I have checked my blog everyday and read my passages and have had so many thoughts run through my head on what to write. But none have come to paper.
I am restless.
I have vision.
I want to DO.
I want to CREATE.
I crave contribution.
Then ***KAPOW***
I am socked in the jaw with the realization that I should be doing laundry, sweeping the floors, mopping, or deciding what's for dinner; not posting on this black screen that seems to render uselessness. Computers are a wonderfully evil beast. The fountain of information you can gain from perusing their pages also can make for hours of sedentary living. I don't have that leisure and my derriere certainly doesn't need it either.
*sigh*
So, here I sit disregarding the "proper" portion of my brain that is whispering to me to go out to that sewing machine and make those damn aprons. Instead I continue plodding along on this list of mine that is now 4 days late and 4 days wasted in realizing the goal. 38 goals in the year of being 38.....
So, here it is, "Am I mad?" "Yes, you're purely mad. You're bonkers. But I have a secret; all of the best people are." (<3 this movie, probably because it was date night with my man)
1. Write a cookbook.
2. Publish said cookbook.
3. Start writing the book that keeps me awake at night writing chapters in my head.
4. Sew the damn aprons.
5. Have my Etsy shop filled with no less than 15 items each month.
6. Tell my story on this blog.
7. Actually have followers here that enjoy what I write and comment on it.
8. Continue our plan to be self-sufficient and live more off the land.
9. Plant our garden bigger and better.
10. Plant spring bulbs instead of throwing out rotten ones that have sat unattended.
11. Learn to plant mushrooms.
12. Spend one portion of one day picking fiddleheads, leeks, and mushrooms.
13. Use up my HUGE stash of scrapbooking supplies without purchasing anything but glue tape and scrapbook the last year of our life then moving onto earlier years.
14. Finish the Kitchen renovation.
15. Install 2 storm doors and a new "pretty" front door.
16. Replace the bathroom sink/cupboard and medicine cupboard with something nicer.
17. Paint the livingroom.
18. Finish painting the stairs.
19. Help Joe build our deck.
20. Move the dog cage and put in patio bricks for a base.
21. Plan and possibly start our addition.
22. Build a shed for Joe's tools.
23. Add even a small fenced in area for the dogs/chickens.
24. Install closet doors in our bedroom.
25. Start the master bathroom. (at least a toilet and sink.)
26. Sell 100 items in My Etsy Shop.
27. Continue upcycling and reselling items.
28. Use craft items on hand.
29. Organize the basement.
30. Clean out and organize the cover-it shed.
31. Design and build a gardening Bench.
32. Paint the portraits of Joe & I that are in my head.
33. Start a Tybee Island Savings account.
34. Get another tattoo with Joe.
35. At
least one hour of quality time with Joe everyday during daylight hours.
36. Exercise and lose the last 15 pounds that loves me too much.
37. Continue baking from scratch instead of buying box mixes and prepackaged items.
38. Write Joe a love note every work day.
Phew! There are some heavy things on there! They can all mostly be accomplished with orderly planning and help from my man. Scary thing is I could have added more. But these came to mind without hesitation and since they are in the forefront of my mind; I am guessing they will succeed accomplishment.
Alrighty, this crazy Mom is off to sew some aprons and bags and search for her "muchness".
Talk to you tomorrow! Hopefully I will have an update and the beginnings of some goals realized.
xo
Stace
