I stopped at Joann's on the way home today and they have a special: 50% off the Notions Wall! So, of course I bought twice as much as I would have, but it's all useful. I use the Rigilene and the snaps in my handbags. I'm very excited about trying the white ink marker. I usually use a Nonce pencil, which I have to keep licking so it'll mark on the felt. Mmmmm, yum, Nonce pencil. And ... I couldn't pass up the shiny silver eyelets.
Floss was 5 for a dollar, limit 30. I'm slowly achieving
my goal of owning all the floss colors. I eyeballed my list and it looks like I have just over half now.
Ok, here come the thoughts ... the rest of this entry is about my fancy new schedule. You can stop reading now if you want to. I'll spare you the minute details and just give you the gist:
- No cleaning or laundry (or laundry putting away) was done on the scheduled day, but it was all done, eventually.
- Tuesday I couldn't resist working on the Octopus pattern (which is R&D), but this worked out for the best because I didn't have time for R&D on Sunday, when it's scheduled.
- The schedule totally helped me focus on Wednesday night, and, even though I really didn't want to, I did website stuff. I'm so glad I did, because I got a lot done.
Basically, I reinforced to myself that I totally need this schedule. Left to my own devices, I would crochet all the time and eventually bury myself under a pile of unlined handbags and unwashed (or washed) laundry. I also learned that I need to break out all the steps for the craft projects that are next in line to help keep me on track. For example, instead of just putting "Small Handbag" on my list, I need "Small Handbag: crochet / embellish / label / lining / photos" so I can cross off each step as I do it.
I'm definitely going to keep using the fancy schedule. And this week I'm not going wait until Sunday to do *all* the laundry.