Step Away From the Cake

 I got a lot done yesterday. I completely redid one of my storage areas. I took out some shelves Hubby had built and I bought some metal shelving at Ikea and put it in there. It looks a lot nicer and it's easier to see what I really have. It is less storage space so I'm going to have to make some decisions about a few things. But it's shaping up nicely. I was able to shift some things from the shelves by my work table to the new shelves and that allowed me to get some stuff off my work table and on to my shelves, which freed up space on my work table so I can actually work there now. Yes, things are shaping up nicely. I am still going to shift some things around a bit to make room. Yeah, it's starting to shape up nicely.  I ended up ordering some wood, exotics no less. I want to work with them a little. I have some ideas for some of the designs I have and I want to see how they work out. I need to step outside my comfort zone with these things and make them my own. I ne...

 So today is the first day of my 2-week winter break. I am so excited. Yes I have huge plans for the break. Yes, I most likely will not accomplish them all. Cancel that. Normally I would say that. However, I have learned that not only does what I say matter, these things become self-fulfilling prophecies if I'm not careful. Instead I need to have a reasonable list of things I want to accomplish over this break. Nothing crazy, just things that I know I can get done.  I'm starting with cleaning this room. My desk is a mess, I can barely fit on it to type this. I have stuff spread all over the room. Projects in various stages of completion. Yes, cleaning this room is the absolute first step before I do anything at all.  Also, high on my list of things to do, is get my Etsy store in order and my Shopify store back open. Those are really important to me this break. The good news is, I can split these tasks up. I'm better at creative stuff in the mornings, so that's when I...