Getting back to the fun stuff.

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When I began to prepare for y2k problems I lost interest in my favorite hobbies. I just couldn't invest so much time into a hobby when all my time was consumed with preparing. I am just now getting back my passions of sewing and quilting for the fun of it. I have new passions now thanks to y2k, soapmaking, sprouting, and planning a real garden this spring. It has been hard to get back to doing things just for the fun of it. I will never regret the two years I invested in my family survival insurance. I am just so glad to be able to go back to all the little things that meant so much to me with renewed interest. I am now a pro pantry stocker and can keep the inventory up and running with little effort and certainly less confusion on what I really need.

-- Carol (glear@usa.net), January 22, 2000

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I agree carol - My favorite hobby is research (sounds boring but not to me). So my direction for my research is a little different now than in the past, I am more interested in antiques and antique skills. I am also so grateful for the time now to look at self-sufficiency in a much longer term scenario (hopefully a much longer term anyway) and can make changes costing mucho dinero over time. Planning is the fun stuff for me, and then I get really excited when it can get completed.

-- Sammie (sammiex0@yahoo.com), January 23, 2000.

I'm glad to get back to making mundane plans for the future. For the past 18 months or so, all thoughts of the future were clouded by Y2K. Maybe it's like learning you have been cured of cancer.

-- Pearlie Sweetcake (storestuff@home.now), January 23, 2000.

Carol,

I agree with you about getting back to the fun stuff. I find myself spending less and less time on the forum, however I do pop into chat every so often. I, as well as you, have resumed my passion of sewing. Since last weekend, I have made curtains for my kitchen, a wonderful new jacket, and a pair of slacks. The curtains put the finishing touches to the kitchen remodel work that we had been doing.

As well, I am looking forward to my spring garden. However, I am still pulling fresh veggies out of my greenhouse. Just tonight, I had fresh carrots that were very sweet.

I guess, due to the number of new posts here lately, that many of us are starting to get back to our "old" lifestyles. I, however, will continue to stay well stocked in my pantry.

Have fun sewing and quilting, Donna

-- (Sheeple@Greener.Pastures), January 23, 2000.


After reading the above posts, it seems as though we have all come through Y2K, with a lesson learned: That we need to be a little more self sufficient and not so dependent. We need to learn how to take care of ourselves. The world has many great and wonderful fun things to enjoy and consider, but we still all need to keep in mind a little self sufficiency (and a well stocked pantry).

-- suzy (suzy@nowhere.com), January 26, 2000.

I've mentioned this in another thread some time ago; those interested in "antique skills" as Sammie put it, should check out Foxfire. There is a whole series of books on the subject of how our ancestors used to live and cope without the modern conveniences. Foxfire is an ongoing project in Rabun County GA. It's well worth a look. Since I live in the country and am retired, I spend a lot of time doing things like tanning deer skins, making lye soap, canning, gardening the old way, and so forth. You'd be amazed at the skills our grandparents had which most have forgotten. While making candles, for example, may not be a crucial survival skill (at least not yet), it's kinda satisfying to know how.

-- Craig (sofpj@netscape.net), January 29, 2000.


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