UGH - Puzzle Disaster

One of the ways I found to stay calm when life gets crazy or when I am overwhelmed is to pull out a puzzle to work on it.  Last Spring when Pope Benedict stepped down I ordered an ambitious puzzle of The Sistine chapel sealing.   I thought as we worked on this puzzle as a family we would pray for the Cardinals as they gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the Papal Conclave to elect the next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.  We stated working on it but as the summer went on we covered the puzzle and uncovered it to work on it.  I was confidant that we had all the pieces still and the work was very slow going.  I really wanted to complete this puzzle and was highly motivated. 

 

 

Kat (Sugar's friend) loves puzzles as well.  So she spent a few evenings helping me sort and we were finally making lots of progress.

Everyone started helping.  We had reached that pivotal spot in the puzzle (all puzzle doers know that point) when the pieces all make sense.  You fall into a new rhythm and the speed to do the puzzle picks up.

We had hit that grove.  We were all working of different scenes in the main puzzle but we were on a roll as we started to put them all together.  I love that feeling.  The challenge is still there but you know with a little work you will finish.

This puzzle help the opportunity to be beautiful when finished as well.  We had already purchased the puzzle glue and planned to mount and hand this piece of work when finished.  The rule was that no drinks were allowed in the dinning room unless the puzzle was covered. 

For what ever reason Sugar thought she had it under control and was not following that rule. 

 

All I can say is "UGH!" (That isn't all I said but it is all I will repeat -remember I will not share the bad stuff.)  Sugar new that I was not happy.  Bless her heart she did try to save it.  This was not at all possible but she tried.  We all laughed when the layers of the puzzle flew apart when she tried to dry it with a blow dyer.  Oh well I still love Sugar more than the puzzle, but I would be lying if I didn't say this loss stung a little.