Here I am, super gluing my life back together.
 My flip-plop blew out. The flip-plops were replaced with a pair of cheap  plastic slip-on sandals. I was out walking the dog, Harley, when I tripped and  nearly splattered my face across the road. 
 I looked to see what I had tripped on and my cheap pair of shoes had fallen  apart. The rubber on the bottom had parted company with the plastic on top. Gee  wiz, I had worn them less than a month. I paid at least $2-3 for them.   Does nothing last?
 So I got out the Super Glue, and put them back together, then put clothes  pins on them to hold them until the Super Glue super-dried.  
 Next, I put the window shades back together. The motorhome is trimmed out  in brass hardware and gold-tone finishes on some stuff. The window shades came  with these horizontal gold tone pulls at the bottom.  The windows are about  4 feet wide, as are the shades. More Super glue on the pull strips, all four  feet, with two to do, that makes eight feet of Super Glue. I popped them back on  and they have stayed glued ever since.
 The window in my bedroom has a metal frame on the side that is used to pull  the window open, as well as to lock it when it is closed. One day I opened the  window, and the piece of metal fell off and landed with a clang in the floor, on  my naked toes. 
 I said something unprintable. I hopped around on one leg, amusing the dog,  who danced along with me. After dousing my toes in cold water, the pain  subsided. 
 More Super Glue was put on the metal strip, then that was put back on the  glass and viola, the window works fine now. 
 The built-in coffee maker has a strip of plastic, about an inch wide, that  is looped through the fragile glass carafe pot handle, then velcroed to the  sides of the coffee maker. This is so you don't hear glass shattering as you  drive down the road, if the coffee carafe should pop loose.
 Well, the velcro was coming off the sides of the coffee maker. So I Super  Glued that back on. So far it's holding.
 My tall broom, was bought in haste at a discount store. Later I noticed it  had no loop on the end to hang it on a hook. If I don't hang it up, then the  broom bristles will fold over from the weight and the broom will become  useless.
 I found 2 plastic wire ties, the kind that is sturdy plastic and locks to  itself.  I looped one into an upside down U, then looped another one around  that, slightly bigger than the broom handle. I put Super Glue on it, then  tightened it on the broom handle, so that the vertical upside down U shaped  plastic wire tie, now created a loop for the broom handle. I can install a hook  and hang it up now. 
 I keep looking around to see what else is falling apart that I can Super  Glue back to life. 
 Maybe my broken heart. 
 I came across pictures of my three cats and found myself in a puddle of  tears. While two are rehomed in the Caribbean, I don't know the fate of the  third one that flew to the USA with me. I will always wonder and worry. He was  my best-est buddy for 9 plus years. I feel like I betrayed him by losing him, so  foolishly.  
 Super Glue is great stuff, but it can't mend a broken heart.  
that super glue is damn good stuff. Fixed my shoe soles with it the other day. It is used in surgery to glue body parts back together. So...it may just mend a broken heart.
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