Hobbies!

If someone had asked me a couple of months ago what my hobbies were I would have replied "Um shopping and reading?".  I am starting to branch out and discover interests that have kind of always been there.  I have always considered myself as a fairly creative person.  I use to paint, draw, create crafts, and scrapbook in the past and always enjoyed it.  I went to Painting with a Twist a couple of months ago and just really fell in love with painting again.  (Note:  Painting the Peacock was not a success).  I did however paint two other things that turned out really well.  So the other day I went to Michael's and loaded up on paint supplies.  I have started my first painting and I am really excited.  I am definitely no Van Gogh but that's ok!

Anna has not been an easy child to photograph.  In the beginning she was always so grouchy and now she's happy but won't sit still for a second.  This results in blurred pictures or pictures of the back of her head.  Dave has not wanted to spend money to get a professional photographer and now my child is almost a year old and I have maybe a handful of decent pictures of her.  I told him the other day he was buying me a good high-speed camera so that I can take pictures of Anna.  Again photography was something else I enjoyed when I was younger.  My parents had a really good Canon camera and I would take pictures of everything including our ostriches and my grandfather's cows! I remember practicing with the different settings but having to wait until the film developed to see how the pictures turned out.  Thank God for digital now!  I haven't gotten my camera in yet but I am ready to take pics of my little flash baby.

Reading has always been the greatest hobby of mine and that has not changed.  I have phases where I will read for 3 months straight and then not read anything for like 2 months.  I love reading and I read all kinds of books.   I read educational books(mommy books), nonfiction(mostly stuff about the Holocost, cults or human rights, yes I am weird) and fiction.  I just ordered some new books from Amazon and I can't wait for them to come in.  Here is what I ordered:  "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro, "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Guen and "Night" by Elie Wiesel.  I also just bought "The Girl Who Played With Fire" at Target since I just finished the previous book in the series.  Currently I am reading "The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer.  Yes, I am a Twihard fan and I am so on Team Edward.