Sudoku Madness

The in-laws left this morning. Luckily their ten day visit went smoothly. Although there were a few tense moments on my part while trying to watch 'Lost' last week. The in-laws do not watch this show and kept asking questions every five minutes. Thank God for Tivo ("the world's greatest invention" according to hubby) as we were able to pause while I explained 'Lost' background information.

Over the course of the in-laws' visit we took them to see some of the popular DFW tourist destinations: Ft Worth stockyards, Sixth Floor Museum (& spot where JFK was shot allegedly by Lee Harvey Oswald), Dallas Arboretum, and, of course, the outlet mall in Allen and Target (a must for all visiting Canadians -- why they haven't expanded north of the border is beyond me).

When we were not doing the tourist thing I noticed that the in-laws always seemed to be working on sudoku puzzles. I was intrigued as I have always found crossword puzzles interesting and challenging as opposed to number problems, and yet the in-laws were so absorbed in these number puzzles. After five days I finally found a sudoku puzzle from Sunday's paper and attempted it to discover what the allure is. Surprisingly I couldn't put it down (even though it was a difficult one). Then my mother-in-law bought me a pocket sudoku book, and since then I have been overtaken with sudoku madness. The best time to work on a puzzle is right before I go to sleep. Poor hubby. The in-laws have left but the madness continues.