Hobbies and Leisure

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Activities To Share During the Summer

Ideas For Summer Activities Since summer is stretching ahead of us with it’s seemingly endless days, I’ve got some ideas for conquering boredom. Collecting Together Decide on something to collect together. Exchange information and materials you find and take pictures of your finds (even young kids can use digital cameras). Your collection could be rocks, […]

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puzzle maze on paper with a red line showing the completion from one end to the other crumpled papers scattered all around the table

Create a Maze

Our next challenge will have you using your creativity and patience. I want you to create a maze in the Paint program that comes with Microsoft Windows. If you’ve never used your Paint program, it should be listed under Accessories. Start with a short, simple maze and work your way up to a more intricate design. […]

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little red haired girl wearing a lacy blue dress sitting on a brown kitchen chair playing on a small violin

Public Domain Classical Music

One of the ladies in my computer club was looking for some public domain music to add to the slideshow she had created in Windows MovieMaker. We found some good classical music at musopen.com Let me know what you think of it and which songs were your favorites, will you? Do you still call them […]

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I Love My iPod

Yes, you heard me, I love my iPod, even though I’m almost 60 years old! Not for the same reasons that my children and grandchildren do though. I rarely listen to music on the iPod, but I like to learn, as much and as often as I can. It keeps my brain active, gives me […]

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Fear Not for I am with You. Bible verse Isaiah 41:10 printed on a beach photo with waves and flying birds during sunset

CafePress

Trying CafePress Today I have been going from frustration and tears to elation and smiles, all because of a website. I decided to try getting my own store up on Cafe Press, but it was so hard to get the picture saved properly. I opened a photo I had and cut away part of it, […]

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Magnetic Pictures

Avery White Printable Magnet Sheets These are so neat, I really liked them. The package costs about $10 or more for 3 letter size sheets, so it isn’t a product I will use for everything. But if you plan your design so that a number of things can be printed on one sheet and cut […]

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Building Houses in Paint

Would you like to try your hand at creating a house yourself? How about a room interior? Wouldn’t it be nice to draw the perfect room with all of your favorite things for people to see when they entered? Try to follow the steps below and be sure to post a comment or image of […]

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