AMANDA'S BASKETS: 'AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM' & LAST WEEK'S CHALLENGES

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

'AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM' & LAST WEEK'S CHALLENGES

I don't know if you have been watching the students who have walked out of their high schools to both honor students who have been killed in school shootings as well as protest against the factors that make the schools unsafe but I have and I am both encouraged and energized.

It looks like high school students are leading the adults with success. And they are spreading their protest nationwide against elected officials who do nothing to secure sensible gun legislation (at the bidding of the NRA) as well as corporations who sell guns. Again with success.

If this is the face of our new electorate, then democracy will have a good chance of continuing into the future.

Here's last week's One Little Tag Challenge. The theme was white...

And here's Project 365 Something Challenge. My theme was glitter paint...

That's all for today, folks...
Thanks for spending a few minutes here...
Talk with 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.