My New Hobbies

This summer seems to be the summer of new hobbies for me...and some old hobbies have been revived. Maybe now that the twins are a little older I just have more time to devote to stuff like this, or maybe having a house with a back patio and backyard are my motivation. Whatever the reason though, I have spent countless hours scrapbooking late in to the night (and then wishing I could sleep in a lot later in the morning!). I'm trying to catch up on at least the first year of Drake and Garrett's lives before their 2nd birthday, which is less than 2 months away and I have a long way to go.

I've also been refinishing some old pieces of furniture. The dresser below was given to us by Tyson's parents and I wanted to make it all cutesie for Lexi's room. She doesn't know it yet but she's getting a bedspread that exact shade of pink for her birthday. She loves having her own room now, after sharing with all 3 brothers for so long. So I want it to be a really girly, fun room. The dresser took so many layers of paint I thought I was going to go crazy though! I'm just glad my father-in-law let me borrow his electric sander. I'm currently working on re-doing a corner desk that I found at the DI. It was pretty dated looking and I want it to match the dresser. I'd actually be working on it right now if it was raining today. Hopefully I'll have pictures of the finished project soon. I hope I haven't inhaled too much toxic lead paint during all this!





Another hobby I've picked up lately is gardening. I have 26 tomatoes on my plants right now! I have picked my first bell pepper and my first summer squash (There are 6 more that are almost ready too) and a whole bunch of radishes (which then we realized we don't really like radishes). I feel pretty proud of myself because up this point in time I've never been able to keep a simple houseplant alive, let alone a whole garden. I know that Tyson was a little concerned when I started this little project because he knows how it is with me. But I'm out to prove that I can do it!



I'm still working up the courage to take a swimming class at CEU. I've never been much of a swimmer but I've always wanted to learn, especially since my husband loves to scuba dive and I want to go too. But I'm not sure I want to put my 30 year old mom body into a swimming suit and hang around with a bunch of 19 year old hotties at the college. I guess some hobbies take more courage than others! I can guarantee that when I do take up swimming you will not be seeing any pics posted on this blog!

Ultimately, my goal is that someday I will be as multi-talented as Kayleen. That woman is amazing! Of course, she's probably picked up several new hobbies too so I'll never be able to catch up!