Hey Ben I am one that loves to have something to do. I have done a lot of everything. :>) Something that I have found thats cheap and easy is painting. I am not skilled or trained. I started a few months ago . I just got some brushes and hit the canvas. I love to swirl around the colors and play in the creamy texture of the paint ! Its just fun. I am sure I will never be a famous artist but it sure is fun. You can't mess up cause its your painting , so do whatever you like !
I love to remake clothes. Just take them and change all kinds of things about them like sleeve styles and design styles. I get clothes at the consignment shops cheap then I am not out no money if I destroy it ! oops :>) but sometimes I come up with something I really enjoy wearing. all you need is a cheap little sewing machine and a pile of old clothes to play with and some imagination.
Of course i love to read. I want to pull together a book club. Funny, scary what ever hits my interest I read. I love true stories of everyday heros . The normal people that do such special things that let us know we can do that to. Ben does this site have a book club ? How cool is that ? We could have discussions on the books that we all choose to read at the same time :>) that sounds like fun :>)
I have found typing on this website and maybe making someone else feel a little bit better makes me feel good too. Its easy enough you will need a computer and a Heart ! :>)
FLy fishing and hit the blue gills nesting !! OMG they are such a pretty little fish :>) I touch them and sometimes give them a quick little kiss and pitch them back in. They are like catching rainbows in the water , so pretty. You will need a cheap little fly rod and a place to fish. Oh and a fishing license. But its so much fun !
My husband and I love to watch shows on tv . How about a Review CLub on here ? we all watch movies or shows that we all chose then we rate them and discuss them. We would be the Critics CLub !! Ben never ask me what is there to do because my list never stops :>) I love doing so many things some by myself and some with others. I hate it when someone says they are bored because I want to help them not feel that way but say " hey lets do this or that ".
this was a really good discussion thread to start and I can't wait to read the feed back and even get me some new ideals !! :>)
Cara Mia Hi I am Brenda aka pongladi :>) I love to read and have been looking for a book club but just moved to this area a few months ago. Maybe we could get memebers on this site to want to start a book club ? could be fun :>) such nice people here too !
Hi Suzy I just went to the website u gave and created a account. OMG , this is so neat , never even new it was there. I can see how time can slip by looking and reading this. Thank you for the great tip !! Its added to mine now too :>)I have already laughed out load at some of the pictures ! thanks ! Brenda alias pongladi
Hi i love to fish, what are u catching and where ? I am fishing just for fun not good enough for anything else like tournaments . I love it . I fish for cats, blugills, bass and anything else that happens on my hook ! I fish on eddybay on Barkley Lake in Eddyville Ky in the US
wish I could play the guitar . Its on my husbands list to teach me , he has one and can play too. Brenda aka pongladi
I am using my iphone like never before I have noticed. Maybe set the timer to buzz a reminder to turn it off. I cook a lot an love it. I salted something the other day no telling how many times by accident because I could not remember , it was just a blank. SO it went in the garbage. Not sure if the avm caused that yet or just being fifty seven ! ha
Ben Pinterest I had not heard of until u started this discussion. I went there it is so neat I bet you love it too ! It will make you laugh out loud !
I spend A LOT of time on Pinterest but not like most people, I noticed. Everyone is on for recipes or wedding plans and ideas. I go for pictures, art and funnies. I have a board titled el preso en el craneo:
http://pinterest.com/kristi361/el-preso-en-el-craneo/
It's got a few pins about avms, some migraine art, a few neuro inforgraphics, a couple survivor stories you could check out if you are bored or whatever. I need to post some recent articles I read, I never pin the important stuff for some reason LOL
http://pinterest.com/kristi361/
^^^my profile :)
I never heard of it either till someone mentioned it. I joined it today. There's a lot to look at. :) I created a page but, it didn't take some of the pics posted I (they were just some nature shots). I'll check back later to see if they downloaded or not.
I'm not much of a reader but, I like your idea of starting a book club and a review club. Those are good ideas! One way to see if anyone would be interested is start a "new discussion" and ask them. If enough people are interested in it, then we can ask one of the moderators. It would be easy to do - simply create a new "sub-group". :)
I was never much for going fishing. If they weren't biting I got bored.. LOL My dad on the other hand - he fished his whole life. I grew up doing archery and hunting. As I got older, I lost interest in hunting any more. To this day, I still like the outdoors. I take a lot of mountain rides in the summer.
I use to be very active Too: I went hiking and camping a lot. I'm a retired martial artist, A Reiki Master, I'm certified in reflexology and therapeutic massage. I'm a bit of a handyman and I like to work on and around my house. Then.. my health went south, and physical activities are hard for me now. I still do the Reki but, mostly on myself and my friends.
Ben there are categories to chose from with millions of shots on them. I chose animals as one cause u get 5 to start off. I chose baby animals, loving animals, funny animals etc. my screen had more then I can look at in this life time ! ha not sure how the site works yet completely but it was definitely worth the time, I laughed so hard at some of the shots on there. good luck with yours :>)
speaking of home owner I love to remodel . My husband and myself. we always have a project going on. This last one was a upstairs loft for me to have a area to paint. How cool ! with a spiral staircase and even a sink to wash out my brushes !! well when we got to the dry wall I held it over my head while he lined it up and tried to screw it in place. Cause for some reason i was having a hard time with screw driver ( bad eye day ). Omg I though my head was going to bust later in the day. that week is when yet another knot came up on my forehead. they look like golf balls. anyway i had a head ached for over a week. i did not know then that i have a deep large avm in my noggin' ! now i am not lifting anything heavy until the surgeon tells me i can . wow , i feel lucky , cause i did things that where real no's having this avm and not knowing it. lucky lucky but i love to remodel. so for now , i am figuring how we want something and he is doing all the lifting ! and a neighbor helps out not me :>)
Ann thats a great ideal ! good luick with it :>)
Hi Ben - I write/journal, read different things online, and do yoga poses and Tai Chi. I like that all of these things provide me other benefits other than me liking to do them.
Ben you mentioned archery. I use to just shoot in my back yard at targets with a compound bow. I thought that was too much fun !( i may be too easy to entertain !HA) I also have a snub nose 38 that its hard to hit the side of a barn with ( smiling) but I also love to shoot it at cans and things. I may have to replace bowling with those again because bowling makes my pressure in my head hurt so bad.
Even if your not much of a reader there are some books that you can get on audio. so u could just listen to them while relaxing and still join in ! the libraries loan them for free :>) now a movie or tv series would be something almost everyone could do. we all have "opinions" ( really smiling !) I never done either but I think they are perfect for this site. You would be chatting with a group of friends in your boat already :>)
Speaking Reiki , I did not do that one but I took Ta Kwon Do for about 2 yrs. I was a throw away from my belt. But i did not get to finish because i had a serious old back injury that made me nervous about throwing a man over my back that weighed 180 i was 127. That’s were i ended. But I still remember most of it even though it was ages ago, 22 yrs. Actual a man tried to grab me from behind with his arms wrapped around my chest and wanted to throw me in his sub. The arts just kicked in. I was lose from him in a split second and he was taking off in his car without me ! It happened almost 7 yrs ago at the business I owned leaving alone in the evening. I really don't believe anything we ever do or learn is wasted because it seems to come back and help us out at some point.
I will contact the moderators about the reading and movies clubs after this Friday if u think people on here would really enjoy it. I have to see what is going to happen tomorrow at the neurosurgeons office. Nervous about tomorrow but ready ( i guess) to get it over with. Slipped up and cried again last night :>( I allowed myself a good cry the other day , so I am one over ( smiling today)At least your prior knowledge with therapeutic massage and reflexology you understand your own body and how to help it. that is wonderful! i send you strength :<)
I used to love walking and hiking. I feel like my body has betrayed me. With the balance issues, I need to walk on a flat surface. And of course, I can't do it for very long. As I get tired my right leg begins to drag, then shake, and will give out if I push myself beyond that.
I like to keep busy to. I also have balance issues and I have an electric wheelchair and walker I use both. I’m on the computer most of the day, I have 3 Facebook pages, jami cooks,firefly coupons and homemade natural beauty and a blog on Wordpress called food and pictures. They keep me pretty busy. I also bought a dslr and I go around in my wheelchair and take pictures and edit them then post them on my blog. I also take pictures of the food I cook and post them on my Facebook page. When I sit in my chair I have my I pad to play with. So I’m always doin something .
I have always enjoyed photography. It took me almost 2 years to be able to read a book because I'd forget what I had just read. I started bicycling again. Helped me lose weight and get my blood pressure and cholesterol under better control.
"THANK YOU" everyone for sharing all of your ideas. I think I'm going to compose a list for myself of all of the wonderful suggestions you all made. That way I don't have to keep reading all of them because I keep forgetting what I read. Not that I have a memory problem or anything... LOL
I'm becoming more housebound now and your responses gives me more ideas of things I can do. I'm certain this has helped many others too. Thank you all so much.. :)
Ben
I just went to Suzy’s Pininterest laughter pins - and after a .5 hour of laughing my butt off, I realized why I try to stay off of that site.
So true Jules... Pinterest is like crack... you just need more and then you don't where the time went. Good advice, I try to really limit my visits ;)