I have a friend that handquilts.....and does it all day long. She and I have the same feelings on this ---- we DESERVE to do what we want -- we're retired. We raised kids and worked.....by golly, now it's ME time. As for housework....I spend 1-2 hours daily in taking care of the house - the rest of the hours are mine.....good thing it's a SMALL house!! :)