What do you do to keep busy?

No, I put them away and work them again and again. I have a lot and have worked them so many times I have been buying new ones for a change. When I buy one I don't like I give it to a neighbor or The Gently Used Store. I buy them at Big Lots and Tuesday Morning for $4 or $5. I don't buy landscapes, I buy the ones with big blobs of colors, not a lot of the same color. I have to watch the sizes because some are larger than my board.
 
I also love seascapes, and wish I could find a couple of good pictures of the Morehead City beach here so I could make them into puzzles on here. But, I'm still pleased with all the dog and cat pictures I get. If you would like a link to my puzzle place on here, let me know and I will gladly share.:)
 
Thank you but I think I have used the place before. Somewhere like that I did one of my travel photos and emailed it to my sis. Lots of fun.

I just went through all the posts and saw a lot of us enjoy the same things, walking, reading, movies, etc. I am a real movie buff and I would still by bicycling but I have no one to call if I have a flat. I like long rides on the river walking/bicycle path and my husband always stayed home when I did that in case I needed to call someone. I would hate to get across town and have to push the bike home. We have a path finish 3/4's of the around out city.
 
All you really need is the board if you don't want to spend the money on the table. It could be propped up with books to get a good glare free slant or put on a coffee table. It holds most 1000 piece puzzles, but not all. You need to check the measurements on the puzzle boxes. The table really does helps the back. If you go to jig things you could save the picture of the board and have someone make you one. they cost about $60. The URL is below.

http://www.jigthings.com/puzzle-boards/
 
I'd LOVE to be able to ride a bike again, even would love to ride with my son on his Harley. But with my age, I'm scared to do either one now. Falling with osteoporosis is not a fun OR wise thing to do. So, I stick with the calm, easy things like jewelry making, making dream catchers. Or if my hands will co-operate, do cross stitching. OR, when all else fails, I will turn to my trusty companion, my HP computer and all the people I can talk to on here. Sometimes when the pain get's so bad, I try to crawl up under the bed and cry,

I found out another thing that will keep you busy. Have 3 small cell phones, all black, 2 tv remotes, both black. Try making a call from one of the remotes and then try to figure out why your TV is going bonkers and you can't get an answer on the other end. OR try making a call from one of the TV remotes, then try and figure out whey the tv is going nuts AGAIN and you still can't get through to who you want to call.
 
Sorry about all of that Leotie. This year I am starting to feel my age and it can really drag you down. It's getting more and more difficult to redirect my thoughts to happier things.
 
I know just what you mean!. On June 19th of 2013, I lost my partner of 8 years. It felt like it tore my heart out. My birthday was on June 20, and I found him dead in his bed. He had a massive heart attack,

This year on Veterans day, I lost a good friend of 20 some years. His son is my heart son, not by birth, but by love. Then about 4 days later, I lost a good friend that lived 3 doors down from me, she had a stroke. If I didn't find something to keep me busy, I don't know how I could have dealt with all that. It hurts something fierce.

I have to get in a horizontal position before I fall asleep at the computer. Will "see" and talk to you tomorrow.
 
Vala said:
All you really need is the board if you don't want to spend the money on the table. It could be propped up with books to get a good glare free slant or put on a coffee table. It holds most 1000 piece puzzles, but not all. You need to check the measurements on the puzzle boxes. The table really does helps the back. If you go to jig things you could save the picture of the board and have someone make you one. they cost about $60. The URL is below.

http://www.jigthings.com/puzzle-boards/
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Saw some on Amazon UK for as low as £20 just for a board. That would work as I could use the dining table or coffee table and stick it under a bed when not using it.
 
That sounds good. My board fits the table and I have a lot of room for it in my living area. It is an open floor plan, no sofa or dining table, so lots of space. I work a puzzle every day so this works better for me. more puzzle

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Vala said:
That sounds good. My board fits the table and I have a lot of room for it in my living area. It is an open floor plan, no sofa or dining table, so lots of space. I work a puzzle every day so this works better for me. more puzzle

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Nice! I haven't done one for a long time but do remember how doing them stills the mind and keeps you in the present moment.
 
Leotie said:
I know just what you mean!. On June 19th of 2013, I lost my partner of 8 years. It felt like it tore my heart out. My birthday was on June 20, and I found him dead in his bed. He had a massive heart attack,

This year on Veterans day, I lost a good friend of 20 some years. His son is my heart son, not by birth, but by love. Then about 4 days later, I lost a good friend that lived 3 doors down from me, she had a stroke. If I didn't find something to keep me busy, I don't know how I could have dealt with all that. It hurts something fierce.

I have to get in a horizontal position before I fall asleep at the computer. Will "see" and talk to you tomorrow.
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Leotie, I am so very sorry for all your losses. ♥
 
Ameriscot, I'm tough, I can handle it. A hug from my big old son is the best medicine under the sun. If you would see him, you would take a second or third look. He is tattooed all over his arms, neck, hands, has a shaved head and a chin beard, He is a big fellow, standing at about 6'4" and about 300 lbs. You might think he would be a biker and you would be right. You might think he was in a gang and you would be very wrong on that.

He is the most good natured, kind hearted man I have ever in my life seen. When I first saw him @ 12 years of age, he looked like he was lost and so hurt. The [potential was there for him to go down that highway of trouble. Nope. He is married to a wonderful woman and has 3 kids. His two stepsons asked for him to adopt them and one even wanted his first name!
 
You are a wise person Leotie, you have to think of the good things in your life and you do. That is the only way a person can move on. I have not had the losses you have had, but I have two sons, one who no mother would want and the other who won't speak to me because he looked a me as his personal bank. I won't bother with what he said the last time I said no. He was the best son a mother could want until he married. I should be so lucky to have a son like yours.
 
Vala, I'm sorry for the way your kids treat you. I wish I had a Mama like you, someone that would tell me once in a while that she loved me instead of how much she hated me.

Yes, My Joe is a wonderful young man, and I wish every woman could have a son like him. He is absolutely precious to me, and shows me how he feels about me with words and deeds. The first time I saw him, I had a Grateful Dead T-shirt on. He made several comments about how much he liked them, and the next time I saw him, I put that shirt in his hands. He was 13 at the time, and he's never forgotten that. It puts a tear in my eyes even this many years later. If I can figure out a way to do it, I will put his picture on here.
 
That's one of my places! Also Jigsaw Planet is great for the animals, Indians, and scenery pictures. Give it a try, you might like it, and yeah, it's free, too.
 
Leotie said:
Ameriscot, I'm tough, I can handle it. A hug from my big old son is the best medicine under the sun. If you would see him, you would take a second or third look. He is tattooed all over his arms, neck, hands, has a shaved head and a chin beard, He is a big fellow, standing at about 6'4" and about 300 lbs. You might think he would be a biker and you would be right. You might think he was in a gang and you would be very wrong on that.

He is the most good natured, kind hearted man I have ever in my life seen. When I first saw him @ 12 years of age, he looked like he was lost and so hurt. The [potential was there for him to go down that highway of trouble. Nope. He is married to a wonderful woman and has 3 kids. His two stepsons asked for him to adopt them and one even wanted his first name!
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That's wonderful! Glad you're tough. I don't feel tough but people have argued that I am brave. I have done brave things so maybe I am.
 
Ameriscot, one thing I've learned in my life. If you can and will do brave things, that will make you tough. My second husband knocked me over the kitchen table, breaking 3 of my ribs. It made me mad, furious, see red and all those things. I went out to his car, got his pistol out, came back in the apartment with the hammer cocked and stuck it to his head right between his eyes, and BEGGED him to hit me again. His eyes got real big, he put his hands up and backed out of the apartment. We had been married for 10 days, but I was not put here on this earth to take abuse from ANYONE!

I'm not afraid of anyone now. Does that make me tough? I don't know, but I can sleep like a baby at bight.
 
Retired -- gone questing. In the Spiral. An MMO known as Wizard101. Bulk of my time is spent playing this game or talking about it. lol Addiction at its finest.

I love my neighborhood and can often me seen cruising it in my power chair. All summer along it was at least an hour in the park early morning. Before spring I am getting a good camera to get better pics of the birds and the beaver I once saw. The park is by the river. We have a theater that only charges $5 so I see a lot of movies. :D

Grandson. Need I say more? OK -- grandparenting rocks!!!

I'm also involved in a weekly game of hand and foot with some other ladies in my building and one from assisted living. I'm actually the baby at not quite 57. The oldest is 92 and I like her the best. My 11yo grandson joined us one week. :) Charmed everyone. He always does. I have always called him my little charm fellow. 92yo would not tell him her age and told him that he should never ask a lady her age.
 
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