Redwing Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 My OH just came to give me a kiss and saw the Omlet site and said "more chickens? your phases don't normally last this long" I'm promise this isn't a phase honest! My phases have included: Interior design Glass painting Rescuing manky pigeons and trying to nurse them back to health Finches A strange obsession with stockpiling fabric Tie Dying Printing photos at home Turning the spare room in to a dressing room at vast expense Turning the same spare room in to an office three months later! Gardening is one that has always endured but its moving from tropical plants to veggies now Have you ever gone through phases of being really in to something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 *looks at own avatar* No. Never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Good to know I'm not alone. Yes I am always totally obsessed with something. Sometimes it goes on to endure at a lower pitch while I become obsessed with other things. Sometimes its projects at work, sometimes its handicraft, painting, making boxes, doing puzzles, sometimes its studying or recently its trashing the garden ready for chickens, or chickens and this forum obsession is frightening. All I have to do is get things in proportion and worry it can't be healthy being compulsive about things. So any tips on finding a balance would be good. I know I'm not obsessive about the chickens, they are just therapy and totally calming - when I am not worrying about them. No hope for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Funnily enough my OH suggested that chickens might be just another of my phases! I'll take great delight in telling him that it is not just me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I think my DH has decided that my chooks are more than one of my normal phases...he's just offered to buy me a cube . I'll have to sell my blue Eglu to finance some of it, but that'll be ok. Wonder if I can get one by next Saturday.... Sha x p.s. I would go for the previously loved option if anyone knows of one which needs a new home, but I'm not buying it so I think I am still ok with my big purple message below... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I must admit that I do go through 'phases' and then move on. Can't see me moving on from chickens though. Or the forum for that matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I think it's a sign of a lively and enquiring mind to have lots of interests! Who says you've got to choose one thing and stick to it for ever, that would be boring. In the past I've done classes in calligraphy, dinghy sailing, horse-riding, archery, tap-dancing, bricklaying and I'm sure there are some others. You meet new people and learn some useful skills, and I'm not daft enough to rush out and buy a load of kit every time I start something new. I've still got the calligraphy pens, and if I ever have the time I'll take it up again; I could lay a brick wall if I needed to; I decided riding wasn't for me, but if I was on holiday and wanted to go on a hack at least I know which end of the horse is which, and some of the other things I've done, like joining a choir, have lasted for years and led to some firm friendships and experiences I'd never have found otherwise. Beats sitting and watching TV every night! Right, I must get on with the upholstery, I won't have time when the bee-keeping class starts in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have a terrible butterfly mind and flit from one interest to another constantly! I'll get totally passionate about something then after a few months or so, lose all interest but that's only because something else comes along that takes my fancy Ian says my piano is the most expensive sideboard we've ever had I love this poem by Dorothy Parker which sums it up for me Travel, trouble, music, art A kiss, a frock, a rhyme I never said they feed my heart But still, they pass my time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Oh Redwing I'm so glad it's not just me then. My hubbie accuses me of throwing myself into things with 200% gusto to the exclusion of everything else then jumping on another bandwagon. I've been doing it ever since I left school 23yrs ago mostly evening adult ed. Amateur dramatics pantos. Car maintenance - (aged 19 to meet men but it was a class full of women) Tap dancing Touch typing (very handy) A Level Law DIY for girls Dressmaking (1 yr at £180 + sewing machine made 1 dress never worn) French conversation (I'm still rubbish). Womens barbershop choir (didn't last unfortunately only just given birth and wrong time to start). GCSE geography (since I failed it at school, quite chuffed I got A*) Sold hand made greetings cards in a local craft shop for 3 years Piano lessons 2 years ago - still going strong but daughters have overtaken me. Those are just the ones I can remember....... Don't even mention chickens..........hubbie just rolls his eyes when he can't find me in the house and I'm hiding in the study on this forum...which is my latest addiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Car maintenance - (aged 19 to meet men but it was a class full of women) All with the same idea I expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm not sure that I'd describe them as phases , but I have developed interests in new things, some of them I've enjoyed and those interests have endured, chickens, gardening, cooking, reading, others I've tried, given it a go but then ultimately decided that they weren't really for me, such as needlecrafts, knitting, pilates, bricklaying and plumbing It's good to try and spread the interests about and to keep challenging yourself I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) hmm let me see... I have a crossstitch somewhere about half finished that was supposed to go on my OS nursery wall. (He's 13 now!) I have started knitting a lovely fluffy scarf but never get the time *cough* to knit it other than that I cant think of much else, I am pretty good most of the time and only have what I think I will need/really want. (Beacause I am a indecisive person by the time I have dithered about, if it is trully something not worth having, I have worked it out and not bought it ) Edited January 16, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Well the chickens that I don't own yet it such an obsession that if it doesn't happen soon I might explode! Other than that I usually get into things and stick with them - gymnastics for 12 years, Thani Boxing for 4 (had to quit because of knee problems) and recently photography (which everyone thought was a phase but have now got used to my constant digital companion and even started buying me mags and bits and pieces!) xXx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Mrcluck has regular 'phases' My nick name for him is 'Toad of Toad Hall' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hmmm well - Sewing trousers - they were in at the time Making people from pipe cleaners & embroidery thread Friendship bracelet making Keyboard playing Hair wraps Nail Art - course done Sponging & Rag rolling Stencilling Pergamano Oil painting, watercolours Decoupage - covered a jewellery box in s"Ooops, word censored!"s & PVA glue Encaustic Art Melting Pot & Ultra Thick embossing powder messing with Card making Jewellery making Friendly Plastic Dollshouses Xyron machine Sizzix machine Drawing Glass painting Needle felting Embroidery & cross stitch PMC silver clay Aromatherapy Bodyshop lady Virgin Vie lady Partylite lady Most of my phases are craft related. I still do a lot of the above crafts & music related stuff. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Cripes! Was your virgin vie boss Clare Emerton by any chance? I love virgin vie but have given up my habit of late as its costing too much. Cant do without the 'one step face' base though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyfeet Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Craftyhunnypie - I think we might be related.............!!!!! I'm a craft 'hopper' too. Currently have about £200 worth (that's what i tell OH - probably nearer £400)of craft stuff in my loft because i see things and think 'oh I'd like to have a go at that, and I might not be able to get it anywhere else', the purse comes and before I know it Ooops - I did it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I have lots of things I'd like to do but haven't had many phases, I don't know where most of you get your time from (mind you, if I wasn't on here so much..... ) I had a pickling, jam making phase in the summer, if anything stood still in my kitchen for long it ended up in a jar! That stopped mainly because most of the stuff I was making was glut stuff, there's not much around to make into jam or pickle without having to go out and buy it. I still draw when I get a chance (or paint pictures on the walls of my house!!) but that's not often. I'm desperate to learn how to crochet, my Mum even got e a starter kit but I can't work it out from the diagrams, need someone to show me really Chickens have become an obsession not a phase, want MORE animals, again, not really a phase, I think I need to be more organised with my time, then I can have more phases! I WANT TO HAVE PHASES!! Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 My virgin vie manager was Maria Xavier Jackson, not Clare. I still love their stuff. Craft stuff, I reckon if I added up all the contents in my craft house it would be close to £4000, not £400! But I do still use it. I have a great stash of wool too from my late mother in law. I'm trying to learn to crochet. I don't like being beaten by a craft I can't do & I don't want traditional crafts to ever die out. Mrs B, I have time because I have no children! You are a dedicated great mum remember! When they are grown up, then you'll have time! Crafting is my relaxation technique & gives me my 'breathing space' if I'm ever upset or low. I lose myself in my knitting etc as it requires so much concentration & soon I forget about the things I was upset about. I have phases, but I go back to them, they don't really fade away. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hmmm well - Sewing trousers - they were in at the time Making people from pipe cleaners & embroidery thread Friendship bracelet making Keyboard playing Hair wraps Nail Art - course done Sponging & Rag rolling Stencilling Pergamano Oil painting, watercolours Decoupage - covered a jewellery box in s"Ooops, word censored!"s & PVA glue Encaustic Art Melting Pot & Ultra Thick embossing powder messing with Card making Jewellery making Friendly Plastic Dollshouses Xyron machine Sizzix machine Drawing Glass painting Needle felting Embroidery & cross stitch PMC silver clay Aromatherapy Bodyshop lady Virgin Vie lady Partylite lady Most of my phases are craft related. I still do a lot of the above crafts & music related stuff. Emma.x I bow to you humble mistress - I am but an amateur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Good to know I'm not alone. Yes I am always totally obsessed with something. Sometimes it goes on to endure at a lower pitch while I become obsessed with other things. I'm the same as Plum. I have "fads" which never go away but diminish, whilst other things come to the fore. My stained glass is on the back burner at the moment, but I know I will get inspired again. Things are cyclical with me, dependant on the season, to some extent. For example, in the Spring I will be obsessive about the Allotments again. My one enduring "fad" is the chooks (of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
