String, I can't believe your husband is not entertaining you in the manner to which you are certainly entitled. I would be tap dancing or doing card tricks or something.

Why not try something really interesting like drawing Finonacci curves or calculating the nth Fibonacci number.

Personally, I like to do callygraphy. It clears the mind accomplishes something. You could make some Xmas cards for your friends. Or . . . you really could start on a new pair of tartan hose. I'd like the Robertson tartan personally.