This Weeks Update [1/31/16] - Hardest Puzzle So Far

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

This week Steve tackled his 2nd birthday puzzle.  Definitely the hardest puzzle so far for many reasons.... 1st it was 1500 pieces (500 more than "normal"), 2nd there were a lot of similar detail on pieces, but 3rd - probably the toughest was lots of almost identically cut pieces that would seemingly fit together but weren't actually correct!  

"Tour de France" by Jan Van Haasteren from Jumbo Puzzles

Also, Steve thought he accidentally threw out a piece and was really unhappy (went through the trash to check) - nothing like a 1499 piece puzzle.  [I thought the piece may not have come out of the bag when I dumped them out.]  We finally found the wayward piece underneath the couch after we realized it was for sure missing.   Have no idea how it made it to a spot 5 feet away from the puzzle table.  Kudos to him because he decided to start this on Sunday night, and doing a lot of puzzle time and having a job don't work well for me - so he did probably 90% of it on his own.  It turned out great!  My big contribution was to fix the last pieces of sky to fit together.

I also got to do one of my favorite things which was to catch an Oswego hockey game with Matthew on Friday night.  The Lakers had a strong game - winning 3-1 and we had a great time.

Miles for the week are 71, miles for 2016 are 318, and total miles are 15,882.

Take care,

Zelma