Time to Finish The Book

One of the things I was looking forward to during pregnancy was being off for a whole year so that I could work on my *projects*. I have been off for, oh-- 4 months and a bit now and not a single project has been completed. The wall-of-pictures is still lobsided, the black pants and the hippo outfit are unknit, the art is still not up, John's first year anniversary present is still far from being complete, the shower thank-you cards are still unsent, the shower scrapbook has empty pages, the closets are still a mess, the baseboards are still filthy, and the list goes on and on and on and on...and now, it is January 2nd, 2009. If you look at the very first A New Beginning entry you will notice that it has been a year since I sat down and created this thing. That means I have one more project to add to my list! My intention is to publish a book every year containing the year's blog entries so that Rowan has something to read when he grows up that captures not only the important moments and people in his life, but also helps him see into the life that his dad and I lead together and maybe even give him some insight into the woman that is his mother.

Volume 1 is started. I wish I hadn't inherited my father's project-starting-but-rarely-completing tendencies (sorry Dad). It's frustrating, and as the list grows, I get more and more overwhelmed. Maybe tomorrow I will make a list of all the things that I need to get done and just start knocking them off-- one by one.

Wait a minute! Did I just give myself ANOTHER project....Blah.