This Week.

I haven’t written this weekly to-do list in a while; I’ve been meaning to, but just haven’t gotten around to it. Since it’s so very magical in making things happen however, & I have a great many things this week needing to happen, here I am.

This week I will;

….fix up this mess. Someone said when I finished the yarn chair that they’d be interested to see how it wears… well; here you are. Obviously I need to secure it better than just winding & tying, I may need to break out the glue.

Make a second attempt at my hottie cover for Cam’s hottie challenge. I made this one last night & it didn’t turn out at all how I wanted so I’m keeping it, quite literally a “warm up”. It’s snuggly; just doesn’t look right.

Attempt a dodgey applique of a Yo Gabba Gabba character on to a yet-to-be-made garment for Le Punk to wear to their show on Saturday. We are spending the day in Melbourne, just Punky & me; shopping & sushi-ing & in my case, worrying like crazy about my wee man at home with his Daddy.

Finally decide what I’m doing for the Brooch Swap & finish my brooch (…yes, there is a bit of an Eames theme apparent there…).

Find somewhere to wear my new, cute, bargain gumboots (If you’re after gumboots & are anywhere near Dimmeys go, now. $9.99; $5 for kid’s sizes. There were some cooler styles but not in my gargantuan size….).

…annnnnnnnnnnd DRINK MORE WATER. I made somewhat of an effort the last time I said I should but I am back now to a practically zero water-on-it’s-own intake.

What are you up to this week?

This Week…

Well kids, it worked again! I did everything in my post last week, even if the decision about MPAY was very last minute – I decided last night with the help of Cathie on facebook to not get on that ride again. I’m happy with that decision & I hope those of you who were wanting it back here aren’t too disappointed.

This week… ah, I have so many things I should write down, so many things that need doing & me to do them, but what fun is “This week I am going to clean the bathroom again”? No fun, that’s what.

So.

This week I am going to make myself some wrap pants using this tute. If I use vintage sheets they’ll be perfect lounge pants. I hope.

This week we’re off to see a man about a horse, or more precisely, a paediatrician about a Suspence, so I am going to think positive thoughts about that. I really am. I’m certainly going to try…

This week I am going to try my darndest to drink more water. My current water intake – as in water water not water in the form of tea – is shamefully little. Tips for this are welcomed.

What are you up to this week?

This Week…

…has not gotten off to a good start. Suspence had a craptacular night last night; didn’t want to sleep by himself or with me, so as a result I am propping my eyes open with toothpicks & contemplating a caffeine IV.

“This Week” has been working for me as a post. I have done what I have thought & wrote about both times I have thought & wrote about what it was I wanted to do, so I’m going to keep doing it. If it’s been working for you too, then please, keep it up; leave me a link in the comments & I will swing by with some enthusiastic encouragement, but I’m nixing the linky part, the actual meme part, because I’m not “feeling” it. Thank you very much to those lovely peeps who played along though, I’m glad some if not most of you got things done!

This week I AM going to decide whether I want to take back My Place & Yours. After whinging & whining about giving it away, I have the chance to take it back & now I’m not so sure.

This week I am going to dress as though I am going out every single day, hopefully within an hour of getting out of bed. Too often lately I have found myself in yoga pants & a hoodie, not fit to be seen on the veranda let alone anywhere else. I’m hoping that making an effort in that area will spill over into some other areas that I tend to let slide. Maybe if I look more capable I will feel more capable too.

This week (hopefully today) I am going to post the birthday present I made for my Mum yesterday after trying & failing to find something I wanted to get her online. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! Your present is (almost) in the mail.

Also this week I am going to find a good book & read it. I have been very lax in reading; our library has moved & I don’t like it’s new vibe at all. It has gone from being dark & cosy to large & dull, I find it a chore to go there & pick up books. If I can’t bring myself to go back there I should at least re-read some Brautigan; that always makes me happy.

So those are my plans for this week! I was thinking about being a bit more ambitious, but after last night I can barely think straight let alone aim high, so I might just leave the grand plans for another week.

What are you up to this week?

(pics all from we heart it)

This Week…

…buoyed by my procrastination elimination success, this week I am going to make more time for The Punk, starting with a trip to the play centre today.

It seems that time with Miss Punk, quality time where we draw or make something or just play whatever game she wants to play, comes last at the moment, & that’s just not right.

With Suspence finally sleeping better & more often, I should have had more time for Punky but alas I have just used it to breathe. Time to pull my socks up & have more fun with my beautiful big girl again.

What are you up to this week?

This Week…

When I really started thinking about what I wanted to do this week it kind of hit me all at once. 

There are a lot of things you can do, or try, or start in a week, & there are a lot of things that I want to do that I just don’t because I am the procrastination queen… so that’s going to be my “thing” for this week; to try to stop my procrastination in it’s tracks.

 (..I really wanted to start with a photo.. but how does one take a picture of procrastination?! This cartoon fills the gap well, it uses some of my favourite words, like ‘mosey’ & ‘linger’…)

When I should be making cupcakes with Le Punk but I put it off because I either haven’t done the dishes or I don’t want to do more dishes, I will try to think about the fun she would have first, & the bloody dishes second.

When I say “I really have to put those clothes away”, “…finish that drawing for someone…”, “…write that email..”, “…sew that hat…”, I am going to stop & think about how long I have wasted thinking & talking about it instead of actually doing it, & if that equation seems silly, I’m going to… *gasp* just do it. (Even starting this meme is a step on the road to ceasing procrastination – I have been thinking about it for ages; What if nobody plays? Or reads? Or cares? Newsflash; Nobody ever died from being underwhelmed by a meme. ‘Underwhelmed’. Another ace word right there.)

What are you going to do this week? Share your link below! (And if you too, are the procrastinator from hell, this will make you laugh… or cry….)

Missing my meme.

First of all, for those of you that don’t talk about blogs with other people & limit your blog related conversations to the written word, do you know, and be honest now, that meme is actually pronounced to rhyme with ‘cream’? Do you, in your head, pronounce, it like that? I don’t. I KNOW it’s supposed to sound like cream, or dream, or team, but I still think of it as ‘me me’.

Already, I digress.

I miss my meme. Do you remember it? My second-hand (and hence perfect for me) meme from Pip? ‘My Place and Yours’?

I gave it away. I felt overwhelmed. I felt obliged. I felt pressured. And now I miss it. I can’t have it back… ‘cause, well, I gave it away. So maybe I want another one.

Or do I?

Do I?

Do you? Are you meme-ed out?

Two of my favourites, without a doubt, are Kirsty’s ‘My Creative Space’ & Sophie’s ‘Flea Market Finds’. I love that anyone can join in, and I love visiting everyone who is playing along because I am interested in creative goings on & thrifted goodness…

…but I miss peeps coming HERE to play. I miss playing along every week (sometimes I’ve nothing creative to share, or no exciting oppy finds to display…), & thanking all you lovely peeps for playing along…

Maybe you’re the same? Maybe sometimes you’d like to join in but you just haven’t got anything?

I’ve been thinking about what would be a good choice for a new meme & although I came up with a few options, I am going to be selfish & go with the one that I actually need the most right now & it is to do with best intentions & accountability.

Tomorrow, Monday, the start of a new week where almost anything can happen, I am going to post about what I want to do this week, or will do, or something I want to think more deliberately about.

You might want to join in? You could post about something you’ve been putting off, an event you’re looking forward to or something that has to be done this week whether you like it or not. It could be one thing, big or small, or a virtual ‘to do list’.

You could post about a project so close to being finished you can taste it, or even about your desire to smile more & yell less, you know me kids, anything goes really. We can encourage each other to do those things we’d rather not & get excited about impending triumphs, that sounds nice, doesn’t it?

Of course if you don’t want to play along, that’s okay too, I just appreciate that you’re here for me to tell these things to!