[speaker001:] Okay, I guess its recording. Um, what kind of hobbies do you have? Do you sing or knit or anything?
[speaker002:] Well, I, um, I do cross-stitch and I enjoy reading and playing softball.
[speaker001:] Okay. I, uh, I started knitting awhile ago, I knitted I didn't know, even know what the stitch is called. I just had this, uh, uh, piece of yarn and I wanted to start something so I remembered something I learned I think when I was five years old [LAUGHTER]. So I kept doing that, and now I have a little blanket but that's all I've done.
[speaker002:] Oh, really.
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] Well, I know that I learned how to knit one time and, um, made a few things but I haven't done it in so long that I probably wouldn't remember how [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Do you make sweaters and things or just blankets?
[speaker002:] Well, if I remember I think we made some, like Christmas stockings, you could make the, like the granny squares or whatever,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and sew them together and make Christmas stockings and maybe some slippers or something like that.
[speaker001:] Oh. I see.
[speaker002:] Nothing as big as a blanket.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] I know that my husband's grandmother does a lot of that.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And she makes a lot of afghans and all that kind of stuff but,
[speaker001:] I probably won't make anything beyond this blanket [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I don't know why. It's just too time consuming.
[speaker002:] Yeah, do you have any other hobbies?
[speaker001:] Um, I like to sing. I've been trying to get some wedding gigs and things like that.
[speaker002:] Oh, well that's good.
[speaker001:] Um, right now my actual job is a news reporter. But, uh, if I could do anything I wanted to do, it would be to sing professionally. But um,
[speaker002:] So are you on the T V then?
[speaker001:] Yes, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I'm in, uh, I work for channel six in Waco.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] And so I do little news reports and things. It's not as exciting as it [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] as it sounds. But, um,
[speaker002:] So you don't have too much time for hobbies?
[speaker001:] No, not much, um, my day is usually pretty full.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] My schedule is like from nine to five thirty, but I could be at work from anytime, you know, from nine until nine at night or ten or whatever, so it's hard to make plans much less, you know, have a hobby. And even if I had a hobby like knitting or something and I wanted to take it to work, I'd probably never get to it.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] You know, so. What do you do?
[speaker002:] Um.
[speaker001:] Normally.
[speaker002:] I'm a housewife.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] So, unless the kids are asleep I don't get, usually get much done either [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh [throat clearing].
[speaker002:] But I've made a, um, few things, cross-stitch things. I really enjoy doing that.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And um, I made, uh, like stockings for both my children and a Christmas tree shirt and that,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] type of thing, and it just takes a long time to get it done but, you know, once you've done something like that it kind of makes you feel good, to,
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] to see it.
[speaker001:] I show-, I showed mine to my boyfriend and he was like, you didn't make that.
[speaker002:] Really? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah, it looks, uh, halfway decent actually, [LAUGHTER] first thing I did but,
[speaker002:] I guess you can make baby blankets that wouldn't take as long [NOISE].
[speaker001:] Yeah. How many children do you have?
[speaker002:] Two.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay. I hear them in the background there.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] All right, that's a hobby in itself.
[speaker002:] Not quite [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] A job in itself.
[speaker002:] It's a fulltime job, yeah.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Right now I was just sitting here watching T V, I was getting ready to fall asleep.
[speaker002:] So, um, have you sang at any weddings yet?
[speaker001:] Yeah, I sang at one last summer. Um, it was my first wedding. I've done, um, little commercials and background singing and, um, I sang all through college and things like that but I really haven't done anything really, professional per se.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But I did one wedding last year and, uh, I just now got some cards together, kind of, uh, business cards that say,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] singer, and what does it say, a song makes beautiful wedding or something, and I've been passing them out to different wedding shops, I mean when someone comes in,
[speaker002:] Oh, that's a good place, yeah.
[speaker001:] you know, for a wedding, for a wedding dress,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and they, they might ask about it. This one woman even wanted me to bring my tape in because I have a demo tape, you know, if any one wants to listen.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And, uh, she wanted me to bring it in, she's going to play it on Saturday so [LAUGHTER] that would be great,
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] if someone came and heard it, and they were like, I want that voice, but, [breathing].
[speaker002:] Well, that's good.
[speaker001:] I haven't got any calls, yet but I only just put them out this week so,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] hopefully I'll get some calls in. Especially now since this, it's spring and it's the wedding season, I guess.
[speaker002:] Oh, that's true.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Make your hobby into a business, that would be pretty good, huh?
[speaker001:] Yeah, that would be great. Then I could be getting paid for something I love to do.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Not that I don't like reporting, but, I'd love it.
[speaker002:] Did you have training in singing when you were,
[speaker001:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker002:] younger then or,
[speaker001:] No, I've never, I've never had, uh, formal training. I've just been singing every chance I get. I try, you know,
[speaker002:] Choirs and that kind of stuff?
[speaker001:] in school and, yeah, choirs and, um, when I was at U T, I was in a group called Ensemble One oh Nine, just twelve singers and we did, uh, little conventions and, um, uh, like dinner parties and things like that.
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] Sing pop music.
[speaker002:] Well, that's nice.
[speaker001:] So, that's what got me really, really interested in it.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So I'm trying to be sensible, sensible, too, at the same time.
[speaker002:] Yeah, not just give up your job and jump right into it [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, exactly. My parents would have a fit probably.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] But, uh, I think, I either have a call or, yeah, I do have a call, hold on one second.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [children talking] [NOISE]. [Long pause in conversation.]
[speaker001:] Hello.
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] Yes, okay that's my mother on the other line, I need to go,
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] but, um, I think we are suppose to talk for ten minutes are we suppose to hear a beep or anything?
[speaker002:] I don't know, I've only done this one other time and I thought that the man told me five minutes.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay, my mother said ten minutes so, I don't know.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] But, uh, okay well, it was nice talking to you and,
[speaker002:] It was nice talking to you, too, good luck with your singing.
[speaker001:] and good luck with your hobbies [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Okay, bye.
[speaker001:] Thanks, bye.