Goals for WB 03-09-14

Sigh!
Remember when the grass was green and there were green leaves on the trees and flowers were in bloom?  

Hmm - after a month away from posting on here, one would think that maybe I wouldn't need to post goals anymore!  Yup!  That's what one would think, they would!

That one'd be wrong, however!  Yes, I essentially keep things picked up.  Yes, I am working on a quilt or two ... or three or four!  Re studies..... well, moving right along......  (I am taking a course - Citizen Police Acadamy - not a game - but the real thing - as long as you keep the CITIZEN part on there!)

The point is - I NEED goals!  Goals are something to strive for - maybe not achieve all of them, but achieve enough or enough strides towards them that I keep moving forward instead of drifting - something I am quite good at, btw!

AND - goals help me to NOT play Criminal Justice games to all hours of the morning.

GO AND DO

• DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
• DONE Citizen Police Academy - airport
• DONE groceries
• DONE Bills (ugh!)
• NOT DONE - WAS ILL Dinner with Nathan and Lynn
• DONE Chai and Scrappy to the Vet
• DONE Purim

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
• DONE S
• DONE W
• DONE F
• ZONE 1
• Front porch
• DONE Zone
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Side Porch 
• DONE Zone
• DONE declutter
• DONE sweep thoroughly
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Entrance - Tuesday  
• DONE Zone
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Back Stairs - also Tuesday
• DONE  Zone
• DONE WHB
• Dining Area - Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri
• DONE  Zone
• DONE WHB 
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• DONE Look up
• DONE Cabinet doors
• DONE Straighten cutlery and flatware drawers
• DONE Straighten plastics cabinet
• DONE Straighten staples cabinet
• DONE Refrigerator
• DONE Stove
• DONE Countertops
• DONE Floor
• DONE WHB on Fri - 
• ZONE 3 
• Bath
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Laundry Room
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Sewing Room
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Study 
• DONE WHB on Fri
• ZONE 4 
• BR - 
• DONE WHB on Fri
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• DONE WHB 

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• DONE tomato and greens soup
• DONE Crock pot corn Chowder
• BREAD
• DONE whole wheat bread 
• DONE Challah
• DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)

QUILT

• DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
• DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
• DONE SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday)
• PIECE 
• DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks
• ALMOST DONE Baby Quilt for Lynn and Nathan - Bowdacious

Saturday - 02-08-14

GO AND DO

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• Sa
• ZONE 1
• ZONE 2 - 
• ZONE 3 
• ZONE 4 
• ZONE 5 

GARDEN - 

• Seeds ready to order - 
• May/June seeds

STUDIES -

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Unit 4
• Lapbook Unit 4
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• THE EARTH
• Lapbook
• EXERCISE
• MATH
• RUSSIAN
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-10
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• Check W. State re practice rooms 
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• Brunswick stew (made with chicken or turkey instead of squirrel)
• BREAD
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT
• DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)

QUILT

• DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
• DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
• BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
• SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday)
• FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Thursday)
• OPEN SEW or Retreat! or just play! (Friday)
• PIECE 
• String  blocks
• LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious
• Underground Railroad 
• Sashing

Friday - 02-07-14

GO AND DO

• Open Sew
• groceries
• Bills (ugh!)

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• F
• ZONE 1
• Front porch
• WHB on Fri
• Side Porch 
• WHB on Fri
• Entrance - Tuesday  
• WHB on Fri
• Back Stairs - also Tuesday
•  WHB
• Dining Area - Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri
•  WHB 
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• Floor
• WHB on Fri - 
• ZONE 3 
• Bath
• WHB on Fri
• Laundry Room
• WHB on Fri
• Sewing Room
• WHB on Fri
• Study 
• WHB on Fri
• ZONE 4 
• BR - 
• WHB on Fri
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• thorougly dust mop/vacuum
• WHB 

GARDEN - 

• Seeds ready to order - 
• April Seeds

STUDIES -

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Unit 4
• Lapbook Unit 4
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• CB 13
• THE EARTH
• Lapbook
• EXERCISE
• Yoga wk 1 (Sun, Tues, Thurs)
• F
• MATH
• 87
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 20
• F
• Continue Daily review
• Lesson 6
• Lesson 7
• Lesson 8
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-9
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• Check W. State re practice rooms 
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• Brunswick stew (made with chicken or turkey instead of squirrel)
• BREAD
• Challah
• Popovers
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT
• DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)

QUILT

• OPEN SEW or Retreat! or just play! (Friday)
• PIECE 
• String  blocks
• LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious
• Quilting  - as many as possible!  
• Remaining table runners ready to quilt (FMQ)
• Sampler blocks - 
• Put in envelopes 
• Send them 
• Underground Railroad 
• Flying Geese

Thursday - 02-06-14

GO AND DO

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• R
• ZONE 1
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• Countertops
• ZONE 3 
• Study 
• Zone
• Declutter
• Rearrange
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• thoroughly dust

GARDEN - 

• Seeds ready to order -
• March seeds

STUDIES -

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Unit 4
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• CB 12
• THE EARTH
• EH - assessment 44-47
• EXERCISE
• Yoga wk 1 (Sun, Tues, Thurs)
• R
• MATH
• 86
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 20
• R
• Continue Daily review
• Lesson 6
• Lesson 7
• Lesson 8
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-8
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• Check W. State re practice rooms 
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• tomato soup
• BREAD
• Coffeecake for Shabbat
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT
• Lemon Pudding cake 
• Gingerbread with lemon sauce

QUILT

• FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Thursday)
• PIECE 
• String  blocks
• LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious
• Quilting  - as many as possible!  
• Nines 'n' Dashes quilted
• NEW valentine table runner (was started eons ago!)
• Remaining table runners quilt (FMQ)
• Sampler blocks - 
• finish checking them out, 
• Pictures
• Underground Railroad 
• Square in a Square

Wednesday's Woes.....

GO AND DO

• Library (books and DVDs return)

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• W
• ZONE 1
• Side Porch 
• Zone
• declutter
• sweep thoroughly
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone 
• Refrigerator
• ZONE 3 
• Study 
• Zone
• Declutter
• Rearrange
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• couch 

GARDEN - 

• Seeds ready to order - 
• Greenhouse seeds

STUDIES - 

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• CB 11
• THE EARTH
• EH - catch up 
• EXERCISE
• Yoga wk 1 (Sun, Tues, Thurs)
• W
• MATH
• 85
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 20
• W
• Continue Daily review
• Lesson 6
• Lesson 7
• Lesson 8
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-7
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• Check W. State re practice rooms 
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• Hoppin' John Soup
• BREAD
• Corn muffins
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT

QUILT

• SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday)
• PIECE 
• String  blocks
• LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious
• Quilting  - as many as possible!  
• All 3 table runners Quilted 
• Halloween
• Cinnamon Sticks
• Snow People
• Nines 'n' Dashes quilted
• NEW valentine table runner (was started eons ago!)
• Remaining table runners ready to quilt (FMQ)
• Sampler blocks - 
• finish checking them out, 
• Pictures
• Post on TQS list as need be

Wow - For Tuesday....

Sweet Potato Waffles

GO AND DO

• Citizen Police Academy
• Call Yahoo about acct.

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• T
• ZONE 1
• Side Porch 
• Zone
• declutter
• sweep thoroughly
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• Cabinet doors
• ZONE 3 
• Study 
• Zone
• Declutter
• Rearrange
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• tops of doors/windows

GARDEN - 

• Seed inventory

STUDIES - 

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• CB 10
• THE EARTH
• EH - catch up
• EXERCISE
• Yoga wk 1 (Sun, Tues, Thurs) Yoga wk 2 (Mon, Wed, Fri)
• T
• MATH
• 84
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 20
• T
• Continue Daily review
• Lesson 6
• Lesson 7
• Lesson 8
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-6
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• tomato and greens soup
• BREAD
• Waffles
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT

QUILT

• BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
• PIECE 
• Quilting  - as many as possible!  
• All 3 table runners Quilted 
• Halloween
• Cinnamon Sticks
• Snow People
• Nines 'n' Dashes quilted
• NEW valentine table runner (was started eons ago!)
• Remaining table runners ready to quilt (FMQ)
• Celtic Solstice
• Borders!!!

Design Wall for Week 5 - 02-03-14

MACHINE QUILTING

9's 'n' Dashes - walking foot.  Borders decided on.  Piece backing.

Cinnamon Sticks table runner

Halloween table runner

Snow people table runner

It's All about hearts table runner - FMQ

Also I want to do another Valentine table runner (or possibly 2) as well.

Improv placemat - I may get these done yet!

Bow-da-cious - connector blocks

Celtic solstice - pieced border

Underground Railroad

Soooooooooo - what's on the list for Tomorrow - Monday?

Garden area with a bit of snow on it

Should be an extraordinarily busy and insane day!

REALITY CHECK HERE
this would have been true - and it was busy enough!  Re call to the doc and getting info - great!  Re call to state university - hahahahahahaahaa  Registrar was great and answered all calls.  Professor never returned call - maybe busy, maybe not - but then my doc was busier - guaranteed!  And FTM so was I!

Hair is still 3-4 toned (white, black!!, reddish brownish blond, and very blond! - none of which I wanted to choose!  And it is LONG LONG LONG! but falling out bit by bit!



GO AND DO

• Hair (eventually my hair WILL get done - HONEST!)
• DONE but they were not accepting calls Call Yahoo about acct.
• DONE Call W. State re piano practice and/or piano lessons
• DONE - was great!!!! Nap

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• M
• ZONE 1
• Side Porch 
• Zone
• declutter
• sweep thoroughly
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• Look up
• ZONE 3 
• Study 
• Zone
• Declutter
• Rearrange
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• Look up

GARDEN - 

• Garden Design

STUDIES - 

• RELIGION
• Rosh Hashanah - begin work
• SCIENCE
• World of Plants (WOP)
• Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
• CB 9
• THE EARTH
• EH - catch up 
• EXERCISE
• Yoga wk 1 (Sun, Tues, Thurs) 
• M
• MATH
• 83
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 20
• DONE M
• Continue Daily review
• DONE Lesson 6
• DONE Lesson 7
• DONE Lesson 8
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• 12-5
• LIFE SKILLS
• Paperwork 
• MUSIC
• Voice - that poor lesson 1!!!
• DONE Check W. State re practice rooms 
• ART
• hold

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• tomato and greens soup
• DONE Turkey noodle Soup
• BREAD
• whole wheat bread 
• DESSERT FOR SHABBAT
• DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)

QUILT

• DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
• PIECE 
• LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious
• Quilting  - as many as possible!  
• All 3 table runners Quilted 
• Remaining table runners ready to quilt (FMQ)
• Celtic Solstice
• Borders!!!
• Sampler blocks - 
• finish checking them out, 
• Pictures
• Post on TQS list as need be

Goals for WB 02-02-14

Amelia Park - way back when it was warmer!
If I keep posting WARMER pix - maybe the weather will stop with this Arctic cold!
Think it'll work?

GO AND DO

• DONE Hair (eventually my hair WILL get done - HONEST!)
• DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
• Uh oh - I totally blew this one! Citizen Police Academy
• DONE Open Sew
• DONE groceries
• DONE Bills (ugh!)
• called, called, and called! Call Yahoo about acct.
• called, called, Call W. State re piano practice and/or piano lessons
• called Call about treadle!
• called Called Dr. about reasons for new testing

HOUSE - 

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least an hour a day
• ZONE 1
• Front porch
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Side Porch 
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Entrance - Tuesday  
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Back Stairs - also Tuesday
• DONE  WHB
• Dining Area - Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri
• DONE  WHB 
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone - 
• DONE Look up
• DONE Cabinet doors
• DONE Refrigerator
• DONE Countertops
• DONE Floor
• DONE WHB on Fri - 
• ZONE 3 
• Bath
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Laundry Room
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Sewing Room
• DONE WHB on Fri
• Study 
• Zone
• DONE Declutter
• DONE WHB on Fri
• ZONE 4 
• BR - 
• DONE WHB on Fri
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• Zone
• DONE Look up
• DONE tops of doors/windows
• DONE couch 
• DONE thoroughly dust
• DONE thorougly dust mop/vacuum
• DONE WHB 

a Peach from my tree.  The ONLY peach from my tree.  Wonder how it tasted?

GARDEN - 

• Garden Design
• Seed inventory
• Seeds ready to order - 

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• DONE tomato and greens soup
• DONE Turkey noodle Soup
• DONE Hoppin' John Soup
• DONE tomato soup
• BREAD
• DONE whole wheat bread 
• DONE Challah
• DONE Coffeecake
• DESSERT FOR SHABBA
• DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)

QUILT

• DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
• DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
• BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
• DONE SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday)
• FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Thursday)
• OPEN SEW or Retreat! or just play! (Friday)
• PIECE 
• DONE String  blocks
• DONE LE - Connector blocks - Bow-dacious

Menues for Week 5 - WB 02-02-14

Stanley Park - when it was a LOT warmer!

Most of these are repeats of last week - some aren't.  Soups, casseroles, etc. extra like usual will be frozen.

SUNDAY
B:Baked eggs with cheese (aka toad in the hole)
DONE L:turkey sandwich
DONE D:dinner with Lynn and Nathan

MONDAY
B:Kasha
L:salad in a jar, turkey noodle soup
D:Oven fried fish, baked potatoes, coleslaw, carrots

TUESDAY
B:Waffles
L:Salad in a jar, tomato and greens soup
D:turkey stroganoff, green beans, rice noodles or rice (if I can't find the noodles!)

WEDNESDAY
B:Poached eggs with toast
L:tossed salad, cheese sandwich
D:Hoppin' John Soup, corn muffins, greens and meat (probably turkey)

THURSDAY
B:Rolled oats, raisins and apples and maple syrup
L:lo casserole (go through that freezer - surprise casserole - I forgot to label!)
D:turkey-etti with pasta and romano cheese, baked squash, greens

FRIDAY
B:Popovers
L:lo lunch menu items
D:Asian Honey Chicken, brown rice, veggies

SATURDAY,
B:Coffeecake
L:Brunswick stew (made with chicken or turkey instead of squirrel)
D:Perfect pot roast, salad

SUNDAY
B:Omelet - cheese, mole peppers, mushrooms in omelet, toast
L:Grilled cheese, tomato soup
D:leftovers

This week's accomplishments.....

Well - this didn't happen too well!

Sewing machine or whatever (needle maybe???  hmmmmm!) needs fixin'!

Currently - this is all I have (and guess what's going on the design wall for next week!)

4.5" string block - Jamestown Landing

5.5" string block for Charlotte's baskets (next ones are probably blue!)

Stash Report for Week 5 - 02-02-14

Amelia Gardens -
when the weather was a LOT nicer and WARMER!

02-02-14 -Week 5 - STILL ALMOST - but not quite done yet! :(  So the stats are the same as last week:

THE EXCUSE
I got overly involved in "cleaning up" the scraps and spent entirely too much time on my strings.
PLUS 
My pieced border would NOT fit - until I talked with Wendy and found out what to do (and no - I didn't have to take the top apart!  YAY!)  Then the thread started splitting and breaking (the same thread that has been behaving itself all along and was new to start with! This is NOT the thread's fault!  Blasted machine!

THE REALITY
I didn't plan well!  Even if I did say it was a self-declared retreat weekend.

Used This Week:0 yard
Used This Month: 3 5/8 yard for January, 0 yards for February
/Year to Date: 3 5/8 yards

Added This Week: 0 yards
Added This Month: 0 yards for January, 0 yards for February
Added Year to Date: 0   

Net Used for 2014: 3 5/8 yards

I've done it once again!!! Drat the luck!

Actually it isn't luck - but skill - and apparently this is one skill I REALLY need to work on!

Problem - piecing - ok - not great - but ok - as long as you don't check on all the chopped points!
BUT when I go to put on the borders - they are soooooooooooooo bloomin' friendly that they will stand right up and wave "Hi there!"

What to do? Definitely the borders have to come off.  And definitely the measurements are QUITE a bit different between the edges and the center - and FTM each edge!  And, No - I don't want to average the 3 measurements!  I just want to "get it right!" or at least reasonably within the ballpark.  Right now one is in Fenway park getting up to bat - and the other end is playing football with the Dallas cowboys!  Ugh!

Of course, this brings up the interesting question - do I REALLY have to take all these blocks apart again, re-measure, re-trim, and then re-sew - and pray one heck of a lot?  And why do I feel that the answer is "Yes!  Silly girl!"

so - considering that I try REALLY hard to measure when I slice and dice, try REALLY hard when I stitch to keep that 1/4" there (knowing that this does not ALWAYS happen!), what else can I do?  Suggestions?

Somewhere in the World Begins a Retreat Today....

BECAUSE I haven't done diddly squat this past week - other than straightening the sewing room (VITAL!), slicing and dicing the leftover blocks, fabrics, strings (VITAL), and sewing up both strings and then crumb blocks (NOT VITAL at THIS point!), I decided to declare this my retreat weekend (along with any other retreat weekends around!).

Celtic Solstice - needs borders - and it's time is TODAY!!!!
Yeehaw!

For today I want to focus on my Celtic Solstice and get that flimsy DONE DONE DONE! (but NOT quilted!)  I also would like to get my table runner backings ready to go (some piecing required!) and batting and backing put on the blocks so they are ready to quilt tomorrow!

STILL haven't decided on what I want to do - probably SID and echo that in the larger squares.
Sure would like SOMETHING that would remind me of cinnamon sticks -
although that would be more than a bit obvious, ya think?

Halloween comes early this year - LOL!
Would still like to do Witches Hats - (I'm biting the bullet with FMQ!)
and may do that on the border although with FMQ (I definitely need the practice!)
while the center would use the walking foot with some Stitch in the Ditch around the white part -
or maybe just X it!  Not sure yet!

Center I want to do snow whirlies (FMQ) and on the border I think something like snowflakes all around
(probably FMQ as well tho probably can do with Walking Foot)

Mind you - this is with all the other stuff I want to get done today!

Anyway - THIS weekend or at least Saturday I am focusing on these runners.

Sunday is get it together day for this quiltlet.
IF I have time (doubtful) I will X through each of the squares.
It just seems to beg for it!  Although I COULD change my mind!  LOL  (I seem to do that a lot these days!)

Along with this - on Sunday I would like to get the Nines and Dashes quilt done.  I think I am going with the touch of yellow (the lemon - not the golden) and the rose fabric.  Binding will be the darker purple.  I tried the darker for borders and it is just too dark for me.

The Improv placemats - I did NOT like the way I had them - so am re-doing the applique - and think it will be cute, cute, cute!  Hopefully!  Will work on these tonight (AFTER I finish Celtic Solstice and getting table runners ready!  Otherwise - it is evening in front of Netflix work!)

And as per usual (and hopefully to be FINISHED soon!) my Leader Ender project is from Bow-Da-cious by Bonnie Hunter

I Refuse to Drift Today...... Oh no - another WAIWO????

Drifting seems to have become somewhat my  specialty - lay out plans for the week - then go every which direction to KEEP from accomplishing them!

At any rate having had a somewhat un-boring day today (doctor's visit I had forgotten about - never mind that we rescheduled yesterday for today!), visiting the vampires, and getting a phone call from my doc about an appointment with another doc that I never made (oops!), some news I didn't expect :( and basically playing the rest of the day on Criminal Justice (uh - did I say that????) I find that I not only did not accomplish a thing on my week's list - BUT I didn't win the case in CJ either!

In other words - I drifted!  I let outside forces determine my actions and when I DID have the chance to do something I theoretically (that's the word, alright!) wanted to do, I refused - and took a nap instead!  (OK - the nap WAS good - and needed!)

So - what's to do about it?  Continue to drift?  Return to the WAIWO daily accounting of what I need to do and go from there?  Ugh!  Not sure!  And I want to find a happy medium.  Not necessarily a medium anyone else would agree with - but one with which I feel fair-to-middlin' content!

List 4 on a daily basis?  Uh - yeah, right!  That's how my WAIWO list evolved!

List everything on a sheet of paper.... uhm - stop right there!  I LOVE paper and I especially love listing things on paper!  I could list everything for the next YEAR on paper - and when I looked up, I'd be surprised it wasn't all done!  So - that's out!

List 4 still seems my best option.  Essentially - so bear with me folks!

This is my TOMORROW list....

Yes - it's cold here!

HOUSE 
Do the WHB (Weekly Home Blessing - or clean the joint up!  Remove those dust elephants!) for 1 hour.  (It ain't clean - but I can sure breathe better!)

EDUCATION
Pick 4 areas to work on today.  (and my choice is???......  Religion, Russian, Math, Life Skills - as in the Paper Monster!)
Work on those 4 areas for 4 hours MAX - then stop!

KITCHEN
Make regular bread
Make Challah
Make Coffeecake for Sat. breakfast
(IOW - Use that bread machine!)
Lemon Pudding Cake can be made in a Crockpot - do it!
Invest in a turkey breast or chicken - whichever is cheaper by the pound - that's for dinner and veggies include green beans (frozen), cauliflower (dehydrated), tomatoes and zucchini (dehydrated - both of them).

Celtic Solstice - I want to put the borders on today!

QUILT
get runners ready to quilt
Celtic solstice - get those borders on!  Finish that Flimsy!


In case you can't guess, I can't count!  AND have delusions of grandeur to boot!  SO far the list is the FAB 10????  And I'm setting up posts for the weekend too!

New String blocks

Down to just one big box of fabrics to be gone through!  YAY!!!!
Plastic bags are full of scraps of a specific color (ie, one all green scrap bag, one all pink, etc.)

Because I'm cleaning up - picking up, putting away fabric and otherwise aiming to make neat an awful mess when in reality I'm probably making a WORSE mess....  I spent the better part of Sunday and Monday sorting stuff out - particularly the 2 BIG boxes (sewing machine size and bigger!) of scraps.

Using Bonnnie Hunter's Scrap Saver System, I sliced and diced my way through, setting aside anything that looked like a crumb or a string, until I had relative decent piles of 4 1/2", 3 1/2", even some 3" which can metamorphasis into 2-1 1/2 inch strings by sewing up BOTH sides and slicing down the middle!, as well as 2 1/2", 2", 1 1/2 inch strips -

Strips have for the most part been pressed and put away in big plastic bins and drawers according to size - but you can see a couple of short strips here  (one that is 2" and one that is 2.5" that will get cut down eventually into the appropriate sized squares) 

Crumb bin with the tiny red diamonds next to my 1.5" squares.
I store my squares in clear bins in my sewing room -
these are just my sorting "temporary" bins

and when the strips were too short, dice them into squares - 4.5", 3.5", 3.0", 2.5", 2.0" and 1.5"

String block - I think this one is 3.5" and was made for a specific pattern.
It would have helped A LOT if I had labeled the bag these were in with the name of the project!!!!
This string block was stitched to the foundation paper which keeps it from stretching -
and which at present is still on the back of the block.  Block has not been trimmed yet but
that's the next step!  Right after I figure out what project this one goes to!

String blocks for Jamestown Landing - 4.5" blocks of lights!

String blocks for Charlotte's Baskets - 5.5" blocks - I'm doing pastels.
All pinks have been made.  The next one to do will probably be blues -
I have more of them anyway!

then blocks with any "leavin's" going into the string

Crumb blocks - END of the line!  From here it goes into a bin (Nestle Quik can)
and dumped when it gets full into a bin at the quilt shop.
From there it all goes to a lady who makes doggie beds for a shelter!

or crumb pile (end of food chain!).

Yesterday I decided that rather than try to pick through for various colors, etc. or sort out - only to have them tangle up all over again, that I would sew the strings onto the pre-prepared foundation blocks (telephone paper I cut to size!) for the next 2 LONG projects I want to work on.

Foundations blocks were 4 1/2 inches (Jamestown landing by Bonnie Hunter)

and 5 1/2 inches (Charlotte's Baskets also by Bonnie Hunter except that I modified the color arrangement a bit mostly to go with what I had! and went with pastels - all pink, all blue, all green, all yellow, all purple with one left over which will probably be a combination - or maybe it will be something all different - no idea what at this point! - should make the baskets POP!)

Design Wall for Week 4, Monday, 01-27-14

Nines 'n' Dashes - used to be known as Lilacs in Bloom (which is a DIFFERENT quilt!  hmmm!)
 - I HAVE added a border
but not sure I will keep that border or put a different one on.
The NEW border (will hopefully update picture) makes the quilt look awfully dark!

Improv placemat - have had fun/frustration with these!
Hopefully I will post an updated picture!  ALMOST done!

Antz - aka Peggy's picnic tablecloth!  It's time!
Applique!

Bow-da-cious - I'm doing connector blocks in a variety of colors

Celtic Solstice - will be adding borders this week
and getting it READY to be quilted!

Swap sampler blocks - this is an oldy (already sent I believe!)
It's time!  This swap will be completed this week!

Underground RR - IF I get the Celtic Solstice done when I think I will (hahahaaa!) and
IF I find and put in the mail all the swap sampler blocks - THEN it is UGRR time!
Sashing - Flying geese and square in a square!

Holy Toledo!  Not sure I will keep this pattern or not!
Regardless - this is the "followup" if I prove to be superwoman and get all the other stuff done!

THEN - I will update my FAB 4 list, the NU fer 2 list - and begin a NEW quilt!