Weeeee!

It's the end of the day and I'm feeling much better than yesterday. I've been about as productive as a glacier post global warming. I'm gearing up for Mondays with G. We're supposed to be making Valentines. *sigh* She's so destructive with craft supplies. I worry. She mixes stamp colors without wiping the stamps first! WAUGH! She's also a messy embosser. I dunno. I hope I can handle it. Today I began separating different papers to put a kit together. Perhaps I can minimize the damage by making template cards for her to pick from. It's all about the prepackaging. That's my mantra. For now anyway.

I joined a group of crafty entrepreneur women online called Make Mine Pink . They've been so incredibly welcoming! I really want to set myself up for success this time around with Clutter so I'm hoping that by joining a forum and really doing research I'll be able to push myself. We'll see. My tentative date for launch is March 1st. We shall see how that goes.

Things I did today:
Got most of my scrap paper drawer organized (pattern, color, size)
Did my nails (fingers and toes!)
Tidied up the living room
Hung out with the Jehova's Witnesses and remembered some great scriptures
Stared at the walls in my studio
Avoided the laundry
Helped E with homework
Let E read to me and helped with the big words
Actually remembered to get her into the tub early
Gathered up the downstairs trash into one big bag and kicked it out for collection
Couldn't re-lock the side door after
Told the hubby about it and gave up


What I'd like to get done tomorrow:
Groceries
Dinner
Finish organizing the scrap paper drawer
Put away all the cute little paper components I found in the drawer
Finish putting a Valentine making kit together
Be nice
Smile alot
Make my husband laugh
Change the sheets
Remember all the stuff I write down as to do

blah

ugh, yet again I missed ordering my script for my meds so I was off a couple of days. If ever I think I could be med free I should just remember the days without. I'm an anxious, depressed, miserable basket case. Lets not forget the nightmares, night sweats, and upset stomach that accompanies withdrawal.
I was doing so well too. I was making stuff, or at least finishing stuff. I found a whole bunch of soldering supplies around the house (and when I say around the house I really mean around the house...no, that was not the punchline for an old joke). I found two soldering irons and some solder in Marshall's office, a brick paver outside in the yard, a brush for flux in my studio, the propane torch in the basement along with a ceramic tile and more solder. Why the hunt for soldering stuff you ask? Because of this amazingly creative woman's book Semiprecious Salvage . WOW. I first saw this book at B&N on one of my Mondays with Grace and drooled over it, but then left it behind because it would mean starting new projects (remember, I'm supposed to be finishing WIPs, not starting them) and buying new tools. For three weeks I thought about that book. I finally caved in and purchased it this past weekend. The good news is I need not purchase any new tools (well, other than a butane torch, which my FIL might have, along with metal stamps, wood blocks and some other stuff I can solder together) all I need to do is learn to solder. Easier said than done.

Things I learned yesterday:
Flux does not go in the eyes
Soldering is harder than it looks
Soldering irons are VERY hot
Solder melts very quickly
Solder cools very quickly
Solder is messy
Solder does not stick to glass
Flux tastes bad
Snacking while soldering is bad

Things I got done recently:
Finished the Vintagey quilt top
Made a quilt sandwich
Quilted the sandwich
Stared at the ceiling
Went a little daft
Played with solder
Drove to Richmond and back
Ate a really good bread pudding
Cleaned up after myself
Made the best mashers evar!
Stared at the ceiling some more
Salted and sanded the walkway
Enjoyed a lovely dinner amongst adult friends
Didn't cry when E's school closed for two days in a row
Went to dentist without having to be tricked into it or sedated

Things to do:
Laundry (surprise)
Bind vintagey quilt
Throw away yucky cupcakes (remember the inauguration party? Yeah, those cupcakes)
Take vitamins
Coax E to put away her laundry
Put away my laundry
Stop sulking

Adoption Caturday

Lil B
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll

I got to spend 3 hours playing with cats today at the Stuart's Draft SPCA. I've been hunting for a cat ever since Marshall said I could have one a month ago. I've wanted to have a cat for as long as I can remember. I firmly believe that no house is complete without a cat to guard it from small furry pestilence. Or just be spastic. Cats are good for a random spaz. So after lots of interviews with random cats at various adoption agencies (I want to adopt, not buy) and I think I've finally found the one. He's funny and slightly skittish, but playful and not aggressive towards kids.
I tested this by asking my daughter's kindergarten teacher to loan me her three kids. Lucky for me she just happened to be there. They're pretty loud and playful. All Lil B did was scoot behind something and then peek out. As soon as the kids started playing with the cat toys, he came right out and played with them. The next test is to have Marshall come out and meet the kitty. If he doesn't start sneezing like a lunatic and breaking out in hives, it's a go. I find out on Tuesday.

In other news, the WIP list has grown to 40 projects with two done. So it's 38 WIPS and one underway. I started on one of the projects and realized that it had been so long since I'd worked on it that I'd lost the directions and had no idea what I was doing, so I scrapped it. I wish more crafters would write about their failures. I feel like I'm the only one that screws the occasional project up so much that it has to be tossed into the trash. It's a little discouraging. I've discovered that my forte lies in paper and embroidery. I stink at quilting and garment sewing. My work is sloppy because I cut like an epileptic suffering a seizure. I think it's because I rush through. That's something I need to work on. Also, I don't have the best work area. I no longer have the huge dining room table that I used to use as a cutting table. These are things I'm going to have to work on.

Things I've gotten done recently:
Made cupcakes from scratch
Made Mac N Cheese from scratch
Threw a party
Cleaned up after the party
Sorted the laundry
2 loads of laundry
Went out with adults
Went looking for a cat
Started working on the vintage quilt WIP (it's ready to bind)

Cleaned and organized my sticker drawer.

Things I'd like to do this week:
Finish loading up truck to take it to the dump
Clean kitchen
Finish laundry
Finish quilt WIP
Start USMC scrapbook
Work on January Sampler
Call in my scrip
Adopt a cat.

It's the Semi-Anual clean up and Purge

It's the Semi-Anual clean up and Purge
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll

Now that the house is clean, all I need to do is laundry. I thought I'd get caught up on my WIP list. I also thought I'd play with my camera. As I was digging around and looking at things I realized that my beads and jewelry making stuff was in terrible disarray. So I piddled around and tidied that up and discovered that I was in need of some standard supplies. I'm out of chain, clasps, o and jump rings and containers.

I also put away the flower mess I made when I put that garland together. Other than that I've been sitting on my tush and staring at the walls. It's been rather nice. I'm sure I've got some other stuff to clean and organize. I shouldn't despair that there's not going to be anything to clean.

Finito!

Giving new meaning to the phrase junk drawer
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll

Yay! I finished two somethings today. I finished that junk drawer thingy AND the InaugYouRock garland. Why no pic of the garland you ask? Because I'm tired and lazy and it's 11:30pm and I want to go to bed. That's why. Plus, it's not all that great. I'm beginning to realize that I'm not such a great artist. I wasn't all that impressed with my garland. The things that I'd glued glitter to had already begun to shed and look a bit mangy. Did I use the wrong glue? Not enough? Have I lost my glittery touch? I also ran out of inspiration for the individual letters. I'm sure that given more time I would have come up with something, but the party is in less than 2 days so...yeah. What you see (or don't see in this case) is what you get. Maybe I'll take a pic at some point during the party. Whew, it's been a long day. I forgot to take my meds yesterday so I'm all woozy headed and irritable. It's like having some kind of psychotic hangover.

I always have the most vivid and odd dreams on the nights when I haven't taken my meds. Last night I was dreaming about Heaven and Hell. My version of heaven has my kid, massive amounts of green, rocky islands and beautiful blue oceans for me to fly over, and very friendly oceanic animals. My version of hell is a bunch of trendy night clubs with lots of people, bad music, and the people have very shallow and judgmental attitudes, not to mention the fact that everyone's trying to get laid. *shudder*

I also dreamt that God is a circle and that Geometry is a sacred math. Just the act of doing geometry was worship. It was nuts. I'm a lucid dreamer and I'm very surprised that I didn't wake myself up in tears. If geometry is sacred...I'm in terrible shape spiritually. I failed it twice in HS. The cool thing about being a lucid dreamer is that I can change things when I choose to in my dreams and that I also fly in almost all my dreams because it's my preferred method of travel.

Enough of the dream talk and onto the actual act of dreaming. I'm so ready for bed.

What I got done today:
Slept til 11
Finished the dresser (for now)
Finished the garland
Made tons of paper punch outs to make more paper flowers with
Got into a deep discussion with M about children and us having them
Hid in my studio most of the day
Updated my calendar
Was a royal pain in the arse to deal with

What' I'd like to do tomorrow:
Groceries
Hang with G
Not get irritated with E
Not worry about M's job (it seems like the head people really want to keep him)
Make cupcakes

Taking a deep breath...

and letting it out on a prayer.

So it's official. M was forced to lay off his entire development team at work. He's also been informed that he has five months to find a new job. I have to say, that's so much better than just getting the boot, but it's still scary. Things are not pretty right now with the economy, that's certainly obvious. It just hadn't hit home for me until this. I'm petrified that this will become a rerun of the episode 5 years back when M lost his job and was unemployed for 6 months. It was the worst time of my adult life. Back then though, we didn't have a five month warning. I'm still skittish though. We've now made plans to immediately start cost cutting. No extra movie channels, no more comic book subscription, cell phone plan gets cut down to basics, as does the interwebs provider. It's been nice being spoiled, but to be honest, it was starting to take a toll on me. I'm not comfortable with being comfortable. Does that make sense? I'm so used to having to struggle for things, it's how I spent the majority of my childhood and part of my teen years. I'm ok with struggling, it gives you something to strive for.
What I'm not ok with is not being able to supply my daughter with the basics. That is truly my greatest fear. I don't want to rely on my family, because my family is self employed, as is M's family. They're being hit just as hard as, if not harder than, everyone else. I'm not afraid to go back to work, I know I can make it happen somehow. I kind of miss temping, but what I've noticed is that I spend less money by staying at home. I thought it was some kind of cliche or something that SAHM's told themselves to feel better about not working (yes, I know that sounds horrible). It's true though. I don't need to worry about proffessional clothing because my profession needs nothing more than jeans, a t-shirt and a hoodie...shoes optional. Sometimes I can wing it in my PJs. I don't have to worry about packing or buying a lunch...I've got my fridge. I don't have to worry about gas money...I barely go anywhere. It's been...nice. I don't rush, I just do what needs to be done when it needs to be done.
And the best part of it all has been E. She has bloomed. She's less whiney, she gets her homework done, and if this is even possible, she's happier. She likes me being home and I'm growing to like being here for her. I thought I'd go insane, but it turns out I was already there. Now I'm just growing saner. I don't want to have to give that up. Sure I bust my butt cleaning the house, cooking, doing laundry and all that other stuff I used to just let fall to the wayside due to time constraint. But I'm proud of my home. It gets better and better looking every week. I've been able to do things that have been languishing for months. I've seen the bottom of the clothing hamper more often in the past month than I had in six months of when I was working. It's wonderful.
In order to keep my mind from running itself down into frantic circles over M's work situation, I've been making things and cleaning. Keeping busy really is the best way to get through the worst situations. Not only are you destracted, allowing some small part of your mind to resolve and think without constant interruptions and overthought, you also get things accomplished. That sense of accomplishment really helps when faced with a large situation in your life that you really have no effect on.

Oh and lest this entry sound like a SAHM's glowing self congratulation...I forgot that there was no school today. We stood outside waiting for the bus in 10 degree weather for 5 minutes before I decided that we must have missed it due to the lack of fellow bus waiters. So I drove E to school...only to read on the announcement board that school was out. Genius!

Things I've done today:
Took the old mattresses to the dump.
Cleaned the fridge out
Started the scary dishes
Took E. to DD for donuts
Picked up basic groceries
Made a payment on the truck repairs
Made M laugh on one of the worst days of his career
Uploaded stuff to Flickr
Compiled things from the basement and put them on the porch to take to the dump
Took extra bed frames up to the attic
Didn't cry
Kept my cool
Didn't panic
Kept my faith that God will provide

Things I'd like to do tomorrow:
Groceries
Second run to dump
Make dinner
Make M laugh
Watch a movie with the family
Not Panic
Keep my faith that God will provide
Not cry
Keep my cool
Update my calendar
Talk to G
Work on garland

A special thanks to Pete for being there. Thanks! I needed that.

Worried

Had a pretty productive day today, until about 5 when I had some kind of sensory overload. I'd been working on the banner for the InaugYouRock party and I think I overwhelmed myself with patterns and colors. Lucky for me I'd already helped Em with her homework and gotten her into and out of the tub, fed and settled in with her gamecube (Animal Crossing has so totally turned her into a super reader) when I decided to have my little episode. Turns out it may have been pre-emptive.
I wish I could talk about what's got my feathers ruffled but unfortunately the dust hasn't settled enough for me to really describe the situation accurately. It's enough to know that I'm cancelling all home renovation projects until further notice.

What I got done today:
Slept in
Three loads of laundry
Got dressed
Remembered to eat
Got the banner more than half way done
Had a minor panic attack
Went to bed early
Avoided the Jehova's Witness

To Do Tomorrow:
Pray
Clean the downstairs bathroom
Vacuum upstairs
Pray

Happiness

Is having a calm day. Emily and I got along splendidly today. Neither of us irritated the other, and that's pretty big news around here. I am getting really excited about the InaugYouRock party. After talking to G on the phone today I realized that I'm super excited about throwing a party. Sure it's on a Tuesday night, and I don't really expect a million people to show up. You don't need a million people to have a good party. A few people with a good attitude, some good food, and a common interest is really all you need for a good party. Booze doesn't hurt either. Well, sometimes it does, but there won't be enough booze for that to happen. Milk punch and hot toddies will be the drinks of the day. Comfort foods, it's all about the comfort foods. Sooo, Mashers, Pot Roast, cheese, crackers and apples and Colten's supersized junk food cakes. That should do it for the menu. My head is swimming with party prep thoughts. If I can pull this off, I'm going to pat myself on the back. Marshall has also asked me to help organize the belated office holiday party. He's thinking Potluck. I frikkin LOVE potluck parties. I figure if we just make a cool table presentation and I can make a cupcake tower, everything else will fall into place. Well that and I make a sign up sheet and stuff. I'll worry about it after InaugYouRock.
I love parties!

Things I did today:
Thanked Marshall for doing the dishes
Took down the Christmas tree
Didn't iron
Gave up on the chandelier, it was a bigger project than I anticipated
Didn't load the truck up for the dump, will do it this weekend
Worked on the January X-stitch sampler (dude, that thing is SO lopsided)
Helped E with her homework
Remembered to update the calendar
Forgot to ask if I could go to PA with G to a rock show
Got dressed
Watched 2 episodes of Lost with M (so love that show)

Things I'd like to do tomorrow:
Sleep in
Take a shower
Work on the garland for the party
Avoid the Jehova's Witness
Clean the downstairs bathroom
Be happy

G'night Ya'll

Oh and Pete? Keep your chin up kid, you're loved.

-S

Wore myself out already

Today I cleaned the study. No small feat that. I battled the stacks of comic books, found my child's secret stash of old used spoons and trash, vacuumed, dusted, and shoved all of Marshall's visible unused tech crap in the general area it belonged. I also created a fun place for Em to draw and she immediately used it. Hurrah!
Now I'm feeling antsy for reasons I don't understand. Could be because I exposed myself to massive amounts of Spray Mount and Spray Paint while trying to figure out how to make an origami chandelier with stuff I already have. Could be because I refuse to let myself sit still for any length of time without trying to conquer some kind of cleaning project. Maybe I should let myself chill tomorrow. Not drive myself as hard. Yeah right. We'll see. Oh yeah! We got the truck back from the shop...now I can make a run to the dump this week.

Things I did today:
Cleaned Study
Got Dressed
Remembered to change the calendar
Worked on the January Cross Stitch Sampler
Made a bunch of origami cranes for the chandelier
Two loads of laundry
Put Emily's laundry away
Avoided the dishes like the plague

Things I'd like to do this week:
Take down the Christmas tree
Tidy the living room
Iron Marshall's shirts
Make a trip to the dump
Clean the downstairs bathroom
Sleep in
Finish making the chandelier

Things that need to go to the dump:
Old entertainment unit
Broken shutter
Dead inflatable mattress
Old full mattress and box spring (which as a child I believed to be pronounced Buckspring)
Trash if there is any

I think I'll need Marshall's help to load the truck tomorrow after he gets home from work.

Home again Home again, jiggity Jig...

to market, to market, to buy a fat pig

Or perhaps, to the in-laws and back with a rather fat and pig-like beagle. We went to visit the in-laws to help with random tech support. I slept for over 12 hours, which I really needed because when I'm home I don't sleep. Instead I run around doing laundry, cleaning, and doing random projects. I used to spend hours playing on Yoville and chatting with "imaginary friends" online. One of my new year resolutions was to not spend so much time online. I'm doing pretty good, but I do miss my imaginary friends. I hope they're doing well.

When we got home I immediately started doing laundry and cleaning up my studio. I can now use it! I'm still working on the sewing room, but I've decided to call it quits until after the Inaugurock party. Marshall installed two new light fixtures in the basement so now it's not quite the death trap it used to be. Go him! Ok, now to get my thoughts together.

Tomorrow is Grace day, I'm going to try to woo her to my house to do crafty things in order to get ready for the party, wish me luck!

Things I want to do for party:
Silver origami crane garland
Gift baggies
Banana cupcakes
Brown sugar poundcake cuppies
Roast beef (crockpot)
Milk punch
Salad?
Brie cheesy thing with fruit
Look up other fun nibblies
Re-arrange furniture for fun Rockband activities
Possibly break out dance dance revolution in the other room?

Things that need to get done to make house presentable:
Clean office!
Dust and vacuum
Tidy up Ex-sewing room
Tidy up guest bedroom
Make Emily tidy up her room
Take down tree
Tidy up "coat room"
Clean up vanity
Clean downstairs bathroom
Groceries

*sigh* I'm so disorganized. All I really want to do is shut myself up in my studio and make stuff. No such luck. Ugh and then, I realized that I'm making a complete shambles of my cross stitch January sampler. I think I don't know how to count. That's not so good when you're doing counted cross stitch. It looks ok when you just give it a cursory glance, but when you really give it the hairy eyeball and compare it to the chart...not so much. I'm off here and there by a few stitches. Too late to pick the stitches out (trust me, when I do catch a mistake, I do just that). I'm certainly not going to give up on it either, I'm almost half way through. I'm just going to brazen it out.

Oh yeah...here's a thought. Why is it that everyone (ok, not EVERYONE) is soooo very good at selling their stuff on etsy and I can't sell anything? What am I doing wrong? Perhaps I should rephrase. What was I doing wrong? I listed a whole mess of stuff, but I got no love. Maybe the stuff I make isn't so good. Maybe I'm just not meant to make money off the stuff I make. It's quite a blow to the ego though. People make such a fuss over the stuff I make when I wear it or gift it. Why don't they want to buy it? I dunno. I thought I'd accepted the fact that me and making things for money just weren't meant to go together. I lied. I want people to pay me for my stuff. I'm jinxed. I'll try again some other time. Right now, I need to finish what's on my plate.

g'night ya'll.

Today

I exchanged that oak board for two pine boards, exchanged the brackets for the correct ones, got screws, waxing strips, suet holders, a bird feeder and nail files. Then I came home, put all kinds of holes in my walls, broke a drill bit in the brick wall, put the shelves up and half way tidied up my mess. My best moment had to be when I used the circular saw to cut the shorter board to the perfect length...and I don't have a saw horse. BOOYAH!

My worst moment was breaking the drill bit. I know those shelves are up half assed and you know what? I don't care. They're a stopgap. A temporary thing until the attic is done and I can have a well made studio space. Preferably by someone else, or by me being supervised by someone else. Sure I can build stuff, but I need instructions. The last two tables I made are so wobbly I wouldn't lean on them if my life depended on it. Why? Because they have no cross bar or support. The legs on those things list like a drunken sailor. One day I'll go back and put the thing together the right way. Not today though. Considering that I made the thing to be a display case, it's doing pretty good. Of course that means that tomorrow someone will lean on it and the whole thing will go to hell.

Tomorrow I go to the inlaws. I don't really want to, what I want to do is stay home and finish cleaning my studio and sewing space. But I love my in-laws and it's kind of nice hanging around in their AMAZING home.

Other things I got done today:
Got Dressed
Visited my adopted-cat-to-be at the adoption center
Finally took the twin bed set to Missy's house
Forgot to eat
Got a migrane
Ate something
Took a nap
Remembered to change my Cross Stitch a day calendar (woot! I remembered yesterday too)
Watched part of the 1970's version of Escape From the Planet of the Apes. (wow it was...kitschy)
Watched 2 episodes of Pushing Daisies (LURVE that show)
Waxed my lower legs and underarms (you have no idea how much better I feel, I think I was inspired by EFPA, all those hairy costumes *shudder*)

Today Marshall told me that he really loves to get a rise out of me. He says even he doesn't understand that bizzar compulsion. I wonder if it's my reaction he likes or if it's just the prankster in him. He's not much of a prankster really. Just where family is concerned. Lucky for the both of us, I couldn't find my cell phone earlier, otherwise there could have been a nuclear meltdown when he told me that he'd be going to a movie with the new intern on her last day. Of course that's not at all what he was doing (he was getting the car washed) but like I mentioned, sometimes he says things to get a rise out of me.
It's not that I worry about him hanging around with female co-workers, or even females in general. He's so oblivious to women that should a woman try to pick him up they'd have to go about it with a sledgehammer or possibly a very blatant billboard. He just doesn't get it. What would really get me is him leaving me home alone last minute. That would send me through the roof. I hate it when my routine is disturbed.
Ok, now I'm just blathering. I'm going to bed so I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed for my four hour trip to the in-laws...which I usually sleep through.

Goodnight ya'll

Yet more productivity

Today was much more productive than expected, although not in the expected way. My plan was to drop off stuff at Goodwill, go to the hardware store and pick up some supplies to make shelves in my studio and clean up the mess in there and in my new sewing area. I also needed to pick up waxing supplies and a bird feeder. What happened was this...
I made my dropoff, went to the hardware store, got distracted by massive amounts of cool stuff and ideas, picked up the wrong kind of wood for the shelves, picked up too many brackets and the wrong kind of screws, spent too much money and then promptly forgot to get the waxing strips in my rush to get home and start on the shelves.

Once I got started on the shelves I realized I had the wrong screws and said "No Way am I going back out right now" and decided that there HAD to be the right kind of screws somewhere in the tangled mess of hardware in the basement. 4 hours later all of my tools were neatly arranged, screws, nails, plumbing joints, finials and drawer pulls were separated and organized, and half the basement looked tidier. I did find the right screws. Upstairs I went with the right screws, installed the brackets I did have, and mounted the one correct shelf I did have. Now I just need two more planks of wood, 6 more brackets, 12 more screws and more time. Oh yeah, I'm still hairy like a wolf.


To Do Tomorrow:
Return oak plank for 2 pines
Return useless brackets for correct ones
Buy more 3/16 -3/4 drywall screws
Buy waxing strips
Install shelves
Tidy up studio
Not wax

One Down, 32 to go

One Down, 32 to go
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll

I'm feeling a bit frustrated and overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I need to get done. Instead of focusing on what didn't get done today, I think I'll make a list of what I did do.

3 loads of laundry (folded as well)
Got dressed (trust me, that's not always necessary when one stays at home most days)
Finished a pincushion I started about 6 years ago.
Put out food for the birds
Didn't strangle the dog
Took pictures of all the WIPS I could find and uploaded them
Blogged about them
Made dinner
Did some dishes
Compiled a pretty extensive list of WIPs (33)
Got frustrated and overwhelmed by said list
Made the bed
Ironed Vintage apron and put it on my new sewing form (she was nekked, it was embarrassing)
Moved pertinent craft books to their new locations (sewing books to the new sewing nook, needlepoint/ needle craft books downstairs to needlepoint nook)
Moved Needlepoint WIPs and supplies to needlenook.
Made said supplies look tidy in their new home
Remembered to change the calendar to reflect proper date
Ate three meals


Allright, before I really start to stretch for accomplishments, I'm satisfied with the ones I've listed. Anything else would be silly.

The 2009 WIP project

The 2009 WIP project
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll

This is going to be the year I finish what I started. For me, that's no small feat. I bore easily and I'm just as easily inspired. What happens is I get to a certain point in a project, get distracted, and then the project gets lost under a pile of other projects.
I'm not sure what the exact trigger to do this was, but the final nail in the coffin was the fact that Marshall and I are beginning the first of the big renovations on our house. We're putting stairs in to the attic. In order to do this, I have to empty out my sewing room. Not cool. I had just gotten everything nicely organized. The payoff is that I'll be able to move my sewing room upstairs to the attic. More space, maybe more light.
In the meantime, I've had to move my sewing space into the guest room, which required me to move some of the furniture there. During all this moving I stumbled upon quite the pile of unfinished projects. 33 to be precise. I'm going to have to decide which ones to scrap and which ones to continue and at this rate, if I finish one a week it will take a little over 8 months to finish them all. Wow. Yeah. Maybe I should take some time to prioritize that list. I'm suddenly filled with project dread.

Wish me luck!