AMANDA'S BASKETS: HOME FROM MARYLAND WITH GRANDCHILD IN TOW...

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

HOME FROM MARYLAND WITH GRANDCHILD IN TOW...

Well, I'm back. The trip to Maryland was a bit longer due to road work, but the trip back home (NYC) was really fast. Yesterday was a day to relax, put away clothes, set up the computer and craft area for my grandchild and just basically veg out.

Today was talk day for me so we really didn't do much until early afternoon. But then my grandchild made brunch...

A potato, mushroom, onion, bacon omelet. It was delicious.

Supper, again made by my grandchild, was also excellent...

Fresh green beans steamed in the microwave, a chicken breast cut into small pieces and sauted, tossed with Asian noodles (in the same pan with all the drippings) and topped with a savory sauce. Let me tell you, my grandchild can cook. I could easily get used to this!!!

We have set up a sort of schedule...reading every day, brush up on academic studies in preparation for next year. Mostly algebra, French and English. Plus some time for art work. Today we did some cute origami as well as drawing.

And we watched a couple movies, something I don't do very often but enjoy when I do. It was warm so no outside exercise. Tomorrow will be much cooler and that means a good long walk.

This is a short post, but I will get back in the groove tomorrow...

There's a new weekly journal prompt posted. Explore your sense of adventure. I will be doing that this summer, through the eyes of my grandchild. Fantastic...

Thanks for stopping by...
Talk to you later...

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.