Last Week, This Week

Last week, I didn't get much quilting/sewing done. I also didn't get much of anything else done. 


I didn't clean my house. 


I didn't make any fancy dinners, although the husbatron (aka the resident dishwasher) would testify that I still managed to dirty up a fair number of dishes in the process of dinner prep. 


I didn't do much reading for work or work email after hours.


I didn't do any yard work. 


And my Google Reader's at 1000+ unread posts, so I clearly haven't been keeping up with any category of blogs. 


I'm not quite sure what I did last week, actually. It's all a lazy summer blur.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slimjim/5271289105/

This week can be different. This week, I can finish a quilt. I can re-paint the half-bathroom. I can clear the weeds out of the front bed. I can clean the house top to bottom, including washing the slipcovers. I can paint some of the mismatched trim in the house.

I probably won't do all that, but I can, because I'm starting the week with noble intentions and fresh potential. And that's one reason to appreciate the beginning of each week.

With good reason, Mondays have a bad rap. When the alarm goes off on Monday morning, its piercing shrieks seem cruel and unusual after a relaxing weekend. But Mondays are also full of opportunity.

Last week is gone. Feeling remorseful over what didn't get done last week is a waste of time.

But this week, this week is wide open with possibilities.

Sorry to go all touchy-feely on you. I had to get it out of my system. Getting down to the brass tax of things...

 

This week, I hope to:

• finish quilting my Bliss quilt (y'all, I'm so close I can almost taste it)
• make cherry turnovers for the husbatron (inspirational recipes here, here, and here)
• spray paint some picture frames to hang in the sewing room

Do you have any big or small plans for the week?