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This jigsaw puzzle may be impossible – at least for me. Am I intimidated? Yeah, a little. Will I give up? NO!

I’ve never tried to work a puzzle where you can’t tell which part you’re working on. Pieces seem to fit together, but there are several other pieces that also seem to fit in the same place. The colors are similar, and it’s not clear what the pieces will form if I get them together correctly.

ARRGH! I finally decided to ‘cheat.’ On the back of each of the pieces is a letter, so I can tell which is up and which is down, and have gathered all the “A’s,” for example, and am finally making some progress. It sure doesn’t make it easy, but it keeps me from declaring defeat – something I’m determined NOT to do.

I still can’t tell which are owl pieces or background pieces for sure. I do have some eyes put together.

I’m now declaring this kind of a character-building exercise. I won’t get any awards if I finally get this puzzle put together; but since I don’t have anyone standing over me asking when I’ll clean up the ‘mess,’ I can concentrate on trying to make progress one section at a time – hopefully declaring ‘victory’ some time in the future…😛😜

My other problem on this post is that the pictures show correctly when they first start to appear on the page, but then when they fully appear, they turn upside down. I’ve tried to fix the pics three times and I officially give up. Maybe the pieces are doing the same thing on my puzzle table!

We’ve had a pretty exhausting day already. We spent since 10 this morning attending to details about renewing our visas. We are closer to doing everything we need to do now, but we are having to jump through lots of hoops in order to accomplish it. I guess we can call this “good exercise” or “a character-building exercise… “

I now have an emergency call button! When my husband had his stroke in the middle of the night in April, I had to take the elevator upstairs to pound on Brian’s door, waking him up, for help. It got me thinking that I could get in trouble and not be able to get help. This button arrived today. I have one end in my pocket. The other end is with Brian in his condo. It won’t matter if he has turned off his phone or gone to bed. The call button emits a loud, obnoxious sound that will get his attention if need be. He has a key to my condo, and so can get to me. I feel more secure now, but hope I never have to use it. We’ve set it up for monthly checks to make sure it’s working properly.

Today would have been my mom’s 102nd birthday. I honor her for being an intelligent woman who could stand up in a room and say what was on her mind. She was basically self-educated, though she attended a two-year womans’ college in Missouri, leaving one class shy of graduating in one year. (Her dad didn’t think a woman’s education was important, and so gave her one year.) Most of her education came from her reading and working the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzles. She ran the office for my dad, who was a one-man advertising agency in Tulsa. She loved baby animals above anything, melting into a puddle whenever she saw one. I have so many good memories and am grateful I had such a great mom.

I’m using part of this afternoon to prepare for my cleaning lady (woo HOOO!!!!) to come tomorrow afternoon. My laundry is hanging on my drying rack (INSIDE today, since it’s rainy.) I’ve changed the sheets on my bed, put out clean towels and emptied the trash – otherwise just trying to make sure she can get to things to clean.

I’m planning to use the rest of the afternoon to play. I’m making a bit more progress on my owls puzzle, and I plan to spend time in my art alcove trying to reproduce an image I like.

I hope you’re arranging for some fun in YOUR day, too!

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