Assessing April Goals, Setting May Goals

I have been having all sorts of issues these past five or six weeks.

The office workload has nearly tripled as we come to the sacrament "season", prep for registration for 2015-16, prepare budgets, take inventory and do all the things that make April and May so very crazy.

Added to that, I have had all sorts of issues with my eyes.  Starting tomorrow, I embark on a series of laser surgeries to repair blood vessels and remove cataracts.  None of this is life threatening or even life altering [except in a good way] but it has diverted my focus from stitching and stitching related activities.  I am way behind on giveaways, blogging and actual stitching.

In fact, all I managed to complete recently are

* Workbasket's Quaker Bat
* The Town Square series' Sandie's Sweet  Shop

I started Prairie Schooler's Year Round for April but still have a few hours worth of stitching to do before completing it.

I don't anticipate getting back into my routines fully much before June.  I expect May will be as hectic as April has been, if not more so.

So, my goal for May is to take things as they come, seeking to carve out a little time for stitching here and there.  My usual elaborate plans and rotations just won't be workable this coming month.  However, I do expect that once all my eye surgeries are done, I'll enjoy such an improvement that I'll be back to my old speed.  At present, I am a s...l...o...w stitcher, running at tortoise like speed.

Assessing March Goals and Setting April Goals

MARCH GOALS: Even though I have occasionally broken my own pattern, rotation stitching is working for me.

Monday & Tuesday : Jacobean Elegance Afghan   Six and a half out of 20 blocks completed.

Wednesday: Prairie Schooler Year Round: March  [DONE], Sean's Name Tree ornament from M Designs  the "e"s are stitched   and Sandi's Sweet Shop in The Town Square series [Kitted up but not started].  

Thursday:   Workbasket's Quaker Bat and Quaker Squirrel.  Quaker Bat is done.

Friday: Sewing Finishes: 8 ornaments.

Saturday & Sunday: get out of the stitching chair and do a wide variety of things: walk, exercise, antique, reorganize, put the garden to bed for the winter, feed and observe the backyard birds, read, visit friends and relatives, try a new restaurant, experiment with the recipes I have been downloading, host a high tea ... whatever.    Not much going on, just rain, rain and more rain.

APRIL GOALS:  I'll be continuing much the same rotation.

Monday & Tuesday: Jacobean Elegance Afghan

Wednesday: Prairie Schooler Year Round: April, Sean's Name Tree ornament from M Designs and Sandi's Sweet Shop in The Town Square series.

Thursday:   Workbasket's  Quaker Squirrel.

Friday: Sewing Finishes

Saturday & Sunday: get out of the stitching chair and do a wide variety of things: walk, exercise, antique, reorganize, put the garden to bed for the winter, feed and observe the backyard birds, read, visit friends and relatives, try a new restaurant, experiment with the recipes I have been downloading, host a high tea ... whatever.