AMANDA'S BASKETS: THINGS DONE...TIME TO RELAX...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

THINGS DONE...TIME TO RELAX...

This basket represents the last of my presents wrapped....yaaaaa! Not only that, I have wrapped, boxed AND mailed all the presents off. Another big yaaaaa!

I dropped off the remaining filled stockings, drawstring bags and backsacks at two different places yesterday. One in Manhattan and one in Queens. SnowWhite (which has a crew cab - meaning large) was stuffed floor almost to ceiling, back and front except where I sat. I was a bit concerned that I might be stopped by a policeperson, but luckily, I wasn't.

And the party on Saturday was a success. They loved singing the three holiday songs like Jingle Bells but with quilting lyrics, the quilting skit and even the game. And everyone enjoyed getting the snowflakes and fabric bookmarks.

Today, after I finished my wrapping and mailing, I spent the rest of the day sorting the mess that is my studio. It's getting there but slowly. I had snowflakes left over and decided to decorate...

Because of overtime, we haven't got a tree. So on the way home yesterday, I picked up an artificial one. And that is tomorrow's activity. Getting the tree up, lights on in time to decorate tomorrow evening while watching a movie.

That means the house will be done and all that's left is some baking...I bet you can guess what I will be doing Thursday and Friday. Not quite a storm, but the oven will be running most of the day.

But with the pressure off, I am going to take my time and enjoy baking. I won't have to bake several batches of each of the cookies, only one...well maybe two of a couple recipes.

I hope all of your are enjoying your holiday preparations...
Thanks for visiting...
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.