It's been half a decade or more since I wrote a blog post. The main reason I stopped is nothing relevant to say. This brings me to now. Why start again? It's partly due to the Wife coming up with the idea of wanting to send some a year in review out to people for Christmas cards. She mentioned that it would be cool to list some of the accomplishments in my hobbies (well, the one she approves of), our kids' accomplishments, and our travels.
The second reason I thought about starting was to have a creative place to discuss whatever I wanted about my hobbies and progress. I think one of the things I really missed about my original blog was seeing progress. Mostly, it was progression on models. I would show them and explain what I was doing color-wise. Then progressed to what the force looked like and the games I played with them. I want to continue that but expand to my other hobbies. This way, the wife can pick and choose what she wants, and I can see my progress.
My Hobbies
Miniature Gaming and Model Building
I mentioned this above a few times. I do miniature wargaming and some board games. It's one of the few social things I do. It also allows me to get my creative side out. I plan to post my hobby progress and some of the
A hobby I picked up just before the pandemic was collecting Gundam models. I made a lot of trips to Japan in 2 years and fell in love. I say collecting because I currently have more models in boxes than built. I will be rectifying that soon.
Video Games
This was always a big hobby growing up and continues to play a big part in my life. A few friends got a kick out of my game reviews when I emailed them recommendations, and I thought I would transfer that to the blog. Not that my recommendations mean a hill of beans, but everyone has an opinion.
Powerlifting
This is the one hobby that my wife approves of (sort of). I picked it up a few years ago. I had some health issues; the only way to fix the issue was to diet and exercise. This is particularly funny because I made fun of a friend for years about this as his hobby. I figure this would be the perfect way to show progress and allow the wife to take what she needs for her family write-up at the end of the year.
That's it
That's the whole reason for restarting a blog. I will go into detail on things as I write them. I don't plan on posting any labels or anything for this post. It's mainly just to kick things off.
