautiful that I want to share. http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Y5XJbSqwriM?rel=0

I have not posted much lately but have been lurking. I have so enjoyed your pictures and information about things.

Hi Everyone, we had rain last night too. The porch is wet and full of those awful tiny shells from the hickory tree.
We haven't used the porch much lately. Seem to have gotten out of the habit from not using it during that awful hot spell.
The table and chairs need a good scrubbing so will have to do that when I find the energy.
Thanks for the great coffee this morning Gail. I am heavy into my fluid allotment of iced tea today and may have to do without at dinner time. ugh.

I also need to have DH take some pictures for me. I don't even try any more since he does such a good job. I also trying to come up with some of these items that we have inherited. I never did buy very much glass or pottery but got some as gifts also that I have no idea how much they are worth or used to be worth either.

Friday, we went to a luncheon to visit with some retirees from Chrysler. I ordered a chicken club sandwich and a fresh fruit cup which I could fit into my menu. What they called a club sandwich turned out to be a wonderful mixture of ground up chicken, mayo with minced celery, halved grapes and walnuts spread on lettuce leaves, on sour dough bread. Yum, what a treat. The sandwich was so large that I took half of it home.

MaineWildRose, What a beauty your sweet babydoll gd is.

Reen, so sorry you had to go through that agony. I know that pain for I was in an auto accident 30 years ago when my head went through the windshield. Lots of stitches around my nose and across one cheek. Was lucky I didn't lose my nose.

Gail, hope you are not doing too much.
no painkiller until after the surgery. Was awful but had to be done. Still remember it.

Happy Birthday to all you Birthday People. Not much rain here yet. We are still trying to keep the bird bath full. It gets a lot of business these days. The squirrels are depending on it too.

Happy Birthday Julie!

Happy Birthday Paul. Hope it is a good one!

Shelly, so glad you are on the mend now. Also Hurrah for your winning auction. So nice, isn't it?

Morning All! Gail, it is so great to have your coffee. The hospital coffee is really undrinkable. Finally one of my nurses went to someone's office and got me a real cup. Mmmm tasted so good.
Anyway, back home all glad to see me. The hospital report is so far good. I sure feel clean from one end to another. They even washed my hair for me. Made me feel human again.
I still have some rest time and some wonderful things to eat and back on the old restricted diet one day next week.

Meanwhile, really the only thing I can do is sit here in front of my computer so, I relisted some things.Makes me feel a little bit productive. I hope that you have all been well and happy.

Glad to have a cupa your good coffee Gail. Coffee in the hospital is awful so I didn't even try to drink it.

Today is my one and only son's birthday. He is now 56. Doesn't seem possible.

Morning all. I am going to post a copy of my answer to another board.

Back home after a week in the hospital. What we thought was a broken bone in my foot turned out to be Gout. It was so painful that when I woke up, I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t stand to put any weight on my foot. The fireman had to come with special equipment to get me out of the house.

Then, after lots of testing my blood was too thin for some minor surgery they found I needed. Coumadin level was way too high. That was a wow as I just had it checked a week ago. So now I go back to the hospital next Thursday for the surgery. Anyway, I sold 2 books so life was not a complete loss.

oooh Kelli, I love the color of that vase. Thanks for showing it.

Hope everyone is having a happy day!

Is the coffee all gone Gail? I could use a cup right now. I have so much more to do yet today. I just had to stop listing and think about something else.
It is kinda chilly today and cloudy. Our side yard is a big carpet of grass with big patches of violets. I would love to go our there and pick a bunch but I can't get down on my knees and can only bend over for a short time. I sure enjoy looking at them out of my computer room window.
The robins are busy at the bird bath. They are only drinking and not bathing. It has rained so there are worms down there in the grass and they are hoping around looking for them. Meanwhile, the Cat and the kitten are chasing each other off of the printer/scanner where they have the best view out of the window. Kitten, in particular cannot just look, he does this cute little wiggle dance just watching the birds. I have to keep a cover on the printer to keep it free of cat hair.

ahumm, my dh owns our controler too. it is a guy thing.

Hummm, well Gail, it was a good idea anyway and you would be so welcome. We had a dear friend from Oklahoma. He lived very near Ada. His nickname was Ada Ron. We went to visit him one summer. Such a nice fellow. He was a regular at the Cafe.

I like the plates Shelly. Just the thing to serve cookies on with Gail's coffee.

Gee Gail, I think a vist with you would be wonderful. I live in Indianapolis, just about 2 miles south of Helen.
Let me know by email and I will turn the light on. em is mimruby at yahoo.com

a Very early morning. Though it was colder yesterday, the air was so wonderful and smelled so sweet. The bright green lawns with the yellow dandylions looked so gay and festive. I know that lots hate them but I sure enjoyed their beautiful sight. Many of the fruit trees and the lilacs are starting to bloom and others are loaded down with blossoms. It looks and smells as though Mother Earth is having a party. Now if the rest of the season is as wonderful, the harvest will be awesome.

Am I gushing? Probably. I just love our neighborhood and wish you all could come and visit. Now, wouldn't that be such fun? We might have to wear sweaters to sit on the porch but the cool means that the hot coffee and cocoa tastes that much better and how about a muffin?
Gail, you bring the coffee and I will lay out the rest. We will have to probably have to put the kitten in the shower to keep him safe, for his best trick is to get under feet and isn't frightened of anything. He likes it in there with his blanket and some toys.

Gail, any coffee left? I have a big dose of Spring Fever and it makes me so sleepy. Big Yawn. The cookies today are store bought but I am fond of them too. Forget their name but they are like ice cream cones and simple icing between 2 layers. They come in vanilla, chocolate and pink. Er, yep, pink. Good too with milk, iced tea or lemonade. I keep plenty to drink on hand and well, you know, the side porch where all of the inside flowers and plants are out, shaded under the table until they get used to the light. Smokers go right to the porch too. There aren't many of them any more but, there they all go. There is a bright red sign on our front door that says, "no Fire or flames of any kind inside for oxygen is being used"

Ah! the beautiful yellows of spring. We live in a very flowering neighborhood and everything that blooms this time of the year, is. There are hundreds of Snow on the mountain and DH brought me a tiny violet he found in the yard. I don't ever remember a bloomin spring this early but that's ok, am enjoying every bit of it.

HELEN, I am having trouble with PayPal too. They are not showing that my buyers have paid for their auctions. So, I can't send the books out. I suppose that after 15 years, I am going to probably get my first negative feed back. Boy, that would leave me in tears.

Good Morning Glassies,
Gail, would you bring the Coffee to my side porch. As soon as I get out there with my bucket of soapy water to wash the table and chairs. There is a big vase of Daffodills in the middle of said table. Just don't let the Cats out please.

Another thing you can do with that cookie is…as soon as you take them out of the oven you can put M&Ms, kisses, raisins etc in the dent. Also, it works with plain cookie dough, like sugar cookies, oatmeal etc.
When you get them done would you send me one each? mmmmm

Ha ha Abzoid, an old Hoosier expression there. Heck yes we know each other well enough. My dad's had a satin lining inside and I thought that was pretty funny to have the pretty part hidden on the inside.

It's a lovely day today and whatever you've got to do, you have a lovely day to do it in you do. Course it is kinda dark out there. More like the inside of your hat.
Gail, the coffee smells great.
Today’s cookies are peanut butter and jelly cookies.
You make the pnb cookies in the usual way but just before putting in the oven, you press a dent in the middle and in that dent, you drop in the jelly via teaspoon, then continue as the recipe requires. They are extra good while they are still warm.

Add a big glass of icy cold milk and watch them disappear.
I use strawberry or black raspberry preserves or grape jelly.
I watch them a little closer towards the end to see how long it takes them to brown properly.

Good job Helen, as usual. I still enjoy reading your descriptions and your titles are purr fect. Patti would be proud. She is so busy with ONGO that I have to keep her up front, haha it's more like the side door, you know, where the raspberries are, with whats going on at eBay.

My prayers are with you too Shelley. I know that you are frightened. I know, I know. My DH has put me there a time or two and at his age, 81, I worry every time he goes out the door.

Mmmmm Thanks Gail

Morning Helen. Hope you are doing well after your latest hospital stay. Need some sleep. Up off and on with the weather channel. We have grandchildren in Louisville, Ky.

There is something especially beautiful this morning. I will try to describe it for you. If you could just climb in there between my ears to see some of the wonderous things I see from my computer room window. More about that later.
The sap is up in our little sugar maple and the squirrels are busy nibbling along the limbs to get a taste of that sweetness. Hanging on one of the small branches is a big blob or drip of that sap. The sun light is caught in that bubble and it is a beautiful crystal, changing to an array of rainbow colors as the light wind moves it about. It is gone now but lasted long enough for me to realize what it was and to enjoy it. Prettier than any piece of glass and sure doesn't last as long.
Anyway, you can tell that I am awed?

Nope SHELLY, cookies don't make it to the freezer and believe me, my boys not only check out the frig, they check out the freezer too. DH found a sale on Dilly Bars at Dairy Queen and believe me, they go fast too.

Coffee please Gail. Temps into the 60's today and I would love to go out and work in the yard. But I think the ground is too soft for my wheel chair. Beside, if I ever got down on the ground, it would take 3 people to help me back up...not a pretty sight.

Along with that coffee, have a few oatmeal, chocolate chip, pecan cookies. I measure out the ingredients and DH puts them together. We both take turns watching the oven. We often add a bit of cocoanut, or mar. cherries, or dates or raisins to part of the batter just for a little change. We make a X4 batch or as the kids say, Grams made a fourfull batch of cookies today. They don’t seem to last long.

FRAN, I have to take potassium every day. I take so many pills and capsules every day that it is a wonder that I don't rattle when I walk. Also glad that you are feeling better.

Thanks for the coffee Gail. I just bought some insulated cups and glasses on ebay and like that I can keep my drinks hot or cold longer while at the computer.

Hi Gail! It's just toast and Jelly this morning, I left the butter cookies out on the counter and you know, they just disappeared. No one seems to know where but there are crumbs on DH's Lazy Boy. It still is too cold to sit on the side porch but maybe soon.
I have a mixed bunch of old glasses to go to the SA but will run them through the dish washer. None of them are even collectable just old unmatchable but I would have loved to had them when we were first married.

haha, Helen, got the Facebook fever huh? Well, that is easy to catch and it is kind hard for me to keep up with. Sounds like you are up and at um lately. Glad to hear that.
Gail, thanks for the coffee. Very good as usual. Have a gift of a tin of butter cookies that I will share. Then I have to get started listing for that is one thing that I can do. Gotta brush up on my picture skills too. Guess I will add that job to the list.

...scuse please, forgot to edit there below, obviously. Have forgotten several things of late, old age do you think? Sure!

Big fat lazy snow flakes out there and the sun is shining brightly as though it was June. There is supposed to be no accumulation so, there might be a blizzard. Sometimes that accumulation bit is way off. There is nothing living flying or hopping around out there either, it must be too cold.

Thanks for the coffee Gail, am having a hard time staying awake. There are now cookies so the snack will be wonderful sweet tangerines, shipped in from somewhere, a present from my youngest DD. Such a great treat, truly the best I have ever tasted. Glad to share with you.

The Indianapolis Star, for so long a great paper covering any and everything is just a ghost of it's former self. Such a sad thing to see. If I had a bird plus cage, I would have to find something else to put in the bottom of it's cage for our paper is so skimpy. When I think of all of the things we used to use the old papers for...to line shelves and dresser drawers. To wrap garbage in. To put under my shoes when they were polished. To put down in front of the door when the floor was freshly mopped. To put under the pets feeding dish. To line waste baskets and laundry baskets. We even used the funny papers to wrap gifts for kids. Well, any place there was going to be a mess there were to newspaper to help neaten up the place. We still use them for a lot of things.

Marty, I got a set of those mixing bowls as a wedding present, 60 years ago and have finally broken them all. I loved them while I had them. I now have the Pyrex cobalt blue ones, because of my love for blue.

Julie, I am so happy for you. Sometimes a sale on eBay is a good thing. Keep on selling and I'll be watching and cheering.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, and of course that your whole Holiday Season was as great as ours was.

I have had a super nice Christmas. Some family made the trip back here again that were here for Thanksgiving. We had all kinds of food again with so many bringing their share. The kitchen counters were always full. Everyone pitched in to do something. My youngest daughter just took charge and made sure that things were put away or in the frig. She even ran the sweeper several times as Christmas was about a week long this year.

We received a lot more cookies this year which please my DH for he is a first rate cookie lover.

Mummmmm Coffee, thank you Gail. With Coffee we can manage all our woes...sometimes.

Here Gail, let me pour you another cup.

I agree with Fran, I really enjoy the coffee too. Have to watch the amount and can't have some of the treats we used to have but will make room for them. Today, it is just one donut, cake with nuts on top of chocolate glaze. A small donut, really! I could cut it in half and feed the other half to you and because you are my friend you would eat it for me? huh, huh? and tell each other how good it tastes?

Thanks Gail, that is exactly what I need. I looked but I guess I didn't ask the right question. Will read every word. See yawl later.

George, he said no more than 2 liters of fluid which would include the fluid in cooked foods.

Does anyone have any experiences in this area? or suggestions?

We went on Thursday to a Cardio, Pulminary specialist with a bunch of letters after his name. So, I am sitting here wondering what I am going to be able to eat today. He has restricted my diet to 2000mgs of salt a day and 2 liters of liquid per day. There are so many things I can't eat that it looks like my diet will be mostly oatmeal and raw vegetables

Ahhh, good coffee, nummmy num. The sky is all beautiful rosy pink cloudy morning. Is that Sailors Warning?

It is Good Evening Cause about 2:00 a.m. I had an Asthma attack and had to go to the emergancy room. Came home again this morning about 10.00 am. Had a breathing treatment, exrays and left a pint of blood and lots of oxygen. Have an appointment with Drs on Nov.25 at ll:oo a.m. I tried to get out of that one but was told, no way. I sure am glad that I am not cooking. All I have to do this year is be here. The kids are all taking care of things. Not exactly what I had in mind today but well, no one put me in charge of me either.

I am really in no pain, just the problem breathing and coughing. Awfullly sleepy and getting a lot of it too.
Am taking Prednozone…excuse the spelling as I would have to get up to find out how to spell it.

Fortunately, about the only thing I can do other than read and watch TV is use my computer so, here I am.
No sweeping, making beds and little cooking, then using the microwave. I do sit and cut up veggies for my salads.

Sorry that I didn't get any of your coffee this morning, GAIL. So, I didn't bring any treats. They lifted my no salt limit and upped my Lasix. So, I got coffee from Mc.Donald's and a egg Mc. Muffing. Slept for hours.

So good to be able to come back home and read all of your posts.

Later, Mim

OK here it is. Have any of you ever heard of Rolly Poley's? They can be made several ways. When I was a kid, way back there in the Dark Ages, Rollys were made with left over pie dough from the original pie. What you do is gather that dough up and shape it into a near rectangle, with the help of a rolling pin, so that the dough is the same thickness. You spread butter or oleo,er margarine, over it being careful to get to the very edges. Then you sprinkle sugar, cinnamon evenly over the butter and kinda thick and starting at the long side, roll it up until it looks like a jelly roll. Then you slices pieces off of the roll as you would a loaf of bread. Place the rollys evenly around a pie pan or cookie sheet and bake until golden brown.

Again you can add your favorite ingredients like apple pie spices, chopped nuts, currents or raisins or what ever you have on hand, like dried apricots or dates cut in tiny pieces. Around here, we have to make extra pie dough so that there are a lot of the rollys.

Another good thing to do is to use a frozen pie crust if you are too tired or haven't had the time to mix up the dough. They sure disappear fast too.

Good Morning all. Mummm Gail. thanks for the coffee. Your kitten in a cup today reminds me of our long haired black and white, tuxedo style pussy cat Minou. She loved to curl around in a fruit bowl on the dining room table. She preferred it empty but if it wasn't she would climb in there anyway.

The treat today is the same as yesterday except instead of chocolate, before you stick them in the oven, I put a dab of strawberry preserves in the thumbprint. Um kind a PB & J cookie. I love um. No salt either. hehe

Morning Helen. We woke up early because that would leave us time to have a nap before lunch.

Helen I am sad for your loss of your nephew. God has another use for him perhaps? The special ones are often gifts and it looks like he was one.

Please pour the coffee Gail. Have a mean headache this morning. The treat is a goodun though. It is a peanut butter thumbprint cookie with a tiny chocolate kiss in the dent. served warm too.

Got a lot done this weekend though not the things that I planned. So much for planning and away with the lists. Went digging for one item and found some others that I had been hunting. Crazyness like that.

It rained again. Just enough though. No great big puddles and knock the dust off of the car.

Actually REEN, I sat in a lawn chair in my fleecy jacket and watched DH do the work. The fresh air was wonderful and the laughter of the boys raking the leaves was music of it's own.

Indy is really working hard to pretty up the city. The underpasses on the expressway are all cleaned up and have a special gravel spread around on any bare ground and sod beyond that. The small trees and evergreens on one of the turn-arounds are all trimmed and every single weed is gone. Lots of peat moss like stuff has been spread around the trunks of the trees and bushes until it looks like a park. It is really impressive.

Good Afternoon, I have accomplished nothing today except to make lists of things I must do before the holidays. Actually, reading them over, it is more like things I would like to do. I end up just putting some things away until next year, which is not that far away.

Every thing is put away for the winter from the porches. No more coffee and visiting out there. The porch flowers are all put away, dumped or just in the shed. It looks so lonely. We will all just have to visit in the living room now, which is fine too.

I need to relist some things and get some more pictures taken. Well, DH actually takes the pictures and I direct. What really happens is I offer too many suggestions and he glares at me and I know that He will quit if I don't go away and let him do it. So, I do and he does and it all turns out good.

2 neighborhood boys are raking leaves here in the front yard and at the rate they are going, they will still be at it when the spring violets bloom. They are having a good time and every once in a while, one of them is in the leaf pile. Then they look up to see if we are looking. Boys will be boys, and these are in high schools…still boys.

Good Morning! We went mid-morning to the Fire station to Vote and found no voters there, just the workers. That sure was a funny feeling. Our Mayor in Indianapolis won that election and was re elected.

Naturally, I noticed the beautiful leaves falling. The Pear, Gum and fire bushes are spectacular. We can’t keep a large pile of raked leaves unprotected near the street. It just calls to the school kids and of course the thing they HAVE to do is jump around in them.

Hi Helen, I'm glad to hear that Dear Edgar is on the mend. I have had experience with those procedures and so am especially glad to hear that barbed wire thingy is over.

By the way, I hope that you all realize that the treats that I donate, to have with Gail's good coffee are just figments of my imagination. Unless it is Angel Food Cake. I do have that every time I have a chance and of course, fruit. I understand that figments are calorie free. I hope? Sure they are. You wouldn't tease me on so important a subject would ya? sniff.

Today, we are going to have one of my favorites. It is a BLT. 2 pieces of turkey bacon takes a big chunk of my sodium allowances for the day and I will not have any mayo. On toasted Brownsberry WW, I will cut my last of the garden tomato in thick slices and pile on all of the iceberg lettuce I can without loosing it in the trip from hand to mouth. Seasoning will be Mrs. Dash.

Good Morning, I don't have to worry about what time it is because my computer keeps up with the time changes and DH takes care of all the other clocks, his watch and the car. Does it bother us? nope. We are so used to just sleeping when we have to and doing what ever we want to or can that time doesn't seem to matter.

Gail, your friend who made and served the coffee while you were gone did a fine job. However, it is still good to see you back home. Your grandbaby is a little doll and such a happy smile. They grow up so very fast. I am glad that you were able to see her at this age.

Morning everyone, Hugs Helen. So good to see you still chugging along getting things done. I keep thinking that we will get over to the Mall to see your booth and the Williams but, you know how it is. We often put those things off and just take a nap.

Don, the coffee is so good. Thanks a bunch. My contribution this morning is Graham Crackers SandWitches, with orange Icing sprinkled with ground up pecans and cinnamon. Pretty good too.

It is too cool to sit on the porch so we might as well sit in the dining room around the table. Grab a chair and have some Apple Cider too.

Going back to bed with my new book. See you in the morning.

Haha, that should read lose. A loss by any other name is still a loss. What a bummer and Indy is the host city for the Super Bowl next year. There will be a lot of activity in the antique shops and malls. Even thrift stores are going to have to stock up.

Hi, Glassies, Couldn't stand watching the Colts loose so took my disappointment to bed. Had a nap and now I will be up for a while.
Julie, your experience sounds like things that the 2 pickers on that TV show find. I often wonder how many critters they find. Boy, it would be some job to clean that stuff up too.

Good coffee Gail. Thanks.
Helen, all of my nights are like that anymore. BTW, Grandsons were so delighted with the turtles. The brass one is to be put up high in the kitchen so the little one can't reach and the coconut one in the curio cabinet. Their little fingers wouldn't be able to resist that one.

HURRAH FOR LLUDWIG ON 13500 POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

Lots of hard work and I am so proud of her.

Yet, taking time to help and educate us. Big hugs too.

Morning Glassies, so good to see you.

It is a tad chilly and has been raining off and on. No coffee on the porch this morning. It will be in the living room, and we have been living in there a lot. That is where the TV, husband and his controller live. We eat in there and use the dining room table to eat upon when company is here. Otherwise, that is where you put the mail, the new phone books that came yesterday and anything else that needs to dwell elsewhere.

Gabla, It has been a joke in our family for some time to refer to Google, like how do know that? Well I looked at Google. Or, after a doctor visit. What does he want you to do? Did you look that up on Google? Or just plane I found out on Google. I don't believe all that I read either.

Good Morning, I can't decide if you all woke up early or stayed up late. Doesn't really matter for I am glad to see you all. Coffee tastes so good this morning and I am going to share with you one of my favorite breakfast items.

It is a grilled cheese made with raisin bread and American cheese slices. I make it in my toaster oven. I use the same thing with Brownsberry whole wheat bread. The difference it that in the oven, the cheese is melted and the bread toasted without the whole thing getting mashed down when made the old way.

I am serving breakfast with that great coffee of Gail's. Today, it will be crisp turkey bacon and french toast made with raisin bread. It might take the rest of the morning to recover from that, so lunch will be all veggies in the the salad department. Starting with my favorite, iceberg lettuce, I have added chopped, cucumber, carrots, green pepper, celery and onions. With a good handful of cherry tomatoes and a sprinkle of oyster crackers, you can add your favorite dressing.

Actually, that will be dinner for after a lunch of tomato soup and oyster crackers. We would all need a long nap, and who feels like cooking after a long nap?
ps: I wept for the Colts last night. Great big sobs and rainy tears.

The time has come to ”get rid of” paper items. Since I have been registered member of eBay for quite a while, I carefully kept a copy of all the business that I did with them. Now, I need to part with some of it. Well, I need to come to a decision as to how far back to keep and when it is safe to toss (burn or shred). I have a different answer from everyone I asked. So, if you have any idea, I would welcome it. I am also going to research Google…sometime soon.
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Good for you Fran...enjoy!

baabaa, I don't care what you call it, what a beautiful glass. It would be good for dessert too. I can imagine strawberries layered with whipped cream. mmmm.

Ha ha Gail, then I am beautiful cause I concentrate on feeding everyone well and pillows and birthdays. At least I give it a big try.
This morning it will be milk chocolate brownies with nuts and frosting. Small ones or 2, if you please. Big smiles for it is sunshinny and wonderful temps and we can still sit on the porch. The spiders and crickets are all busy and the birds are after them giving them what for.

Good Morning! where is everyone? I hope that you are not doing your Fall house cleaning yet. I haven't finished my Spring Housecleaning...from 3 years ago. I have a lovely friend who announces that she has started hers. She is sooo nice except this annoying habit of hers of telling everyone what marvelous chore she has accomplished. Don't get me wrong, I would love a very clean house and might as well not ever expect to get done. There really isn't a DONE. It is a myth. I think. Maybe. Too many humans come and go through that front door of ours to ever be able say done. How about you???

Greetings Glassies! I was really amused at Andy Rooney and his goodbye spot the other night. I noticed he showed us his bulldog. Way back in the last century, the last one, when we raised bulldogs, we kept the only runt we ever had. He was a small white dog and since he had a short spiked tail, instead of a curly one, we names him Spike. We never sold him or even thought of selling him. I read at that time that Andy had a white bulldog when he was a boy that he named Spike and that was where he grew to love them so.

Other than books, the largest collection of anything that we owned was bulldogs and related items. We even had, and still do, a life sized concrete one that we chained to a post on the porch. Had to chain him because just like the live ones, he was valuable. I had several glass ones and even a bottle that once held small candies. The Jim Beam one still doesn't have his head. It is some where hiding my DH says, he saw it lately. When I get up the gumpsion, I will take pictures of the leaded glass ones. Have to find them first.

Good Morning, though it is much colder and to me quite pleasant, the sun is shining quite brightly. However, it is showing me how dirty that last rain made my puter window. Part of it is where a flower pot used to rest before the squirrels ruined it. They ate all the pansies and even dug up the roots and in the process keep getting in there to just dig around for the hell of it. I guess squirrels can get bored too.

The spider is still working at his web and I must say it is a work of art and also my excuse for not cleaning that pane. hehe.

The blue jays are out there hollering "Thief, thief!". There is a light breeze and standing out there and looking around, although I need a sweater, is pure joy after the wretched heat and drought and then the forever rain of the past. Now every thing is clean and smells wonderful.
The cottonwood's leaves are blowing everywhere and soon, I am going to have to bake something to lure my leaves-rakers over to Gram's to see "What's cookin" They do a good job and we sit and watch reruns of Big Bang during the rest periods. They were wonderful little boys and though very different are just as great.

On the other hand, there are other insects out there too.
Afternoon, Well, it’s goodbye September and hello Autumn. The is still a lot of green out there and flowers blooming that will last until a heavy frost because they are so close to the house. The Cicadas have stopped chirring using their shell and wings with a cracking sound, somewhat like a cricket only much louder. We do have a cricket in the washroom who is still in love and hasn’t found his mate yet. It sure is agravating Jasper and he goes in that room and grumbles deep down in his throat, translated from cat to peeps is, ”Come out here you coward and I will give you what fore”.

If you watch closely, you can see all sorts of wonderous things outside of my computer room window. Today, a garden spider is repairing and respinning her web that was damaged by the rains this week. She is about as big as a nickle, not counting her long legs and is an array of colors throughout her body and all along her legs of dark brown and bright orange. Her web, when we first saw it was the wagon wheel type and she caught her meals mostly at night when the moths came to the window drawn to the light. During the daytimes, she had snacks of the hornets or wasps that buzzed around her web. There were two webs and the other spider is now gone, either to the weather or became this spider’s meal.

I can watch and wonder at this industry and not have any creepy crawly feelings because he/she is on the other side of a tight window and a storm window. However, if I was outside it would be a whole different story.
I think it is interesting yet, I know some don’t like to think of these critters, let alone watch them at work. So, if I have offended anyone, sorry.

The ordeal is over, except for the extra sleeping and drinking a lot of fluids. The proceedure, right and left heart catherization took twice as long as originally planned and left my DH in a worried ragged mess. When we got home, he went right to bed too.
We see DR this afternoon and find out what we do with the results of the tests. Perhaps a quietier life and different meds.

We received a note from the DOT that they are going to do massive resurfacing our street. So far they have spray painted locations to various pipes and sewers, etc to the delight of the kids walking home from school. This is good news for the bad weather we had last season has left some serious damage.
The rain we have had lately, some of it heavy, was so welcome. It gave everything a bath, including the car and left a lovelier shade of green to a dying lawn. The fall colors are starting to show a little bit here and there and the squirrels have a heavier coat already and are super busy burying acorns all over the lawn.
We are already receiving political calls and signs of the coming election here and there. I am tired and bored with it already.
I got some of my old auctions relisted and wonder if it will be worth the effort to list any more books.
Hope all has been ok with you all and still am not caught up with reading all of your posts.

Does anyone here watch ”The Biggest Loser”. There I am every Tuesday night at 8:pm sharing the agony of wanting to go get them a hamburger at Mickey D’s or a Blizard, heaven forbid. Then when I got my instructions in the mail for this proceedure that I am going to have this morning . Very plainly it says those joyful words ”nothing to eat or drink after midnight.

It is now that time of day when I have my first coffee and no breakfast. Boohoo. Now, I know how they, the losers, must feel most of the time. Sigh, I think I’ll make it. sniff, maybe.

Gail, I use the instant one, like Dunkin Heinz ot Pillsbury, one of those big names. It is so easy that way
It is good, even hard and stale with ice cream.

Gail, how would you like a hunk of hot gingerbread with our coffee? Smeared with butter, of course.
The bird bath is full, most of the time and the rain helped there. The critters are so happy with it that they show up almost immediately. The hahaha Robins bathe so vigorously that they splash a lot of the water out so DH fills it back up and there they are. Same ones, I think. All of the birds love the Poke Weed berrys. Next year, we will plant they over by the fence for the birds are messy eaters and scatter the berrys all over the porch and they stain your shoes, or bare feet and we track that in.

It is a good morning to Glassies. It has rained some and that was really in need. I have been trying to take advantage of the free listing but my energy level is nill. This is the one thing I can do but, like Helen, I have to have my naps. The only difference is that I must lie down somewhere when I start to get sleepy or I will just go to sleep while trying to do something. So, as you can imagine, I seldom drive any more and never by myself.

Gail, I will get those pictures of my glasses posted as soon as I can pin my husband down and we have some sunlight on the porch. Since we are "rearranging" stuff in our shipping room (throwing a bunch of carp out) we don't have enough bright light except on the porch.

There are more and more leaves down in the yard and although it is not allowed, we can smell the burning of leaves somewhere in the neighborhood.

Isn't it strange how things just disappear from sight, never to be seen again? That is what happened to my bread pans. Well, they have seen better days but were still usable. So, it is down the street to the Kmart to get a new one. I have some very ripe bananas that need to go to a good use. Besides, we need banana bread with pecans instead of walnuts? to go with our coffee. Right?

Hi Don, my birthday is January 26. and I will be ah, mumble, mumble.

Hi folks! Gail, thanks for the coffee. I brought donuts. I have been having a great urge for jelly filled ones. I used to just die for Donkin Donuts' Lemonairs but they never seem to have them anymore. Course I need them like...well, I don't and my fight with the "Battle of the Bulge" just keeps on Keepin On. I am tying to eat more fruit and it is the perfect time for it. Apples are ready here in Indiana and melons too. I do enjoy them too.
I have some iced tea glasses that I have really loved and can't seem to find them at eBay. They are lumpy on the outside which makes them easier to hold when they sweat. The outstanding thing about them is the beautiful clear colors they come in. I had about 8 of them but all I have left is a sky blue and a light amber. The red, green and purple were as bright as Christmas tree light bulbs.
They are 7" tall and 3 1/2" across the top and 2 1/4" on the bottom. They were my M inlaw's and she bought them at a local department store about 40 years ago.

Ahhh Gail, thank you much for the coffee. I would be lost without it. This weekend promises to be a very busy family one. Hopefully, we will get into the photos that are so numerous that I have had to find a new container for. Scrap books and photo albums are so expensive too or hard to find.
We are getting a new kitchen linoleum floor today and so things are going out on the porch for that. Didn't plan it for today but have to take things when they are ready to be done and the workers are ready.
I have been washing glass and trying to decide what I can't live without and what to sell. Tis a problem. Running out of storage space help decide.

The Chicago World's Fair was in 1933

Er, that should read 5 years ago. typos are my specialty.

My avatar here is Jasper, he is a stray who came to the porch door and demanded to be let in. He was near starving and somehow he know that there was a meal for him. We took him to the vet right away and found that he was relatively healthy and so with shots, neutered, etc. he became part of the family. Vet said he was 5/6 years old and that was 5 years old. He is such a nice boy and has beautiful manners. He loves everyone but not especially the family dogs that come to visit. walked right into our hearts he did.

Ah ha. I have already said hi to yawl this morning but managed to loose that post. Thanks for the coffee. Always need coffee. I need to replant the porch flower box. The squirrels have managed to eat or dig up what I had. I guess it is their need of moisture although we do keep the bird bath full. Yep Shelly, we too have some goodies left in the freezer we need to use before the new crop comes in.
We have black raspberry canes all around our porch and so we have some of them in the freezer.
Those same canes are trying to take over the yard so we are going to have to make some big decisions about them. They were put there as a temporary measure and are still there 5 years later.
We sure enjoy them in June and family stands around grazing then.

I really love glass and have a bunch of colorful smalls on my computer room window. Have several hanging beads and clear ones to catch the ranibow of colors too. I love to wash them all and the window and have such a nice window.
However, every
time I buy something I think that I might want to enjoy for a while until I decide to sell, I dread the thought of trying to pack it safely enough to travel. This part of the "glassy scene" is a worry to me.
I am not good at it and I hold my breath until the buyer receives it. I am much better at baking cookies than wrapping.

Morning Gail, coffee, for me? Sure. The only thing I have to add is a fresh box of Aldie's Animal Crackers. The really are very good. Oh and I sliced some fresh peaches. They are delicious this year.
Did you sleep well. I did not, just a lot of stuff on my mind and so woke up often. It made me notice how loud the crickets are. humm. It is the little things, right?

Yes GAIL. I have known Helen for over 20 years. We both had booths at Shadland Mall and Allisonville Rd Mall and have remained friends ever since. We give her raspberries and she gives us peaches and any other thing the other might want or need.

Good Morning everyone. It is so good to see you all. It is a beautiful day in Indianapolis. 68o and all is calm and so clean looking after the rains. We lost some big limbs in the storm but they were from a city tree out front that needs to go. There is no wind and the Ragweed has not gotten to us yet. The birds are so happy with the Poke weed which this year is over 7’ tall.
Today will be a fun day. I will be spending an hour plus at the new JoAnne Fabric and Craft shop. DH has some shopping to do and so he will leave me there and pick me up when he is done. It has only been open for several weeks and everything is so clean and new and orderly. Will spend some time at the pattern table. Er most time.
Then he will take me to the Golden Corral for lunch. Love that too. We have gone there so many years that we meet have a circle of friends, not always planned though. And, of course, several favorite waitresses.
Then back home for a nap.

Mummm Coffee please. Extra cream, pinch of sugar. No donuts (sigh) but have a muffin, banana and dried fruit.

hi all. I have been washing glass. We have gone through the cupboards and decided to sell some of our glass as soon as we find out what it is. Have to take some pictures too. Family things are pressing too so I will have to postpone some of my eBay work. We are having a family get together for the last weekend of August which will take a week into September to recover. Or two.
I can't imagine where the summer has gone. I got nothing special done. I will just have to blame it on the heat. It has been pretty bad and we didn't spend as much time on the porch as we usually do.

Hi. Please note. We have had problems, a lot lately, with our cable company so have gone over to Comcast. So, our email address may change. So, we are available as always going to have our yahoo email so If you need to contact me, use the Yahoo, unless your are notified. Sigh, I so hate change.

sooo, I hope you all have had a great day.