{Little Houses, Big Flowers}

"If you're on time, you're late. And if you're late, your fired."

Tom Fergus, Arizona State University, 2009.

That was Tom's big mantra. He drilled it into our heads during his videography class.

In television, that's true.

Fortunately, things aren't quite so rigid when it comes to my monthly goals. I follow

through with them, for the most part, and I feel like they've pushed me toward

accomplishing a lot in the last year and a half; but, sometimes I run low on motivation

or time. I might not accomplish the goal in full by the end of the month, but when my

goals go unmet, they still get me thinking, planning and eventually acting -- even if it

I don't do so "on time".

So, I think late really is better then never when it comes to following through with goals.

I set a July resolution to do "some crafting, if even a little", and then didn't manage to follow

through at all. I started to right that ship in early August thanks to a crafting date with

Bre. We had good time, got our creative fix, and managed to finish some things.

She made flowers ...

And I made houses ...

I still have some finishing touches to add, and in the end, they'll look a lot like this one.

I went to Michael's yesterday in search of tinsel and pom-pom ribbon, but they said

they wouldn't have that stuff in for another week or two. So, I'll look again soon. They're

ten minutes away from being finished, giftable pieces. One of these is going to my nephew,

Aidan, per his request! The other will be a Christmas gift.