New Goal---I'm a finisher

I always find these fun projects and things I want to make. I may even be bold enough to purchase supplies. Sometimes I even go as far as to actually start working on the project. Then life catches up to me in one way or another and that of so exciting, can't wait to start it project gets pushed aside, ends up in some dark recess of a closet and forgotten. Or forgotten enough not to never be finished but remembered enough that it's a nagging prick to my conscience reminding me that I WANTED this thing at one point and spent money on it. Now it's worse than useless. It's a half finished project. My life is filled with half finished projects. Good intentions gone awry. My new goal, starting now is to rid myself of these half finished monstrosities. And by rid, I mean actually finish them so they can become useful members of the household. I have some small and some large. A realistic goal is to finish one a month, no matter the size. I will post pictures of the completed project and if I'm ambitious a before pic of the half finished, project. So if any of you out in cyberland actually read this...help keep me accountable. This half finished stuff has to stop. Maybe if I can get rid of the half finished project problem I have I'll be able to translate it into all the other half finisheds of my life.

ps. I should make a list of all my half finished dust collectors but I'm afraid....I'll leave it at that.

We are still here.

First warm day, playing in the sprinklers.

Leah and Charlie and all their little friends.

Leah at the SLC Aquarium


Leah and Charlie at Grandma's

Charlie playing at the park

We've been keeping ourselves busy lately. I never seem to make time for this blog anymore. I do have pictures and one of these days they will make it from my computer folder into this blog. At least they have made it from my camera to the computer. That's a huge step for me. I have this problem of starting something and then leaving it half finished. I'm working on it and have been able to take a few projects to completion lately.

Leah will be in preschool again this fall. She's doing a 5 day program to get ready for Kindergarten next year. Charlie will be attending childcare at the gym. At least that's my plan while Leah's in preschool, hit the gym 4-5 times a week and get myself in better shape. I did good last school year, but I want to be even better this next year. I'm also hoping to finish some of those half finished projects to get prepared for this next move of ours. Sometime next summer if things go well, we will leave the rainy State of Washington for some sunshine and heat. I'm getting used to it here though and not sure about trading in my cloud cover for sunglasses.

We spent a fun month visiting family. I'm really happy we were able to see so many of them. My side of the family is enormous. I don't even know a number to put a number to it. I think I remember my Grandmother saying I have 62 or 63 cousins (and counting) on my Dad's side of the family alone, those are first cousins mind you. It was fun spending time with everyone and I hope next summer while we are moving we can do it again.

For those of you dying to have one, here is one picture. I'll try to make more follow soon.