projects and more projects

I loved Pres. Uchtdorf's talk the last Relief Society General Conf about creating. It makes me feel good about all my projects. Jeff however thinks I am crazy when I tell him what my plans are. Here are a few of the things I have been working on or plan to work on in the near future---

• Pirate quilts for each of the boys. Fronts and backs are done. Dane's is finished completely. The others are at a friend of my mom's who is doing the machine quilting. These were supposed to be done for last Christmas, but I am aiming for having them done by the boys' birthdays. That spreads it out a bit. If you want to see the fronts of the quilts they are posted in one of my first posts.
  
• A quilt for Bryant's teacher. Bry has had her for the last two years. She is great. It will have a square for each of the kids in the class with their hand prints and names on it.
• An apron for Oliver's teacher with the kids hand prints.
• Getting ready for a garage sale in the early summer. I can't wait to get rid of some stuff.
  
• Painting circles on Dane's bedroom walls to decorate it.
• Taking out a few flowers and adding a few morein my garden. I also curse the deer that eat them.
• Reading the books for book club (I always give a disclaimer when I join a book club-- I may or may not finish or even start the books, but I will come and enjoy everyone's company. That way I don't feel guilty when I don't finish or feel like I shouldn't go).
  
• Training for a mini triathlon in July.
• Tiling our bathroom-- I tiled, Jeff put in the new toilet with the boys.
  
• Keeping up our blog
• Our taxes
  
• Trying to keep the house clean (notice this is at the bottom of the list)