https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/categories/other-hobby-type-things/Recent content in Other Hobby-Type-Things on The Half-Assed HobbyistHugoen-CAAndrea GaudetFri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/jamuary/Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/jamuary/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/backcountry-apple-pie/Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/backcountry-apple-pie/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/pressed-forever/Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/pressed-forever/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/mead-making-2016/Mon, 16 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/mead-making-2016/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/dotterypottery/Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/dotterypottery/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apple-adventurers/Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apple-adventurers/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/spon-train-eous/Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/spon-train-eous/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/hiking-to-the-falls/Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/hiking-to-the-falls/‘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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/photo-operation/Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/photo-operation/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/rouge-park/Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/rouge-park/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/teakheirloomreupholstery/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/teakheirloomreupholstery/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/secret-santa/Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/secret-santa/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theharrypotterwedding/Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theharrypotterwedding/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/ottawatrip/Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/ottawatrip/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/themovingadventure/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/themovingadventure/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/movingplants/Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/movingplants/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/kitchen-art/Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/kitchen-art/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/movingprep/Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/movingprep/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/washingtoningpt2/Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/washingtoningpt2/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/washington-ing/Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/washington-ing/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…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theforbiddenhobby/Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theforbiddenhobby/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…