I think I too have "analysis paralysis" - Help!

"Checking in.... having just returned from 8 days away I am contemplating still. I tend to get analysis paralysis when it comes to making things for others - but I do have lots of ideas."

Tonight I read this following statement from another participant in the Round Robin exchange on the HGTV board, I was so relieved to know that I'm not the only one "stuck" in getting started... LOL take a look at what she calls it...LOL Analysis Paralysis! :P

Remember last month when I showed you my center that I sent off for the Round Robin Exchange that I'm participating in as we (the HGTV quilters and I) count down until our retreat next April 2011....

Remember how I showed you the photo of all the centers that everyone sent in...

Remember how I also showed with you the FIRST BLOCK that I received ((only allowed b/c everyone was given permission to show their center blocks))

and remember when I said that was the final time I'd be sharing about it....

WELL..... apparently I FORGOT to ask my blog readers to submit to me any ideas that they may have for what I could perhaps make to add to this very pretty and precise block that would enhance it... that's not cheating is it? no one will know if or not I choose any readers ideas or not...

so here it is one more LAST and final time.... please click the photo to increase the size and see the colors better...

So what would you be inspired to make to go around it for the first round? any ideas? I ask this - b/c I've now had it for about 3 weeks and it's hanging up in my dining room and looking very pretty against my sage green walls....

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer to help me get over my "analysis paralysis" ;)

Love from Texas!

I have never been this excited and nervous before

OK, I am ticked off! Here I am trying to be a good blogger and post often and I even have exciting news to share and wanted to do one of those cool count down tickers... and have worked and worked and the only thing ticked is me!

The good news to share is that I am going to the 2009 Circle of Friends Retreat in New Hampshire next spring! :) It's the HGTV board members 3rd annual get together and I have never attended before! I am so excited and nervous about going - is that odd... me nervous!?!

Anyway, I thought I'd add a ticker - like the one I did on our family page for our trip to KY in July... I even found a cute fabric looking background to use and everything... only thing is that when I put it in my side bar it over lapped into my posts area and I played with the width - making it and the height smaller sizes but no luck... still overlapped and then the background got all wired blinking like crazy!

Then I thought.. OK, so it won't be in my side bar - I'll just make it at the top of this post...and announce that I am going to the retreat.... but when I copied over the code it gave me... I didn't get the ticker that I designed and created but this silly looking thing!! Not the correct date - or background. URGH!

the only thing ticking is me! I'm ticked at pyzam's ticker! :P

Here is the only darned thing I can get to show up!

had to remove - it showed up in the preview but then there was an error at posting and if i knew how to fix that then there woudln't be a problem, now would there?!@!?


at the bottom it said "until something happens???? that is suppose to say "Circle of Friends RETREAT - NH" and a nice background that looks like fabric!


Oh well! I tried! I so wish I knew more about this Html stuff... I really don't like my design of my web page at all... too much wasted space on the sides. and the part where my posts show up is too narrow.. and i have heard that if you change your template you loose all of your links...


is that ture??@?!!@! I better copy an dsave before changing!


Did anyone notice my new profile photo? I updated it tonight. No make up in the photo - but that is the real me these days... I really liked this "Mom & Me Moment" that day with Nora.

The old me pic with long straight hair in the black turtle neck was a photo from Christmas 2006 so it was time for an update :)


Tonight I actually had quite a few changes in my UFO list and current project lists... then stupidly hit the "back" button at the top and lost it all! I should have previewed and saved!!! I tried to update again but couldn't remember everything.... I will have to play with it again some more when time allows.


So now I have to start planning my "Mommy Vacation" that is what I am calling the Circle of Friends Retreat ;)


I have never been so excited and nervous all at the same time before!

I have never met any of my online friends before!

I have never been on a quilter's retreat before!

I have never been to New Hampshire before!

I have never spent this much money on something "just for me" before!

I have never been away from the twins before!

Did I mention I have never been this excited and nervous before?!



Love from Texas! ~bonnie