Glass Chatroom Board

Well glad to see NANCYP is ok, and good to see some of the others, still hanging in there..

Do I remember right that Jim from NY Niagara Falls passed away? Anyone know the details on that.. Besides a bad knee, I always thought him so healthy as he was always so busy, at the Hardware store as well as doing Taxes..

HI CARL, we also had a light snow this winter, not sure what Spring will bring, but surely another snow storm before winter is over.. All we have had was Rain the past week, most of our Spring flowers are blooming.. the Lilac trees all leafing out, and the Forsthias looking good. Oh we did have a light snowfall over night, but this morning it was gone..

Hi NANCY, glad you are alright.. Are you still traveling with your DH.. '

HI JULIE, I hope you are enjoying your weather and nothing drastic is going on.. any trips this year or are you still recovering from your last one.. Wish I was able to feel as robust as you seem to be.. I think at 86 old age has set in..

HI MARSON, I think the Pottery Board is dead in the water.. Even Katie deserted us, I guess, not enough people left there to keep the interest up..

We still do not know what happened to SUSAN, Not sure if she passed, or if in a nursing home somewhere.. No one around to let us know for sure..

HI KATIE, Pray you and Mike are doing well.. I Grandson who moved back home rented a Subaru, It made his trips home from South Dakota OK, but has since bought some property and returned the Subaru to buy a Nice Truck which will be more useful out in the country then the car..

HELLO and Welcome to LIZ, I would have to ask how active she is on Ebay and how you found out about this board.. Always nice to have a new inductee.. Hope your around a long time..

Hard to believe its been 3.5 yrs since GEORGE had passed..

Not sure if GAIL is still active in FB or not, Miss seeing her, and always think of the Tornados out there in OK.. Seems DON is still active there; and I was until for some reason Facebook, has once again blocked me out, not sure even why.. What did I do? they tell me I cannot ask for an Appeal.. My family & friends all upset as well as me.. Oh well..

HI to FRAN2 as well.. is anyone still selling on Ebay besides me?

Well I carried on here long enough I know none of the boards are active much, except the book board..

You all take care..

Good Afternoon to all the Glassies !

Read about the Earth Quake in NJ and just checking to see if NancyP. Is OK.. had to change my password as they did not recognize my old one.. Guess I have been inactive too long..

I heard from MAX that Joanne from NY has passed away, in Dec. She was active on the Book Board, mostly..

I pray every one else on here is OK..

Sorry to hear about Dori passing, She was still active in EAPG on Face Book.. Ran into a few times there..

CARL thanks for passing that on.. Had wondered how you were doing.. Glad to see you posting, Its a shame how so many have passed on.. Some we never hear from or about..

JULIE, Glad you got to enjoy the Sunshine and The Kids in the Water.. Too cold here for that now.. if we get to 60* - 65* we are happy.. I have heard we will have a Mild Winter, I am hoping that is true.. Take care..

NANCY, We too have had our share of rain, seems like 4 days out of the week, we are getting rained on.. Went for a Perm the other day and Yep it was raining.. Sun came out so made it home before it started again.. I think our Pottery board has just about petered out.. and when it was active, seemed like Katie and I the only ones left..

You All Take Care.

Have fun Julie, looks like you will not be alone on the beach. Is it warm enough to go swimming yet?
Enjoy, Our temps have been between 50 & 60* Fahrenheit.

Thanks Julie.. Glad your weather is more normal for now.. Ours is cooling off, and rained so hard today.. Luckily I was in the car when it rained today, like a tourantial rain fall.. Could hardly see the dividing lines on the road.. and by the time I finished shopping it had stopped, so got home and unloaded before it started again..

Friends of my sons, had a benefit for him today with all the food you could eat and so good seeing some of his child hood friends who came, and I did not recognize 2 of them.. It was a wonderful showing of his friends and how much they think of him.. Broke my heart for the reason that it was for. I broke down a couple of times, but held it together pretty good, not too many saw that except for the ones that were holding me at the time, I think they might have noticed..

So any prayers are welcome..

Take care..

Concerned about CARL, he has not posted, hope all is well there with him and his wife.. Not sure how bad that storm hit them up there.. Praying all is ok..

So what happened with MARSON, she just quit posting? Surely she is not snowed in yet..
So I hope all keep checking in on occasion, as we all wonder and worry? or am I the only one that has a tendency to worry?

HI NANCY, & JULIE, why do I feel like this is a sinking ship, are we all getting too old and the fun is all gone out of collecting Glass? I still look and I still buy.. Tho I need nothing..

YOU ALL HANG IN THERE, or HERE !

HI NANCY, & JULIE, Well we too have had some unusual weather for Oct. I wonder if this is Indian Summer or if its too early for that.. it has been in the 80s for the last 3 days but suppose to get down to the 50s from tomorrow on through the weekend, then to warm up again, but do not expect much above 70*.. Hard to say the way the weather patterns have been going.

Too nice to stay in, but no where to go.. Tho last Sunday my two Brothers, SIL and myself went out to OUR Sisters & BIL, to visit before they head for Florida for the winter.. She is on Oxygen and seldom goes out of the house, Not sure she is up to driving that far to Fl. but better then the alternative and having to deal with Snow.. BIL is going to be 80 next month and sister just 73. they have been married 52 yrs, so I guess its Death til they part.. But Nothing else exciting going on..

YOU ALL TAKE CARE,

NANCY, It is cooler here too, I am not sure I like it' but at least the AC is turned off and I am not freezing in the house.. a light jacket when I go out is sufficient. Its suppose to warm up this week.. Thankfully.. No rain to speak of.. it rained about an hour the other day..

JULIE, Oh goodness, Egypt sounds so interesting, and doable.. its mostly flat land there right? lol If you go I know you will enjoy it.. Wish I was younger and able to travel more.. Too unsteady on my feet.. Haven't fallen over YET, but one day it might happen..

Take care everyone

JULIE, Sounds fun.. Sounds like you have a plan all mapped out.. Good you are able to do that.. Nothing Tieing you down. Anything in mind for next years travels? We have a wedding to go to in October but its about a 6 hr drive and Hubby does not like to travel anymore so doubting we will go.. Its his niece, so if he does not want to go, thats his choice.. AND, thats ok.. Enjoy your weather.. our Fall is creeping up.. Our Propane tanks are full so we are ready for it..

NANCY, Thank you for clearing that up, Yes I remember now that Jim, by his collection of CAD dishes.. Don't you often wonder what happened to all our Old Deceased Members Collections and what happened to them.. I too was concerned about JIML.. We might not hear from him until a bad snow storm in Buffalo.NY. but it would be nice to hear sooner..

I remember Betty's Collection of Milk Glass, and she had many CAD.. With only a son who survived, I often wonder if he left her Blue Dining room, with the White MG as she had it arranged.. He husband George had passed on before she did..

I know all regulars incl, me not so reg..do miss JIML posts..

Hope you are doing well.. all the traveling out of your system for awhile?

I am sorry, I do not understand, JIM passed away? I guess I missed something, how did you all find out?
I am presuming that is our Jim, who use to do taxes and worked in the Hardware store? He was not that old, I did not think.. So sorry to see that news.

JUST CATCHING UP.. COULDN'T SLEEP, So here i am..

KATIE I do have a Doc appt, coming up, will mention it, I think last time it was mentioned they said something about physical therapy.. Thanks for caring.. SUSAN's last name is
Beshears, I got that from MAX.

JULIE I surely wish we were looking forward to Spring/Summer, instead of Winter, they say its going to be wicked this year.. I pray they are wrong, but we will survive I am sure..
Good you have your Yard/Garden under control, and loved the pictures of the Taj Mahal..Hard to imagine how the people accomplished those beautiful buildings, Same with Eygpt and the Pyamids.. Unbelievable..

Oh CARL, I can imagine how you felt like almost all of your hard work planting was for naught.. but hopefully what you tomatoes you had were tasty.. My friends cucumbers did not do much either, Tomatoes were so so; but not as plentiful as usual.. Hopefully there is next year to look forward to..
Sorry you did not get to see the girls, Hopefully the Holidays will be more convenient for all of you..

Well going to try to get a couple hours sleep before my scheduled Sonogram tomorrow.. You all take care..

HI EVERY ONE,, Sorry I missed JIMS Birthday..
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JIM.. I hope all is well with you, have not seen you on here for a bit.. Not sure how busy you are with Taxes at this time of year.. but know it will be getting busier..

KATIE, Did you ever hear from Tincey? Seems your still as busy as ever.. Hope you and Mike are both doing well..

HI NANCY, Seems like you have been doing your share of traveling.. I love to travel but DH could care less anymore, I have a hard time to get him our of our home town.. He likes to do all his shopping here locally.. I envy you being able to travel.. But I have a hard time with flying, for numerous reasons, my Ears for one.. and the walking is another.. I stagger somewhat.. not sure why, often think I might be getting MS, but surely it would have been more dominant by now, if it was.. Take care and enjoy while you can.

JULIE, are you all caught up with your Yard work now? cannot imagine how much it costs to travel like you like to. but thats good that you can.. I also enjoyed all your adventure through the Pictures you posted, Thank you for that.. Did you get pictures of the Taj Mahal? I would like to see those again, in case I missed them.. I am sure you have hundreds to sort through..

CARL, Glad your garden, gave you some good crops this year..
You did get to see your GD's this year, right.. I think I read where they were coming home, in a post I read earlier this year..

I was wonder and possibly one of you Glassies might know.. I have a glass bowl with red & gold roses on the back side, with some of the paint missing, can I or someone repaint those place where the paint is gone.. Forget what you call it, must be old age..

MARSON, not sure why you do not stop by on the Pottery Board, possibly because not enough people posting? Darned Shame,

Now we are not sure what happened to SUSAN.. Called her house number, no answer just answering machine, and sent email, still nothing.. Last we heard from her she posted she was in the hospital, diagnose with Cirrhosis, Told her to check her water if she had well water, and surely she does not drink much. So not sure how she would have gotten it or whats happening with her.. So Praying she is OK..

FRAN2. Also wondering how you are Hopefully you and family are OK..

IF I missed anyone my apology.. Have a great day Everyone..

KATIE, I can well imagine, that the Amethyst Water Bottle would have been hard to resist.. Surely I would not have, if the price was right.. You are probably stronger willed then I am..

At my age I figure I owe it to myself to enjoy every bit of life I have left.. LOL But I do regret I will be leaving still a lot of clean up/out of my treasures for them to deal with..

I still had TINCEY's email address in my address book so I wrote to her, I always called her Isidee, I liked that name.. So hopefully I will hear back from her.. So many once they leave here have no idea to how to come back if they did not save the connection.. I will let you know if I hear from her..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINCEY, been a while, I pray you are doing well, and you have a Wonderful Day..

Good Day Everyone..

I do not think there is a rule for or against this, but due to our losing track of so many friends/members.. I am going to my Profile in the MEMBERS tab above.. and Adding my Email Address.. In case of someone missing it would be nice to make contact with any family/ friend member to see if we can make contact.. That is in case I come up missing or anyone.. But for me you will be able to address MY Email address, and some member or friend will be able to see the questions in my emails..

Wishing you all well.. and I in fact for my age think I am doing fantastic, and hope you are too!

Hello Glassies, I hope you are all enjoying some part of this summer..

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY NANCY.. I hope you had a wonderful day at the Glass Show, in Pittsburgh, not that far away from me.. Were prices high, or doable? Show us some of hte pretties you treated yourself to..

KATIE, that water bottle you passed up, was it a Spring GREEN? I bought one a few years back at a yard sale for 4.00, could not believe they were selling it that cheap and I snatched it right up.. It was signed too..

CARL, Great to hear the girls will be coming home for a break to visit.. I just saw two Great Nephews at a family get together, hard to believe they have graduated, and one in his 3rd yr of Medical School.. I bet you find it hard to believe as well.. Smoke getting any better up there, have not heard much about the fires, but I imagine they are still burning.. We had a whopping fierce storm the other night and was thinking why aren't those fires getting some of this.. The Gardens around here are doing pretty good, I guess enough rain, that nothing has dried up.. Radishes, believe it or not are high here at the stores.. Haven't stopped at a farmers stand to see what they are selling them for if it was even worth their time planting.. but for a small bunch with leaves still on them, was 3.50..

Have been following JULIES pictures on FB, such an array of scenery pictures and the group.. I bet she will be ready for a rest when she gets home.. No matter how much she is enjoying it now..
What an experience, will be long remembered I am sure.

Hi MARSON, & FRAN... hope all is well in your neighborhood..
MARSON, are you getting much smoke from those fires up there?

You all take care..

Hi Everyone, well company is gone for this month, next month another son comes home.. So wish they could have both been home at the same time, but ones wife had to have Cataract Surgery.. Yes believe it or not I have a son that old.. LOL Gosh they are all getting old.. Luckily I am still her to enjoy their company.. I am so lucky to have 4 such wonderful Sons..

JULIE You must be pretty close to leaving on your exotic excursion? How many more days, can't be more then a couple.. Bet you find it hard to sleep, your getting so excited. I do wish for you a wonderful time..and Another experience you will not soon forget.. Hope the weather on your trek will be super for you..

CARL So wishing you a Belated, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. are you planning any trips this year to see your Grand daughters? Maybe after the gardens are done produciing? Our Tomatoes are not in yet, but the corn is.. Usually tomatoes not until Aug. to mid Aug. DH looking forward to some good BLTs soon.. Tried to check on Birthdays, and could not find the link.. Bummer

HI NANCY P.. are you still kayaking? I doubt I could get into a boat like that without fipping it over.. Your braver then I am.. Enjoy the summer they do not last long enough, at least not yet, Not sure what this Global Warming is going to bring next year..

FRAN 2 would like to know how your doing and is life being kind to you?

Take care everyone..

JULIE, I knew that, I was just warning you what was ahead... So enjoy this year like no other.. 😉 I am sure you did much better at the challenges then the rest of us would have.. I am sure you amazed your Grandson.. and your Grand daughter, appreciated you being there for her..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYRAFLY, Hope it is a great day for you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE, Gosh the years seem to roll past fast after you hit 29, don't they.. Hope you have a wonderful day and no hang over tomorrow..

KATIE, Sounds like you are on a similar diet as my Son who lives with us.. Besides his Cancer his has for years been battling Arthritis, the Docs says he has Both kinds of Uncle Art.. thus why he suffers so with swellings and pain.. He is now trying to be as Gluten Free as possible, sticking with seafoods or chicken, and Glu Free Bread.. and more Salads.. Been working pretty well for him. Hope for you too.. Best of Luck for Mike with all future tests..

CARL, We have had much smoke this past week, I thought it fog, It was only out over the Lake and up South of us, Coming in from Canada.. We had about 2 good days of rain, but otherwise Weather has been fairly decent.. Thankfully, Sunshined all last weekend, with Families in from Md. for Fam. Reunion, when it was predicted to rain all weekend, Waited until they left started on Monday.. The Grape crops around seem to be flourishing, not sure on the other crops, except for Corn our neighboring Farmer grows in stages, so he has corn to sell pretty much all of July, Aug. into Sept. once it comes in. Hope the crops you do have that survive, do well.. Might cramp your Canning a little this year..

HI NANCY P. MARSON, & FRAN 2. Hope life is treating you good and keeping you well.

LOL, KATIE, laughed at the pick in Mikes mouth, I thought it a cigarette.. Glad it wasn't.. Sounds like he had a fantastic Birthday, lucky him, I am sure he will remember that for a long time.. Good for him on the Pickin and a Grinnin.. Know that makes you happy too!

JULIE, I am glad you have friends and family along with you on your extensive trip.. So I will not worry too much.. Looking forward to when you have time to get your pictures sorted when you get back.. When will that be? Yes, you should have a family reunion, while there are still some of the elders left.. Than there will only be you young ones left and no one left to answer family questions, we all want to know after the fact and we have lost all of our elders.. I have one Aunt In law left and some cousins seldom seen..

Carl, Good Picture, I take horrid pictures so not attempting that challenge.. Hope your Garden is doing good.. How is the Air Quality up there, so close to Nova Scotia, we do not see much smoke, anymore.. So do they have much of the fires put out up there? I did read where they thought some would never get extinquished.. Sad..

Hi NANCY P. are you enjoying your retirement? Doing any Kayaking/or is it Canoeing ? I would not even attempt getting into either of those, especially at my age.. Last time in a row boat about 50 yrs ago.. A Helgramite came after me, I almost backed right out of the boat, setting down.. in the Allegheny River.. Never again.

JULIE 2 more Weeks..

Hi JULIE, I can just imagine how your excitement is rising, as the days go on.. Is there anyone else going at the same time that you are familiar with, like a buddy on your trip.. But I am sure you all will get a Camaraderie feeling after being together a short time. Oh I wish you a safe and fun filled get away.. Will be waiting to hear your daily or weekly reports.. Glad you are having a beautiful winter day.

I will try on FB and see if I can find out what happened to Chat About, like so many other sites we use to depend on, the originators maybe have passed on, and no one else has learned the ins and outs yet..

Wonderful day of Saleing yesterday, got a set of 8 red King Crown Small glasses, I suppose wine, juice or Liquor glasses, the brand that is under glass, so perfect condition. Also a glass 8*" Bowl where the underside is Red & Gold, with some of the pain missing, would it be a No No to try and repaint the Gold & Red in places? Been out of glass so long forgetting some of the names.

Well wishing all you Glassies, a Happy Fourth of July and have a great summer, you are probably, all busy growing your Gardens.. I had good intentions on putting in a few tomatoe plants but doesn't look like it is going to happen..

Terrys family reunion is today and family from out of town are in last night.. but the weather is not co operating yet, So foggy you cannot see the next house down the road.. It was predicted to rain, so this is a better alternative.. but Hope this afternoon the Sun will show itself.. Take care all.

I guess I missed Curts BD.. Happy Birthday Curt, Tell Irene Hi as well.. Pray your both doing well.

I have to ask, and sorry I do not stop by more often.. Has anyone tried getting on Chat About lately? I tried about a month or so again, and no problems but now it says it is not known to be safe.. Unless its just my computer or virus detecter..

Well another few weeks and Julie will be going on her much awaited trip.. Last year it seemed so far away and all of a sudden, its nearly upon us.. JULIE have a great time, take lots of pictures..

HI KATE, CARL, NANCYP, FRAN2, MARSON, & SUSAN..

HI MARSON, Glad you are up about, Just hoping our snow melts as fast as it came.. How are your arms/shoulders, Shoveling can sure work a number on them.. We got a new mattress last year, A PURPLE MATTRESS, suppose to be easy on your body, joints etc.. I find myself turning just as often in that bed as the old one.. Surely the only answer is surgery, but at my age, I am not doing it.. You take care, Glad to see you.. Yep turn back the clocks.. They were talking at least here, about having these DLS hours the same all year, not sure how that will work. AND not sure if it was just our State, or all over..

HI NANCY P. sounds like our kind of weather.. Are you enjoying retired life?

HI CARL, Stay warm, How do you ever insulate your home or keep it warm enough all winter with temperatures like those? I hated leaving Fl. when I lived there to come back to Pa. but sure as heck would not have moved back to Me. had I lived there.. You guys have to be brave to still stay there.. When are you going to move South?

HI JULIE, ENjoy your adventures, One thing for sure, you were young enough to enjoy life after teh kids were grown, thats how I felt.. Had all of mine by the time I hit 22.. Was only 36 when first Grandchild was born.. Now she has Grandkids..LOL Amazing..

Wondering where MARSON is, Probably out there shoveling snow, off her roof or porch..I pray she is well.
Well I need to get back into organizing.. 3 of my GK are coming home this coming week.. My youngest who lives with us, is not doing well.. I hope the snow blows away or melts before they get here..

Hi ALL, just thought I would stop by and see how you are all doing, with surviving the weather patterns.. sure is crazy for us here in states, not sure if JULIE, has anything happening out of the ordinary.. Sounds more like CARL is in Alaska or Canada, We have not had enough snow, to make us dread the next day.. but it has been off and on. One day its 50* even up to 60* I think once it got up to the 70's what the hecks going on.. Use to always think that someday our Winters will be hot and Summers will be Cold.. I am still not convinced, it won't be. Just weird..

Happy to hear KATIE and MIKE are back on the mend. Not like they did not have enough to deal with, So now you are both up and attem huh? Nice your son stops by to check on you..

I had that Covid, it was strange, I never ran a fever.. but I was just tired. and didn't feel like I could navigate. So spent the most days in bed for about 2 weeks.. No one else got it here tho, so luckily I stayed in my bedroom and they fended for themselves..

I was going through some pictures today and ran across one I wanted to Post for Mike (MIKEY).. He is probably busy with Taxe by now.. But I will post this when he wants to check back when he is relaxing he might see it.. It is a Post card from 1911, when the Niagara Falls was frozen over.. Maybe they had cut the power off at that time, not sure, maybe they let kids back then ice skate on the River without worrying about going over.. LOL Probably not.. So Mike if I can figure out how to post a picture here.. Here it is ! I use to be able to post pictures here, but no way can I understand what they got going on there now.. Bummer.

HI KATIE AND JULIE, THANK YOU ever so much for the Birthday wishes.. Sorry about that know you got it from Face Book as my Real BD is on Dec 15th. When I got kicked off of FB my son set up a new account for me, had to use different information to get back on, which he fixed for me and gave me the date of my Dads BD.. Sorry for the confusion.. Never did find out what they kicked me off for.. I never said a Negative word about anyone/thing except the Government.. and who hasn't.. So I felt the need to keep up with my family on FB, easier then emails, and the USPS.. But the thoughts are all appreciated..

Thank you Julie for the beautiful cake as usual..Your such a Sweetheart..

Looks like everyone is taking a break from the boards.. I Hope I did not scare them all away..

Thanks JULIE, they are good now, Just hope it doesn't get that cold again this year.. Praying never hurts.. Looking forward when Spring and 30 Celsius comes our way..

Have a Happy New Year Everyone !

HELLO EVERY GLASSIE, I am stopping by to wish every one a HAPPY NEW YEAR...Too.

Just reading over the messages posted,

OH MARSON I can relate to your delemma This winter can be messy, and dangerous..
Stay in and Let God take it away, thus he is the one in control.. I think..

JULIE, you are probably enjoying a slight warm up, Lucky you, we will have to wait it out here in the cold for another 3 or 4 months.. for spring to arrive.. tho the weather was a warm 52* yesterday when I went out with my friends we surely enjoyed that warm breeze..

JIM, I just had to chime in on your statement that the Falls Never froze, I have an old Black & White Post Card somewhere, where it showed the Falls Frozen.. On the Canadian side anyhow.. It was not a joke care either.. But it sure is horrible what this years winter had brought to your area.. We were so lucky thus far, Most of the snow that passed through had a strong wind behind it and blew it right through, to NY..along the lake.. So many deaths, hard to tell how many more will be found even in their homes, if they could not pay their Electric/Gas bills.. So sad!

We are doing fine here, Our Hot Water froze in our small downstairs bathroom we just had built this fall.. Not happy with that, but happy the pipes did not break, we kept the cold water dripping so it did not freeze.. It thawed with the temps rose a little above freezing.. Have to contract the builder to see what he can do about preventing the freezing from happening again.. Time will tell..

So again Every one, I hope you have a fun night tonight ringing in the New Year.. call in a few friends who are setting home alone or family, play some games, start a new tradition.. I am going to my sons today to play games or cards, not sure maybe Dominoes..

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR and The Best of Health all Year Through..

BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Thank you all for the Birthday Wishes, at my age its just another day.. But its good getting older, makes me wonder how many more I might have.. So I keep living every day as if I had at least 10 more..

Good to see all checking in.. MARSON, I was wondering if you were busy shoveling up there.. Send it all over to Nova Scotia or further North, we have enough already, with Temps near zero.. it got to 1* Sat. night..

CARL, Do not envy you with that storm, we had a lot of wind, but not much snow, while it was snowing and blowing it all blew right through I think on its way to Buffalo, NY.. I liked your Santa Claws, Tho I do not like Lobster, or most other Fish either..

JULIE I am glad someone is having warmer weather, Even Florida where it is normally warm was down near freezing in some places.. Our daughter called from JacksonVille F. and she said it was close to Freezing temps.. They were worried about pipes freezing.

JIM Glad you did not lose power, we didn't here either.. but they flickered a few times.. Just its taking forever to keep this house warm with the winds blowing through..

NANCY, its probably pretty cold in Va, too isn't it? I know in DC its cold.. How nice you got to go visit and did not have to stay home and cook.. Enjoy the get away..

HI FRAN, always seem to miss you, and hope you and family are all doing well..

HEY KATIE, Sounds like you are emptying out the house, Better hang on to a few essentials.. Have you made any plans on what you are going to do, You going to find another place near the kids or rent an apt. or Senior living? Hard choices to make I am sure.. Not sure what we will do, I suppose a lot depends on who goes first.. DH would have different plans then me.. I am sure I might head South.. He will stay right here..

Well I have rambled on enough, I hope I did not leave anyone out..
If I do not make it back..

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !

HELLO and THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES ! HI CARL, MARSON, JULIE, and NANCY P.. Hope you are feeling better.. I am little by little but cannot say tip top yet, so best I stay home for a while longer..

Terry bought me a new Remote Control Starter for my BD, and had it installed.. I am sure I will appreciate that...more then I already do.. I did not want him to spend all that money, but I know I will love it on these cold days.. and in the Hot summer too.. Wonder how much gas I will waste warming it up?

The weather outside is frightful, Strong winds blowing in from the West sure to bring snow by nightfall.. My friend and I were going to go shopping today at the MALL.. Today is the last day for my 40% off coupon for JC Penneys, looks like my loss.. Not anything I really need, but I might have found something.. Like an Ugly Christmas Sweater.. Should be on sale anyhow.. lol
But due to weather I copped out.. She lives about 3 miles from me up on a hill, so she says its icy up there.. Ya know, higher elevation.. She puts her car away for the winter, because she doesn't drive in snow, let alone ice. Better we stay home..

My Great Grandsons BD is today also, he was born 11 yrs ago.. My Youngest GG I have a Few GGGs He lives in Fl. haven't seen him since he was 4. He sure is growing fast. I need to get a card out for him.. I procrastinate a lot.. Is that an old age thing?

CARL have you gotten any of your raging blizzards yet, or yet to come?
MARSON How's the weather in Canada treating you.. Are you shoveling yet?
Should be warming up for JULIE soon..
And NANCY, pretty mild in your area?
My Friend in the lower SE Pa. says they are expecting some bad weather this weekend, starting today.. I think she will get ours after it blows through.

Does not seem to be many followers anymore, how sad..

Thanks Julie for the beautiful Cake, The Calorie Free one.. Being sick for the last few weeks, I have lost 20 lbs.. So I am going to keep at it. Started losing in Sept/Oct. when I had the Covid.. No appetite, which is ok with me. Hope I can keep it off..

MERRY CHIRSTMAS EVERY ONE & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!!!!

HI JULIE, I tried that link and I saw where my old user id was, but when I tried to log in it took me to the new account I have, and when I tried to sign in on the old one, it said I was no longer active.. So not sure whats going on but appreciate your trying, and Thank you for the Happy Birthday.. I told my BIL I had to keep having them so he does not catch up to me.. He laughed.. I think he is 10 yrs younger.. Every body Is.. 🙂
Thanks again..

Hi JULIE, I hear you, Not sure what I did or said, but all my friends tell me its them, not me.. They never saw me say anything detrimental that I should have been kicked off. But oh well it was done and now near a year ago.. So be it.. I am back on as Shelly Lutz, I am feeling much better, no A-1 yet, but getting their, DH is not feeling so hot either but its different then what I have had.. Hopefully he is going to recover also.. Thanks for explaining some of what goes on in FB.. Crazy.. I have noticed so many scammers, on there.. really boring, why people bother is beyond me, not like I am falling for any of it..

I pray everyone here has a Merry Christmas, it will be upon us in no time.. Goodness another new year and with more politics. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ! I know its early.. but it will soon be here..

Hi Julie thanks for the response I just got back on Face Book as Shelly Lutz, My Real name Rochelle, they kicked me off FB for no apparent reason, So after many months my Son signed me back in.. Never sure what that was all about..

Our weather here is just plain cold.. We had one bad storm, left us with 4Ft. of snow, but thats gone, but its early and plenty more on its way.. Its not over til Probably Mid March, if then. Yes I have gotten onto a few groups on FB, but not too much tho I need to get busy and get active.. Right now down with Bronchitis or Pneumonia, they did not put a name on it, but has kept me down and No appetite, which is shredding a few pounds, I need to lose, no complaining..

Glad you have been enjoying your short get aways.. Have you met anyone special yet? I know your not probably looking but sometimes it just happens... Take care..

Hi ALL, i see its been a couple weeks since I was here last, and glad this board keeps on rolling along.. This and the Book board are about the most active.. What happened to Jewelry & Pottery Collectors? Are we all dieing out? seems to be..

JULIE Thank you for your message and comment after I was on here last.. I do seem to get wrapped up in almost anything and never completely get it done, so always going back.. And as the years pass I know not many more to make every thing right so kids and DH do not have to do it for me.. I guess I need a PeP Talk..

Not much going on here..

HI JIM, CARL, KATIE, JULIE, NANCY P. and anyone I may have missed this time around.

Guess I told you I Went down to visit my friend in Nov. My son went with me, . I think if we go down again I will be able to lessen what she kept another 3 or 4 bags more.. Now this gal has been my friend since I was 14 and she was 16, just over from Czechloslovakia. Her father brought her 2 brothers over and herself.. and we met through a mutual friend.. She is still my best friend 70 yrs later.. When I left she gave me a Oriendtal Jewelry Box full of jewelry, said she was not interested in it anymore and she did not want her now husbands kids to get it, He is in the Alzheimer's Unit. I was flabbergasted.. Well I was in awe of the Jade in it.. but so many pieces marked with 10-12-14-18Kt. I took some special lookiing pieces to a reputable local jeweler, most of it they did not want as it had enamel painting or jewels it it. I have a few more pieces to get looked at but think I might get 2nd opinions on them.. Time will tell.. KATIE, I could have use your help, a 2nd set of eyes is always good..

So life goes on, and right now I am getting over Bronchitis, but luckily the Doc says I will live.. Hallelujah !

Bout to go crawl back into bed.. You

ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS if I do not get back soon enough.. and a HAPPY NEW YEAR ! <3

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE...

HI NANCY, JUNE, JULIE, JIM, MARSON, CARL, KATIE: and FRAN ! been scrolling the board and seeing where many of you had lots of extra work going on and preparing for winter.. PLUS BIRTHDAYS.. a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY For ALL of those I missed..

Jim good to see you up and about and having your home taken care of.. and NANCY having work done in her home. I had to go through much of the same thing here.. We just had an addition put on our house and new flooring in my computer room.. We now have a New Bathroom & Bedroom downstairs, which we did not have before.. so to the tune of 42,000.00 Its handy, but somewhat a disappointment, because I wanted a bigger bedroom, with room for a rocker so I could set in there and read.. But Thankful for the bathroom, no more running up stairs when I turn the kitchen sink water on.. LOL Still lots of things to sort out move around and get rid of..

JULIE So envious of your Cozy Camper.. My husband will not travel anymore, So guess I will never get one.. So glad you are enjoying life.. Do the GK go with you camping at all?

FRAN, what are you up to? Any exciting sales going on..I just got back from visiting a friend downstate, helping her sort our her things as she is mostly blind. One eye gone and the other partially.. She cannot see to sort out papers.. We shredded 6 garbage bags of unneeded papers her husband had saved.. I brought home 8 boxes of things, to keep or sell.. I just sold one 18K bracelet, for 674.00, Probably sold too cheap, but how would I know.. I have sorted out lots more gold chains etc.. to see if any of it is worth DOLLARS.. She gave me a whole jewelry box full of jewels.. She did not want her husbands kids to get it.. Lucky me huh?

HI JUNE, Sorry for the loss of your friend, its hard losing friends from sickness, but suddenly by accident is hard to imagine.. Its Thanksgiving day and where we usually have cold & snow, its mid 50s.. Surprise surprise, but a nice one.. Several family and friends had company from out of town today so the weather was good for traveling..

MARSON Sorry I missed your BD too, must not have been on the BD Calendar on the Pottery board.. Yep we too got our dose of snow, to the tune of about 4 feet, but not as bad as Buffalo.. Lucky us.. Take it easy shoveling, its a long winter ahead..

CARL, never heard of Jacob Cattle Beans, are they only local? I am going to do a search for them on Google.. lol I bought some apples recently, but afraid I ate most of them making Waldorf Salad.. I do not care if I put nuts in them or not, I love the apples engulfed in Miracle Whip.. Need to buy some more.

KATIE, I hope you and MIKE are doing ok.. Did you have to cook or did the kids take you out for dinner? Pray Mike is able to be up and around and feeling better.

Time for me to get off here and give someone else a chance, Hope all of you are doing well..

GAIL, I know your out there somewhere, and pray you safe from all the bad weather passing through Okla.. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.. Think of you often, especially every time I see a Cruet..

Shelly

HI FRAN 2 Good seeing you here, hope all is well with you.. Its been awhile..

CARL, I Hear you on Fuel Prices, we paid out 1750.00 this past winter, hate to think what this next winter will bring.. Good you have food growing to help you through the winter, because I suspect you will still be canning..

HI NANCY P.. Good to see you hanging in here.. Gone canoeing or kayaking yet? Should be warm enough..

MARSON AGAIN, So sorry for your loss.. One never knows about those things ahead of time, usually.. I pray he did not suffer. I hope with friends and family, they give you support and the strength you need to see you though this ordeal.. Sincere, Condolences..

JIM, I have not seen you on here much, last time I was on, (quite some time ago) I asked about you because I had not seen you on.. Pray all is well with you, and you got through another tax season..

HI KATIE, Sorry again about Boss.. I know you will keep yourself busy.. Glad to see you and Mike went off to do some sight seeing.. Must have been a nice day for a drive..

Take care all, Shelly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE.. I tried to post a Birthday Cake, but flubbed that up.. Sorry I had good intentions.. Hope you have a wonderful day, with friends and family..

Hello and Top of the Morning to You ALL..

Hi KATIE, Oh I can only imagine how bad you felt, back at that time they were probably selling good too.. Bummer huh? I have to laugh, I thought about saving the pieces to the foot of that creamer and Gorilla Gluing them together to put back on the Creamer, and then I thought, no way would have hold the wgt. of that big creamer.. So I put them in the garbage.. before I could try it..

Thanks JULIE, Yes that was a real Bummer.. I am sure all of us at one time or another, have broken a special piece of Glass we wished we hadn't...

I pray you all had a Blessed Easter, with family or friends.. and Good weather to go along with it.. Off to bed, Finally..

Hi NANCY: I did not know that was your occupation. I thought you were a teacher.. A Chemical Engineer must be both interesting and Challenging. I was in Quality Assurance, until I had my Cataract Surgery, then I could not see as good for Close up work, But I found other work, still using some of my skills. Lasted long enough til I could retire.
As for cats, I do not need any help breaking things.. LOL

Happy Sunday Everyone.. Just stopping by to say Hi, and Cry over Spilt Milk..

CARL My how your Granddaughters have grown up, right before our eyes, Know you must be proud of them..

NANCY we have the same kind of weather, warmed up nicely one day plummets to 30 the next with a few snow flurries, no wonder people get sick.. its 34* today suppose to be 70* by Wed. 60* tomorrow.. No Flooding tho, Thankfully..

KATIE, Love your use of your Blenko to show off your Daffys and your Water Jug.. Mine are not blooming yet, barely have buds..

JULIE, Does not sound like you will be mowing anytime soon.. We have gravel ground here, so good drainage and never pools of water in our yard or boggy ground. BUT also Not easy to dig, holes to put in new shrubbery..

Well heres my sob story for the day.. . a couple weeks ago I picked up a EAPG Creamer at Sal. Army for 25 Cents.. Amazing they had no idea what it was.. I brought it home and never took it out of the bag until yesterday.. and instantly dropped it on the slate floor. broke the pedestal right off.. It was an 1879 Tree of Life, made by Hobbs.. It has arms and hands locked together for the handle. plus the stem was held in the palm of a hand. I did not know until I looked at over 2000 Creamers last night to find out what I lost.. Bummer.. In my head I thought all a bad dream, if I could just go back, and handle it differently..Too old to cry, but I wanted to..

I want to wish you all a Happy Easter.. May your families get together, and Give Thanks..

Good Afternoon ALL, Gloomy day here high of 40F* Which is Freezing Coat weather to me.

HI JULIE, Thank you for your nice post, I am glad you did not get flooded out.. Feel so bad for those who have been displaced during these terrible storms that have been passing over the Globe, if its not Earthquakes, its Hurricanes/Tornadoes, or Floods, or Fires.. always something, As much as I hate the snow, we can endure that.. We do not seem to get any of the disastrous weather patterns, that seems he-- bent on ruining so many lives.. Do you get a lot of snow there in the winter? we average from 104' to 154" each winter.. as long as its all spread out and not all at once, we get by.. OH I would love to go on a Cruise, my friend and I said we want to go on one together.. another wants to join us.. but at our age, I think it will never happen.. Bummer..

HI CARL, Good to see you here and glad you are warming up some.. My Brother & SIL are leaving to drive up to Mass. tomorrow, for a memorial service for her BIL.. Who passed.. I hope the weather is kind for their drive up.. You sound like DH. He will never go on another cruise either.. but thats Ok'd, I would not want him to be miserable..

KATIE boy your further north and your bulbs seem to be further ahead then ours are.. They cleaned up our flower garden last year, so anxious to see what does come up.. I had the whole side of our garden lined with Peonies, I pray they did not ruin or move all of them.. they were DH's Grandmothers from when she lived here. I still need to get some Red ones to put in there. They smell so good. Beautiful Water Bottles. I bet the small ones are cute.. When I found that one I sold last year or year before I could not believe it when I saw Blenko etched on the bottom.. Do not find many good finds like that.. A few months ago, my SIL brought me over a Large Carnival Glass Bowl.. Northwood I believe I forgot.. She said she did not need it anymore.. Well I do not either, but would not turn it down..

NO ONE has said, but has anyone any Idea, why Jim is not posting?

Off to say hello to a few others.. You all take care and stay Safe..

Good Morning ALL, Just checking in to see if I am allowed in? Seems I had to sign up for Word Press, I think it was..

HI KATIE, Well it started out gloomy and raining left over from last night, but now the sun is out and looks like a nice day ahead.. we had 60* weather for 3 days straight, hard to believe another one again.. But we will take it.. Love your Blenko, are they all the small ones? Anymore affordable? I found a Reg. Sized on last year at a sale for 4.00.. I think it was Seafoam Green.. so many colors similar.. I sold mine for 25.00.

JULIE, Saw that flooding on the news, Your right unbelievable that it is so deep an so wide spread.. Gordon says it was the worst near the Coast, not sure which coast.. SAD, how do people recover from such disasters, and So many places get hit with the same disasters year after year, makes one wonder why they stay there, just to rebuild and have it all ruined again.. I pray you are doing ok where your located.. Will pay hectic with this years Crops I am sure.. and good cause for other places to raise their prices.. Which is understandable, even if we do not like it.. I am sure they dislike it even more.

HI NANCY P.. Your right, All due to the Climate Change they think.. I am starting to believe it with all the bad weather in the USA and the rest of the world too. I think I will stay right where I am at.. in the North west Corner of Pa. I think GEORGE is looking down over all of us.. Wonder what they did with all of His EAPG collection.. I hope some family members kept a piece or two in his memory.. He would have liked that..

FRAN Good seeing you, how are you doing? Thank you for posting Bobs Obit.. What are you doing to keep busy? Selling anymore? I still am, more off then on.. People just do not seem to be buying what I am selling does not matter how I mix it up..

So sorry to hear about BOB Mason, I just talked to him a few months ago, from Face Book, asked him about Bin.. he said he gave him away, quite awhile ago.. I had forgotten that. I did not know he was ill. So sorry for the loss to his family and friends. I hope the family picked out one of his favorite Cake Plates in memory of him.. He would have liked that too..

Which causes me to ask, Where is CARL? I pray he is alright and possibly on a warm cruise somewhere, Enjoying life..

Gee I feel like I too am getting old and our life will end in the near future..

You all stay healthy..

Hello ALL, well its a Sunny Tuesday in Erie, Pa. who knows what tomorrow brings, Seems like every other day there is snow.. We might get enough sunshine this week to melt it all.. Before we get more..

CONGRATULATIONS KATIE on Your New GGSons arrival.. Welcome Xander. I bet he is one chubby one.. My one sons 2 kids both came in at over 10lbs each.. There Mom was short, Son Tall.. Grand daughter is Short 4ft something and Grand Son is over 6 Ft.. Pray Xander is healthy, and Every one is just crazy about him.. Stay warm..

Been wondering what happened to JIML, I have not seen him on here.. when I checked in, Always wanted to go see the Falls when Frozen, but never wanted to temp fate by driving up there in the winter.. on icy roads.. I pray Jim is well..

Wondering if CARL got Shoveled out yet.. We got near 2.5 Ft. in our driveway from blowing and drifting snow.. Thinking Carl got dumped on too..

Sons friend came over and shoveled us out, so lucky me could go get more groceries.. the worse part is carrying them into the house through the drifting snow.. I took in the most importants that I could not allow to freeze, left the rest for the next day, and DH carried those in for me.. He hollered because I bought so much, and I said I did not know what weather would be coming, and not sure when i could get out again, since there is only one of me.. LOL .

HI NANCY, Did you get all that Freezing Rain? Luckily it missed us, Rained a little bit then turned to snow.. So not much chance for Ice.. Thankfully..

HI MARSON, only found TIM TAMS once and was not all that crazy for them, so will leave them all to you and JULIE..

JULIE I heard Summer was on its way out with your Evenings getting cooler.. Well our Days are not yet getting warmer. Bummer.. Day light is getting longer tho..

YOU ALL Stay Safe

Well had a whole post about finished, and walla there was a blip and I was off line.. Sorry am not going to try and repeat it..

CARMA sounds like you got hit with the same snow storm we got.. Or Trash Tote, is Buried in a 5 or 6 ft. Mound of snow, where the snow plow pushed it.. But we have power and hopefully enough food until God sees fit to Melt it all.. Take care.. Glad you have a generator..

JULIE Thank You for asking. I am Ok, little kink in my neck, Its been over 5 yrs since I have gone to ta Chiropractor and Do not like anyone messing with my Neck due to Arthritis.. Learned a long time ago, the more minipulating one gets the more they need.. So I minipulate myself.. My Seat has enough padding, so all is well..

NANCY I hope the Rain did not cause any big problems if it turned to ice.. We had a little; but could have been so much worse.. I - 90 Had quite a few accidents, but nothing like we saw out west.. Real mess out there.

KATIE, Take it easy and Do not venture out if you do not have to.. I am not either.. We are suppose to get a thaw mid next week.. Looking forward to that..

HI ALL, well the snow keeps coming and coming.. Hated to go out this morning but had an Eye Doc appt.. Missed the last one I had waited a 6 weeks to get, and had to make another one and waited 4 weeks, So knew I had to go..
Got home and had a Message from MaryMel.. Here is her Seller ID on Ebay.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/124777853698?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e12052.m43.l1123&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=d06a053abe1144218c2fb3f6cda0e30d&bu=43185608794&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20220128054654&segname=12052&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

I do not know how to put the shorter version.. She was wondering how to get on board.. So hopefully she can dechyfer the one I posted to her for this board..

Went to the market while out, as not sure when I will venture out again.. Carrying the gorceries in, i Tripped over some snow.. My eyes are sensitive to light and today I had drops, I could not even see where my foot prints were in the snow, let alone a snow bank.. Luckily my son was here and with a lot of effort he got me back up.. Grrr.. Only 2 more months of bad winter..

Stay warm everyone, Its been cold here but cannot imagine how cold it must be where CARMA is at or MARSON..

OH JULIE, what a gorgeous set..Do you still have all of your beautiful Green Glass?
I need to set up a new FB account.. for some reason I got kicked off and my account was closed.. and they will not tell me why..They told me it was irreversible. My son says another person with same name is on and maybe they got the wrong one blocked, my name is not that well known that their could be a mistake, so anyones guess.
Interesting weather patterns you have.. We never know if our winters are going to be bad or mild.. We take what we get, just like you..

CARL, we use to have a Oil Furnace, but when it went bad, we got a new Furnace and we switched to Propane, its cleaner and was cheaper. Tge rest if the house is all Electric. Wish the Furnace was too.. We prepaid our fuel this year, 2000.00 I bet if we had and Electric Furnace, bill would not be that much..
Well its early in AM, so off to bed.. Sleep well every one..

HI EVERY GLASSIE,

CARL That explains why our 300 gal does not get filled.. and why we use more. LOL So what do you heat with there in Me.? My friends have a furnace for both gas and a wood burner.. They heat mostly with Wood, They house is toasty warm.. but cannot imagine, how her husband keeps on going year after year cutting up a Truck load of Timber.. But she says he has a splitter..

JULIE Send some heat this way.. Our Water in new bathroom froze Sat. but thawed late yesterday.. Are your winters as cold as ours? I am presuming you must have 4 seasons like we do? Well for as high as your temps get, I guess its good you get a fair amount of rain.. remember a few years ago when you had such disastrous Fires. I know the fires here in the states has been so horrendous these last few years.. Complete neighborhoods burned out.. I do not know how people have the will to rebuild again, in some areas.. Specially ones that continue to Flood year after year.. and others
that get Tornadoes ripping apart their cities.. We are lucky where we live, We can survive the snow..

I Pray everyone is keeping warm, well fed, and keeping healthy too.. Amen

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I wish we could go back and edit the post we wrote..

BUT wanted to be sure and say Hi to FRAN2.. Pray you are doing ok, and still selling..
Life has been so busy.. with the new addition, so much including my Desk, had to be moved and since all is not done, its still in a disarray.. Maybe by Spring..

OH MARSON I see you down there too, Hope your staying warm.. Are you as cold as Carma Gets?

I was wondering CARL, if they filled up your propane and its to last the rest of the winter how big is your holding tank? Ours I think is 300 Gal.. but DH says they do not fill it clear full, not sure why.. but it lasts us about 6 to 8 weeks depending how bitter the winter is.. We got 2000.00 worth the beginning of the Cold that came, in Sept or Oct.. they have been back once to refill.. We have 2 tanks tho, and the one for the garage was out a week ago.. Its a smaller tank..
OK Over and Out..

Just wanted to wish every one a Very Happier New Year, this year..

and for all the Birthdays I missed.. A Belated Happy Birthday..

I pray every one is well and hanging in there..

CARL I see you are a lot colder then we are.. But it was cold enough to Freeze, and waiting for it to get warm enough to thaw.. Yesterday the water froze in our new addition, in the bathroom.. I am presuming they did not insulate the floor or walls good enough, nor insulate the Pipes. I guess we will have to wait it out, Not sure what we can do at this point as the bathroom is all completed.. Or we thought it was..

Hi JULIE, Just exactly how much in F* is 24C ? we had 5F* and about the same all week.. We had a Bedroom & Bathroom built on.. and no heat in there yet.. I am getting antsy for them to finish the job they were hired to do.. That was July when Hired, and here we are into the New Year and still not done.. Ordered new bedroom suite, and it is not going to be here until March, So I guess we will just keep the doors closed and pray for sun shine..

Hi SUSAN, NANCYP., KATIE, KELLI, JIM; and anyone else that drops by..

Stay Safe..

Good Morning Everyone.. Sorry have not been here in eons.. We are having an addition put on our house, and things are so torn up.. I am getting cranky in my old age.. We hired the job done in July, they never started working on it until Oct. and its still not done, It is just a downstairs bedroom and bathroom, Seems to me long over do.. The stairs are getting harder and harder to navigate for all of us..

But wanted to Thank
NANCYP, for the nice post.. Thank You.. Amazing you still have roses and Hibiscus.. I love those Hibiscus, I had two plants last year, One raspberry color the other Yellow, In pots, never decided where I wanted to plant them and they did not make it through the winter.. Bummer.. Yours must be hardy, not sure if mine were..

CARL, So sorry for the passing of your Sister, SUE, I too use to communicate with her here on the board.. Such a sweet lady..

HI JIM, KATIE, JULIE ( who sent me best wishes on FB ), MARSON, SUSAN, FRAN2. DON, & GAIL..
Not sure who else might be looking in anymore.. You all take care..

HI EVERYONE.. I just had a whole post written, hit the wrong key and every thing disappeared.. too late now to write it all over and remember what I said.. But Wishing you all the very best of This New Year..

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Good Afternoon, Everyone..

Just stopping by for a bit, Wanting to Thank you for my BD wishes..

Nothing special going on today.. Whats there to do besides go get some groceries.. Wishing someone else would do that and fix dinner for tonight.. Otherwise I am fixing myself some home made soup..

JULIE Thank you for your Cute BD wish. I pray you and family are doing well in Aussie there..

Thank you CARL, So far so good here for snow, how about you, I know I do not envy you with what is yet to come.. Know we are in the snow belt but you seem to get it so much worse..

JIM, Thank you for your wishes, same o same o here.. Bought a new car last month.. Was on a trip, and heard noises, went to dealership to check it out.. they said it was not safe to drive my wires could break and car stop at any time.. It seems like the little critters ( chippies and mice) around here stripped the wires bare.. Yep besides wheel bearing shot, and a few other things, 1900 for repairs.. Not safe to drive it home, Called up DH, He told me to buy a new one, no other alternative.. 500 miles away from home.. So I did.. what a great ride home.. lol Hope you fair better with your car.. What can you spray in your car to keep them away?

Hi NANCY, Your weather sounds like ours.. Cold, then warmer then normal, and cold again. Did I hear you retired? Probably a good time for that.. and you get a raise in your $$ too.. I think I got 113.00 Whoopie, Now I can afford to go to McD.. once a month..

Seems strange to stop by here and miss George.. may he RIP.. I hope his wife is doing ok..

Take care all, and Merry Christmas..and a Better New Year...

GOOD MORNING ALL, Got that in before Noon..
Just stopping by to say Hello and Give you all Condolences for the Loss of George.. I know he will be greatly missed, I too saw it on FaceBook.. So sorry to see that news.. It will leave a empty space here for sure.. Yes, I met George on the ole Glass Board, when I first joined or soon after 1998 when Ebay was a fun place.. Yes I still sell.. I have to give thanks to so many who have passed on and all of you for your help along the way.. Remembering Di, George, Lucy, Betty, Vi, and so many others, Those people I actually met, except for Vi, I was to meet her that following week in Fl. when we were notified she passed..

Good to see you all here..
KATIE, Happy Belated 50th for you and Mike.. Your Choc Cream Cake sounded good, Is that you in the picture with Mike? You look so young.. Mike doesn't look old either, but you look near like a kid.. Keep up the good work.. Take care of yourself..

JIM, good to know your still down the road, and glad no one punched you in the face.. I see your still burning the candle at both ends.. Keeps you busy and out of trouble right? It is another beautiful day in our area.. Thankfully, I guess according to the news we could still use some more rain, as the ground is too dry.. Grapes are nearly all picked around here and Welch's i hear are shut down as of today. In NE, anyhow..

CARL, sorry such an outbreak for your area.. There are just some hardheaded people out there, who still believe its all a hoax.. Go figure.. Stay safe..

HI TO EVERY ONE, I enjoyed reading your posts, NANCYP, JULIE, FRAN2, KATIE, SUSAN, MARSON, MAINEWILDROSE, and Good Night GEORGE, RIP.

HELLO EVERYONE, I am presuming you have all survived the 4th.. We had a nice quiet one, My son & family called and invited us over for Steaks on the grill.. Best Steak I have had in ages.. New York Strip from Gi. Eagle..
Hope you all had a great day also.. We had some neighborhood Fire works but I did not go out and see a one.. but heard them..

GEORGE how are you, were you close to any of that melee that was going on in Seattle? Thought of you when I heard about it.. I wish things would just settle down.. So hectic, and seeing no good that can come of it..

JIM, Good seeing you Neighbor, Question, do you know how long it takes to get a response from the IRS when you file an Amended 1040X ? I imagine many are waiting for the sports parks to get back to normal, looks like a slim chance for this year.. I see where one company that makes Cardboard boxes have switched over to making Cardboard FAN Figures to set in the stands, so the players on the field feel like they have someone out there watching them.. Wonder if they will have Canned audience participation.. 😉

HI FRAN, Nice Flag, Thank You.. Hope you are doing well..

CARL, Sounds like you had a nice Feast for your 4th, just finished up our strawberries & short cake.. done for another year.. Seems like local farmer is doing well with his, and has torn out his grapes to put another acre of Strawberries in.. I think too much competition here in the Grape fields.

NANCY, I like your Attitude, The Tropics.. Would love to go to Tahiti, or Jamaica, or even back to Hawaii.. but know thats not going to happen.. besides its in the 90s here, and we are staying in for multiple reasons.. and traveling pretty much a moot subject with this Virus we have keeping us home.. We could use some rain here.. I like when it only rains at night..

HI JULIE, How nice the Grandaughter has taken over Baking you, your BD cake.. and for breakfast sounds good.. which reminds me I have not had any yet.. I can imagine you are still keeping active even if you cannot travel too far.. Happy Belated Birthday..

HI MARSOn.. See SUSAN posted a whole new Post the other day.. Good to see her posting and hearing of whats been going on.. Hope your keeping cool..

Hey KATIE, Things calmed down for you & Mike? Seems it goes in spells where life gets hectic, and then Nothing.. like the kids would say, Boring.. LOL but I like it quiet probably as most of us elders do..

Just stopping in to say Hi to all, and Pray you are all well.. Now go put on your Mask.. and have a Great Day.. 😉

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEE STEEVES... I do not think we have had the pleasure of meeting..

Thank you Everyone.. for all the Birthday wishes.. It has been a good day, Worked at the Childrens Christmas Party at the VFW, Great prizes for all the kids,Probably about 24 of them today, but with the parents and older siblings, There was a houseful.. It seems they had plenty to eat and Just enough Cookies.. Now home to fix dinner for the guys..

No snow today, but more expected..

Hope you are all keeping warm..

Merry Christmas Every One..

HI EVERYONE Well its almost my Birthday, I guess Curt Jumped the gun, because in the Birthdays by month, it is correct of the 15th. BUT That is OK, I have been out an about all week and it seems like I will not be done until Tomorrow afternoon.. I have to help with the kids Christmas Party tomorrow.. Have to be there at 11:00, it starts at Noon..

Thank you to Julie, for the Birthday Cake and wishes, Sounds like your Party was a fun one to attend..
Thank you KATIE, CARL, FRAN 2, and JIM for the thoughts.. Good Grief, another year, they just keep coming and coming.. But Thats a Good thing, right ?

JIM my son has problems with Arthritis, not sure what kind but his joints swell up and it moves from one joint to another within hours and it lasts sometimes 3 to 5 days.. He gets it in his feet, hands, arms, Legs.. and so painful it brings him to tears sometime, No doctor was able to diagnose what was going on with him, They ruled out Gout, but they say it does aggravate Arthritis too.. They sent him to an Arthritis Doc, and she finally prescribed some shots for him, he has to give himself once a week.. Ins. does cover it but they are not liking it.. But it has helped him immensely.. I have Arthritis too, but not like his.. If anyone else feels they have something similar I can get the name of the meds. for them.. I see where you got quite a bit of snow last week and we did not get any (at that time).. Funny how that works..

JULIE so sorry for the hard memories of 11 yrs ago, but know how you Cherished your DH, so they probably are not bad memories.. Big Hugs for you..

KATIE, Beautiful EAPG piece.. The name of the pitcher, Not the Pattern, was on the tip of my tongue and I lost it.. Would that be a Tanker? I hope you find out, are you a member on FB, I am sure GAIL or DON could help you with that..
I have a regular EAPG Pitcher I also need the Pattern name of, its highlighted in Gold.. Very nice, Have no need for it, but saw it at a sale and fell in love with it..

NANCY You might wish you had stayed out west longer by the time you hit the East Coast.. It was nasty here, It was raining, and picked up a friend to go to the Mall, and by the time we finished shopping, 2 hrs.. came out and car covered in snow..I stayed off of the Interstate, people do not know enought to slow down when coming through Erie, on 90. By the time we came North to come home, it was just rain again, the further south we had gone the worse it got.. Oh well its not even winter yet, and know it will eventually get worse.. after the holidays I look forward to hibernating until April..

GEORGE I hope you and your Mrs are doing well..

CARL have you been snowed in yet? Glad your wife made it safely to her Daughters.. and hopefully its clear when she has to come home..

FRAN 2, How have you been doing, anything exciting going on.. Good to see you..

MARSON Fancy seeing you here.. I need to stop by the Pottery Chat too, but that will have to wait until I get home tomorrow as 11:00 tomorrow morning will come too early.. at this rate I will not even have a chance to go to Church.. What was I thinking when I volunteered?

Good Night ALL, and Thanks again for the Birthday Wishes, and MERRY CHRISTMAS Coming up all too soon..

Hello Everyone, Know I do not get around as much, but wanted to wish You all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.. I see BAD weather sweeping across from the North West and the ways its going, looks like it is going to sweep past us and up to Carls area.. It is 60* today, and going downhill to mid 50s the rest of the week, with some rain expected for Turkey Day.. F
I pray Everyone is well, and has an Enjoyable day with Friends & Family Tomorrow.. Giving Thanks for Our Country and our Loved Ones, and Thankful we are not a Third world Country.. Amen..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAIL MAC, Hope it is a wonderful day for you.. and you find lots of Treasures.. I am still on the hunt too..

Another MIA CHRIS (Collectibles4U) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND. I hope you are still active and selling up a storm, wherever that might be.. Facebook, I think..

Good to see all of you here, and hope you are enjoying a day of sunshine.. and Prayers for all of those in disastrous weather areas.

HI GEORGE, Getting smokey in your area, Wonder if they will ever be able to get control of all those fires in Ca. I pray you and your wife are doing well. Congrats on the move, what did you do with all of your Glass? Pick & choose I guess is the name of the game..

HI NANCY P. I talked to my friend in lower Pa. and she said they had a lot of High winds and rain, we have too.. but no snow yet, thankfully..

CARL, I can only imagine if we have had it you have gotten it or are going to get it, but it might turn to freezing rain by the time it reaches you..

JIML, Beautiful Shades I bought an extrodinary pink one the other day, thought I had a lamp that it would fit, but the fixtures were too big, Bummer.. You must have quite a collection going on.. I hope we have a clear Halloween for the kids, Today it looks ok, a little cloudy but dry, for now..

HI JULIE, I sure admire your get up and go..Another mountain hike..I know that is good exercise and glad you do not do it alone.. I hope your family is all doing well.. and I am with you on moving.. I think that one day the time will come, but what do I do with all I have accumulated.. I am sure God will show me the way, if my husband doesn't first.. 😉

well You all take care.. Will check in periodically, know you guys are carrying on and so good to come back and see you all here.. with more would check in..

OOPS did not mean to cut that short before I Thanked anyone for their help.

HI GEORGE, CARL, NANCY, JULIE, KATIE, MARSON, FRAN, and JIM.

A Belated BD wishes to TINCY, where ever she is. and To NANCY, how wonderful you got to go to a Glass Conference.. I bet it was heavenly.. I try not to go to anything that takes a lot of walking.. I get too winded.. You would think I smoked by the hard time I have breathing.. Nope never did..

Guess most of us except for JULIE is feeling the heat; but so much better then the Cold BLowing Winds of Winter.. (and snow)..

Looks like Everyone is on vacation here too.. I have a question? Maybe someone who knows Murano can respond.
I have a Hen that is multiple colors like end of day..maybe.. But the bottom is polished and it appears clear inside, like the colors are all around the bottom except in the center, almost like it was hollow, but its not. Does this sound like authentic Murano? Not sure If I remember how to put up a pic.

https://postimg.cc/gallery/2wid2zf28/

Good Morning everyone..

GEORGE that must have been quite a drive for you? But I bet it was an Enjoyable wedding.. They are always lots of fun.. I think I have run out of people to be married and most all too old to have Babies, Not much fun anymore.. LOL

JULIE That does sound like a Great time and fun had by all.. Another Memory made, right.. Oh We love some of those Older groups being done over by new groups.. Last one we went to was Pink Floyd, in Ohio.. It was like another era..
We too have an old theater here that is a Grand place to see, they just redid the accoustics because they were really not so good.. I hear it is fantastic now.. The Theatre is on the Historic National register.. The Warner Theatre..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Theatre_(Erie,_Pennsylvania)

It has been cool here the last four days but back up into the mid 80s until midweek, next week.. So AC will be working overtime..
Take care all, onto getting the chores done early..

Hi ALL, Just checking in..

NANCY, are you still with us? You didn't go kayaking down the main street did you, I heard they have some awful torrential rains, and flooding from DC into Balt. and figured you might be getting some of that too. We have had a dry spell here, got a little rain here and there, nothing to write home about.. Got a small part of a tail wind a Few miles South of us, that tore up a Festive function, and all the tents & Food Vendors had to scramble to hold down things, a few people hurt, but no one serious. Thank Goodness.
Last night it was actually cold here in our area of Pa. in fact about 40 miles way they were getting Hail this morning.. Supposedly the heat is returning by tomorrow.. maybe some rain on the weekend..
Hope everyone is safe.. This sure has been some crazy weather for the USA, and even Russia, I see has been suffering forest fires.. A really Strange Year..

Hi CARL, I am sure you do not mind the 75* that is fairly mild compared to other extremes you get.. We also got our Grass cut yesterday the next plan is for them to start on our Flower Garden that is getting over run.. Some Berry bushes are taking over. and the heat ruined all the berries before we had a chance to check them out.

HI GEORGE, Is it hot up in your corner of the world too.. Odd You are in one corner and Carl is in another.. You two have met up right? Knew you had visited over in that area but not sure how close you got..

OOPS HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZY.. I bet you had a Great BD yesterday.. Was it a family function or just you and your sidekick? Easy on the cake that Fran & Julie, furnished for your special day.

HI FRAN, what are you up to.. Lost touch with so many.. Life is too busy.. as I am too, so I know how it goes.. Good to see you still here, are you still selling on the Bay? Any luck? Things are slow for me.. Another of my friend has been selling on Face Book Marketplace and seems to be doing OK with it.. I have sold some there, but not a lot..

JULIE, are you home again, how was your last excursion, you took the GK with you on that one right? Did the parents go too, or did you go it alone with the kids? I can well imagine you all had a good time.

My son from Ga. was home with DIL for 10 days, and it was so good to have them home.. We had a couple big family picnics, one on his Dads side, and one on ours, plus we all went out to Breakfast together, and we had a Game Night.. Love those Game night get togethers.. We played Scrabble, Haven't laughed that much in a long time.. Getting desparate and making up words when we are stuck, and the challengers do not know whether its a word or not and afraid to Challenge.. LOL My word was YOSTS, afraid to challenge me so I got Triple word score.. LOL The others made up some words too, might have been or not, we did not look them up.. FUN Night.. Sorry to see them leave..

HI KATIE, How does your garden grow, getting enough rain for them to survive? You and Mike doing ok? Do you have AC.. That always helps in this heat.. We just had AC put in, In Jan. so we are good.. What a blessing it is.. DH has COPD so bad, the humidity kills him, but with the AC it keeps it comfortable..

A Shout out to JIM checking on you, since your not far away, You have had to have that sweltering heat as well as we did.. Sort of makes you weak, when the heat zaps the get up and go outa you.. Glad you have AC in your office to get away from it at times.. How come No AC in the store? thats crazy.. Of course this is the North and we do not have extended long hot periods like they do in Florida where every thing is AC..

Take care Everyone.. Winter is not that far off, Hang In There..

OH forgot,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIA , JULIE a HAPPY BELATED...

Hello GLASSIES, its been awhile and while maybe I should apologize, but life is so busy for me.. My Son is living with us now, he is in the last stages I believe with COPD.. Doc says he only has 17% lung capacity left. Woe is me.. He still tries to be active, but he gets very tired easily. He has a couple of guys working for him, he has the brains/Know How, and they have the brawn.. So it works out well and he keeps getting work, They just redid someones bathroom, now they are replacing wood siding on a Barn.. He can hardly get home to get onto his Oxygen mach.. DH has COPD also, and he is not as bad as My Son is, but with two of them, they cannot do much physical stuff. And I am getting tired.. LOL

I have been busy going to Maryland to see my friend who moved back last year from Texas, they are waiting to get into a Senior Independant Living place in Pa. called the Keys.. Good grief, thankfully the sale of their home in Texas allows for them to pay their way. Which will be the home for the rest of their lives.. It will graduate to Assisted if need be. Long drive, it takes me about 7 hours to drive where they are at in Md. Near Upper Baltimore.

I am doing fine, Thankfully.

JIM L.. Funny as close as we live, We never heard about that fella going over the falls.. Our news here is not like it use to be, and I guess it wasn't newsworthy enough to be on the World news.. We watch David on ABC news every night.. I am not an ABC fan, but I like David.. How you coming with getting the glass all done.. I am surprised you have that much out.. I thought it all packed away.. 😉 You seem to be pretty active now.. No more problems with Knees or Leg? Knock on wood..

GEORGE are you still being treated for your Eyes, I hate to think of it; but Shots do not seem very fun to me.. Thank God for someone finding a treatment for what you have.. Better then going blind for sure.. My friend in Md. is Blind in one eye, and faint vision in the other one, So she gets frustrated.. While visiting them, I was her eyes and got all her tax info papers prepared for her and sent them off to her Tax guy who lives in Texas.. Wishing you continued good health..

CARL, Our Strawberries were late as well.. Of course with so much rain, the first of the crop were very bland, no taste at all they were water logged.. We just got another batch yesterday and they were more like Strawberries, very sweet.. Due to it being dry the last week or so.. How much were your Strawberries, ours are 4.95 a Quart, so I just give them 5.00, I guess they do not charge taxes.

JULIE Not sure if your Back, but how nice to get away from Winter for awhile and vacation in the islands with the family.. Did they enjoy it. I can only imagine.. Do they have Shark infested waters there? Know you had a wonderful time..

NANCY, Wow, how awful So when do you get a chance to go away again? I hope the next trip pans out for you.. My Grand Daughter and her husband were on that flight that lost an Engine and had to land early.. She was pretty upset by that, They were on their way home on Leave.. She said they offered them a 30.00 voucher for a meal, to make up for it.. She was not happy with that either, especially since they do not like flying. Quite a Scare.. Good luck with getting your folks things taken care of.. How do you squeeze 2 homes worth into One.. My friends in Md. are still living out of boxes, due to their new Cottage not being ready until mid Aug.. Wow those senior living places are High Rise prices.. I was shocked.. I could never afford it.. Well maybe when we sell our house..

HI FRAN, So nice that you could furnish a cake for Julie.. I hardly ever bake anymore.. I suppose your all settled with your folks place, and now life is going smoothly? 😉 Well we can only hope..

Son is coming in from Ga. tomorrow, and much to do here, so I best get a move on.. You all take care.. and a BIG HELLO to any lurkers..

Good Morning Everyone..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCYJEAN, How are you doing? Do you still sell on Ebay? I pray you have a wonderful day, and enjoy your loved ones..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALSO to BUTCHIE DOG GONE IT * MIKE butchiedog_gone_it
I hope you are Happy Wherever you are.. You are missed.

WISHING Everyone Else Well too, Take it easy shoveling.. and the rest, Stay Cool..

Hello Every GLASSIE HAPPY VALENTINES DAY..

GEORGE, I hope you are able to stretch the shots out further between.. Maybe they will come up with a miracle and find a way to make your procedure obsolete and able to do something new..

JIM So sorry to hear about your Tooth, cannot imagine what they could have done without your Root in place.. DH had to have a Fake tooth Inplant when he was in the service.. He still wears it today, but he did have to have it reglued once.. No one would know to look at it.. Good luck with yours..
Sounds like you will be able to retire from the Hardware store and just do Taxes and Winter in FLorida., when it gets too cold there in NY..

KATEY Good Seeing you too.. Did Mike get his Drivers License? Now you can go out on a Sunday drive together.. Hope your doing A-OK..

HI JULIE, I suppose your making the most of Good weather before your Winter comes blowing in huh? Hopefully it was take its good old time and you can enjoy some balmy weather yet.. So you have a little Swimming Champ huh? must have learned a few things from Grandma.. Congratulations..

NANCY, I hope the storm blows past you without slowing down.. My friend in Md. said the weather man did not know whether they were going to get any snow, because the wind was blowing every which way.. It came through here blowing out of the East one day and Blowing out of the West the next and none leaving more then about an Inch of surface snow.. It all blew right through.. Ok by us..

REEN wishing you and Gil to really enjoy this holiday, it was so good to hear of your good news and Gil has nothing to worry about.. Hopefully you will be fine too.. a Irregular heart beat is not often fatal.. So many people have out of rhythm ones, I think its due to the Atmospheric pressure..LOL and this crazy world we live in.

HI CARL, FRAN, MARSON and anyone else stopping by.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, Every One..

Hope your Sweeties were good to you.. if you do not have one, I pray your families remembered you..
Trying to keep warm, so guess I will go fix some dinner..

Have a good night all..

Just checked on MaryMel, its been over 4 years since she posted, and 15 years I believe since she moved to Pa.. Good Grief how time flies, That also means the Baby Girl that was being born about the time she moved North is also now a teenager.. I pray MaryMelodee is doing well, and enjoying life.. We know she must still be going to sales.. No one gets that out of their blood unless forced to be Idle in Place.. dah dah dah, Thats All Folks..

"HALO EVERYBODY HALO"
I Feel good this morning,not sure why.. Last week we had near 60* Temps, today near 20* I read in the paper yesterday where the next 4 years are going to be Mild Winters, not sure why, or who came up with it.. I did not put much stock in it.. I should have read it further..

Yesterday we had the westerly Storm blow through.. All day, white outs off and on, and it blew right through, truly.. I think it was on its way to Buffalo, because it sure did not stick here on the ground.. So How are you doing Jim? I hear a week or so ago, you got about two feet when it blew through here once again..
Can well imagine its all working its way up to where Carl is.. Amazing our Lake Erie, here is not Frozen over yet, Not sure about Buffalo.

We are doing fine here, not minding this winter one bit.. but still am anxious for Spring to get here.. Curious whether my Hibiscus will come back to life.. Friend said he can get me some more if they don't.. We shall see, I would rather have mind back as one big yellow one with red center, and the other a purple raspberry one, the size of a Saucer.. Too bad they only last a day..

REEN So sorry to hear that GIL, is having another up hill battle to fight, but Hopefully with determination, and a Good Doc. he will see it through, and you beside him rooting for him to behave himself and just do it.. Truly am praying for him.. and for you to both stay strong..

KATIE so how did you make out with those tests did they show anything they had to fix? Pray you will be alright, and stay strong as well.. Good to hear Mike is up and ready to take care of you now..

JULIE, Nice that you might be cooling down a little to make your work outs more enjoyable.. That water looked really inviting, where you went kayaking.

CARL, Do you think you had/have Bronchitis? I get that once or twice every year, usually last 3 weeks to a month.. last year 5 weeks.. The infection gets down there so deep it usually takes 2 refills to get it all.. Hope you get better soon.. So your little woman is still teaching huh? Once a teacher always a teacher.. God Bless her..

MARSON, are you staying warm up there, Staying inside anyhow is probably the smartest thing to do.. Many stores here are now delivering to beat out the competition.. Many senors are taking advantage of it.. Not sure what extra they charge..

GEORGE see where you got some snow that settled in huh? hate when that happens.. Bout time for another shot isn't it? Just when you started to feel good too, I bet.. good luck with that, I forget is this going to be a forever thing or is there an end in site? I know I would hate it..

JIM I suppose you are getting busy, I have a friend who is the Secretary/Treasurer of our Aux. and she does not usually show up for meetings during Tax time.. she is so busy.. Is any of this snow that blew through sticking for you.. or hopefully blowing through for you too.. I pray you are also doing well.

NANCY, So sorry to hear of your Mom & Dad passing one a blow, the other a shock.. But you know they are happy together once again.. You must have so many treasures and memories in that home of theirs to sort through.. I hate when it comes time for us to be gone, and I keep saying I have to do this before someone else has to.. I would be so embarrassed when they clean out my closets and see the clothes I wore when I was last working.. LOL Might sell them as Antiques now.. LOL I do not think they sell good.. Remember when someone was selling worn out shoes and someone was buying them? Never did figure that out.. Why? You take care, do what you need to before it gets too hot..

HI FRAN, Good to see you still stopping by.. How are you doing, did you finally get your Moms estate all taken care of, I bet you have, impossible to remember how long ago it was. I pray you and family are doing well..

Oh My I wonder how MaryMel is doing, I bet her GK are growing up so fast, cannot even remember when she was here last. I could look it up on Members and it would tell us.. I wish her well and a Happy Belated Birthday..

Well thats about it, Good to see you folks still here.. if I do not get back, before:

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

OH FIDDLE, I just had a long post written up, and went to look for my post card of the Falls being Frozen over and forgot how to do images here and while searching I lost it all.. Bummer..

Know that I read all of your posts and enjoyed checking them all out, The good and the bad, Luckily there were more good then bad except for the snow and dead batteries.. But that is something we have all learned to endure..

Good to see so many faces here, and Posts.. I know I have been bad about getting back here, and on Pottery Chat also.. My Apologies.. All I can say is stay warm.. JULIE stay Cool, and enjoy your get aways.. <3

So to Every one, Hoping this New Year is the Best Ever..

OH Goodness I was hoping I had not missed anyone.. and Now Remember I did not say Hi to NANCYP..

HI NANCY, My Apology.. Thank you too for the BD wishes.. I see you have been active too, still traveling, will you be going to your families for the Holidays? Have you got any of those floods that seem to be sticking pretty much to the East Coastal areas.. or have they eluded you.. I hope.. I know our families in Md. have gotten a lot of rain, and Brother in NC got multiple feet of snow.. Luckily he lives high on a knoll when it melts it will run down to the local creek.. You take care, and enjoy your short jaunts & family..

Merry Christmas..

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERY GLASSIE:

Gosh not sure how long since I have checked in and I apologize for being so busy.. or Neglectful.. I think about you all and still see some other places, but still I feel ashamed.. This was home plate for so long.. I am still doing Ebay but thinking seriously I need to throw in the towel. and find a new hobby.. Still collecting elephants, small scale..
I have been trying to catch up here, and I know I am older then most here, but goodness, Whats with all this health issues..
FIRST OF ALL.. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BD WISHES.

So sorry George about your eyes but glad there is an alternative for you. The Doc keeps checking my Eye for Immaculate Degeneration. I think thats the word for it.. So far so good, but he wants me to keep taking Centrum Silver.. Are you still selling I have not looked lately.. I tried to look up last time I was here but could not find the link to check on members..

HI JIML, I did not know you had the Gout, but remembered your having so much trouble with your knee, now your foot? Is it a regular thing that keeps popping up? Going through reg. stages? Sorry to hear that..

HI CARL, You seem to be having issues as well.. I can not picture any of you guys being drinkers, 😉 I am glad you got some relief so you could finish your Christmas Shopping.. Is your DW loving staying home now that she retired.. Is she keeping busy?

KATIE, Good to see your making money selling old toys.. Wish I had a stash of them.. LOL Still selling glass and other things.. I pray you and Mike are doing well..

JULIE, hard to believe its been 10 yrs.. but its so important for us all to remember our loved ones are pain free, and in a better world then we live in.. Good to hear you are still active and doing your thing.. I bet your little GK are growing up so fast.. Too fast.. I know you feel blessed..

GOOD TO See GAIL here, just like the Old Days.. She sure keeps busy doing the cataloging on FB.. Know she is missed here..

I Think the newest thing in my life is my youngest son is living with us.. He has a few Health issues, and is not able to work much, he has picked up a few dollars here and there if he is asked about a job, he has the capabilities but not the Oomph, so he has the know how and other guys do the work with him overseeing it.. He has COPD really bad with only 17% Lung Capacity left, plus some sort of Arthritis, that disables him for days at a time.. He went to a specialist thought Maybe he had Gout.. But Arthritis Doc said its not.. but this special arthritis that moves around Joint to joint. One time its his shoulder or hands or feet or knees, This last time last Sat he came home and could hardly get into the house, He finally hopped to a chair and got his boot off, but so painful he could not touch it.. I got him something to eat, and then he crawled upstairs to his bedroom, & bathroom, So hard to see the pain he was going through.. The next morning, DH went and got him a pair of crutches to use. by the next morning it was in his Hand.. He had to wrap it with Ace bandage to help relieve the pain. Ice does not help and heat does not help, Meds do not help much.. DH had some Oxy. from when he had surgery, that must have helped him get some sleep.. The Doc said it is not gout, but he is not suppose to drink beer.. It does seem to have an effect on him.. He has tried drinking wine.. Does not want to get into the hard stuff. and goes awhile without any flair ups, and forgets how bad it was.. Thinking this last time, he will remember for a long time.. Not knowing how much time he has left I do not nag at him.. But what he is going through reminds me so much of what a couple of you are going through. So possibly if you have pain & swelling moving around that too could be Arthritis..Wish I could remember the name of it..
You all take care, and Wishing You ALL
A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS.. ...............Shelly

HELLO ALL, Surprise surprise, Well I do hope everyone here is well and no one got sick or damage done over the winter months..

I thought of CARL several times, thinking he sure is getting enough of his share of snow.. Its been a strange winter..

ALSO thinking of NANCYP.. they have not been having good weather in Jersey either.. Hopefully it missed her.. last I heard many were without power as well.

JULIE I waited to hear music, with your coffee post, I thought for sure he was going to take off Disco Dancing.. LOL would have been cute huh? Amazing what Coffee does for some..

I was on Facebook and saw this house for rent and wanted to show it to Jim, I believe this is the house he use to live in..
Oh maybe I cannot copy and past from FB, Bummer it was at 602 E. 21st St. tho.. maybe he can do a search of it there. Nice house and owner is being particular to whom he rents.. One has to be so careful these days..

My best to everyone else that stops in. Still selling on Ebay, sold a very few things on FB.. I need to find another venue.. Yard sale coming in May, but two friends and myself..
Everyone take care.. Shelly

Hello ALL, well we have some Sunshine, it looks so good, but doubt it will melt any of our 6 Feet of snow.. we are having a lull, suppose to start snowing again by Friday.. with another 14 to 18 " of snow.. The lake is finally Freezing over, I am not sure how that works but they say the reason we got so much snow is because the Great Lakes (ERIE) had not frozen over yet..Winter came so sudden and early.. We have had enough for this winter already.. Time for Spring to spring..

NANCYP, I see on the news this morning where a snow storm or freeze is coming up the East Coast from Jacksonville to Ga, to Jersey and looks like you might get some before it continues up New England way.. Get prepared, stock up..

Carl we had 2* this morning, up to 12* now.. Hope your vehicles are all to go now.. Bummer when they conk out just when you need them.. Like my battery died last week, after I had been shopping during the day and stopped at my sons to say hello, and when I left the car would not start.. So son took his wifes battery out of her car and put it in mine until the next day when I went and got a new one.. I was lucky it died in his driveway.. I would have been devastated to have it die on the road someplace. But I do have Road Side Asst. just the idea of waiting.. Never fails they send someone from the far side of the city instead of a local one, even tho I tell them who to call.

HI GEORGE, how are you doing up there? I pray you and wife are doing well, staying warm, and enjoyed the Holidays..

HI JULIE, glad you are keeping in shape and still have energy left, I would have been collapsing after the first 15 min.. When is it you leave? I could look at the back posts huh? You take care, Enjoy your summer, keep hydrated.. The scenery on your trips must be gorgeous.. Taking lots of pictures?

HI FRAN2 what have you been up to? Still selling? I have had a few sales, nothing fantastic.. What do you do during the winter, besides hibernate.. Do you read, do puzzles, Photography? I love taking winter pictures near creeks.

HAPPY NEW YEAR JIM, Time to get back to work, huh? Morning, Noon, & Night? I see people trying to pay next years taxes in advance before the end of the year, but told they cannot unless they have a new bill.. Not to my knowledge do they give you a bill for the coming new year.. That leaves it open for change.. Our taxes seem to be jumping every year.. Keep it up I might have to do the Reverse Mortgage, NOT..

You all take care for anyone I missed my apology..

Hello ALL, Happy New Year, to you all, I hope it brings Good Health, and Good Memories of the past..

Sorry I have not been around.. Its been a cold December for sure, we just got blasted with over 100" of snow this month, and over 6 Feet just in the last week, Lots of people having fun, and others not so much.. That's what happens when our LAKE ERIE, has not frozen over yet, it probably will be after this weekend.. We had a Now Emergency here.. ALL local & surrounding Churches were closed today. That almost never happens..

Belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY B. I Hope it was a wondedful day of family get together..

JIM I guess you did not get hit as bad as we did, but surely you have had your share..

HI JULIA, Sounds like a wonderful excursion you and your DD are going to have.. No doubt you will lose weight and be toned up before you get home.. Sounds like too many stairs.

KATIE, So good to read where Mike is home and doing so well, after expecting the worse.. Thankfully you still have your home after getting the wellness bill, sure is a kick in the teeth huh? I pray you will have a better New Year..

HI NANCYP.. FRAN2, GEORGE, DON, CARL, MARSON, and anyone else peeking in or that I missed..

Thank you JULIE.. very pretty too good to eat..
Sorry for your being in the dumps, but can relate, with the loss of so many of my loved ones, and I hope you will feel better celebrating Christmas whether before or after that special day.. You might go with them, I am sure whomever it is would welcome you.. Hugs..

HELLO ALL, Thank you very much for the Birthday Greetings.. Its been a lovely day, many phone calls, and Hollers out on FB, One friend stopped by to bring me an Elephant Necklace and another called to invite me out for lunch, and gave me a Stuffed Elephant & Baby.. So cute.. DH gave me money, and invited me out to eat but I already had dinner planned so we will take a rain check for this weekend..

Lovely Cupcakes Thank you Fran2, one thing for sure I only have to eat one and share the rest..

HI GEORGE, NANCYP, MARSON, ALICIA, REEN, JULIE, CARL, and anyone else I might have missed.. Praying JIM is just on a warm weather vacation somewhere.. This is the busy season tho, with Learning the new 2018 Tax changes.. Take care, and Thanks Again.

Hi Every Glassie..

OH CARL That is gorgeous and how lucky is that, that you stumbled across that on Ebay. So hard for those who are looking for certain items when they are mis identified, but Lucky you huh? I am glad someone got it who appreciates it.. How tall is it?
I can imagine that will be a keeper for awhile anyhow..

HI GEORGE, are you and family doing ok, Hoping all is well.. Darned shame we have to prepare for winter.. I was hoping our Indian Summer was going to last all winter long.. but no such luck., I am sure..JULIE, sorry about your hay/dust fever.. That can be miserable I am sure.. The worst allergy I have is to Cigarette Smoke, stuffs me up and Some Elastics make me itch, could drive me
nuts.. Doc gave me some meds for anti itching, but it doesn't go away..
Are you all finished with your traveling? Bet the kids were happy to see you after each of your excursions.

HI JIML, Glad to hear your drinking Tart Cherry Juice, not sure how tart it tastes, BUT YOu can buy Tart Cherry Capsules in the Vitamin Dept.. I bought it at the local Drug store.. Not too expensive either.. and I am sure easy going down then Tart Juice.. Hope you continue feeling great.. Fixing Pork Chops for supper, is that considered a Red or White Meat?

HI TO JANICE and a Belated Happy Birthday, MARSON, FRAN2, SHARON, NANCYP, REEN,
KATIE, Hope DH is feeling better, and to all others I missed..

Just checking in hopes all in Florida or friends and families are safe.. Mine are, Thankfully, Prayers do work, iT sure sounded like IRMA would be as bad or worse then HARVEY, and Glad it wasn't. Some minor damage, at my sons in Orlando to the inside of house due to water, Just when he is leaving for a new job in Ga, and they were to put the house up for sale.. I guess the wife will stay behind to make sure the repairs get done satisfactory, and The realtor contacted.. Pray also that all the water damage in Fl. will be covered by their insurance.. Son has until Oct. 1st to see to repairs and report for his new job at the VA Hosp. in Augusta.

Glad to see those who reported here made it through alright.. I haven't seen NANCYP, yet, I hope it did not hit them too hard.. Loss of power possibly..

You All take care.. Shelly

HELLO ALL GLASSIES, Prayers for all those in the path of IRMA.. and that she weakens quickly as she goes on her merry way.

GEORGE, I am so happy you are safe from the Fires.. and that you get plenty of rain to fend off any thoughts of it turning back on you, from the winds..

JIM, My GS played FB and he has torn his Miniscus in both knees and had surgery to correct it. So know its uncomfortable.. Glad that is over with for you.. Do you have SMITH's Hot dogs over there? Thats all we buy here since made locally.. But they are almost as expensive as a Pot Roast.. I hear they are not healthy for you, but no convincing people here to eat anything else for picnics.. We just had some for supper the other night.. Take care of yourself. Oh I would rather have the snow anyday (Not as much as you get) rather then Hurricanes.. I have never noticed Australian Carnival Glass, I will have to do a search to see what it looks like..

CARL, it has been cold here too, averaging 62 for most of this past week. Suppose to warm up this week into the 70s, I will take it, but hate to see summer gone.. Have you had a dry summer or excessive rain? Does that possibly reflect on how much Snow you might be able to expect?

NANCY, I pray the storm has slowed way down before it reaches the Jersey Shores.. and you do not get an abundance of water..

FRAN2 Hope your doing well, and your Mom is behaving herself.. 😉

SHARON, Pray your home is drying out and none of these other tropical storms come your way..

Wondering what we have done to make God so angry, or maybe its the Politicians.. Our State here of Pa. has been without a budget for almost 70 days, over 2 months.. They are probably getting paid well to do nothing..

Be safe every one..

Good Evening Everyone.. Just checking in to make sure everyone is alright..

GEORGE I Have been thinking of you and worrying too.. I hope you are safe.. Not sure which is worse Floods or Fires, Horse apiece I guess.. I see you had some smoke/ashes to clean off your car.. How far are you from any danger? I pray the Good Lord keeps you all safe..

SHARON So happy to hear your house did not have too much damage.. Our Home Owners insurance would cover our roof if the winds took it away.. but Next time it will be a metal Roof.. Not sure if that is safer in Wild Weather or not.. Would hope so.. Glad to hear your shed also withstood the winds of Harvey, any flooding where you are?

JULIE I guess maybe I missed seeing your send off.. I hope you are going to be safe where you are going, I forgot.. Bummer, Forgetting,
How long will you be gone.. You keep these get aways up and your GK will not know who you are. 🙄 Enjoy, and I am sure you will.. How many are going?

JIM, Only a few more months and tax time again.. Is GOUT what your doctor diagnosed your leg problems from or was that something else.. I remember my friends husband ( Who did not drink) Got diagnosed with, so many foods that cause that to flare up.. Gravy for one.. Take care, Been mighty cold here on the Shores of Lake Erie.. Suppose to warm up this coming week, I cannot wait.. I hate winters but will take the snow over Floods & Fires..

NANCYP, your getaway, souinded like a great time.. Hope IRMA goes way out into the Atlantic by the time it reaches NJ area..
My family in Florida are all staying put, several have Block houses, but that does not say much for the roof.. GD Sold her Mobile Home in Plant City, last month her husband got transferred, so that happened maybe just in time for them to escape the Hurricane.. Praying all the rest stay safe..

CARL our gas went from 2.45 to 2.89 within the last week.. I heard the refineries are up and running again Hope they do not take their good ole time on lowering Gas prices.. they went up fast enough..

Prayers for you all and your families..

Praying all others are safe as well..

Hello Everyone..
GEORGE did you get any of that rain, I heard about on the news yesterday.. I hope you got some, but hope it did not cause you any flooding in your area..

JIM, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, I bet you will forever remember that was the day that Elvis died.. it was also my ex/deceased's Birthday, even I miss him..
How is your leg doing, now is this the same injury you suffered last fall, when you did not know what happened to it.. I believe it was your knee or is this a new injury.. Maybe you need some extra strength Vit D3.. Doctor prescribed it for me, I take one pill a week.. I said Can't I take over the Counter" and he said no you would have to take 25 of those pills to equal one of the ones he prescribed.. I have noticed my legs being stronger.. Hope it is improving.

JULIE, Bet your head was full of your Mom & Memories.. Sorry about the loss of your Uncle..
We just went to services last night for DH Aunt.. She was a trooper, fought "C" since 2002, Several surgeries to remove parts of her lungs.. Always a smile and a hug. The Services started at 5:00 we just got back to town, from the VA Hosp. and did not have time to go home and change, 1.5 hrs of visiting, and 1.5 hrs for Memorial Comments from Family and Pastor.. It was nice but we were beat. But she was worth it..We ordered one of those Edible Arrangements for them instead of flowers.. Cuz, said it was beautiful and delicious..

HI FRAN2, Good Seeing You, you can make me one of those cakes for my BD but leave out the calories.

OH KATIE lucky you, Your in NC right? are you near Ashville, know that is about 50 mi..from my brother, and he should have a good view of the eclipse.. Us in Pa. not so much.. Hope Mike gets well enough to get back home to you soon.. Are you managing ok?

MARSON, I think our weekend is going to be a wash out for sales. Coming home from Funeral last night, It poured, just barely missed a pile up.. Gal driving a little gray car, not sure the kind.. Raining so hard you could hardly see, A Car was almost on top of her when we saw a bunch of brake lights.. SHe had no back lights on her car, when we went by her I could see her front lights were on.. I hope someone is able to let her know soon.. Scarey.

CARL, Glad you are getting some tomatoes, Our peach crop was good around here and Tomatoes not so bad, but I heard too about Cucumbers, not plentiful. Last year they were cheap, but this year you are lucky if you get 3 for a 1.00 .

You all take care..
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Good Morning ALL,

GEORGE with our well, tho never a water shortage, we do not sprinkle our lawn either.. We take what the good Lord gives us..

JULIE, Thank you so much for sharing your sunrise.. It looks like you were setting on top of the world (or volcano). I knew you were always working out in some obstacle course, but never dreamed what you were working towards.. Good for you.. Hope the next get away is more fun then work..

Hello Everyone, I know I have been MIA for far too long..
Wishing those that had birthdays I missed a Happy Belated Birthday.. NANCYP, ISADEE, & SUZY, and anyone else I missed..

JIM, just wanted to say, tho I am a bit late, hate to bring up old news, but So sorry for the loss of your friend.. Life is not fair. My sincere, condolences..

JULIE, what a wonderful adventure you had, did you get a picture of the sunrise? I was looking forward to seeing it after reading of what it took for you to get there.. Goodness, you must have really built up your leg muscles.. I would not have made it up 12 feet.. But your younger, stronger and more active then I am.. Congratulations on your feat.. and now your off on another excursion.. That sounds like fun too.. I can tell you are going to take advantage of all the living you can while able.. Good for you..

I guesss I will have to admit I have not read back very far, Wondering if
NANCYP, are you taking any trips for your vacation this year? They just layed off a lot of teachers here and combining many schools, tearing down other ones, so my SIL got an early retirement last year, and enjoying every minute..

KATIE good to see you here, how are you and your DH getting along.. I remember a while back he was not feeling so well, I surely hope he is getting back his health and momentum and enjoying life again.. You too..

HI GEORGE, hoping you are getting the rain you are much in need of.. Do you have city water? I think our well would be dry if we had to go as long without..

CARL I hope you get your tractor back by the time the rain has stopped because surely your grass will continue growing.. and Hoping it was a cheap fix..

I see someone mentioned MARSON, but I did not see her post, so I will just throw out a wave and hope she catches it..

Hope all stay well.. Shelly

HELLO ALL, A BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CARL, Happy to hear you had a nice one except for your rainy weather.. Goodness, I hope you have good drainage ground..

FRAN, loved the locomotive cake you made.. You are talented.. 😛

Thought I would pop in to see how everyone is..

JULIE, lucky you having one vacation after another.. Hope you already have your PassPorts. Here it takes about 1 Month to get ours if we want to go anywhere.. DH isn't much for traveling anymore so not much chance I will need one.. Bummer.. If I was single I would certainly be going, every chance I got.

MARSON. Is your weather up there as crazy as ours is? I never saw such a year for the weather mix we are getting.. I wonder if N.Korea shooting up those missles into space has any bearings on the weather?

HI JIM, good to see you, My family flew in and out of Niagara Falls Airport and glad they got out when they did.. The last couple of days I saw where Buffalo got more then their share of rain.. Hardly nothing here.. Today suppose to get a few showers later in day, and its suppose to be about 73* The coolest day for the next week.. Sons AC on the blink, so son just went over to see if he could help him get it working again.

HI GEORGE, Hows things going for you and your wife? I hope you are both well, I see they had some big storms up that way, further North, hope none of them flooded you..

This weather around the states is just horrific.. If it isn't fires, its floods.. I see yesterday where several houses got swallowed up by a sink hole.. I wouild love to live in Florida again, but not with the fear of being swallowed up..

HI NANCY are you enjoying your time off of school.. Doing any traveling to DD, or with DH? or are you laying by the pool.. My SIL always did that when they had a pool.. They sold that house tho, and now has to go to her brothers house for soaking up the sun by the pool..

Hope all are well..

Good Morning ALL, Sunny here but really cold, Thankfully we got no ice to deal with thus far.. Seems I have heard of quick ways to get rid of the ice on Windshields but will have to google it as I do not remember..

CARL, Thats a hard job if the ice is thick.. and you had two vehicles to do.. Sometimes seems worth the gas, to run the car, heat the glass on inside so it melts from underneath and then might slide off the window.. Good luck with the coming storm Monday.. I think we are to have Spring over the weekend and then back to winter Next week..

OH GEORGE, that sounds awful, I remember my MIL having to get a few shots but it wasn't forever.. I hope they numb it for you.. of course they would, right? What changed that you do not have to rake snow off the roof anymore.. or is someone else now doing it for you? We have never had to do that here.. Remember we use to have a member named Carol from NY whose DH use to rake theirs.. Funny how we remember some past members and wonder where they are and if they are in good health..

REMEMBER we use to have a member RON in Fl. he just quit posting, He use to do a lot of FM, never knew if he got ill or just quit..

NANCYP. I think the Government, looks for excuses to up the age limits every so often in hopes that no one will ever be able to collect what they have already spent... I got out at 62. When Ebay was a fairly good side job.. 😆 Did it quit snowing there yet? Last I heard friends DD in Harrisburg had 6" and it was still snowing yesterday..

Off to get some work done.. Hoping everyone has a Great day/weekend.

HI JULIE, I agree, it isn't always about the money, but still when you get to retirement age, sometimes its best for health, to relax and enjoy your life and your life with your spouse... Those people who cannot find anything to do in their retirement, I guess should keep working, that is their choice.. Me and so many others I have talked to, are not sure how they had time to work, we have so many interests.. So its a toss up, on whats best for each individual.. and I am lucky my brain is active.. too active, keeps me awake at night.. Bummer

CARL Thank You.. Would not have dreamed it was really that old.. Appreciate the ID..

And I can never see why seniors want to spend all that time working..
The advice I got from my FIL was why throw all that SS money you put in, away.. You will never be able to make up the money you would have gotten from Social Security.. Figure out how much "free Money" you would not collect if you worked 2 more years. No idea what she would make a month on SS but say 1500.00 a month.. X 12 = $18,000.00 a year X 2 = $36,000.00. Thats a lot of money you two could be enjoying time together. I agreed with FIL and retired early..

How about this tumbler.. lots of details.

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Not sure if more pic would be useful or not.. Thank you again for taking a look..

Good Afternoon Everyone..
Hope all are safe in the storms path and no one went out unless necessary.. Sorry to hear that La. got hit so hard with Tornados..

As for school closings.. Our schools never close here, because they say if just one kid makes it to school, it will be open..
Than an hour or so later they will send all home who made it..If they have enough forewarning that they can post it on the news channel the day before then they would post it on TV on the school closings..
Seems unjust that they put so many lives in danger by having the schools opened in such disastrous weather.

Glad you got a quiet day off Nancy, How many inches do they expect in your area? We have a little now today, since we are in upper NW corner of Pa. we missed most of it.. but I see many semi's going along Rte 20, as I-90 is a wind tunnel when we have bad blustery snow squalls.. and all they get on 90 is White Outs..
Looks like a warm weekend for us too, you should be safe going to your daughters for the weekend.. but not sure what Monday will bring..

CARL glad your wife got home safely.. Is this her last year? I bet she will welcome Retiring when the time comes.. Just so she does not have to drive those bad roads in the winter..

JULIE Oh I love that little tea set, Looks like a childrens set..Too bad we cannot spread your Hot hot hot around and give us all a moderate climate.. Oh Loved the Silver Art Nouveau Teapot Set..

GEORGE, this weather is like day and night, one day warm, and next day a blizzard.. Would rather stay home during a blizzard then go out in the rain/freezing rain..
How are your eyes doing?

IRENE some nice Tea Sets out there, but not many do formal luncheons anymore, mostly patio gatherings in the summer..

I agree not enough glass posted.. Heres that One I believe to be EAPG Compote I have, still no name for it..

HI EVERYONE, Just checking in.. Not much to write about except the weather and it could always be worse.. Luckily no tornados, hurricanes or earthquakes here. or tsaunmis.

JULIE, I am thinking MM is too busy having fun with Grandbabies I think there are 2 now.. Shame she quit staying in touch.. She lives so close to me and have no idea of her last time to contact her.. I once had her phone number, but did not know she would drop out of sight..
Love all your Tea Sets you post.. Giad to hear your Dear Sister had her last Chemo treatment, now hope all goes well for her..
Miss seeing every ones glass finds..

CARL i checked out the items you have up for sale.. I looked so hard at teh Fenton compote and could not see the Peacock in it..I have an EAPG Comport shaped like that but a different pattern.. and just clear..

Well I guess we can all pray that our President will second think his statements before he says them and has to take them back.. Seems to me he is not consulting with his constituents before he makes his rash judgments..

Well Jim, hope all is going well with the taxes, and every one does not wait until the last minute, I have an appt for mine on the 23rd.
Got DH pension stub this month, they quit taking out Pa. taxes, said that they were not allowed to.. Sort of looked forward to that refund every year.. I do not understand why they are not allowed to when they always have for the last 3 yrs of his retirement..

HI MARSON, Had a neighbor who use to say about the snow.. GOD brought it down, let him take it back up.. Stay warm..

HI GEORGE, NANCYP, GAIL, DON, SHARON, KATIE, and anyone else I have missed..

Hello Everyone, One of a few Checking in..

The weather here in the states is pretty bad for many folks.. Worrying about those in Ga.. and now headed towards Fl. and up the coast.. I pray all are safe.. but know some will not be.. Those out west are sure having a mess to deal with..
I am not going to complain about ours.. it seems so minimal compared to others..

I ran across this web site for any of those here still in the glass business, and spend time doing research, I know I spend a lot of time doing so.. Picked up a pretty vase yesterday, never saw anything like it..and no idea where to start..
http://glassloversglassdatabase.com/folders/CompanyFolders.html

I am doing fine, problems here and there but nothing that is keeping me down or out.. Yet.. Hope you all are doing well also..

IRENE sorry to hear about your fall.. Hope You just get the chance to read and rest.. I believe like Julie says your black spots were baked right into your glass. I once sold a piece of Vaseline glass with black ash,grit in it, and the buyer did not seem to care..

JIM, Not many around here have their 1099 yet, so not sure when I can get mine done..
I have a question tho. On Interest we have to claim.. Seems we claim it every year.. Now when it comes time to cash in College funds 529A, Do we have to claim it again, and pay taxes on it? Since it has only earned about 7.00.. I guess we kept it too safe.. or we only pay taxes on what it has gained? GS is graduating this year, and may not go to College.. Sorry I should not be asking you business questions.. I sure who ever does our taxes will steer us in the right direction..

JULIE envy you your weather.. Rather sweat then freeze. 😆 I went to that site to look for that teaset and they said it was not found.. So maybe their one and only sold..

Hi To NANCYP, CARL, & GEORGE,

Hello Every Glassie, A cold snowy 11* here, not sure how cold it got last night. We have had the driveway plowed 3 times this week.. I am praying the main Interstate 79 will be cleared by the time we have to leave for Pittsburgh tomorrow morning. Another VA visit..

JULIE its good to hear someone somewhere is having nice warm weather, with a nice breeze. Are you still doing your morning swims? You do not swim all year round do you? I bet your yard looks nice..

CARL sorry you DW is ill with the cold, hopefully not the flu.. Maybe she will have to miss school? Good to hear the Insurance Co. Settled for your car and you were satisfied.. Sorry business was so bad you had to close down your business, will you be selling more on Ebay now? People know you sell quality items and watch for your sales..

HI NANCYP, I heard that snow storm was going to come from the west and up the east coast.. Hope it passes through quickly. Know its not usual for you to get that much snow so close to the coast..

JIM, Don't you live in Buffalo where was the Falls to protect you last year when you got 2 or 3 feet of snow? ;-( .. I think this year we are going to get about 3 X as much snow as we got all of last year. Taking the good with the bad I guess. I see in the paper that the IRS is not going to start giving refunds until mid Feb.. seems they are going to take time looking more closely at all the claims coming in, watching for illegal claims.

HI GEORGE, how are your eyes doing? Sounds like your weather better then ours..

Wondering how MARSON is doing up there in Canada, probably has less snow then we do. 😆

OH OH, must have gotten really cold last night.. DH just left to go to his VFW Meeting, and the car would not start.. So after his meeting and the Steelers game he will have to go to Walmart or Auto Store to pick up a new battery.. Its snowing so hard I cannot even see the house down the road.. Suppose to stop late this afternoon.. Time will tell..

Hello to all those who have not checked in.. Stay warm..

George, Thank you, I did not remember why or what it was called.. Knew it was not fun for her, but she seems to be ok now.. How is yours that you had done?
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CARL Sounds like a nice vehicle.. Glad it handles well for you on those back roads.. No matter what the damage on your wrecked jeep they should still pay you the book price, Unless your insurance, buys you a new car.. Wouldn't that be nice, but probably expensive..
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JIM Well it sounds like that works out well for both you and your boss.. Salary is good, but then no overtime pay, hopefully a bonus at the end of the year.. something to look forward too, like a Tax refund.. 😆
Enjoy your two days off.. Did you get all your Tax update classes done? When will they make it easier instead of more confusing?
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Wishing EveryOne, A HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAINEY, its been much too long since we have seen you.. Hope you had a great Christmas and it carries over to your BD.. HAPPY NEW YEAR as well..

GEORGE I will do that, I am suppose to be taking Centrum Silver with Zinc which will make the eyes healthier, but I often forget.. Guess I best get busy and set them out with my other meds so I do not forget them..
thanks for the warning.. MY DIL had something going on not sure what, but she had surgery, and had to lay face down for 11 days.. said something about a hole in her eye.. Sounded awful..

HI CARL, NANCYP, REEN, JULIE, & MARSON.. you all Stay well and warm..

Hello & Good Evening Everyone.. May you all have a safe and Happy New Year..

CARL, nice looking Jeep.. I hope it serves you trouble free..
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GEORGE so sorry about your Eye shots, but hope it corrects the problems.. Thinking I may in the future have to have something done..
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NANCY, How nice you got to spend Christmas In Va. How far down into it.. My friends lived in Falls Chruch & Arlington, I use to love to go their and visit and see all the Azaleas, blooming in the spring..
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Hi KATIE, good seeing you.. Glad you had a quiet fun Christmas. Did your sister make it safely, and how about going home has she left yet? Hope she does not run into any of that nasty weather that is all over the US. from SW to NE..
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JULIE, I just know you must have had a wonderful Christmas with those little darlings.. Sorry the grass grew so out of control.. I guess that comes with summer.. Do you have a big enough yard to warrant a rider?
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JIM, do you get paid for your Holiday off on Monday? I know you feel cheated.. But enjoy this one coming up too, for soon you will not probably have any days off for about 4 mo..
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HI FRAN, Is your Mom still living with you? How are her eyes doing now? I hope you are doing ok, and all had a nice Christmas..
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MARSON, hope the weather was not too bad for you. Did you go anywhere for Christmas? I hope it was a Happy one.. Did you bake any.. That is always nice to due on a cold blustery day.. warms up the kitchen anyhow.. Take care, and yes stay in and stay warm..

HI GAIL & DON, hope you had a good Christmas with Grandkids..

If I miss anyone my apologies..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY B.. Boy I bet you got cheated more then I did on your birthday.. but you were a wonderful gift for your parents all those years ago..
Hope this is extra special for you..

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE...
know I am MIA again, sorry life is just too busy..
Wishing you all the best for today and everyday and a Brighter New Year..

HELLO Thank you Every one for the Birthday Wishes and Julie for your cake, glad it wasn't too hot for baking as that was the only one I got.. but No calories..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY antoinettehz60 wherever you are.

I spent my special day at the Docs office for procedures that need done on the 20th, and then a bunch of errands that needed done, like tightening of lug nuts stopped at dealer to buy a new hub cover for one wheel somehow mysteriously disappeared. grocery shopping, a gas fill up, no one wants to be running on empty in this frigid weather.

CARL I see that Marson is sending down all that frigid weather from up her way. Hope it warms up for her.

GEORGE it looks like your corner of the Northern states must be the warmest corner. Stay warm and inside if possible.

HI SHARON, Thank you for the good wishes.. I was in Fort Worth while in Texas, many in laws down there I did not see but too far for them to come see me.. Besides they probably would have rather DH was with me to make that trip.. Happy Holidays to you..

NANCYP.. Thank you for putting out the alarm for my search, but yes I am fine and was visiting my friend whom I had not gotten to see since we surprised her when she was having Brain surgery.. Can you imagine two best friends both having Brain tumors.. Must have been those Green apples we use to eat, one more reason we were thin back then.. LOL Are you back from San Fran? Hope you had a lovely trolley ride, and that young man realizes you were only concerned for his safety..

JULIE did you guys have on safety belts in case you lost your footing or grip? sure looks unsafe up there.

HI JIM, I hope you are ready for the Onslaught that will come Jan, 1st, and last for almost 4 months I heard they extended the filing date, but forget why.. Are you dug out? Hope you do not have far to travel to get to the Hardware store.. Take care, stay safe, and keep all that snow on your side of the line.. Most of our snow is blowing through I think into the vineyards or to New York.. (heavy winds) the last week..

MARSON Let us know when it warms up, up there, so we know when to expect it.. Doesn't look promising for awhile yet..
My sister & BIL winter in Florida, and told him when they started doing that she never wanted to be cold again, so no matter the heat bill she is going to stay warm even in Fl. lucky her.. Of course she has invited us down numerous times, we were their once or twice, I am ready to go again.. Thank you too and anyone I missed for all the good wishes for my BD..

REEN, if your all done baking I need some baked for tomorrow.. Guess I am on my own.. Thank goodness they will be out of the house tomorrow, I might be tempted... Stay warm, and stay in..

Take care all, I hope I did not miss anyone..