I have been feeling restless lately, and this morning I realised that it is due to several unfinished projects laying around. Some projects are mine, some are others, but they just create a sense of unease. The biggest project, which I will be picking up today once this is posted, is a baby blanket.

I have a wonderful cousin who announced her pregnancy last fall, and I knew I wanted to make a blanket for her. At the time, I was working on a blanket for another cousin, who was expecting his first child with his wife in Ireland, so that one had to get done before I started this new one. Once that blanket was complete, I started looking through my patterns, to see what I wanted to do. I was asked for a yellow or cream coloured blanket, but I didn’t want to do just the one colour. I ended up deciding on my standard baby blanket, one I’ve made at least 6 times over the past 4 years. I went to Michael’s, picked up all of the yarn (white, cream, and pastel yellow), and brought it home. I got started right away, but Little Man was so clingy at the time, I could not crochet and hold him at the same time.

I will admit, I made many excuses for why I didn’t work on the blanket. I eventually tossed the project bag in a corner, and said I would get to it next week, which turned into the next week, and so on. The week of the baby shower, I knew I had to get working on it; the blanket comes together so quickly, it would be nothing to get it done over a few days. I did maybe 4 rows that week; and back into the bag it went. We ended up not going to the shower; I was sick with a sinus infection and Little Man was about to cut his first tooth, so it got forgotten about. When we moved, I switched it to a smaller bag, that I put next to my bed at the lake house. It sat there all summer until we moved again; the only difference is that I could see it every day, and it had a book for the baby in it as well.

Two weeks ago, I moved the bag up to the window seat in the living room, and did go into it for the hook…so I could make myself some slippers. Today, things are changing. I am not putting it off anymore, and will get cracking on it. I owe it to myself to finish it, and I owe it to my cousin (and her gorgeous 5 month old (I’m such a terrible person)) to complete the blanket.

There are some other projects that need to get done – finish changing our address with the bank, insurance, etc., clean out and wash the cars, register for my parliamentary procedure course, fix the fireplace, build a firepit, paint the golf cart…You know how it gets with these things; the list is never-ending. I’m only directly responsible for 2 of these things. The rest have other drivers, and it is a matter of lighting a fire under their behinds to get them moving. Squatch and I have already set aside time today to make sure the address is changed everywhere, and he has a few hours tomorrow blocked on his calendar to work on the cars (we’re also going to refinish the door panels where the 15 year old original lining fell off; I’ll be taking pictures of the super cool fabric as we’re doing it). My father-in-law owns some projects as well; we just need to get him to prioritize what gets done, and keep him on track. He is notorious for starting something, getting a decent amount done, and then moving on to a different project. The golf cart is partially painted – one panel is complete – and has been since July.

Am I the only one who feels restless when things are not done, or are just sitting there in a state of limbo? Recognizing those feelings is huge, and a main part of self awareness (it all comes back to emotional intelligence, I tell you!). The more I think about it, the more important it is to complete these projects. Squatch and I have a dream of a little farmstead, and if we do not complete these small projects now, what will happen when we have animals and crops to tend to? We will not be able to put things off, and we definitely will not be in the right frame of mind if we flit from one thing to the next without a clear resolution. So, we build up these practices now, and see projects through from start to finish, with dedicated time for each of them, and we will be on the right path when we are free of all of our current hurdles.