getting to know each other more - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

minowevie · 03-26-2006, 11:38 PM

Hi all. would any one object to getting to know all are members alittle more.the one thing i just loved about Neals Av. tread was we got to see alittlae more about are loves and likes. even though it is a scrollsawing magazine, we are creating a family here. I think it would be so fun to expand. on getting to know each other better. I think we are all talented in many more ways. exsampale. I love to garden, and fish , and hunt. embroider, quilt. and do other wood working. like cabnets, and furnitur. which is all good. but just to know each other better. I know this could get away form the main subject. but just thought i would ask. I think it is enspiering to see what we all love to do. as a group an family out side of are own. thanks for letting me shar what ever i can. this is off topic right. so forgive me if im off base on this one. your friend Evie.

MinotBob · 03-27-2006, 12:49 AM

I am new to Scrollsawing and to tell you the truth I got into it because I live in an Apt in Taipei Taiwan and needed a hobby that didn't take up too much room. I have lived overseas for the last 17 years. I have lived in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, The Netherlands, Philippines, China, Germany and now in Taiwan. When I'm home I really enjoy hunting and fishing and if I miss hunting season I just like to shoot. I have a place near Minot ND where I am hoping to retire too in about 4 1/2 years. I was born and raised in Hamilton Montana,

I really enjoy sucking up all of the knowledge and experience you all have.

sheltiecarver · 03-27-2006, 02:36 AM

Evie,
I think that is a terrific idea! We all get to know snippets about one another as we go along, but sharing info here in the "off topic" sounds great (unless Bob knows of a reason we should not)
I live in a tiny trailer on a 160 acre ranch owned by a couple. I care for the horses, chickens, dogs, and several aging Texas Longhorns, and i do the evening cooking (I call it supper - they call it dinner) I live with 3 cats, a sheltie and a rescued sheltie cross puppy. I like to woodcarve, scroll, woodburn, and I'm dabbling in some simple woodworking. I also like to "play" with watercolors, I read a lot, and have a small yard full of pots of flowers and vegetables, and a big tub of goldfish. In the past I was a high school and junior high science teacher. After I got discouraged teaching, I did lots of other jobs - collecting stray bits of knowledge all along the way. I volunteer fotr the local hospice, and I can now donate platelets every 2 weeks (C-free for 5 years!!!)
I love to scroll puzzles and compound cut goodies, especially the humorous ones.
I, too, consider this a family. Thanks, Sis, for suggesting this thread.

Sandy

will8989 · 03-27-2006, 02:36 AM

Evie, did you say quilt? Love quilting!! although I don't do much of it, not enough time working full time and my woodworking business, but I do some when I get time. In fact, I have used some quilting stencils for patterns for christmas ornaments and lids for my scrolled boxes! There's a little shop in Annapolis, MD that I go to occasionally and really get lost in all the beautiful materials, and the more I wonder around the shop the more ideas I get for scrollsawing!! So one hobby leads to another. I also do crossstitch at work when we are slow or during lunch and some sewing for fun, like drapes for the new living room, etc. In fact, I got into woodworking so I could make enough money to buy a $6000 sewing maching and found I like woodworking just as much and the money has gone into tools instead of a new sewing machine. Maybe one day. Now, does anyone have any advice on being the grandmother of TWINS! My daughter's babies are due this fall and I am so excited I can hardly wait!!!! And I love the idea of getting to know each other through this forum. And MinotBob, how in the world do you have room in an apartment for a scrollsaw and all the accompanying dust, tools, wood, etc.? That is one I would really like to hear!!

minowevie · 03-27-2006, 03:12 AM

this is so cool.
MInotbob , Taipei Tawan.LOL Stupid donen't hurt.I to Love sucking up Knowledge. Hunting season is over here but I too love to practice my shotting . we have a little place up in the mountains to play.I spend many shells there. sounds like you are on Duty. are son has some land and a wife and a son there. mmmm wonder if they met. Montana awwwwwww I would love to live there ( in summer) lol . I hope you Post some of your work in the forume. I would love to see it. welcome to the group. and please don't be shy. we love to here from every one. bet you have alot to shar. your friend Evie

minowevie · 03-27-2006, 03:24 AM

Sandy: sounds like your in heven. there on your 160 acres. also sounds like you are a artist. not, only in nature, but kids.not to mention us big folks. I too love Puzzales an wont to do some compound cutting.I just have to practise . lol. aaawwwwww and wood turning. that would take some doing on my part. for i would have to get my hubby out of the way. lol. there is so many things i wont to do , isn't it funny how we are all alike somehow. we do love are woodwork, and other arts or crafts, What ever huh. hope you keep coming in and posting. we would all love to here from you. and what you are doing. at least i would. your friend Evie ps. I do love the cretters too. they give life to us all.

minowevie · 03-27-2006, 04:07 AM

Hi Will , Yes I did say Quilt. I too use my Quilting patterns to do scroll working. Xmas ornements for sure. your right one idea does lead to another.funny how we are all alike somehow. but Wow 6000 for a sewing machine. and i thought i was bad at 2000. but then i am a thread junkie, and a fabric junkie. woops not to mention a wood junkie. lol. did i mention i do Embroidery, have you ever heard of Tamaie balls. thats a form of Embroidery. I am trying to incorperate.(like i can spell that.) Embroidery, and woodworking together. thank you for posting . and i hope you keep coming back. for i rely enjoyed talking to you. Wait Did you say Twins. wow grams. now you have your hands full. now not only do you have to teach them how to sew but how to scroll too. your going to have fun now. wow good luck. I bet you can teach them all you know. if we can hellp. just give us a jiegale. if you get lost just ask for the one whoe can't spell. lol'
your friend Evie

MinotBob · 03-27-2006, 04:16 AM

Hi Evie
No US Military here anymore. They had to leave when Nixon recognised mainland China. I work for Boeing. I left Montana when I was tired of starving to death. But I really love the state. Just don't have any roots there anymore.

minowevie · 03-27-2006, 04:54 AM

Gotya Bob . sorry about the misunderstanding. wuuuuuuuuu long word.so what now. you still work on your woodworking. ? what you making now. I bet it is awsom . would love to see. and i bet you have alot to share with us. you know. we do car. you are part of this family. are we yours. hope so. your friend Evie

CanadianScroller · 03-27-2006, 02:06 PM

I like to scroll, thats why we are all here I guess. I like to draw and write, I am very slowly working on a childrens novel.
I write poetry too.

My wife and I love to dance we are taking ballroom dancing lessons.

We both like camping and I just bought a 1974 Apche Mesa popup tent trailer.
I don't know why they call it a tent since the sides are all ABS plastic. That will be a bit of a restoration project.

I like inventing things that will probably never come to be but it is fun to get the ideas on paper...."My mistletoe beltbuckle just never did pan out"