Those Sneaky UFO's

Perhaps I spoke too boldly when I was patting myself on the back about my year-end UFO (unfinished objects) accomplishments.       *sigh*
First of all, the fact that I'm finishing the 2011 UFO list in mid-February is not a good sign (just in time to turn in my list & my fabric for this year's guild challenge!). I still feel great about getting nineteen items crossed off the list last year, but oddly--magically--fifteen items got added back for this year.
Yup--that's right.
Count 'em!
Fifteen great new ideas that jumped into my path during 2010 and were not completed. I gotta stop shopping & daydreaming--these new projects just appear with little encouragement & start leering at me from over in the corner!
At this point, I've looked under most every fabric stack and behind every pile of project boxes--and as far as I can tell there is only one project remaining that I've not added to this year's list (& that project is just too weird & woolly to think about this year--trust me!). So the sad but good news is: it's taken me four tries (as in, four annual lists) to finally empty the drawers & hide-away places of the treasures they've hidden. (And lest you chuckle too much, when was the last time that you honestly made an inventory of your project back log?!  8-)  Try it sometime, it's a very humbling experience...)
As predicted, I dropped some items & gave a little eulogy on their behalf--but in the end that was only four items.  Three were the final installments in my 2009 monthly challenge.  Given that this is 2011, It was time. I still applaud the discipline & discovery in a daily, or weekly, or monthly study but this one served it's purpose for me & I'm ready to come up with a different plan.
Later!
So--the 2011 list is now official.
31 items.
That translates to about two & a half projects a month--or, more plainly today, five that should be finished by the end of the month. OMG! How can I be this far behind already! Time to stop posting & get to work!!  (Look for a summer update...)