OT What are your other obsessions or interests?

I read, a lot. Mostly romance.

I love to drive and explore. We go for long drives whenever we can, stop along the way and do little hikes or sightseeing or something. Our dogs are really good at long car trips so it's super fun to go somewhere outdoorsy with them on a nice day or weekend. When we retire we're going to be RVers for sure.

Unfortunately not as much as I'd like as my job is really demanding but I also read, make cards and knit a bit. I've had various hobbies in the past that I no longer do - key ones would be cross stitch and various kinds of embroidery plus mosaics.

I do a bit of baking but usually only when friends are coming as I try not to have too much of it in the house

My friends have an RV and they take their dogs everywhere with them.  Even in town, they will take the RV so the dogs can go with them and be comfortable.  Kind of funny!

We do both, but if we have the dogs we prefer a shorter day, with at least one long break (typically a hike or picnic). We live near the Appalachian Trail so it's easy for us to have a day like this. If we're doing a weekend, we'll do a longer drive and stay overnight. When we're feeling more adventurous, we decide which direction we're heading when we start out, but let serendipity do some of the navigating for us. We've found some really interesting places this way. But yes, we're typically out the door early and home for dinner. We call this a "Best Day Ever" Day which makes it easy to scrap. 

Right now, I'm pretty obsessed with my yoga and meditation practices, which takes a considerable amount of my time but is so worth it because of the benefits!!

Quilting,jewelry making, hiking, fishing and hunting. I haven't devoted much time to those over the last year or so, its mainly just been scrapbooking for quite some time.

Which dishes and art pottery do you collect? I collect flower pots and vases (McCoy, Shawnee USA ...) and mid century glassware but also like antique dresser set pieces and flower frogs. 

Before kids: I loved hiking, jogging, reading, painting, keeping my nails manicured and painted, and cooking. Cooking can be a lot of fun when you aren't required to do it for 3 meals a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks out of the year.

When the kids where younger: There was less me time, as I also homeschool, so family day adventures were a big thing for us(what we call going off with no plan and finding something to do; could end up at a museum, on a hike, at a festival, at a lake, a junk shop, or just driving around), exploring area parks, reading (but now outloud to to the kids). For just me time: scrapbooking, even learned digital hoping to up production, started art journaling a little bit.


Now that they're tween/teen: scrapbooking, art journaling/mixed media, reading (still sometimes outloud, but for myself too). I still don't have a lot of time as we now have a homestead and our refurbishing the house, oh so slowly. I really like my bees and chickens, although the ladies haven't started laying yet. Spending time here at 2psrefugees. I've been collecting glassware from junk shops. No special pattern or anything, just if I like the color and design and they have at least 4-8 pieces. Lately, I feel more inclined to feel like a person instead of zombie mommy, so I'm getting more into make-up and nails again. I've been buying lipsense which I'm loving.

I sew although not so much now my kids are older. I research family history (currently on hiatus). I read.

The kids can't wait until we let them hatch a few of the chicks next year. We have a bantam rooster, and he's adorable because he's so small compared to the ladies, but he's a hoot to watch round them up in the evening. We got 2 turkey's last week. They aren't nearly as responsive as the chickens. I need to spend more time with them. It makes me happy to see another chicken owner, as I think only another chicken owner can really understand chicken fever you get.

I love to read, shop antique stores, traveling, and right now I am obsessed with Traveler's Notebooks and buying stuff to use in the notebooks.