AMANDA'S BASKETS: RIP BARBARA BUSH & CHALLENGES

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

RIP BARBARA BUSH & CHALLENGES

Rest In Peace

Barbara Bush

She was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother.

May those who are left be supported by the knowledge

that many thoughts and prayers are

being shared with and for them.

Mrs. Bush was not in my political party and there are times when I disagreed with her greatly. But I have to say that she was a gracious, loving woman who was not afraid of doing things others would not. Remember when she went to a home filled with HIV-AIDS babies and held them and rocked them. For folks who do not understand the stigma that anyone with HIV-AIDS had, it was very, very bad and she showed all of us how to treat them with compassion.

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I thought that maybe I would end my blog with the above, but then I realized that I had several photos to share. Photos (not great ones) of my two challenges. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I shared them with anyone. I also need to post them on my Pinterest board. So here are the tags and Project 365 Somethings. I used a lot of shiny 'stuff' in both the tags and the Project 365 Something, so some pictures have a bit of a shine.

TAGS:

PROJECT 365 SOMETHINGS

I actually have another week of challenges but have not photographed them yet...soon.

If the weather this past weekend was bad where you live, I hope things are calming down.

Thanks for stopping in...

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.