On my first night of sorting, I was seeing a bunch of pieces that stood out from all the others. For some reason, I decided to pull these pieces out onto a separate tray. At the end of that first night, I quickly took a closer look at these pieces, and found I was able to already make a few connections. I don’t know why, but for some reason these few pieces reminded me of a carrousel you might see…
I am happy to report that I have just finished sorting (first pass through anyway) the first section! Now I can actually start putting the puzzle together. Well that is once my son goes down for his next nap. I had literally just put the final pieces into their appropriate bucket when he started crying that he wanted to get up and be fed. LOL My next task is to roll out the puzzle mat onto the dining room table…
Well, I was able to do more sorting once my son went to bed Saturday night, but I didn’t feel like I made all that much progress. I sorted maybe 1,500 pieces into my various buckets and then called it a night. On Sunday we had company over in the afternoon to watch a movie in our recently completed media room. I was able to sort more pieces while watching the movie. (FYI — The Informant is a big thumbs…
I went to the Dollar Store today to buy buckets and baggies to assist in sorting the pieces. When I got back, I cut open the first bag and began the ugly, but critically important task of sorting. I was only able to spend about 20 minutes on it as Derek needed to be fed, but at least I did start. I will need to get more buckets though so I can further refine the sorting which will make it a lot easier for me…