hobbies
My husband is always saying he needs a hobby. I’m not sure when he thinks he’ll do this hobby, because he’s always at work, driving to or from work, or sleeping. He enjoys golf, but doesn’t get to play as often as he’d like.
He likes to go to hobby shops and dream of having one of those kinds of hobbies. Making models, RC airplanes, or model trains. He takes our son (who is almost two) and then makes purchase for said son that are completely age-inappropriate.
He came home with a radio controlled helicopter once and was so excited to take it to the park near our house and play with it. Our son was very excited too. Well, the thing is that he bought an inexpensive, small helicopter. Good plan when you’re trying out a new hobby. Bad plan when you have Santa Ana winds to contend with.
On the helicopter’s inaugural flight, the wind captured it and carried it away, over the fence surrounding the park and into this scrub grass valley - a good 500 yards away. After scampering over the fence and down a huge dirt hill, trekking across the scrub grass, the helicopter was rescued. That afternoon, it was dismantled, resettled in its original packaging, and returned to the store.
My husband is still looking for a hobby. Any suggestions?
In all seriousness I think a wonderful hobby is immersion in learning about ancient Roman military (Ok, I am a Rome buff). Writing a screen play is another good starter hobby. Baking is wonderful (bread and soup are good guy starters). Making miniatures out of FIMO (your husband can make a tiny Roman army). If he wants something out of the house and full of exertion then Habitat for Humanity volunteering. Idle hands do the devil’s work!