Hobby of necessity (giveaway)
*This giveaway has ended as of 12/16 midnight. Stay tuned for more giveaways soon! Winner’s info at the bottom of this post, along with the details on the lotion bar I’m so obsessed with 🙂 Thank you so much to everyone for entering!********************************************************************
For me, there are two types of hobbies:
1.) the kind you really, really love and
2.) the necessary ones.
When I was younger, I decided I was going to knit. Some of my friends could knit, I thought it was cool and decided to give it a whirl. It lasted about 4 seconds. I have the patience of Bella waiting for chicken and knitting wasn’t something I needed a reason to do. It’s hot in Tucson and my beanies and scarves get worn about twice a year.
The hobbies I really enjoy: teaching fitness, Zumba, cooking, reading, dance, etc
Necessary hobbies: photography and scrapbooking
Photography is a necessary hobby for the blog… I don’t really like it, or know what the heck I’m doing. I take a picture in “P” mode, auto-adjust the colors if it looks weird, and post. Some people get warm and fuzzy talking about aperture and shutter speed, and alas, I am not one of them. Scrapbooking has become another necessary hobby since the Pilot has been deployed 3 times and we always make scrapbook pages, and since we have a little one on the way, I’ve taken to online scrapbooking. The day we got our maternity photos back, I made photo books for madre, nana and baby, and had them shipped out. Was it fun? Not at all. Am I glad I did it? 100%.
I could see the same thing happening with the lotion bars I was trying to figure out how to make.
I had a sliver left, needed to replenish the stash, and couldn’t get a hold of the amazing woman who makes the lotions and soaps. So, I headed to the health food store for ingredients…. and then she called me back. Thank goodness making lotion bars didn’t have to become a necessary hobby 😉
I ordered an extra one for a lucky blog friend <3
To make the giveaway a little sweeter, I’d also like to share my #1 pregnancy must-have with the winner:
A snoogle!
The bonus about this giveaway is that you don’t have to be expecting a little one to enjoy. Everyone could use a rich, buttery, lotion bar made with real ingredients and the comfiest body pillow ever invented.
Congratulations to the winner!
For those of you who were curious about the lotion, I talked to the woman who makes them today to make sure it was cool to share her info, since she doesn’t have an Etsy shop or anything like that. She makes AMAZING products (lotions and soaps) and my fave is the bitter almond lotion bar. You break off a piece, heat it up with your hands and rub it on 🙂
Here’s her email address if you’d like to order something from her:
bbilleaudeau@vtc.net
Her name is Giselle and she can ship in the US, in the winter, as the bars will melt in the summer heat.
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Favorite hobbies: running, workout/meal planning (totally love making a plan!), and writing. I have a love/hate relationship with cooking. Sometimes I super enjoy it, other times I just want it to cook itself. 🙂 No little ones yet–hubbers and I just started trying.
Giveaway aside, I’d love to know who makes that lotion bar!
Favorite hobbies: Baking and running (the running justifies the baking haha!) I don’t have any kids yet, but I am excited to one day have them. I have been excited to be a mom since I got my first babydoll as a little girl.
I so look forward to these family posts each and every day, Gina.. cannot WAIT to ‘meet’ baby fitnessista!!
Fun hobbies for me: spinning, reading, pinterest (does that count? haha) & photography 🙂
Necessary hobbies: speed-cleaning the house for 10 minutes each day.. otherwise, a disastrous mess ensues!
I am not expecting a sweet bundle of baby at this time, but my sister-in-law is due in March and I would lovelovelove to bless her with these gifts! <3
I love reading, cooking, and yoga.
I find way too many hobbies from pinterest! Scrap booking, couponing, gardening, and making my own cleaning supplies. I have a 2 1/2 yr old son and we plan on trying for another fall 2012!
my favorite hobbies are fitness :), reading health/fitness/nutrition blogs, cooking/baking, and anything to do with animals! My son is 4 and a half if you count a weenie dog as a child 🙂 we got him when he was 8 weeks so I consider him my first son hahah i am a major side sleeper so i think i would LOVE the snoogle!
My favorite hobbies are baking, yoga, reading, watching movies, and spending time with my bf/family/friends!! I’m not a mama just yet, but i’ve definitely been interested to try out the snoogle you’ve been raving about!! Even if the pilot hates it 😉
I am due on June 15th!
My favorite hobby is softball!
My hobby necessity is weight training. I have to do it but I really don’t like it very much 🙂
I can’t believe how close you are <3
Favorite hobbies: Blogging & online shopping (especially for baby clothes). My baby boy is 6 months old!
The hobbies I enjoy are cake baking and horse riding. I’m trying to think of a hobby I don’t enjoy and I can’t really think of one… I’m sure I have lots!
I have a sweet 8 month old baby boy and am looking forward to cooking up #2 in the near future! I could make great use of both these things 😉
Necessary hobbies: playing barbies, paper dolls and endless knock knock jokes with kiddos (4,8,15). Hobbys I love : riding bikes everywhere with my kids. Grocery store, parks, costco (tough to get it all home), exploring new neighborhoods, visiting neighbors horses, bringing people treats…… I love reading with or without kids too!
Such a sweet giveaway! I am entering so that in case I win, I can give the items to by friend who is expecting twins (her first pregnancy)!
My favorite hobby includes reading novels, watching Bollywood films, and spending time with my hubby and two doggies. 🙂
ooohh I would love both of those!
My hobbies are working out, reading, watching TV (that counts, right?), and shopping!!
My favorite hobby is reading. I am a special ed teacher and I love my half hour lunch because it means I can escape from my little chickens for a little while with a good book. My husband and I are currently trying for a babe. Fingers crossed it will happen soon 🙂
I love dancing, swimming, cooking and baking 🙂 I guess the last two are “necessary” but honestly I love it! I don’t have any kids yet, I’m a newlywed and that’s in our five year plan 🙂
Favorite hobby: anything health-related
Due Date: January 3!!
My favorite hobby is road biking with my husband and friends. I guess i would have to say my necessary hobby is making delicious healthy foods for my famil:) I have 1 step child who will be 11 this Saturday.
My favorite hobbies are cooking and running. My necessity hobby at the moment is teaching myself how to swim because I have an ankle injury and can’t run. I don’t always enjoy my pool workouts, but I get some satisfaction in knowing that I am developing a new skill 🙂
My fun hobbies = cooking, snuggling up watching movies, visiting trader joes, reading & yoga!
My not so fun hobbies = writing papers (seems to be a hobby now that i’m in grad school!)
& no kids.. but I would still love a snoogle!! 🙂
A necessary hobby for me…online gaming! When both my hubby and I were military (he still is, I am not) we were stationed half a country apart. He is a big time gamer and you run out of things to talk about on Skype. You gotta do what you gotta do- I ended up liking it and still play once in awhile!
Hobby i enjoy is baking and a necessary hobby is school work. I am still in high school so i dont have any kids yet but I am looking forward to being a mommy. (I just have to find the right guy.)
My favorite hobbies are reading and exercising. Unfortunately, I fall asleep more often than not when I’m reading (no matter how amazing the book is)! I never fall asleep exercising, but I definitely have trouble fitting it in now that my treadmill is busted 😛
I hate to admit it on a food blog, but as of right now my necessary hobby is cooking. I have the time, but I have so many other things to fit in that meal-planning and cooking with fresh ingredients can sometimes take a backseat. (I also don’t own a dishwasher, which is something that factors into the equation.)
The Snoogle looks so amazing. We’re planning to conceive within 1.5 years, so the thought of having something to cuddle with is comforting 😉
I love napping, sleeping, and snoring. JK about the last two. 🙂 I love napping, shoes, and my boyfriend/family. Man my boyfriend is going to hate if I win this – but I’m going to LOVE it!
I love to attend concerts and walk my dog!
My favorite hobbies are reading cookbooks, cooking, and baking!!
My son is 9 years old and we are trying for another baby (and I am working with a naturopath and loving the experience, thanks for sharing your wonderful experiences with us all, I really like your blog Gina!)
Ana
I love reading. I really want to be crafty but I never follow through. I am due July 9th and I love your advice on baby and preg stuff.
My favorite hobbies are cooking and working out. Both are the kind I love and very necessary 🙂
hobby ; dog training
boys, age 8 days and 26 mo
Favorite hobbies: reading, singing, photography, cooking and baking, and this is weird, but I really love making homemade laundry detergent. My little ones are in Heaven now, but I still think of the due dates as special. February 14, 2012 and June 10, 2012. It’s going to be tough to celebrate two different due dates next year, but I hope to do something to make it really special, because I know it will make them happy.
As a newlywed, you can probably guess one of my favorite hobbies, wink wink! (This hobby could lead to the use of that pillow quite soon!) All kidding aside, I love to play tennis, knit, run, and ski! It would be rockin’ to win that pillow because my hubbie works crazy hours as a surgical resident, so I am alone lots of nights. Would love “someone” to cuddle with when he sleeps at the hospital.
My fav hobby is writing short scripts…it’s fun to create characters and a whole, other life!
My hobby is getting fit. Not one thing in particular does “it” for me all the time but I really enjoy pushing the limits with weights, Zumba and spin for fun cardio, running when I’m in the mood. I LOVE doing fun activities with my man (husband), trying out whatever he is loving at the moment (usually mountain biking).
We have a 5 year old and a 2 year old, both boys. I’ve really enjoyed reading your pregnancy journey and can’t wait to hear about her arrival 🙂
I am an “old” mom, compared to many of your readers, as my “baby” will turn 21 (YEARS) next month. Wow! I don’t feel old enough to have an adult child! As far as my hobby, I guess the things that bring me the most joy are working in my yard, creating beauty with plants. Anything that gets me outside is the best for me.
My favorite hobby is wakking and playing with my dogs! Nothing better.
Hi!!
I love to teach my first graders! I enjoy hiking, spinning, hanging out with my husband and dogs! I also love surfing blogs for new recipes. I am getting a dehydrator for Christmas and have started making raw foods!
We don’t have kids yet but we’re looking forward to that. This giveaway is amazing!! Meanwhile I’ll live vicariously through you. Can’t wait to see your baby :).
Happiest holidays!
My favorite hobbies are cooking, reading, running, and yoga. I also knit some but, living in Texas, I have to give most of my scarves and things to relatives in colder states!
I’ve been eyeing the Snoogie with envy!
Cooking, reading and my newest hobby, Crossfit! I am like you; I do not enjoy knitting or crafting with my hands…total drudgery. I seriously can barely sew on a button. We have 4 human kids…17, 15, 14, and 12. Our son is 14…the rest are girls. Help us.
Zumba is a new hobby! Running and yoga fluctuate between ‘in love’ hobbies and necessary hobbies. Another necessary hobby right now? wedding planning aka sending out save the dates! I know I will be happy when they go out, but getting them out? dragging my feet is an understatement 🙂
My hobbies are pretty much all fitness and nutrition related – I LOVE trying new recipes and coming up with my own. It makes staying healthy so much more fun! I’m due on June 5th with our first baby. 🙂 I would lurve one of those lotion bars….can’t have Daddy coming home from deployment to find me covered in stretch marks now can we?
i LOVE knitting!!! but i am in canada so knitted goods are well used!
no hobbies that are necessary – if i don’t really like something, i spend as little time on it as possible.
thanks for the giveaway, gina!
The loves: Cooking and crafts. Love me some Trader Joe’s and Michael’s. 🙂
The “others”: Running. Love-hate relationship with this one.
I consider my nieces to be my daughters, I love them that much. 🙂 There’s a 19 year old, two 7 year olds, a 5 year old and two 2 year olds. My sister is kept busy!
Reading and writing are my favorite hobbies. Always have been.
My favorite hobbies are reading, playing with my dog, listening to music, surfing pinterest, painting, and so much more. We are currently trying to get pregnant, so I am anxious to see if that pillow is as amazing as what everyone else says!
Hmm, some hobbies I enjoy are reading (especially blogs!), experimenting with makeup and hair styles, and eating Mexican food (haha that’s probably not a hobby but I do it often enough)! A necessary hobby for me is probably studying (I start medical school next year)! I’m not pregnant but my cousin is due May 7th and I would love to throw in some extra special gifts with her Christmas presents!
My favorite hobbies are anything health & fitness related, blogging, cooking and baking:-) I would so love that lotion bar since I’m stretch mark prone. I will keep it in a safe spot until I’m pregnant!
My favourite hobbies are card making and scrapbooking! I don’t have any kids yet, but I’m getting married next year, so probably soonish!
My two favorite hobbies are cooking and crocheting! We are due with a baby girl on February 20th and we couldn’t be happier!
My favourite hobbies are e-reading, baking, and pilates. My necessary hobby is vegan baking because of my fiance’s severe lactose intolerance.
No little ones for me, but I’m getting married in exactly 100 days!
Congrats on your upcoming baby! Kids are the greatest! I have 2 fantastic girls – Kelsey and Kaitlyn. We love to swim and bake together.