Well, I have written before about my love for the snow... how much I would miss it as a child and how envious I would get every time I watched snowy white Christmas films on TV! My Christmas usually would be sunny and warm! Admittedly, after I moved here in the north, I discovered another side of the snow, one that I never knew before... the ugly side... that which involves not being able to drive a car either because it is slippery or because you get stuck in a traffic jam or both, or walk in the frozen sidewalk, the muddy snow which takes about 15' to clean up from your shoes before getting inside the house...
However ugly though this side is, I still love the view of the white scenery outside my windows! The beauty of it!! And there is the other thing about the snow... the silence!! Have you ever noticed how the world goes silent when it starts snowing?! It is so quiet, so calm, so peaceful! You can hardly hear any noise except for the sound of the snow cracking under your boots, if you are so mad (or blessed, or lucky or... you choose the adjective :) as to go walking outside!
This morning I did it... It started snowing, the big white flakes were dancing in the wind, the word went silent and I got out to go to the supermarket! I know, it takes a fair amount of insanity to do this but hey, no harm done, I'm here, safe, with a fridge full of food and fresh bread, did not break anything and managed to have the memory of walking in the snow storm, not being able to see very well, meeting practically no one on the street and having this feeling of being in someplace I'd only experienced by books or films... it was very cool!!! It was better than shoes!
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
get a hobby...
...Well, I have always found excuses for not having a real hobby... it would either be that "I shop as a hobby" and "I loooove to discover great discounts on-line, it's my hobby" or I would just say that I don't have any time to have a hobby... What a load of crap! I mean, yes, I know that shopping can take a lot of time and it is pleasurable and kind of addictive but, let's be honest, it's not a real hobby!
On the other had, it is a very poor excuse to say that I don't have time for a hobby because of all the things that I have to do! I know I have to work to get money, I know I have to clean my house and wash my clothes, I know I have to work out to keep... well, not fat (thin, I would never even imagine...) I know all that... but these are things that I "have" to do! Not necessarily things I like to to do! And to name as "hobbies" only a few things that are fun to do like seeing a film or reading a book or try on a pair of patent leather moccasins from Marc Jacobs (and even better, buying them!) is like hiding behind one's finger...
No, the truth is I never had a real hobby, hidden behind my excuses, but now I do! And no, I will not try to convince you that it is the one for you... I could not convince myself that it is the one for me for many years! But now, I knit! Like crazy! And yes, I have mocked it, I have resisted it, I have ridiculed it and now I stand corrected in all my shame! It is lovely! It's better than shoes! It is, for me, the most relaxing thing ever, it is like the coolest meditation I have tried (plus you can actualy meditate while knitting anyway!!) which leaves you calm and zen and wearing a new, brilliant shawl! The possibilities are endless and there is nothing like putting on something that you made yourself, I guarantee you!
So, unless you are one of the wise ones who already knew it all along and forgot to share with the rest of us, what are you waiting for!? Get a hobby! :)
On the other had, it is a very poor excuse to say that I don't have time for a hobby because of all the things that I have to do! I know I have to work to get money, I know I have to clean my house and wash my clothes, I know I have to work out to keep... well, not fat (thin, I would never even imagine...) I know all that... but these are things that I "have" to do! Not necessarily things I like to to do! And to name as "hobbies" only a few things that are fun to do like seeing a film or reading a book or try on a pair of patent leather moccasins from Marc Jacobs (and even better, buying them!) is like hiding behind one's finger...
No, the truth is I never had a real hobby, hidden behind my excuses, but now I do! And no, I will not try to convince you that it is the one for you... I could not convince myself that it is the one for me for many years! But now, I knit! Like crazy! And yes, I have mocked it, I have resisted it, I have ridiculed it and now I stand corrected in all my shame! It is lovely! It's better than shoes! It is, for me, the most relaxing thing ever, it is like the coolest meditation I have tried (plus you can actualy meditate while knitting anyway!!) which leaves you calm and zen and wearing a new, brilliant shawl! The possibilities are endless and there is nothing like putting on something that you made yourself, I guarantee you!
So, unless you are one of the wise ones who already knew it all along and forgot to share with the rest of us, what are you waiting for!? Get a hobby! :)
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
better than shoes?... you bet!!!
My affiliation (no, no, I will not admit obsession...) to shoes is known to more or less everyone who knows me personally... and to all of you who read me, obviously ;) My friends often tease me about it, especially because I will not think twice before buying a pair of 10cm stiletto heels and then leave it in the box, in the wardrobe, for the following 4 years without ever wearing it... because, supposedly "the right occasion never came up"... booooo.... yeah, that was me boooooing me... who am I kidding?? Surely not my friends...
Anyway, boooooing and teasing aside, the subject of shoes comes up every now and then in our discussions and sometimes even in the electronic ones :) So it was not a surprise when a dear friend of mine sent me this picture of chocolate shoes mentioning that it depicts "two passions in one" :) And indeed it does!! I could not agree more! I mean, there are very few shapes in which chocolate looks more delicious than a shoe shape... and I will not, repeat, WILL NOT mention any of those, use your imagination... As far as I'm concerned, chocolate shoes are better than shoes and deserve to be mentioned in this blog ;)
So, I take the opportunity to thank T. L. for letting me know about this delicacy, making sure I will be sending him the bill from my order which most certainly will take place soon, and I post the picture I got for all of you to see and covet!
Anyway, boooooing and teasing aside, the subject of shoes comes up every now and then in our discussions and sometimes even in the electronic ones :) So it was not a surprise when a dear friend of mine sent me this picture of chocolate shoes mentioning that it depicts "two passions in one" :) And indeed it does!! I could not agree more! I mean, there are very few shapes in which chocolate looks more delicious than a shoe shape... and I will not, repeat, WILL NOT mention any of those, use your imagination... As far as I'm concerned, chocolate shoes are better than shoes and deserve to be mentioned in this blog ;)
So, I take the opportunity to thank T. L. for letting me know about this delicacy, making sure I will be sending him the bill from my order which most certainly will take place soon, and I post the picture I got for all of you to see and covet!
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