Time Flying By, Priorities and/or Procrastination, Staying Busy

Here it is the end of February already.  I know it's a short month but it's gone by awfully fast.  I don't feel like I am getting anything done. I guess that is why time seems to go by faster when you are older.  You have so much you want to do and more responsibilities than ever.  It just seems you can't do everything and so you prioritize or you don't do anything. I tend to do the later.  I feel so overwhelmed that I kind of shut down.  

But that hasn't been the case lately.  I've been busy. I just haven't been doing what I planned to do.  I seem to have side tracked myself with worthwhile activities. I am also procrastinating what I need to do to move forward. 

I have not done the maintenance on the long arm. It's not even a very onerous thing. I just haven't settled down to do it. Largely because I then have no excuse to put off quilting the Flimsies I have completed.  Is it because I am afraid that I won't be able to do a good enough job on them?

I haven't gotten the shelf up for Steven's flag.  Is it because I am afraid that seeing his picture will make me sad?  

I haven't gotten the dressers and cupboards cleaned out and organized.  Is it because I am afraid that I can't find a place for everything? Is it because I won't be willing to get rid of my excess?  

I know that I am still working on things but not the things I need to and I need to get the incentive to do it.  I also need to do things around the house and quit coming home and collapsing.  I guess I will just have to take more vitamins. 

As for my worthwhile projects. I've cut up a bunch of scraps.  In fact I got a little carried away with cutting scraps for the basket weave quilt. I still need a lot more of the 3 inch white squares. But I have way more of the 3 inch print squares and 3x8 inch print strips than I need.  I could probably do 4 quilts with what I have cut.  I am going to probably do a larger quilt than the pattern is for. Well, that is once I get the 3 inch squares cut.  In the mean time I have switched to 5 inch squares and 2-1/2 inch squares for scrap management. I am thinking of finding another pattern to cut pieces for in the meantime.  

I also worked on a UFO. I dug out the Windmills and Cobblestones quilt. I have sewn all thirteen rows together.  I plan on finishing up sewing the flimsy together this week. I have an idea of how I want to quilt it as well.  I am really pleased with how it is coming together.  I just need to get to my stash and pull out some backing fabric.

This week I tried my wool pressing mat.  I love it! No steam and a really crisp press.  I actually ended up with two of them, a square one and a rectangle one.  One was given to me because the person didn't like the "smell" when using it. The other one, Tatianna and Zach gave me for Christmas.  For the record, I don't notice a smell but again I am not using steam.  I got a bonus with the mat that the kids gave me, a silicon iron rest. I can leave the iron on the silicon rest, it stays hot and nothing gets burned. So definitely worth getting if you don't have one.

Well that's it for this week.  Time to get out my quilt journal and plan the next month and week.  Not that I have to plan much, I just need to copy over from last week and month.  But there will be a few minor changes. Maybe a little less emphasis on declutter/organization and a little more on sewing.