Going Against the Grain Still: Bingo!!

It hit me this morning. I am a collector. I'm not so much a doer as a collector! Do you have any collections? Do you remember your first collection? I had several collections as a kid. I'm trying to think what was the first. I recall miniature figurines-- specifically frogs. They just hop into my heart so cute and green! My grandmother tried to start me on a stamp collection but it didn't stick. I had a huge Barbie collection complete with a Barbie RV. They all rolled right off the moving van and into some other's possession. As an adult I have loads of collections: crosses, shoes, dust bunnies, and most recently card making supplies. And that's when it hit me. I got into card making and find myself buying all sorts of card making paraphernalia. How many cards have I made? About 4- total!

I do the same thing with new diets. I buy everything hook, line, and sinker. Cookbook? I've got it. Fancy gizmo that will help me track food or exercise? Yep; I've got it or I want it!!!

When I started sewing my apron, I started looking up bobbin boxes and thread carriers on Amazon! It's a sickness.

So my resolve is to stop it! Right now. I will not buy anything else to collect. I will use what I have and use it all up. My clutter is cluttering my life and my mind.

On a happier note: My apron is complete! Whoo hoo. Happy 2nd anniversary to me. It is done....it is complete. Years (and years and years) ago I belonged to Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS). Included in that get together time was a craft that could be completed. Completion is important to females who stay at home (or at least I believe it is). More and more we are left with that unsatisfied feeling of "I'm not getting anything completed!" We might complete a project at work but then there's another one. We load the dishwasher and get it going and then a child brings a whole week's worth of glasses that have been stored in his room out to the kitchen. Same with laundry. Same with toilet bowls- don't get me on a roll!!

So finishing my apron was a huge success for me. You could not imagine how many unfinished (un-started!) projects I have given away with each move. I have good intentions and then that goes away and I'm stuck with fabric or modge podge or whatever! LOL

Remember my coloring every night? I bought several coloring books and loads of coloring supplies. They are still packed somewhere! I will NOT buy any more coloring utensils or books. I will find what I already own and get busy coloring again. Oh I stepped on Kaaa this morning and I'm down 4 pounds!