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Learn something NEW

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My curiosity got the better of me again today…I wanted to learn something NEW!  It just so happens that I just got off the phone with my doctor’s office. I called to request a prescription for the anti-motion sickness patch. Yes, we’re going to the Caribbean on a cruise soon….can’t wait!!!…and I’m quite susceptible to motion sickness. So I have been wondering how, exactly, does this patch work????? Well, I learned that the drug blocks signals from the inner ear to the brain that typically would tell the brain that you are off-balance.  So, I guess when the brain doesn’t know any better, it won’t tell your nervous stomach to get queasy etc!  Amazing!  Check out:  How Does a Motion Sickness Patch Work? and the Wiki.  You know, one thing about being a curious cat is….I could spend my entire day finding out about NEW things!  If you read the Wiki article, you might be tempted to research more about biosynthesis, the relationship of the motion sickness patch to The Truth Drug, and how the Communist Secret Police used it….(and on and on and on)!!!

Research something NEW today!

a NEW yummy recipe

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Hi all! A few weeks ago, my good friend brought me over the yummiest pumpkin bread! The texture was soooo perfect! I know I clicked a picture of it, because I thought to myself….I’ve got to share this on my blog! Well….it took a while to get the actually recipe out of my friend, and now….hmmmm…..ok, where is that picture I took???? No where to be found! So I googled pumpkin bread, and this pic looks pretty close. But believe me….this recipe is a GOOD one! Perfect consistency and texture. So yummy! {source for pic}

So, here is a PDF printout of my friends recipe!  Try it….or something else NEW today!

pumpkin bread recipe

NEWly organized pots and pans

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I do NOT think pots and pans were created to live in cupboards….they are just too oddly shaped and it typically isn’t efficient use of space. Am I right? I prefer to hang my pots and pans. I’ve loved my curtain rod in my pantry, which I’ve had for a few years now, but I recently added a NEW second rod. {see the old/single rod below}

What’s great is the second rod only took up a couple more inches of pantry space, and I can hang twice as many pots and pans. SCorE! I love efficiency…especially brand-spankin’-NEW efficiency!

a NEW sewing corner

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I’m SUPER excited about my NEW sewing corner. I don’t have an entire room to dedicate to sewing/crafting etc. But I am soooo excited to have all my sewing things organized and in their own little space in a corner of my laundry room – slash – mud room – slash – sewing room!

A few details….My little corner USED to look like this:

I painted the chair the same day I tried out the chalk paint method I previously posted about here.  The embroidery hoops in the left-side frame will soon look more like this:

There’s a great tutorial for making these at Yellow Spool….{I just need to  find make the time}.  The frame on the right-hand side of my sewing desk is a bulletin board for pinning up pattern instructions etc.

My hubby is THE BEST! He takes the visualized plans in my head and makes them a reality. I only wish I could afford to hire him out as my full-time carpenter!  He’s quite a busy guy and my little projects aren’t always top priority…but then, seriously, I wouldn’t want them to be! (Not always, anyway :o)

Linking to:

Creating my way to Success, Not Just a Housewife, Making the World Cuter

Sew Chatty, The 36th Avenue, Sew Many Ways

a NEW road traveled

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I just returned from a short weekend trip. Although we’ve been to this city before, we went there a NEW way. While my husband attended some meetings, I got to go out shooting. Here are a few of the pics from today. My favorite is the old fire truck. On the way home, I was driving and my husband actually noticed it.  It was a good NEW road we traveled today!

Linking to:

Simple As That and Ni Hao Yall

    

Learn something NEW

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How much do you know about The Doppler Effect? Nothing?…A little?….or A lot? I’ll admit I knew a little…just the basics. But I wanted to know more….I wanted to learn something NEW!

Each morning I drive past this city building that has a bell tower, and the bells sound at the top of each hour. I know when I’m just a few minutes late, because sometimes I pass as the bells are sounding and, of course, as I pass, the pitch of the bells change. {The Doppler Effect}. Don’t you just LOVE Wikipedia???  That’s the first place I went to learn more: Wikipedia/Doppler Effect.   Their analogy of the ball throwing I thought was excellent:

“To understand what happens, consider the following analogy. Someone throws one ball every second in a man’s direction. Assume that balls travel with constant velocity. If the thrower is stationary, the man will receive one ball every second. However, if the thrower is moving towards the man, he will receive balls more frequently because the balls will be less spaced out. The inverse is true if the thrower is moving away from the man.” (source: Wikipedia)

I pictured a tennis ball machine going awry and spitting multiple balls at a poor fellow/gal….but couldn’t find a visual of that for you…sorry! :o)

So, today I brushed up on what I already knew about the Doppler Effect and then increased my knowledge regarding that interesting subject.  What can you learn more about?  Learn something NEW today!

a NEW Photo Necklace

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I really like the looks of jewelry….on other people. However, when I wear it, It tends to get in my way and typically kind of annoys me (except, of course, my wedding ring! :o) But when I saw the post about photo-crafting on Short on Words a while back, I made a note-to-self to at least try it out. It’s a quick and easy project, so if you love photography and jewelry…this is for you! -OR- if  you’re like me, and love photography and have friends or family that love jewelry…you can make them gifts! Win-Win!!!

So, this photo went from this:

to this:

Make a NEW necklace soon!