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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Hobbies I love: reading and running.
Hobbies of necessity: cooking. I find it much more enjoyable when I’m not in a time crunch after work and my husband and I can cook together.
My newest hobby obsession is Zumba!! I’m also a big fan of reading when I have the time… it really helps me relax and unwind from the busy workday.
I’m not expecting just yet, but we have just decided to start trying… so fingers crossed that these will be useful sooner rather than later!
Thanks Gina!!
Hobbies I love – cross-stitching and reading.
Three kids – 9 year old boy and 3 year old twin girls.
I’d love to try this lotion bar.
My favorite hobbies are running, practicing (and teaching) yoga and cooking/baking. My guilty pleasure hobby – following celebrity gossip/watching reality TV. Not expecting (yet) but would absolutely love a Snoogle. I used to have a body pillow when I was younger and it was amazing. Wish I still had it 🙂
Hobbies, reading, sewing, and crafting with my 3 year old son. I have my son as I’ve said, and I’m preggers with our second baby, and the snoogle would spool come in handy, I’ve been trying to wing it with a body pillow at nightbut its just not working. And the lotion bar sound awesome!
My hobbies are zumba, and cooking. We are expecting our first July 24th, 2012! I’m only about 9 weeks, but can already feel my alignment shifting. I can’t wait to get a snoogle!
My husband and I just started trying to get pregnant this month… hopefully I’ll need both items soon! 🙂
My hobbies are baking, cycling, and yoga.
I am into month 5 of TTC. I don’t sleep all that comfortably now. I crumple my blanket into a snoogle form and try to use that. Eventually, I will break down and get one. I would love love love to win one though! The lotion bar sounds right up my alley too.
Hobbies of love: running, cooking, reading
Hobbies of necessity: yard stuff (leaves, planting things, etc.), reading up on work-related issues when I’d much rather be reading your blog.
No due date here, but the snoogle looks AWESOME, and I’m very curious about the lotion bar.
I enjoy photography, I just got my first proffessional nikon camera a year ago and really want to take some photography classes.
I posted a comment via my iphone this morning, but it looks like it didn’t go through. Or maybe it was too long so you cut it? Here it is again but vastly condensed:
Hobby I love: Knitting, Designing greeting cards, Party Planning, Anything Crafts
Hobby of Necessity: Cooking
I’m not preggers, but every time I see you post about your Snoogle it makes me want to try it.
Hobbies I enjoy: sewing, running, reading, eating (does that count?)
My husband and I do not have any children yet, but we have a very spoiled dog!! I’d love to try the lotion bar and am always looking for a something to snuggle up to since my husband is in the Marines and is away a lot.
Hobbies I love – running, reading, blogging, eating.
Hobbies of necessity – photography, cooking, shopping (haha, who am I kidding, I love this one too).
No kiddos, just really would love a big pillow to snoogle.
My hobbies are reading, knitting, cooking and baking! Hobby of necessity – DIY and renovating our house. That one is kind of growing on me though. 🙂
I am due July 12 with my first baby, and have been thinking seriously about getting a snoogle lately! I cannot make a regular pillow fit where I want it to… haha…
Fun giveaway, thanks!
Well, I’m due August 18, 2012 (yes it’s still REALLY early) and I could use both the lotion bar AND the Snoogle. My hobbies are crafting stuff I find on Pinterest and reading.
Oh yes!
My favorite hobbies include blogging, reading, shopping. 🙂
I actually kind of enjoy scrap booking when I’m in the right mood.
I have been drooling over your snoogle! I have a body pillow. It a snoogle would be awesome. My due date is March 6.
my hobby is ready, i love it! I’m not pregnant but my best friend is and a snoogle is unfortunately not in her budget right now so I’d love to pass it on to her!
reading….my hobby is reading…perhaps I should incorporate proofreading into my hobby time
My hobby is cooking- I just love it! I just announced today on my blog that we are due July 13, 2012! I would love a snoogle and it is on my “to get” list but hasn’t been checked off yet.
A necessary hobby is studying yuck! Nursing school makes that a hobby! Other hobbies is reading, shopping, and blogging!!
My favorite hobbies are rowing and playing mandolin. And crafting, and cooking, and going for walks lol. I’ve had to develop lots of hobbies while I’m having my gap year, just to stay sane. 🙂
I love exercising and reading…though sometimes reading becomes necessary….
I usually have a start/stop relationship with hobbies, but the ones I’ve seemed to stick with are running, hiking, yoga and homebrewing. My wife is due in July and I know she would just love to win the snoogle so she doesn’t have to prop up a whole bunch of pillows all around her!
Favorite hobbies: Running, reading (broke my Kindle two days ago, and freaked because I had no real books readily available!)
Necessary hobbies: Home renovations!
Due Date: June 5th!!!!
My #1 favorite hobby is reading. If I don’t have a good book to read, I get disoriented and anxious, haha. My sister and I used to get in trouble for reading at the dinner table during meals. I have a similar “necessary” hobby as you: photography. I have a super nice Canon Rebel, but don’t have the patience to learn about it, so I’m not using it to its full potential.
Not a mom yet, but I have 2 adorable nephews, Will (3 on Jan. 7) and Ryan (1 month old!). My friend is pregnant and has a Snoogle, and I’ve tried it out- amazing!
Hobbies:
Running lifting jazzercise and soccer. I love to be crafty.
Not as fun:
Washington my car once a week, by hand. It’s black. Nothing looks better but its a process.
Hobbies of love: swimming, running, biking, baking, reading (when I have time… )
Hobbies of necessity: hmmm…. not sure I have one… feeling like an underachiever right now!
My sister is having her baby around January 11th and I would love to get her a snoogle!
You seriously have the best give aways ever. I would say working out is a hobby I enjoy, and one of necessity since it’s the best rememdy to balance my diabetes, and if I am being honest I don’t ALWAYS love it. I am 22 weeks pregnant, due on April 21st!! It’s our first baby too, and it’s a little girl <3
My Hobbies of Love: drawing, painting, designing, organizing, travel, and cooking
My Hobbies of Necessity: studying, laundry, cleaning, yard work, and grocery shopping
No kiddos yet, but we’re hoping to start trying early next year! 🙂
Otherwise, I have several nieces and nephews that I love to spoil!
Oh my, I would love a snoogle. I’m 24 weeks(due in April) and my pelvis/hips are killing me and have been for a month already 🙁 I have two kids, a 4 year old boy and a 2 year old girl 🙂
Painting, skiing, kayaking…and out of necessity…cooking. My sister is expecting her first (little girl) on February 3rd and is having a horrible time sleeping right now. I would love to give her the Snoogle!
My favorite hobby is running and thankfully at 24 weeks I have still been able to do it, slowly, but still out there!
Fun hobbies: reading, baking
Hobbies of necessity: working out (I have the world’s slowest metabolism!)
Great giveaway! Perfect things 🙂 I’ve been thinking about making my own bars, so if you come across a recipe that looks similar to what you have there, I’d love to make it a necessary hobby!! 😀
Fun Hobbies: Edible landscaping (gardening), garage sale-ing/thrifting, and creative cooking- Like learning how to dehydrate a new raw food, make a classic dish “raw”, baking gluten free foods, Zumba and reading.
Hobbies of necessity: Sewing (I so want to like it! I Do! ), teaching preschool, green cleaning, and projects around the house like painting.
We have a 3 year old at home and are very blessed to be expecting #2 in June. I was having all kinds of health problems, and going gluten free/eating more raw combined with ridding our home of toxins finally balanced by body out enough to get (and stay!) pregnant again. Hurray!
My #1 hobby is going to Barnes and Noble. Im not sure if this counts but its my favorite thing to do. I grab a mocha, find a comfy chair, and read ANYTHING I WANT. Im due June 13th and have been fantazing about the snoogle.
haha, my favorite hobby is knitting. Seriously. It’s relaxing and I live in the NE so it’s also somewhat of a necessity hobby if I really want to justify it some more. 🙂 no kidlets yet but I enjoy hearing about your experience with pregnancy.
My hobbies are: Cross-stitch, baking, cooking, reading, and learning to appreciate running and working out.
My fiance and I are getting married next year (7-7-2012) we don’t have kids yet and don’t have any plans for when we will start having them; however, I love pillows especially body pillows. My fiance says I like to build a pillow fort around me in bed haha.
my favorite FAVORITE hobby is reading. i could curl up with a book and get lost in it for hours! i’m also learning to love photography! my husband just got me a new camera (a dslr!) and i am one of those ppl who is having a blast playing with aperture and shutter speed, etc! i’m taking a class on photography next month and am beyond exciting about improving my skills.
a necessary hobby: i can’t think of any! haha, i guess i’m lucky enough to love all of my hobbies!
exercise is my hobby and i enjoy cooking healthy meals too! i would love to win this for my daughter in law who is expecting in April.
I love cooking, hiking, swimming and movie watching. My due date is July 15th…and this is my first time I’m announcing my pregnancy online : )
My hobbies are reading, kickball, soccer, blogging, writing.
What a fun giveaway, thanks!
xoxo
My hobbies include reading up about my little one who’s soon to be born, BAKING, and prior to modified bed-rest – Working out!! I’m due January 27th with my first baby! Not sure if he’s a he or if she’s a she…but either way – I cannot wait!!!!
fun- running, reading, baking and shopping
not so fun- scrapbooking, organizing, cleaning my kitchen
I’m due April 23rd with my first baby…a boy!
Hi there – Thanks for such a great blog! I love your fitness tips and recipies.
My favorite hobbies are fitness (running, lifting weights, bike commuting and yoga), reading, writing poetry, and researching (any subject). I’m not pregnant – I was diagnosed with POF in 2009 – but hope to so some day. I suffer from insomnia and would love to have a snoogle!
My hobbies are reading healthy living/eating blogs, nutrition books, looking up healthy recipes…and trying to put it all to use in me and my husband’s lives.
No kids yet…but thinking about it in the next 1-2 years.
I love anything fitness related, cooking, travel and photography! I am due February 5 with my first – it’s a girl!
My hobbies are running, hiking, and spending time with my hubby/friends/family. We are expecting our little one on May 18th and just found out it’s a BOY! It’s baby #1 for us 🙂 I would love to win that snoogie! Sleeping is getting harder and harder.
hobbies: reading, exercising, cooking, baking
necessary hobbies: making my bed every morning (i dislike getting into a messy bed at night and dishes…
such a fun giveaway :o)
My favorite hobby is definitely cooking and baking…. but another favorite is working out, so the two balance each other out!
Love love love running which leads to sore hips so a snoogle pillow would be awesome! I thought about getting one, but can’t seem to justify it while not preggers. *Hoping* 2012 is our year for said baby. Hobbies: reading (Twlight series!! and anything romantic and real-life escaping), yoga (love HOT yoga), walks with the hubby and our Teddy Bear pup Ted. Congrats on your almost-here little one – you look great!!!