I am always telling myself that I will get "around to it". Whatever it is I am thinking about at a given moment in time.
My mother in law had a circle cut out of red construction paper that simply said "round tuit". I don't know where it went, but I can see it clearly on the kitchen cupboard- the side facing the kitchen table and the family room.
I decided to Google the term "round tuit" not expecting to find anything. Boy was I wrong! There are hundreds of images of circles with just those words. I even found a red one. Not exactly the same as the one I referred to, but close enough:
What got me thinking about this is the fact that I am almost always procrastinating. I have so many things/ projects I want to work on. To finish or at least to start. And yet, here I am writing in my blog!
I actually bought a pattern and fabric to make a dress for my daughter. I had it all cut out and ready to sew. I took it to Maine with me last year knowing that my son has a sewing machine I can use. I didn't even touch it.
I am annoyed at myself. I am frustrated. And I am baffled. Why do I do this? I know that we all do things like this. But why?
I have also got a whole set up for scrap-booking. I want to make a scrapbook for each of the kids. And I suppose I should start one for my grandchild, Galileo.
Maybe I am too hard on myself. Maybe not. I don't know. When I complete a project, whatever it is, I feel so pleased with myself. I need to remember that when think of all that I have not done. Yet.
In life I guess you are never finished until you just are. And then, what does it matter? But somehow it does.
Making things- sewing, scrapbooking, sorting through closets and storage rooms and boxes in the garage. They are all things that will get done one way or another. I just don't want my children to inherit the burden of sorting and tossing and wondering what in the world it is that their parents- Nick & I ever had these things for.
Well, I guess one day I will get "round tuit" Or not!
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