I'm looking for....

Attention: Lost motivation..... if anyone finds mine, please return it ASAP.

Good intentions pave the road to hell..... not sure who originally wrote this statement....not sure if I completely agree with it or not..... but I can certainly understand how it works.

Have you ever made a list then forgot it ???  Have you ever made a list and the whole time your writing it , you are thinking to yourself that there is no way you're going to complete it ?   I'm guilty of both on multiple occasions.....

I have so much that I want to do....but no motivation to do ANY of them. You would think that I could at least finish one project this week.... not happened yet.....

How do you all stay motivated? How do you stay focused? Help !!!

Day one......again.

So after I wrote the post yesterday, I decided....what the heck....I'm going to do it.....meaning I was going to give my January goals another go.... so I went and dug out the journal I was using....and yes it had dust on it..... and I flipped through it..... wow did I ever have some  extremely ambitious goals for 2015.... no wonder I failed.... so after reflecting on it some I decided maybe I should set smaller goals... so I decided to try weekly goals.. so I sat down and wrote up my goals for the week of June 1st:

 1.  Finish chair cushions
 2.  Order yarn to finish baby blanket
 3.  Clean bedroom
 4.  Update bullet journal
 5.  Finish pink baby vest
 6.  Go to knitting group Tuesday night
 7.  Go to sewing group Monday night
 8.  Go to church group Wednesday night
 9.  Cast on baby booties
10. Finish first green sock. Cast on 2nd on.
11. Machine quilt baby quilt.
12. Post in blog at least 4 times (3 plus this one)

So whatcha think ...can I do it ??? Do you have goals for this upcoming week?? What are they?

Have you noticed......

Have you noticed that I'm not very good at this whole blogging thing? Well, I sure have..as a matter of fact...I'm horrible at it. You know how in December of every year, you think to yourself that the new upcoming year will be so much better...that you are going to be more organized, more together, and get more accomplished...and you start making a list of all the things you  going to do..... start a blog, post 3-4 times a week, keep a journal, get all your projects done, etc. Oh the high expectations you have for yourself.... you even go out and buy a nice new journal to use, put a calendar in it, write birthdays and anniversaries in it because you just know that this is going to be the year that you start sending out cards and such...... oh and you actually do it for....what maybe a week.....two weeks... heck maybe a month....but then you miss one day....maybe your not feeling well, and think..well that post will have to wait till tomorrow..but guess what...tomorrow never comes....and you get behind.....and then you get depressed because you've failed again...so you stop all together...you stop making the to do list because you know you won't do anything on it...you stop going to your blog page because it just reminds you of your failed attempt to be organized.....then 5-6 months later you are goofing around on line and somehow your account dashboard pops up....you see your blog...you go back and read your post..it brings back all those high expectations you had for yourself..... so you think to yourself....hey maybe I can get back on track....maybe I need to get that journal out and dust it off ....maybe just maybe I could make some of those goals become a reality..... so you think..where do I start.....hey maybe a blog post ...maybe if I write this all out there will be someone out there in blog land that will read it and say to themselves....that sounds exactly like me..I did the same thing...I can relate to what she's saying... maybe we can help each other....help keep each other accountable....so ARE YOU THAT PERSON??? Can you relate to any or all of this?  Is it possible to get back on track? If so, how? Where do I start?

Had to get old Trusty out.

I've had sewing machine trouble...... my hubby bought me a new Singer for Christmas. I've worked with it the last three days and just could not get it going. So yesterday I called the Singer Sewing Company and talked to a really sweet gal named LouAnne. She had me preform a couple a test on it. No luck it still would not sew. So today I packed it up and mailed it to their customer affairs department. They are supposed to send me a replacement of equal or greater value. 

So today I got my old trusty Brother machine out and set it up again. 

I finished my January Block of the Month that I'm doing from the Pat Sloan website. 

 I also sewed up three blocks for my local quilt guild, that will be put together with other members blocks and the donated to the local domestic violence shelter.

Hope you all have a great weekend !!

Until next time, 

Day of Rest

I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful day of rest. 

One of those kind of days.....

We all have them! You know the ones....the days where NOTHING goes the way you want it to. Today was one of those days for me. Last night before bed, I wrote out my Saturday to do list. Just normal things really, but it included taking pictures of my 2 main knitting projects and my quilt blocks that I have been working on the last few days. Did it happen.....nope. So the post I had planned for today, well, it ain't going to happen today. Boo !! I'm not starting my blog out very well. Am I ??

Have you ever had days like this ??? I'd love to hear about them. Leave me a comment and tell me about your day.....good or bad !

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am so happy that you have stopped by. As you can tell, this is my very first post, my introduction post, so let's get to it.

My name is Sue. I live in central Indiana, thus the name Hoosier Stitcher. I am a craftaholic, and no, I do not need a 12 step program to help me with this issue, because honestly I don't want help. I love crafting and that will never change.

I knit, crochet, sew, quilt, cross stitch and embroidery. Stick around and I'm sure you'll see a bit of all of these. More some than others. I am a jumper when it comes to my crafting. One day I may be knitting and the next day I may be cross stitching. And just to warn you in advance, there will be post where I write about several different projects in one posting.

Over the next few days I will be posting several of pictures of my works in process (Wips). In the post I'll be giving you a description of the the project and some background on what the project is for, or why I felt the need to start each item. There will be knitting, crocheting, cross stitch and quilting projects. So I hope you will come back tomorrow to see my first Wips post where I will be showing you my current knitting project and my current quilting project.

Until next time,

 Sue