Introduce yourself

**Tom Featherstone** · 04-09-2012, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by BoFuller

I'm 62 and still trying to figure out how I want to live my life.

Welcome.

I think I kind of stumbled upon a way.... one step at a time... one foot in front of the other. Let the past lay where it lays.... in the past. No more than you can live in the future.. it ain't here yet. To continue to learn to live the most in this moment and to love every minute of it. What a wonderful way to look at the time we have here each moment of the day. The hurdles that arise now seem like mole hills. We'll get there when we do.

To follow a dream and to enjoy the journey along the way is what is most important in my limited understanding. We only get this time here, why not enjoy as much as we can along the way. And maybe spread a little of all that Joy too!

Tom

**Peach1956** · 04-09-2012, 07:42 PM

Howdy Y'all, My name is Steve Peachey. I'm 56. I've been lurking and studying your homes, and the process you used, and having a great time doing it. There's a pattern and similarity among all, yet I can see the uniqueness between each of the homes. I'm a retired HVAC maintenance man here in the treeless part of Texas. We have mesquites (thorn bushes) that are pretending be trees and a lot of cactus. Neither one are suitable for Log Homes.

Been working on a floor plan of my own for several years (taking a little bit from what I've seen on LHBA and modifying to my needs), and compiling a list of tools and equipment based on some of the comments you've made here and the LHBA website.

I know I need the LHBA course. But. I think I will gain a lot more from the class because of your comments. Some of the terminology you use in log building is new to me. I had no idea what a "RPSL" was until I started snooping around.

I dreamed of having a Log Cabin/Home as a kid and young man. Then life took me in a different direction and the dream was pushed to the back burner. I'm sure most of you guys can relate.

Have always resented the fact that our lives can be so easily controlled by others who have no right to control our lives. I have fell in love (again) with the life associated with building my own log home.

I've rambled too much... thanks for all your great insight!
Steve

**loghousenut** · 04-09-2012, 08:49 PM

Peachy Steve,
Don't wait til old age sets in... Take the class. Logs can be turcked in to the scrubby part of Texas just fine. You'll fit right in here.

**BoFuller** · 04-09-2012, 08:50 PM

Welcome Steve. Learn all you can, but take the class soon, as it helps put everything in the right perspective.

**Peach1956** · 04-09-2012, 11:11 PM

I'm tired of the 11 month summers and 120 degrees... I have my eye on the other extreme. Thanks Loghousenut and BO for the welcome

**loghousenut** · 04-10-2012, 01:42 AM

Just go west to Las Vegas and turn right... And since you'll be in Vegas you can stick around for class.

**Peach1956** · 04-10-2012, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by loghousenut

Just go west to Las Vegas and turn right... And since you'll be in Vegas you can stick around for class.

I like that

**BoFuller** · 04-10-2012, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by loghousenut

Just go west to Las Vegas and turn right... And since you'll be in Vegas you can stick around for class.

My bro was never very good with directions. To get to Paradise (Arizona), you go west to Las Vegas and turn LEFT.

**blane** · 04-10-2012, 08:05 AM

Or you could come to the east coast mountains with 4 seasons and relatively mild extremes in temps. http://www.hikewnc.info/areainfo/wxclimate.html

Originally Posted by BoFuller

My bro was never very good with directions. To get to Paradise (Arizona), you go west to Las Vegas and turn LEFT.

**BoFuller** · 04-10-2012, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by blane

Or you could come to the east coast mountains with 4 seasons and relatively mild extremes in temps. http://www.hikewnc.info/areainfo/wxclimate.html

Apparently Blane went to the same school of directions as Loghousenut.

**jrdavis** · 04-10-2012, 10:31 AM

Hah! I always thought that ANY turn from Vegas was and "extreme right"..................................

JD

**loghousenut** · 04-10-2012, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by jrdavis

Hah! I always thought that ANY turn from Vegas was and "extreme right"..................................

JD

Well played JD! Toooshay (pardon my French)

**BoFuller** · 04-10-2012, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by loghousenut

Well played JD! Toooshay (pardon my French)

Just because you're fluent in several languages doesn't mean you can start using fancy foreign words on us.

And what do you expect from someone from Iowa? How would they know?

**jrdavis** · 04-10-2012, 12:00 PM

uhuh.. Iowa Jokes are accepted since I'm a USMC military brat from 'the stumps'.
But *I HAVE* been to williams Arizona and some of those folks scare me..... and I've been in all 50 states.

back to NEWBIE intro's

**BoFuller** · 04-10-2012, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by jrdavis

uhuh.. Iowa Jokes are accepted since I'm a USMC military brat from 'the stumps'.
But *I HAVE* been to williams Arizona and some of those folks scare me..... and I've been in all 50 states.

back to NEWBIE intro's

Well, the Iowa part was okay, but shame on me for doubting a Marine for a sense of direction. I obviously was not thinking, again. I stand corrected, Sir.

**jrdavis** · 04-10-2012, 01:39 PM

hey. NO PROB.

I'm old school, so it just runs off. Mostly funny.
I was about to tell an Iowa acronym joke, then realized it was Your platform.

"and don't call me sir, I work for a living....."

JD

**Blondie** · 04-10-2012, 06:28 PM

WELCOME KELLY, WELCOME STEVE,

There are lots of us out here! You will find a warm welcome and tons of support.

Blondie

**Gomer** · 04-11-2012, 07:15 AM

JJ here and a noob.
Naaa - not as doofy as Gomer Pyle but about as dumb at times I am. So Gomer works. lol
long time follower, still on the fence as maybe I have read to much here and elsewhere to have a clear head I guess about why everyone has their own way(s) to build. Like the butt and pass look yet like the cope look. They claim this - here it is said to be different. Heck - I don't care as both are around and have been for years. IMO it is personal prefection as to look maybe as much as anything.
I was reading a lot of posts from Jane Doe and her being at class and then she disappeared, as did a few others. Maybe in fact she never actually was there?
Anyway - the class is cheap, the whole thing quite a bit more, so I am digesting it all before diving in. Okay - been doing this slooooooooooow digesting of all on-off for 4 years.
What freaks me out is the 'into the mystic' of the other worldly side I guess. The "take the class" always said creates a sense of insecurity for my wife..and I need her on board or no dice. So here I am still thinking aloud.
A taste or hands on or an onsite class would truly sell us both

JJ

**Gomer** · 04-11-2012, 07:16 AM

okay - where is the edit button to fix typos?

JJ

**BoFuller** · 04-11-2012, 07:20 AM

Welcome Gomer. Yeah I was skeptical too and I see your point. Be wary of the cope look as the force is strong.

Where you from? It would be nice if you could attend somebody's build to get a "taste" of it. You're welcome to help me out anytime. I'm in northern Arizona.

**Zetmandu** · 04-11-2012, 07:52 AM

Now with the name Gomer, he has to be in the South, right?
But either way, hope you read enough to get convinced to "take the class" and the wife too

**blane** · 04-11-2012, 08:04 AM

With a name like Gomer you have to live near me

I am in NC and you are welcome to visit.

Originally Posted by Gomer

okay - where is the edit button to fix typos?

JJ

**loghousenut** · 04-11-2012, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Gomer

JJ here and a noob.
Naaa - not as doofy as Gomer Pyle but about as dumb at times I am. So Gomer works. lol
long time follower, still on the fence as maybe I have read to much here and elsewhere to have a clear head I guess about why everyone has their own way(s) to build. Like the butt and pass look yet like the cope look. They claim this - here it is said to be different. Heck - I don't care as both are around and have been for years. IMO it is personal prefection as to look maybe as much as anything.
I was reading a lot of posts from Jane Doe and her being at class and then she disappeared, as did a few others. Maybe in fact she never actually was there?
Anyway - the class is cheap, the whole thing quite a bit more, so I am digesting it all before diving in. Okay - been doing this slooooooooooow digesting of all on-off for 4 years.
What freaks me out is the 'into the mystic' of the other worldly side I guess. The "take the class" always said creates a sense of insecurity for my wife..and I need her on board or no dice. So here I am still thinking aloud.
A taste or hands on or an onsite class would truly sell us both

JJ

Gomer,

Take the class hahha. Once a person has been to class and have access to the "members only" side of this forum, they usually disappear from the "public" side. Jane Doe last posted on the members side in February. It's not uncommon for folks to come and go once they've been to class. Some eventually trail off and we don't know how they used what they learned from class, but a ton of them get thing together and build a home for their family. I'm pretty sure that Ms. Doe will be around for quite awhile.

There's more to the LHBA class than nuts and bolts about building with logs. You'll come away with a feeling that you can live a different lifestyle if you want to. Once you realize that folks like you and your Wife can go out and hoist a ridgepole, it changes how you look at the rest of your dreams. You will realize that you two can change your future by building the log home you've always wanted without 30 years of debt. Find a group of folks who will stick with you as you learn and build your own full-scribed and coped log home, and then decide which way you want to go.

As for the "take the class" thing... I can guarantee that all of us who say "take the class" have taken the class. I've yet to hear someone say they wish they had NOT taken the class. I don't make a nickel one way or another.

If you do take the class I urge you BOTH to go. My wife went. If she hadn't gone to class she would have wandered off last year mumbling "Why can't he just put up a kit log house like Phil did?". Instead, she is the driving force that makes it all so easy. I have enjoyed every ounce of sweat and loved every minute that I have spent building this home. Your experience may vary.

Take the class.

PS... Phil was my Wife's first husband. They built a very nice kit house and it went together quickly. They sold it as a part of the divorce settlement some 25 years ago.

**Gomer** · 04-11-2012, 10:14 AM

I pretty much get what ya saying but to get the wife onboard it will take more than prodding...more like the hands on deal
I actually am in Minnesota, north of the TCs by 30 miles. Gomer came from a nick-name from HS days, maybe even junior high? I used to play it coy in some classes to get the teachers a bit rattled as they say...now my wife is one so I have to behave. lol
I need to figure out where/how to put in my location and stuff I guess huh
If you want to move your builds halfway this way I'll be there tonight.

**Animal** · 04-11-2012, 06:40 PM

I took the class in May 2011. Since then, I've got some land in Vermont (still paying it off) and plan to build. Looking forward to participating in these forums. and hopefully helping out some of you with your builds for practice!

**BoFuller** · 04-11-2012, 09:03 PM

Welcome Animal. You were in the same class as me!

**Gomer** · 04-12-2012, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by loghousenut

Gomer,

Take the class hahha. Once a person has been to class and have access to the "members only" side of this forum, they usually disappear from the "public" side. Jane Doe last posted on the members side in February. It's not uncommon for folks to come and go once they've been to class. Some eventually trail off and we don't know how they used what they learned from class, but a ton of them get thing together and build a home for their family. I'm pretty sure that Ms. Doe will be around for quite awhile.
.

anudder dumb question from a noob .... thought to be on the members side or post there you had to be a member and it shows under the name. ??
Jane Doe doesn't show "member" but rather user like me. ??
How does this work. ??

**loghousenut** · 04-12-2012, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Gomer

anudder dumb question from a noob .... thought to be on the members side or post there you had to be a member and it shows under the name. ??
Jane Doe doesn't show "member" but rather user like me. ??
How does this work. ??

OK Gomer so I was full of sheep dip. Jane Doe went to class and posted a time or two on the public side and then dropped out of sight without ever registering for the members side. Either she was a subversive Govt. agent or she's off taking care of loose ends. I hope we see her again and I'm betting we will.

Here's the page that had the post she wrote after coming back from class. Your Wife might want to read it.

http://community.loghomebuilders.org...possible/page7

PS.... For a noob asking dumb questions, you sure know how to corner a guy don't you. I like that.