AMANDA'S BASKETS: WEEKEND PLANS AND FALL DECORATIONS

Friday, October 9, 2015

WEEKEND PLANS AND FALL DECORATIONS

Well, it is earlier than yesterday...actually yesterday's post turned out to be early this morning. I think I am back on schedule. But wait, maybe not.

I was scrolling through my sent emails wondering why I had not heard from folks...for some reason none of my emails went out this past week. That was strange. No wonder I had not heard from folks. So I resent them all out. Hopefully, this time they will arrive in the proper inboxes and not just stay in my emails not sent box!!!

Tomorrow is The Empire's Guild Monthly Meeting. I did something I wasn't going to do...I volunteered for something. Just a co-chair for one of their committees. It probably won't take much time other than setting up and taking down at a couple of meetings.

Anyway, the speaker tomorrow is Kathy Hahn well known for her New York Beauties. Should be fun and interesting. I have always admired those quilts but quite frankly am over my desire to make one. I never tired of looking at them, though.

I put a couple of fall things on my table...

Things are still a bit unorganized. They will be until I get the rest of my stuff from Maine in a week or so. And then at the end of the month when my son moves into his own apartment I can really decide how to organize things.

I'm not sure where to put what. I don't really want to put my studio in the bedroom. But on the other hand, I don't use the bedroom for anything other than guests. I sleep in the living room...go figure.

I did have an opportunity to get an apartment with a balcony which I truly wanted. But not for an additional $600 a month. I decided I would rather use that money for activities in NYC than on a balcony! What do you think? Would you spend the additional money?

I found my friendly witch. She's hanging on the inside side of the front door...

I smile every time I leave the apartment, she's just so cute. And as promised, here's my wreath on the outer door of my apartment. The door leads to the hallway, not outside...

It really is quite lush for leftover fall leaves. Oh, and that little white box with the circle below the wreath is my doorbell. The apartment doorbell is so soft that I can't hear it in the bedroom or in the far end of the apartment. So, I picked up one of those electronic ones ($6.66 on Amazon) that has about twenty different rings including holiday ones. I love it. My son, not so much!!!

I hope you have a great weekend and that the fall weather is just perfect for you.
Thanks for visiting...

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.