It seems like everyone is out of the country at the moment, and on Thursday that will include Aral as he goes off to SXSW in Austin TX. The traveling seems to be getting easier and I think it has a lot to do with being happier within myself and getting on with my own things. I was feeling quite down after Amsterdam, I think the whole atmosphere of the place got me down. I have been crafting quite a bit which I think has helped a lot. I made a necklace when I was visiting my Mum at the weekend and I was pleasantly surprised with the results.
I go through phases of wanting to cook, and I am definitely there right now. However nice it is to eat out, nothing replaces proper home cooked food. After traveling and eating out a lot recently my body is craving simple healthy food. Restaurant portions are much larger than they should be, I never finish a main dish and if I come close I often feel much too full afterwards. Restaurant food is also much saltier and richer than is good for you on a daily basis. However saying all this, most of my favorite foods are pretty bad for me (lots of butter and sugar) so I am trying to cut chocolate and overly processed sugary foods out of my diet.
I had a bad baking urge today, and so I made Orange Muffins. This may seem to go back on what I just said about cutting out bad sugary foods, but the difference is I made these myself, I know exactly what is in them, they are actually quite savory and don’t have much sugar or fat in them and I made them with half wholemeal flour. The most important thing of course is they are really yummy, and much better for me than the partially hydrogenated fat and additives in the chocolate cornflake square that I usually have from Starbucks.
These Orange Muffins are from a Nigella Lawson recipe, they are meant as breakfast muffins, and I am going to save some for tomorrow morning 
I am working on a pattern for a triangle beach top. I have knitted the triangles for the top, so now I am working on the bottom part of the top. I think I might line the finished creation with pretty fabric, I’ll let you know how it works out.
I finally found time and inspiration enough to take photos of my modified clothing, and I have put four of my creations on Etsy and I am still up loading the rest. It took me a long time to take the pictures as I had to use a self timer and tripod, which meant lots of running back and forth.
