Does this make me OLD?

This past weekend, I got in the mood to do a puzzle and I am not sure if that makes me old or just plain awesome?  In the world of millennials and being "hipster", I think that possibly doing puzzles is now the new cool whereas when I was growing up, people that did puzzles belonged in nursing homes (or were away at the cottage).  I think the idea of a puzzle was put into my brain by a YouTuber I was watching (Louise Pentland... aka. Sprinkle of Glitter) who had some friends over to start what she coined, Puzzle Club... ever since then, I haven't been able to shake the thought of it.

Now, when I do a puzzle, I don't just do a simple 500 piece job with a picture that is super easy to follow... NO... I do the WASGIJ puzzles which are 1000 piece mystery puzzles and will make you pull your eyebrows out in frustration.  Don't let that scare you away... if you are in for a good challenge, these are the only puzzles worth doing, in my humble opinion (really, the only one that matters).

Friday night progress

Like most normal people, I start with the outside edges because only sadists start with the middle... and yes, I do these puzzles on my kitchen counter because I am a grown human and felt like this was the best use of the space for the entire weekend.

Saturday progress

Don't let the lack of progress fool you... this is a solid 6 hours plus of puzzle assembly.  Things that I learned after my day of puzzle making?

1. As long as you have an empty part of the puzzle box, your cat will leave all the pieces alone
2. 10-year old boys have the attention span of a squirrel and will spend three seconds undoing 1 hour of work
3. Roseanne is a great show to binge watch while putting puzzles together... seriously, season one is hilarious!

Completion

I didn't care what it took... this baby was going to be done before I called it a night because there is no way that I would have been able to function knowing that it was sitting, unfinished, mocking me at home.

After a full weekend of 'puzzling' I can't say that I am over the love of them by any means... in fact, I may have rekindled my love of them and knowing that Bowser will leave them alone, makes them all the more fun to do.