Do One Thing

It takes a lot of effort to be creative.  And sometimes it takes longer to write or post about being creative than it does the task itself!   But sometimes I just feel I need to put things down.  Some day, people may wanna know.  lol  Or not.

Took the day off because it's my dental checkup day.  Usually I just dash in after work, but ... I felt I needed a day to myself, so .....   I spent it working on getting some more pallets apart for the headboard that I'm going to create in the other bedroom.  After the dentist, I dashed into Home Depot, but my son wasn't working, so I just wandered a bit before heading over to Hobby Lobby.

I found this cool scrollwork with blues/greens in it, along with an iron-worked heart in the center that will look just GREAT over the bed ... but it was too much.  And I had forgotten my phone where I found this week's ad for 40% off any one item ....    I may have to go back on Saturday.  Yup yup *puts it on the calendar*

One of my other little things I'm doing is I need a long sign over the photo center I put in my living room.  Because of the odd wall shape, I felt it needed something to define it, so I got a 15foot length of burlap and it runs from one point to another, making a very large rectangle on my wall, which is where I'm posting some of my photography and fav pictures.  It looks pretty neat, but it still needs a little more definition above it.  So I'm creating the word BLESSED out of some wood letters that I'm covering with some turquoise print fabric and mod podge (If you've never worked with it, it can be a really fun for simple crafts!).   pix when it's all done, I promise.

Otherwise, it was my day to relax, enjoy some taco salad, take a bit of a nap.  I did some simple yardwork -- mostly because my garbage goes to the street tonight, and I really needed to get things cleaned up out there.


Lately there are times when it seems like I always have something - sometimes too much! - going on, but my motto has been "Do one thing every day."   It's amazing how much can get accomplished doing just one thing on a daily basis.   Now if only I could do that with my housecleaning..... lol

Sunday's TidBits

Sunday.  Another weekend over, and another busy week coming up.  Ugh.

I was all excited about FitBit's "Goal Day" - and set my goal at 10k steps, which is difficult for me on a weekend.  Work, of course, means lots of walking, but walking around the block, or around the house, just doesn't cut it.  Outdoor walking or hiking isn't a good thing in the heat we get in the desert, so that means early morning walking. Which I love to do!   However, after a busy month, I needed to use my optimal energetic hours in getting my house cleaned up and chores done.   And then a day of terrible IBS or something hit me -- and I got my 5k steps going from couch to bathroom to bed to bathroom ... well, you get the idea.  Another Ugh.

Tracking my sleep has been interesting ... I seem to be getting a total of nearly 8 hours a night, but it's not all in a row - so I guess there's something to improve on, if I can find the secret to that!  According to FitBit I'm awake an average of 5x a night, and I sleep rather restlessly.  I blame that on Sadie.  She likes to snuggle up until she gets hot, then moves, but eventually moves back again and I'm sure that causes me to be the "restless" it senses because I'm moving about, trying to get into a comfy position.  Again.  lol  The perils of owning a dog, I guess.

Worked on this grand idea I have of building a headboard out of old pallets.  This was my original inspiration.  I have gotten a few old pallets from work, I've cut a few of them into usable boards, and experimented with how to make them look a little more "weathered".  According to online sites I sourced, mixing vinegar with some steel wool bits and let sit would create a staining like solution.  That didn't work for me, even when I left it sitting in the warm sun, and then overnight.  So, I took it upon myself to invent something else.  I added a few drops of acrylic paint into the vinegar and sprayed it on.  It sort of dyed the wood without actually applying paint. Right now, they have a hunter green tinge, and if I add a little bit of blue splotches, they may look a little more turquoise, which would be perfectly fine.  Adding a thin layer of some stain, then varnish --- I can see this working.  Or not.  lol

I puttered in my spare bedroom yesterday, touching up paint on the baseboards, etc.  It didn't last too long as the moment I sat on the floor to start painting, Sadie wanted to sit right between me and the wall -- painting around an active dog isn't the easiest thing in the world.  I did manage to get a few things hung on the wall.   :)   A little every day is better than nothing.

Off to finish some laundry, and get some groceries for the week.
Hope it's a good week for you, too!