A sock and a half

My job is about time. Specifically, that point in time when some part of what I'm making is "done". All day, I'm getting to that moment, and preferably making that moment happen before it needs to be on a plate in front of a living, breathing, opinionated person.

And it had better be pretty dammit.

So I admit that the appeal of doing these crafty projects is that there is no deadline, mostly. There is a desire to finish, sure, but the projects that make me most crazy are the ones I feel need to be done by X time. Then it just feels like work.

Maybe that's why I am so bad about getting birthday presents to people on their birthday.

But, there in the part of my brain labeled Virgo (what's the scientific name for that spot, Julia?) all of these half projects laying around make me kinda tweaked. Because I really like starting new projects and can't help but wag the finger and say "You can't do that until you finish something!" Case in point. I painted my table:


Now, I still want to do a seaglass mosaic on the top, because that color is screaming for it. But, since I haven't done a mosaic before, I want to jog over to the thrift store this second, find a footstool or something and make that my weekend thing. I could even do a budget challenge for myself and see if I could do it for like 20 bucks! Whee! I'm excited! Sounds fun!

But there is half a sock.

How many half projects is it ok to have?