My Gigantic List of Things To Do

I have a good heart. I like to help people. Unfortunately A LOT of times I offer to help someone, but don't end up getting everything done in a nice neat time frame. This has become a huge issue with me, Lukas, and where I would like to be in the SCA.

Lukas made me create a list of EVERYTHING I have promised people or have started upon and haven't finished. It was a much longer list then we both thought it would.

Due to this one fact- I am going to have to stop offering people my help for 2008 in order to get this list done. I have spent the last 2 days organizing EVERYTHING I have promised people, and now it is all hung up or folded with patterns and zip locked. This has helped clean up my sewing room.

I inventoried everything while putting it all away and typed up my list. The list totaled 56 items (it says 53 but I just remembered 2 other things I offered to do) . I told you it was a large list. After typing everything up and organizing it-I put it in a doable order. One might ask how I came to know what order to rank these-I used my best judgment, as well as how long ago the item should have been delivered, what state the item is in, and when the item is needed. I am going to be pretty firm on the order of this list.

You can view a copy of this MASTER list at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pSpV3lNaM-dfwjdBCZ5gTfg&hl=en . I have also created a link to it, on the side links area. I will try to keep it up to date, but I might just end up knocking the things off as I finish them.

I will be posting a more thorough SCA New Years Resolution Blog within the next couple of days. However, I did want people to know, that in order to finish this list I will start doing a Wednesday Sewing Night (Monday is always hectic, Tuesday there are local meetings, Thursday there is a sewing night I want to try to go to, and Friday-Sunday are event days). Anyone who has something on this list is welcomed to join me. Other people/friends are also welcomed, but I will warn you, I cannot afford to take time out to do your outfit for you. I will help teach you if you want to learn-but only if you try to learn- I will show you how to do it, tell you why you are doing it that way, and you do it- I don't have time to do it for you, or to watch you do it. If you don't know how to sew- don't worry, If your enthusiastic and want to learn, I still want to teach! I have plenty of machines , and will have something supplied for dinner (Soup in the winter, salad in the summer)

I mentioned earlier that I will be pretty stern on the order of the list-the one exception will be if you help me :-) Let's say you have something here, and you want to make sure it gets done by a specific event. Well then come over on Wednesday, have some soup or salad, and help make sure it gets done. You don't know how to sew? Well that's ok too :-) I have plenty of things I could use help with from cutting threads, to organizing and rolling fabric. No, I won't put you to doing dishes or cleaning bathrooms :-) The sooner I get this list done, the sooner I can make new and exciting stuff for you my friends :-)

When: Wendesday Nights starting Jan. 9th
Time:Dinner @ 7pm, Sewing 7:30-8:30, Cleanup@ 9pm, We kick you out at 9:30pm
Where:Naperville- Email for directions

That's it for now, and I hope everyone has a great New Years!