I took me a long time to figure our how to do sudoku. It was like I was hitting a mental block and just couldn't get it. I kept trying and soon figured it out. Now I love to do them!!!! I do the one in the paper every day and sometimes do a few in a sudoku book I have.

Kim, anything that taxes your brain for a little while will help you....

Try video games, word puzzles, number puzzles, play solitaire, learn something new....all this will help rewire your brain....

If you drive, take different routes.

Cook - try a new recipe.

Always clean in a particular way? Alternate, change, start in another room.....if you dust first, wash dishes first....

Exercise? Change your routine....

Keep moving. Keep rotating. Keep changing.

I agree that anything that exercises the brain is a good idea. I heard a doctor on the The Today show the other day say that your brain needs to be exercised as much as the rest of your body.

Now, about Suduko, I can't figure it out to save my life. My foggy brain just doesn't "get it". I can play alot of other games but can't get this one down. The other one I have a problem with is Text Twist......I can get the big words that you have to have to get to the next level but can never get the 3 letter words. Go figure?!

hey Kinch!

another TEXT TWIST fan here!

I find it keeps my brain fizzing happily along, and gives me something to do during the enforced *rests* between chores (detailed in Tamiloo's thread elsewhere, lol)

here's a screen-grab of my favorite winning hand...

look at the two six-letter words, make a NICE pair, don't they?



meaning, my NEURAL stuff is UNREAL!

I love test twist too but you are the best!!

I can't do Sudoku at all; my 82 year old Mom does them in ink!!

I love crosswords and brain teasers of all types but I just can't do numbers! Must be a math phobia thing I guess. I have tried the ones for kids and still struggle so gave up.

Cayo....that is awesome! What a score! I've only been able to complete the puzzle a few times but am no where near that score. You rock.

That game has helped me a lot when I've had my worst cognitive problems. I'm a big fan, of the game & you.

muchas gracias, Senora!

Text Twist relaxes me, and really seems to improve my cognitive skills.

I am very glad DS-24-Matt showed it to me.

psssst! wanna see my BEST score ever?



(brag brag brag... but alas, NEVER managed to repeat it!)

thank you so much.

looks like you and me are birds of a feather, Janie!

'cause I can't do number stuff at ALL, either...

and my darned sister was a MATH major at UC Berkeley.

words are the ONE thing I'm good at... I used to be an editor.

but I totally flunked out of Algebra.

and she's all doin' Trig and Calculus and *laughing* at me.

I'm a retired Accountant, so I hate numbers games..

I play Word Whomp every day at Pogo.com. I play some of the other games there too. I like to do the, daily paper, Crosswords and also Jigsaw Puzzels online. I have several downloaded.

Exercising the brain is a good thing.

Text Twist looks like fun, where do you find that? I love word games too.