Lazy Day

I've not gotten a whole lot done today. I went to the pool yesterday with my next door neighbor and even though I used lots of sunblock, I got burned. Mostly on my back, back of my legs and chest. I'm pretty sore today and moving around hurts. So I'm using my sunburn as an excuse to have a lazy day.  But even at that I've been doing a lot of planning.  My work schedule is about to change to where I will have more time to do things so I am looking forward to that. I also managed to get my sewing room almost completely organized. Except for a couple of wall shelves I'm set in there so sewing will be on my menu again. I still have my list of projects I want to get completed. I need to dig out my list that I made before I moved, revamp it and get started on completing it.  My scrapbooking area is almost complete. Again a couple of wall shelves and I'll have that done. But both areas are in shape to be utilized so I'll start to be productive. There are several cooking/baking items on my June Bucket List that I'd like to get done. I've been wanting to try these recipes for a long time and I can't think of any time like the present. 

 Bucket list for June -- 
Embroider my clothesline flip-flop t-shirt
Finish Americana Wall Hanging
Catch up my "Project Life" journal
Scrap Cake Pop Baking page
Scrap Carl's Ice Cream page
Finish Paper Bag Christmas Album
Spice cake balls
Orange cream cupcakes
Spicy Parmesan Chicken Breasts
Pizza Poppers

I have started working on a new Paula Vaughan Cross Stitch titled Sunflower Romance so even when I'm laying around watching TV I still have something to do. Here's a picture of the pattern. This one will take me awhile to complete as there are a lot of light colors and it is difficult to work on using lamp light.  My plan is to get framed and hang in my living room.

The last six months have been really hectic. First I moved the beginning of October and my commute to work was a three hour a day round trip. Then my son came up for a week visit and we had a blast. After that Thanksgiving and Christmas seemed to catch up to me before I knew it. The middle of January I was laid off and then the end of January sent to work in Portsmouth, VA. For six weeks I stayed down there and was only home on the weekends. Middle of March I finally came home for good and was off work for about a month. I then picked up some work driving a truck for an asphalt company here in the Valley and that kept me pretty busy. Now I'm back to working at my original position helping out with a VDOT project. Many changes for me in the last seven months and when you don't handle change very well it's difficult. But the Lord has helped me "roll" with it and I'm doing better than I would of without His help. So be on the look out for more posts and projects. I have a lot of catching up to do.

Tomorrow my Explorer has to go into the shop for work. Needs a joint in the front drive shaft replaced, my exhaust system replaced and four new tires. I'll be without transportation for a couple of days but I'll be working from home so that won't be an issue. I've needed to get those repairs done for awhile so I'm glad that I'll finally be able to get them taken care of. 

I'm planning on stepping up on my photography too. I've been taking pictures to document my life. A modified version of Project Life but I"m not doing a photo a day. Just photos for the week. I've got the photos but I've only got pages done up to February. Another addition to my "Bucket" list. But I would like to do a 30 day photo challenge -  just not make a scrapbook out of the pictures. I've found several lists of ideas of what photos to take. I want these to help me get better at photo taking. So I've created a list that combines ideas from several lists. I'm not going to take these pictures in any order.

Photos for June --

Something Green

From a High Angle

From a Low Angle

Something Blue

Something Pink

Clouds 

Food

Architecture

Landscape

Flower

Church Steeple

Night Photo

Fruit
Currently Reading
A Favorite Thing
 

As I complete items from my "Bucket List" I'll post pictures of them. This will help me keep motivated. Motivation is something I have a difficult time with. But keeping a list and putting a line through an item when completed is very satisfying and motivating.  Let's see how it works for me. 

Already started marking off my Photo List.

Photo of the clouds. Looks like a storm may be making it's way toward us. We've had rain several days a week for the last couple of months. I know the farmers are glad to have the rain for their crops.