Besides trying for "way too long" to figure out how to add copious pictures to my blog (unsuccessful), I have a jumble of things I've been meaning to do. Here it is--possibly in list form--so I can check off each completed goal, or more likely: later refer back to, lament how it’s still undone and contemplatively decide if it’s still worthy of my time.
1. Finish Sara's toddler clothes quilt I smugly started 12 years ago. (It waits, nicely folded in my art closet next to the sewing machine I bought myself for my 33rd birthday.) Happy graduation, Sara! Perhaps you could reach another milestone worthy of a toddler-clothing scrap quilt once I finish it!
2. Take photos outside early in the morning. (seems like a good idea for differences in light and shadow, but insert reasoning for not doing here: )
3. Alter a book with all those gathered collage pieces I’ve meticulously cut out of magazines, and even purchased from the “ephemeral” section of ebay.
4. Organize my art room (formerly known as “the office”) so I can attack aforementioned projects.
5. Stop obsessing over dog and cat hair covering every inch of my home.
6. Get new carpeting to get a fresh start on the dog/cat hair thing.
7. The snow on the tree outside is so beautiful in the sunshine right now, that I shall take a photo forthwith. Brrrrr, got it. If I can figure how to post photos, check number 2 off this list even though it’s nearly ten-thirty.
8. Read more books from the Newbery winners and/or classics.
9. Become more technologically adept, or hire/cajole someone to turn my thoughts into words and pictures on my attempt at a blog. (Alexander comes to mind—he could make this blog thing work with his eyes closed!)
10. Sketch out funny thoughts as comics and try to soak up some of Sara’s talent for visual artistry.
11. Convince Sara to publish her exquisite drawings, paintings, comics and observations because she is a comic and artistic genius.
12. Always have Pandora music in the background—Pandora knows what I’m all about and will feed me inspirational sounds.
I will stop at 12 “Things I’ve Been Meaning to Do” (or is twelve Things-I’ve-Been-Meaning-to-Do?) Damn. There’s another thing on the list: figure out intricacies of punctuation and titling. bluurrrgghhh!
