Potential Hobbies For Retirement

Bird Toys
We moved some furniture around to get the extra bedroom fixed up so one of the kids could come visit for mothers day weekend. During that expidition we discovered a ton of small doo-dads and knick knacks that we had intended to use for home made bird toys. We ordered a few more things on Amazon (mainly wire and buttons) and hit the dollar store for the rest. So now we have everything we need to make our own bird toys.

Leatherwork
Way back in the day when I first joined the Army I spent a lot of time in the base recreation center. I learned how to understand cameras, develop film and pictures. The leatherworking shop was also pretty fun. I spent many weeknights and weekends making stuff and it was practically free. You only had to pay for the material (leather, photo paper) using the tools or dark room didn't cost anything. So ... dammit Craigslist and FaceBook Marketplace ! I had to look and found a smoking deal on some leather and tools that someone no longer wanted. Honestly, the boxes looked much smaller in the pictures ! So now I have three HUGE boxes of leather ... everything from veg-tan to suede, calf, goat, and patent. Also, a smaller box of patterns and some leather burning tools. Now all I need is a place to put all of this leather as it is currently using up a bunch of space in the front room.