The start of a beautiful friendship...

I've never really had much time for a hobby...well so I thought...
And although I love to cook and try lots of new recipes you kinda have to cook to survive right so I only count that as half a hobby.

I love art, but you need to have room and the time to really put into it...I love crafts but most of them are a little useless. My mum tried to teach me to knit about 6 times and it just never got the hang of it...I assumed crochet to be just as hard, which saddened me as i loved the look of it....until one day when a friend told me to bring her a hook and some yarn and she'll teach me the basics. Was pretty confused by that first lesson but i went home and watched a tutorial (thanks Mikeyssmail ) about 50 times...watching...pausing...rewinding and watching some more, and i created my first granny square.

I was as proud as punch but wasn't sure why it was lopsided haha...oh dear..I did finish it at 1am...

The next one was much better

And I've been literally hooked from that day onward! 

About 6 months down the tract my first (proper) granny square became a blanket! I got sick of making squares so thought I'd make a huge square for the center and just use all the little ones around it.
I started it with real wool but struggle to get anything other that acrylic here...so it took a while.

Boy I'm glad that is over...my little nephew scored this one.

And the great thing about crochet is that it's portable. I spend a lot of time in airports and on planes. And it passes the time nicely. I don't even mind watching Friday Night Football with the hubby anymore...AND it is useful! I've made hats, blankets, toys, scarves, slippers and more! Mostly as presents....and who doesn't like a hand-made-with-love pressie!!

Have you even crocheted...? Or wish you could...?

Yes it's been a while...

Ok, so it's been a while since my last post...almost exactly 2 years to be precise. But it's been a crazy 2 years...moving from Sydney to Malaysia being the biggest change.

We're now in the city of Johor Bahru, right on the border of Singapore and Malaysia. We've been here nearly a year now, boy how time has flown. And I am so so glad that I bought my Thermomix with me! Saved my life and my health for sure!

YES the food in Malaysia is AMAZING but if you ate it everyday you'd be the size of a house in no time and eventually as sick as a dog...why don't they cut to the chase and just deep fry balls of MSG and drench them in sugar and be done with it...because that's how they roll here.

Needless to say the way we eat is very different from back home in Sydney, but that's been half the fun in many respects. As usual I make most of our food from scratch but with the different fresh foods available and the different need we have here I'm always learning and searching for new things.

For example making Saurkraut for our gut health as not much else is readily available here. 

Laco-Fermented Saurkraut with red cabbage and Oregano 

And I've got a jar of pineapple vinegar brewing in my wet kitchen...pineapples are only AUD80cents here so I thought I'd give it a go seeing vinegar isn't very popular here.

So if you forgive me, can we be friends again? I've got a few ideas flying around my mind so I think I'm going to be blogging a little here and there now...I need to write them down before they fly right out again!