Recently I became involved in a program thru our church where I knit prayer shawls. These are kind of like a knitted bed jacket that are given to terminally ill or seriously ill patients. The reason it is referred to as a prayer shawl is that while you knit it, you are supposed to pray and infuse your healing thoughts into the shawl....

Kind of helps me to take some of the focus off me and think of someone else and their trials.....

Reading - I love that, also...just finished "Tuesdays with Morrie"...great, great book.

cootiegirl, I'm thinking about getting Harry Potter. All the kids are glued to them. Must be good!

My boys have had no interest in reading it, but my daughter has and started reading it. She's only 8 and is already on book 2 - she's my advanced reader (read Moby Dick and Shakespeare at 6!!!)

It's great for me, because even on my really foggy days I can read those because it's a pretty easy read.

Just in time, because tomorrow starting at 6 PM here, they are having their yearly HUGE used book sale and we always walk out with a couple tote bags full of great books.

I'm sure Harry Potter will be in that bunch, at least some of the older first ones.

Thanks,

I register my old books (and those of my friends and neighbors), tag them with an ID# and then leave them in public places for people to find. It's quite a rush leaving presents for strangers.

It can be done when you feel like it and costs next to nothing. Very fun and it makes you feel really good when one of your babies writes home. (The website sends an email if there's been a journal entry on one of your books.)

Oh yeah, you can also hunt other people's books. A bit trickier to do but neat all the same. I have alerts coming to my email from my local area.

If it sounds interesting check out: www.bookcrossing.com

I still think this is way cool after 8 months and numerous wild releases.

I am such a yard hound and couldn't imagaine not being able to putter in my yard--went a little stir crazy doing nothing (can you say ADD)?

Anyway, I got a fresh water fish aquarium. It is rind of like an underwater garden. My kids liked it so much that now we all have one in our bedrooms. They are soooo cool.

We all really enjoy them and they are RELAXING!

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Originally posted by lifeline:
Piano lessons - I love it!

Reading - I love that, also...just finished "Tuesdays with Morrie"...great, great book.

cootiegirl, I'm thinking about getting Harry Potter. All the kids are glued to them. Must be good!

lifeline

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I did a lot of cross stitching but some days were harder than others when my forearms and hands would get cramped.

Seriously, bookcrossing is very interesting. I passed that along to several other people. Thanks.

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Yay, more bookcrossers. (Glad everyone didn't think I was nuts. Oh, cause you already knew that.)

Used to quilt, do stained glass work, mosaic....lately my passion is metalsmithing, (soldering, fabrication of jewelry).
All of this is hard on my hands tho, so hope I can keep it up.

I am an outdoors girl. Other than splitting headaches and exhaustion, the rest of me is fine for the most part so I can do what I love most: FLYFISHING. My other favorite hobby: photographing insects of all kinds, and of course, the fish.

Some of my photographs have been published in books, even, which is pretty thrilling, but it's mainly for the fascination of looking at small things very closely.

I do have times when I can read. But, it is about 3 pages only in the evening. Then I will go weeks when I can't do that again.

I have planted some cactus when I am able. That has been fun and a few plants in the garden bed out front.

All other plants have died due to the heat in the summer.

I have thought about giving Donna Dewberry's paints a try but haven't had the funds to purchase a kit yet.

I did purchase some pillow cases and the thread to do some work on them at the local thrift shop but haven't been able to follow through on giving it a try either.

The connection between the brain and the limbs is usually a problem.

I guess my hobby now is taking Buster out to toilet and exercise in the morning and the evening. It has given me something that I can do successfully most of the time within the limits I have.

I know there must be something I can do besides reclining and watching TV but I have not found it yet.

I do travel well in a vehicle most of the time as a passenger. But, do not get the opportunity to do this much.

Also, thanks, I Have, for mentioning scrapbooking. I had started a new book around the time my symptoms worsened, but then put it aside. I think I'm going to pul it back out.