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Filling in the gaps I've been up since 3am and it's now 5am as I sit and contemplate the volumes that I've left out. I read all that I wrote so far and there is so much more to share. I mentioned that I bake and garden and those aren't generally associated with a masculine man in most peoples eyes. Well, I also sew! LOL I started learning to fight as a and then studied martial arts on and off. My love for cooking came out of necessity rather then by choice. I had to learn to cook for myself at an early age and had thoughts of going to culinary school when I was younger. I started baking as therapy because it was relaxing and the results made everyone smile, so I generally bake at Christmas as gifts. The gardening didn't start until I bought my first house. I saw a few magazine pictures of tropical gardens and thought it would be nice to build one in the backyard. In the past 3 years, I've put in nearly 2000 plants. I've learned quite a bit about plants and gardening in the process. I think I lost about 200 plants in the process of learning... LOL And about the sewing, the family business was the garment industry. Grandfather owned a lingerie factory and both grandma and mom are master seamstresses. Back then, I was supposed to go to the Fashion Institue and take over the family business, but had my mind set on the study of medicine. The factory is long gone now, but I spent my summers working at the factory. I joined the Army when I was 23 and was 11C Infantry/Mortars. Spent the tour in Germany and Ft. Benning Georgia. I traveled every chance that I had and saw most of Europe. I'm generally a jovial fellow and always smiling because I can find the smallest things to smile about. The sunset, the sun rising, birds taking a bath in the yard, someone opening the door for the elderly, the look on the girl scouts face when I order a dozen boxes of cookies! (I still have some left over from last year, but it pushes up the anty for the neighbors.. LOL ) It seems that I'm always out and running about helping someone do something, or taking care of someone elses problems. My new title for 2006 is "Nobody 's problem solver". (the big hearted guy in me will probably always help if I really see the need, but I'm going to try to let others handle their own issues this year.) I enjoy fixing things around the house. Ripping out walls and redoing woodwork, faux painting, murals, and anything else that might fall under "fixin it up". I'm pretty good at most of the things and getting better at others, but sometimes it costs me a lot more then it would to have called a professional in the first place.  Like the time I was nailing in piece of molding...I swung the hammer back to drive the nail..and put a hole in the ceiling. So I had to go back to get more supplies to fix the new hole. The time I fixed the chandelier but lost my balance and drove the ladder through a small part of the wall... (I try to keep extra patching materials around just in case...Murphy's law.) I go to the home depot classes to learn how to do things on my own. I can't stand paying someone to do something that I can do for myself. If I do pay a professional, part of the agreement that I always make is to let me help so that I can learn and do it for myself the next time. That's it for now....I'll fill in more gaps as I go along. The next entry will discuss my dominant side more throughly and how I see my self-image as a man. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave comments. P.S. a picture of a part of the gardens in the back yard. I also built all the pergolas, arbors and layed the sidewalk.  |
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1/11/2006 2:50 pm |
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