Simply..marvelling....

19/12/2014

....at the fact that I can do Difficult Su Dokus and without writing in little numbers!

You will notice I have given myself a star.

And, ta-dah, I can even do Fiendish!

If you knew how innumerate I have always been, you would be impressed too. Six year old Ross wanted to know how to do them, so naturally I had to learn.

And I got hooked!

I want to ask you..you probably often marvel at things your children or your friends can do, but are you marvelling at any of your own achievements?

Do share..

10 Comments

Penny L

19/12/2014 07:37:50 am

Golly, I am more than impressed. How on earth do you do it without writing on the extra little numbers? I have to do it even on the easy ones. I am still surprised that I can cook proper meals like roast chicken and all the trimmings, and that I can have friends to stay for the weekend and manage to feed and look after them all like a proper grown up!!

Freda

19/12/2014 08:01:49 am

Well it took me years - Ross is now 13. Cooking proper meals and being a good hostess are great skills to have - brava!

Alison

19/12/2014 07:56:47 am

You go girl! Maybe you should enter one of those Sudoku competitions just for fun!

I'm not sure numeracy is the most critical skill here -- it seems like it is probably more logic and reasoning.

Freda

19/12/2014 08:04:44 am

I'm too slow! You are right about numeracy but when I started I was at the level of saying 'OK this is a one....' It has taught me patience. But Alison - what about you?

elaine link

19/12/2014 04:23:28 pm

Figures are like a foreign country to me - my brain just doesn't work that way - but anything to do with words like a crossword and I'm on fire.

Freda

19/12/2014 07:20:26 pm

Starting at the level of a 6 year old was useful and retrained my brain I think. It is clear from your blog that you have a way with words!

Swissrose link

20/12/2014 02:38:33 am

That is so funny - my mom is terrible with numbers and yet great at these number games, Sudoku and another kind I have trouble with, yet I am supposed to be the one who is good at maths in this family!! She also turned out to be a great saver once she was on her own - despite not being sure how many zeros she needs to put on things, it just never interested her… ;o

Freda

20/12/2014 06:55:08 am

Good for Mom!

Karen T.

22/12/2014 12:04:04 pm

Sudoku I can't do, but a HARD crossword and a pen. . . ! Also, I'm an excellent singer.
That's it, my list of accomplishments.
Merriest of Christmases!

Freda

23/12/2014 11:49:37 pm

How wonderful to be an excellent singer! Merry Christmas Karen T.

Simply..marvelling....

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