If your 'cupboard of shame' is empty, I am not sure you really understand TEA!
LOL
Mine is full of projects, with most of the parts, eg modifying that cheap and cheerful freq gen with a better txco, but I never quite got ' a-round-tuit'. One of my better moves was to put individual 'projects-to-be' in a plastic bag, with the article - reference printed out and write on the bag in black texta wtf it is! If I got stuck somewhere - where and why - I will also scribble down.