If Not Now, Then When?

If not now, when?  What a grand question that Kim asked us this morning in her Beyond Layers Class.  I remember as a child my Mother would ask me that very question when it was time to "clean-up" my room, or when chores needed to be completed before my Mom would get home from work,   I was always the "I'll do it later" kinda gal.  Unfortunately as hard as my Mom tried she could not break me of that habit of, .....always later.  

As I think back on my life and especially now, those bad habits are still raising their ugly head.  Just ask me, "when did you finally take the last box of Christmas to the basement?"  Hmm, what's the date today, April 2nd....ok, April 2nd."  Is that embarrassing or what??  My Mom isn't around to ask me the eternal question, "If not now, when?" In fact I even had to stop writing this post so I could finish carrying down the last 3 boxes.  I may be a procrastinator, but I try awfully hard not to lie.  

I do have quite a list of "if not now, when?" things to be done.  I mentioned the other day that I had bought a can of red spray paint to brighten up the chair for the front porch.  I am delighted to say, that project is finished....see below.

And here are the lamps I bought at Home Good's for $30 apiece...a real steal.  Do you think they are too tall for the table??  They are so much taller than the ones that adorned that table for 127 years.

I still want to get all 3 of the bathrooms re-painted and all I have to do is make that call to the painters and I can get movin' on that "not now, when?"  And I oh so want to re-do the office space.  It looks like a freakin' tornado went thru there, papers, books, stuff all over.  I have even lost the path from the door to the desk, it is that bad.  Why am I confessing all this?  I don't know maybe it will embarrass me enough to get off my duff and get movin'.  We all have our hidden dark sides but my "hidden" is busting out at the seams.  I also have a project in mid-stream, hopefully I will finish it quite soon, printing and displaying my photography.  I bought three clip frames at Michael's last week and now have decided to get three more and have a mini gallery wall in the family room.  Will post as soon as finished.  

The two photos below were textured with Kim's latest texture for us in The Beyond Layer's class entitled "the little things"...and these are little things that make me happy.

I need to blow this up poster size and put it someplace where I see it ALL the time.....

I am off to Michael's to get the rest of the pin clip frames so I can finish another project.  

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."  ~  Chinese Proverb

Until next time.....