Setting Goals, Meeting Goals

I have so much going on in my life these days

that I find I have to make lists to remind myself

of all the things I have to do.  Then I break those 

lists down and try to figure out when I am going

to accomplish all of the tasks at hand.  This 

weekend my goal was to make these 3 felt table-

toppers.  They have been made before in the same

colors for the pattern covers but I need them for

trunk shows and trade shows.  I knew it was going

to be cold and snowy this weekend so I set 3 days

aside to accomplish this task.  I sat in front of the

fire and watched the new season of Lilyhammer

among other things and by early last night I was

finished!  They are ready to go out into the world.

I'm heading to Spain for a few weeks later this

month and though it is vacation, I am the type

of person that is incapable of sitting and doing

nothing.  So,  last month I had packed up my

 little travel kits to take with me.  It is a baggie

with the felt pieces and a little picture of a

finished piece (so I know the right place to put

the right stitches) and also my ring of floss, pins

and needles and a thread cutter.  I make up a lot

of these kits and stuff them in the front pocket

of my carry-on and pull them out as needed.

I've stitched on planes, trains, in cars and when

I have some time in the evenings and I want to

relax.  I'm sure I'll be stitching on my balcony

in Spain where if I look to the left I see the

mountains and if I look to the right I see the

Mediterranean.

While the kids were home for Christmas the 

weather was awful and we ended up spending

a lot of time hanging around watching movies

and I was stitching.  I ended up making all the 

kits I had prepped for Spain!  I made 35 new

pincushions/ornaments.  

Now I have to add to the list:  make new kits.