the image or snap a pic of it with your phone. If your drawing isn't already digital, you'll need it to be before you start scaling. Scanning often has better quality, but a phone picture taken with good lighting should do the trick if you don't have a scanner. Many programs, like MS Word, MS Paint, Photoshop, Apple Paintbrush, and Apple Pages, allow you to adjust the scale of a picture digitally. Copy and paste the image into your chosen program. For the highest quality and most accurate scaling, prioritize using a design program, like Photoshop or GIMP. This can usually be done by right clicking the image. In the drop-down menu that appears, find and click "Size and Position." In the resulting menu, select "Lock aspect ratio" and "Relative to original image size." Some programs may use different wording for these options. Feel free to play with settings in the "Size" menu to see how changes affect the image. If you have difficulty finding "Size and Position" try looking for scaling options in the properties of the image or in an image formatting menu. Many programs represent the digital image size as a percentage. 100% indicates that the digital image is the same as the original, whereas 25% means the digital is a quarter the size of the original. When the percentage exceeds 100%, the image will become enlarged. Enlarging images may sometimes cause graininess or pixelation, especially with low-resolution images. After the image has been scaled, save a copy of the image or replace the original with the scaled one. If you need a physical copy of your scaled image, print it and you're all set.

Summary: Scan Insert the image into a suitable program or app. Navigate to the image layout options. Adjust the height and width under the "Scale" heading. Save the scaled image and you're done.

Tell your parent that you're worried about them. Point out any health hazards in their house. If you are living in the home, explain how their hoarding affects you. For instance, you could say, "Dad, I'm concerned about your quality of life here. It's hard to get from one room to another, and all these papers are a fire hazard." If their hoarding affects you, say so. You might say, "I'm too embarrassed to invite friends over and I get picked on at school because of how our yard looks." Or, "I'm worried social services will come and take me and my sister away if this doesn't get better." Hoarding is a serious mental health issue, and what you may see as garbage might be something your parent regards as valuable or sentimental. Don't say anything like, "It's really gotten awful in here," or, "How can you live in this place?" Remember that your parent sees their clutter differently than you do, and if you're critical or harsh about it, they may not listen to anything else you have to say. Use a neutral word like "stuff" or "things" for your parent's possessions, not "junk." If you're living there, stick to the facts about how it affects you rather than dwelling about it being "gross" or "inappropriate." Tell your parent you want to help them clean up their place. Ask them what they're having trouble with and how you could help them best. If you live in the home, you may have already spotted places where clutter is out of control. Offer to start there. If you live outside your parent's home, say something like, "I'd like to help you make more of your living space usable again. How would you like me to start?" If you live there, you might say, "I'd love to be able to have a barbecue. How about we start clearing out the yard so friends and family can come over? I'm happy to help." Your parent might deny they have a problem or reject your offer to help. If they aren't in immediate danger, there's not much you can do. Let them know that your offer still stands if and when they decide to make a change. If you don't feel comfortable visiting your parent at their house, set a boundary that you'll only visit in a neutral place, like a park or restaurant. If you are concerned about safety because of your parent's hoarding, then you may want to encourage them to seek professional help to make the environment safe again.

Summary: Express your concern. Avoid being judgmental. Offer to help. Accept that your parent may not be willing to change.

The rule of thumb here is if you have not used any item in a year or more, it goes! Add it to one of the other boxes, or toss it into the garbage. Donate the items you have not used items in 1-2 years. Chances are you don't need them. Donate them to the less fortunate or perhaps a family member who is starting out or moving away to college. This principle also applies to furniture, not just dishes and clothes. Call a charity of your choice and ask them to pick them up. Most of the time they will. Sort through and price items for your garage sale. This will save you time when you have the sale. Try to arrange the garage sale at an early date, so you will not be tempted to return the items to your house. Bring the filled garbage bags to the curb on the next pick-up day.

Summary: Sort through the keep box, aiming to put more into the charity or sale boxes. Bring the box for charity to your car.

In Senet, you play on a board consisting of 30 squares, referred to as houses. The houses are arranged in 3 rows, with 10 houses in each row. The object of the game is to move through the board, eventually getting all your pieces off the board. To move, you move your pieces down the first row. The way you move down this row is with the hieroglyphs on your side, you move left. Once you reach the end of the first row, you turn a corner and proceed the opposite way down the second row. Once you reach the end of the second row, you once again turn a corner. You then proceed the opposite way down the third row. Once you reach the end of the third row, you move your piece off the board. The number of squares you move at a time is based on how you throw the senet sticks. Senet does not use dice like a traditional board game. Instead, senet uses what are called senet sticks. These are usually popsicle sticks with one side painted black and the other painted in a different, brighter color. When it's your turn, you'll throw the sticks in the air. How many sticks land with the black side facing up determines your move. If you have three black sides and one color side, you can move one house and toss again. If you have two color sides and two black sides, you move two houses and then lose your turn. If you have three color sides and one black side, you move three houses and lose your turn. Four color sides means you move four houses and toss again. Four black sides means you move 5 houses and toss again. Senet is a two-player game. Each player gets 5 game pieces at the beginning of senet. You must move all these pieces off the board to win. Pieces are usually rocks but you can also use pennies or other coins. Any small, movable object can be used on a senet board. There are some basic rules when it comes to playing Senet. You should familiarize yourself with these rules before beginning the game. Only one piece can be placed in each house at a time. At the beginning of the game, you must place your pieces on the first row. Player 1 will place his or her pieces on the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth houses. Player 2 will place his or her pieces on the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth houses.
Summary: Move through the board. Use senet sticks. Play with 5 game pieces. Read the basic rules.