Oh She Glows just celebrated her 9th birthday! Can you believe it" (I know, I know, where is the cake" I didn?t plan this very well, did I" I promise you today?s recipe is a keeper even if it?s not covered in frosting. Do you think cheese-covered will do the trick"!)
Many moons ago, in October 2008, Eric looked at me and said, ?Ange, you need a hobby!? I was hunched in front of my computer poring over research. We?d just returned from our honeymoon, and I was already stressed out over all the catch-up work that was waiting for me at home.
At the time, I was a master?s student wrapping up my thesis, and also working full-time as a researcher. To say I was feeling burned out is an understatement. I definitely hadn?t been making time for fun. When Eric asked me what hobbies I had, I honestly couldn?t think of anything outside my daily gym sessions. ?I?m not sure if working out counts?.? he?d say. My only downtime was a weekly night out at a local bar?hardly restorative, though it did feel that way briefly! So I took Eric?s advice (a rare occurrence, he says), and that same week hit publish on my very first Oh She Glows blog post! This blog became a place for me to have fun, explore, write my heart out, try new things, and just get out of ?research mode? for a bit. Still, I expected that I would blog for a couple weeks and grow tired of it, but I tapped into something that had been hiding deep below the surface for many, many years…my creativity! OH...