PUZZLES!

Jason and I completed our first puzzle together! We've both done them in the past, but never together. It was a 1500 piece Springbok called Shoes, Shoes, Shoes! It took us a total of about 12 hours to complete, or two evenings. Talk about serious eye strain! It ended up taking up my sister's entire coffee table which is about 3 feet wide by 2.5 feet long. We really enjoyed it, so we went on eBay and bought up a bunch of used ones. Now, we just have to wait for them to start arriving in the mail.

eBay is not the most economical way to buy used puzzles because of the weight associated with shipping them. So, Jason and I are planning on checking out garage/estate sales to see if we can get them for cheaper. It's also hard to find used puzzles that people know are complete and not missing a piece. So many people on eBay sell them without ever having done them.

Well, my hobbies are certainly developing with all this free time. I've settled on puzzles, reading, blogging, walking, meditating, and cooking (which can unfortunately get rather expensive and wasteful). I think that's a fairly good list for someone who said two months ago to her doctor that the only hobbies she knows is work and school!