What I Thought About on My Drive Home From Work Yesterday

1) I don't get outside enough. I am noticeably much more pale (especially to be mid-summer) than everyone else, and I don't like it one bit. The weekend outings just aren't cuttin' it. I am gonna have to turn up the heat.

2) I am going through a phase where I want to take on new hobbies (a lot of them!):

• Sewing (would first need a sewing machine). I am tired of having to pay someone to fix my hems and zippers. And I think it would be fun to make my own pillows (is that weird?)
• Canning things (would first need "canning stuff"). Charlie looked at me a little worried when I pondered buying both Better Homes and Gardens and Martha Stewart Living in the airport the other day. We both agreed that my reading material was that of a soccer mom. So I put Martha back and grabbed In Style. But BHG (as I soon learned they are calling themselves) had a wonderfully inspiring article on canning sauces and jams.
• Learning to play the guitar I have owned for years and years but never followed through.
• Gardening (already working on this one, and spending a lot of money on it too!)
• Cooking (too, a work in progress thanks to the Food Network!)
• Making my own jewelry (it's all so beautiful and tempting at the farmer's market, but expensive)
• Home decorating/design projects (need a bigger, more permanent place to live and more cash). But I would like to fix up old furniture, mat and frame weird things, and paint.
• And then there is rock climbing and boxing.
• Read and write more. Definitely wanna do that.

Basically, I have a bit of a problem. I think I need to hone my interests a bit, or at least work on them two at a time. Does anyone know how to do some of these things who can point me in the right direction? I will keep you posted on my progress.