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#1 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
 

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#2 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
isn't life interesting - it brings people into our lives so we can learn something about life and about ourselves and then we move on to discover something new, to become a fuller, wiser, healthier person.

The leaving unfinished projects in the shop for next time - is a very good sign :)

(I hope we get to learn more about the carvings!)
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Well, I sure do hope that it all works out OK. She sure does look like she's interested in carving. She shows a lot of concentration and determination in that pretty face of hers. Congratulations to the both of you.
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
One thing that I might add. She really needs to get here a thumb/finger protector and carving glove. When carving that sort of thing you can really get some nasty cuts and you will eventually cut yourself, IMHO.
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
the pictures are blurry..we need close ups, ok. don't be mad but we need proper pictures to give you proper feedback--yessssssssss
 

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#6 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
@Debbie - yes I think she's starting some nesting procedures. When she first started coming over she also noted that there's no way there was any other female nesting in my house the way I was setup. She seems to have taken pride in the fact that she got me to move the meat slicer from its storage location on my dresser back into the kitchen. I don't personally see why there's a problem storing this machine in the bedroom, but apparently to a female is just not appropriate. Keep in mind here that carving with hand tools and a dremell in bed is completely acceptable to Dana, so …

Regarding cuts and abrasions … Oh yes - she needs a chain-male glove! ... some photos of her wounds and mishaps are pending. The worst of which is how I got to meet her parents!

Here's a couple more photos!

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#7 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
THAT's a million dollar smile !
 

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#8 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
I'll store anything anywhere. I like "stuff" so there is always an overflow :)
 

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#9 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Yeah I have my piles around too … but she's a bit (completely and totally) OCD … when it comes to where things go and that they go back there. Strange that she does carve in bed though w/ that … and fosters kittens so they make a mess.
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
the carving in bed is a little peculiar for someone with OCD tendencies but I guess the "clean-up" is very meticulous when she is done :)

Oh to have someone organize my home for me.. sigh .. :)
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
a very nice shop add…lol

congrat´s and if she carves in the bed its only meen she had been bite by the WW-BUG
you better add a cornerroom to the shop tooo ..LOL

take care of her she seems to bee a winner

Dennis
 

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#12 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Well, I'm not a fanatic when it comes to neatness. Now, my wife is a different story. However, carving in bed doesn't seem to be all that big of a deal. After you carve a while just yank the sheets off, go outside, and shake. That seems pretty simple to me. :) Now I realize that someone is going to have to make the bed up again. Since she's the one that carves in the bed I suppose it is only fitting that she makes the bed after the sheets are shaken out. So maybe your problems will be over with - that leaves you off of the hook. :)

Of course, all things considered, maybe you wouldn't mind lending a hand to remake the bed after all. :)
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
OCD seams to have specific fixations. She cleaned my fridge the first night she came over for dinner … then later there was a tuperware party. She also proclaimed I should figure out if I'm moving in or out and go with it … WTF was the deal with me living out of crates and bins when I clearly had dressers and closets?

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Then - she does carve and dremel in bed and there are commonly woodchips everywhere. Somehow the relaxation of the project and fixating on the carving (extremely intensely) supersedes the desire to keep things neat. She does clean up, shake he sheets out, and she does tend to use a box or bucket to carve over to catch most of it. More of the story line will be posted later - w/ some photo documentary shots of the carvings!
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
This is a hilarious blog post. And I am SO JEALOUS that you let her carve in bed. I'm not allowed.

Just never write or post anything that you think you might need to remove in the future. Makes life easier.
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Yes she generally remakes the bed - I personally do not believe in things like neatening a bed I will only mess up in a few hours. Nor do I wash dishes before I wash dishes … and anyone who thinks I will EVER wash garbage is just flat out detached from reality … forget that.
 

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#16 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Well - some things just had to change, I can't really post "Hey I'm engaged!!!" in a current profile when well, that just isn't happening now. It kinda puts a damper on a new relationship when the girl reads about your "current" status as being happily with someone else. Such is life!
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Glad life is taking a nice turn for you. Never would have thought to carve in bed. Might have to try that, it sounds kind of fun.
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Watch out, the "shop girl" may become the "shop boss" ;) .
 

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#19 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Well, here's to hoping you are feeling like you want to get married. My friend, the whole tupperware thing….. welllllllll…..................... a bit over the top in terms of "nesting"- as in permanent. So here's to ya-
 

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We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
We'll see how it all progresses … Dana has initially a 90 day followed by 180 day checkpoint method. I made it through the first 90 days, but of course her flooring installation is still in progress and I had respected she not dump me "ON" my birthday and considering my birthday was at the 89 day mark she did find that reasonable as a request. If I get past 180 days she may keep me around a couple years or more time will tell!

She has recently taken up space for the kittens and some shoes in my bedroom TV cabinet. She's also announced plans to reorganize a few general things in the house. I think she's going to follow through with an offer to do this years bookkeeping and probably an audit about the last 10 years. (Ya know I hadn't dated a Jewish girl in a while … forgot what that was like …)
 

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#21 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Ok Dude - looking like a keeper so far!
(So far she is putting up with you!)
:)~
 

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#22 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
So who here thinks we should dress her up in a "Tool Time Girl" outfit ???
 

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#23 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

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As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
Not me. No thanks…. I think I have had my fill of the J.A.P. Anyway she needs some big boobs for that doesn't she?
 

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#24 ·
We have a new shop girl ...

So - some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom) of my life. Others have no clue what the history is and probably don't care. I'll give a quick background just to set the background plot for the story.

I was engaged, that took it's turn towards dissolving last summer. So where possible I've cleaned out most of the stories and pictures involving my ex. Unfortunately in newsletters that's just history, it's written and it's articles documenting our story. At that time, our story included Teri; she's moved on to pursue other interests and thus going forward she's not going to be making any future appearances.

What'll be interesting now is to see what our new shop girl can do. I found Dana back in August, we started dating and she expressed her desire to spend some time in the shop to work on some of her own projects and to learning some new skills. Dana is a bioengineer by trade, and she shows a lot of artistic prospect … I just need to see if we can keep her attention and interest.

Below are some photos of Dana's first carving project - my father (Stanley) taught her to carve a gnome. She was a quick study and has moved on to some tiki's and jewelry box projects. I'll post a few more of those shortly; including some off the normal path projects such as the use of a Dremell to clean and polish feet and nails. I'll also have to post a few pictures and maybe little blurb about whittling safety including some testimony from Dana on why it's a bad idea to stick a skew into your wrist.

Plant Tableware Building Table Sharing
Building Tableware Sharing House Event
Gesture Organism Art Thigh Font


Gesture Finger Thumb Wood Plant
Tableware Plant Sharing Table Event
Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Finger Gesture Wood Thumb


Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Thumb Nail Wood Soil Rock
Tableware Sharing Event Building Fun
Food Recipe Finger Ingredient Cuisine


Wood Finger Art Thumb Hardwood
Wood Art Event Sculpture Soil


As this started in August - and it's now approaching December, I figure it's a good sign that she has not yet moved with no forwarding address, changed her phone number, or filed for a restraining order. In fact she seems to be marking her territory, there is now a new shower shelf containing a variety of mixtures and potions, she's taking over more drawers, and her projects are often left in the shop to continue next time she's over.

Well - on with life, let's see how this all plays out!

Eric M. Saperstein
Master Craftsman
Artisans of the Valley
www.artisansofthevalley.com
IDK I think Dana's would fill out that Debbie Dunning costume just fine … Pam's just got out of control after a while, she was much hotter when she was natural!
 

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#25 ·
How I got to meet her parents ...

So this is wood related - but spins to the personal story … I think it fits once you read through it'll make sense! I'm really curious how the comments and feedback will go on this one!?

Periodically I will allude to the fact that my life is often a sitcom - things happen that there's no way I could script out or make up. I think Alice Cooper described his need to retire because he simply couldn't compete with reality anymore in terms of strange and shocking events. Nothing surprises me anymore, but many things are just plain hilarious … at least for people on the outside looking in. Sometimes I'd really like to fire those who are writing the plotlines in my life and hire a team of porn stars and billionaires to combine their thoughts on how things should go.

Anyway … as shown in the first blog entry of this series Dana's part in my sitcom debuted back in August. I found her on Match.com … which she remains strong in her claim that she signed up only as a joke and a trial and given the fact she was drunk on a Sunday she failed to cancel after the initial 3 days. I figure this is just plausible deniability, but it's her story and she's sticking to it. Besides she can't complain she posted inquiring why it was so hard to find an amazing guy, apparently my response indicating that it was REALLY easy one just responded was just sarcastic enough to get her attention.

So a few emails, some texts, and a phone call later … Dana and I get together for a date and things progress from there. It was only about three weeks in before she tagged along for a shop day. In search of new hobbies she quickly found a fascination with whittling.

Dana jumps into things full force, hates being a rookie, and will take on a project out of her current range just to accomplish it. So an assortment of craft tools, carving tools, X-acto's (yeah I know we're directing her to the proper cast/carbon steel …) assortments of Dremels and other gadgets start appearing around her house.
She quickly takes on the idea that she's going to carve some Tiki's … knocks out a small one and then decides it is time to make one a bit bigger. So I'm at her place one night and we're laying in bed watching TV she's carving her Tiki and I'm on in my usual laptop in lap state. She has worked her way up to three fingers on her left hand with tape on them to patch up the little slips, splinters, etc. by this point. All typical of our professions, but often avoidable.

I look over and comment that she really should grab her little vice (we mounted one on a piece of plywood to be portable for her. She's gonna slip the way she's attempting to use a carving tool, switch to a pocket knife etc … Dana being as stubborn as she is cute quickly rejected my input and proclaimed she would be fine. I informed her I'm gonna have to get her a chain-male glove …

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"Notice the band-aid's on the nightstand …"

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Nail Food Wood Eyewear Cuisine


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Not even five minutes later peripheral vision allows me to catch the little skew slipping off the carving and plunging into her left wrist. I look over and she's sitting there very quiet holding the tool in her right hand and her left hand palm facing us in front of her. Looking at what's now about a 1 ½" long gouge vertical along her wrist I push the laptop out of the way waiting to see the spurt of red. I don't know how she did it, but she managed to avoid contact with anything important … no veins or major nerves ligaments or tendons were harmed in the making of this project (so far …) …

So I get up, walk around the bed and clear her path to get to the bathroom. At this point I want to see this wound and determine if we're about to venture to the ER or if it's something we can deal with. Since no veins were taken out, she had a choice of me taping her up and going on with life or getting stitches and minimizing the scar. She elected to avoid the ER.

She was done carving for the night - so we decided to turn in. The next morning we both went to work and the day progressed. She was obviously not happy with her new surgical tape and gauze wrist band and the throbbing and feeling of it opening and closing was getting to her. The original plan was she was coming to my house for the weekend that evening - but she was starting to hint maybe an hour drive was a bad idea.

Later that day she spoke with her grandmother and apparently intertwined that fall was coming and she was feeling a bit depressed about that, stressed from work, and OOH BTW she cut her wrist last night. Well drop this on a grandmother and of course shortly her parents are updated that their depressed daughter slit her wrist.
By the time all this is progressing it's probably 7/8pm … I've got dinner in progress waiting for her to come over however that plan changes by around 9:30/10ish. She decides driving won't work so I pack up and head towards her house. Given the plan is pretty much to crash for the night and then migrate back for the weekend why be bothered to get dressed right?

I'm BS'ing on the phone on the way there, caught a few text's at a stop light I only see the ETA? - I respond 15/20 min etc. What I missed, given I was driving, was the heads up my parents are coming over, my parents are here … etc … I have no clue they are there.

So I pull up, park in front of her place, she rents two rooms out so there's a variety of vehicles depending on who has a guest or whatever so I don't even notice her parents SUV, not that I'd have known anyway never met them. If I'd known I'd at least have put some pants on before walking in.

SOOOO … here's perspective review … It's about 11pm on a weeknight. OK … let's remember, I have not met the parents yet … and I'm the guy 10 years older than their daughter; she found me the internet and I was sleeping over the night she cut her wrist. I'm predressed to go right to bed. I'm sporting shredded gray Velcro sneakers no socks, SpongeBob pajama pants (who wears underwear in PJ's? I don't …), a ratty t-shirt, and whatever hat I found on the way out the door. I'm balancing a plate of food (yes I sometimes deliver dinner), I have a camera, a laptop bag, an overnight bag, and a plastic arrow case.

I stumble into the house trying to make one trip, and one of Dana's roommates says they are "all" upstairs. "All" … huh? ... Yes … "All …" Dana and her parents are in her master bathroom having a family meeting and playing with the current foster kittens.

So in comes Eric … umm "Hi …" … "well gee I obviously dressed perfect for this occasion …"

Some quick introductions … all standing in the bathroom. I put the plate of food down and her mother observes the plate of grilled salmon, a sweet potato, and fresh sweet peas and notes that was really nice to show with dinner. I was at that point like well - "Yeah I'm trying to wean her off the Bacardi, Adaroll, diet coke, and chocolate diet she's apparently been on …" (Eric is slightly sarcastic, and Dana has been stressed at work, the cut upset her, she hasn't eaten all day less a few peppermint patties and given she gave up the idea of driving to my house a stiff rum and coke was implemented … so it seemed logical to feed her …) her mother snickered a bit at that.

So now they are looking at me and I just state the obvious - Yes, I was with Dana when she cut herself, it was purely an act of stupidity and there's no need to panic she is not trying to kill herself.

This all went surprisingly well given the setup - and that I was stepping into said "family meeting" … the on last little detail was the curiosity of what's in the plastic case (remember all that I was carrying …) … WELL … Eric being slightly sarcastic and coming along with an ironic project figured it would be funny to show up with a dozen broad-head arrow kits, so the plan was wiggle 36 razor-blade fins into 12 needlepoint arrow tips and crank down on each of them with a wrench and install them into arrow shafts.

Ya know, I just thought it was appropriate (humorous) … her father had a bit of a strange expression but did find the humor in it … we spent the next weekend in a glass blowing class in Philly (Dana, her father, and I) so fortunately this didn't blow up and turn awkward! I'll post photos of the glass class and some of our attempts at those projects later.

I really don't know if there is a moral here - it just played out as it played out. I won't learn to dress up all the time just in case, I see no reason one can't drive somewhere to goto sleep already in PJ's. For that matter no reason you can't goto the store or run other errands either …

Gesture Knee Scar Thumb Wrist


"Nicely done … this was a few days after so obviously it's not bleeding …"

Like I said in the opening … I figured this would be the perfect Lumberjocks blog story - it started out from a woodworking project and ended in a situation comedy. Most of my life turns somehow into a sitcom … welcome to sharing the experience with me!
 

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#26 ·
How I got to meet her parents ...

So this is wood related - but spins to the personal story … I think it fits once you read through it'll make sense! I'm really curious how the comments and feedback will go on this one!?

Periodically I will allude to the fact that my life is often a sitcom - things happen that there's no way I could script out or make up. I think Alice Cooper described his need to retire because he simply couldn't compete with reality anymore in terms of strange and shocking events. Nothing surprises me anymore, but many things are just plain hilarious … at least for people on the outside looking in. Sometimes I'd really like to fire those who are writing the plotlines in my life and hire a team of porn stars and billionaires to combine their thoughts on how things should go.

Anyway … as shown in the first blog entry of this series Dana's part in my sitcom debuted back in August. I found her on Match.com … which she remains strong in her claim that she signed up only as a joke and a trial and given the fact she was drunk on a Sunday she failed to cancel after the initial 3 days. I figure this is just plausible deniability, but it's her story and she's sticking to it. Besides she can't complain she posted inquiring why it was so hard to find an amazing guy, apparently my response indicating that it was REALLY easy one just responded was just sarcastic enough to get her attention.

So a few emails, some texts, and a phone call later … Dana and I get together for a date and things progress from there. It was only about three weeks in before she tagged along for a shop day. In search of new hobbies she quickly found a fascination with whittling.

Dana jumps into things full force, hates being a rookie, and will take on a project out of her current range just to accomplish it. So an assortment of craft tools, carving tools, X-acto's (yeah I know we're directing her to the proper cast/carbon steel …) assortments of Dremels and other gadgets start appearing around her house.
She quickly takes on the idea that she's going to carve some Tiki's … knocks out a small one and then decides it is time to make one a bit bigger. So I'm at her place one night and we're laying in bed watching TV she's carving her Tiki and I'm on in my usual laptop in lap state. She has worked her way up to three fingers on her left hand with tape on them to patch up the little slips, splinters, etc. by this point. All typical of our professions, but often avoidable.

I look over and comment that she really should grab her little vice (we mounted one on a piece of plywood to be portable for her. She's gonna slip the way she's attempting to use a carving tool, switch to a pocket knife etc … Dana being as stubborn as she is cute quickly rejected my input and proclaimed she would be fine. I informed her I'm gonna have to get her a chain-male glove …

Glasses Hairstyle Comfort Fashion Flash photography


"Notice the band-aid's on the nightstand …"

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Nail Food Wood Eyewear Cuisine


Gesture Finger Wood Nail Thumb


Hand Wood Finger Nail Tool


Not even five minutes later peripheral vision allows me to catch the little skew slipping off the carving and plunging into her left wrist. I look over and she's sitting there very quiet holding the tool in her right hand and her left hand palm facing us in front of her. Looking at what's now about a 1 ½" long gouge vertical along her wrist I push the laptop out of the way waiting to see the spurt of red. I don't know how she did it, but she managed to avoid contact with anything important … no veins or major nerves ligaments or tendons were harmed in the making of this project (so far …) …

So I get up, walk around the bed and clear her path to get to the bathroom. At this point I want to see this wound and determine if we're about to venture to the ER or if it's something we can deal with. Since no veins were taken out, she had a choice of me taping her up and going on with life or getting stitches and minimizing the scar. She elected to avoid the ER.

She was done carving for the night - so we decided to turn in. The next morning we both went to work and the day progressed. She was obviously not happy with her new surgical tape and gauze wrist band and the throbbing and feeling of it opening and closing was getting to her. The original plan was she was coming to my house for the weekend that evening - but she was starting to hint maybe an hour drive was a bad idea.

Later that day she spoke with her grandmother and apparently intertwined that fall was coming and she was feeling a bit depressed about that, stressed from work, and OOH BTW she cut her wrist last night. Well drop this on a grandmother and of course shortly her parents are updated that their depressed daughter slit her wrist.
By the time all this is progressing it's probably 7/8pm … I've got dinner in progress waiting for her to come over however that plan changes by around 9:30/10ish. She decides driving won't work so I pack up and head towards her house. Given the plan is pretty much to crash for the night and then migrate back for the weekend why be bothered to get dressed right?

I'm BS'ing on the phone on the way there, caught a few text's at a stop light I only see the ETA? - I respond 15/20 min etc. What I missed, given I was driving, was the heads up my parents are coming over, my parents are here … etc … I have no clue they are there.

So I pull up, park in front of her place, she rents two rooms out so there's a variety of vehicles depending on who has a guest or whatever so I don't even notice her parents SUV, not that I'd have known anyway never met them. If I'd known I'd at least have put some pants on before walking in.

SOOOO … here's perspective review … It's about 11pm on a weeknight. OK … let's remember, I have not met the parents yet … and I'm the guy 10 years older than their daughter; she found me the internet and I was sleeping over the night she cut her wrist. I'm predressed to go right to bed. I'm sporting shredded gray Velcro sneakers no socks, SpongeBob pajama pants (who wears underwear in PJ's? I don't …), a ratty t-shirt, and whatever hat I found on the way out the door. I'm balancing a plate of food (yes I sometimes deliver dinner), I have a camera, a laptop bag, an overnight bag, and a plastic arrow case.

I stumble into the house trying to make one trip, and one of Dana's roommates says they are "all" upstairs. "All" … huh? ... Yes … "All …" Dana and her parents are in her master bathroom having a family meeting and playing with the current foster kittens.

So in comes Eric … umm "Hi …" … "well gee I obviously dressed perfect for this occasion …"

Some quick introductions … all standing in the bathroom. I put the plate of food down and her mother observes the plate of grilled salmon, a sweet potato, and fresh sweet peas and notes that was really nice to show with dinner. I was at that point like well - "Yeah I'm trying to wean her off the Bacardi, Adaroll, diet coke, and chocolate diet she's apparently been on …" (Eric is slightly sarcastic, and Dana has been stressed at work, the cut upset her, she hasn't eaten all day less a few peppermint patties and given she gave up the idea of driving to my house a stiff rum and coke was implemented … so it seemed logical to feed her …) her mother snickered a bit at that.

So now they are looking at me and I just state the obvious - Yes, I was with Dana when she cut herself, it was purely an act of stupidity and there's no need to panic she is not trying to kill herself.

This all went surprisingly well given the setup - and that I was stepping into said "family meeting" … the on last little detail was the curiosity of what's in the plastic case (remember all that I was carrying …) … WELL … Eric being slightly sarcastic and coming along with an ironic project figured it would be funny to show up with a dozen broad-head arrow kits, so the plan was wiggle 36 razor-blade fins into 12 needlepoint arrow tips and crank down on each of them with a wrench and install them into arrow shafts.

Ya know, I just thought it was appropriate (humorous) … her father had a bit of a strange expression but did find the humor in it … we spent the next weekend in a glass blowing class in Philly (Dana, her father, and I) so fortunately this didn't blow up and turn awkward! I'll post photos of the glass class and some of our attempts at those projects later.

I really don't know if there is a moral here - it just played out as it played out. I won't learn to dress up all the time just in case, I see no reason one can't drive somewhere to goto sleep already in PJ's. For that matter no reason you can't goto the store or run other errands either …

Gesture Knee Scar Thumb Wrist


"Nicely done … this was a few days after so obviously it's not bleeding …"

Like I said in the opening … I figured this would be the perfect Lumberjocks blog story - it started out from a woodworking project and ended in a situation comedy. Most of my life turns somehow into a sitcom … welcome to sharing the experience with me!
The story gets better. You are the Big Lebowski! She sounds like me when I get new carving tools - always manage to get a cut within the first 5 minutes. But wow - what a cut! She is very very lucky.
 

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#30 ·
How I got to meet her parents ...

So this is wood related - but spins to the personal story … I think it fits once you read through it'll make sense! I'm really curious how the comments and feedback will go on this one!?

Periodically I will allude to the fact that my life is often a sitcom - things happen that there's no way I could script out or make up. I think Alice Cooper described his need to retire because he simply couldn't compete with reality anymore in terms of strange and shocking events. Nothing surprises me anymore, but many things are just plain hilarious … at least for people on the outside looking in. Sometimes I'd really like to fire those who are writing the plotlines in my life and hire a team of porn stars and billionaires to combine their thoughts on how things should go.

Anyway … as shown in the first blog entry of this series Dana's part in my sitcom debuted back in August. I found her on Match.com … which she remains strong in her claim that she signed up only as a joke and a trial and given the fact she was drunk on a Sunday she failed to cancel after the initial 3 days. I figure this is just plausible deniability, but it's her story and she's sticking to it. Besides she can't complain she posted inquiring why it was so hard to find an amazing guy, apparently my response indicating that it was REALLY easy one just responded was just sarcastic enough to get her attention.

So a few emails, some texts, and a phone call later … Dana and I get together for a date and things progress from there. It was only about three weeks in before she tagged along for a shop day. In search of new hobbies she quickly found a fascination with whittling.

Dana jumps into things full force, hates being a rookie, and will take on a project out of her current range just to accomplish it. So an assortment of craft tools, carving tools, X-acto's (yeah I know we're directing her to the proper cast/carbon steel …) assortments of Dremels and other gadgets start appearing around her house.
She quickly takes on the idea that she's going to carve some Tiki's … knocks out a small one and then decides it is time to make one a bit bigger. So I'm at her place one night and we're laying in bed watching TV she's carving her Tiki and I'm on in my usual laptop in lap state. She has worked her way up to three fingers on her left hand with tape on them to patch up the little slips, splinters, etc. by this point. All typical of our professions, but often avoidable.

I look over and comment that she really should grab her little vice (we mounted one on a piece of plywood to be portable for her. She's gonna slip the way she's attempting to use a carving tool, switch to a pocket knife etc … Dana being as stubborn as she is cute quickly rejected my input and proclaimed she would be fine. I informed her I'm gonna have to get her a chain-male glove …

Glasses Hairstyle Comfort Fashion Flash photography


"Notice the band-aid's on the nightstand …"

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Nail Food Wood Eyewear Cuisine


Gesture Finger Wood Nail Thumb


Hand Wood Finger Nail Tool


Not even five minutes later peripheral vision allows me to catch the little skew slipping off the carving and plunging into her left wrist. I look over and she's sitting there very quiet holding the tool in her right hand and her left hand palm facing us in front of her. Looking at what's now about a 1 ½" long gouge vertical along her wrist I push the laptop out of the way waiting to see the spurt of red. I don't know how she did it, but she managed to avoid contact with anything important … no veins or major nerves ligaments or tendons were harmed in the making of this project (so far …) …

So I get up, walk around the bed and clear her path to get to the bathroom. At this point I want to see this wound and determine if we're about to venture to the ER or if it's something we can deal with. Since no veins were taken out, she had a choice of me taping her up and going on with life or getting stitches and minimizing the scar. She elected to avoid the ER.

She was done carving for the night - so we decided to turn in. The next morning we both went to work and the day progressed. She was obviously not happy with her new surgical tape and gauze wrist band and the throbbing and feeling of it opening and closing was getting to her. The original plan was she was coming to my house for the weekend that evening - but she was starting to hint maybe an hour drive was a bad idea.

Later that day she spoke with her grandmother and apparently intertwined that fall was coming and she was feeling a bit depressed about that, stressed from work, and OOH BTW she cut her wrist last night. Well drop this on a grandmother and of course shortly her parents are updated that their depressed daughter slit her wrist.
By the time all this is progressing it's probably 7/8pm … I've got dinner in progress waiting for her to come over however that plan changes by around 9:30/10ish. She decides driving won't work so I pack up and head towards her house. Given the plan is pretty much to crash for the night and then migrate back for the weekend why be bothered to get dressed right?

I'm BS'ing on the phone on the way there, caught a few text's at a stop light I only see the ETA? - I respond 15/20 min etc. What I missed, given I was driving, was the heads up my parents are coming over, my parents are here … etc … I have no clue they are there.

So I pull up, park in front of her place, she rents two rooms out so there's a variety of vehicles depending on who has a guest or whatever so I don't even notice her parents SUV, not that I'd have known anyway never met them. If I'd known I'd at least have put some pants on before walking in.

SOOOO … here's perspective review … It's about 11pm on a weeknight. OK … let's remember, I have not met the parents yet … and I'm the guy 10 years older than their daughter; she found me the internet and I was sleeping over the night she cut her wrist. I'm predressed to go right to bed. I'm sporting shredded gray Velcro sneakers no socks, SpongeBob pajama pants (who wears underwear in PJ's? I don't …), a ratty t-shirt, and whatever hat I found on the way out the door. I'm balancing a plate of food (yes I sometimes deliver dinner), I have a camera, a laptop bag, an overnight bag, and a plastic arrow case.

I stumble into the house trying to make one trip, and one of Dana's roommates says they are "all" upstairs. "All" … huh? ... Yes … "All …" Dana and her parents are in her master bathroom having a family meeting and playing with the current foster kittens.

So in comes Eric … umm "Hi …" … "well gee I obviously dressed perfect for this occasion …"

Some quick introductions … all standing in the bathroom. I put the plate of food down and her mother observes the plate of grilled salmon, a sweet potato, and fresh sweet peas and notes that was really nice to show with dinner. I was at that point like well - "Yeah I'm trying to wean her off the Bacardi, Adaroll, diet coke, and chocolate diet she's apparently been on …" (Eric is slightly sarcastic, and Dana has been stressed at work, the cut upset her, she hasn't eaten all day less a few peppermint patties and given she gave up the idea of driving to my house a stiff rum and coke was implemented … so it seemed logical to feed her …) her mother snickered a bit at that.

So now they are looking at me and I just state the obvious - Yes, I was with Dana when she cut herself, it was purely an act of stupidity and there's no need to panic she is not trying to kill herself.

This all went surprisingly well given the setup - and that I was stepping into said "family meeting" … the on last little detail was the curiosity of what's in the plastic case (remember all that I was carrying …) … WELL … Eric being slightly sarcastic and coming along with an ironic project figured it would be funny to show up with a dozen broad-head arrow kits, so the plan was wiggle 36 razor-blade fins into 12 needlepoint arrow tips and crank down on each of them with a wrench and install them into arrow shafts.

Ya know, I just thought it was appropriate (humorous) … her father had a bit of a strange expression but did find the humor in it … we spent the next weekend in a glass blowing class in Philly (Dana, her father, and I) so fortunately this didn't blow up and turn awkward! I'll post photos of the glass class and some of our attempts at those projects later.

I really don't know if there is a moral here - it just played out as it played out. I won't learn to dress up all the time just in case, I see no reason one can't drive somewhere to goto sleep already in PJ's. For that matter no reason you can't goto the store or run other errands either …

Gesture Knee Scar Thumb Wrist


"Nicely done … this was a few days after so obviously it's not bleeding …"

Like I said in the opening … I figured this would be the perfect Lumberjocks blog story - it started out from a woodworking project and ended in a situation comedy. Most of my life turns somehow into a sitcom … welcome to sharing the experience with me!
Glad she survived. I'd spend some time on knife safety with her. We start teaching new carvers safety first, sharpening second, and everything else later. I keep duck tape and paper towels for just such an emergency, as bandaids are worthless with a cut that size…
 

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#34 ·
Hard wood and floors ... oh and the new girl ...

Dana has swung back and forth a bit with the concept of having JAP (Jewish American Princess) qualities but of course she's not a JAP. Indicators that she is not a JAP include scenes like this …

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She indicated she'd work for beer - and feeling frustrated with my bathroom floor tile coming up she got into destruction one night and finished removing it. I guess now it's time we install a new one? That's a project profile for another time … this entry is really about her hardwood floors.

Meanwhile - she's, as I mentioned, working on establishing some new hobbies, getting her stress levels down, and feeling productive by accomplishing some projects she's wanted to complete for a while. One of which was installing hardwood floors in her home.

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As luck would have it for her - I found her (yes I know I got lucky too but we must no leak that to her - we all know females will use any leverage on us they can get! …) Anyway the early onset of this dating experience brought on the conversations where she came to the realization she was actually dating a hick; this is entirely new to her and she realized it would further dent her potential JAP profile. The knee pads probably don't score points for such a claim either.

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After a few weeks of pondering this new predicament she was in, I'm thinking a revelation of usefulness came to her. Hicks are resourceful and can generally build or repair or construct or deconstruct just about anything. She then starts discussing hardwood floors, to which I'm thinking OK give it a month or two let's see if we last that long and we'll go for it.

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And thus began the project to install oak flooring throughout her townhouse. The project is now well underway; the downstairs floor is all installed as well as the upstairs hallway. We have the steps remaining and the shoe moldings and thresholds. She spent most of today doing touchup work fixing the little dings and dents from installation, any minor saw splinters, etc around cuts and filling in those last little cracks around any cutouts.

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She learned to use a finish nailer, got to play around more with my miter saw and portable table saw - and she's now the proud owner of her own compound miter beveling sliding miter saw. Her level of knowledge is getting to the point where she could be pretty dangerous!

I'll post some finished photos soon … here's some along the way!

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Hard wood and floors ... oh and the new girl ...

Dana has swung back and forth a bit with the concept of having JAP (Jewish American Princess) qualities but of course she's not a JAP. Indicators that she is not a JAP include scenes like this …

Floor Flooring Gas Wood Plumbing fixture


She indicated she'd work for beer - and feeling frustrated with my bathroom floor tile coming up she got into destruction one night and finished removing it. I guess now it's time we install a new one? That's a project profile for another time … this entry is really about her hardwood floors.

Meanwhile - she's, as I mentioned, working on establishing some new hobbies, getting her stress levels down, and feeling productive by accomplishing some projects she's wanted to complete for a while. One of which was installing hardwood floors in her home.

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Joint Arm Pneumatic tool Active tank Wood


As luck would have it for her - I found her (yes I know I got lucky too but we must no leak that to her - we all know females will use any leverage on us they can get! …) Anyway the early onset of this dating experience brought on the conversations where she came to the realization she was actually dating a hick; this is entirely new to her and she realized it would further dent her potential JAP profile. The knee pads probably don't score points for such a claim either.

Wood Flooring Floor Gas Electrical wiring


After a few weeks of pondering this new predicament she was in, I'm thinking a revelation of usefulness came to her. Hicks are resourceful and can generally build or repair or construct or deconstruct just about anything. She then starts discussing hardwood floors, to which I'm thinking OK give it a month or two let's see if we last that long and we'll go for it.

Smile Plant Wood Standing Flooring


And thus began the project to install oak flooring throughout her townhouse. The project is now well underway; the downstairs floor is all installed as well as the upstairs hallway. We have the steps remaining and the shoe moldings and thresholds. She spent most of today doing touchup work fixing the little dings and dents from installation, any minor saw splinters, etc around cuts and filling in those last little cracks around any cutouts.

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She learned to use a finish nailer, got to play around more with my miter saw and portable table saw - and she's now the proud owner of her own compound miter beveling sliding miter saw. Her level of knowledge is getting to the point where she could be pretty dangerous!

I'll post some finished photos soon … here's some along the way!

Brown Couch Plant Wood studio couch


Brown Property Wood Interior design Couch


Fixture Plant Wood Building Floor


Property Plant Wood Interior design Picture frame
Boy you did get lucky, She knows what a bevel & miter are!!! ;)
 

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