Flops

Suz - this one is for you. If I had started blogging in 2006 every other post would have been labled a flop as I made so many mistakes contracting our home remodel. I am full of ideas and a lot of what I attempt does end up as a flop but that is no reason not to try. You actually can learn a lot more from your failures than success. Sometimes I rework them and it turns out better than what I originally anticipated. Sometimes I cry over them, stuff them in a bag and put them high on a shelf. Sometimes I just throw it away to get it out of site and out of mind then feel guilty about time and money wasted ( I guess that is your definintion of an "anti-project").

Pictured here are the unfinished Easter dresses sizes 2 & 3 in a beautiful drapey swiss twill. I started smocking them on our roadtrip early in the fall when I first started feeling morning sickness. I had to put them down. I picked them up again when I started feeling sick with the flu in Feb. I had to put them down. The thought of smocking just makes me feel sick now! Maybe I should sell my pleater on ebay - I just don't know if I'll ever be up for it again. The other is a sweater I started knitting while pregnant with Maryanna. I worked on it a little more while preganant with Clara. I worked on it a little more this pregnancy but just don't have the drive to finish it yet.

Not pictured but worth noting:
-Sourdough start that I couldn't keep alive after three atttempts - threw it away
-Sourdough loaf that turned into a brick - threw it away
-Dozen bagels I forgot to add yeast to - threw them away
-2 dozen bagels I forgot about and burned -threw them away
-rice pudding in the pressure cooker that I forgot to add half the milk - feed it to the kids anyways
-Undercooked Christmas turkey after accidently turning the oven off - put in back in the oven and we ate dessert first then turkey
-Maternity dress that was drafted while pregnant with Peter, cut it out during Maryanna's pregnancy, pieced it together during Clara's pregnancy, set the sleeves in this pregnancy and tried to put the zipper in but since it was on the bias it was way too stretched out over time - I saved the zipper but threw the rest away
-several dead house plants and planted flowers that did not survive my care or lack of care
-Occasional haircuts for Paul and the boys - they just lived with it but still trust me enough to do it.

So there it is Suz. Several of my now public flops. But you're right, it would be just as fun to start photographing and posting about them.