OT: Hobbies?
Carola
Anyway, I don't remember if we've had this OT before, but I was just
wondering what hobbies / hobby's you and your DH's have.
Mine:
reading
television / movies
internet (mostly e-bay and newsgroups)
flee markets
scrapbooking (as of lately and addicted in a HUGE way!)
oh, and vacationing in Italy of course! LOL!
Pieter's:
SF movies
music (listening, composing, going to concerts etc)
cooking (lucky me!); mostly Italian
and yes, vacationing in Italy.
Anyone?
Carola (bummed that scrapbook material is sooooo expensive here!)
Megan
(read 1-2 books a week, instead of watching TV), internet (Ebay and
NG's, too), my mother's groups, cooking, camping and the beach.
DH has so little time, but I guess his hobbies would be fire fighting,
motorcycles (he used to race dirt bikes in hs younger years and has a HD
now), camping and doing things around the house. (is that a hobby?? LOL)
Oh, and I love flea markets and gargae sales too! My Mom and I have a
Mother's Day out on Friday and we are doing garage sales, lunch and then
stopping at a local bead shop to make some jewelery.
~Megan~
"Mama" to twins,
Aidan & Alexis
Sindir
powered HPI Savage SS 4.6 Big Block and DH has a XTM Mammoth. Both are
monster trucks and weigh about 13 pounds each. DS has an electric powered
Traxxas Rustler and Grandma has an electric powered Traxxas Spirit. Both
are stadium trucks. DH and I are trying to turn our hobby into a business,
but not having any luck so far.
DH also enjoys ham radio and has his technician's license. I also enjoy
quilting, when I can find the time.
Sindir
"Carola" <car...@syncmusic.nl> wrote in message
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-L.
Carola wrote:
> Or is it hobby's?
Hobbies. Hobby's is possessive. "Her hobby's cost was much too
expensive." You wouldn't normally use "hobby's".
For me:
I like to make pottery but don't have access to a kiln anymore.
Bird watching (now mainly "bird watching" by sound - I can't see well
enough now.)
Flower gardening
Cooking - albeit it is more a need than a hobby now.
knitting
snorkeling - this is my *most* favorite thing to do
hiking
reading - almost exclusively non-fiction
DVD & CD collecting
activism
DH:
Sci-fi anything
hiking
activism
DVD & CD collecting
computer games - sim-oriented sci-fi games where you create a civ and
dominate the galaxy/Universe
anything Drew Barrymore
-L.
MareCat
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>
> I like to make pottery but don't have access to a kiln anymore.
This is my dad's new passion, now that he's retired. He's been taking
several pottery courses at the local university where he used to teach,
and this summer he's taking a pottery class at Alfred U. during the
month of July (he'll be residing locally while taking the course). He's
always sending me (and all of my brothers) several pieces of pottery
(which is fine with me ;).
Mary
MareCat
>
> Anyway, I don't remember if we've had this OT before, but I was just
> wondering what hobbies / hobby's you and your DH's have.
Mine:
- Cooking (although, like Lyn, it's not so much of a hobby now as a
necessity)
- The Internet (I'm sure all of us would include this one! ;)
- Biking (latest favorite sport; we've been having so much fun exploring
all of the paved trails--150 miles of 'em!--that wind through the
various "villages" and subdivisions in our suburb)
- Hiking
- Soapmaking (although I haven't had much extra time for it lately)
- Traveling
DH's:
- Running (he's been running for about 12 years now and has run 5
marathons, but he blew out his ACL 9 years ago, and he's been having
problems with that knee lately)
- Biking
- Hiking
- Reading
- Computer games
- The Internet (especially political websites)
- Traveling
- Sci-Fi anything
- Civil War and WWII (he's a huge History Channel fan and has TiVoed
everything on these two historical events, and he owns several DVD sets)
- DVD collecting
- Geocaching (a new thing, something we're hoping to do more as a family
when Rayna gets older)
Mary
Megan
Jo
animal rescue, finding new ways to make crabby people smile (DH always
likes that one).
DH are eating my cooking, music, gardening, movies, history / archeology.
Together we play games, computer, board and card, walking, our dogs,
learning new things, building pc's to do stupid things, making up stupid
songs, finding new ways to entertain each other so it changes constantly,
reading and studying together.
Jo
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Karlisa
lately. :-)
Sewing--my passion. I have a sewing room set up with a large cutting table,
2 dress forms, a serger, a sewing machine, pressing area and an extensive
fabric collection. I don't know how it does it, but fabric just seems to
follow me home from the store.
Knitting--I get more revved up about knitting as the weather cools. I have
been knitting baby hats for charity lately and putting them in a box to send
to Caps for Kids. I also plan on making baby quilts for charity after my
life settles down a bit.
Baking--hate to cook but love to bake! I used to make decorated cakes as a
hobby but it's difficult to find the time these days.
Music--unfortunately, I don't get to pursue this as much as I did before I
had kids.
Reading--still don't have as much time to devote to this pastime as I used
to.
DH:
basketball, boating, waterskiing, gardening, hogging the computer, selling
everything that isn't nailed down on e-bay and photography
lisa
micksmom
Susan
Reading
Writing
Sewing
Yoga
Hiking
Cooking
Theater (dh and I manage a theater co in ky--I might say this is
more than a hobby to me)
Movies
DH:
Writing (although I think he would say this was more than a hobby)
Running
Fantasy sports (yuck)
Movies
It's funny cuz some of these things deserve to be called passions rather
than hobbies but...
kathy....@sun.com
any hobbies." My hobby is usenet! Besides that dh and I do kids and
our own real estate investment business all the time. Parts of it are
no fun like when we have to evict a tenant, but parts like acquiring
new properties are really fun.
I never did very good at having hobbies. I tried flower arranging at
one point, but I am sooo practical to the core, and it seemed wasteful
of my time and effort to me. But I guess usenet is the exception. I
am addicted to my groups.
KC
-L.
MareCat wrote:
> - Geocaching (a new thing, something we're hoping to do more as a
family
> when Rayna gets older)
>
> Mary
Oooh...there was a cache in the park down the street from me. It's a
wilderness park, and very densely wooded. Some kids found the cache
and trashed it - left the log book sitting out on the trail. I found
it and couldn't figure out what it was for the *longest* time. I was
sorta bummed someone runined the game for the ones who wanted to find
it. It has something like 35 people logged in the log.
-L.
-L.
MareCat wrote:
>
> This is my dad's new passion, now that he's retired. He's been taking
> several pottery courses at the local university where he used to
teach,
> and this summer he's taking a pottery class at Alfred U. during the
> month of July (he'll be residing locally while taking the course).
He's
> always sending me (and all of my brothers) several pieces of pottery
> (which is fine with me ;).
>
> Mary
Glad your Dad likes it. It's a great stress reducer. :) I started in
HS and then took it each semester in school - and later taught at the
Art Center in Indy as a student teacher. A local University is an
excellent way to begin to learn.
-L.
-L.
Karlisa wrote:
> I used to have many more hobbies, but time for myself is hard to come
by
> lately. :-)
>
> Sewing--my passion. I have a sewing room set up with a large cutting
table,
> 2 dress forms, a serger, a sewing machine, pressing area and an
extensive
> fabric collection. I don't know how it does it, but fabric just
seems to
> follow me home from the store.
>
> Knitting--I get more revved up about knitting as the weather cools.
I have
> been knitting baby hats for charity lately and putting them in a box
to send
> to Caps for Kids. I also plan on making baby quilts for charity
after my
> life settles down a bit.
OK - how do you find time with *2* babes? I haven't knit but maybe one
row on DS's romper since we brought him home!
-L.
whodunit
Website design
Digital photography/camcorder/photoshop design
interior design (I'm starting to see a pattern here!)
scrapbooking
knitting
crocheting
counted cross stitch
embroidery
Bible study
sci-fi books, movies, tv shows
soap operas (ABC)
piano
guitar
just learning about editing home movies with Windows Movie Maker
watercolor painting
acrylic painting
oil painting
calligraphy
stamping
writing poetry/short stories
designing/sewing clothes for Maya
Making baby blankets/booties/hats for friends, relatives, charity
genealogy/family tree
Oy, the right half of my brain is hurting. ;-)
Carolyne in TX, who wishes she had more time to devote to some of
these, but Maya comes first
whodunit
He stays pretty busy with his computer work, but
when he has time off he likes:
Playing with Maya
Investments/Retirement funds
Playing with Maya
Investments/Retirement funds
Watching soccer games on tv/at the park across the street
Investments/Retirement funds
Reading spy/Cold War novels/watching movies of same
Investments/Retirement funds
Learning more about Linux and threatening to erase my Windows
and put Linux on my computer (them's fighting words!!!)
I think that about covers it.
-L.
whodunit wrote:
> >
> Oops, forgot DH's:
> He stays pretty busy with his computer work, but
> when he has time off he likes:
>
> Playing with Maya
> Investments/Retirement funds
> Playing with Maya
> Investments/Retirement funds
> Watching soccer games on tv/at the park across the street
> Investments/Retirement funds
> Reading spy/Cold War novels/watching movies of same
> Investments/Retirement funds
> Learning more about Linux and threatening to erase my Windows
> and put Linux on my computer (them's fighting words!!!)
>
> I think that about covers it.
Gee, Carolyne, we are married to the same guy. :) Replace "Maya" with
"J", and you've got it! It's that Engineer thing they have goin'
on....
BTW, Linux is *much* better than Microsoft, and you can install a
Microsoft interface for your regular Microsoft programs you run. Linux
will be invisible.
-L.
Jo
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This is why Mark and I build machines together. He is putting Linux on one
of them, but I am looking forward to it. I am rusty with it and I would
like to promote any company that gives it's OS and software for free. :) I
just got rid of a ton of Linux books this week.
Make him build a seperate machine. (Or you could do a dual OS on the
machine so he has to boot up to Linux to use it)
Jo
MareCat
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> What's geocaching??
http://www.geocaching.com/faq/
I haven't gotten into it yet, but DH has found a few caches in our area.
(He just LOVES his new GPS.)
Mary
whodunit
<looks around anxiously for DH>
Shhhh! Don't give him any ideas! ;-)
Last time he tried to put linux on my machine, he lost *EVERYTHING*!!
Good thing we made backup disks. Grrr. Now I'm afraid to let him near
my computer. He has his own to play with (though Maya's mostly taken it
over) and his work laptop to keep him busy. I like it that way. ;-)
>
> -L.
>
whodunit
Already did, in California, when he messed up my computer. :-)
Maya's pretty much taken his over though, since he's gotten a
laptop from work to bring home. He's teaching *her* linux!
I think I'm too old to learn new tricks! ;-)
>
> Jo
>
>
Jo
You are not too old! That is great Maya is learning it! We were just
talking about that yesterday. We want the kids to be ahead of the game as
well.
I am always amazed at hearing how the fathers / partners are so involved
in the kids lives in the group, but now I will experience that for myself
and I am looking forward to having a dual parent family. :)
Jo
Carola
> Website design
> Digital photography/camcorder/photoshop design
> interior design (I'm starting to see a pattern here!)
> scrapbooking
> knitting
> crocheting
> counted cross stitch
> embroidery
> Bible study
> sci-fi books, movies, tv shows
> soap operas (ABC)
> piano
> guitar
> just learning about editing home movies with Windows Movie Maker
> watercolor painting
> acrylic painting
> oil painting
> calligraphy
> stamping
> writing poetry/short stories
> designing/sewing clothes for Maya
> Making baby blankets/booties/hats for friends, relatives, charity
> genealogy/family tree
WOW! Now I see why you'd need your own room for all that!
I wish I had a hobby room. I did, but it's Foday's room now. Oh well,
he's more important. :o)
Carola
whodunit
I've got tons of stuff leftover from teaching, from taking college art/
computer classes, working for a year at an art store where the manager
gave me tons of free samples that were taking up too much space in her
little office, genealogy stuff, sewing supplies (I've got 2-3 big tubs
full of balls of yarn), fabric--yes, I definitely needed my own space!
:-)
Here's some before pictures:
http://tinyurl.com/c63de
I've been working on the hobby room a little every day, and it's still
messy, but at a point where I at least know where stuff is, and I can
sit down at the table and get some work done on scrapbook pages.
Eventually I'll have it neater, but until Maya's back in school, I can't
work on it very long without a lot of interruptions.
Carolyne in TX
Carola
>
> I've got tons of stuff leftover from teaching, from taking college art/
> computer classes, working for a year at an art store where the manager
> gave me tons of free samples that were taking up too much space in her
> little office, genealogy stuff, sewing supplies (I've got 2-3 big tubs
> full of balls of yarn), fabric--yes, I definitely needed my own space!
> :-)
>
> Here's some before pictures:
> http://tinyurl.com/c63de
> I've been working on the hobby room a little every day, and it's still
> messy, but at a point where I at least know where stuff is, and I can
> sit down at the table and get some work done on scrapbook pages.
> Eventually I'll have it neater, but until Maya's back in school, I can't
> work on it very long without a lot of interruptions.
>
> Carolyne in TX
Wow, that is one big room with a LOT of stuff!
I would really love to have a lot of scrapbooking stuff but it's really
expensive here compared to the US.
So I just go slow and buy a little bit at a time.
Gotta save up for adoption. ;o)
Carola
whodunit
Tammy
Scrabble and amuse DH with my not very good billard playing abilities.
DH collects DVDs and CDs. Plays billards, putters around in his
woodshop, plays PS2, even though the kids have taken it over and
sleeping.
Tammy
Carola
Hmmmmm. It's gonna be quite difficult to find a dollar store in The
Netherlands! LOL!
I sure wish we had Euro stores! ;o)
Carola
~C~
>
> Anyway, I don't remember if we've had this OT before, but I was just
> wondering what hobbies / hobby's you and your DH's have.
>
> Mine:
>
> reading
> television / movies
> internet (mostly e-bay and newsgroups)
> flee markets
> scrapbooking (as of lately and addicted in a HUGE way!)
> oh, and vacationing in Italy of course! LOL!
>
>
> Pieter's:
>
> SF movies
> music (listening, composing, going to concerts etc)
> cooking (lucky me!); mostly Italian
> and yes, vacationing in Italy.
>
>
> Anyone?
>
> Carola (bummed that scrapbook material is sooooo expensive here!)
>
I can get supplies wholesale, I would send them to you, but with the duties
and taxes, it will cost more than you are paying right now. Unless you want
to come and visit, then you can take a whole suitcase of stuff home!!!
~C~
Carola
> and taxes, it will cost more than you are paying right now. Unless you want
> to come and visit, then you can take a whole suitcase of stuff home!!!
>
> ~C~
Now THAT sounds like the plan!
Carola
Jamie Clark
cabinets at Home Depot or Lowes, in various colors, with or without doors
(although I'd get doors so that it looks neater). You need to use that
wallspace! Get stuff off the floors and off the tables!
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whodunit
> You need shelving on those walls -- you can get pretty inexpensive upper
> cabinets at Home Depot or Lowes, in various colors, with or without doors
> (although I'd get doors so that it looks neater). You need to use that
> wallspace! Get stuff off the floors and off the tables!
Well, I'm fortunate in that there is a HUGE storage closet in the hall
just outside the hobby room, with floor to ceiling shelves built in...I
also purchased several inexpensive bookshelves and I've put those in the
closet in the hobby room, and some in the big closet as well. I've got
some large tubs that I'm storing under the work tables, there's no room
for them in the closet really, but I may pull one of the bookshelves and
try something different tomorrow...there *is* a lot of wall space and
I'm planning on putting up some shelves in there, or getting some of
those stacking shelves and putting those on the table and bracketing
them to the walls in case I need the tables elsewhere. I probably should
paint the hobby room first though.
So many ideas, so little time. *sigh*
Thanks for the tips, Jamie! :-)
Carolyne in TX
Jamie Clark
you need while you are working, to get it up off your tables. Plus, you can
keep your craft, design and gardening books in view. Get those bins up off
the floor -- makes it look cleaner and neater when you can run the vacuum
around unencumbered...
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Jake Mysterio
having children I had a passion for glass painting and loom bead work but
just never seem to get there now. DH also loves karate same belt as me. He
spends half his life on the net playing diablo II and the other half either
at karate or in front of the tv GRRRRR wish he would help raise the kids
every now and then! Although I will admit he is pretty good if I ASK him to
do something, but if i dont ask he wont realise it needs doing.
Cheri
Mum to Sean and Jasmine (3yrs)
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