Seizing My Day

seriously it takes me so long to finish what I start!

I swear I should be living in Hawaii…

where the world is “more relaxed”  … right?!

Yep… I am going to go with that!

So anyways…

I start projects (or blog posts) all the time…

and take months to finish them. or I start something else and put it on the “shelf”. or I just never finish them and they end up at the good will. it is shameful how many rooms in my house have one coat of paint! or the sheets that are now permanent curtains b/c I never managed to tackle that “project”.  Shameful!

SO… in light of the said above confession.

I have had it with myself.

Time to Finish What I Start.  the end. I mean period.

Remember this?

From THIS POST..??

So … I am not completely happy with the finished product…

it didn’t meet my expectations!

Alas… I refer to a favorite quote…

“When all else fails…Lower your expectations! ”

Given what those letters spell …

I will splain Lucy…

so yes… I am going the “unfriendly” home owner route…

I just couldn’t take it anymore…

the chem dry carpet people…

the gardeners…

the political agenda folks…

the ENTIRE high school football team…

*sigh*  I had to take matters into my own hands! =)

Moving on… another project I started…

Remember this?

from this SAME POST?

Well.. anyway… a few weeks later…

it is finally finished…

maybe…

it kinda needs a 4 or 5th coat… ??

It was my momma’s sewing stool…

emotional project…

so I am still adjusting…

I think I like it…

it is Fresh

New

I am trying to own it….

It is MY stool now.    =)

here is the fabric close-up.  I like it.   I think.

and then there was the day last week

that I taught my daughters class – remember I told you all

I was going to do that?  and I never told ya how it went.

I do that… forget to finish my own sentences sometimes!  =)

So here is the FULL story.

I offered to “help with art” on teacher curriculum night

and then I realized at our Fall conference

that what I had really offered to do

was TEACH art to the whole class… All at once. YIKES!

I don’t do that. nope. no way. not me. thankyouverymuch.

Guess what I did last week.   =)

I overcame the fear of standing in front of a whole class

I walked them little 5th graders through a fall leaf art project

all 26 of them.

with a projector and all…

Standing up front

with the white board behind me

(scary times for chickens like me) ha ha

and I did just fine!

I guess I also showed my little shy Abby it is good to “just do it”

Tackling my fears and Enjoy the moment even if it is scary!  ha ha!

All 26 pieces of art were beautifully unique

I even witnessed very proud little faces

with huge smiles…

which made the whole experience worth it!

and

The kids didn’t seem to notice my red neck (ha ha) or my red face…

The student teacher even said she was impressed and took notes..

b/c I had a good “grip” on the not so good at listening to the teacher kids!

HA!   (that would be the ~ hey I am a mom don’t mess with me attitude!)

*ahem*  moving on…

So there you have it…

I am slowly Tackling and finishing things I start…

My new goal is to paint the second coat on all the colorful rooms in my house…

and maybe even hang real wall art!

or a head board

or  hang a mirror  in my downstairs bathroom again (finally)!!!

(shush sister… not a word!!)

For now I will be happy I have finished a few things I started.. including but not limited to crafty projects around the house  … all the way to standing up to my stupid offers fears and teaching a whole class new tricks… he he…

and yes… I did offer to do it again…

fine. the truth.

so I actually had fun teaching a whole class.

art.  for a half an hour.  (easy sneezy) 😉

Oh … and remember this guy …

I’m still workin on him!!  =)

and now

I am going to FINISH a Beth Moore book I started this summer!!!

*sigh*  hopeless I tell you!~

hopeless.  =)