Dreaming, Drawing and Building
I'm a dreamer. Always have been.
Ever since I was little, I wanted the "house with the white picket fence", the family, the dog, the truck. I've also wanted a piece of land to design and build my own home.
I received an Associates from the University of Alaska Anchorage while I served in the U.S. Air Force. My degree is in engineering, but we're talking old school right before autoCAD was becoming mainstream. I prefer to draw out my plans the old fashioned way.
My passion has always been around building things. Ask my mother. I bet you she's cursing the Lego blocks she's still finding in the heat registers some 40 years later.
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If I had a huge garage and unlimited resources I would have half the room dedicated to drawing, building models, and playing with Legos and Lincoln Logs - and Matchbox cars. I drive the woman crazy with all of my "collectibles".
Lately I've been doing a lot of drawing.
And I'm using all available wall space to hang my dreams much to the woman's chagrin.
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I'm researching shipping container homes and earthbag homes. The drawing is a hybrid idea implementing shipping containers as the main support and then surrounding it with earthbags for R value and aesthetics.
It's a 2/2 small home with a fairly large back porch that can be sealed for 3 - 4 seasons depending on the weather. If there's a decent view then I want to be on the back porch relaxing, drinking beer and cooking in the outdoor kitchen.
And here are some more of my drawings taking up wall space
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Drawing is how I relax. I dream and plan while considering the layout and the needs of my family.
You used the word chagrin
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Yeah, yeah!
Why am I always the girl?
I have Associates degrees in architectural and mechanical drafting. I was in one of the last classes at my local college to get any board drafting at all. I know just enough engineering to be dangerous at this point. I like AutoCAD, but I love Solidworks.
that's what my wife says - enough knowledge to do A LOT of damage. I've been tempted to try out a few design programs but we have old computers and drawing calms me down. I just watched a video on Solidworks standard. Dang, that's impressive! It would probably take me a year and a day to figure out how to use it. lol