I THOUGHT Spring was coming!…And here’s a ‘turquoise’ shot for the Nurture Photography Challenge:
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NEW Photo of my week #21
Friday evening, my husband and I attended a meeting and he had to be there early to set up. So I dropped him off and went shooting. I captured these beautiful blossoms and I liked how the sun was shining on the ivy around these trees. (plus the nice vertical/diagonal lines). I hope to get out more this week and shoot something NEW! Have a terrific week!
a NEW…EASY cookie recipe
I tried this NEW recipe recently. And it’s a KEEPER!!! I took a batch of these yummies to a social a few weeks ago. My husband was chatting with some 12 year old boys that were visiting the dessert table (more than once)! He asked them which cookie they liked best, and they loved these the best! They did NOT know who brought them…so this was a blind study :o) Lovely combination of flavors and easy, eaSY, EASY to put together! Try them!
I found the recipe HERE.
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a NEW Couples Gratitude Journal
Some time ago I saw this on pinterest:
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…and thought it was a really good idea, so I made a similar one. For the last six months or so, my dear husband and I have been writing reasons why we love each other and then ERASING those reasons each time one of us would write something NEW! The other day, I thought that was craziness!….so I came up with a NEW system:
A COUPLE’S GRATITUDE JOURNAL!!!
Now…instead of using an erasable board, we will use this:
…then periodically I’ll glue the papers into our gratitude journal! MUCH BETTER!!!!
Details: For the journal, I covered a composition book from the dollar store (see TONS of great ideas to cover journals on Pinterest {here} For the ‘I Love You Because…’ board I just taped paper over a small, cheap (again from the dollar store) cookie sheet so we could use magnets. One big clip holds the blank cards and the other clip will hold the written on cards until I have time to glue them into the journal.
I’ve loved my husband’s little notes to me the last few months…and now I know I’ll continue to love them as well as be able to keep and cherish them!
Sometimes nothing speaks louder than a silent word written on a piece of paper. David Lowenherz (source)
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Fresh NEW Salad Recipe
I got this TERRIFIC.YUMMY salsa salad recipe from my friend a few years ago….so it’s not all that NEW to me :o)….but while I was photographing the ingredients for the Scavenger Hunt Sunday (see yesterday’s post), I thought I’d take a pic of the finished dish also. It really is very delicious! Try it!…here’s the recipe:
NEW Photos of my week #20 (I finally completed a scavenger hunt photo challenge!)
I’ve been meaning to do the Scavenger Hunt photo challenge for quite some time. I’d always write down the ‘themes’ or type them on the sticky note on my desktop to remind myself, but the weeks just whizzed by too fast, and it never happened UNTIL THIS WEEK! YeAh!!!
This week’s themes were: WATER, EMPTY, FRESH, WEATHERED, and ORDINARY.
Since its Easter, I’m sharing my ‘EMPTY’ photo first (photo at very top of post). That word reminded me of a sweet story called Jeremy’s Egg – An Easter Story….take the time to read it! I think you’ll really like it too!
My other interpretations are:
Water:
Fresh:
Weathered:
Ordinary:
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a NEW project (memorization program)
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***Francis Bacon, the philosopher, scientist, and author said, “It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we earn but what we save that makes us rich; not what we learn but what we remember that makes us wise.”***
Isn’t that so true!?!?! So…I’ve started a NEW memorization program! It’s awesome and so far so good!!! (I’ve been at it a little over a week:o) There are sooo many things I can use this program with….scriptures, vocabulary words, quotes, foreign languages etc etc etc.! I’m starting with scriptures. My son introduced me to this program (see instructions he emailed me below…sorry for the quality, it looks like it’s been passed around a bit). My son has memorized hundreds of scriptures! It’s a GREAT program which I think I’ll try to implement with various projects!
Have a great day everyone! Learn (AND REMEMBER) something NEW today!
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NEW sore muscles! (From Photography???)
Who knew I could get sore muscles from taking photographs! Wow! I’ve found out I definitely can!!! And it REALLY hurts! Apparently if I hold my camera up for a long time…trying to keep it really still while focusing through the tiny opening in a chain-link fence and holding it there for a while, waiting for the tennis player on the other side of the fence to make an awesome shot, it uses muscles I never knew I had! Note to self: take a tripod next time!
The best way I know of getting rid of lactic acid build-up is swimming. I’ve got to try and make it to the pool ASAP! Any other suggestions of how I can get rid of this awful PAIN!?!?….Fast!?
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