Friday 02-24-17

On February 24, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle Progress2 Comments

I only finished the blue today and wasn’t able to get started on the twinklies. But I made progress and that’s what counts. 🙂

I hope to have some time tomorrow when I’m feeling well enough to sit and work on the puzzle for a while. It’s been a rough few weeks for me physically and I’m not always able to work on the puzzle as much as I’d like to.

Edges get started tomorrow! Yay! I was able to lay in bed today and separate the twinklies by shape, so that’s a small head start on tomorrow’s work. I really have enjoyed all these sections and I’m getting kinda sad that it’s coming to an end. 😦 I have plenty of puzzles to keep me busy for probably 3 or 4 years, but it’s been fun having a giant project to work on and having this blog to keep a record of it. Apparently I’m feeling melancholy this evening. It’s the damn menopause, it seems to meno-pause-my-sanity for a bit.

Thursday 02-23-17

On February 23, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

It took me a week to get The Lion King off the board, things happened and I wasn’t feeling well; and I also realize that I’m probably trying to make this puzzle last so I think I was stalling. 😐

There are only 2 sections left and it takes a little over 2 weeks per puzzle, so I only have a month left of work on this thing. Holy guacamole! How in the world did it go so fast? I still haven’t decided what to do with this damn thing yet!

This is honestly 2 days worth of work, as I did lay in bed one day and started working on the characters on trays. Not really fun assembling on the trays so I left that alone and waited to get The Lion King off the board before I kept going. I do assemble on trays in bed when I’m not feeling well and can’t really sit or stand to work on the puzzle, but it isn’t as fun as working at the board to me.

Filmstrip is done. Not bad for a day’s work! Tomorrow will be the dark blue and perhaps starting the twinklies. I’m so glad to be back working on it. I’m torn between wanting to get it done and wanting to make it last. I’m not sure which side will win, stay tuned to find out!

Thursday 02-15-17 80% Done!

On February 16, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, World's Largest Puzzle Progress3 Comments

I did my best to get a good picture, and this was the best I was able to take. I thought about standing the board up against the wall, but that’s how the whole Jungle Book fiasco happened. So here’s the best I could do for now, Hakuna Matata!

This section was fun, and just gorgeous! I loved every minute of the assembly, and I’m kinda sad that it’s over with to be honest. This section took 15 days, which isn’t bad considering there were some medical issues going on and some days I wasn’t able to do much puzzling at all. Some days I took trays of pieces to bed with me and worked on it laying down in another room! 🙂

I’m loving this whole puzzle so much, but I’m dreading being completely finished. I still have no idea what to do with the completed puzzle, none whatsoever. 😦 Any suggestions? Please help!! I know when all 10 sections are complete I’m going to want to assemble them all so I can take lots of pictures of my accomplishment. But if I don’t figure out what’s going to happen with the finished puzzle I may end up having to disassemble the puzzle back into 10 sections. The very thought of that makes me cringe!

Next up……. Beauty and The Beast, isn’t it lovely?

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It will probably be a day or two before I’m able to start working on Beauty and The Beast. The Lion King is still on the board so we have to carefully get Simba and friends taken off and stored, and there is still sorting to do. I am really looking forward to this one, I’ve been looking forward to it since September! I’ve saved the ones I thought would be the most fun for last and here we are – I’m so excited!

Tuesday 02-14-17

On February 14, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

So very close! I’m hoping I’ll feel well enough to finish it tomorrow, but there are no guarantees. It looks awesome and I’m super proud of it, and am hopeful I’ll be feeling better or just well enough to sit/stand tomorrow and wrap this one up!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Monday 02-13-17

On February 13, 2017March 22, 2017 By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

Giraffes! Aren’t they amazing looking? It’s all coming together and looking great. I’ll be able to work on it tomorrow morning, but it may be slow going for a couple of days as I’m having another procedure and may not be up to much puzzling for a few days.

Less than 500 pieces to go now, it’s getting exciting! Almost 80% percent done, and there are only 2 more sections left to go. I’m enjoying assembling all the animals, but I am unable to string words together to articulate why. My brain cells are on strike or something and I feel unbelievably stupid at the moment. I like puzzles. 🙂

I do have a couple of posts written up and ready to publish on additional puzzles, just so there will be something posted every day even if I’m not able to work on The Lion King. WordPress lets you set up a time and date to publish posts, how cool is that?? I can get stuff ready beforehand and post when I’m not even upright or awake!