You know, you would think with all the extra time I am spending at home these days due to COVID-19, I would have made a lot more progress on this puzzle than I have. ? But, alas that is not the case. Both Randy and I are still holding down our full-time jobs, which we are extremely grateful to have right now, while also trying to help our two boys navigate a whole new way of learning. It has been…
It’s been close to nine months since I put the last piece into place on the 24,000 piece Life: The Great Challenge puzzle, and tonight I FINALLY moved it off the table and took pictures of it mostly assembled. I have not connected the sections yet as the final section is very weak from a bad puzzle sheets experience I had. The kids and I had to re-work about 25 pieces tonight that had come loose from the backing. I…
You know it’s a bad sign when it’s been so long since you’ve posted anything on your blog that you can’t even remember how to get it into it to create a new post! Yep, that was me a few minutes ago… Luckily I didn’t take me very long to remember, but holy cow it has been over 2 years since my last post…that is insane! I probably have no readers / followers left anymore, but that’s okay. I’m sure…
As most of you know, I started working on Section 4 in my family room while still finishing up Section 3 on the puzzle table in the basement. Back in April I finally finished Section 3, but until today I had not had time to sit down there and flip the section over and put contact paper on the back. Luckily, Cole took a long nap today, and Derek was willing to play in the basement while I worked to…
SECTION 3 IS DONE! Wow, April really must be my month as I have completed each section of the puzzle in the month of April so far. Though, I am truly hoping to break that pattern with section 4 as I really do not want to be working on this same puzzle a year from now. As much as I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute I have spent with this beautiful beast, I am ready to move forward with something…
Holy Moly! How on earth did I get this far into 2015 and not post any updates on the puzzle blog?! There really is no excuse for my lack of blogging so I won’t bore you with my litany of ready excuses. Instead I will just dive in and show you pictures of the latest status. I have been able on occasion to work on Section 3 down in my puzzle room. Here is the current status of that section……
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 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….
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…
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…