Hobbies
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Topic: Hobbies
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Hobbies
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 8:19pm
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What are your hobbies? How do you make time for them as well as being a mum and everything else you have to do? -------------  |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 8:23pm
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Is being a forum geek a hobby? It has to be, it's all I've got!
I'm trying to make knitting my hobby, but it isn't working out so great at the moment... I feel guilt about not doing "stuff" whenever I sit down to knit. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 8:27pm
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Sewing, scrapbooking, sewing some more, making cakes, making stuff for the kids, shopping, and i used to like reading too:
however.... Sewing i only do for dress-up days and for sleeping bags these days, lol, scrap booking iuhave bought all the pages, pictures, stickers albums, and have not yet put them together, cakes i ony make for birthdays now, shopping i do for the kids, and the only reading i do these days is either medical stuff of hairy maclary etc. lol so in short, i don't make time for them, i like to think i have hobbies but they are really just more things that i start and don't finish. lol. I think a hobbie is something you do on a more regular basis. although.. i am starting up my sleeping bag making for the year.. sparkle and jax.. gimme a couple of weeks and i'll be sending yours to ya! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 8:47pm
Blogging and column writing, reading, baking ...and I have time because my kids are furry, so not quite so time consuming as the ones you lot have  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 8:52pm
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Try to start up this business is the big project at the moment. Have a couple of new products in mind..... One is an adaptation on a sleep sack (the one I called for product testers...) and the other one I can't elaborate on yet..
Other things that I do are cross stitch (still woking on one I started b4 ethan was born ) , reading, gardening, and house renovating...my ongoing nightmare!!------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:02pm
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Sewing (usually for someone other than myself though!!!), baking, waaaay too much time on here , reading (but as Janine said - usually kids books - or magazines about kids lol). I used to make a lot of cards for birthdays and do other artsy things, but there isn't so much time for that anymore! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:02pm
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aside from wedding planning, which takes up all my non children non internet time (I just love surfing the net), my hobbies are scrapbooking, reading, photography and music. I am utterly obsessed with music.
Also, my brother showed me how to use moviemaker on my puter today, so I will probably throw over scrapbookng and make cds of mini montage movies all thie time, lol! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:12pm
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Hi fattartsrock - have you tried digital scrapbooking?? I personally have been thinking of doing this... Some of the effects that I have seen on some sites are really cool.. beats glue anyday! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:17pm
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Bee, do you know of any digital scrapbooking sites? Sounds interesting!
I love scrapbooking and card making. I can only do it if I have some inspiration though, and usually it doesn't come at the times I have time for the hobbies! I also knit. I tend to do these things after Ashlee has gone to bed -- the dishes and washing can wait until the morning 
I would sew if I wasn't so scared of the sewing machine as well! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:21pm
Hobbies, waht is that post baby? I used to love playing sport and would never get home before 10 pm...back in the day. Now I work and come home to my boy.....pretty sad in some aspects as I would love some me time!  But feel so bad for even thinking that way!
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 9:41pm
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What exactly is scrapbooking? I know I must be stupid not to know but I dont really |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 10:00pm
| i like scrapbooking too, and baking, but between housework, study and the boys - hobbies? I'm lucky to stay awake to read a book these days....god, i sound like a loser. |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 10:16pm
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I love my forums. (is that a hobby?) Easy just come on whenever I can.
then crosstitching and embroidery. Dont get much time for it at the moment but whenever little one is napping. (havent done it since being here but there is a project I want to do) And reading. (which I also found I dont get time for now that I am a mom.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 13 May 2007 at 10:40pm
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scrapbooking is where you do funky pages all decorated with a theme and place photos in them - on acid free paper and stuff
OR if you are me - scrapbooking is something people have given you for wedding and baby and you have put in a closet to do - ONE DAY!!! Yeah right!!! Hobbies - well i used to do dog training twice a week, SPCA work with fur babies, used to swim a lot, go movies, travel etc...and now....i barely get to read the herald each day....OMG newborns are timewasters!
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 8:51am
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I still find time to garden & dig around in the dirt, finding old bottles, which i collect & junk lol.
Now i have a child i don't have the much time or energy to play sport & outdoor adventures like i used to, but still make an effort to get out & do things that can include Brae. Scrapbooking, beading & creative junk sculptures are more kiddie oriented these days & are friendly for little hands. Does it count when you modify your interests to include kids & do it as much as you like or can be bothered? I do get out with the girlfriends every fortnight or so for dinner, coffee, shopping or chats etc, kiddie less. Which is my highlight b/c its when I'm me & not a mum. & sometimes, i can get to wrapped up in being. IYKWIM------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 9:32am
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Yeah I am a closet scrapbooker, try to keep it a secret, but I guess its not so geeky any more. I also climb and kayak, and am trying to get my butt into gear for a multisport race later in the year... ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 11:00am
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Most of mine have taken a major back seat since Ella's arrival. I've not sat at my drum kit in 7 months! (and I miss it - but when on earth can you practice something that loud, when you're home with baby?!?). This website is a hobby for me. I've fitted in the occasional artsy thing - usually making something for Ella. Would like to devote a bit more time to painting again. I'm avoiding the scrapbooking urges, because it'd be so easy to get into but we can't really afford all the stuff, and I know I'd want to buy so much of it! I'd get rather carried away. So come on, Teresa.... what are yours and how on earth do you fit any in?! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 11:05am
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I love photography which works well with a baby cos I always have something to photograph
I used to be a real gym bunny and did body building for a while and would love to get back in to some form of high intensity training once finished BFing. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 11:44am
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I play in a brass band (getting back there one day) so music is a big one for me. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 12:16pm
Photography, scrapbooking and my all time favorite reading. I'l read anything and everything I can get my hands on lol. More often than not now tho, I read in bed and fall alsleep before I have even finished the page lol. No wonder i have been on the same page for a few nights now   ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 1:12pm
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I forgot to mention photography too! And hey - does watching Dr. Phil count as a hobby?!? ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 1:31pm
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Lol Andie! Cant saw ive ever switched the telly on in the day, but I procastinate from doing housework by sitting on here!
I too have so far resisted scrapbooking cos of the potential expense, but Dollar value have some flash looking stuff for cheap so I might just start a scrapbook for Isla some day soon. I have painted things for Isla's room, and made her some toys to play with. I am also in the process of making a blokit collage of black and white pics of Isla. Got a birth coss stitch before Isla was born that I havent even started,..I WILL finish it before her first birthday,..yeah right
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 1:41pm
Ditto! You should see my house right now. I am a reader and love breast feeding because I can read all I want and am completely justified in doing so! I also have a new bike sitting in the garage that I should ride more often, but haven't got there yet. Before DD I played netball, but I am too scared of getting knocked in the chest with tender BF boobs to play this season! LOL! I am trying to knit, but am useless, so will see how that one goes. Is shopping a hobby? 'Cos I love it! |
Kellz wrote:Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 1:53pm
Oh my gosh! How lucky! Theres no way I could do anything when Im breast feeding my reflux bubba,..shes on and off and screams, and back on and off, the whole time! |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 1:57pm
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Oh no! That sounds like hard work. Mine was like that when she was really little but seems to have settled down now.
Must get off computer and clean house!
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Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 2:16pm
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I'm an amatuer scrapbooker and writer, so hard to find time within my studies and I'm not expecting that to change with bubs. I love the whole vegie/herb garden thing also, just waiting for the new house so I can get started.
Puzzles also - but only when the whole family gets round the table (all four generations) and does it together! So much fun ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 3:36pm
You're right Andie, I don't get much time to myself. And my instrument is no more child-friendly - children under 18mos can't seem to handle the pitch of the flute  Fortunately most of my hobbies can be done with kids in tow.
My hobbies: Cooking/baking Walking Having people over Chatting on OB (it's my support group!) Reading self-help/psychology books but too much of that is a drain. I don't watch TV during the day - it's a principle thing, especially now that the girls are older/awake more. TV is after 7pm at my place. 
Those 4-gen puzzles sound so fun! ------------- |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 5:27pm
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Hi
My hobbies include: Lurking on ohbaby Reading (though after baby is born, this will go right out the window i suspect) Sorting out new house-to-be built details (lucky i love fiddly stuff) Walking Sleeping (not strictly a hobby, but do seem to spend quite a bit of time doing this...) Coffeeing and shopping and must have my Dr Phil fix! |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 6:51pm
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RE Scrapbooking sites. A heck of a lot of them are US based, so they are all Guy Fawkes, winter christmas etc.. One that I have been looking at is http://www.nuts4digi.com/ - this one. . Unlike the others it is Australian based so is a bit more relevant to people in the Southern Hemisphere... (Summer christmas stuff etc). Apparently it is really easy. Just clicking and dragging sort of stuff!!! Right up my alley! ... This is something that I want to get into. Some of the Layouts in the Gallery area are FANTASTIC!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 7:37pm
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Winter and Summer Touch Rugby, both kids have grown up around both of us playing that, they always come with us when we play. I won't be playing winter touch due to impending arrival, nor will I get a chance to play summer as it starts after Labour weekend I don't reckon I'd be ready to play by then. So will look at playing again in the New Year.
Other than that, I love to read, my book shelf is bulging with books and I've read them all at least twice. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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