Shelf Projects

I realized this week that my summer "break" is halfway over!! Although I have kept myself busy the past two months, I feel like I have not accomplished a single thing that I had planned to do this summer (besides school and work). The summer got off to a very slow start as I spent the first two weeks coughing up a lung or two. I got back into work the same time I started my first class of the summer. This was a 4 month course that was squeezed into 8 weeks. Gotta love summer classes! Last week, I started a new phase of my job where I spend my Tuesday and Thursday nights (until 10:30) on campus in class both as a student and a TA.

I know it probably sounds like I am complaining but I definitely am not! I am so glad I have something to do this summer because last summer was the exact opposite. I love my job(s) and I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I didn't have homework. I have learned that I would rather be busy enough than bored out of my mind.

So.....here is why I'm writing this. Even though I have had a very productive summer with my job and school, I can't say the same for the projects at home that have piled up over the past year. Projects that had me saying, "I can work on that in the summer." Right....

This shelf is where a lot of these projects have been stashed. My goal from now until I head back to school in the fall is to have these shelves looking a lot better (i.e. the projects finished). So.... here's what everything is:


1) Brighton Quilt - This lovely quilt looks great in my head but right now it is just a jumble of T-shirts, bandanas and jeans. That is why it stays hidden behind my cutting mat. I'm having a hard time getting this from my head into actually becoming a quilt.


2) Getting the ink out of our clothes - Some time ago, somebody left a pen in their pants pocket and it EXPLODED in the washing machine! Not the nicest thing to have happen. Luckily it didn't get on all of the clothes but I'm still working on getting some of the ink out. I hear hairspray does the trick but maybe I haven't tried long enough. Does anyone have a better idea?


3) 72-Hour Kits - The milk jugs are supposed to become nice little 72-hour kits. I still need to buy the stuff to go inside them.


4) Hang decorations - "They" decided to move our wireless internet router to the exact place where I had my cute frame that says "Home is where your story begins" so I need to find another place for that. There is also a "Welcome" sign for the front door and a Family Home Evening Chart that I need to finish making.


5) Organize School Books - Last (for now), I need to get my schoolwork from last semester organized in new folders and in the closet.


I can't wait to get started!