In 2020, Covid had the family home a lot. One thing we ended up doing was Jigsaw Puzzles. I believe we did around 6 during the year. What would happen is that the kids would get excited and open the puzzle and sort out all the pieces to find the end pieces because that is where you start the puzzle. They would work diligently and do the border and then they would slowly do less and less of the puzzle leaving me to finish them up…so I guess you could say I finished 6 puzzles and the kids started 6. My wife helped of course because she loves to sort the pieces out by color and get everything organized so we can get through it quicker and more efficiently. Yes, I think she is a little OCD, but I love that about her. Hell, even the apps on her phone are organized…BY COLOR!!!
Now for Christmas in 2020, the kids thought Daddy needs another puzzle so they got me a Kiss puzzle. Yes, why not give me one of my favorite bands. So, now I had another puzzle except this time, I started it, I sorted it and I finished it. No one really helped me because they are all sick of puzzles.
So, it was time to start it one weekend and I did what you always do, unwrap the cellophane from the box, open it and then dump all the pieces on the table…
And then it was time to sort the pieces and build the border which probably took an hour tops…
And I decided the easiest step for me is do the albums that are around the border because I know those albums intimately. I could easily see a piece and quickly know which album it belonged to and I built that up rather quickly. I would say a few hours tops (over a couple days not all in one sitting.
Then it got harder. The middle section had a lot of dark pieces and slowed me down a bunch. That took the longest part of all. It is funny how you can sit down at the puzzle and start piecing things together and the next thing you know, a whole hour has gone by and not much progress has been made, but once I got in to a rhythm and picked up on some clues, I was able to finish it up…
And then it was done…
1000 pieces in probably about a 6 hour stretch over about a week. Not too bad. It helped that I know the images, that was a huge advantage. Normal puzzles take me a lot longer as I am studying the picture a lot more.
I hope you enjoyed this silly distraction and send me pictures of your Rock & Roll Puzzles! Admit it, you know you have them too!!!
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
Holy shit…
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Is that a good holy shit or a bad holy shit?? Sometimes it is hard to tell.
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That’s a “that thing is bigger than Tommy Lee’s cock” holy shit.
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That is one cool KISS puzzle. Love the design of it – that large centre image then the albums around the border.
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I liked the design as it gave me some great structure in the way I put it together.
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Now that is a puzzle!
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Very cool.
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congrats! Such a cool puzzle. We have been doing the normal ones 500 to 100 pieces. My son likes doing them. His birthday is comin up and we got him Potter puzzle.
I’ve been eyeing those album cover albums but haven’t got one yet.
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There are a few more I’d like to get down the road.
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meant 500 to 1000…
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I figured.
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That’s pretty ace… I do like a good jigsaw puzzle, though I haven’t done one (other than with the kids) in many-a-year. I’ve been tempted to buy a couple of those album cover puzzles that are out there and I’d found a site that was selling a range of ‘greatest albums ‘ puzzles (60’s, 70’s, all time, etc).
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I don’t want to do one for a long while. We did so many over the last year, I need a break.
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You are committed. That’s for sure. Lol.
And is there anything that Kiss hasn’t touched.
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I love putting jigsaw puzzles together, and do them as a diversion when I tire of writing reviews and blog posts.
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Ha! And I turn them in to a post!!
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I was wondering how this blog was going to go and I’m pretty sure you could not have done it better.
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Thanks. Be glad I didn’t take a picture of it after I put in every piece. That would’ve been a long post of pictures.
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I admire your patience for doing puzzles. I have none of it. The end result looks great!
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That patience has worn thin though, I need a break for a long while.
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I’m impressed you even did it LOL. I look at a jigsaw and get tense. My lovely wife finds them relaxing.
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They can be very relaxing.
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For you maybe lol! I have never had the patience to sit there and stare at all those shapes to try to fit them together. I am, however, REALLY good at taking completed puzzles apart, if you ever need help with that!
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That puzzle is pretty cool! It’d be awesome if you framed it too because it looks too awesome to take it apart (but that’s just my opinion). Congrats on finishing the puzzle, were you listening to Kiss while working on it? Also, I’ve always wondered this, but why does Ace have blonde hair in the first album cover, then it’s dark brown onwards?
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Didn’t frame it. At least not yet. And I don’t know why Ace’s hair color changed.
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Huh, who knows!
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I love the progress photos. Are you going to frame it?
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Not right now. Maybe down the road (but of course I would have to do the puzzle again).
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Love Jigsaw puzzles! You went through that one very meticulously square by square!
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