Help!!! Bored Rvwife...

[EngineerMike]

Bad joints? Smoke 'em anyway, then you won't care if you have a hobby.

[Daytrippers]

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Originally Posted by EngineerMike Bad joints? Smoke 'em anyway, then you won't care if you have a hobby.

LOL

[SarahW]

USNWife--it may be that you are lonely if you spend every day alone. Are there other people around that you might get to know and spend some time with? Personally, I'm trying to wean myself off the internet, as I spend waaaaaaay too much time online!!

[llmrealestat]

Learn to play an instrument. My husband is learning the concertina and I am learning the tin whistle. Both are quite small instruments and easily transportable and there are lessons either on DVD and/or the internet. We are having a great time with it and it is keeping our brains working (somewhat).

Also make very simple small tie quilts and donate them to social services or hospital nurseries for babies or small children that are abused and removed from their homes.

[EelKat]

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Originally Posted by usnwife23454 Im an unbelievable bored rvhousewife. My hubby works all day and is gone with the only car for hours. I am trying to find a hobby to fill my days and maybe bring in some extra cash at some point. I dont have a highly out of the box creative style except when it comes to my baking(so thankful we have an oven). Big Poppa says I cant bake constantly or else he and coworkers will get too pudgy, so need to find another outlet. Anybody have suggestions? I dont have a good camera, and am scared to death of birds(feel free to laugh), dont know if beading is something I can do with bad joints. Just some back story when thinking of helping thoughts. Thanks in advance, Usnwife23454

Here is a list of hobbies I do in my MH, perhaps something here will be of interest to you?

Sewing - by machine when we have electricity, by hand when we don't. I sell the stuff on Etsy.

• --CosPlay costumes
• --skirts and dresses
• --dolls
• --mini-quilts for cats
• --cat-nip toys
• --Christmas tree ornaments

Needlecrafts - Again I sell the stuff on Etsy.

• --crazy quilts w/embroidery & beadwork
• --tapestries
• --dollhouse rugs in needlepoint and latchhook
• --baragello work
• --embroidery & crewel work
• --cross stich
• --crochet - scarves, scarves, scarves, and lots more scarves - I got a scarf addiction

Art - I sell the stuff on Zazzle.

• --oil pastles and soft pastels
• --watercolor
• --acrylics
• --pen and ink drawings
• --crayon drawings
• --landscapes
• --pet poitraits
• --auto and RV poitraits
• --icons (Mary, Jesus, etc) done in glitter, beads, and sequins

Writing - I sell the stuff on LuLu and Kindle.

• --short stories
• --non-fiction articles
• --novellas
• --novels
• --ghost-writing sermons for ministers
• --essays
• --manifestos
• --comic book scripts
• --plays

Reading/Book Collecting - this takes up every free space of my motorhome

• --Start Trek novels - I've got about 200 of then mostly 1960s-1980s eds
• --Retief books - very rare, very hard to find pulp sci-fi from the 1950s
• --Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck and Darkwing Duck comic books - going for a Guniess Record with this, I currently have over 7,000 issues, yes all on board my motorhome with me
• --Choose Your Own Adventure (about 100 volumes)
• --Three Investigators (79 volumes)
• --Nancy Drew (about 50 volumes)
• --Dungeons and Dragons (I'm a Dungeon Master, so I've got D1, D2, D2a, D3, and D4 series of players guides, dungeon crawls, DM manuals, Monster manuals, dice, minis, dice, templates, dice...)
• --SpellJammer and Ravenloft (about 30 volumes)

Games. (Stored in the over-the-cab area of my Class C)

• --Clue (5 different editions)
• --Monopoly (about 12 editions)
• --1313 Dead End Drive
• --lots of kiddie games from the 1970s (Candy Land, Trouble, Chutes and Ladders, Popeye, Pink Panther, etc)
• --Scrabble
• --Chess, Checkers, Backgammon
• --Authors (card game)
• --Game Cube video game system
• --Risk
• --Bingo

DVDs.

• --Star Trek (original series of course)
• --Dr Who (old and new series, esp Tom Baker)
• --X-Files (all 9 seasons)
• --Xena (all 6 seasons)
• --Monk
• --Columbo (all 9 seasons)
• --lots of Disney stuff, esp everythong with Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, and Darkwing Duck in them
• --pretty much every Vincent Price movie ever made (about 150 dvds)
• --ditto on Johnny Depp

Well, that's what I do when I get bored...hope that helps

[ka7suz]

Compile your family history. A lot of research can be done on-line. If this would interest you, please send me a pm (private message) and I will get you started. I have been involved in doing my own research as well as helping others for more than 20 years.

JoAnn

[Arch Hoagland]

Have you played Angry Birds yet?

Keeps my wife amused for hours on end.

[awarnes]

Use the car and take him to work on a few days a week. He can't be using the car at work unless he is in sales. Look for bus routes near where you are staying and go visit the area. Don't just sit there and be bored. Go enjoy the area.

[Dawn309]

USNWife, I hate being bored too. If you are interested in learning how to knit, crochet or other crafts, please feel free to check out my website, Dawn's Deals. I have how to pages for knitting and crocheting. I have videos to show how to do either along with free patterns. I started this website when I had to quit my job because my husband became more disabled. He now has the beginnings of dementia, so he sleeps a lot. I cannot be very far from him because he is very confused when he wakes up a lot of the time. My website and my Facebook page are my connection to the world now. You might consider starting a website about cooking. If you are interested in something like that private message me and I will be more than happy to help you as much as I can.