[speaker001:] alrighty uh I'll just hand it off to you and hobbies in our spare time is what we've been selected to discuss today
[speaker002:] well uh the hobbies that I pursue in my spare time are crafts and uh I've been involved in making uh hat stand and uh rag dolls and uh different type hats with um flowers and roses you know and uh that kind of thing straw hats and all that kind of stuff
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] and I enjoy it it's relaxing and you kind of get absorbed in it so the time goes by you know before you realize anything's going on and I play the organ sometimes uh just for my own satisfaction not for anybody else's ears because I'm not that good at it but I like to bang the keyboards once in a while how about yourself
[speaker001:] oh really well oh hobbies gee whiz I guess I got too many hobbies so I never have time to deal with them I like photography a lot uh
[speaker002:] really oh yeah that's neat
[speaker001:] I used to do that a lot and then I like um we have a new child that'll be a year old here next week so I'll take a lot of pictures of her you know and spoil them first one you know how that is and um uh
[speaker002:] oh that's great uh-huh
[speaker001:] I play the guitar and a banjo I mainly play the guitar a lot you know I play it about every night and um I really love that if I had a druther if I could've if I could make it on the road I'd like to play on like a bluegrass band or something because that's
[speaker002:] oh that sounds nice I like bluegrass too
[speaker001:] I've yeah I've done it before and when I was in high in high school and college and thoroughly enjoyed it and and it's really a a blast my wife hates it but that's the way life is I guess
[speaker002:] uh-huh that's the hard part right
[speaker001:] exactly
[speaker002:] if you can do things together that really helps a lot
[speaker001:] uh the well yeah we uh she's uh into the aerobics and uh
[speaker002:] oh well that's good too
[speaker001:] and and we did aerobics together for about a month and a half and that went over real well but uh that's about it there
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh it's good and it's healthy too
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] we do that too we have a uh a treadmill and uh a bicycle and that kind of stuff we try to get twenty minutes like at least three for four times a week you know yeah and we like movies
[speaker001:] oh that's great that's great yep that's uh spare time with a child it's kind of stressful she's we have uh we're looking for a baby sitter so we've been out twice in one in this year so far by ourselves without the child so it's kind of
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh become an issue you could say um hobbies I like
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] messing around in your house building things and you know put cabinets up and those kind of things um
[speaker002:] oh yeah that's great too uh-huh yeah we did some remodeling when we bought a house we built put a kitchen in and um that kind of stuff and painting and some wallpapering that's fun it is it really is
[speaker001:] it's really kind of fun especially if your spouse will get in there with you and get dirty yeah
[speaker002:] yep exactly I like things that uh you know two people can do but I like the quiet of doing things away you know kind of gives you some space for yourself and that's what I find in making the dolls and things that it gives me something that I can create and I like to crochet and knit I made some afghans and that kind of stuff I like doing things with my hands
[speaker001:] uh-huh sounds like it do you like to cook
[speaker002:] that yeah yes I love to cook
[speaker001:] yeah I love to cook too I'm a
[speaker002:] Italian food yeah pizzas and spaghettis and lasagnas and that kind of stuff
[speaker001:] oh really well we're all skinny farts so I it so when it comes I like to cook and eat and to have mainly mainly I guess I get the enjoyment out of people eating it and saying man this is really good um
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh yeah it is
[speaker001:] um but it it just work in the garden work around the yard of course
[speaker002:] do you do barbecues
[speaker001:] yes we we sure do smoke them and
[speaker002:] for uh uh uh smoking and all that stuff
[speaker001:] oh yeah all that hoe down stuff yeah all that stuff that's bad for you
[speaker002:] yeah yep I I lived in Abilene for a little while
[speaker001:] oh sure yeah
[speaker002:] and uh worked in the Abilene plant and we used to go to Joe Allen's Barbecue and oh that was great
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] really great they have some nice stuff down there
[speaker001:] that's uh only way to do it
[speaker002:] I miss it
[speaker001:] well yeah it's uh it's uh it's uh there's uh there's pluses to everything but yeah it seems like there's just so many things to do down here I like the sports side I play a lot of racquetball
[speaker002:] oh yeah oh we did horseback I I did horseback riding too in fact when my children were growing up we always had horses and uh that was kind of for them but they weren't as interested in it as we were you know so uh that was a real I'd say probably for maybe fifteen years we dabbled in that you know we always had horses around and I really enjoyed that
[speaker001:] oh that's great sound like you
[speaker002:] and I was disappointed when I went to Texas I didn't see that many of them yes
[speaker001:] horses yeah you really don't yeah there's there's a you have to look real hard to see a lot of things besides concrete uh
[speaker002:] I know I know it's true
[speaker001:] there's buildings and concrete and a lot of people and that's about it down here and it's uh yeah but uh that's great well sound like you have a lot of nice hobbies there
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah you too you too
[speaker001:] well great well look uh I know it's probably late for you uh enjoyed speaking with you have a good weekend bye-bye
[speaker002:] okay me too okay bye now