I am so sorry to inform you that my mother, Irene, passed away on August 2nd after suffering a heart attack. Mom had been doing fairly well at home for a couple of months.

She enjoyed having all of you to chat with about her love of collecting and identifying pottery. She often told me about her conversations and all of you interesting members. Thanks for all the times you helped identify Mom's and my items when she posted pictures.

Sincerely,
Stephanie

Max, I 'm still not made it to BE. Would like to make it to the beauty shop first. Actually the two are close together and will probably make it to both places on same trip.

Yesterday it took 45 min. to fill out paper work at Dr. Office for hearing check for wax. And half hr. wait to see Dr. which took him about 5 min.No wax. everything clear so come back for test on hearing. One thing after another. Dau. noticed my hearing failing in rehab. Lots of loud noise in my room from equipment; in room and inside the wall.
Max, I still have the large carrying case etc. so DD goes with me to carry
all of it and push the rest. Will be glad when I can do it myself. Taking time to order smaller equip is taking forever.Finally got it ordered last Thursday. I take oxy off during dinner and dozed in front of TV and found I had forgotten to put Oxygen back on and It was 2 1/2 hours without it and still had a reading of 98. I think I could go all day too without It.
Well, like I said, what is everyone doing? Jack went to Beavercreek on Wed. for an eye Appt. Took 4 hours for it, counting driving. I stayed home
& DD came to watch me in case I fall or something.
Enough about us. Would like to hear from everyone else. You can vent on here, we don't care.
Susan, did roofers get there?
Wendy, Did you get lost somewhere? We need you to help us keep the board going!
Everyone is welcome.
Irene

Got a little bit of the exercises for arms. Did them to Lawrence Welk Music on Sat. evening. Husband Jack and his family knew the Lawrence Welk family well.

We lost a trumpet vine last year and sprouts were taking over half of the backyard this year so someone is working on that yesterday & today. The weather was just right for that chore. Pretty day out there today and not humid.
Got a few exercises in but did not work enough on leg exercise and walking. plus walking in place.
Have yet to go out to eat. Will try to get a smaller light weight oxygen tank for that and Dr. appointments. I have 2 this week and Jack has 3 Dr. APPt.(good time to get pie) dau. made a delicioues pie not long ago
Have a bouquet from our yard of old fashioned Purple flocks. Such a beautiful shade. (with long stems)

Susan,
The quick receipts sound good and quick to get on the table. Will try some of them soon.Speaking of canned chicken. Our dau. fixes Chicken ala King with canned chicken, cream of celery soup, milk and peas. Makes large batch about 6 helpings served on toast.We added that to our rush night minu.

When my Jack retired from his joe he started telling me how to cook. He wanted everything cooked the healthy low-fat way. As he looked over my shoulder with instructions, I walked into the living room after telling him it was all his. and he has cooked ever since. An idea for anyone with problems like that.

Better go for now. Catch you later
Irene

Susan, you must have a lot of different flowers. Must be beautiful
As far as squirrels, I'll have to check ours out and see if they lost weight. Don't think so.
Haven't been to BE lately but pie sounds interesting.
Our dau had lunch at Bera Bread restaurant and enjoyed a chicken salad with various fruit & pecans with poppy seed dressing. She made one for our Sunday night dinner this week. It had strawberries with were wonderful, so far this year, blueberries, fresh pineapple, mandarin oranges,chicken, lettuce........ really good. We are about due for BE and pie.
We don't get around as much as we did.

Haven't been to O' Charlie's in ages. It's close to the Italian one and we go there on special occasions it seems ... MY birthday in March was the last and then I got sick again.

Shelly, July vacation is over time you get back on here. What's new? Know you had a great time with your son & family from Florida. Or was he traveling alone?

Susan, you find lots of news it seems. Fun to read about you folks. Nice the way you take friends out to eat. It's always more friendly that way.
You find a lot of improvements to make on your home. Interested in your progress there too.
And what about the 10 cats? Never did see aa list of all their names.
It's about time for lunch.
EVERYONE Be sure to drop in what you think is boring might be of interest
to us.
Irene

the 4th was pretty warm but is cooled to 82 d. by 6 o'clock so was able to have our cookout.

Dahnell will be back once more to help me find the easiest way to do a few things and then I'll be finished with P. therapy. She is so sweet that I will really miss her.

I can now get back to taking a nap when I want to.
Has anyone noticed the changes selling on Ebay? I think it's a real mess. They don't give you a choice
on the Best Offer. No place to say you don't want to mention that. No place to put length of sale item for BIN.
It all seems cumbersome to me. Liked the old way myself. What do you folks think?
Irene

Earlier we had 2 of the children here and the other son on the phone from Springfield, va. After I hung up, I turned off the light in the bedroom and blinds were shut so pretty dark when I got out of bed and then I got up and walked to the bathroom without my walker .... did not realize what I had done until I looked fort the walker & it wasn't there. Could not believe it. Shelly, the food in the nursing home/rehab place was so bad I could not eat a lot of it. Take Good cooking any day.

MAX, Taking the exercise while sitting at the computer is a good idea. They decided to let Danese come for a while longer. She will teach me how to get in and out of the shower without breaking my neck. Hubby and son are working on revising things in bathroom so I can reach the shower safely.

SUSAN, hope all goes well with the tin roof.
Gotta go now

Where is the rest of the gang???????

Gotta close for dinner time.

Catch you all later.
Irene

Just heard news that the ReHab place I was in, had a fire in one wing today. 26 people evacuated.
Don 't know what they did with those people,,, , had to send them to another rehab place I imagine.

Where is everybody?
Susan, glad to hear about your flowers.
The rehab place where I stayed was beyond the edge of town and the area is wild like a forest. We saw deer every day. I saw a family of four one day & was really impressed.

This last heart attacks, plus a stroke and other things like a blocked bowel, has affected more than I thought at first. My walking, sight, hearing, memory plus probably more than that. Walking was a real set back but I'm hanging in there.

Where is Max always enjoyed hearing from her and all of the others.

Will get off for now. Have a pleasant Father's day this weekend.

Irene

Reall ripped up a thumb nais getting off of the spfa after my afternoon nap. Must go fix it or it will be worse by morning.
Take care Irene
p. s. Loren gets off of here when he is not traveling. He is in one spot now, I think

Still no word from Gordon. He did this one time

I feel a bit better every day.

Have 3 bad blockages they cannot fix at my age. It might cause a stroke drs. say.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Stephanie came each day from Dayton and back home again.
She has a son who depends on her 24 seven also.
He works at nursing home. He is handicaped.

Irene

Stephanie has been going in circles ever since.

More later I hope. Irene

Irene's daughter, Stephanie

Happy Easter everyone. Irene
Maybe Shelly is on vacation in Florida. She planned to vist her son down there sometime in April.

Worked a bit on the shop. Took a short nap for some reason was awake almost the entire night. That is very unusual. will Make sure I take all of my pills tonight.

Another item is missing. It is the 3rd item that appears to be lost in this place. We are doing a lot of searching for things. Finally got to the bottom of the big closet. Nothing there that I'm looking for. Oh dear. Running out of places to look.

One item is usually under DH collection of important things to file. Hum

Wish I knew for sure. Irene

Hi,

I have a doll & I wonder if your can recognize her? I'll add a pic. She is 20" tall & has suntan body, blue eyes real lashes on top lid. Dressed in red pants and blue & white check jacket.

Would appreciate your help. She looks something like a Madame Alexander but she is marked BAL 20 HH on lower back. Head and leg are also marked HH

Thanks, Irene

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Sunshine today. Don't think I will get much done. Time for a nap.

It's now about bedtime ..so, will take my current author to bed and read a few pages and wait for the next door possum to roam our backyard. Saw his muddy tracks on the driveway this morning. He lives in the crawlspace of the house next door. They do nothing to board the hole in the foundation, even though we have asked them to several times. And the man & his significant other are expecting a baby --- she may have had it already for all we know. Just haven't talked to either one this cold weather.

That's all for now.

p. s. thanks for the birthday wishes. Appreciate your sentiments.

Our snowstorm did not amount to much but it was pretty to look at if you did not have to go out in the cold.
Will have to go out in the cold tomorrow for an appointment.

Found a few things in the Kitchen cabinets that I wlll be able to list. Gift items, from years ago, that we really never used. Plus a doll that I remember from our dau. childhood and she does not remember it.
And she is the one with the really good memory. (funny thing, that she can't remember this doll but it looks somewhat like another doll that she still has.

Besides working with the above items and such we celebrated our dau.'s birthday over the weekend. It was so nice to get all of the Ohio part of the family together. The rest of the 2 families from Va. will come for Easter etc. They are calling this weather "our last week of winter", hope so. Our magnolia tree is getting ready to flower, if the weather allows. Another Hope so.

Wonder where Gordon is? and the rest of the bunch? Catcha later. Irene

Had to go out today for a test, so ended up at the diner for a beverage & snack. It was so pretty today & some flowers in bloom in our backyard and temp got up to 60F. Looking for some snow tomorrow and much colder for sure. Need a haircut but weather might keep me inside for the day.

Glad to see everyone posting. Bob, I wish I could post a pic too. I have a Little Red Riding Hood Cookie Jar in my shop. It's smaller than normal, but very cute.

Well, I'd like to wave to everyone and then sign off for the night. Catch you later, we hope. Irene

p. s. still doing spring cleaning.... boring, I know.

Gordon, what are you doing? Did it cool down yet?

Irene

Amazed at how many pairs of socks I have accumulated since I almost never buy them for myself. At one time I gave a bag of my socks to our grandau. Would you believe 2 dresser drawers almost full plus a night stand with one & 3/4 drawers nearly full of year- round and summer socks. No wonder I ran out of space for other things.

Also have a bunch of plastic hair curlers that I never use anymore. Pitch them or??? look them up on Etsy & see if they sell?

Guess I will bore you no further with my collection of junk. Does anyone else have the same problem?

Glad to see everyone posting.
Shelly, I may have Stephanie help with pictures of the bedspread when she comes next time. The colors are pale green and gold on off white/cream so don't show up well in the pics I took so far. Also, got Mr. Grumpy off my back, so BIG RELIEF there. I just mail to U. S. at present.

Can't believe the Lenten season is starting already, Time sure flies.
Guess it's almost an early Spring.

More later... if I think of something. Irene

Interesting conversations about the plantings & flowers.

Max, the black beans & cornbread sounds so good.
We had waffles tonight... it's been so long and they tasted good.

Postponed today's echo gram test until next wee. Dr. just wants to compare the last 2 years.

Finding some vintage evening purses in bedroom drawer. Used so long ago and just beautiful. Hate to get rid of them

Also, have a summer bedspread from Turkey that our dau. sent, as a gift to her grandmother about 41 -42 years ago.. Kinda hard to get pictures of that. Well, that is what I'm doing instead of planting flowers or sitting & eating bonbons.

Ann, nice to see you and also Gordon posting.

It's time to read but have not picked up my two latest mysteries at the Library. Has anyone read Dorthea Benton Franks's novels. I like the way she writes.

Time to sign off. Have a good evening all. Irene

Still working on housecleaning the bedrooms and the kitchen pantry.

Hope everyone is well and happy.

Coming along pretty good with the BOX of glass I D's. (not all of our glass, Shelly) You must be reading too fast.... slow down. I just work on one box at a time in order to keep things straight. (hopefully)

Nice to read what every one is interested in.

Susan, you may have to have
rat exterminaters come in to take care of the rat situation.

Got someone coming in so gotta cut this short.
more later, we hope

Hello all.

More beautiful weather here today... reached mid 60s. Same for most of the week, they say.

Makes one wonder what March will bring. It started out foggy this morning the sun broke trough for rest of day.

Has anyone tried the Frozen rice with veggies in the pack that you just put the pack in microwave and you have your starch & veggies ready for a meal? So easy to fix. Good with waldorf salad and salmon patties.

Talk of tomatoes and plants make me ready for Spring.
Still doing some Spring cleaning in Bedroom and the kitchen pantry.

Hope all is well with you all. time to sign off for tonight. Irene

He invited me out for dinner at the last minute but I took a rain check and I whipped up some tuna salad real fast.

Yesterday, I got ahold of a box of our glass and took pics, and today took more pics, measured and weighed everything ... took notes and packed it away again. Mission accomplished. All I have to do now is list it.
DD will be listing items tomorrow afternoon so I may not do mine until Monday.

Gordon, thank you for your kind remark about my stress test. That was a real big relief to have good results on that test. I go back to Dr. on Monday to see what he wants to check out next. I have been feeling good since I'm home again. Make sure I don't lie down for an hour after eating something.
Gordon, so glad you have a nice cool place for you and your pets to spend your hot days and nights. Our weather goes back & forth from Spring to winter. With very little snow. We'll take that.

Gotta take a break for a good movie. Catch ya later, Irene

I've been sorting through a box of dusty old paperwork. Will wear a mask tomorrow, if I do any more cleaning.
Trying to go through & get rid of all old paperwork. Have saved greeting cards they are so pretty but just about ready to toss those out also. More later, I hope.. it's time to close this down.

Belated Happy Valentines to all.

Thunder showers for tomorrow. Snow a couple of days later.

Forgot to mention Wes. Wes, are you looking in?

Max, glad to hear from you. I'm doing fine, Really lucked out this time. Got two books from the library by as I recently read her latest book called Beach House and liked her style of writing. She does romantic novels rather than the mysteries I usually read. As far as eyes, I had been using TEARS NATURAL II but since cataract surgery have been using Bausch & Lonb Muro 128... twice a day. 4 hours apart. but it's hard to get the timing right on the 2nd one. Also the Dr. put me on Eye vitamins called PRESER VISION -- AREDS 2, by the same Company. 2 a day.

Gordon, at first, I did not look closely to see that you held a bird. Figured it was a camera you were holding. Ha Ha Nice that he was tame. When are you going to print your very own Bird book. I'm sure you have enough great photos of birds & insects.

Just sold an antique pencil box & have it out for the postman. It goes to Ky. I have a tiny glass flask with carrying case for a lady to post next. Wonder how long it will take to sell that? It's good for freezing cold days at football games.

Bob, are you out there? Please try to key up & let us know if your O. K.

Shelly, glad you are sticking with the shop, even though it's a constant job to keep up with. DD, Stephanie came to post some items on Saturday. She cleaned our bathtub while here & did a bit of dusting in the living room. Her dad cooked a nice Italian meal for us that was delish! We ate at BE last night 7 all was fine.... still those dumb drinking glasses.

Marson & Ann, hope all is well with you.

Susan, enjoy reading about your comings & goings. And about your pets & their different personalities.

Time to sign off & get busy.
Irene

Max, nice to see you post. Wishing you the best with your lung problem.
We are to get more snow starting tonight. We don't eat at BE as much as we used to but used up a gift card.
I just got two eggs & toast & coffee.. not much salt there. DH got a larger breakfast with meat, potatoes and eggs. When I went to the Dr., last time, he says I lost 2 lbs. Just eating less does it. I have been having warm milk at bedtime and it works pretty good getting me off to sleep. Have been out of Library books for two weeks.

Gordon, the x-ray showed no broken bones and the other test showed no blood clots. Yesterday, I had a 4 hour nap but no nap today because of son & dau visiting. Grandau & 2 little ones and our dau are coming for lunch tomorrow if roads allow them to make the trip. (bringing the lunch.) Kids will finally get their Xmas gifts. (they had sickness and operations at Xmas time.)

Shelly, did you decide to keep the ebay shop for awhile longer?
We sell a few things on there and they never boost the number of total sales on their report. funny??
That's about it.
Take care everyone and watch out for scammers on the phone. Latest is ... If a strange caller asks, "Can you hear me?' that is a scammer.... so hang up and don't answer them. Just got that news a few minutes ago.
Good night all.

Keep warm & well folks!

Tests came out just fine. Thank goodness

Shelly, nice pond. We had one a home made from real old stones and had a waterfall. Fish lived all winter, on their own. I think .
Your son did a good job. on pond and seating

Wendy, where are you. Are you feeling O. K.?

Ann, I guess you live in Texas. I try to remember where everybody lives.Hope your new glasses are doing O. K.

Susan, we wonder what is going on there besides the new porches, Like someone said ... they can see you & bear lined up on the porch with all of the cats plus the dog and the fish. The weather has warmed up here for several days. I don't know how much I will accomplish as I fell flat last night as I got ready for bed. Was carrying something heavy from one room to the next and as I turned down I went. and I landed flat, still trying to hold on to the item. Right upper arm is badly bruised and turned purple. Lower back hurts but i don't think I broke anything. Lucky, I did not hit my head as I was in the carpeted hallway close to the door frame but clear of it.
But, at the age of going on 94... falls are a no no. I do try to be so careful. Darn it.
I hope nothing develops out of this. Several years ago, I had a fall in the kitchen it took 3 days for my left leg to decide not to work so I could walk and it took months on a walker etc. Don't want to think about it.

On the happy side we are planning a birthday party for our youngest son. It won't be till later this month here at home. We Hope.

Can't believe it's been several days since Susan posted. What's new Susan?

DH made a Lemon Poppy Seed cake from a mix and wanted to know if it was bread or cake? He used a bread pan so we called it bread. Was very tasty. The spice cake he made last week did not do so well. He melted the butter sub. in the microwave and then forgot to put it into the cake. What a surprise when he opened the microwave & found it after the cake was baked. Had to laugh. We ate it with something moist on top. ha ha
Hello to everyone and all of the lurkers.
P. S. Sold a piece of antique glass. Went to Calif.

The ice storm wasn't too bad here. Didn't arrive until 10am the day after it was due at 7pm. some folks to the west of us got the full brunt of it. We had a light coating on the roads but roads were treated.

Max, Ann and Susan.... glad to see your postings.

I am trying to take it easy on the cookies they are so tasty but kinda manage it by eating less other food. Had lost 2 more pounds when I saw the Dr. last week DH, Jack is gaining a little bit.

Had a really great sale this weekend.

sold something for $285 but don't want to say what it was right now. maybe later. Got it packed to go when the P. O. opens again on Tuesday, Seems like every weekend there is a Monday holiday.

I have been working on an antique piece of clear glass that has a few black specks on it. Wonder what would be the best thing to remove the specks or does old glass just do that with age?

What is everyone into since the holidays? A bit early to think of Spring even tho the temps will be Springlike next week for a day or two. Good time to take down the outdoor lights.

I imagine the stores are showing the Spring Clothes already. That's what they do after the winter sales.

Wanted to get a new winter coat but my gift of a hat matches my coat I have, so might as well forget that.

Gordon, where did you go? Thought I saw you out here somewhere.
Shelly, you are missing.

Susan, what kind of fruitcake does Bear like best?
WE have a 1lb. one by CLAXTON that our Son & wife sends to us every year from Va. We both like it. It's an old Southern recipe since 1910, so no doubt you've heard of it.

'Twas a cold, windy day with worse weather to come tomorrow. But, the sun was shining & the 2 doctors we visited were smiling and friendly. (nurses were blowing their noses & sneezing.. (said it was allergies) Got a good report on both of us. And celebrated by dining out.
Will feel good to stay indoors tomorrow.

Not much other news. Everyone keep safe & healthy.

The sun is shining brightly today. Should walk around the yard & look for fireworks litter. Neighbor on back street aims fireworks at our house instead of on his own street. I missed quite a bit of sleep because of the noise and the possability he might set our house on fire.

That's all of the news for now. Shelly, we just make our salmon patties the regular way.... no peas added. We put peas in Chicken ala King, which we had after the salmon and then Sauerkraut & pork for good luck.

Gordon, good pictures of everyone and Easy.

Happy New Year Everyone

Got the gifts put away but still a few boxes to pitch into the trash bin. Had salmon patties, green beans & mashed potatoes for dinner. Tasted pretty good for a change.
Still a lot of Cookies and fruit cake left, so will not make a Dr. check up appointment until maybe next week. ha

What's new out there?
Nice to see Wes... it's been awhile. Merry Christmas a bit late! We like to keep celebrating for a week or so, too.

Gordon, good that you had Christmas with friends. I agree that Xmas is for kids.
Don't forget to post some pictures.

Time for Dr. Martin rerun. Waving to everyone

Happy that everyone had a good Christmas.

So glad to see Max on here. Wish I had your address Max.

We had family here at the house after a lovely family luncheon out on Christmas eve day.

Great grand kids & their mom will be coming next Friday. They could not make it last weekend because of illness in their family.

We touched 66F today. Sunshine for tomorrow and Wed. Have things to do like library and a couple others errands.

Catch ya later.
Irene