This blog has arisen from a conversation between 2 friends. We both have so many jobs that we need to do and so little motivation to do them, so we decided to make lists. We have 1 long term job, 3 medium term jobs and 6 short term jobs each. We will post them here and track our progress with regular updates, hopefully getting some encouragement along the way. First to finish their list is the winner - there's no prize though, unless you count having got your jobs done!!
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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