One Month and One Day of Cool, Exciting Stuff

I have an obsession with making things and doing things that most people hire other people to do.

I got home one week ago today. I haven't been too productive thus far, just putting away all of my things (just to pack them up again in August and drive back to Provo), sleeping a lot, hanging with the fam, cooking, and the occasional work out.

I now have exactly one month and one day until I leave for EFY. this means that I have exactly one month and one day to complete projects I've started, dreamed of starting, and stuff my parents need me to do while I'm home. Also I plan on cooking and baking a lot, working out even more, and helping my dad around the house and in the yard.

Every night before I go to bed I have to make three lists: 1. a list of things I need to do 2. a list of things I would like to get done, and 3. a list of time commitments I have. Then, I compile the three into my schedule for the next day. If I don't make my lists, I am guaranteed to have a less-than productive tomorrow.

I am putting this on my blog to achieve a higher level of accountability for my project completion. I will also probably write about certain projects I'm doing. That way when I'm writing about it I don't have to explain why I'm doing it. Although the answer would still be because I want to and I can.

Here are some of the projects I've had lined up in my head to complete over the next one month and one day:

already started:
-daddy/daughter collage
-take apart my old shoulder bag and make my own pattern for sewing more of them
-decoupage journals
-mending/hemming clothes

want to do:
-various collages for various reasons
-sew my own Mary Poppins/carpet lady bag
-digitize all of my parents' photographs
-go through my grandpa's antique trunks and figure out what's in them and what it's all worth
-turn beads on my dad's lathe
-make cards
-find other cool new uses for old things

Here are the commitments I have during my One Month and One Day of Cool, Exciting Stuff:
13 May - Sydney is here!
14-16 May - Kirsten's wedding in Portland
24 May - Leslie's Wedding
3-6 June - quick trip to Provo
12 June - Alicia's wedding
13 June - Day 1 of my EFY adventure.

I'm not going to make a schedule of what I'm going to do when. That's part of the beauty of the One Month and One Day of Cool, Exciting Stuff.

I will probably come back to this post and update my lists. Until then I believe I am going to go get started!