I need a plan.

Oy! Projects are piling up on me.

1) I have my second Jaywalker to the point where I need to pick up stitches around the heel flap.
2) I have that blue Romney top almost all spun.
3) I suspect the recipient of the Tux scarf I'm working on would like it before winter - and I also need to make one for Hubby.
4) The Busy Bee sampler is in progress, but I haven't scored the charm and sequins yet.
5) I would like to participate in the Cross Stitch Olympics on Livejournal.
6) I would like to participate in the Ravelympics with Team Pejoritive Epithet (sponsored by Atheist & Agnostic Crafters)
7) I just picked up 4 dolls to dress for the Goodfellows - and two of them are a different shape, so I can't just whip out the pattern from a few years ago. Due date is Oct. 1, so at least there's plenty of time.
8) I've only completed 1 2/3 projects from my goal list for the year.
9) I have yarn for another pair of socks burning a hole in my stash.
10) I have to go to work, sleep, and at least keep Mount Dishmore from taking over the kitchen.

So...my plate is full, and my tendency to flail is stopping me from making too much progress on any of it. So...I will sit, and thoughtfully analyze where I am.

Project 10 is kind of ongoing. It limits me to about 90 minutes of crafting time most weekdays. I can get in more time if there is gaming (I can knit and roleplay at the same time!), and on Fridays and weekends (assume about 3 hours those days - but gaming is unpredictable). This must be kept in mind as I set reasonable goals.

Project 9 can kind of be scratched: I must return the Cat Bordhi book to the library, and I must hide the skeins of sock yarn from myself, and then it won't cross my mind until I let it.

Project 2 will take me two evenings of work to finish up - one to finish the length of top into a single, one to ply it. I think that will be my Goal For This Weekend. It would be my goal for tonight if I'd remembered to throw my spindle in my car this morning...alas.

Projects 5 and 6 are mutually exclusive. And it's a tough call, because I think if I were to concentrate on one craft for two weeks, I'd feel guilty about neglecting the others. But I think what I'm going to do is enter Tradewinds in the "UFO Comeback" event for Cross Stitch, because it will let me scratch an item off my Annual Goal List. This has a requisite time frame: August 8 through August 24. (Another option is to do TW and Busy Bees as a freestyle entry...)

The Jaywalkers are slightly stymied at the moment - I need to get off my butt, dig up a small crochet hook, and just gosh darn pick up those stitches. After that there are probably about 15 hours of work left to do. Should I add "Learn to knit faster" to my goal list? One happy thing: it finally occurred to me that I might want to try on the completed sock to see if it fit, and it did, although I had the same problem a lot of people have reported where it's a little hard to get the ankle part of the sock over my heel. Go me.

The Tux Scarf is taking an eternity - the chart is wide, and each row has to be knit 4 times! Argh. Estimated 40 hours of work left on it. For a freaking scarf! Hubby's will take about 50 on top of that, but does not need to be mailed to Baltimore.

There are a couple quick hits on the Goal List: I've got 2 of the 3 stitched items finished, and one more (an Altoids box) will take a very limited time to complete - perhaps another "get it out of the way" project for this weekend? And the "knit from my own handspun", "stranded colorwork", and "Irish crochet" projects don't have to be very large. That would leave curtains and Mo's art...

And the Goodfellow dolls? They're smallish. Two of the dolls need hat and dress, two need hat, dress, and booties. I remember it took me a couple hours apiece last time I did it - I'll call them 1 stitching day each, plus 2 more for design/research. And I will not touch them until September 1.

So, the plan:
Tonight: Tux scarf.
Saturday and Sunday: Spin. Finish Altoids tin. Pick up gusset stitches on socks; work on socks for remainder of weekend.
Sunday night: Hide all projects that are not Tux Scarf.
Monday thru August 8: Tux scarf. At estimated 1.5 hours/day, + 1.5 hours/weekend day, that gives me 36 hours of knitting time. It's conceivable that I will finish it by this point. Work on Jaywalkers if I get done early.
August 8-24: Hide all the knitting. Work on Tradewinds.  Remember that it's more portable than I think it is.
August 25-31: Finish the scarf if necessary. Jaywalkers. Should be able to finish both in this time period.
September 1-7: Dress the dolls.
September 8-30: Hubby's Tux Scarf. On the standard plan, this will account for 51 hours of crafting time. Should be enough to finish.
October-December: Goal List projects. Freestyle.

During this time I will probably have to allow myself small amounts of time to spin and work on the Busy Bees, or I will go nuts....and then there's the bit about no plan surviving first contact with the enemy. We'll have to see how this all works out.