Pasting a folded paper onto a sheet of folded paper I made the first popups five years ago. Pictures were then cut out to lean against the folds. Then came the glossy paper popups. Three sheets of glossy paper were used to make each “heavy” popup card. Pictures were attached, using flimsy plastic strips. Next came the discovery that …

My blue ink cartridge is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I have been without blue ink for one and a half days! That means I cannot print out pictures. I will survive. When I realize just how many people in this world have to live their lives, or part of their lives, being without something, I don’t feel so bad. How can I feel bad?

While I was in my aboveground pool this afternoon, working on improving my balance on one foot, I stumbled (ha!) onto a wonderful discovery. I stood about two feet away from the side of the pool, with my hands extended, and pointer fingers just touching the rim of the pool. Realizing that …

What will I do with 252 Glue Dots? On the little bag it says “Bonds Instantly; Super-Strength; Acid-Free.”

A lot of things begin to change as we age. Our balance is one of those things. As I re-discovered yesterday in my new Body Movements class, my balance is not very good. On scanning the web, I discovered that more than one-third of people over 65 will fall. Of course, breaking a hip is very serious. I read that balance exercises can help prevent falls by improving your ability to control and maintain your body’s position, whether you are …

Yesterday afternoon a friend and I watched the 1978 film, “Superman – The Movie,” at my house. I must be a romantic, because I choked up at the scenes of Lois Lane and Superman. I wished that there were many more scenes of the relationship between the two, instead of numerous scenes of…

My bottom is on my mind this week. It has been seven years since my first colonoscopy. I am scheduled for my next one in two weeks. My first colonoscopy was pretty much a disaster. I didn't have…

We are having weekend guests. We don't have guests very often. But this weekend we are having 12 of them. Besides the bedrooms, people will be sleeping in the TV room and the computer room. I decided to free up a cabinet in the computer room and closet space in each of the bedrooms. Since I was…

I have had this marvelous image-cutting machine for three days now. I figured out that these are the steps I need to take to produce my popup pictures: If the image already is outlined in black, such as many clip art and Disney-type images are, try this…

Wouldn’t it be great if one day I could get an image from the Internet, and have a machine cut out that image for me? That day is here. At least, it should be here today when my new Silhouette Cameo machine is due to arrive. As usual, just before I get a new toy, I am…