The Beal Family

Lately, Ive been weird. Some of you are laughing hideously right now because the word lately might not do it justice. But all my life I have been plagued with a short attention span. I go through these odd phases where a hobby or obsession CONSUMES all my waking hours.

For fun: A brief documentation.

As a wee tiny thumb sucking child I had a "Bee". Which was actually just a huge adult sized gross blanket with a real lion picture on it, that I used to carry around with me. It had a special corner that for some reason smelled delicious to me. I believe this to be my first addiction.

As a child, oddly enough I think my obsession was clothes. Not shopping mind you - just pickiness over what I wore. And I had ZERO style. Unless "homeless masculine blind girl channeling her inner paula abdul" qualifies as a style.  I would change my clothes a thousand times before school and have a melt down if I was forced to wear something I deemed ugly, scratchy, or cutesy. Thank goodness my fashion senses kicked in around 17. If only I had known before I could drive that a person could in fact buy clothing somewhere other than K-Mart. Although the blue light specials and layaway are as synonymous with my youth as hot pink and a crimper....(and yes that is my old nose you are seeing on the right.)

Enter teenage years. Thats when I met The Beatles. I blame my parents for not being at all educated with the worlds best band, for why it took me so long to discover them (Dont worry my Mother has more than made up for it now - with HER obsessive behavior over my Mr. McCartney. But back then she thought I was crazy.) But Paul, technically was my first love. I should specify - Paul 1965....not 1980. I knew more about the Beatles when I entered high school than anything else. Actually that might still be true of me. Sad, I know.

And then all through my high school/college days...I was of course obsessed with short term relationships. Bad ones. So for secretive purposes I wont name names or put up any soccer related photos. But that was definitely a phase of my life I am HAPPILY BLISSFULLY out of. The aces have spoken.

For the most part now, I spend my time obsessing over these 2 beauties:
And this wonderfully handsome guy:
 




There have also been phases of these great hobbies:
Greys Anatomy (ok, so this one is ongoing) Gluing things with mod podge, trying new recipes, writing, and even a slight flirtation with exercise.

But lately....Ive been wanting to find a new hobby. I feel empty somehow of a personal fulfillment from a selfish project of some kind. Something to help me unwind and relax. So back to the weird mentioned in the beginning of this post. Here are a few ideas ive been having:

1. Make the couch from Breakfast At Tiffanys out of an old claw foot bathtub. I have no idea how to cut cast iron...but I could get my welding gear on and try! And then of course I would need to find a goblet and a sleep mask.

2. Reborn a doll. Sorry Kallie, I know this creeps you out! But I would love to make a 'real' baby out of a doll. Check these out - they are on Ebay for THOUSANDS of dollars! Im sure mine would turn out looking super fake and even worse than when they started! You take a legit doll and strip the paint off and re-do it. Then you bedazzle it with real hair and fake but real looking eyes. Can you believe those babies are FAKES? I know some of you are thinking "Chucky" so ill move on now.

3. And finally....Ive been thinking of starting up a business. I wont disclose what yet, because it might not happen...but ive been dappling with different ideas. As many of you know I have been running my coupon site Discount Queens with a friend for the past 2 years. But I have officially signed a farewell agreement. Thats right, Tamra is moving on as a solo operation! It will be sad to part ways with my little blog -  but Im ready for a new adventure I guess and I am confident I have left it in good hands. So let me ask you this - if you could start up your dream business what would it be? Or ...what are your current obsessions/hobbies?