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Personal Journey of Facing Fears and Following Dreams
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My Reason Why… Facing Fears and Following Dreams

Well, I think it is time to share with you my personal journey of overcoming my fears, following my dreams and how it relates to the name of my blog, A New Day Lifestyle.  I think most of our dreams start when we are children. Then somewhere along the way we allow life to take those dreams away from us.  My dream started as a little girl who looked through the fences at the beautiful majestic horses my grandfather owned.  I imagined myself riding them fast like the wind with my hair blowing back and a big smile on my face.

Unfortunately, I was never afforded the chance to take proper horse riding lessons and my dream of riding a horse quickly turned into a trembling fear of horses.  Years had went by and my personal journey of riding began to fade.

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July 20, 2017 by
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Lifestyle

Don’t Be Embarrassed By The Flowers You Send!

Have you ever ordered flowers for a friend and were disappointed?  Eventually you would come face to face with them and start blushing because your expensive bouquet is filled with cheap flowers and filler greens!  You really wanted roses but you got carnations.  The amount you paid would ring in your ears and you would try to make excuses for the nice gesture you intended.  Well, I have some good news.  I recently had a friend introduce me to Farmgirl Flowers.

Before I ordered from them,  I decided to do a little research about the company.  What I found was truly amazing and is rarely found in the business world today.  The founder, Christina Stembel, has a heart for the bigger picture.  It is not just about the money but making a product with integrity for the partner farms, the employees, the customers and the environment.  Each bouquet is hand made and promised to be made with heart!  They source 80% of their flowers from the US.  This all sounded like a good sign and gave me a green light to purchase.

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July 17, 2017 by
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How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs-No Green And Easy To Peel!

I love perfect hard boiled eggs and now that I have a Chicken Coop I know just how fresh the eggs are! But I hated cooking them until I found the best way to boil them.  Time after time, I would follow someone’s tips or trick (sometimes it felt like a trick on me!  lol) and I would have an egg undercooked or I couldn’t get the shell off easily.  As silly as it sounds,  the wives tails are many.  Some state that if you have old eggs they won’t cook properly.  Others suggest first placing your eggs in cold water then bringing to a boil and you will have a perfectly hard cooked egg.  However with this approach, they are hard to peel because the whites fuse to the membrane. The list goes on and on! After years of many failed attempts I found this perfect recipe.

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July 13, 2017 by
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Lifestyle

What Came First? The Chicken? Or The Egg?

Well, I am just as surprised as anyone that knows me, for some reason I wanted to have chickens.  I love fresh eggs, who doesn’t?  My first taste of them was years ago when my brother decided to have a chicken coop.  This was before it was “cool” and before urban farming really started to become a trend.  My family appreciated his venture and took advantage of the offerings.

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July 10, 2017 by