A Starter...not a finisher..

OK folks, I've been informed I need to post something/anything on here or get the heck off - so here goes...
Actually it was this "request" that brought me to the subject of this rant. This blog is one in a long list of things that I have started and not finished. This is one of my greatest weaknesses and regrets, the fact that I really am a BRILLIANT starter, and a sloth when it comes to finishing things...anything...thoughts even...heck thoughts probably most of all.
I made a mental list the other day of "projects" in my house that I have started and not finished. The grand total? 21. And that's just in the last 18 months. These aren't little things either, like books or sandwiches, nooooo, these are biggies like for instance ohhh re-upholstering a couch. And it's almost as though it would be better if I had never started the things to begin with. At least if you're THINKING of re-covering a piece of furniture, it just sits there in one piece and is functional while it is waiting for it's new clothes. But me, I have to tear the thing apart, spread it all over the place, staple on a couple different fabrics to see "how they look in the light in the morning", and suddenly it's 4 months later, and I seem to have no qualms about inviting somebody in to actually sit down on the thing while it continues it's evolution. "Don't mind the pins, I'm just in the middle of recovering it.." AAAHHH! My whole life is half-finished tasks, and just begun projects. And here's another thing. After living with one of my "starts" in it's metamorphic state for awhile, I don't even see it as unfinished anymore. Yup, I'm so good at seeing what something "could" look like with a little facelift, that I actually just begin to SEE it, as though the surgery was already complete and the patient has fully recovered. Heck, in my case, the patient has already recovered and gone shopping, and got a new hair-do, had 3 more kids, and looks just great, thank you very much, when in all reality, it is still really just a chair in so many pieces on the ground...with pins in it...
The biggest thing on my "to be finished..." list is my degree...which I started awhile ago...ok...35 years ago. So now, I hereby promise to turn over a new leaf. (Although technically, isn't turning over a new leaf just another way of saying I'm "starting" another thing....that i probably won't finish...again?!?)
ANYWAY, I'm gonna do it. I'm going to join "Club FINISH", by choosing one thing from my list every month (I know, I really aim for the stars, don't I?) and finishing it. And I will post my accomplishments here, where I can be really embarassed and appropriately prodded. I am already enrolled in my first class back at BYU , AND I am going to finish dressing that chair with all the pins in it...my visiting teachers will be so relieved.

Christmas in Mesa