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…
Today I am happy to announce that “Penny’s Jigsaw Blog” will now be known as “Puzzle Momma” and has it’s own dedicated domain at www.puzzlemomma.com! But don’t worry, if you still have pennysjigsawblog.blogspot.com bookmarked for this blog you will be redirected to the new site. I am very excited about the recent changes to the blog. These changes are allowing me to expand the scope and focus of the blog from just jigsaw puzzles to a much more broad spectrum…
My good friend Ellen is due the credit for turning me on to this fabulous writing duo and boy am I grateful she did! Even though she had read most of the books in the series already, she suggested I start with The Cabinet of Curiosities since it could be read as a stand alone book without having to have any previous knowledge of the characters, plots, etc., and she knew I would probably like it a lot. Personally, I think…
In the almost four years that I’ve been doing this blog, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to meet a lot of wonderful people from all over the world. It’s always so much fun to talk with others who share the same passion for jigsaw puzzles that I do, and it also almost always turns out that we have lots more than just jigsaw puzzles in common. About a year or so ago I “met” Lani who is from…
This page will focus on another hobby of mine – organizing. I love to organize things and take before / after pictures. Making things look nice and neat is a lot of fun and very rewarding. I will be on a mission this fall to get my house completely organized from the top down. Wish me luck, and follow along!
This page is where I will be posting recipes and sharing tips / techniques and instructions on some of the recipes that my husband and I love to make. We are both into cooking. As of right now, he is the main entree cook (I play sous chef), and I do all the baking and most of the breakfast type meals (he plays sous chef here when I need it).
Until I joined the Big Jigsaw Puzzle Collection group on Flickr, I really never liked or gave much thought to fine art puzzles. After joining and looking at the collections of some of the members, especially the owner and administrator of the group, Billsville Mike, I started to like a few of more classic art puzzles. And now, almost a year later, I am hooked on the classic art puzzles and have a bunch on my wish list. Unfortunately, most…