Already working on this year’s first 1000 piece puzzle ☺
Good morning and Happy 2019! I’ve already started my first 1000 piece puzzle of the year, and am making excellent progress. I’m not thrilled with the fit of the pieces, but I love the image and am determined to enjoy myself. (Ain’t that life in a nutshell? It’s how you work/deal with what you’re given.)
I wish all my family, friends, and puzzle people a safe, healthy, love-filled year with plenty of opportunities to spend time with those you care about – and hopefully time for a puzzle or two! 💖
My oldest son and I are working on his Christmas present today. He’s a giant movie buff, and asked for a movie puzzle that we could work on together, glue, frame, and hang in his room. Awesome present for both of us!
We’re listening to stand-up comedy, working on it together, and hope to have it finished by tomorrow at the very latest. If we really get going and finish it quickly, I might even have time to get one more puzzle in before the end of the year!
**Update**
It took less than 2.5 hours and we finished it already!
My Christmas present to mom this year wasn’t the usual jigsaw puzzle. In fact, I don’t have any idea whether or not there is a complete puzzle here at all! Intrigued??
I was in bed, bored with television, looking at eBay for some reason. I’ve never shopped there, it was just curiosity; looking at the crazy prices people will pay for “luxury” wooden puzzles made my head spin! Anyway I came across this box of vintage wooden puzzle pieces – 5 pounds of pieces all thrown together in one storage box – with no boxes, pictures, or brands. Oh man, I can’t tell you how much that got me going, I wanted that box!
Imagine the challenge of hundreds and hundred of pieces with no guides at all. No piece counts, brand names, images, not even a guarantee of an entire puzzle. Plus, they’re all wooden pieces!
Since hubby does the eBay thing all the time, I told him about it. We discussed it, how much I wanted it, what I was willing to spend, etc. He had no problem with the purchase and won the auction for me. 🎉
Mom always says that she doesn’t need gifts or “things”, she’d much rather have an “experience” as a present. This is true, she’s a bit of a hoarder and in her 70’s, there’s not a lot she actually needs. So I decided to present her this box of puzzle pieces (that belong to me) as this year’s gift. The actual gift though is the time spent together working through this box of pieces to hopefully put together a puzzle, or two, or however many there are.
I have no idea how long it’s going to take us, but I am so looking forward to the challenge!
It could turn out that there isn’t a complete puzzle in the box, and being completely truthful I absolutely don’t care. If there are several incomplete puzzles or several complete ones it doesn’t matter in the least. This box is hours and hours I get to spend with mom, talking, laughing, playing with gorgeous puzzle pieces – I wouldn’t trade that for all the luxury puzzles in the world! ❤❤
I’m so tired from celebrating Christmas with family yesterday that my poor little brain cells are barely functioning, and could very well be melting like a Dali clock! I’m not complaining at all, just explaining today’s post really.
We had a very good day spending time together, and I’m afraid I overdid – as usual. Tried to spend a little time with everyone, help when I could, completed a gift puzzle with my posse, etc. I’m paying for it now, but luckily I have no obligations today other than to recover. (Hubby is planning on making a big pot of french onion soup for dinner, so I don’t even have to cook or reheat leftovers! Yay!)
There was a plan to take pictures of the puzzles I got for Christmas and post them, but they are in the living room about 20 feet away – that feels like about 20 miles to me at the moment. Plus, I’m not sure my exhausted brain cells have had enough coffee to remember how my legs actually work – last thing I need is to face-plant into the bedroom floor. Although…..it might be good for my back to lay on the floor for a while…..hmmm.
If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a great day yesterday. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a great day yesterday too! ☺
With only 7 days until Christmas, I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a joyous, love-filled holiday season. If Santa still visits your house, I hope he brings you a puzzle or two; if not, I hope you’ll treat yourself to a puzzle or two. 🎅
Puzzles are anti-anxiety meds in a box, a mental-muscle workout with a pretty picture, and enrich the lives of puzzlers like us in too many ways to mention. Merry Puzzle-mas! 🎄
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