AMANDA'S BASKETS: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Snowglobes and Planning for Next Year?

Friday, November 30, 2012

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Snowglobes and Planning for Next Year?

I told you I have a love affair with the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Here are some of my collection...

On another note, there's been a lot of blog 'talk' about planning for next year.   Not New Year's Resolutions but more of a plan on what folks want to accomplish both personally and professionally over the next year.

Actually, this seems like a good idea to me.   Over the years I have tried New Years Resolutions, lightweight planning - that is planning without doing any real indepth thought behind the reasoning as well as the typical 'lose weight', 'reduce debt', etc. promises.

The blogs that I have been reading are doing an assessment during December to see how they did with this year's goals and realistically looking at next year's plans and goals.

I think I am going to do some assessment of what I would like to accomplish next year during the month of December. (My mind is screaming right now! Yeah!   Right!   One more thing to add to my plate!!!) But even in light of the screaming, I am convinced that it is a good idea.

What about you?   Have you ever done indepth planning about your future?   Any suggestions?   I'm not exactly sure how to begin, where to start?   Guess this may be a large learning curve.   Help would be appreciated.

Thanks for visiting...

Enjoy your weekend....

Remember tomorrow is the beginning of December!!! Just saying....

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

MAGAZINE IDEAS

(New) One article in the Farmer's Almanac 2024 is a list of trends. One I knew about is the trend to downsize in just about every area. Another trend that I was surprised about was called ''The Human Library' which offers people on loan to talk about specific subjects. Finally, more folks are adding pets to their family and as a result, stores are adding more pet food, toys and medication to their offerings. There's also a nice garden article which suggests mixing vegetables and flowers together for success.

RECIPE IDEAS

Have you every made Cherry Dump Cake. It calls for 2 cans of Cherry Pie Filling (21 ounces), a white cake mix, 1/4 -1/2 cup butter, melted & 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans. In a 9 by 13 pan, spread both cans of cherry pie filling. Add the melted butter to the cake mix and break apart the resulting mixture and crumble it evenly over the pie filling. Sprinkle the pecans evenly over the mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 - 45 minutes until the topping is golden brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Fast, easy and very delicious.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What if you want to establish better habits, then decide what habit you want to work on. Again, try an easier one first for that good feeling of success. Let's consider more exercise. Start small. Don't try to run a marathon right away. Set the amount of time, the type of exercise and when to do it to begin making sure that it is within your reach. If it works for you each week add a bit more. Walking is one of the best ways to get good overall movement but there are many exercise videos on YouTube of varying lengths and difficulty to check out. Change your exercise routines to eliminate getting bored. For hardcore exercise with weights, give yourself a day in-between to recover. Even on days you would rather not exercise, do it and see if you feel better. It takes an average of 66 days to establish a habit. Just think 66 days to establish a good habit for a lifetime. Sounds like a good thing to me...how about you?