Jan15

‘bring your peace to the table.’ – n. hoffman

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i finally tiptoed my way back  into doing jigsaw puzzles at home

with a planned delay after having pete the cat come to live with me

he’s a rowdy teenaged cat who loves to jump and play

i started out by trying a 100 piece puzzle sent by my friend

i could work quickly and cover it if needed

that went pretty well

he jumped up on the table 

laid down on it and grabbed a piece but put it back when i ‘suggested it’

this was the gateway opening wide for me

i knew a 1,000 piece puzzle

would take up too much space and time

so i went for a 500 piece

quietly got it out

sorted, made the frame

he jumped up to check it out

 suddenly i had an idea

he loves to play, especially laser chase games

i love to solve puzzles, especially jigsaw and crosswords

so i armed myself with a laser pointer in my left hand 

while i worked on the puzzle with my right hand

each time he jumped up

i aimed that pointer across the room and he took off running 

i had a couple of minutes to work on the puzzle again

then he would jump  back up and we did this all over again

i assumed he’d tire after 5 or 6 jumps

but no

pete the cat had energy to burn

 we must have repeated this close to 20 times

finally i finished by puzzle

 he went to take a nap 

a win for both of us

 while my team may have come in very last

in our recent jigsaw puzzle competition

i have taken it to a new challenge level

two-fisted gaming 

‘jig-laser-tag-puzzling.’

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“let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.”

—j. jackson brown, jr.

 

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  6. I think I would go crazy if I was working on a puzzle and a cat came and laid on top of it. 😆

    The laser pointer is such a great idea! When my now older cats were younger, they absolutely loved it. Kept them fit too! 😆

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  20. OMG, they never get tired. When they think it is fun they keep up even more 😅 So, it is awesome that you made it! I love doing jigsaw puzzles. I used to do so many and big ones. First, there was no room to let it where I ended it, then I simply had no time and also forgot about it. And now, we have two cats… But the time will come again… hehe.

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  22. Two-fisted gaming—A new Olympic sport?

    I wonder how many Pete the Cats there are in the world, following the success of the children’s book series?

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  24. I’m sure Pete thinks playing laser tag is fun and expects to have a great time every time he sees you working on a puzzle. LOL They do know how to get us to do what they want. Playing that now works for both of you. I assume Olive just sighs and sits on her cat tree remembering when she was a teen ager as well.

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  29. This is such a fun and creative way to keep Pete entertained while puzzling! 😂 Totally relatable though—my cat goes wild whenever I try to do anything that requires focus. Just had my furniture cleaned too, so I’m hoping to keep the chaos to a minimum for at least a little while!

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