Mr. Cupcakes and Machetes has long cried his love for puzzles. So for years, people (mostly Ms. Moth and myself) have bought him puzzles and he’s never sat done once and done them. Then, he got sick and it was finally time to slow down enough and try one out. (This very nearly become a post complaining about the healthcare system here but alas, I have neither the time nor energy to accurately portray our frustration.) Turns out they are rather fun and he now plans to work through our puzzle backlog. We argue half the time because he insists on working on the border first and then the inside, and I do whatever the hell I feel like doing. 😀 Despite that, it’s actually great quality time together. We listen to podcasts and chat about random things and swear a lot at this particular puzzle:
Do you puzzle? Give me all your puzzle secrets!
cupcakesandmachetes 
I don’t puzzle. But when I did a couple as a teenager I always did the border first too. The smooth outside edges gave them away so you had some clue of where to start 🙂
Several people have told me that I’m just a monster for doing it any other way lol.
I haven’t done a jigsaw puzzle in many years. I could see one being quite therapeutic right now after reading your post, though. Being sick myself at the moment, I can’t concentrate on my usual zen of painting, and don’t have the concentration for watching tv or playing videogames…
That’s pretty much why he finally sat down and started one, he can’t concentrate on video games or reading or any tv show that is too in depth. If you have one laying around, maybe you should give it a try. 🙂
No such luck, I’m afraid. I’d have to go out and buy one, which is even more effort!
I don’t blame you if you don’t want to do that. Stores can be awful. And they wonder why so many people shop online now? 😛
That looks like a pig of a puzzle! Well done on finishing it!
Thanks! It involved LOTS of swearing lol.
I used to do puzzles! It’s been years, might be time to do another one😁
It was quite fun. 😀
Haha We do the borders first too! 😛 I used to go all willy-nilly but now I catch myself automatically doing the border first as well.
I’m a puzzle monster! Literally everyone but me does it that way apparently lmao.
lmao You abomination! 😛
I believe it’s jigsaw law. So it’s JigsLaw. Coleslaw would be nice while doing a jigsaw. It’d be JugSlaw. I could do this all day but I need to cut up some chicken
There was way too much thought put into that. 😛
It’s what I do 🤘🏼
The last time I did a jigsaw puzzle by myself I sneezed and destroyed my nice orderly piles of straight edge pieces.
Ahahaha! That sucks!
Cool puzzle!
I used to do them when i was a kid. Nowadays, nope… i don’t really have space 😀
My BF claims he likes puzzles too, but he’s always “busy” so prolly he would not do them either…
I can absolutely envision Mr. C & M trying to do the puzzle calmly and systematically whereas you bulldoze in all chaotic :p
Ahaha, it’s true! We did a Batman comic puzzle and the only way to do it was chaotically so I win that one. 😛