AMANDA'S BASKETS: NEW BERN KOA FOR SOME R & R

Monday, October 13, 2014

NEW BERN KOA FOR SOME R & R

Yesterday, I awoke to rain, I packed up the campsite in rain...hooking Lady J to Duchess in pouring rain is quite an experience!

Then I drove in rain. The trip to New Bern was about 260 miles...about four and a half hours, right? Wrong! Not in the rain. Make that more like seven hours.

I should be used to it...I feel like one of the cartoon characters who have a raincloud following them around.

At any rate, I did make it to the New Bern KOA. And although it was cloudy and drizzling, it was not really raining. This place is beautiful. It's on a large - make that very large - river...

...and there's a large dock and places to moor a boat.

The campsites are large and if you want, there's a patio.

I chose to keep it simple...

There's lots of activities the kids also...

Best of all...no stink bugs (except the ones I brought with me!!!)

Today, I woke up with an allergy headache. Took some allergy meds and a couple aspirins and wound up sleeping for several hours. Woke up to a very warm afternoon. I'm using my air conditioner...something I haven't done for a long, long time.

I decided to just relax and enjoy my time here...reading, creating, walking, etc. Right now I am reading several books: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King; With Or Without God by Gretta Vosper; The Rebirthing of God by John Philip Newell; The Field by Diane McTaggert; plus a couple art books.

Actually, there are more to the list. I have a tendency to read about six non-fiction books, a couple fiction books plus a ton of art books at the same time. How about you? Do you like to read one book at a time or read several at a time.

Art books of any kind are always something I enjoy reading for ideas, inspiration, new techniques, etc. So I always have several around and pick them up when I feel a need to create but can't decide what...

There's a new prompt posted...

Thanks for stopping by...
See you tomorrow...

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.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.