90 minute hot, sweaty, mind numbing yoga. I miss it so much, but it's too time consuming between getting to the studio, taking class, getting back home, cleaning up......I am taking a weekly prenatal class again this fall before my 2nd baby arrives!
I love to read - I try to spend at least 15min reading before bed each night. I also love to hike with my dog - he was was my first "kid", so I try to find a couple of hours 2-3x a month to go hiking in one of our parks (he gets a walk with baby every day, but the hikes are just for me and him).
I started taking tennis lessons a couple of months ago. I also love going to the gym and I am in an improv group. I haven't been as active performing in my group lately, though, because the shows are late and I am too tired from having a kid!
I like to scrapbook, stamp, make things like jewelry or stitch, garden, read and write. I find however when i do have the opportunity to get a few moments to my time that i just sleep. I am apparently very sleep deprived.
I play the guitar..and I continue to take a lesson every wednesday night. That is my hour to myself. I have a great husband who supports my hobby....plus he thinks its cool. I played when I was 16...stopped and never got back to for 20 some odd years. I absoutely love that I can play an instrument now...I highly recommend it. It is good for the kids to see....friends like it...and it is something you can do alone or in a group. Music does soothe on a bad day too.
Like Lakshmi, I read... and I still find time for it now, even with three kids; when I don't I just feel my insides drying up and withering away.
What is difficult to fit in, though, is time outside (as in, beyond our backyard where the kids play). I love just taking off in the local park or fields or woods, walking and discovering as I go. Long hikes, walks, tree climbing, breathing deep, sitting still, appreciating the beauty. I'd do more of that. Right now I get my outside fix by lots and lots of gardening, which I can do while the kids play alongside. I love that, but it's not quite the same as being surrounded by huge trees, "lost" in a new outdoor place.
Great question...find time to sew, and do more crafts. And would love to find more time to swim. I "help" my one daughter by watching my grandson....so those days don't get much done after he is here.
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Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nik on 28th July 2009
Flag as inappropriate Posted by slm724 on 28th July 2009
Flag as inappropriate Posted by oceans mom on 28th July 2009
Reading and writing, cooking - things I love to do that I still have time for,
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Phe on 27th July 2009
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Flag as inappropriate Posted by Rodan+FieldsConsultant on 30th June 2009
What is difficult to fit in, though, is time outside (as in, beyond our backyard where the kids play). I love just taking off in the local park or fields or woods, walking and discovering as I go. Long hikes, walks, tree climbing, breathing deep, sitting still, appreciating the beauty. I'd do more of that. Right now I get my outside fix by lots and lots of gardening, which I can do while the kids play alongside. I love that, but it's not quite the same as being surrounded by huge trees, "lost" in a new outdoor place.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by SisterWisdom.com on 25th June 2009
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Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lakshmi on 24th June 2009