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Do you ever feel like you have too many hobbies? I enjoy having different things to do, it’s just difficult to keep up on all of them. Gardening has fallen by the wayside. It’s too bad because I really enjoy gardening, being outside, watching stuff grow, then eating it! I’m sure we’ll have a garden again soon. That’s not only a hobby, but a value. We value growing the food, canning it, or eating it fresh. Some people are partiers, go to bars, etc. We stay home and can food all day on a weekend for fun! It’s been awhile, though. I think the last thing we canned was strawberry jam for our wedding favors. So how about the things I’ve done more recently? Or at least consider current hobbies that have kept me from gardening? Well, the knitting, the purchase of a domain, website hosting, the figuring out of the blog (ok, I haven’t worked on that one lately either), we’ve gone on a few weekend trips (we need to camp more), hiking, calligraphy (that class is over.. but I think I have an envelope to address..), and now scuba. After a long process, we found places to stay in Hawaii for our trip. We’ll be going to the Big Island and Kauai. We are going to backpack the Kalalau Trail on the Napali Coast and scuba dive. I’m taking a class at Cal School of Diving in Berkeley. I’m spending a lot of $$$ on hobbies this year. Who knew all the knitting needles and yarn would be so expensive? Not me. I guess everyone else knew it. Now the scuba gear. Yikes. It’s not about the money, it’s the personal challenge. So you want some pictures?

The black wool hat is for Ron. I need to get a picture of him actually wearing it. I knitted most of that one on the road to and from Sequoia National Park. I even had Ron pull over so I could get my headlamp out of the trunk and knit in the dark. See, you can combine hobbies! The other picture is a doll I finally started. I’ve been dreaming of knitting the Jess Hutch toys ever since I started knitting (way back in November) and finally got around to getting the tools and the know-how (and the time and patience I’m finding it takes to do increases or decreases every few stitches). It took me a few hours just to knit that dumb little blue piece of fabric because I kept making mistakes on starting a round of 6 stitches on two circulars. This is what I like to do when I wake up at the crack of dawn and Ron is still sleeping. I’m an early riser and he’s a night owl. It’s my knitting concentration time.

This is me knitting Jodi’s bag in a campground a few weekends ago.. see Jodi, I’m making progress!!

Here’s to multi-hobbying. I’m also hooked on Harold and Maude. We just saw the movie and I can’t stop singing the songs. Words to live by:

“If you want to sing out, sing out” by Cat Stevens

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
cause theres a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
cause theres a million ways to go
You know that there are

Chorus:
You can do what you want
The opportunity’s on
And if you can find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
You see ah ah ah
Its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
cause theres a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
cause theres a million things to do
You know that there are

Chorus

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
cause theres a million things to be
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are