So today I got all of the remaining pieces put on trays separated by shapes, and I’m working on filling in the rest of the puzzle. Trying to fill in the entire right side so that filling in the left side will be much easier, I’ll know what piece shape I’m looking for.

It was difficult working on the puzzle today without good lighting. Although it looks like lots got done it wasn’t as much progress as I would have liked. It’s alright though, I’m down to under 1000 pieces and things are still moving along!

My mom asked me today if I thought that I’d be out of sorts after I’m finished, feeling let down because the project would be over with. I can’t say for sure, but I probably will be a little let down. Although I have PLENTY of puzzles to catch up on once this puzzle is finished. At my house I probably have at least a year’s worth of puzzles to do, and at my mom’s house are probably 3 or 4 more years worth of puzzles to be done. But we aren’t addicted, we can quit anytime we want! 😉

Got a bit done today, then my overhead light died. 😦 And let me tell ya, good lighting is super important! I tried to keep working on it, but all the pieces just looked like blobs of color and it wasn’t going well at all. Hubby worked 12 hours today so I’m not asking him to do anything till he catches up on some sleep. I have a small stand alone light I can use till we fix the overhead.

Tomorrow I have errands to run, but hopefully I’ll be able to sit or stand for a while to work on the puzzle and try to finish the water/foamy pieces. It’s going really well, I’m quite pleased. I think I’ll work on the dark pieces next, and by then I’ll be down to less than 1000 pieces to go in this section!

A reader commented today that they are also working on this puzzle, they are in Belgium and have completed a section already (The Lion King). I was so glad to hear from someone else who is taking on this insane challenge! And all the way over in Belgium, how cool is that?

I started this blog for family and friends to keep up with my progress and I’m blown away by how many people from all over the world have checked out my site and some are even following the blog every day. In internet terms this is just a piddly little site with barely any followers or readers, but it means a lot to me and I’m glad for every single person who reads it. Thanks everybody! 🙂

 

It doesn’t look like much compared to yesterday, but I filled in around the edges today. It’s not an overly impressive looking change, but I put pieces into the puzzle and that’s what matters to me. 🙂

It seem like the progress is slow, but I’m not really in a hurry. And honestly, compared to the first couple of sections I completed this one is flying by! I’ve learned some tricks along the way, and know what works best for me as far as this puzzle is concerned. Amazingly I’m still very much enjoying myself – I wasn’t sure at the beginning if I would enjoy it or if it would start to bore me after a section or two. Not bored, loving this puzzle – even the more difficult sections! In fact, I’m really looking forward to the 3 sections I have left to complete after this one.

I still haven’t decided what to do with it once it is completed. It was suggested to me to put it on eBay! Do you think someone would buy the completed puzzle? I have no idea. The shipping would be astronomical! It makes me laugh to think about it. Could this be a new career? Assembling puzzles for a living?? That would be the life, huh? Jigsaw reassembly specialist. 😉 I’m actually laughing out loud!

I got quite a bit of filling in done today and was able to attach the middle section to both the top and bottom! Lots and lots of progress. Had to stop early though, because I worked on it a bit too long, even when I should have taken a break.

To my surprise, this section isn’t as horrible as I thought it was going to be. Don’t get me wrong, it is one of the more difficult ones in the whole puzzle. But it isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Either that, or I’m becoming a super puzzler. 😉

 

 

I’m kind of impressed with myself! I’m over halfway there in 7 days! It’s going along about as quickly as the other sections, which surprises me. I thought for sure it would take longer. Maybe the second half of it will, I’ll have to wait and see.

I have a bit more of the brown to do, hopefully I can finish that tomorrow or Sunday. Not sure where to go from there, but I’ll wait and see what speaks to me. I know I keep saying that, but with a puzzle like this it isn’t always easy to know where you should go next after finishing a section or color. At least for me it isn’t. Right now I have 4 containers of pieces left. One is all pale blueish/purplish pieces, and they probably go all around the edges of the image next to the twinklies. One is all darker pieces, dark browns, black, and very very dark blues. Another is just medium blue pieces which are probably most of the background on the left side of the image. And the last container is half and half pieces (half blue/half white, etc.) or pieces that didn’t belong anywhere else but there weren’t enough to make a separate container for. None of them are jumping out at me like, “You should do us next!” So sometimes I just have to wait till I need to start working on something else and decide right then which one looks like the least tedious, or has the fewest pieces, etc. That’s how my old lady brain works, in case anyone was wondering. 😉

I wonder how many other people are working on this puzzle. Are they working on it alone or with friends? Are they enjoying it as much as I am? What are they planning on doing with it when they’re finished? How far have they gotten? I’m curious. I’d love to know how many units Ravensburger has sold.

If anyone who reads my blog is working on this puzzle I’d love to hear from you!