I love quotes, some people just know how to get to the matter in a few clear words. One quote I really like is: What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. Buddha  Another one of my favorites is: Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible” Audrey Hepburn If you like these quotes, you can find more on my new board “quotes” on Pinterest.

Last year in kindergarten Lisa and her classmates made a book with the title: When I grow up… Every kindergartner got his/her own page in the book. On her page of the book Lisa wrote: I want to be a princess. I will have a long dress (okay, her exact words were: I want to be a prisess. I wil have a long dras). It’s wonderful to see the uncomplicated dreams of children, not being limited by all kinds of beliefs about why they wouldn’t be able to become whatever it is they desire.

Another makeover project I recently finished is this footstool. Unfortunately I didn’t take a good before picture, because I couldn’t wait to get started 🙂 . I only have some pictures of the underside of the stool (just in case I wouldn’t know how to put it back together).   Well, I think it gives a pretty good idea of how ugly it was. So, I started to dissect the footstool, until there was nothing more left than 4 legs, a piece of wood and some foam.

A couple of months ago I bought a small table and a chest of drawers for Lisa’s room from Craigslist. They were… not very special. In fact, Mr. M. thought I had lost my mind buying junk and made me promise that I would get rid of them if my plan for them wouldn’t work out. Yeah, sure, whatever… I was pretty confident it would work out 🙂 .

Lisa of course (though in a couple of years it may possibly the l for leave 🙂 ). I saw this letter on pinterest and thought it was so cut and decided I was going to make one for Lisa. All it took was some glasspearls, light rose wire, ribbon and a couple of minutes of my time.

he other day I made a chocolate cake out of chickpeas and had some friends try it. They liked it and wanted to know the recipe. Since I thought I could improve the recipe, I made a new one on Monday. I thought it came out better than the original recipe, but unfortunately Mr. M. rated it no higher than: edible. Hmmm, could have been worse, but still, not what I was going for.

A couple of weeks ago I made ponchos for Lisa and myself. They were really easy to make and they’re so comfy and handy. We love ‘m! Thanks to Nicolette I now finally have a picture of us in our ponchos.

This week I’ve been experimenting with some cake/muffin recipes. I’m still hoping to one day create a more or less healthy treat that Mr. M. also loves to eat. So, on Monday I tried banana chocolate cake, I liked it. However, both Mr. M. and Lisa didn’t. So yesterday I tried chocolate cake made out of chickpeas. Chickpeas, really? Yeah, really, who would have thought! I was a little bit afraid it wouldn’t work out since chickpeas have a rather distinctive taste, but it turned out to be surprisingly tasty.

I just finished reading “Mind over medicine” by Lissa Rankin, which I found to be really interesting. I strongly belief in the connection between mind and body and after reading this book possibly even more. When I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, my gastroenterologist told me I would have to take medicines for the rest of my life. I wasn’t too happy when he said that, and already having read stories of other people diagnosed with Crohn’s disease where the disease went into (total) remission, I was convinced that someday it should be possible to get off of the medicines.

Ever since school started early September I’ve been very busy, but somehow I still don’t seem to have a lot of time to bead (sounds familiar, anyone?). However, I managed to experiment a little with making wire beads. Basically it comes down to rolling wire into coils and then do the same with the coils. After a little experimenting I was quite happy with how my copper bead turned out.