What the Junk?!

Vintage puzzle time!

I forgot to mention yesterday that my friend and I went to the Goodwill in Farmville VA after we went to the trail and bridge.  I found three puzzles.  I found a lot more, but these were the only ones I bought.  Well, my friend got them for me, but there you go. :p  Two were used and one was brand new still sealed.  Of the two that are open, one is an 1000 piece puzzle, and one was a 300 piece puzzle.  I did that one today.  It is only missing one piece and I fixed it so that you can hardly tell it's missing.  You'll see in the picture below.  If you look near the top, you might think that is where the missing piece goes.  It isn't.  There is one piece in there that looks like someone's dog got a hold of it. It's a bit ragged, but it fit and I used it.  The piece that is missing is on the left side and it's an outline piece.  See if you can spot it!

Hard to spot, yes?  I did a pretty good job. The puzzle itself is in good shape to be such an old one.  It's of a Windmill in Williamsburg, VA.  It's another Whitman brand puzzle.  They are good quality puzzles.  Thick pieces and good interlocking properties!

In other news today, I got my NaNoWriMo session done.  Wow, it was good!  I really got into it today.  I have gotten to some interesting stuff and it's going great.  I actually left it at a good point today where I can go and pick it up tomorrow with no issues.  

I got my bed linen washed today.  I just need to put it back on the bed.  I also got my hair washed, paid my bills and went grocery shopping!  It was nice to get some good stuff to eat in the house.  I got an extra bag of coffee and extra creamer.  With it getting cooler, I tend to drink a lot more coffee.  I drink coffee everyday, even in summer, but I do drink more when it's cool.  It's always cold in my house from Fall to Spring! :P

 

What was I thinking?!

Remember how I said I would put off updating my Mac until after NaNoWriMo?  Well, guess what I did last night?  I upgraded my Mac to Catalina.  It's running a lot slower, but everything works.  I opened Scrivener today and almost had a heart attack.  Why?  It said my app was a trial one and not the paid one.  I go to retrieve the number and it says there is no record of it. AHHHH! Luckily, I had the number in the email when I bought it, so I was able to get that fixed immediately.  Phew!  All my books and everything else are there.  Thank goodness!

I uninstalled a bunch of apps that I never use on my Mac to help speed things up.  I am hoping that it will work itself out over time.  Last night it was so bad that everything was hanging.  Today, it's much better.  I wish I could get some more RAM for it.  I know that would help!  As long as it works, I'll be okay.  I hope. lol

I finished the puzzle today.  It was pretty intense there towards the end.  The buildings were crazy to do.  It's pretty and it was worth it, but it was a hard one to do.  I'll post a picture of the completed puzzle below.  Then I need to fix some dinner.  I'm so hungry. It seems like forever since lunch!

My crazy bed!

So, I was sleeping last night and I heard a noise.  It woke me up and I was listening hard to see if I heard anything else.  I figured something probably fell over, but who knows?  So I listen really hard for a while and I'm hardly breathing. lol . I figured it was just something fell.  Then, I heard another noise and knew what that one was. My box spring fell through the frame again. AUGH!!!!!!!!!!  I thought maybe that is what made the first noise too, but I found out this morning it was something else. (Something did fall over!)

So, I had to pull my bed apart to put it back together.  That was an event!  It's so awkward trying to move the matress and box springs around by myself.  It took a lot longer than I would have liked, but I got it done.  By that point I was roasting.  I turned my fan on for a bit until I cooled off.

Later, I got my lunch fixed and was sitting down about to eat when my friend texted and asked if I'd like to go with him for his birthday meal.  His birthday is tomorrow, so I was a little surprised he wanted to do something today.  I put my food in the fridge and went with him.  We got burgers and fries from a local place.  Delicious!  

I started a new puzzle while waiting on him.  He said it would be a while from when he texted until we went. I got most of the pieces out on the board before I left.  When I got back, I got the rest of the pieces out.  I did the outline and I got a nice little section done.  It was nice to be working on a puzzle again.  It felt like forever even though it's only been a few days. :)

Starbucks time!

I went to the post office today and got my mail.  My car did okay, and I could have gone to Starbucks but I didn't want to chance it.  I just got my mail and headed home.  I hope to sit down and write all my letters tomorrow.

My friend that never wants to go to Starbucks, tells me that she went to Starbucks today! Rude!  I told her she needed to take me then. I lucked out, they were going over that way anyway to pick up some food so I tagged along and got my cascara latte.  It was free with stars and it was delicious! :)

I didn't start another puzzle today.  I had planned to, but I never got around to it.  I still don't know why. LOL   OH! I know.  After getting the letters, I was thinking I'd work on those and they'd be spread out all over the bed while I was working.  I didn't get the puzzle board or a puzzle out.  Then, my friend texted and the whole Starbucks thing happened.  

Other than that, I've spent the whole day watching The Facts of Life. I'm up to the middle of season 8 so I don't have a lot left.  Not sure what I'll watch next.  I'll think of something! :) I saw that Hulu had some episodes of 20/20 on there.  I watched one a week or so ago. I'll have to see if they have more.

 

Really!?

Okay, so I mentioned that the puzzle I was working on had some extra pieces.  I finished it today and it had a lot of extra pieces.  Guess what though?  One of the other pieces was missing! ~_~;  So, I have a complete puzzle with an extra section and one missing piece.  Sheesh!  Check this out:

Now that is nuts!

You know how sometimes my puzzles are missing a piece and how sometimes they add a piece?  Well, today's puzzle has a LOT of extra pieces!  It's pretty crazy, too.  I am not sure how many extra because I don't think I've found them all yet. LOL! Seriously! When I'm done with the puzzle, I'll take a picture of the extra pieces.

My friend came today and put another part on my car.  He keeps trying different things hoping it will be fixed.  I wish him lots of luck, but I think it's a lost cause.  My poor car needs more help than I can afford to give it and more than he can afford to buy parts for it.  As long as I can still get to the grocery store and back, it will be okay. Of course the occasional trip to Starbucks isn't out of the question either. :P

Last night after I posted, I was looking for some things.  I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find the two Halloween decorations that I was missing!  They were in the room where I store the other decorations, but they were in a different spot.  I was glad to find them!

After my friend finished up with the car today, I heard an ambulance and it stopped up in front of my other friend's house.  I called to make sure everything was okay and she didn't answer.  Of course that made me more worried, so I called her son.  He looked out and said there was what appeared to be a wreck.  I went up there after he was giving me a play by play on the phone. lol

It seems a woman ran into a guy on a bike!  He was taken away in an ambulance.  I hope he is okay.  She had a huge crack in her windshield and his bike was mangled.  She got a ticket!  We were in the house watching the drama from a room upstairs.  We are silly billys!  I stayed for a bit after that and then headed home with some leftover chicken stir fry.  It was delicious. There wasn't a lot of it left so I might eat another little something later.  

Here is the puzzle so far.  That whole right corner section is where the duplicate pieces are.  I'm anxious to finish the puzzle to see how many extras there were!  I probably have a duplicate bottom right corner with the extras. :p

 

Frozen chili dogs?!

A friend of mine brings me frozen stuff sometimes.  He'll find stuff that we both might like and will give me some to try, too.  Well, he found some frozen chili cheese dogs at the grocery store and brought me one to try.  It's actually pretty decent.  Probably not healthy at all, but tasty, so that works out. lol

It rained again today.  It finally cleared off this afternoon.  I emptied the containers I use for catching drips and I didn't spill any all over the floor for once. Yay! lol . It was a close thing, though!  I hope it doesn't rain again anytime soon, but all of my containers are now dry so I'm ready. :p

I finished the puzzle today.  It's definitely a pretty one.  I haven't decided which one I'll do next. I still have a lot of them to chose from!  I might try that round one. I'd love to see if all the pieces are there.  That is one that will really look weird if there are pieces missing!

Candy cane madness!

I didn't get started on one of my regular puzzles today.  I then remembered that I had this one little crazy puzzle with only 100 pieces.  It's not a big puzzle, but it's an insane one.  You'll see when I post it below!  The pieces were big, but the pattern. Yikes!

It's been a long day.  What have I done? Nothing! lol . It's been a long day of just vegging out at home.  I found The Facts of Life streaming and I've been watching it, a few episodes a day all this week.  Today, I binge watched a bunch of episodes. I loved this show back in the day, and it is just as good as I remember.  The story lines are still relevant today.  I am enjoying watching it from the beginning. 

I did get all of November and most of December set up in my bullet journal.  I only need to make the December habit tracker page and add the Christmas light washi that I'm getting next week.  For November, I did a NaNo/Thanksgiving theme for my habit tracker page.  I got all the weeklies done.  I need to add the washi to the weeklies for December and it will be done.  Well, I need to do the habit tracker.  I want to wait until my washi comes to see how I'm going to use it on the habit tracker page.  

It's all there!

I finished the current puzzle today and all of  the pieces are there! Yay!  I also flipped it with no issues even though it was one of those that don't like to stay together well.  It's such a pretty picture, too!  That last bit at the bottom was slow going, but I got it done.

Today, I went ahead and took my window air conditioner out of the window.  I haven't had to use it in several days and I think I will be okay until the Spring.  I still have my fan in here.  It stays all year, so I always have a backup in case I need a little cool air.

I rearranged my desk area today too.  The desk sits in front of the window that the air conditioner is in.  I use the ledge of the window in the summer to put extra stuff on.  In the fall/winter, it doesn't work because the ledge is a lot smaller with the window down and the blinds in the way.  I really like how neat my desk looks. It's all ready for NaNoWriMo! Yay! 

Yesterday I mentioned the washi that got cancelled.  Well, after I posted to my blog, I went back on Etsy and found another roll that I liked.  It's not the same design, but it's cute.  I ordered it and it was sent today.  Well, she created the label today, so it might get sent Monday. lol

I got an unexpected win-fall.  What is weird, is I just saw something on Jetpens that I REALLY wanted but didn't have the money for.  Guess where I spent my money? :) . It was a payment from one of my survey sites and I didn't think I was going to get it.  I finished testing the stuff months ago and had figured it must not have been a payment included in testing the product.  Well, there was a payment and it came today.  I covered the item I wanted and an add on to it.  I was so happy! I'll share all that when it gets here.  For now, enjoy the puzzle.

Oooh washi and more!

So I was looking at someone's post last night where they ordered a set of Christmas washi.  I'm not a big fan of Christmas, but in the set there was a roll of Christmas light washi that was really cute!  I looked on Etsy and found a roll that I like and ordered it last night.  Of course I'll show it off when I get it. Well hell, never mind!  As I was typing this, I got an email from Etsy saying that may order had been cancelled!  The seller said she had a family emergency and had to cancel.  Darn! :(  

I got a good deal done on a new puzzle today.  I didn't get the whole sky part put in, but I will be able to fill that in easily tomorrow.  My eyes needed a break from it.  The sky is so pretty!