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…
Derek and I are now “famous” with all five of my Facebook puzzle groups after posting this video of our mixing of Educa’s Around the World 42,000 piece puzzle. Even though he was sick at the time, he had a good time helping out with the puzzle project. In fact, my all-time favorite moment came at the end after the video was over. I asked Derek to carefully re-check each bag to make sure no pieces got stuck inside a…
Today I went out and bought most of the materials I anticipate needing in order to assemble this puzzle. Here’s what I got: 1. Forty-two 20 x 30″ foam boards — I anticipate I will need a few more since each board holds a little less than 1,000 pieces, but this will be plenty to get me started for sure. ? 2. Three packages of thin foam sheets ( each package contains 12 sheets). I love these for laying out…
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 am thrilled to announce that on February 2, 2019 at 11:40 p.m. I happily placed the final piece into my glorious 24,000 piece Life puzzle. My life is now complete! ??? Wow, what an incredible ride this has been! For more than 8.5 years I have been dutifully working on this big, beautiful beast of a puzzle. I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment I have spent working on it. I never once thought I would give up, or that…
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…
I was recently contacted by Games2Puzzles, a small online puzzle company from Randolph, New Jersey and asked if I would write a blog posting with a few links in exchange for some free product. Well – heck yeah! :o) And in this particular case, I was very pleasantly surprised by what I saw on their website and what I received as samples. The items arrived in excellent condition, and it was a quick turnaround from the time we first connected…
Wow, it has been a really long time since I posted, I know. As usual, my life gets in the way of my puzzling time, and my blogging time. The holidays are finally over, and what a whirlwind it has been. My in-laws were here for a visit, and we also celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary while they were here. A house full of company is a lot of fun is also very TIRING! LOL Randy and I are still…
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…
In mid-2013, I was given an opportunity by Artifact Puzzles to receive a free puzzle in exchange for reviewing it and saying something about my experience on the blog. I was very skeptical at first having never experienced a company who wanted to send me something for free and not have some sort of ulterior motive for getting me to purchase the puzzle later. What I didn’t realize at the time was that this is becoming a more and more popular…