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Don't know if you consider this hobbies but they used to be men's over 30 soccer and skiing. Now that my knees are shot I shifted to kayaking and swimming laps. Still trying to find something I enjoy from Nov to Apr.
This forum, junking, writing, movies, reading, genealogy.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Knitting, quilting, reading. I especially like history, too, Sandra Sue. I like fiction based on history, like Philippa Gregory's novels. And I love the twisted fairy tales Geoffrey Maguire writes, like Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
I like to cook (from scratch, and make up my own recipes). I've maintained a blog for the past six years. I used to read a lot, but now I'm MSing during that time :-)
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Cooking and reading are my top favs. Reading-wise, I love true crime such as Ann Rule.
genealogy and competitive chocolate eating
Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
Where do I sign up for the competitive chocolate events?
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Right next to the goat pen on planet Zoltar, you can't miss it.
Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
Mine are photography, writing, and cooking. When I was Master of my Masonic Lodge, it was my Lodge's turn to host the annual dinner for the 12 lodges in the district. I almost got to cook with Robert Irvine on Dinner Impossible. Unfortunately, Food Network decided not to renew the show's contract. Masonry is not a secret society, but rather a society with secrets, and I was going to use that as a curveball for Chef Robert in that, once all the shopping had been completed, a secret ingredient would be revealed that he would have to use in each dish, like on Iron Chef. I even had the ingredient picked out--corn meal. Would have made desserts a bit difficult but could have been incorporated into most of the other courses with no real problems.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
I am a National Public Radio junkie. Also, Masterpiece Mysteries (BBS/PBS). The forum, travel, US social history, the civil war.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
I'm an avid runner, although with the torn hip flexor, lyme disease, and too much travel this year I'm horribly out of shape. I also dabble in a little photography and usually see 100 or so live bands a year, although I probably only hit half that this year.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
bgriffin, if you don't mind saying, how did you find out that you had Lyme disease? Years and years ago, I was standing watching a Scouting event when another adult pointed to a large red circle with no center on my arm and said it was a symptom. A doctor never diagnosed me with it and, so far as I know, I've never had any other symptoms. Since I camped with Scouts a lot and was also in the Army Reserve, I was certainly exposed.
I got dog @#$%& sick as hell, lol. Went to the Dr, they ran a bunch of tests, and that's what they came back with. It was odd as I had no visible symptom of a bite, haven't found a tick on me in years, and lyme disease is very rare when I live.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
James Bond 007.5 Wrote:
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I almost got to cook with Robert
> Irvine on Dinner Impossible. Unfortunately, Food
> Network decided not to renew the show's contract.
> Masonry is not a secret society, but rather a
> society with secrets, and I was going to use that
> as a curveball for Chef Robert in that, once all
> the shopping had been completed, a secret
> ingredient would be revealed that he would have to
> use in each dish, like on Iron Chef. I even had
> the ingredient picked out--corn meal. Would have
> made desserts a bit difficult but could have been
> incorporated into most of the other courses with
> no real problems.
THAT would have been fascinating!
BTW, I can think of several sweet dessert-like dishes that use corn meal. Boston brown bread and sweet corn cakes (like you migt find in a Mexican restaurant) are the first ones that come to mind.
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I almost got to cook with Robert
> Irvine on Dinner Impossible. Unfortunately, Food
> Network decided not to renew the show's contract.
> Masonry is not a secret society, but rather a
> society with secrets, and I was going to use that
> as a curveball for Chef Robert in that, once all
> the shopping had been completed, a secret
> ingredient would be revealed that he would have to
> use in each dish, like on Iron Chef. I even had
> the ingredient picked out--corn meal. Would have
> made desserts a bit difficult but could have been
> incorporated into most of the other courses with
> no real problems.
THAT would have been fascinating!
BTW, I can think of several sweet dessert-like dishes that use corn meal. Boston brown bread and sweet corn cakes (like you migt find in a Mexican restaurant) are the first ones that come to mind.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Great Post!
Knitting
After I had to wait over 4 hours for a tow truck this last summer, I make sure at least one knitting project is in my car at all times. Waiting on others gets on my last nerve. And NO; I don't give one fig if someone has to wait for me. 9 times out of 10 I'm waiting on family and they should no better by now. My favorite is knitting on socks with multiple needles. People have a tendency to stare and mumble about it. I love the fact I'm still doing something constructive.
My true hobby passions involve baking bread, cookies and gum paste flowers. I also love weeding the garden when the weather in TX is reasonable, you're always allowed to cuss a blue streak when weeding the garden. Well, at least at my house, because I make the rules.
Knitting
After I had to wait over 4 hours for a tow truck this last summer, I make sure at least one knitting project is in my car at all times. Waiting on others gets on my last nerve. And NO; I don't give one fig if someone has to wait for me. 9 times out of 10 I'm waiting on family and they should no better by now. My favorite is knitting on socks with multiple needles. People have a tendency to stare and mumble about it. I love the fact I'm still doing something constructive.
My true hobby passions involve baking bread, cookies and gum paste flowers. I also love weeding the garden when the weather in TX is reasonable, you're always allowed to cuss a blue streak when weeding the garden. Well, at least at my house, because I make the rules.
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!
Horses, genealogy, reading, cooking
Gum paste flowers are made to decorate the over the top expensive cakes. They are edible, but you wouldn't catch me eating them even from the most highly regarded cake decorators. When done well they look like the real thing.
They are extremely fragile. They are made of sugar with a bunch of other stuff so they can be rolled and imprinted. The gum paste is very temperamental.
It's nothing for the top artists to charge over $20 a flower. The more detail, the more they cost?
I practice when everything else is falling apart at the seams. I get to cuss and let off some steam. Some of my flowers look great, others...lets just say a 3 yr old could do better with play doh. It's a horrendously expensive hobby.
Google gum paste or sugar paste flowers, you'll find some beautiful examples.
They are extremely fragile. They are made of sugar with a bunch of other stuff so they can be rolled and imprinted. The gum paste is very temperamental.
It's nothing for the top artists to charge over $20 a flower. The more detail, the more they cost?
I practice when everything else is falling apart at the seams. I get to cuss and let off some steam. Some of my flowers look great, others...lets just say a 3 yr old could do better with play doh. It's a horrendously expensive hobby.
Google gum paste or sugar paste flowers, you'll find some beautiful examples.
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!
There was a shopper at one time who posted pictures of her cakes in one of the recipe threads. I believe some of those had gum paste flowers.
Kim
I do counted cross stitch. It's relaxing and I end up with gifts for most any occasion.
I enjoy long-distance running, chess, bowling & golf. I get a kick when I mystery shop the latter two!
Travelling, weight lifting, writing, photography, knitting, scrapbooking, coupon collecting
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Don't forget arguing
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
LisaSTL Wrote:
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> Don't forget arguing
I prefer to call it debating.....
Wait...... you got me.
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> Don't forget arguing
I prefer to call it debating.....
Wait...... you got me.
Silver Certified ~ Shopping all of Toronto and beyond
dixiewhiskey Wrote:
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> coupon collecting
This has always confused me. Shouldn't that be coupon using instead of coupon collecting? Or is the actual act of clipping them out and organizing them the enjoyable part?
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> coupon collecting
This has always confused me. Shouldn't that be coupon using instead of coupon collecting? Or is the actual act of clipping them out and organizing them the enjoyable part?
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
I wanted to say couponing but I have said that to people before and they don't get what it is. Using the coupons is the enjoyable part, clipping them out is a pain in the butt. I do trade coupons with other Canadians as well so in sense, collecting the ones I receive is fun too 
Silver Certified ~ Shopping all of Toronto and beyond
Reading, bike riding, bargain hunting, observing nature, listening to music, surfin' the Net.
Swimming, Pilate, yoga and reading. Reading and reading. I enjoy cooking from scratch as well. Baking and designing gingerbread houses,castles, carousels, etc. during Christmas time is a passion. I enjoyed it more though when my husband was around as he was my pattern pieces designer.
Geocaching, silversmithing, weaving, and painting.
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