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NEW culinary desires….and the question WHY!

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WHY is it that we desire the VERY THING in which we can’t easily have at the moment?  With my kitchen torn apart, I current have no sink….no stove….no countertops etc.  Therefore what do you think my greatest desire is?  Yes, you guess it!…To be making all these delicious looking dishes from my Pinterest recipe board!

I remember when I had extreme sciatica and could barely walk.  When I saw people out jogging, I had a great desire to RUN that was almost overwhelming!  (If only I had that same burning desire now, I’d definitely be more physically fit)!

Why is life like this?  Does anyone know the answer?

an amazingly NEW radical idea

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I just had to smile when I saw this.  I know a few people who seem to LOVE to play the martyr because they are so, so, SO busy!  Yet they choose to be.  They have 24 hours in their day, the same as everyone else.  Why are they the martyrs?  It’s all a choice.  Now I understand that circumstances arise where some are more ‘busy’ than they ‘choose’ to be.  But setting aside special circumstances, I think it’s a great idea to STOP THE GLORIFICATION OF BUSY!  Nice NEW radical idea! 🙂

Ha! You all caught the {very subtle:o} use of sarcasm in the post title, right?  Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!

NEW recipes to celebrate National Punch Day today

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Ah! It’s September 20th!  I’m assuming National Punch Day is referring to {any mixed drink containing fruit juice} rather than {a thrusting blow; especially with the fist}…but celebrate as you will 🙂

Need some NEW recipes to try?  Here ya go:

Yum…I’m in the mood for Fall!  Apple Cider Punch.  Must.Try!

Yum again!….Dreamsicle Orange Punch {Halloween Party?}

Lastly…seven more delicious looking punch recipes!

And…if you’d like to check out this cute post demonstrating the ‘thrusting blow; especially with the fist,’ you can do that….I don’t think they knew National Punch day was coming up, but their timing was spot on.  The little boy was almost as cute at this guy:

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Have a great day! Try something NEW!

NEW thoughts on being INTERESTING

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I’ve been holed up in my computer room today…trying to stay out of the way of the construction people re-doing my kitchen. Whoot! Can’t wait for that project to be finished!  My kitchen is 21+ years old and was needing some serious attention.  I’ll be sure to post some pics later on.  But….today I was doing a bit of surfing/browsing/wasting time as I stayed out of the worker’s way.  One blog I was reading linked to this post on “How To Be Interesting“.  🙂 Interesting huh???

I think I’ve determined that I should be a VERY interesting person, because I’m interested in TONS of stuff (that’s a requirement, according to Mr Davies).  However, the second requirement for being interesting is being able to share.  Well…..hmmm…that is NoT my strong point 😦  I’m TERRIBLE at tooting my own horn.  I’d way rather listen to other people than share my own opinion…(because I already know my opinion, right?…I’d like to know theirs!)  I have a friend {Darci} that tells me she needs a crow-bar to get anything out of me.  Ok, ok…I need to do better at sharing.   Yet this blog is a way to do that (see item #2 of Mr Davies list), so I’m on the right track.  How many of the ten items listed do you do?

Well, the construction men just left…time to get something accomplished!  Have a great day!  Do or learn something NEW today!

p.s.  The photo of the swimmer is just a random pic…(my son as he did a triathlon a few weeks ago).  I thought it would be INTERESTING to make you wonder the relevance of it.  Ha!

a NEW setting sun experience

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Happy hump day! Whoot! It’s Wednesday 🙂  So on Sunday, my daily ‘challenge’ was to watch the sunset.  Pretty easy, right?  Well, I discovered that I probably haven’t really ever waited for the sun to set.  I ALWAYS notice the really pretty sunsets.  I love them!  My husband knows I love them and when he sees one, he’s kind enough to call me and say “Honey, look outside!”  But I don’t remember ever just sitting and waiting for it to set.  It was a nice time to just sit and meditate and think over things while I watched the fiery ball slowly descend.  I recommend it!  You should try it, if you haven’t lately.  To know the exact time of the sunset where you’re at… there’s an app for that!    Check it out!

a NEW hiking experience – going solo

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Happy Saturday!  Today’s ‘challenge’ from the 28-day challenge I’m doing was to take a hike.  Again, this wasn’t really that challenging, because I live so close to the mountains.  But what was NEW to me, was going for a hike…SOLO.  I think I’ve always had someone with me before! To be honest and truthful, it was a bit freaky because I chose a very STEEP hike and not too many people were on the trail.  My mind kept thinking…’If I tumble off this cliff, no one would even know!’ 🙂  But I didn’t fall off the cliff and here is a collage of my trek.  I think I’ll do it more often….maybe I’ll get over my ‘solo-hiking anxiety’….as long as I stay away from the edge 🙂

Have a great day and learn or do something NEW!