And this is what I did this weekend.

Many times, I get to the end of the weekend and am irritated. "I didn't get a THING done!" I'll mutter, and write up yet another to-do list that unfurls across the floor in its never-ending length.

This weekend, however, things actually got done. It could very possibly have been because I stayed up until 4am each night. It could have been because I now have a laptop and can watch shows I've TiVo'd while I do busy-work. Whatever, I killed that to do list.

1. Took two batteries-worth of jewelry photos.


2. Photoshopped said jewelry photos -- or at least, enough that I felt I'd accomplished something.
3. Managed to stay off the coffee... and didn't miss it. (My neurologist would be so proud.)


4. After two years, finally finished a knitted Noni bobble bag. HUGE accomplishment.

(www.nonipatterns.com)

5. Made a bunch of felted bead jewelry to take to the gallery that carries some of my jewelry. Half of the gallery is for hand-spun and hand-dyed yarn, so it's a perfect fit.


6. All those little pieces of paper on my desk with one sentence here, two things to do there? Gone. Poof. Trash canned, accomplished.

(photo by net_efekt)

7. And the most important thing -- had time to go out to dinner with my hubby.


Good weekend. Very good.


Lori Anderson makes beaded jewelry for a living and couldn't be happier doing it. You can see her work at www.lorianderson.net and read her creative exploration blog at www.AnArtistsYearOff.com.