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…
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……
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….
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…
Wow! I can’t believe it’s been a month since I last updated the blog. It has been super busy around the house, and I honestly haven’t gotten in a good deal of time lately. Lots of company in and out….Derek, Cole, and I all had strep throat at the same time (THAT was fun!!), and poor Derek also got Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease (really, just a virus not an actual disease). We’re also in the process of re-doing our…
Section 3 is well underway, even though I have not posted anything recently, I have been getting in some good puzzling time. I got some new “working boards” that are small, but sturdy and have really allowed me to work on the puzzle in the evenings while still spending time with Randy. Good start on the fishies! I just bring up one or two of the small working boards, and a particular bucket of pieces and work in the family…
So I officially opened the bag for Section #3 and started sorting on April 17th. This is now my 3rd go round with the sorting, and I am finding that as I do each section, the sorting gets easier and faster, and I’m much more detailed with my buckets. I went from about 5 or 6 buckets in Section 1, 12 buckets for Section 2 to 18 or so for Section 3. This time I sorted into the following buckets:…