[speaker001:] what kind of hobbies do you find yourself involved with
[speaker002:] well I find myself involved in um singing with a group at the local community college
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] and also embroidering and especially cooking I like to uh cook and uh have been in charge of various events and sometimes I embroider when I have really a bit of spare time
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] now it seems you're interested in woodworking what kind of woodworking do you do
[speaker001:] ah uh woodworking um very little actually uh
[speaker002:] uh oh
[speaker001:] no um
[speaker002:] I thought that's what they said um-hum
[speaker001:] oh no they they uh they they suggested a variety of possibilities and of whatever hobbies hobbies you can come up with uh no uh
[speaker002:] oh I see um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] my hobbies kind of vary from time to time depending on what kind of time I've got uh I spent twenty years as an auto mechanic
[speaker002:] I see
[speaker001:] and I enjoy working with with cars uh I've built a couple of race cars uh
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum oh you have
[speaker001:] uh yeah um
[speaker002:] oh my
[speaker001:] also I do enjoy woodworking uh uh cabinet cabinetry type woodworking
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] um I've done some model building and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] different things like that um
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] right now hobbies pretty much tend to be on hold with a twelve week old baby and
[speaker002:] oh my uh-huh
[speaker001:] full time student hobbies are a extreme luxury
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you say you say you uh sing with a group in a community college
[speaker002:] uh yes um
[speaker001:] what sort of music do you work with
[speaker002:] well we we work with show music and with uh opera arias and actually we're very fortunate to have a um former opera singer uh from New York who is relocated to Dallas and uh she has taken over the the vocal music department at one of the community colleges here in Dallas and uh she both gives private lessons and has um
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] a variety of classes especially on Saturdays for um people that are interested and what I found I've been going over there for about three or four years now and what we found is that there winds up being a core group of us that um keep on coming back
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] and uh we give performances at the college and at the uh Botanical Gardens in the spring time and at various retirement homes and things of that nature
[speaker001:] that sounds like a lot of fun
[speaker002:] and you can um select whatever things you want to work on for the semester and she'll help you with them and give you um lots of good points and uh it it's a very enjoyable group uh it's not um overly formal that you have to worry it's not professional but it's good and I enjoy it very much
[speaker001:] yeah those are usually the best sorts
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] I you you say show music like Broadway musical type show music
[speaker002:] right uh-huh I've I've personally done some things from Camelot and from My Fair Lady you know things like that um
[speaker001:] okay hum those are wonderful shows
[speaker002:] uh and uh some of the people really are just very fine singers we kind of enjoy one another so uh and and when we go out to those retirement homes or the nursing homes the people are very very appreciative which also makes you very happy that you're able to kind of pick up somebody else's life also so
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah yeah well the the chances are these are all all things they're very familiar with and just the chance to have some entertainment and some some variety in their life
[speaker002:] right um-hum yes
[speaker001:] at at retirement homes I mean even still there are variety there there're a lot of
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] retirement homes that try to make it sound like it's a real you know luxury condominium setup but still the you know the bulk of the people living there tend to be living pretty restricted lives
[speaker002:] oh yes um-hum
[speaker001:] so something like that can be a lot of fun
[speaker002:] yeah I I really uh that's really what we have found and also um a lot of the people are very knowledgeable
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh in in the field of music they're just very knowledgeable about a lot of things and they'll come and talk to you afterwards and um
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] you better know your onions but uh it it is something I do enjoy very much so and the other thing I like to do is
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh yeah
[speaker002:] uh cook I have um uh uh planned uh menus for various organizations and this year I was asked to take care of uh several luncheons and dinners up at my children's school and the next thing that we're getting ready for is a big faculty luncheon and we're gonna give them Italian food
[speaker001:] oh that sounds