One Thousand Posts and All I Got Was this Lousy...

This is my 1000th post. Lots of stitching bloggers give things away for their blogiversary, unbirthdays, or their xxx post. That is apparently how they do it in some countries. I remember, for example, our friend Arnab (from India) used to pay for all of us when we went to a restaurant on his birthday. Sucks for him because then on our birthdays, he'd have to kick in which is our custom. In America, people give you things for the significant occasions... If you haven't figured it out, I won't be giving anything away but I expect something from each of you! Just kidding... I'll do that other American thing "no gifts please" so none of us has to be embarrassed when no one brings a present to the party.

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Having had a month of guilt-free starts, I'm ready to make some promises to myself for this year. In 2008, I would like to:

• finish-finish two projects a month--and we know I have plenty to choose from
• hang Toy Gatherer in my house this Christmas
• stitch a lot of things for myself.

That seems do-able. Now how to achieve this? Carol seems to have much success by (mostly) following a daily rotation. I'm going to try that this year to see how I do. Beginning today this is my new rotation:

• Monday: Scissors Sampler Box (not long now), followed by Folk Art Threadkeep
• Tuesday: Anna's Bird
• Wednesday: Emerald Mermaid
• Thursday: Apple Sampler
• Friday: Tall Flowers Sampler
• Saturday: marquoir
• Sunday: marquoir (the only way I'm getting anywhere on this!)
• Traveling piece: Monthly Mania