I was starting to get frustrated that I wasn’t getting much time to spend on the Life puzzle because it’s difficult to tuck myself away in the puzzle room while Randy is upstairs in the family room watching TV. I want to work on the puzzle, but I also want and need to spend time with him too. So, I decided that since I can no longer work on this section upstairs in the family room easily, I would try…
As I’ve said before, I am now at a point with Section 3 that it’s very difficult to work on it in the family room where I can also spend time with Randy. The remaining pieces are scattered throughout the section, and make it difficult to work on outside of the puzzle room. So, I decided to start sorting Section 4 and get some of the bigger areas out of the way that I can work on up in the…
I have always been in love with big city skylines, especially skycrapers, and building architecture in general for as long as I can remember. As a child I used to check out books from the library about skyscrapers, and from a very young age I dreamed of going to New York City – especially for my honeymoon. 3,000 pcs. – New York City – Educa 1,500 pcs. – New York City – Ravensburger Of course what I didn’t know growing…
My sister Debbie sent me a puzzle for my birthday this year. It was very sweet of her – I called and thanked her of course, and told her that any time she wants to send me a puzzle, it’s A-okay with me! LOL I can’t honestly say that it’s one of my favorite scenes, but it should be fun to do anyway. I will do the puzzle, and then probably sell it as I don’t really have any desire…
I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately…I have been working on the puzzle a little each day, and haven’t posted anything new on the blog in awhile. Shame on me! I can’t say as I have a good excuse for it either…life is always busy around here, but nothing more than usual. I have been focusing the work of late to the under sea area, and I’ve made quite a bit of progress from the last update, I think….
At my baby shower for my firstborn son, Derek, I received a very cute stuffed blue dog as a gift. I cannot even recall at this point who it was that gave it to us, but ironically, I had given the same dog to a girlfriend of mine a few weeks earlier for her first baby shower. I began showing Derek the dog and laying it beside him as we played on the floor very early on, and it wasn’t…
It’s been awhile since I actually wrote a puzzle related post for this “puzzle” blog, so I figured I’d better get back to the main reason why I started this in the first place – my Life puzzle! In my Flickr Big Jigsaw Puzzle group, one of the members always takes photographs of his completed puzzles with a little rubber chicken named Evelene. Now, I don’t know the story behind how Evelene came to be, but I have always thought…
For most of my life I have not been too bothered by celebrity deaths. With few exceptions, most of the people who passed were really old celebrities who were famous way before my time so there was no real emotional connection for me. The first celebrity death which I remember being very saddened by was John Candy. He died in 1994, two years after I graduated high school, and I just remember feeling it was a big loss for Hollywood…
It does not seem possible that 1980 was 34 years ago! I don’t know if it’s because that would mean I’m getting old, or if it’s because the 80s are still such a fond memory for so many people that it doesn’t feel like so much time has passed, but either way, I truly believe it was one of the most influential decades in American history…a decade of indulgence – a decade of silliness – a decade I often long…
Opening the box! Four years ago today, the UPS man delivered my 28-pound package of puzzling joy, and yesterday marked the four-year anniversary of starting this blog! Wow, it’s hard to believe that I have been doing this for so long. Click here and here to see those historic posts once again. 🙂 This puzzle entitled, Life: The Great Challenge, has certainly been a metaphor in my journey with this big, beautiful beast. Here are some of the many Life…