oldplacesnofinds said:
Have a couple kids. That will lower your list of hobbies in a hurry.
Not for me....my three kids inspired many of the hobbies I do have.
Captain Wolfe said:
I like scuba, playing music, sailing, flying, buiding/working on boats/planes, art of illusion, history, caving, mountain climbing...
If anyone wants to talk about my hobbies feel free to post or cantact me. I always enjoy learning more.
If you have a hobby you think I'd be interested in, let me know, I also enjoy learning something new!
Genealogy is my first love, my first hobby...I live, eat, breathe, sleep it....I can't go anywhere, either in town or when on vacation, driving down the road...without thoughts of genealogy. I love going to cemeteries and taking pics of the headstones, esp those small MOM & POP cemeteries...I love recording history. I love meeting people...by the time we part, I may have taken abit of your family history with me!!!! I didn't like history in school...but genealogy has opened my eyes to history....and people make the history...I love researching my family and putting them in a place of history....it's exciting and thrilling! My dau has Native American roots on her father's side and my boys have a famous family name from the Outer Banks!
Archeaology: even though I never went to school to learn this art....I love to participate or just sit back and watch digs being done. I find it fascinating and exciting the items they pull from the ground. We are avid Jamestown Fans and are always there checking out the newest digs. Even though it's been awhile since we did go....we were there when they were digging up things from the well...OMG...totally awesome! We checked out their new museum as well. My dau even found a piece of MING CHINA, confirmed by Dr. Kelso when the digs first started. Have lots of pics of when it was first started and from each visit we have been back to see. Never to late to go back to school and have been revisiting this thought to learn archeaology!!
Cross-stitching is another I love. I love making Christmas Stockings...personalized...for family and friends to cherish forever! Infact, I have a few made already, set aside to add my grandbabies names when they start arriving...my dau is 22...so I figure my first one should arrive within the next 5 years!!! LOL (with 3 kids, I expect atleast 3 grandbabies from each one!)
Boy Scout and Cub Scouts: my boys are both involved. Hubby is an Assist Scoutmaster as well as a Committee Member (dual position) and I am a Webelos Pack Leader. We love camping and enjoy helping the boys earn their badges, we assist, we don't do the work...they are the ones earning them, not us. I am a former Girl Scout...crossed over to Senior Scout (eqiv to Eagle). Then I was a Daisy Leader while stationed in Italy.
Camping, aside from scouting. We are going on vacation in ONE WEEK...WHOO HOO...camping on a lake and will dig for diamonds and metal detect. Looking for a place in Arkansas near where we will be to see about rock hunting....this will help the boys also in earning another badge! Rock Hunting is a new hobby we are looking into...my boys are great for collecting ROCKS!!! Oh Vey!
Webpages: I love working on my web pages. I have several...one for my genealogy research, one for my family history, one for one of the ship's I was on and one for a ship that carried our name before we were commissioned. We were the 5th ship with that name. Already had a ship's reunion because of my web site....
Coin Collecting: Just started and learning all I can. This also involves my boys, as they can get a badge for coin collecting. My mother collected coins when I was little, but she never let us even look at them! So, never got to learn from her. My father collected stamps. I was never interested in that and he was willing to teach me. Sorry Dad....I wish I had learned from you on stamp collecting.
Gardening. The boys and I are building boxes for my SQUARE FOOT garden. The boys each get their own box or a couple of them, to start learning to grow their own vegies...esp the ones they really like to eat! We need to learn to use our resources and fend for ourselves....no telling what will tomorrow will bring!
Scrapbooking: I'm not really into it..but my oldest boy is the Troop Historian as well as Asst Patrol Leader. I got him the BOY SCOUT ALBUM and some pages and odds and ends to go on the pages with his pictures. My youngest CUB SCOUT...I got him an album too...just because. So that is our newest family hobby...scrapbooking...it's not just a girl thing. Rosie Greer crochets and knits!!!
Fishing...ewwwwwwww NO WAY! Those smelly things!! But hubby and the boys love it....so while I search cemeteries, they get dinner! LOL
Metal Detecting: A new hobby we picked up 2 years ago....always had an interest, just never bought a detector....now it's our newest family hobby.
I feel you need your own special hobby (genealogy being mine) and then you have those shared with others (hubby and wife: metal detecting...boys don't care to much for it yet) and some you share with the whole family (fishing, camping, rock huntig...etc)...so we have a mixture.
My dau is on her own...stationed in Guam...so I won't see her again until Dec 2008
...but we will pick up our favorite hobby: SHOPPING!!!!!!!!! (but this time it will be things for her new home!)
These are probably hobbies you may no interest in...but then again....you may!
Happy Hobbies to you!
