hobbies...

I've had a lot of hobbies in my life. I'm easily interested in things but I have a really hard time following through. I used to love music. I still do, but not like I used to. I keep telling myself I'm going to get back to playing the piano, violin and guitar. I've also always wanted to take voice lessons but I've never gotten around to it. Now we lug around a key board, a violin and 2 guitars to every place we move. I also took ice skating, ballet, tap, and gymnastics growing up. I revisted ice skating and ballet a little in college so of course I had to get the stuff that goes along with it.

I had a period in middle school and high school where I got into tennis and bowling. That was mostly from tagging along with my brother and his friends. So I acquired a tennis racquet. I didn't get the bowling shoes until college when we started going every week. Of course, as soon as I bought shoes we stopped going. I started up with golf in high school. My brother and I usually shared a set of clubs. I got my own clubs when we were in Colorado.

College brought on the rollerblades, skiis, hockey stick, racquet ball and my collection of Bibles. Then I got married and thought I must have a sewing machine. I've had that sewing machine for 4 years now and the only time it was used was when I was somehow able to make garters for our squadron ladies. Most of that credit goes to my husband who was the one who kind of figured out how the darned thing works. I also started my collection of scrapbooking stuff.

When I got to Texas, we added stamping accessories that are still in their original packaging. Then came the dogs and all the dog stuff. We did dog training, I wanted to start dog agility but all the clubs were too far away. All the while I have my expanding collection of cookbooks, none of which I had ever used until now. I also decided I wanted to be a photographer. I convinced myself it was worth it to buy a DSLR because eventually we'd have kids and I'd want to take pictures of them. 3 years later, no kids...and hardly any pictures. Sadly 3 new models have come and gone since I bought my camera. I also bought a mountain bike after we moved far away from the mountains and found out I'm too chicken to go mountain biking!

Now my thing is fitness. So we got the workout DVDs, the adjustable dumbbells, balance ball, 3 yoga mats, stretch bands, and so on and so forth. I'm also into cooking. Good thing I already have my pots, pans and cookbooks. We have our boogie boards ready for Hawaii (we bought them during our vacation there). We've already discussed surfing and kayaking.

So what is my point? We have too much stuff!!! We can't continue these army moves accumulating all this stuff everywhere we go. Of course the worse part is, it's all my stuff! I refuse to get rid of any of it, so the only thing that's left is to actually use some of it.

I need to make a list of goals I plan on accomplishing in the next 6 months before our next move. I've already started the goals of getting in shape and learning how to cook. I'd love to learn how to use my camera before we get to Hawaii so I can actually take pictures as soon as I get there (while resisting the urge to purchase photoshop). I found a sewing class at a local college where I can get the basics down. I'd love to make at least one scrapbook. We've actually been using our mountain bikes, sadly we've been using them as road bikes. I do still enjoy an occasional game of golf. We'll start with that. I'm starting to both bore myself and exhaust myself while typing this entry.