Aimless Tangents

I sat down to write this post and realized I don’t really have any finished projects to show off right now. I’m in the middle of several projects, none of which are fit for public consumption as they are.

I’m working on a “Geek Shelf” for my husband. It will be a shelf to display things that people think of when they think of him. One of those items will be a set of six sided dice (yup, we are gamers). I found these dice on clearance at Hobby Lobby:

They aren’t bad, just not our style. So the indents have been filled with wood putty at this point. I need to sand them smooth, paint the base color, and then paint the pips. They will probably end up the Chicago Bears orange with white pips.

This dresser redo is still not done (the yellow and sunflowers were done by me over 10 years ago):

I lost my inspiration for what to do with the dresser. We don’t really need it in the bedroom. Today inspiration stuck, the dresser will be painted a dark blue and put into the office as a printer stand with storage.

This board is having its redo, redone.

When I pulled the painters tape off the stained part (which had a week+ to dry), this happened:

I just haven’t wanted to deal with the disappointment of redoing my redo. Sorta like when knitting something and the yarn misbehaves, the item gets frogged and the yarn gets to sit in time out for a while.

I’m still patching the ceiling of the kitchen (yes, that is a bird nest). I only do one patch at a time, when I have time:

I’m also painting the bathroom, a little bit at a time when I get some time. It is small but there are no straight lines thanks to textured walls and a house that was built in the late 1920s.

I’ve also been hanging some of my late grandmother’s paintings. The old way was a pain in the butt and involved these drywall anchors that you had to use a drill bit and hammer to install and then a screwdriver to install the part the picture would hang from:

The new way is much faster and easier and involves these, and no tools other than my hands:

They do actually work as advertised. The only problem I’ve had with them has been when I didn’t get enough leverage to properly twist and “self drill” the anchor.

Our house feels much more like home with some of Grandma’s paintings on the walls.

I’ve also got some knitting projects lined up. Picnic Knits helped kick off a knitalong on the Knittyboard of her Gaenor shawl. I’ve got the pattern, my yarn is wound but I haven’t cast on yet thanks to being busy all last week and this week hasn’t been any better for time to devote to something that is going to stretch my knitting abilities.

I’m also planning on knitting a Pasha for my husband’s geek shelf. This is also going to stretch my knitting abilities with some techniques I’ve never done before. I need to get the yellow and white yarn for this project. Or not…as he just informed me that he couldn’t decide if it would be cute or lame for me to make him a knitted penguin.

So, as you can see, lots going on and not much to show for it!

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