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A Completed Life

A Completed Life

It’s been close to nine months since I put the last piece into place on the 24,000 piece Life: The Great Challenge puzzle, and tonight I FINALLY moved it off the table and took pictures of it mostly assembled. I have not connected the sections yet as the final section is very weak from a bad puzzle sheets experience I had. The kids and I had to re-work about 25 pieces tonight that had come loose from the backing. I…

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Happy Anniversary, Puzzle!

Happy Anniversary, Puzzle!

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.  ðŸ™‚ 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…

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Section 2 – Disassembly and Reassembly

Section 2 – Disassembly and Reassembly

Just a couple of new photos of the process of flipping Section 2 over on the puzzle board.  At least this time it should go faster because I’ve done this process once and figured out the best way to flip each section over and get it back together.  I anticipate I should be ready for contact papering by end of the day today.  Here’s a couple of pictures… Preparing the mini section for removal from rest of puzzle. The extracted…

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One Year and 11 Days Later….

One Year and 11 Days Later….

SECTION 2 IS FINISHED!!! Woo Hoo!  Today, April 13, 2014, marks the completion of Section 2 and 50% of the entire puzzle.  Wow, it doesn’t seem possible that I am finally halfway done, but at the same time it also seems like I’ve been working on this project FOREVER!  LOL Here are my overall statistics… Section 1:  2 years, 8 months and 10 days assembly time Section 2:  1 year and 11 days assembly time Section 3:  Goal is to…

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All That Remains…Part Two

All That Remains…Part Two

It’s amazing what a little alone time three days a week can do for a puzzling momma!  I have been getting in at least an hour or so on these days and it has been wonderful.  It’s also getting a lot easier since I have a lot less pieces to weed through to find the right one as I get closer and closer to the end. Here are a couple of picture updates. As you can see, all that remains…

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I’m On a Roll Now!

I’m On a Roll Now!

I can’t believe that I have gotten to work on the puzzle multiple times this week – it makes me sooo happy. Between yesterday and today I was able to place well over 200 pieces, I think. Very excited about that. I have also set a new goal for myself so that I can finish this section up in a timely manner and then take a small puzzling break to do a thorough spring cleaning of my house, and to…

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Three Weeks of Puzzling Fun

Three Weeks of Puzzling Fun

It’s been three weeks since Derek started school, and I’m so pleased to report that each day it has gotten a little easier than the previous time.  He still likes me to stay with him for a few minutes or “10 and 5 minutes” as he likes to say.  LOL  I usually sneak out after just a few minutes and he seems to be doing okay with that. So, each day I have been getting in at least 45 minutes…

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At Last…

At Last…

Today was Derek’s official first day of preschool, and it surprisingly did not start off well.  For months on end, we heard nothing but “I wanna go to school….when can I go to school?”….etc from him.  But then right before he had his “try it out – discovery day” at school back in January, he started saying that he didn’t want to go.  So we kind of dropped it for a while.  Then as scheduled, he started this morning.  We…

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A New Year, A New Look

A New Year, A New Look

Happy 2014 everyone! The year is off to a good start as I have been lucky enough to get in a little bit of puzzling time this week. Cole is sleeping through the night most nights so I’ve been getting a little more sleep lately which certainly helps with enabling me to get in some puzzling time once in a while. I haven’t posted new progress pictures in quite some time I know, so here are the latest and greatest….

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Some Much Needed Mommy Free Time

Some Much Needed Mommy Free Time

I am happy to report that I got a nice little chunk of Mommy Free time this last weekend and it was WONDEFUL!!!  It was the first completely kid free time I’ve had since Cole was born about 2.5 months ago.  Randy took both kids out for several hours and gave me a break.  Of course, instead of napping like I probably should have, I couldn’t wait to get in some puzzling time.  I spent close to 4 hours working…

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