AMANDA'S BASKETS: IT'S JUNE ALREADY!!!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

IT'S JUNE ALREADY!!!

Remember this...?

And this...?

Well, the furniture may be in the same place, but the rest of the stuff isn't!!!! Actually, all of the 'stuff' is on the floor, in the guest bedroom, in the hallway in various stages of sorting... In other words, I am trying to re-organize my studio/office. Right now it looks like a tornado went through it. The condition it is in, the tornado probably would have taken a look at it and left saying that the damage was already done!!!!

And so what did I do instead of working in the studio...I read a book....The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. One of the Elm Creek Quilts Novels which I adore. And as normal, once I began, I could not put it down. Are any of you like that? I get so wound up in a novel that I find it hard to put down and wind up reading it straight through.

So when I finally came up for air, I realized that the evening news was already done and I hadn't accomplished anything in the studio this afternoon. Oh!Oh! Not a good thing. I wanted to get this done today so I could work on the patio tomorrow...it is the only day this week without rain in the forecast. Guess that will wait for a few more days.

And it is already June...I mean, it really is June. I was going to change themes, but because of our trip and other things like the car accident and having to find a new car, I didn't get things posted that I wanted to. So I am going to continue with the basket theme for this month and move to butterflies next month. Hope that's okay with you.

So, for Tuesday's Journal Prompt I want you to think about things that don't go the way you had planned, but that in the end turned out not to be bad or may even have been better. Little things like 'reading a book instead of cleaning your studio' type things.

So how was that better for me...I loved the book and enjoyed reading it AND I was rested instead of frustrated by trying to work on my studio. Best of all, I am looking around right now and can easily see how I want things to work...something I did not see earlier today. So put one of those little experiences in your 'journal basket' and have fun with it.

Thanks for stopping by...

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.