Finding Treasures in a Pandemic

 I just completed a very small pandemic project 

with results which added 

 Exclamation Points to my day!!!

Earlier this summer I attempted to put 

together 2 jigsaw puzzles with

 disappointing results.

The first looked like this when I gave it away.

It was supposed to look like this:

The Rose Window in Washington National Cathedral.

The second was in this stage when I gave up.

At least I got the border around it.

It would have been so fun!

I just knew I used to be good at puzzles!

At least I thought I was.

I've always remembered that hidden 

under the bed in the guest bedroom were

2 or 3 puzzles I (we) had worked

and glued together.

Today I finally tackled dragging them out!

I was shocked to find 9 completed puzzles!

 Gone With The Wind was the only one 

 of the 9 that I remembered at all.

They were stacked one on top of another in a 

portfolio type folder in pristine condition.

I was very excited at my find until I realized

how much my puzzles dated me!

I won't make you look at all 9, 

but here are my favorites.

It's funny...I remembered this one as 

being HUGE.

Although my photos make them all appear

to be the same size,

 it is actually one of the smaller ones.

Many of you will recognize Baylor's

Pat Neff Hall.

I worked in this building at Baylor

and was thrilled to find such a memory.

Probably did this one while the 1953 version 

of the movie was hot at the box office!

This one represents the BIG hotels in Vegas

when we first went! HaHaHa!

You know how I sometimes say a photo 

on Facebook reminds me of a

Norman Rockwell painting?

Well, for those of you who aren't familiar, 

this puzzle is of a Rockwell painting,

probably purchased in his hometown!

(Don't know exactly why I chose 

this particular one!)

But this was the best one!

McDonald's has been an important part

 of the Stovall/Metzger lives.

 Don't remember doing this puzzle at all.

I think we may have put it together

 way before our company began

building McDonald's restaurants.

I am going to investigate having it framed,

even though it is HUGE.

It is a treasure...and an antique!

************************

My conclusions regarding 

my puzzle putting together ability:

I used to be better.

I used to have help.

I must have had more patience.

MANY of the pieces were the same color

 then just like they are now.

I just didn't whine about it then.

So Susan has bought me a new puzzle to

work which she believes might be

more my speed.

She didn't seem to think it particularly funny

 when I noted that there are 13 little puzzles,

but...

THE PIECES ARE ALL MIXED 

TOGETHER IN 1 BAG!

I may or may not let you know how I do.

 

10 Insignificant Things That Nevertheless Annoy Me

1. Previews of a tv show before it starts and/or between segments. I don't want to see what is "coming up" before it comes up! My favorite What Would You Do? is double bad about this. They show 6 minutes of previews before the show begins (I timed it) and then AGAIN between segments. Isn't that just awful? No. I know. Insig.

2.  Internet stories that lead you on a mile long trail of clicking  "NEXT." And no matter how hard you try you inevitably make an accidental click on some stupid ad you can't get rid of quick enough. And then the person or thing that you were curious about is #49 out of 50. Or not on there at all. Yes, it happens.

3.  Yard people who blow grass clippings and leaves into the street and leave them. Or the  homeowners who pay for such service.

I saw this happening today. This may even be illegal. If it's not, it should be.

4.  People who use abbreviations on social media that no one has ever heard of. Like the KXW or the YJRQ. Maybe they know what it means, but does anyone else? No. Because I don't.

5.  People who come up to me and say, "You don't know who I am,  do you?" Hmmm. What could I say? "Are you implying that my memory is biting the dust?"

6.  People who do not thank me when my extreme patience, grace, generosity, and kindness is not rewarded when I wave their car to go ahead of mine. Just a leetle return wave is all I ask. It's all I can do not to roll down my window and holler "Well, you're not welcome, either!" I know, no stars in my crown for this.

7.  People who are early to parties--at my house. I have considered printing on invitations, "Kindly do not be early." If my party begins at 7:00 P.M. the earliest I will be ready is 7:00 P.M. I didn't say it made sense. And yes, I've tried telling myself I must be ready at 6:30, but I'm just too darn smart to buy that!

8.  Now, I'm afraid I may be the only one in this world of millions and billions of people who is irked by this. But here goes. Hallmark is, without a doubt, the Cadillac of greeting cards. But I have noted that as their prices increase, the selection of colors of their envelopes decreases.  In the "good old days" every envelope was  beautifully color coordinated with every card. (Although I have been known to do a little swapping for personal preference.) Now there are usually 2 or 3 envelope colors for all the cards--like chartreuse and taupe--no white--and they don't match some of the cards AT ALL. No swapping because there's nothing to swap to. I know. I can't understand why everyone hasn't noticed.

9.  I just do not understand why all sit down restaurants have ONLY sugar sweetened lemonade. Perhaps some of you (or ALL of you) haven't noticed this.  And now, to make matters worse, they have removed the artificial sweetener from the table so I can't make my own lemonade out of my "water with lemon." Yes, I always felt VERY cheap doing it, but I simply can't bring myself to ask for sweetener for my water! Makes it just entirely too obvious. (Just took a short break to go stick Sweet 'n Low in my purse.)

10. This one can hardly be classified "Insignificant." If you have followed my blog or Facebook for very long you no doubt know about it... Channel 4 pre-empting Judge Judy for any remote possibility of bad weather anywhere, often at the crucial point in the show.  JJ is on from 4:00 to 5:00, and their regular news starts at 5:00, but they cannot wait! See, I told you this one was significant! I dread bad weather season!

Please share if there are insignificant things that bug you! It would make me feel so much better about myself if there are!