Oh, the Projects I Could Project!

Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to my camping trip next week.  I'm planning and making lists and pre-packing and un-packing and re-packing like crazy.  I've been shopping for supplies and replacement supplies, and painting artwork like a madwoman the past two weeks (the camping trip is a kind of women's festival, and I sell my artwork there). 

But I kinda wish this upcoming weekend wasn't Crunch Weekend.  I have sooooo much to do, for my trip and around the house (bathtub scrubbing = DO NOT WANT). 

There are just SO many fun little project-y things I'd rather do instead.  I have a new dining table to play with, chairs to fix up to go with, and a china cabinet to re-arrange. 

I have a dresser in the bedroom patiently awaiting new knobs and an updated finish.  Overstuffed kitchen cabinets to re-organize.  Bits of sewing that need to be either completed or thrown the hell away because I'm sick of looking at them.  Forty frillion houseplants that need to be watered or pruned or repaired after having been destroyed by the pride of Very Small Panthers that roams my house and eats the greenery while I'm asleep.

It's time for a Knick Knack Paddywhack, which is what I call fidgeting with all my little tabletop doodads and bits and pieces of hanging and leaning things.  When I get sick of them, I pull them ALL together onto the coffee table, from all over the house, redistribute the ones I adore and can't live without, and usually put together a big box of the ones I don't and can, to be taken to Goodwill on my next run.  I'm a sucker for cute little odds and ends and have zero impulse control when it comes to shopping - which is at odds with my philosophy of only owning little tchotchkes that mean something to me and make me swell with joy when I look at them. 

Inspiration struck last night (while I was trying to get to sleep, argh) concerning this window seat/bench thing in the dining room.  I have an old table leaf and some legs that don't go to anything sitting in the garage - I'm going to cobble them all into a little bench to throw under the bay window!  If I like it, great.  If I like the idea, but not that particular bench, I could get/build a nicer one and move the cobbled-y one out to the front porch and put plants on it.  If I hate it altogether, I'll bust out the power tools and build an honest-to-gawd window seat into the bay. 

But no.  This weekend I will be packing and cleaning and painting (well, the painting part is fun) instead.  At least tomorrow night I get a break to go to my monthly drum circle.  Yay, that.  :)

I just..I wanna paint things BLUE.  Like you would not believe.

And since posts need pictures, here's a shot of some of the junk on my computer desk, for no reason at all:

Have a good weekend.  :)