Despite moving and living without my puzzles or my puzzle table for over 4 months, I still had a good puzzle year. I completed 58 puzzles from 21 puzzle companies. My smallest puzzle was 60 pieces, the largest 1500 pieces, and the majority were 1000 pieces. (I don’t currently have a table big enough for … More Top 13 Puzzles of 2022
It’s a new year. And with the start of a new year, I tend to reflect on life, the universe, and everything. As a 40-something-year-old, I’ve had some time (a few decades in fact) to consider life and what’s important to me. What success means. What happiness means. And I’ve come to some conclusions.
Happy New Year! A new year means new books and new reading goals. I have already scoped out so many awesome books that will be published in 2023. Because I clearly need more books on my TBR. I will also be tackling a few reading challenges this year. Read about my 2023 Reading Goals and … More 10 Most Anticipated Book Releases for 2023
Well, another year has flown by. This was a weird year in a trilogy of weird years. Let’s hope this was a true trilogy and not a Douglas Adams trilogy.* My 2022 was a bit crazed. I started 2022 in Okinawa, Japan, where I lived since the start of covid. In April, I finally got … More Top 10 Reads of 2022
For some reason, 2022 seemed to both drag and fly by. Now, here we are on the cusp of 2023. Twenty twenty-three. A New Year. Can you believe it? 2022 was a crazy year for me with moving back to the states from Japan and being homeless for a coupe of months and starting a … More 2023 Reading Goals
I dove right in and started The Haunted Castle. As I mentioned in the previous post, this is the first series of puzzles by Flipsi Puzzles. First I love that the puzzle comes in a reusable bag. I hope that all puzzle companies switch to reusable bags. The pieces have a nice, solid feel. While … More Unboxing New Puzzles, Part 2: The Reveal
Now that I am mostly settled in my new place, I can get back to what I love—books and puzzles. And it just so happens that I received a new puzzle order today. This is a blame it on Instagram purchase. Or rather, blame it on the fact that most of the sponsored posts I … More Unboxing New Puzzles, Part 1
