Saturday, January 21, 2012

January 21, 2012 Damn Puzzle

Remember the puzzle I got for CB for Christmas?  It was of our little town with the center piece shaped like a house indicating where on the puzzle our house would be.  Great idea, don't you agree?

It sucked.

Wamego is the little tiny dark area in the middle.  The rest of the puzzle, the part that looks like spilled milk, is the nothingness that is Pottawatomie County.  Add to this the fact that the printing is very, very small and makes no sense whatsoever, and you the recipe for a puzzle that will kick your ass.

We've been working on this damn thing for weeks, months, maybe even years.  Today, I decided to watch the KU-UT game with CB and see if I could make some progress on this silly thing. 

WIBW didn't have a signal so we had to listen to the game (while watching another game and that damn near made my head explode) which was okay because I just worked on the puzzle.

Now, before you are all impressed that the puzzle is done, I need you to know that I worked on it from 3:00 until 10:30.  I'll wait while you calculate how many hours I spent on this damn puzzle.  

If your math is correct, I spent 4 days, 16 hours, and 37 minutes on it.

Oh, it's sort of cool when it's all done.

But not worth it.

By the way, when I am bitching about having too much to do before we leave for the 7th Annual Tribunal and Reunion in a month, remind me of the day I spent in the basement putting this puzzle together, okay?

That will make me feel better.

Or not.