Sometimes I feel like my blog focuses way too much on food. I didn’t initially start it to be a “food” blog per se; the food blog community found me! But I have so many interests other than food. CCK doesn’t just sit around and eat all day. Some of these other interests:
Arts-n-Crafts, like scrapbooking or making Africards:
Africards:
I sell the Africards to friends, family members, neighbors, and I also donate them to the local high school’s “Hope for Africa” club, so that we can raise money for The Enough Project, which is working to put a stop to Genocide. (The Africards also represent another interest: charity work/ helping others.)
A few years ago, I read an incredible book called “What is the What.” In high school, I’d learned about the Holocaust and other such atrocities that took place in the past… but for some reason, no one ever mentioned to me that disgusting acts like these are still taking place today. After reading the book (which talks about Genocide in The Sudan), I immediately knew I had to do something. I’m selling the cards for $5 (or a higher donation), which I know hardly helps in the grand scheme of things. But I am a big believer that every little thing you can do is better than nothing. The little things do add up.
Perhaps I need to write another post solely on Africards! For now, I’ll get back to the focus of this post: my non-food interests.
Decorating cake or cupcakes, like my sister’s Pink Princess Cake.
Or decorating anything, really– notebooks, tee shirts, even the furniture I took with me to college!
Being around animals, and My Veganism.
Nail art and crazy nail designs like my Watermelon Manicure.
Once, I did a candy-corn manicure too. Yes, I know candy corn isn’t vegan. Good thing I don’t bite my nails!
Learning about current events and history.
Photoshopping, running, dancing, tennis, soccer (basically just being active in general), sports (go Stars!), parties (especially theme parties), music, friends (and boys!!), grammar, linguistics, language, travel… See, there’s way more to my life than food.
What about you?
What are your other interests aside from food?
Hi! I’ve been reading your blog for a while without posting but I thought I might as well introduce myself now!
I recently started a blog which is about my life generally and my attempts to find a healthy mind and body place. So that’s one of my hobbies. I also love to read and to cook, and every now and then (especially now) I have a sudden obsession with baking – the unhealthier and more fattening the better!
I also love walking and hiking, photographing everything that moves – and most things that don’t – usually until the battery dies in my camera and I realise I forgot the charger…
I take a fair few holidays, and love to go on cruises. I think that’s about it for now, except that I am trying to get into running but discipline is a problem for me. Which also handicaps my efforts to write a novel – I’ve started several but finished none so far. Not giving up though!
And I love reading about nutrition, health and food!
“I didn’t initially start it to be a “food” blog per se, as my life is about so much more than what I eat” Even though the title of my blog reads “food adventures”, there’s more to my life than food and I like to share it with others 😀
I love traveling, fashion, dance, yoga, decorating/crafting, making art and videos, hanging out with friends and Matilda (my dog), researching things, reading, and daydreaming 😀
hey Katie! sorry im late in commenting and reading, physics has not been one of my interests! hah but i am so excited to hear about some of your other interests! i get excited reading anything you post =) some of my interests include kickboxing, martial arts (kenpo), reading, writing,dancing my heart out (to my own jams),blog reading ofcourse, spending time with family, friends, my dogs and scoping out cute boys haha. Don’t ever feel the need to talk about what you think “we” are all wanting to read, we love every thing that you post and everything about your blog =)
hey missy!
i love to hear whatever you have to say–you are an interesting person all around..i might even like your blog better if it wasn’t all about food 🙂
my blog is totally random and is really a way for me to share pics and updates with my friends and family in a super simple way…i have few followers and no pressure–i’m not great at writing or picture taking
i enjoy my kids the most of course–being outdoors, hanging with our farmyard of animals, finding death row dogs homes, and other outdoorsy type stuff–thanks for asking!
So, it would seem you have lied to us all with your name. In fact… only half of you is covered in chocolate, the other side is even cooler! Just like a pillow after you wake up to use the bathroom.
Well, other than pancakes, i would have to say im interested in singing/playing the guitar, going out to movies and going camping/hiking with a good group of friends.
Hey lovely!
Your scrapbooking skills are amazing 🙂
Hmm, I guess my other interests are musical theatre/theatre in general, Disney movies (the old-school kind, not High School Musical haha), running, yoga, reading (anything and everything), music (classic rock mostly, some new stuff), writing (I want to be a journalist/novelist someday!), film-making, veganism not related to food like you said (since it’s so much more than that), fashion, travel – especially to the US – and nutrition. Haha wow that’s a looong list… as for pressure to blog about food only, seeing as my blog’s only a baby right now I don’t really feel that. Either way I like to include other things in my posts than just me cooking food – like the story of how my mum and sister became vegetarian!
Oh, and here’s my email Katie since you asked 🙂
xx_liz@hotmail.com
Love you!
I forgot to tell you my interests yesterday, so I’ll tell you them now 🙂
Other than food, I like cross country and running in general, animals, especially big dogs, hiking/mountain climbing, and just being outside 🙂
CCV you rock!
although a huge percentage of my life revolves around food-its what i study in class, its what i do in my college clubs, its where i work, its everywhere. But I love love love running, and zumba and yoga, and dancing. And scrapbook journaling, and writing letters. and watching movies/going to shows with friends. and just wandering wherever my feet lead me!
have a lovely weekend!
I ran across this site randomly while looking for idea’s for my nephews first birthday cupcakes, and I just felt complelled to say that I’m sincerly concerned about your weight.. You look emaciated. I hope you can see how underweight you look. My best wishes
What a wonderful idea ! Food is not the only thing vegans think about. I am so fed up people around me introduce me as the vegan girl. I am more than that. I’ve got a name first of all and plenty of other interests than my vegan food life ! Can’t wait to see your other interests !
OMG I love your nails!!!!
I’m so glad you are going to post about other aspects of your life! I find I’m having a hard time posting *enough* about food. Since that’s the direction I want to take my career I thought a blog would be a great start, but now its just become a great chronicle of my time abroad so far–and you know what, I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Keep inspiring!
Talia
Many of my interests are the same as yours:
– vegenism and animals (I am vegan too, but not only in the diet meaning of the word. I have been on demonstrations agains bullfighting, for instance)
– nail art (although I play volleyball, I have long nails), -exercice (I have been a runner for 7 years and I have practiced yoga. But I love all kind of sports=D)
– photoshop (how I could not like it? Graphic design and webside design has been one of my hobbies since I was 11)
– I love languages. I speak four languages: Russian, Spanish, Catalan and English (or trying to do it, he he)….and travelling! I have been in Poland, France (Paris is amazing!), Prague and England. I would like to visit Japan and China someday.
-But I am not only interested in current history. Actually, I am doing my end of school research project about the Soviet Union and Russia nowadays.
I also love reading, painting, drawing (manga for a long time) and computer. And….writing veeery long comments xD
I love your blog regardless so I will read no matter what you choose to write about 🙂 I do feel pressure too sometimes on my blog, since its mainly food centered. But lately I have been compelled to blog more about other things, because like you said there is more to me and my life than just what i eat.
I am interestead in a bunch of things. I love to read and write, scrapbooking, cooking, yoga, working out, playing harvest moon (so addicting i swear!), spending time with family and friends. I also enjoy school work and just being lazy!
Enjoy your sunday
I don’t feel any pressure to do anything other than I do on my own blog. I want to have a food focused blog, with tidbits of my life thrown in for fun 🙂
As for other interests, oh, where would I even begin. But I know you know one of them – HOCKEY!!!!
Those Africards are really cool. Your designs are so pretty!
I used to make cards for other people all the time, basically as a way of reaching out and saying “you’re not alone.” I haven’t done it in a long time and I’ve really fallen off the wagon with my Letters of Love project, but I am going to make a strong effort to get back on track with it.
We should totally trade card making tips. 😀
Aww we are like long-lost twins! You know what would be really cool? A giant card-making party, filled with chocolate snacks :).