My long life with sudoku….

Began about 12 months or so ago when sudoku hit the nyc subways in a big way. The game has actually been around since 1979 (thanks wikipedia!) but I never heard of it until about a year ago. Suddenly, everyone on the train was playing this complicated number game that looked, just plain weird.
I love trying out the latest and greatest trends so I decided I should see what this whole sudoku thing is about.

The next morning on my way to the train I picked up the morning Metro. I attempted the sudoku puzzle & failed. I convinced myself, ‘That must have been the hard level.’

So, the next day I picked up the AmNY instead… Failed. After about a week of trying every morning paper, I gave up. Sudoku is just not for me….

Fast forward to this Christmas. Mr.HG’s 8-year-old niece was playing sudoku on her NitendoDS. Okay, so if an 8-year-old can do this so can I !!! This time though, it was on the video game, not newspaper, & it was SOOO much easier. I loved it! I played for hours. Then we went to Mr.HG’s cousin & I played sudoku on their DS. (PS I am so not a video game girl, but the Brain Age on DS is wicked cool!)

So, after doing so well on the DS version, I had enough confidence to attempt the newspaper one again!

And look… I did it! :) See Mr.HG, I didn’t buy those medals!

I completed one on Thursday as well! That is 2 in a row.
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But today’s puzzle… well lets just say it’s in the garbage!