Cozy this .... and this....and this......

I am a crafter.. it's my hobby. I have done crafting for as long as I can remember. As a crafter, I know how to knit and crochet. I like doing both, buy my favorite to do is crocheting. I think I like the look of knitting better, but prefer to crochet. At any rate, it seems as though knitting and crochet have undergone a real renaissance, and particularly crocheting.

As a member of Pinterest, I have board for crochet that gets fuller and fuller everyday. I am not sure when I think I am going to make all these things, but I keep collecting them anyhow. As I look through Pinterest and also Stumble, I have found that there is a 'crochet movement' that is making cozies for very weird and large things. I have looked at many of them online. It is quite amazing, really!

When I thought of doing this post, I started looking for examples of this phenomenon, and found plenty; but believe me there are many more that I have seen that I wish I could include. I was trying to think of anything that I could make a cozy for, but decided to leave this for the marathon crocheters. I will just keep making my little flowers, doilies and scarves. But a great big Yahoo to those who keep the world "cozy'd".

Wasabi Peas Please

I have developed a fondness for a very strange item, considering that I am not a fan of spicy food. I am lovin' me some wasabi peas. My first contact was in the snack shop at work, where they have several bulk snack mixes. One of those has wasabi peas in them. I generally am not particularly fond of having spicy food. My opinion always has been"why would I want to eat something that makes my mouth burn and makes me sweat and my nose run and my face get all red?"

However, these little gems are just small enough and have just enough spice that I am really enjoying them. When I first ate them, I called them wasabi balls, because I didn't know what they were exactly. When I found out they were peas with wasabi on them, I said "they can't be peas - I don't like peas!"

Well, they are peas and I do like them. I bought them at the grocery today along with some sesame stix and made up my own simple little mix. By the way - 55 wasabi peas is 130 calories. Not too bad!!