I don’t know what it is about this time of year. Something about the proverbial “dog days of summer” I guess. Or the simple fact that when it’s 100 degrees outside, I would just really rather stay inside. You know — in the air conditioning! This time of year, I tend to want to do a lot of “projects”.
Now, mind you, I have a wonderful track record for starting projects. Completing them… not so much!
Here’s some of the “projects” I am currently working on:
– Cleaning out old magazines. This is a blog-post in the making. I have a thing about magazines. More on that coming soon.
– Ripping old home movies from tape to DVD
– Getting all of our Flip videos (digital) copied onto my new Mac. They are languishing away on my old, broken down HP and backed up in various places. Need to get them all uploaded to my new baby, Mr MacBook Pro 😀
– Finding some new software to organize our DVD’s on my new Mac. I’ve done this twice before, but keep repeating this project. The first time was on our website, Hambones. Then again a couple of years ago on my new HP. Now, I have a Mac and I need to start ALL OVER and catalog the 100+ DVD’s that we own (and rarely watch, I might add).
– Once I find said software, then there’s the actual entering of all of the DVD movies we own. I’ll be lucky to get past the letter F 😀
– Scrapbooking. Printing digital photos.
Not really a project, but reading. I’m still struggling with the reading. Some days are better than others and my tinnitus is not as loud. Those are good days to read (usually with soft music playing in the background, classical or contemporary Christian usually work best for me. Although I have a nature thing I play a lot too, surf and ocean waves and rain).
Do you have a certain time of year that you are drawn to projects? I know in the spring and fall, I usually go on a cleaning out / decluttering kick. We live in a small house, so it’s a constant thing with me to clean out closets, drawers, etc. Do you do more projects in the winter when it’s cold out, or in the summer, or does the weather have nothing to do with it?
Let me know if you have any projects you are working on, or hope to get to! 🙂
We catalog our DVDs and books with an iPhone app. It’s awesome because you can scan the UPC codes instead of typing them all in manually & searching. I think there is a way to back it up on your computer, but we don’t use that because our phones are more mobile and it’s just easier for us to check them wherever we are! 🙂
I am hoping to start on some projects on August 30! That’s the day my Best Girl goes to kindergarten. I am going to clean and purge in every room of the house and catch up on my scrapbooking. After that, we’ll see!
I have projects at my house if you wanna come up and help me! I seem to lack motivation. 🙂
Well, I lied. I decided to come by tonight instead.
My latest projects – hmmmmm…I feel like all I have the time for is making the birthday, sympathy, get well, Christening, etc. cards for my family and friends. I just finished a cute frame for my little cousin, Caleb. Next up, I have to make some cards – wedding, get well/thinking of you. I’d really love to start a layout with the ultrasound pic of my granddaughter.
I probably weed out junk in my house more in the fall and winter. I definitely stay out of the attic as much as possible in the summer!
I am in the midst of magazine organization myself. Maybe 25% done. But I sure do love seeing the recycling basket filling up quickly, week after week!
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