Welcome, zombiepie. I like your monikor.
My mom was a rebel in her youth, so in the 50's she didn't dress or behave like other typical 'housewives' all that much. So I'm not sure what hobbies a 50's housewife had. Other than sewing and reading and gardening, and making her own cigarettes with a rolling & cutting machine, I don't really remember much in the way of hobbies. I guess the reading and her art were her pleasure and relaxation activities, and since one definition of hobby is 'an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure' they were hobbies. The cigarette rolling was a money saving device, although I guess she did get some pleasure and relaxation out that as well (sadly since it was lung cancer that killed her.)
I learned to sew from my mom, but other needlework I learned from other relatives because she just wasn't interested in knitting, crocheting, tatting, quilting or needlepoint. But she was a skilled artist; her paintings are a pleasure to behold, as are her drawings. She was wonderfully supportive when it came to art projects for school.
Old ladies play video games, too. I am an 'old lady' and have been playing video games since before I had a computer (Pong, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, etc.) then my earliest favorite on my computer was Zaxon, and much later in the 90's my brother introduced me to the first Duke Nukem! But when he introduced me to Lara Croft in 2000's I was hooked to the adrenaline rush of these action games. Later I switched to video games I could play with my granddaughter, like Ratatouille and Kameo; then later Red Dead Redemption. I was addicted to Red Dead Redemption the same like with Lara Croft 20 years prior. I'd still play it if they'd make a new version!
At least my heart doesn't race and feel like it's going to pound itself out of my chest when I make soap. It's much more relaxing than videogames.
Although here in the midwest (and other parts of the country as well), 'videogaming' means something else to a lot of people. Here it apparently means gambling machines and we vote on weather or not to allow videogaming to be allowed within the city limits. That confused the heck out of me when I first saw that on the ballot!
