Suzanne's Bookshelf: Night Train to Lisbon

Suzanne's Bookshelf: Night Train to Lisbon

Jigsaw Puzzles - 2

Have worked almost all of the impressionist paintings.  Many are difficult to choose pieces by color, so I rely on shape.  Have been working them at 325 or 356 pieces and that takes hours.  Addictive.
But it really shows that in paintings, the color ? White is not white at all.  It is gray, purple, yellow, blue, etc.  some paintings do have white in the sky though.

Jigsaw Puzzles

You know that group of puzzles I ordered, the one of impressionist paintings?
You'd asked me how many were in the group and we guessed about ten?  Well that was wrong.  There were 43 in the group!

I'd been doing them at 225 or 250- ish, took about 2 hours or a bit more.  Then I picked a hard one, mostly sky .... And set it at 400 pieces.  It has taken days and days, but just a few minutes at a time.  If I got one or two in, I was happy.  Just finished it and it tells me it took 6 hours 43 minutes.

Actually it helped a lot when I was trying to tune out the beeper.

The other night, I dreamed I was doing jigsaw puzzles.  Click.  Click.  Click.  Then realized I was in bed but I had come apart.  Had to reach for my leg and put it back on. Click.  Then the other leg.  Click.  Then my arm. Click. Click.  I was the puzzle.  (In the dream of course.). It's one of the silliest dreams I ever had.

Love,
Mom

May 15, 2014
Sent from my iPad

Back again after a Long Long While

Coming up on a year since Chemotherapy ended.  Time for another P.E.T. scan, on October 2nd.  That's the day Sharon will be flying in (for two weeks.)

My Dell computer broke down several weeks ago.  I have a new iMac and am trying to learn to use it.  It is frustrating because Apple speaks a different language.

Also the refrigerator broke down.  The stove is broken, too and the dishwasher makes screaming noise (and I'm not using it.)   Recently had to get a new water  heater an have the air conditioner repaired.  \
Have a refrige on order from Lowes. should get here first week in October..

Sharon has been and is continuing to be an amazing help. She has made five trips;, and helps me with paying bills by long distance.  she set up most of my bills to auto pay.  She is amazing.

Daniel, I didn't hear from at all until just the last couple of weeks, and then he wrote, called and messaged too much, and as usual it was about 1:4  (good messages:bad messages)   I'd just begin to understand or think I did, and he'd hit with angry stuff in the next message.  I am terribly conflicted.  I don't answer the messages now and that infuriates him too, but it gets worse if I do answer them, so . . . conflicted.

Sharon arranged for me to have help when she is not here, with a company.  They have changed Caregivers several times though an are making another change starting today.  I've had Mitzi, Stacey, Vickie, Victoria, and now Jackie.  I don't know how long Jackie will be here.  Mitzi was here about 5 months, and Victoria ha been here about 4 months.

 I still cannot drive the car.  Betty Pearl, Jimmy and Carol and helping me with groceries and other things.  Doctor visit, etc. l Victoria was helping with the doctor visits.  I don't know about Jackie.

I hate this little keyboard but am giving it a chance.   I like the magic mouse and the computer itself.  But have no word processor  tried ordering MS word but they sent me a spanish version.  Had to return it and having got the right version yet.

Many  complaints, I know.  Haven't mentioned the side effects.  They still haven't gone away, and there is a possibility they will go away but no guarantee.

 Second from Left is my cousin Margie (a year younger than me) at her birthday....which one?  Am trying to remember.  On the left is me, and the two little girls on the right -- I can't remember their names.  Will have to ask Margie.

Sharon's Garden Mum

Six hrs of daily sun
Water 2 - 3 times a week
Hardy to -20 degrees f
Remove faded flowers
Apply feed monthly