Thanksgiving Eve

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Daughter Lise was working on a big project for work, so Magda and I chatted away out of earshot. When I was doing other things, Magda quietly worked the jigsaw puzzle in the same room with Lise. She was amazingly fast.

Magda motioned for me to follow her, and she pointed to the last piece she had saved for me to put in. That was the ONLY piece I put in, which made it the easiest one of my life. We will work it again, but meanwhile we are enjoying looking at the faces now in their proper places.

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I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  4. Is Magda the old neighbor you used to have? She is an amazing puzzle person!
    I love the puzzle. Sounds like Lise is staying busy with work. Remind me what her job is again?
    Stay warm and enjoy each other! 😘🤗

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    1. Magda is one of Lise’s best friends in Denmark. She grew up in Poland. You are sharp. The local friend is Marla.

      Lise works for an oil company. She has been whipping a 300-page report into shape.

      Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

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  5. How fun that Magda finished up all but that last piece for you to finish off, which was your own picture. How thoughtful of her. I’m glad you both enjoyed working it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, albeit a bit late!

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          1. I’m thinking it should be manageable. One puzzle a day. I bought two of them that day – one is a 12-day Advent puzzle and it has 100 pieces for each day and a 300-piece puzzle. That’s “advanced” for me so it will be for 2026. This will be easier, just set aside the time each day.

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                  1. I started the first one today – so cute and it was fun to do. I am going to make a post about the puzzle, so I’m going to be photographing each puzzle for a slideshow. Today’s puzzle took me 25 minutes to do. I looked at the photos of all 24 and the pictures are very cute.

                    The larger pieces would work for you for your eyesight – easier to see/work. I bought a Christmas puzzle for my mom and I to do once. It was called a “family puzzle” so various sizes for the pieces, including one side of larger pieces.

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                    2. Yes, it was so everyone could work on it – it was from Springbok Puzzles, which used to be carried by Hallmark. It was cute too. Springbok still makes them – I just went on the Springbok site. They are called family pieces, cut larger and are 400 pieces. I will put a separate link with some of their holiday offerings. You used to be able to buy them in Hallmark stores if that is still the case. The Hallmark store my mom and I went into for many years, closed up when the owners retired. I can buy American Greetings cards at the grocery store if need be, but I really just send Jacquie Lawson cards now.

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                    4. I figure the Jacquie Lawson cards are worth the subscription since greeting cards are outrageously priced anymore. And stamps keep going up. And people like them as they’re unique.

                      For many years I donated to “Guiding Eyes for the Blind” and that organization sent greeting cards for every occasion and very nice ones for Christmas, all with matching stickers with your name on them. But I could only use so many cards, then they started sending calendars and wrapping paper and tote bags, so I stopped donating as I thought the donations could be put to use for raising/training seeing eye dogs, rather than gifts.

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                    5. Hi Anne: Here’s a link to all of their 400-piece family puzzles and the second link is just a few of the Christmas puzzles. I’ll bet you would enjoy these, Try one of them first to see how easy it is to do them. I do remember, one side it’s a bit smaller pieces.

                      https://www.springbok-puzzles.com/400-piece-jigsaw-puzzles-on-sale-s/1866.htm/

                      Some of Springbok’s Christmas Family Puzzles (400 piece):

                      https://www.springbok-puzzles.com/family-favorites-puzzles-s/1852.htm/

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                    7. Yes, they are … a nice choice. Try one out and if you like it you can have a treat puzzle to do when you feel like it. I don’t have space for a dedicated area anywhere (it is already cluttered here) and I have this extra table in the kitchen for doing watercolors. I did some more, but it is literally in front of the sink. I have my laptop on the kitchen table, along with a table radio and landline … I eat standing up or just sitting in the chair, no room at the table. I am not for everyone and no, I don’t want any guests to visit me.

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                    8. I don’t plan to work any puzzle, other than the one you gave us, until I have glasses that improve my vision. I’ve worn corrective lenses for 65 years, and this is the first time they couldn’t get it right.

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                    9. I had to go to the eye doctor twice this year now as he is monitoring me for cataracts. I increase the size of all the websites I go to, but I am going to have to increase the size of “files” on the computer. The writing is the size of telephone book print! Then I struggle to see things. I bought my mom a page magnifier and a magnifying pendant many years ago, so soon I’ll be looking for those two things to have handy. I have worn corrective lenses for 62 1/2 years; I got them on my 7th birthday.

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                    11. Yes we do. I am dreading the cataract surgery to be honest. I know it is a simple procedure these days, but it’s not just surgery, but also the appointments pre- and post-surgery too, plus the aftermath of adjusting to “new eyes”.

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                    13. I hope so too … years ago we had a temp at our office, in fact the older woman was in a temp-to-perm position for Robb. I had to help her get acclimated to the work, the office … and Robb. When she had computer issues, I went to her computer and everything was really large on the screen, especially the font was very large and she said “I can’t see, I need cataract surgery for both eyes, but don’t want to do it.” Then she said something to the effect that I would have this happen to me one day too. So, I guess it is my turn now. Toward the end of working for Robb, a few times I had to go look for old documents, forms, etc. and I’d marvel that just a few years earlier, the font was not magnified in the least. Being on a computer all these years has not helped.

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                    15. I don’t either, but I have been reading about things to improve your eyesight … my mom was told to take an eye vitamin, which she did. I don’t want to do that as I already take a multiple vitamin. I read sardines are good for keeping age-related macular generation and cataracts under control, even avoiding these issues … too late for us though. I bought two tins of sardines a few months ago. I look at them, but cannot bring myself to eat them. My father used to like them on toast.

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                    17. Did you eat them plain? One tin is in olive oil and one is in tomato … I didn’t know which I’d like better. As long as they still don’t have the heads on them, I’ll make an effort. Was John’s eyesight good i.e. no MD or cataracts that you would attribute to the sardines?

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