Don't really remember why I was so in to her. Maybe because I loved how she looked over the fields with the wind gently blowing her hair and it looked like such a fun life.
Well, did you know that Holly Hobbie is still around? But she's not the old pioneer-dressed gal who cooked and picked wild flowers. No no. She is the new and improved(?) Holly who wears sassy clothes and hangs out with her gal pals at the mall. See below:
It got me to thinking. I have been painfully aware lately that all I do is "Mom" and "Wife" and not much "Abby." Not that I don't very much enjoy the wife/mom roles. I really really do! (see ALL my other posts, it's proof)
But here's the thing, I don't have many hobbies anymore. Like the old H.H. I cook and sew and play pretend. However, when it is time for just me, you know those three minutes a day I get to myself, what is it that I like to DO? Should I be wearing sassy clothes and putting beads in my hair? But seriously, I haven't really kept up with myself on the hobby thing. I used to do fun stuff back in the day!
So, I'm shopping for some new ones. Scrapbooking and stamping and crafty stuff are immediately nixed because those just cause me stress. Maybe finally learning to play the guitar?
I am a firm believer that there is a time to every season and that the different phases of life all work together in harmony if you let them. So I will be glad that I went through hobbies of traveling, exercising (ha ha), concerts, and many other great things. Now I just need to find hobbies that are a bit more kid and time-restrained friendly. Suggestions anyone?
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I liked Holly Hobbie, too! I have never been in to card making-- and that includes stamps (so that's out for you, right?) but I joined a card making club and we get together once a month and my friend tells me what to do-- because I am craft-challenged. I also am knitting with some friends on Wednesday nights. That includes two ladies over 60 and my friend who is about my age-- I love knitting. I can relieve some stress. That all just makes me sound like an old lady, so maybe those ideas aren't so great. I want to see you wearing beads and sassy clothes, though!!
Wow, it's like you have the same mind as me. Are we going through the exact same phase in life? I totally echo your thoughts, and ditto on scrapbooking-gives me the willies. What I really want to do also is learn a new instrument-I've been thinking either the banjo or the mandolin. (Wanna start a band?) But then when it really comes down to it, there are always one of the excuses of not enough time, energy or money. I guess if I was determined enough, anything would be possible. Maybe, what, like a year or two after this next baby would be a good time? And there's always the Little Red Riding Hood Century ride to work towards!
Oh, I have one other addition. My Book Club is such a lovely thing to look forward to every month. You could start one of those! Is reading a hobby though, or just a way of life?
I wish I had a suggestion for you. I have the same problem. Maybe find a fun class to take?
Buy a really expensive camra and take professional looking pictures. That's at least what my dream hobby is.
geez i'm not as original as i thought i was. i have had these EXACT SAME THOUGHTS lately (although not linked to holly hobbie, just "what do i want to do with me time?") i actually have so many things i want to do and learn but i never have the time anymore. but here are my thoughts (some have already been said in other comments)
stuff i really want to do that is feasible to some extent at this point in my life
1. get into photography. like get really good at it, esp. of photographing my kids!
2. get better at guitar (i have had this goal for years)
3. get better at piano (you already have this one in the bag)
4. knit more (i actually have a knitting club in the works - i totally dig knitting. it's not just for grandmas anymore!)
5. book club (i do have a book club and i still read voraciously whenever i can)
6. video editing - i am just learning how to make killer movies out of boring but precious home video footage
stuff i want to do that is not feasible right now
1. get back into horseback riding
2. work part-time (this will come when my babies are a bit older)
well that's all for now!
thanks for giving me a place to vent all this! i am with you abby, it seems like all i do these days are wife & mother - mostly mother...
I wish I could help more...since I'm not a mom neither a wife...my hobbies consists on renting movies and watching them for hours and hours...and, paiting MDF small boxes...this last one takes a little time, but it's worth for sure!!!!
Wow Holly Hobbie sure got a make over. I really liked her in the day too. Maybe it was a little house on the praire thing who knows. Hobbies wow....I use to like to do anything that could remind it that I had done something that day that was still done since the dishes never stay done or the laundry or the vacuuming etc etc. Writing, photography, reading, ....girls camp...seems I do a lot of that these days and considering it is not till next July that means I am crazy and the stake camp director. Are church jobs suppose to do that to you? Sorry I got off track. I'll leave the hobby suggestions to others.
Just noticed something... my daughter in the photo in the post below this one looks eerily like the new Holly Hobbie! How 'bout that.
Minus the Elmo slippers, of course.
WHoah! She DOES!! (Much cuter though...)
Abby I say get into photography! I truly enjoy it and I can document my kids life! and it's fun
I have the same problem for years...and still haven't found a solution. Sometimes I don't really remember or know WHAT I want to do as a hobby anymore. I've been thinking about writing or learning to play the piano. That's all I got. I'll keep checking back her for some suggestions for me too!
Since Jeff and I moved to our ward here, the number of pianists almost doubled, and so did the number of organists. So the ward organist got this brilliant idea (I think she's tired of being the organist every Sunday for the past 15 years) that the 4 of us should rotate and each take a Sunday on the organ. So all of a sudden I'm learning the organ. I'm excited. The only bad part is you have to do it at the church, so do it in the evening when the husband can watch the kids. But it's been fun to try something new.
by the way...I seriously miss the book club that we started in Spokane. I've been to a few others since, and ours was the best. sigh...
ps.
are you going to the hermana's choque in april
Seems like a real phase you and your friends are hitting. I definitely remember it, still struggle with it. Seems like most of your needs that were met with H.H. are being met with A/B. Self-learning and adventure-of-the-mind is what yells loudly to me.
I feel I've spent a lot of my long life wondering about what to do. It's strange, the days just keep coming and going. So... put your feet on Holy ground and fill your mind with kind thoughts. Your life is so wonderfully fabulous even now. You have piano, guitar, camera, computer...wow! How about writing on the computer a journal?
Actually, I think your blog is pretty darn good.
Actually, I really like you! I can't seem to come up with some magic answer. Darn. Oh well.
Ah, my sweet hermanita, I think learning the guitar is a fabulous idea. It's one thing that I've always wished I could do.
whew! look at you and your 18 comments! proud of you, champ.
still, my heart skipped a beat when i read that you were considering the guitar. oh, how that has been my dream! i would love to be able to pick it up and start singing, and have everyone gather 'round to join in. it would be so handy when you get called to young womens! and your kids would naturally be awesome because of it. are we too old to take it up? how 'bout you move your little self down to utah and we find ourselves a teacher for 30 somethings?
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