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Jam-uary

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a new year! Yay! Now usually January is a slow month. After the holiday parties and year end snafus, January is typically cold and dull, just the perfect time to sit back and…

Baking and Sewing: Hand in Hand

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

For ages I’ve been meaning to start making aprons. For friends, for sale and for fun. The original thought was it would be a neat way to get people interested in meal planning and…

These cookies have Stollen my heart

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t baked too terribly much in a long time. This winter is different though. I got bit bad by the baking bug. I have a lovely Solstice party coming up and I fully intend on…

All the Tin Foil: A Backcountry Apple Pie Story

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The season on pie is upon us. And am So excited. This past July the Fiancé and I, with 6 of our lovely friendlies, went backcountry canoeing in Algonquin park for 9 days. For the…

Tomato Babies

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

This whole gardening year I have had high hopes that I would have enough tomatoes to make this savoury tomato jam. With the devastating falling over of my giant tomato plants, I…

Fall Phobia

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Normally when fall approaches I get very excited. (Mainly for all the pumpkin spiced things… yes, I’m one of Those.) But this year I found myself not wanting the summer to end…

Pressed Forever

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I am always impressed with Mother Nature’s ability to create beautiful things. I haveposted before about this orchid. I’ve had for a number of years now. This past year it finally…

Linen Love

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It’s usually the case, when I find a pattern I like, that it’s an ancient vogue pattern. The Fiancé’s Mum went pattern hunting, and after my brief adventure back in AB this past…

Chastity, thy name is Spider plant

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I love my plants like my own children, well, if I had any. My houseplants and my outdoor garden, all my plantlings are precious to me. But it’s extra special when my baby plants…

Coconut Coriander Stew

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

There is something about stew that, no matter the time of year, is really terribly comforting. I know that it’s summer, and hot out, and the last thing anyone wants to think about…

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

My babies are out and about now! Well not about. But still outside in the lovely sunshine! I was asked by a fellow friendly what containers I use for my plant babies so I’m going…

Mead Making

Mon, 16 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

In an unsurprising turn of events, I have made friends with some yeasty fellows. The story of how we met is a rather fun one! Once upon a time…. Ok ok. In all seriousness…

"Very" Easy Vogue: The Blue Linen Dress

Mon, 02 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

There are many gem fabrics hidden away in my Rubbermaid treasure trove. This patterned blue linen is one of my favourites. A seaweed like swoosh on an electric blue that doesn’t…

Sprouts to Seedlings 2016

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been a month and a bit now since I planted the seed babies so it’s report card time! I had some luck this year, but not as much as I’d hoped. The tomatoes did amazingly. I…

Lazy Thai Pizza

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Every week, mostly, I follow a meal plan. Simply put, it’s a list of what meals I want to make that week. It’s a pretty simple idea but it helps save money and cut down on food…

The Forgotten Slouchy Knits

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Since I’ve recently taken up knitting again, after a hiatus brought on my lack of pre planning and sheep having to grow me some more wool, I got distracted by updating my Ravelry…

Shoulder at it

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been forever since I knit anything. I’ve been working on my crochet skills (just making dish towels though, nothing fancy). And my last knititng project got put on hold…

Adventure in Spiceland

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

One of my ‘New Year To Dos’ last year was to make three different meals that I’ve never made before from different cultures around the world. Since it didn’t happen last year…

The 1970s Sweater Dress

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

As many of you know, I have a rather large( ish) fabric collection. It’s not the biggest that I’ve seen, of course, but it’s modesty is really a big sham. No ifs, ands, or buts…

Balcony Gardening: Take-Two

Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again! End of February is seed sowing time! It always seems so early, with the weather still below freezing and the sunlight still under 5 hours a day. BUT!…

The Green Gingham Dress

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

“) After the inspiration (or more likely guilt) of not having sew ed in ages, and, having no outdoorsy fun planned for this winter, I decided it was high time to get out the ol’…

Easy Cinnamon Buns

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Here is a recipe for what the fiancé’s family calls “easy cinnamon buns” that I haven’t made in ages. The sad sad fact of reality is I totally forgot about them. As did my pant…

Spring hasn't Rolled By (yet)

Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

(Ok. Here goes the Second time I’ve written this post, because Safari sucks balls.) When I started writing this post a sense of déja vu came over me. I was pretty sure that…

The Orchid Continues

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

As I attempt to not die from whatever lung disease I caught over the holidays, I have had one amazing delight that’s helped me through the phelgm iest illness parts: My orchid is…

Dottery Pottery

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This past September I started a pottery class. I’ve always wanted to try making stuffs out of clay and when my lovely lady friend Jia asked if I’d be interested the answer was a…

Fall Lull Pick-up

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I will admit it. I’ve been a very bad sew er lately. I haven’t actually started a new project since beginning my upholstery project in 2014. I’m happy to say I’ve finished with…

Always Pie.

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Historically speaking, I do not make pumpkin pie from scratch scratch. I much prefer buying a can of pureed pumpkin than making my own. This year however, I had a pumpkin sitting…

Raining on my Parade

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

So. I super don’t like rain. I don’t particularly know why but I usually blame the shear uncomfort of being damp mixed with the lack of sunshine. That being said, I’ve been…

Pumpkin is a funny word

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

If there is any better excuse to eat pumpkin anything, it’s Autumn. I love this time of year. It houses my favourite food holiday (Thanksgiving) and makes it socially acceptable…

Fall Light Take 2

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been going on little hikes before work, out in Rouge Park. The morning fall light is spectacular. I fell in love with the little ravine walk, with it’s little stream and tall…

Plum'in It.

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been super busy this past week at a new jobbins so here’s an oldie but a goodie recipe! I’ve done a similar recipe here but I changed it up a bit. I used blue plums (that…

Fried Chickens

Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Fall is the best season for cooking, in my opinion. When it gets cold and gross outside all I want is a warm hearty dinner. This usually means I whip out the slowcooker and get…

Fall in Ontario

Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This past thanksgiving we had the BF’s (or I guess Fiancé now! FF for Fancy Fiancé?) sister down from Ottawa. More on the meal in a future post, but here I wanted to share the…

Sultry Saucy... Apples

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

After three pies and 2 batches of apple butter I still had about 15lbs of apples left. Yah. Next time I won’t pick so many…. (But it could be argued that it worked out for the…

Apples Apples Everywhere

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Since my lovely trip to the apple orchard, I had 40 pounds of apples to deal with. There were literally apples Everywhere. When I worked for the test kitchen in Alberta, one of my…

Apple Adventurers

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Since moving to Ontario I’ve tried being Ontarian. I’ve got my OHIP card, my Ontario drivers license, and my voter card, so for all intents and purposes, I am, but that’s not…

Spon-train-eous.

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Slowly coming to a close is this Wonderous summer. I’ve had a total of 11 people come visit and stay over the last 6 months and it’s been quite the epic. The latest company was my…

Surprise Grape-ing

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Born and raised in Alberta, I find it extremely weird to find fruit trees that aren’t apple trees in peoples back yards. I’m getting used to this idea that there are commonly…

Peaches, All of the Peaches!

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

An apology to all peaches for the 1995 Peaches song. I can’t get that song out of my head. It’s been over a month since I canned these peaches and still, every morning, Plenty of…

Pickling: A Nasal Passage Adventure

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

2015: The Year of the Pickle. As part of my " Projects: A New Years List of Stuff to Do!" I decided to try my hand at making homemade pickles! So I read up on how to pickle…

The Veils

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

My lovely lady Jessica got married in the Beautiful Rockies of Alberta this past August. It was a simply Breathtaking ceremony, right on a cliff opening up to the Amazing view…

Plantlings to Ploddlers to Tiny Tomatoes

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The gardening season is coming to a close. Within the next couple weeks my tomato babies will be grandparents, nearing the end of their time living on my balcony. (I was warned…

Zoo-chi-nee

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

So I suck at spelling. I’m one of ~~those~~ people that just really never got the hang of word ing. Definitely influenced by a family dyslexia disorder that no one really talks…

Get Jammin'

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

My glee cannot be contained. It’s my second favourite time of year! (My favourite time being reserved for when gorging on pumpkin pie after all meals is ‘socially acceptable’.)…

Tart the Second

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Previously, I never understood the real desire to make a tart when you could easily make it be a pie instead. Pie Tart; Or so I thought. The first tart I ever made was a raspberry…

A Sweet Treat

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again! When I get bored and decide to torture myself with making meringue based desserts! This time though, instead of weeping over the smooshed sugary…

Breakfasting

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I love breakfast. Oatmeal, eggs, waffles, cold cuts, toast and jam, all yummy things that when made for dinner give that grin worthy I’m doing it so wrong it’s right again…

The Last Sunlight Bender

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

As previously said, I am an amateur gardener (in the most generous sense). My grandfather was the real gardener in the family and among the books and plants I also inherited from…

Hiking to The Falls

Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

‘All the things, All the time’ is a sentiment that I live my life by. As a result, I have a tendency to do all the things, all the time. I find no greater happiness than doing all…

The Weave

Wed, 06 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Everywhere I look I see knitting memes that all have the same effect: Talk about stress. Anyways. I’ve had a couple patterns that I’ve been sitting on for longer than I care to…

Photo Op(eration)

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

In an effort to home ify the apartment, I decided to put my loved ones faces on a wall! Nothing says “I love you” like a collage of memories, right? I originally got the collage…

The Cheesecake

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This past easter, I put on a dinner party. Main reason (we’re not religious in the slightest): I wanted turkey. So I cooked a 14lbs turkey with all the fixings and had some…

Rouge Park

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

April long weekend the BF and I and our friend Taylor went for a hike in Rouge Park, just east of Scarborough. It’s a huge park and we will defs return to hike more trails (when…

Reupholstery: A Challenge in Forethought

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I have a beautiful teak dining set given to me by my Uncle. The set was given to him and my late Aunt as a wedding gift some 27 years ago. The set was originally ordered by Oma…

Seedling Update!

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Quicky Update!! My baby plants are growing up! I’ve thinned out the scraggly seedlings (poor little guys… it was hard to do!) and transferred the heartier guys to some new tubs…

The Seedy Start

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve started my own seedlings for two years now but it still seems brand new every year. My gardening stuff unfortunately did not make the move to ON so first step was to get a…

Real Winter

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

So I’ve had to eat my words over the last couple weeks. Being Alberta born and raised I have always expected winter to start October 31st and end after May long weekend. I expect…

From Box to Box to Neck

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Like many others, I am rather procrastinate y when it comes to finishing my knitting projects. Before the new year, I made a beautiful irish mesh cowl (Curtesy of Purlavenue)…

The Rivervalley

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

There is one aspect of Edmonton that I won’t ever forget. Right outside of downtown core, the Rivervalley waits. I got to go on more than one walk on my vacation back home and…

Secret Santa

Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Since I know very few people in the city, the GF of a friend offered to include me in a Secret Santa group of hers. The theme of the gift was homemade. It could be baking, or…

Winter Dance Soup

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Around this time of year I get a hankering for soups and stews. Nice cold weather foods! The trouble is that winter in Toronto is… well… from an Alberta perspective, frankly…

Orchid Roots look like an Ood's Moustache

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Well someone had to say it. I recently repotted my orchid (for the second time) and, frankly, the roots look like an Ood’s moustache. (Doctor Who Reference. Check). That being…

My Favourite Holiday

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. A giant roasted turkey; bread stuffing poultry spiced out the wa zoo; a hot mashed potato and gravy volcanos; pumpkin pie with a literal…

Past the Maybes, maybe...

Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

So I’ve been down the last couple weeks. A mix of lonely Toronto and ridiculous rain for a week straight. (I honest to gad didn’t know Edmonton was the sunniest city in Canada)…

The Harry Potter Wedding

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

So if you missed it, this past summer I helped a friend of mine achieve the most amazing themed wedding: The Harry Potter Wedding. I made the bride and groom Hogwarts school robes…

Ottawa Trippin'

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The BF’s sister has also moved out east, to Ottawa, to complete a Master’s degree at Carlton University. We actually shipped lots of her stuff out with us, back in July, with the…

Apricots and Oven Testing

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

During the trip to the market last week I also bought a basket of apricots. The trouble with buying a basket of one thing is, with only two people around, typically whatever it is…

Markets full of Mushrooms

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Settling into the kitchen now. I went to the weekday market (held on Thursdays) and bought all the things! (And for cheap, double score!) There were these radishes that were…

The Moving Adventure

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It has been a crazy month. Moving across the country is not something to be taken lightly (despite what people might say…looking at the BF right now). This all started back in…

My Secret Garden

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

My Dad has this huge back yard. Years ago, before my parents divorced, it was one of the favourite places to be outside. (I was one of Those kids that hated bugs and didn’t do any…

The Greenest 2140 Miles

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

So the BF and I just moved across the country (Inner ‘AHHHHHH!’). All in all, our options to move our stuff had been plentiful and we booked passage of our stuff using a PODS…

Alberta: Fields and Friends and Family

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I was born and raised in Alberta. I grew up travelling from prairie to hilly countryside to mountains. I vacationed everywhere: the Bad Lands, the Alberta mountain range, the…

The Car Graveyard

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The first weekend in June 2014 I visited my friend Dom in Trochu, Alberta. She’s lived there for almost 10 years now and I have been many times to see her. This was the first trip…

Dinner Party. Roulade Out!

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been a while since a dinner party has been had but this past May we had an epicly meat filled one. It started with an idea. Stuffing. So, with the help of my Co Dinner…

Homemade 'Chinese'

Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Every now and then I crave good old fashioned “Chinese” food (more like North American Chinese than Real Chinese, but hey!). But every time we order it, we order way to much, and…

Wine Stew? Yes Please.

Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The BF and I are going on a food adventure this year. It started with making homemade Massaman curry (thai beef stew) and then a cousin’s BF gave us the low down on making Ginger…

Magical Mumptions. Also, Vows!

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

One of my good friends is getting married. Not just getting married though. She’s getting married Harry Potter style. For real. (My friends are cooler than yours.) Anyway! For a…

Being an adult is hard

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

There are some moments in my young adult life that really kick me in the emotional butt. Specifically when a big change happens. Lesley, my partner in sewing crime and my baking…

Spring Rollin' By

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Spring has sprung, or so to speak. Edmonton just got a healthy dusting of snow on March 20th, the supposed first day of spring Mother Nature is laughing her ass off at the irony…

Jelly Flower Power

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It was last year in mid December that my friend Lesley showed me a video about making edible flowers in gelatine. A) I was super blown away because I’d never seen anything like it…

Mohair. Never Again...?

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Since I started knitting there is one aspect I’ve never attempted. Lace. It’s not that I have been avoiding it, it’s just I’ve never really found a lace pattern that I h ad to…

Mountain Climbing

Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This is the second year now that a group of friends, as organized by my bestie Jess, went to Canmore for a snowshoeing expedition. Last year there was 6 of us that hiked up a…

Making Friends is Easy

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I have always assumed that making friends was difficult. This is not true when regarding stuffed animal friends. Those are rather easy to make, if not a little too easy to make…

Olympics for Dessert People

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Everyone’s got the olympic fever! My friend Jess was having an olympic party to watch the opening ceremonies last week ish so I thought I’d spend that day playing with fondant. My…

Micro Plums are a thing.

Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I can’t wait for it to be summer again. This morning I defrosted my windows in a rather fun and horribly cold way. With my phalanges. Also my feet. (I think I need to get out of…

Macarons: The 5 Pound Story

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

For the last couple years macarons have taken the dessert world and sat on it. Like a rather fat child sits on it’s littler sibling so it can’t move. (True story.) I had some of…

The Pink Dress

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t done any sewing in a while. Every time I go over to Lesley’s place for our sewing dates we end up laying around watching movies, eating cookies, and talking. (Maybe…

Kitchen Art

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Sometimes I get these grand ideas! These plans of what the apartment should look like, etc. Usually they sound great! And then typically never happen. Except this project! Matt…

Moving Prep

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Matt is finishing his Masters in Computing Science at the University of Alberta. After he’s done, as Alberta doesn’t have any jobs in his specialization, we’ll be moving. I don’t…

Holiday Knitting

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Over the holidays there was a lot of sitting and digesting. What better to do when you’ve got a case of the roly polies than knit. Best excuse to sit ever. Anyways. I got some…

My German Roots

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As previously mentioned, I have had much more experience cooking German fare than French. Rouladen and red cabbage are two foods that my Oma used to make when I was a little kid…

The Baked Alaska

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. The last sugar filled treat I made during the battle of Christmas 2013. This was the first dessert I actually ate and the last one I made. (I…

The Chiffon Cake

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. My family has a whirlwind tradition of doing everything Christmasy on one day. Christmas Eve. It’s typically a very smoothly scheduled day where…

The Chocolate Hazelnut Tarts

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. To make sure that I survive the Christmas season, I attempt to give myself diabetes with amazing homemade desserts. I had two Christmas and 13…

The Mashable Fruit Juice

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

It seems that, in the middle of winter, I harken back to the days when 10 minutes outside didn’t mean potential frost bite. This is probably the best thing about making my own…

Adventure to Calzone Land

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Pizza is one of those dinners that I enjoy immensely, especially if it’s homemade. Yeasty dough, fresh sautéed veg, more pizza sauce than strictly necessary and real cheese. I’ve…

One down, 54 to go: A Brownie Challenge

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I bake habitually. Whether it’s because I’m bored or stressed or both, I love to bake. I am not, however, incredibly good at baking. To this day I cannot make baking powder…

The Orchid

Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I have always thought that orchids were hard to care for and hard to grow. Turns out that is kinda incorrect. While the answer to “can anyone make an orchid grow” is probably no…

Washington-ing!! Part Two

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

After a very very intense first day, the BF and I decided to take it a bit slower the second day out. We slept in a bit and woke to a rather grey day. Not ideal for wandering…

Washington-ing! Part One

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t often travel anymore. With school expenses needing paying and being between good paying work, the last vacation I went on was Mexico with the BFs family. But Matt’s sister…

The Next Step

Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

After knitting for a year I got bored with dish cloths and scarves and half mittens. I wanted a new challenge. Since I had taught myself off the internets, my stitches were top…

Twisted Tradition

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t often make family heritage inspired dinners. My Father’s side of the family is from Germany and I’ve been able to make goose for Christmas dinner and rouladen, but I’ve…

The Taming of the Aloe Vera

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Aloe Vera is possibly one on my most treasured possessions. When my grandfather moved into an assisted living complex he didn’t want the fuss of taking a huge plant with him…

Collecting: The Forbidden Hobby

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Collecting is a hobby that I enjoy immensely. Too much, actually. If I took collecting seriously, I would be so broke. Also, I would have no where to sleep because my entire…

The Hunt for Red Raspberries

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Summer 2013 I was unemployed. Again. So I spent most of the summer working on my hobbies. One hobby I promised myself I would pick up was canning. Unlike making apple pie or…

Fall Light

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Photography is one of those hobbies that I say I do but really have no idea about. So basically, just like every other hipster with an iPhone, I too have succumbed to the taking…

Cooking: Aged 11 and up

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I started cooking for a family of four when I was a kid. This is probably the reason why I love cooking so much. From a young age I got to basically do as I pleased when it came…

Sewing: A Love Story

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The 1 hobby that, despite being relatively horrible at, is the hobby I always come back too, is Sewing. Much like most kids in the Alberta curriculum, I learned to sew at school…

The Knittering

Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In the spring of 2012 I was unemployed. And what better to do than pick up a new hobby! Since I had only ever half assedly tried to learn when I was a child I thought I’d take up…

Thunder Thighs: The Pie Reckoning

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

When I was a kid we had this apple tree in our backyard. Every year my mother, sister and I would make pie after pie after pie. For about 2 weeks straight in the end of August…

The Green Thumb

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I have found that gardening is one of those hobbies that is best to fantasize about. Unless you like getting dirty and mildly frustrated. I started gardening (and by ‘gardening’ I…