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a NEW-sized {for us} chocolate chip cookie

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Hi all!  Well, at our house, if we take the time to make homemade chocolate chip cookies, we usually load that cookie scoop up to the max, and plop the dough onto the cookie sheet and it doesn’t take too long at all to bake.  BUT…today I tried something NEW and made mini bite-sized cookies and decided I really like them that size.  Just pop one in your mouth and take a swig of cow-juice, and….oh yum!  It takes a bit longer to bake them when they’re tiny, but that’s ok.  (Our wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe is in this post here).

Have a great Saturday!  Do or Learn something NEW!

 

 

a NEW iPhone Friday Photo

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Happy Friday!  So I found that my phone can zoom in closer than I thought!  This photo is quite noisy, and I’d prefer a real macro lens….but as I walked into work a few days ago, my phone is all I had on me to get this shot.  I guess it’s better than nothing – and I feel like I’m training myself to LOOK for photo opportunities.  Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!

a few NEW signs and sign holders

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Happy Wednesday!  I’ve been trying to whittle down my wedding preparation to-do list, and thought I’d share our latest NEW project.  For my son’s wedding luncheon, we’re having the main course catered, but I’m doing a dessert bar and an Italian Soda bar.  SO!  Look what my fabulous hubby made:  wooden sign holders!  I like them a LOT.  I may distress the corners a bit…then again, maybe not.  Whatdayathink?

I printed the signs from Our Best Bites.

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There’s a few more projects on the list, so I’ll be busy trying NEW things!  Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!

Linking to:

Simply Sweet Home

Miscellaneous Monday…NEW stuff i gotta share {Look, Look, Look!}

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Happy Monday!  I’ve posted this photo before….(along with Snoopy too {here}.  But this photo just went soooo perfectly with my NEW random, miscellaneous findings this week, I had to re-post them!

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For starters, I LOVED this quote:

“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.”

~ C.S. Lewis

And….this:

And lastly…a great post quoting Psalm 121 at Tidbits n Treasures

It LOOKS like my theme of the day is: LOOK UP!  Have a great day.  Do or Learn something NEW!

 

 

a NEW iPhone Friday photo…and a NEW recipe

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So I took a photo of my dinner with my phone on Wednesday….because I need to keep my Friday phone pic theme going, right?  Well this soup was delicious.  It was a freezer meal from my dear friend {I’ve posted about freezer meals previously}…so it’s a NEW recipe for me too!  Have a great Friday!  Do or Learn…OR EAT something NEW!Souprecipe

 

NEW edits of old photos

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Happy Tuesday!  I’ve been editing a few old photos lately.  This photo of my son was taken with a standard point and shoot camera quite a few years ago. {The shadow is my favorite part of this photo} Thank goodness for digital photography! What did we ever do without it?!?   Now to decide if I just keep them on my computer…print them, order a photo book, or what!  Any ideas?  They are all pretty random old photos. Hmmmm… let me know what you think.