flittertigibbet.

i did a 100 piece puzzle with some of my students the other day. it was a dinosaur puzzle, and every time i found a piece that matched up, i got a warm, satisfied feeling in my stomach. i got more excited than the kids did--i'm pretty sure they thought i was a little nuts, but after we finished, we carefully laid it on top of a large sheet of paper and put our names on it.

after that, i bought a 750 piece puzzle of a panoramic picture of New York. i also bought a puzzle carrier to go with it. i brought it in to work today & i watched the kids like hawks to make sure none of the pieces go astray. i can't imagine putting together 749 pieces to realize that the last one is missing.

as things click in to place and i get a fuller picture, i get more motivated to finish. the most frustrating part of the puzzle has to be putting together a sky [hundreds of pieces in varying shades of blue] or something of that nature.

puzzles are fun! did you know you can also do puzzles online?: http://www.teije.nl/puzzel/puzzles_spain.htm. i don't know. doing it online is not as exciting, i think.

this could potentially waste much time.