Starting out

So I need a hobby. I look and I really want to be creative. I don't know if I WANT to be creative, or feel pressured by all the stay at homes who create amazing costumes for their children in the school musical production (Kindergardners mind you, the ones who don't even sing, they stand on stage sucking their fingers? yeah... them) and here I am just trying to MAKE it to the production....
I find myself wandering the halls of the craft stores, thinking... I'm never going to make something out of this, except a mess.... I have started collecting art, but find myself drawn to some pieces I'm pretty sure that I could make... So today I bought canvas and some paints... not knowing a THING about painting... but I LIKE art, so shouldn't I be able to Create it? I mean, I pulled off the Wreath Challange when my husband said "you cant make that wreath... " And I'd never done it before... but figured it can't be too hard.

... I've started Decorating like I am Martha Stewart for some reason... Is it the new house?

This quest started because the hobby I love is basically impossible to do anymore. Photography. I love the darkroom. The smell of the chemicals, the sound of the fan... the glow of the red light... watching your pictures emerge in the bath of chemicals... Today there's instant gratification, which is nice when chasing a toddler around trying to catch a cute face... but not as fun to me when I'm shooting something stiller, calmer... or feeling the urge to pull over and photograph an interesting fence post, or tractor tire... or tree... (yeah, I like the ansel adams approach).... I actually went to a photography store, and asked where they kept their Stop Bath, and the kid behind the counter looked at me like I was crazy. I actually had to find someone old enough to know what a Darkroom actually was... only to be told that my best bet would be on ebay.... dying art in the age of digital.... so I'm on my quest.

• Tennis

Pro -everyone plays it
Con -everyone but me. I'm not athletic.... Strike One

• Cooking

Pro - I'm getting much better at it - creating flavors that blend together well... even tackeling a williams sonoma beautiful dinner you think you'd never serve... with
sucess...
Pro - I like food.
Con - I like food. And thus the 30 pounds I could stand to lose, if I ever want to see my clothes again

• Shopping

Pro - I do Like to shop.. and I think I could master the skill... =P
Con - The 30 pounds makes shopping seem pointless... I want to LOSE this weight, not support its habbit by buying things that cloak it...

• Scrapbooking

Pro - I have a ton of photos I could put together, and I always think they look so cute....
Con - ugh... small pieces of paper.. all that work for ONE page?

Lately it seems that my hobby has become agreeing to be on numerous charity committees, and take on events that I'm not getting paid for... tho I'm an event planner.... but its always a good cause, and it gives me something to do... I tell myself... as I don't have time to wax my eyebrows, or get a mani-pedi.... OOOH... could Spa'ing be a hobby?