I wish I could say I have one favorite pasttime, as a mother & caretaker, downtime is rare, but when I do manage to find a "gap" of time free... I like to play electronic games, read (kindle books or paperback, either/or), cook/recipe hunt, crafts (such as hairbow making, I have a little girl! or making window hangings or other useful items for a house.... My most recent project has been revamping my kids room with another "theme.") I also am an animal lover, but alas my Poo-dog passed last year, so now I only manage to clean up after my Grams pissy cat.... Ugh.
I'm the residential techie amongst my crew, so lately have also completed 3 other sets of tax papers other than my own.
(But that's not a hobby, right?)
I also have a staggering cosmetic collection I just had to down-size & "out with the old" sifting....
But one of my favorite favorite smart & most useful "mad scientist" thing I love to do... is get out my boxes of supplies & make soap (or lotions, or anything really, you would be shocked, most bath & body type products use very similar ingredients.... )
So pretty much get out the concentrated fragrance oils & essential oils, cocoa butter, shea butter, colorants, extras, molds, & packaging, and make something awesome that I can use & enjoy or even gift to someone! At one point in time, I had thought I would make a go of a business of it, but you really have to mass produce to make it "worth your time" (and money!)
I too also get stir crazy if I don't "have anything to do" however, most of the time it's a case of "there just aren't enough hours in the day" (to do everything I WISH I could do!)
Good topic to post, I had thought about it before, but didn't want to have fingers pointed for asking something like this!
Pictured is Spearmint Eucalyptus (Bath & Body Works Frangrance Type) Soap with embedded Eucalyptus leaves I made.
Melt & Pour glycerine soap