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a NEW ‘Nailed It’ experience

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You all know about the popular ‘Nailed It’ meme, right?

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Well, yes, I have my own Failed Nailed It experience to share with you 🙂  I saw this very cool exercise belt that I really wanted to make (at Pink Polka Dot Creations) because the arm-band that I bought for my iPhone to run/exercise with is ANNOYING!!!  Anyway…I guess I’ve never really sewn on spandex before, so it was a NEW experience.  That junk is SLIPPERY!  How do you do it?????   I even had a REALLY pretty blue fold-over elastic to add to the edges.  But I didn’t even get that far.  Do you see all the puckers around the zipper? (The zipper was suppose to be the easy part!  The tutorial mentioned sewing the elastic edge part was a “litte tricky”!)  I gave up 😦

I MAY try it again, but I’m going to research if there’s any tricks to sewing on that impossibly slippery stuff before I do!  Let me know if you have the secret!

Have a great day!  Do something NEW!…even if  you ‘nail it’!

a NEW app and NEW sites to enjoy

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There’s nothing like waking up to the aches and flu-like symptoms to start a weekend off!  I took a sick-day off work today and I’m hoping these symptoms get better instead of worse!  So while I’m resting and trying to feel better I visited a few websites that always seem to inspire me, but I haven’t gone to for quite a while.  I know they always have good stuff, but life is life and I don’t normally have hours to spend on the computer 🙂  I know you know what I’m sayin’!

So!…I’ve rediscovered a few:

I think I’ve mentioned this site before, but it’s such a motivating site for my photography efforts.  Check it out if you haven’t yet….it’s called Light Stalking.  Good stuff!

Now, you all know I LOVE doing or learning or reading NEW things.  I’m also interested in how I can accelerate learning.  That subject is a fascinating one for me.  So today I took the time to watch 5D Secrets of Accelerated Learning.  It was about an hour long, but I really liked it.  Loved, loVED, LOVED Tanya Moore’s accent!  Good stuff!

And lastly, I found a NEW app I want to use.  It’s call Stuck on Earth and I heard about it from the Digital Photography School’s newsletter that came in my email.  I was reading the article about 5 Creative Ways to Find New Locations to Photograph and they recommended this app.  Sounds very cool, so I’m going to download it soon.

Have a GREAT day!  Learn or DO something NEW!

ps. You may know that my goal is to post photos from my own stash whenever possible, but sorry, I don’t have a picture of me being sick (thank goodness….what an awful sight!)  So in honor of the snow that appeared on the ground this morning, I’m posting a my favorite winter scene from last year.

a NEW book recommendation

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Happy Monday everyone!  I have a good book recommendation for you!  I read this book a few years ago, but this last week I re-read it.  I needed to refresh my memory because I am hosting a book club next month and this is the book we are going to discuss.  The first time I read it, I knew I liked it a lot, but didn’t really think why.  But this time, I think I realized WHY I enjoyed it so much.  Because I love family history research and love finding mysteries of old, I really connected with this book.  I won’t go into details because there’s some twists and turns…and if I say too much, it would ruin it for you!  But here’s the review from GoodReads:

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I’ll be getting some discussion question ideas from these sites…but WAIT until you read the book before visiting these sites!

Novel Dame and Pages Turned

Stephanie Rische’s Book of the Month Club

The Written Word

The Well-Read Ladies

If you get a chance to read this book or if you have already, be sure and let me know your thoughts!  Have a great day….DO or LEARN or READ something NEW!

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!