Hobbies

Sometimes I wish I had a hobby that wasn´t hazardous for my health. Sometimes I wish I could fine tune my hobby so I was just as good at making the healthy stuff as I am the not so healthy. I try...I do, I have tried to stay away from pre-made food and make things as much from scratch as I can. I think that is healthier then eating things that are pre-made. It certainly tastes better. Like this spaghetti sauce I made the other day...it was REALLY good. I made this with chopped tomatoes, onions, basil, and garlic...slow cooked for a couple hours so all the flavors had time to truly marinate together and it made this otherwise dull pasta become a WOW dish...

I shaved a little fresh parmesan cheese over the top....every treat should have a "cherry" on top right? Or......an Oreo cookie....like these little babies I made the other day...

I´m working on a new and better lifestyle but sometimes certain occasions call for a special treat and when this beautiful lady turned 19 on Tuesday this past week, she didn´t ask for a cake...she asked for Oreo cupcakes. Which in some ways is a smart way to have a special treat like this then making a big cake...it´s easier to stop at an individual portion when they are already portioned out then it is if you have a big cake waiting for you to figure out how big of a piece you want. Only problem with cupcakes for birthdays...especially 19th birthdays is there isn´t so very much room for candles...

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail this past week. You see my dear friend Monica, you can check her blog HERE, has a great hobby. One that doesn´t add a kilo to your body! She has a hobby that I admire but feel personally I´d never have the patience for. She can crochet, knit, and make jewlery. We are both fans of another crafty lady named Mia who has a blog called Mia´s Landliv (She writes in English and Norwegian). Well, awhile back Mia showed us a blanket she had crocheted which was so lovely and when I met up with Monica, last spring, we both talked about how great that blanket was and I asked Monica if she would be interested in making a copy of Mia´s blanket for me since I would never have the patience to do something like that. Monica loved the idea and once the colors were decided she began. I wanted feminine colors, similar to what Mia used. Here is a photo of Mia´s blanket...

You can see more photos of Mia´s blanket through this link HERE. Now, you who visit me regularly know that I´m not the interior guru that Mia seems to be here...so my photos won´t be as fancy and I see now that I should have opened my blanket fully and taken a photo so you can see the whole thing. (I´ll do that tomorrow, it´s too dark now) In the meantime here is my blanket that Monica made me:

I told Monica I would like a sweet delicate edge to the blanket and she completely agreed. I think at first we got this idea from Mia´s blog but when I look at Mia´s blanket I don´t see the edge we have...but I love the edge on this blanket..it´s so sweet and very feminine. Here are some detail photos of the edge:

Isn´t this blanket wonderful? I´m so grateful to Monica for making this for me. She´s been working on this project as well as many others for months now and her effort shows in this amazing piece which will be something I can pass down someday to my kids and grandkids.  In the meantime I´m going to enjoy sitting in my chair, wrapped in this lovely soft wool blanket, drinking a warm cup of tea on a cold winter night! It´s a big job but Monica would definitely help you out if you´re interested in a similar blanket...I can´t be the only person on earth who has no patience for such hobbies....am I? ;-)


Oh..it´s not really a hobby but the Captain got me hooked on this...has anyone heard of the game Wordfeud? You can download it on any Iphone or Android phone. We just bought a new TV from Samsung and along with the TV was what looks like a Samsung Galaxy S telephone but you can´t ring with it, but you can play games and surf the net and all kinds of other things with it. So I downloaded this game and have been playing with the Captain and Sarah who have android phones. (I don´t have an android phone.....yet) If you know about this game and play it feel free to send me an invitation for a game...my username is: amykip


So what hobby do you have? What hobby would you like to try? Let me know in the comment section of my blog...if you have a minute ;-) 


Hope you´ll all have a great weekend. This is my last weekend with the Captain for the next five weeks. He´s heading back to his boat in Brazil. Is it just me or is time flying? I can´t believe he´s been home six weeks already! 


Until next time my friends....