AMANDA'S BASKETS: CAT SCENE DECISION

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

CAT SCENE DECISION

Today was sunny and cloudy. It looks like rain right now. Hope not because I want the yard to dry out so I can use my Mother's Day Gift - the weed trimmer - tomorrow. It's supposed to rain on Friday and I thought it would be good to cut down the weeds in the container garden area and put down the large pieces of cardboard.

So, apparently our recycle program has changed but I can't find the information. Waiting for the landlord to let me know. In the meantime, I sorted all the recycles, included several bags that the recycle folks did not take!!! Nasty job.

I was going to my Textile Study Group today but Chip seems a bit off and I am been waiting to see if I should take him to the vet or not. He is doing well now...so I guess it's a watch and wait. In the meantime, I choose to stay home rather than go into Manhattan.

I did make a decision on the Cat Scene. What do you think?

I like it. Next, applique. Oh, and I decided to machine quilt the Southwest Landscape. I know that sounds like a contradiction because everything else is hand sewn. But I realized that I simply do not have the time to hand quilt and have it down by the next meeting. Still need to finish the one above also.

Here's a catch-up on the ATCs...

Well, back to quilting I go...
Thanks for visiting...
See you tomorrow (I promise)...

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.