Have you ever had a puzzle that you fell in love with immediately, couldn’t wait to do, and then half to two thirds of the way done, you were just over it and wanted it to end? That was me with this puzzle. I instantly fell in love with the colors and the buildings as soon as I saw the puzzle. Even as I grabbed a couple of other puzzles to do first, my mind kept drifting back to this…
I miss my Camaro! In early 2001, I made an impulsive purchase of something I had always wanted, but knew my Dad would absolutely not approve of — he hated Chevy cars / trucks with a passion. He was a Ford guy through and through. Regardless, I decided a Camaro was in my future and absolutely fell in love with a very slightly used 1999 Royal Blue Camaro. It only had 8,000 miles on it when I signed the paperwork….
I picked up several Aquarius puzzles recently that I thought would be really fun and would look good framed for my kids’ rooms. A few weeks ago I pulled out the first one which I titled Marvel Superheroes Collage as it does not appear to have any other official title on the box. There was a second puzzle which I also bought that’s got the Marvel Super Villians pictured so I had to differentiate them somehow. I will start that…
My love of Stephen King began long before I became Penny Weiss. I was a young teenager when I picked up my first novel of his called Firestarter. While I enjoyed it, I wasn’t blown away by this author just yet. Next I read Carrie, and liked it quite a bit too. But it wasn’t until I watched the IT miniseries on TV in the late 80s that I truly began to see Stephen King for the genius that he…
This harder than it looks puzzle is finally finished. And after a thankfully short-lived freak out moment over a missing piece, I can put a checkmark on this one and get it glued for Derek’s room. The quality was superb, and I think this one is going to look awesome mounted on his wall. This also means one more thing — Around the World here I come! Woo hoo!!
This 1,000-pc. Buffalo Games puzzle puts up a good fight. It has been way more challenging than I thought it would be initially. The quality of the image and the fit has been top notch, and other than the small, 300 piece Wysockis’ I have done recently, it has been the best Buffalo puzzle I have done. Certainly wayyyy better than the piece quality of the 2000 piece Winterland Fun puzzle I did earlier this year by Aimee Stewart. I…
This snarky collage puzzle of Suzy Toronto artwork makes me smile. I loved doing it, and when I first purchased it at Goodwill, it reminded me of my puzzling friend and fellow blogger, Stacey. She not only loves collages, but is also wild over being able to spell lots of words in her puzzles. So, when I finished this one, I immediately shipped it over to her. It turned out to be an incredibly sentimental one for her so I…
Yesterday I received these two puzzles in the mail from my mom’s favorite online store to buy puzzles — Herschnner’s. These two cute and very country images immediately brought to mind my childhood home in northeastern California. We lived in the country on a 40-acre ranch, and our three-bedroom house had many wall decorations featuring birds, flowers, and other country landscapes. These would have fit perfectly with the decor in the house. Mind you, this was in the early 1980s,…
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…
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…