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Surf’s Up!

Surf’s Up! is a 1500-piece puzzle from Ravensburger, and the artist is Ingrid Slyder. This is my second puzzle of this size (I have also done one 2000-piece puzzle), and I bought it to do while I was watching the USAJPA Nationals. It was a lot of fun! The image was so well designed that it didn’t feel like a bigger puzzle, and I loved all of the bright colors and interesting textures. The only part that was a little tricky was the palm tree.

I was really happy that the puzzle fit on my rotating puzzle board, since that way I could easily work on it while watching the YouTube stream on my TV. I got so engrossed in the puzzle that I ended up staying up super late and finishing in the first day! I highly recommend this one to anyone interested in trying a larger piece count.

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Week in Review: March 29, 2026

The Mother to Mother Autism Luncheon that I am helping to planning is coming up in just three weeks, so now it’s time for me to get working on the program and the items that will be included in the folders and bags we hand out. Thankfully, a lot of the heavy lifting is done by the team at the main site, and I just have to tweak things for our location.

I had some unfortunate dental news this week. On Tuesday, I noticed that one of my teeth was pretty loose. The orthodontist had said my teeth might be a bit wobbly as they moved, but this one was really moving. It turned out to be one of my implants (I have two implants right next to each other). My dentist looked at it and said she believed the implant had failed and that an oral surgeon should evaluate both of them. The oral surgeon said that it has definitely failed, and that the other one would fail as well, due to too much bone loss, which is most likely because the implants were placed too close together.

So now I have to organize getting the implant crowns off and then getting the implants removed and a bone graft done. I need a driver for the appointment, and I need to make sure Michael can get to and from work, and it’s going to cost $3600. I’m also stuck eating soft food for the foreseeable future so I don’t fracture it before it can get taken care of. Ugh!

On a positive note, I took Friday off work to watch the first day of the USA Jigsaw Puzzle Association Nationals. Friday was the individual prelims, Saturday was the pairs and teams prelims, and Sunday is the finals for all three categories. I had purchased a 1500 piece puzzle to do while I was watching, and I ended up staying up until 3 AM on Saturday morning finishing it! I haven’t taken pictures of the puzzle yet, but here’s a picture of the box:

I did get all caught up on laundry on Friday as well, which was good, but I was definitely avoiding a bunch of admin stuff I really need to do. There are a few things on my list which I am anxious about, so it’s really hard to make myself tackle them.

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Eames House of Cards Fantasy

Eames House of Cards Fantasy is a 1500-piece puzzle from Ravensburger, and it was designed by collage artist Shelley Davies to commemorate Eames’ 80th anniversary. 

Best known for their groundbreaking furniture designs, Charles and Ray Eames also developed a number of iconic toys. The first edition of their House of Cards was introduced in the US in the 1950s, and it has continued through several iterations since then. This building toy is a deck of picture cards, each with six slits allowing them to be built in many different shapes and sizes.

This puzzle was a lot of fun to put together. There were so many interesting patterns and intriguing little details. The Ravensburger quality is so good, of course, and because it was secondhand, I didn’t even have to deal with the puzzle dust they are so infamous for.

This was also my first 1500-piece puzzle. I have done one 2000-piece, but usually I do 1000-pieces or less. I would be open to doing more large count puzzles if the image is good and doesn’t have a lot of solid color areas.