I start posts, then they get related to the drafts because I need to find that picture or take a picture or check on something... And then, by the time I return to it, the topic is old and I think "I should really update that before I post it." Yeah, OCD+ADHD is a bad combination. If you could only see the draft posts, you'd know all the stuff that's been going on! I was really going to try to keep up with this blog this time. le sigh...
Picking up where we are now, we have the couches and tables moved back to the living room after their 2 year hiatus in the garage/loft. The longarm is back in the garage, but on the opposite side of the room from where I want it. It will work, just not for more than a month or so. There's still work to be done all over the house, but the big pieces are moved.
I'm still getting fabric put away in the sewing room. It's making me antsy to work on some projects again, though. I made the mistake of opening my "projects" box... and counting... and then crying and making myself depressed and questioning my abilities as an artist and getting overwhelmed. Oy.
I had a teacher in elementary school once who commented to my mom that I thought too highly of my own abilities. Mom, of course, being the awesome mom/social worker that she is, didn't tell me that. I actually found out about it by reading a letter in my files when she passed them along a few years ago. I think the teacher was half-right -- I think I can do anything, because I'm intellectually capable of it, but I run into obstacles with trying to do too much and not being able to physically do things. That and I tend to underestimate the time it will take. I get that from Mom. Dad used to say if Mom thought it would take an hour, he'd assume it would take at least 3. I have to admit, Dad was usually right.
New Rule: The Rule of Dad -- take the estimated time and multiply it by 3.
