Thx for the responses; at least I know one thing is for sure after reading everyone's post...

Everyone is doing something else outside of the game while crafting... = crafting is boring as hell...

Dev's need to look into it... lol

For now I'll just try the anime/movies while crafting and try to keep eye open on crafting screen... or steal my wifes monitor to watch anime on their while i craft and she sleeps