The Kick List: April 2010

Sunday, 25 April 2010

My intro

Hi, I'm Vicki and I'm a self employed single mother.
I have 2 missions right now;
To get my house finished (it was a wreck when I bought it and it continues to fall down around my ears at every step)
and to make a success of my business. I am an embroidery designer www.indiagrace.co.uk and it is ridiculously hard to make a living from it as copyright fraud has just about destroyed the industry so the quest is on to try other angles!!
In theory my posts will be in red. I'll try to pop in at least once a week - that in itself will help with the motivation as it'll be embarasing to have to admit to achieving nothing in a week.

Time to get serious

It sounds worse than it is...it is just a matter of getting the finger out and get started on doing all those things that we've been wanting to do for so long, but never got around to doing...

Well, it is now time to cut the excuses and just get active...

Wish us luck - or even better...give us a kick of encouragement:)

Ylva

Vicki's list

Short term jobs
1. Sort out my filing - several boxes and a collapsing pile on my desk do not constitute a filing system.
2. Do my accounts - I usually file at the last minute, this time I want to get them done earlier.
3. Paper and paint the toilet walls - I'm fed up with bare plaster.
4. Get another design in a magazine - I'm trying to break into the UK magazines and at the same time hopefully get more into the Australian Publication 'Creative Embroidery and Cross Stitch'
5. Tidy my bedroom - This room doesn't get the attention it deserves. 'Public' rooms get all the attention and as it doubles as an office it has suffered, it's time has come!
6. Build a new back gate - It just needs doing.

Medium term jobs
1. Finish the kitchen - I've done a lot of it but have ground to a halt. I need to fit the sink unit, 2 more bits of worktop, build a cupboard round the electricity meter, tile and fit a blind.
2. Finish a DVD project - I am working on a DVD for my business and really must get going on it quickly.
3. Get a book published - This could be a tricky one as getting published is not an easy project but I have to try. I am working on a complete Hardanger course around a perpetual calendar project/ set of 12 designs.

Long term job
Swap my daughter from the small bedroom to the larger spare room. Whilst this doesn't seem like a big task, it really is! The spare room is full of my work supplies and (as we don't have a useable attic) has been used for other storage. I have to pack up the room and move it to storage, repair the plaster, paper and paint, fit units and shelves and build a wardrobe/cupboard into the alcove. I can then move her in but the job doesn't end there. I have to put up shelves in the spare room and build a set of cupboards that are purpose designed to hold my work supplies so that when it is all done I have a useable spare room (her old room) that will be suitable for guests and not a room full of boxes that is impossible to get into.

Ylva's list

Short term goals

1. I want to finish my Heavygoing Grizzly for my nephew - only have the background left to do.

2. I want to do a biscornu as they look so much fun to do.

3. I want to do a little pincushion - embroider a nice pattern and attach to a tiny little pot....

4. I need to finish organising my room - I have sooo much stuff.... cardmaking, stamping, embroidery, sewing, computers, cross stitch.....

5. I want to make a list of all project I want to do - some I have started on and some I am eager to start on.

6. I want to make a patchwork cushion for my mother.

Medium term goals

1. I want to finish the hardanger calendar partwork Vicki has created - It is gorgeous and I cannot wait until I can hang it on the wall.

2. I want to finish my Nefertiti cross stitch picture - I have Tutankhamun already framed on the wall and he is looking a bit lonely.

3. I want to make a patchwork quilt for my bed.

Long term goal

I need to lose weight - I need to lose a lot of weight, but I will put this in stages of 10 kilos......and celebrate massively when I have reached 50 kilos. Anything more than that is a bonus.

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