Well, let's see here... I'm about to turn 30, I live in Northfield Center, Ohio, with my high-school-sweetheart-husband Jason and our cat Chloe. We also have a Beta Fish named Buddah that apparently has been given the gift of eternal life by aliens or something. I've had my own in-home childcare center business in an addition on our house for the last six years, and I love what I do for a living. My husband is an engineer for a major valve and tube-fitting manufacturing company. In our spare time we fix-up our house, build stuff, garden, and enjoy saving money when we can with the old DIY mentality. I LOVE to paint rooms, which is great, because it's the one and only thing that my husband loathes. lol In my spare time I listen to music, fiddle around with learning to play the Djembe, go for walks, hang out at the metro-park near our home, work-out, hoola-hoop, paint abstract art inspired by other peoples personal styles as well as my own, write poetry and short stories/essays, landscape, read, watch movies, try new beers, and relax. It sounds like a pretty rough life, doesn't it? ;)
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
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Splinterman
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posted 116 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s…the best site to enhance your woodworking skills and knowledge.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
SnowyRiver
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posted 116 days ago
Welcome aboard. Nice to have you join us on Lumberjocks.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Scott Bryan
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posted 116 days ago
Hello Tiffany,
Let me welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find being a member of this group to be both a rewarding and an inspirational part of your woodworking adventure.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Roper
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posted 116 days ago
welcome aboard tiff.
-- Roper - Master of sawdust-
Max
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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
TiffanyJeanne
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posted 116 days ago
Wow! Thanks everybody! Everyone on here is so friendly and welcoming! :)
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
woodworm
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Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
Waldschrat
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posted 116 days ago
Welcome to lumerjocks! I think its rare when someone here is not helpfull or friendly!
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
ND2ELK
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posted 116 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive.
God Bless
tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
Waldschrat
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posted 116 days ago
I always hate that having to try new beers!
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
cabinetmaster
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Welcome to LJ’s. We are here to help you with your woodworking endeavors. Feel free to ask for advise. But Be aware…this site can be very addictive…………LOL
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
pommy
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posted 116 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s from us English LumberJocks
Andy
-- cut it saw it scrap it
TiffanyJeanne
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posted 115 days ago
Nicholas, how can you hate trying new beers?! lol I’m a total beer snob, and yet I think that trying new beers is just so much fun! (and educational, too!) Beer is one of my PASSIONS. lol ;)
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
Innovator
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Welcome to LumberJocks. It is a GREAT place to get ideas for your projects and help when you get stuck. There is a ton of information to help you along the way.
-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!
MOJOE
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posted 115 days ago
good to see another new face, hope to see some projects posted soon
-- Measuring twice and cutting once only works if you read the tape right!
Waldschrat
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posted 115 days ago
“Hmmm BEEEER” -Homer Simpson,
Yeah, like most guys here or anywhere in the world, beer is a passion definetly. If you really love beer, or anybody else here for that matter, you guys (I assume your husband loves beer too!) should move to Bavaria!
Some cool facts while I am thinking of beer (from my enclyclopedia of beer)
hate to be a topper but just has to be said! ;-)
- No country in the world has proportionaly as many breweries as Germany. (most every village and town has at least one) there is about 1300 of them total,
- more than half of which are in Bavaria… this figure represents about a 1/3 of all Breweries in the world.
- Average consumption of beer per person (german) per year is about 157 litres,
for the Bavarians its about 240 litres per year!
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
TiffanyJeanne
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posted 115 days ago
LOL I love The Simpson’s!
Bavaria is definitely on our list of places we’d like to eventually visit! Thanks for all the cool Bavarian Beer Factoids! lol
My husband and I, along with most of our close friends, LOVE beer. We like to do weekend beer-tastings, and we even have an excellent Micro-Brewery up in Cleveland that we like to go to, just about a half an hour away from us, called The Great Lakes Brewery. Best. Beers. EVER. ;)
We buy their (GLB) stuff a lot, especially their seasonal beers.
Though I love most of the beers I try, I am not fond of anything cheap/weak or anything light or even on the light-ish side. I prefer good strong IPA’s and Stouts! :D
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
Roper
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posted 115 days ago
damn that sounds good, right after i get done in the shop i’m headed out for a Fat Tire.
-- Roper - Master of sawdust-
TiffanyJeanne
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Yeah, seriously. I’ve got a six of Dead Guy Ale, and I’m not afraid to use it. LOL
I’ve never had Fat Tire! ...Enlighten me!
Just got finished assembling the new black rocking bench as a reference point for the oil-stained rocking bench I’m about to refinish and paint to match it. The newly assembled black bench is pretty sharp-looking, but the one I’m about to refinish, is going to kick its butt to the curb. ;)
Wish me luck! I’m about to head to Home Depot for my supplies! Yay! :D
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
Karson
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posted 115 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard. †
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Grumpy
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Welcome to Lumberjocks . This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
SCOTSMAN
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What a nice young lady a hearty welcome I hope you enjoy being with us here.thanks for coming aboard Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
Waldschrat
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posted 111 days ago
I still am very curious to see how the project came out with the black paint!
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
TiffanyJeanne
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posted 111 days ago
Hi Nicholas – I’m glad you’re still curious! lol The project went perfectly, no problems at all – but I had really prepared for it well from start to finish. I completed it yesterday afternoon, and I’m hoping to have the project pics posted on here before the weekend! Check back soon! :)
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
a1Jim
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posted 110 days ago
Welcome to LJs a place were there are great people,super projects and fantastic woodworkers. Enjoy.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
ghazard
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posted 109 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s. I’m from Cleveland as well and I’m with you on the GLB selections. Edmund Fitzgerald is the best Porter out there and Dortmunder is top of the line. My wife and I are headed back there this weekend actually…maybe I’ll have to bring some Dort back home with me!
Enjoy the website…
Greg
-- If, in your life, you attain the means to help; you incur the responsibility to act.
TiffanyJeanne
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LOL Hey, Greg! Whatdaya know… a fellow Clevelander! Nice. I’ve got Edmund Fitz in the fridge right now, along with my favorite GLB brew Commodore Perry (IPA). Dortmunder is good with everything and anything, anytime, so you have to love it, eh?! Have you tried the Blackout Stout? My husband is not a huge fan of stouts, but I LOVE IT! It’s comes in a four and is pricey, but totally worth it if you like stouts.
We’re supposed to take some friends on the GL Brewery tour soon. They’ve never been there! Can you believe that?! Sad, sad, sad… haha
I am enjoying this site immensely. Everyone is friendly, helpful, and skilled. Thanks for the nice welcome.
-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.
PurpLev
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posted 109 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks Tiffanny, Enjoy your stay. just don’t stay in one place for too long ;)
glad to have you with us.
-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.