SHELLY.... had the right wrist done about 25 years ago. no problems. Fingers still a bit numb on this left hand so hope it clears up soon. Otherwise the healing is doing well.

Will have to make a trip to Arkansas for a relative's funeral. Several years of Alzheimer's so he is at peace now.

I was going to take some pictures of glass, but the battery is dead in the camera and I can't find the spare. It's a weird big flat square battery so I have to find the exact one. Think I'll have to clean out the desk drawers to ever locate it. 🙂

GEORGE ... glad you are doing ok. The weather reports for your area really sounded worrisome.

REEN ... sure hope your doggie is steadily recovering.

I had carpal tunnel wrist surgery earlier this week. So glad to have that taken care of. A little awkward to type but healing nicely.

Tagging stuff to take to Joplin to the mall in a couple of weeks. I really must get myself motivated to post some things online. i think trying to get decent photos to use is the hardest part for me.

We finally finished our big Oktoberfest festival that the Church puts on annually after months of planning and work. It was very successful and we had perfect weather. Everyone is worn out and needs a weeks vacation.

I got stopped by the police Friday as my car tax decal had expired. Ai-yi-yi. I couldn't drive all weekend until I got to the tag agency to renew on Monday. Cost an additional $100 for the fine on top of the $150 to the City for the ticket.

Waving to Fran2 and Nancyjean!

I stay very busy on the FB EAPGS page. I suppose I average about 5 hours a day easily... sometimes less, sometimes more, but it's gotten so big that there is always something to be done on it. It's not particularly user friendly so things take a lot more time than if we had a regularly word processing system on it. I love it though. I started it back 2 1/2 years ago when we had so many fewer members. I think of it as my baby, and can't pull myself away from it. It's been super working with Don too since he been working at raising this baby too.

It's very busy at our Church now as our huge annual fund-raiser Oktoberfest will be held on October 8. Lots of planning meetings and I'm doing a lot of the signs for the games and activities and wrapping the baskets of goods for the various Silent Auction items.

I spend a lot of time at the Senior Citizen center. Enjoy a lovely lunch there 5 days a week, and I love to play dominoes and pitch so I have a lot of fun.

I joined our Church choir too. I don't have a very grand voice but I can sing on key within my fairly small range...I'm a tenor they say.

Seems every time I turn around I'm seeing a different doctor for a 3-month checkup. They all seem pleased with my progress. Do believe I'm going to be having surgery for carpal tunnel in my wrist in the future, but have so much to be thankful and grateful for.

I crochet and watch Netflix non-stop. I'm such a tv junkie. Shame on me. 🙂

I've been selling nicely in Joplin which really pleases me since I restocked earlier this month. This really encourages me to get busy and get some more things ready for the mall. I also took a few things down to our local mall, but haven't checked on sales.

Our county fair starts tomorrow and I will be helping out late afternoon/evening Wednesday and Friday...possible Thursday too if I get back from a doctor's appointment in Tulsa on time.

Nancyjean ... you just have wonderful items in your Ruby Lane shop!

I was glad that I got to Joplin last week and took some glass to my booth. Also got some glass to my booth at our local mall. I'm actually starting to see a bit a empty space on my dining room table.

Ruby Lane is having a 30% Red tag sale so I put some things on sale. Only sold one thing so far, but the day isn't over yet. 🙂

I need to take photos and put some stuff in Ruby Lane but the thermometer in the garage where the photo stuff is all set up is 110. I'm going to go sit in my recliner with the window a/c aimed at me along with 2 small fans. Time to turn on netflix and pick up the crochet hooks. 🙂

Huge thunderstorm moved in this afternoon. Huge downpour with umbrella-breaking winds.

CARL ... an adorable photo of Marley and friend.

NANCYJEAN ... Hi! Super to see you signing in.

SHELLY ... I've always liked the ADMIRAL pattern and THE PRIZE is super too.

HI to FENTON, GEORGE, and REEN

Now I just have to make sure that I don't go buy a bunch of stuff to bring home with me. ... well, if I DO buy anything at least I have to make certain I don't set it on the dining room table.

HI to GEORGE, CARL, DON, JULIE, KATIE, SHELLY, FRAN 2, NANCY P, and REEN !

Do you think I will actually do so?

KATIE ... thank you for the mention of the thyroid test. I believe that was one of the things she tested for back in March. He has a weakening in the left side of his heart that has developed over the past few months too. He had a good day today.

I managed to get some glass down to the antique mall today. I really hope to start cleaning off the dining room table tomorrow. I haven't seen the top of it in the past couple of years.

CARL ... do pass on sincerest congratulations to Marley. It's just grand what all she has accomplished. The photos are terrific.

Waving to GEORGE, FRAN 2, JANICE, SHELLY, NANCY P, and REEN and all glassies!

We've had horrendously hot weather for quite a time with high humidity. I need to get up to Joplin but just couldn't muster the energy to tag stuff this week for the mall...or to drive there and back. Spending most my time sitting in front of fans and drinking ice water. 🙂

SHELLY.... well, on second thought, maybe a new photo of it right side up would be helpful. I tried rotating it but it doesn't work as well as I hoped.

SHELLY ,.. just wanted you to know you have your stand upside down. It is not for the punch bowl but for what they called their Crimped Fruit Bowl. It was made by Imperial Glass Co., ca. 1909. They did not give it a name, only a number. It is IMPERIAL No. 404.

I have a window a/c unit on and 5 fans! Heat index was between 105-109 today. I did take time early afternoon to sit down and brush my two cats. The poor things are just thick with shedding. I've been brushing about every other day this past week but they could still stand for more. Also got my dog, Sugar, brushed last night. I'm having to run my little vacuum nearly each day to pick up all the pet hair.

IRENE M ... I love using the image wizard. So much easier then when so many of us were stumbling over Tiny Pics. Beautiful bowl.

JANICE ... maybe a toothache from the cake, but oh my, every crumb was delicious!

Waving to George, Julie, Carl, Fenton, Nancy P., and Katie

I was ready to turn in at 8:30 but came over to shut down the computer and got involved with glass again on Facebook. Once I start looking at glass, the time can just blow past me. Here it is an hour and a half later and I'm just shaking my head trying to figure out how that much time passed in just 15 minutes. My eyes are crossing so I'll have to read the board in the morning. WIshing everyone a very good night and restful sleep.

JULIE ... it's so wonderful that you are able to pare down your closets. I look around my house and I don't need 9/10 of the "stuff" I have, but I look at it and I just can't seem to tag it to get it out of the house. I just look at it and mumble and kind of scoot it around the table top or the shelf or the floor or under the bed and say "I'll think about it tomorrow." Definitely hoarder mentality on my part.

SHELLY ... the problem with getting my dog to take his medicine is we can't pry his mouth open! He's a little do, a Shih Tzu, but has the strength of a pit bull in his jaw. But my sister finally solved the problem this week. Vienna Sausages! I grind up the medicine and stuff it in the sausages. He gets so excited and gobbles it up.

REEN ... sure hope your medicine is starting to get things under control for you. Sorry to learn of your second trip to the hospital.

WENDY ... I can surely appreciate how time can fly past us. Sorry you are still in such pain. Are you having any time to crochet?

Hello to Nancy P, Irene M, Katie, Fenton, George, and Carl.

Running the dog to the groomer. Meeting with a friend and my sister for breakfast/ brunch. Heading to the Senior Citizen for lunch and bingo. Early evening a jam session at our Parish Hall.

Just waving as I run out the door...........

CARL ... I'm so very sorry to read about your nephew. Sounds like a fascinating person and extra difficult when a passing is so unexpectedl

GEORGE... I hope you and Anne really enjoyed the trip. I certainly loved the photos you posted on Facebook.

REEN ... Surely hope you are doing better and the medicine is working to control the A-fib.

SHELLY ... I'm doing very well and getting around so much more. I still have some limitations but nothing of any consequence. Post pictures of the things you are trying to ID. It's always fun to see new things.

I've been busily crocheting a dog sweater for my Mr. Rocky. I tried nearly everything to get him to take his medicine and NOTHING worked. He's gotten 2 or 3 more hot spots he's been scratching badly. My sister brought over a can of Vienna sausages a couple of days ago and -- wonders of wonders -- I bury the powdered medicine in them and he's in heaven scarfing it down. The sweater, yes I'm keeping the a/c on cold, is so he can't keep on scratching the sore spots.

Went out to our big garden center this afternoon and got 2 baskets of bright pink hanging petunias for the front porch. Really perks things up.

Waving to NANCY P, FRAN 2, JIM L, and KATIE.

Laughing at myself. I wrote that whole explanation to SHELLY why her tumblers couldn't be Dunbar. Then I decided to check Replacements.... Color my face red....
http://www.replacements.com/crystal/dg.htm

MARSON ... we seem to be having the heat here too. In the 90s with heat index suppose to break 100 this weekend.

JULIE ... how was the Sports Carnival? I didn't catch any photos on FB.

DON ... Sure hope you continue to have good weather and are having great fun. I know it will all go by too quickly.

KATIE ... I hope you are still having a good positive recovery. Did you ever get to see an infectious disease doctor?

SHELLY ... I can surely hope I'm wrong, but I'm not thinking those tumblers are by Dunbar. I think they are newer than Dunbar. With those puffy rings around them they sure look alike, but I don't think Dunbar ever made them go straight up to a round cupped bowl. Think theirs tended to have a flare.

IMPERIAL No. 292 (OMN)
AKA: Zippered Heart
Imperial Glass Co., 1905
NOTE: Made again in 1940 and the 1960s

Already been busy working on the EAPGS FB photos. Going to fill up my coffee cup and try tagging some stuff for the mall.

Today is my "play day.," I'll head out for the Senior Citizen Center. Work on a jig saw puzzle and play some card games. Then time for Lunch and afterwards we play bingo and I love bingo. JULIE... it is nothing like the exciting fun of playing Housie in Australia. Oh, such fond fond memories. And we played for serious money at Housie. Here we play for a box of cookies or a coffee mug but we all have fun anyway.

WAVING to REEN, FRAN 2, JIM L, and CARL.

Here is the McKee OLD COLONY (OMN) ... FERN GARLAND (AKA) syrup that I got the other day. I thought it was interesting to see the PRES CUT logo embossed on the side of the neck of the syrup.

Has anyone here watched that TV program Game of Thrones? I'm debating whether to stream it or not since it's a paid streaming and not free.

A couple of weeks ago I turned on my computer and there was an unknown screen telling my I could download Windows 10. I spent a lot of time trying to figure how to get out of it. All I could find for a while was "continue". When I finally was able to tell it I didn't want to download it, I then got a screen that said something like "Restoring previous version of Windows." Yikes! YIKES! What did they mean "restoring"...had they deleted it? Anyway the little spinning timer spun and spun and I wondered if it would ever end. I finally just shut the computer down. The next day I turned the computer back on and got the "restoring" thing still trying to work. I let it run forever so long and then finally had my computer back. Scared me out of my wits.

CARL ... adorable photo! I'm sure it just makes you even more anxious for all the pics to arrive.

GEORGE .... Was surprisingly able to get Mr. Rocky into the vet at 11 this morning. A combination of allergies and perhaps a bit of skin infection and some symptons attributed to age. He's 12 1/2 yrs old. Benadryl and antibiotics for a few days. So hopefully he will feel a lot of relief.

REEN ... sure hope you are doing better and healing faster each day.

Going to work on the glass photo albums on FB, then working on a baby blanket I'm making for a couples first baby, then watching Netflix! Sounds like a good day to me. 🙂

Waving to JULIE!

CARL ... makes my mouth water thinking of all the lovely home-grown vegetables, particularly the tomatoes.

SHELLY ... I put a new avatar on Facebook but it's really blurry and it cropped part of my hair in the picture which I wanted to show off. I'm going to have to try another pic. My hair is very short...but at least it is MY hair! 🙂

NANCY P .... glad everything turned out ok for the ceremonies. I was surprised to see I-95 closed for flooding even though it was way south, I just think of all of the East Coast when I hear I-95.

KATIE, JANICE, and REEN ... I'm so sorry you each are dealing with such painful health problems. I truly have you in my prayers.

GEORGE ... glad you got yourself back on the board! I love the picture of you and your sweet Penny, I have to get my Mr. Rocky to the vet and plan to call for an appointment tomorrow. He has a funny little dry cough. And he had 3 more seizures this month.

Good night to all....

SARA ... hope you had an enjoyable birthday. I keep a bundt chocolate cake frozen in my fridge and it's delightful to just go cut a slice or two periodically. It tastes yummy all icy cold.

KATIE ... sounds perfectly dreadful. Hope they get it diagnosed soon and properly treated.

CARL ... hope you will be able to enjoy at least one day of the holiday once your DW returns.

CARL .... sorry to hear of the plumbing issues. So very lucky to find someone who could come out to fix it though.

NANCY P ... I keep up with all your charitable walks on Facebook. You are a real marvel and it's so dear that you support so many,

IRENE M ... Do hope this finds you doing well. I've been gone for so long and have missed so much. I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

KATIE ... I scrolled a bit and saw you are fighting Lymes? I'm so sorry and hope you are able to keep it under control.

MARSON ... too bad about the rain, but at least you aren't fighting snow. I always picture you with snow surrounding you. You have an awful lot of cold months up your way. 🙂

Had little energy to spare the past year or so but wanted to keep my commitment of working on the EAPGS ID/photo project so that's where my focus was. But now, I'm beginning to be quite renewed and looking forward to getting active once again.

We've been in hot, humid, tornado weather here for the past few days and still have a weekend of possible threats. I plan to stay in the air conditioned house and just work on some of my glass for the first time in a long time. Really looking forward to it.