Motivation

My Pop-pop used to tell us a story about motivation.  It entailed a dark night, a trip through a cemetery, and an open grave site that he fell into.  He couldn't get out, no matter how hard he tried.  After he decided that he was settled in for the night with no way out, a voice next to him said "so happy to see you" and lickety split: he was up and out of the hole in a single leap!  We used to love to hear that story, and would listen to it over and over.

My friend and I decided we needed some motivation to actually get projects done, instead of talking about them or doing a little hear and a little there with nothing to really show for your time. 

So we both made lists, and are holding each other to them. 

Here is my list, to be completed by the end of January:

Family Room: paint patch spots; paint column, take down curtain hardware.  This is the "not fun" part of any project: finishing.  Patching spots, priming and painting holes.  Taking down the curtain hardware since I'm crying "uncle" on picking out any window covering that really works for us and just going with naked windows.  

Dining Room: Paint table base (paint bought today!), spray chairs (bought today!), buy fabric for seats (bought!).   Starting a project is great if you have the materials on hand, so this feels like a win!  And I hit a great sale at UFab on two pieces of outdoor material to recover the chairs.  I'm thinking this will be more durable for the kids/pets/using chairs as stepstools kind of house we live in

Having the dining room table in a space that is more used and also more easily seen made me realized that it needed a complete update.

 

 

Laundry: Install second shelf; add trim.  Storage storage storage: Working to get closets organized and using the space better.  I've found a simple system of wood supports and shelving is much easier to work with than the wire shelving we were using.  In with wood; out with wire shelves.

Wish list: Buy and at least START my quilt top.  Yes, I'm actually considering making another quilt.  It's shocking I know, most of all  to me.  I have a picture I took a year ago of a quilt in a magazine that just caught my eye; when I find it IRL (in real life) and can credit the source, I will share it.  It's a modern stripe patter with just shades of blues and greens.   

That's my list between now and the end of January.  Add in there snow days off from school, plumber issues (DIY fail), electrician issue (fixed easily), having 50 over for dinner Saturday night and other non-expected things, it's going to be a challenge.

But that's the point.