I am doing better. And a better mood since i have bids on 3 out of five of my listings! No glass, alas. Paid a Quarter a piece for flatware at the GW i found a couple years ago and already opening bids add up to $176, so I'm happy and anticipating xtra cash for car repair! I did have a nice Fenton (early Aqua Crest Ewer, w/Charleton Roses) piece also, to sell for my daughter, till it turned out there was a crack where the handle was applied.

Shelly - Hospital? Your better now, too? Home and busy again? And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Julie - HUGS! 6 years. Can't believe it's been that long. ((more hugs!))) Its so good to see you too! What are Pop-Tarts - back in the "old days", that would have been when Dave/baylove popped in with a funny gif, like a hairy-legged toaster treat with false teeth and maybe a jar vegemite beside it.
Bob - Gosh, you've been in hospital too? Many hugs and healing thoughts for you my friend as well!
George - Hi ya! Good to see you upright and ventilating!
Nancy - Hugs! Hows Joisey? Kayaking still?
Marson - Dear! Does my heart good to see ya!

Shelly - had to scroll back and see the fab lamps everyone is going on about - cool! Packed in a box, (of course!) I have a catalog of an 60's/70's lamp company and bet those lamps are in there.

Don - it'll be a new experience for me being full-time, on-site gramma back home - looking forward to it 🙂

Katie - 😉 exactly! prepped for months but the reality of it is very confusing for her. She alternates between singing sweet made up lullabies to her and then whining jealousy when it's feeding time for Coco. Mom and Dad are endlessly patient.

Jesse - yes, long time!

back to work 🙁

8/31/14 10:20am, the world welcomed 9lb 9 and 1/2oz Chloe Isabella! Promptly nicknamed CoCo by her 4 1/2 yr old big sister, who subsequently was terribly upset that mom and dad were actually bringing her home with them from the hospital!

All but one box of stuff has now been consigned to local shops. An unexpected bonus of the bad deal with the auctioneer has led to neighbors buying the things from me directly, putting cash ($400) directly in my pocket! Just word of mouth! So all's well that ends well! Thanks ALL for YOUR commiserating and cyber-hand-holding!

Jesse!! Hi there!!

Susy - Yay! She's safe and sound! And a lovely little spot you found for her, cuz I know you don't have many spots! I'm so glad she's found a good home amongst such beauties! I dub you, STOS (StackingRoomOnlySusy!)

Bob/USA - been awhile since I did any shipping, but my rural carrier never scanned picked up boxes, and even some clerks in the PO, I had to ask them to...nicely.

Sorry, no time for a proper read of the board.

Still a couple more boxes to consign and hopefully back on track to be out a week from today.

Suzy check your message s

On my IPad tonight, too exhausted to read the board and scroll back and forth trying to read/respond to posts 🙁 just wanted to say hi all!

Who made made glass marked KRYS-tol?

MARson - lovely to see you too! Yes, it is a chore, moving. DS in FL, upon hearing I'd finally made the decision to move home to PA, knowing how much I don't love the snow and cold and the depressing little home town, blithely says, "Well, you can move south again later, Mom." I just nodded and smiled and said that would be nice, son...but, sheese! pushing 60 now, and this moving stuff, really, it doesn't get easier as one gets older, ha! I hope all is well for you up in your neck of the woods 🙂

I have this same cake stand - is it properly ID'd in this completed listing? 191203742214

It's been a real mess around here taking every thing out of boxes, unwrapping, finding flat surfaces so he could at least see a representative lot of what I have and now as I put it all away, I'm inventorying, #ing, wrapping, and boxing all over again.

Liz - Thank you for posting the link to Bill's obituary.

JULIE! So good to see you! (Waving back wildly!!) Sad to hear your Uncle has passed, my condolences ((hugs)).

Alicia - And so nice to see you too! Your vacation sounds lovely! And surgery last May? Still recovering?? Yikes!

Wendy - We maybe not have "met" officially here before, but maybe on some ebay chat? "wjweese" seems familiar to me. Yes, that's by "Boo", somewhat blind 7 yr old persian rescue. His registered name is Tallyson but he's not as pretentious as that, so I've dubbed him Boo, His Boo-ness, Boo-duh, Mr Boo, BooBoo, My Boo Boo Lah...I wuv 'im 🙂 Any "good eye" I have, I learned in large part from the Glassies right here

Bob in KY - How the heck are you neighbor? And BIN? Found any nice cake stands lately?? No spare green stuff around here! Be happy if I found a shoe box full of 20 's tho! I'd stop by on my way north and take you and BIN out to lunch! Mini Glassie Gathering!

Shelly - Dear! No glass elephants, just mini hagen renakers in my accidental collection. When I get settled, you'll have to come visit!

Don - That FB link looks like a place I could get lost in! Nothing would please me more than to get lost and forget all about this moving but must not ... get ... side tr... acked...I think I'm ADHD!

Lynn M - Hi to you too! Thanks for lovin' Boo 😉 and my name 😉

Hi Sharon! I know it won't go smooth, I count on it, so no surprises at at least, right?

Gail - how adorable your sweater and jar toppers!

Fenton - Nice to see you! Mud - er - Meadville. Born and raised.

Suzie - Yes! "Adopted" glass, I call it. Glass that otherwise might not find a good home but follows me home like lost puppies. See if links work -
Remember this glowwee one? She's looking for a new home...

Suzie - Nice to see you! Do I remember rightly you have a soft spot for damaged pieces that still have character?

Gail - Thanks for looking at the vase. I hope it's commanding presence, at 20" tall, that the auctioneer coming monday will deem it worthy of his time and talent even if it's an unknown. I have another one, EAPG -ish, I'll try and post tomorrow and would surely value your opinion.

George - Upright and ventilating! Yep! And glad to see you also doing the same.

Fran - And how is all with you? So nice to see you here!

My sister's MRI showed plaque on her brain back in January. I'd seen a change in her over the last couple years, but it seemed she was having more psychological issues - like panic or anxiety attacks - but a visit in May made it quite clear
there's memory loss. Quite different from how my mother was in the early onset of the disease. She'd just forget things and laugh it off, but my sister, I think knew what was happening to her and was basically scared and trying to hide it and hide from it. She's still early stage now and she knows what's happening to her.

I must get to bed and try again tomorrow to get done everything I didn't get done today. Spinning wheels day!

Must get back to the boxes! I'm supposed to be in PA in time for #3 grand dotter - due 7/30!
#4 grand dotter due with FL son in December
G-ma thinks 4 grands is plenty enough!

Moving home to PA. My sister, 72, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and I have to go home and soak up the good time left with her. And, so, going thru stuff - you know all my stuff is glass stuff - and gads, it's slow going.
Anybody want this little piece? Pay for the shipping and it's yours. (hope I can still do links to photos right!)
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Can't get into ebays discussion boards today. Anyone else having this problem? I was hoping to find info on this Paypal new thing using it in stores, like Dollar General, without a debit card somehow. anyone know about that?

Came down with a bad cold this past week and have been ucky for days but here to report the uninsured vase arrived safely, according to the USPS tracking, and apparently safely since I've not heard from the winner. Logging in today seeing all the mentions after my last post, --------Thank you all! Of course, No feedback from the buyer, don't expect they'll leave any. Heard from an under-bidder this morning who also belongs to the Facebook group where Nancy posted it had been unpaid, and he was hoping he could get a second chance offer. Wish I had a couple more of those vases!

26 acts of kindness. Can't even bear to think of those precious babies and how their families must feel.

Gail - I think all pj's should be street wear!!

I think Fred looks dashing in his hat, lol,.

A week today and still no payment from the Katydid winner. I have my ebay settings set to start an automatic unpaid item report in 4 days if no payment - and apparently that didn't happen so - grrrrr - I have to do it manually today and then wait 4 more days for them to pay. Then I can relist. A costly delay. I need the Christmas money!

..Bob Sheese! The nerve! I'd never dream of expecting someone to deliver to me in lieu of paid shipping!

Don - aw, you pulled up your ol' dancing elephant, thank you. I miss the old chat and all the dancing we used to do.

JimL - That's the first glass worthy of writing home about that I've found in months! As I recall, you use to bring home worthy glass too - still do much glass hunting?

NancyP - cool! It hit the bigtime on FB, lol. I didn't know there was such a club on FB, or anywhere. Thanks for the congrats!

Bob in KY - Thank You! I didn't see your bid, I figured BIN talked you out of it , LOL, 🙂

Gail Mac - I won that CW in an ebay lot of three unrelated pieces of glass. Can't remember the details now but the CW
wasn't the main reason I bid! It wasn't till I got it in hand and measured it, and brought it here for confirmation (Bob/glassusa and Fran/dbfrogs both helped) that I knew it was special. And it was also a little miracle that it didn't break in transit, just crammed in a little box with the other pieces. It was almost pure luck from start to finish. Blind pig/acorn story ,lol.

Now, to get through my whole obsessive packing ordeal and await payment!

Cheapest gas here is $3.22.

And the Steuben plates - from a different thriftvstore, on half price day - they were regular $2 each, hahahahaha all the way to the bank!

Shelley - no rich widowers for me. Not even poor ones, lol. There's about 4 guys living in the complex here, two married, two in wheelchairs, pushing 80, and one still getting around on his own speed but such a loud, obnoxious guy nobody can stand him, lol!

Bob in KY - I take USPS money orders also - so bid before BIN talks you out of it! 😉

JimL - hey, nice to see you!

Don - maybe it's not you, but your location. Could be your living in some previously unknown Glass Bermuda Triangle. I think when you buy, you should have your glass shipped to me instead for safe passage 🙂 I'll keep it secure till science can look into the problem 🙂

NancyP - sorry it took me a couple days to get back and say hi back at ya!

I'm tickled - my P/C Katydid vase hit 100 views this morning! I think the last time I had something listed that generated that much interest was years ago, that rare Candlewick center handle server that sold for 1,000!

And, I'll try, but often just don't have much to say 🙂

Julie - my brief scan indicates dear Lucky has crossed the Rainbow Bridge? So sorry to hear! I will never forget the false teeth fiasco!

ARRRRRgh. Boo damaged my keyboard and my R, W, and backspace keys are messed up.

Now maybe I can start ebaying again!

Happy Birthday Janice!

Bob in KY - Still wondering where you'll be displaying your lovely new cake stand? Building a second bathroom?? 😉

Shelly - Nope, just moving across town to a new 55+ senior complex. My place here has gone downhill since I moved in 8 years ago.

I had trouble with ebay's search a couple days ago. They changed things again!

Gorgeous day blooming here! Low humidity, gentle breezes, clear blue sky.

Gail, yes! That's the plus side of this long, drawn out moving experience, lol. I've moseyed along at my own sedentary pace packing a few things now and then, hauling a few things at a time. Practically all that is left is a bed, dresser, 2 chairs, kitchen table and desk, plus basic kitchen stuff and clothing.

Here's a funny thing I came across while browsing auctionzip local auctions. A picture of a NW Louis VI custard glass berry bowl - caption? "CUSTER glass"!

And got nostalgic this morning when I stumbled on this Yahoo article. A few Glassies here might recognize this picture right away.
http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/america-s-prettiest-parks.html

Bob in KY - When I got into Win 7, Windows Live Photo Gallery was the best thing about it, imo. It took me awhile to figure out how to resize: look to top, just left of "auto adjust", when you're in the editing part of the program and you'll see "properties". Click on that and you'll see "resize", 2nd down.