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I worked as a carpenter from 1978-2004 building in Alaska and Washington, culminating in constructing 2 houses of my own from the ground up, doing everything from clearing the properties, setting and pouring the foundations to the final trim out - including design.

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You Can Have Nails & Pound Them Too!
"There seems to be a sense that women who own tools and use them are less than feminine. This is simply NOT true. In fact, after all those years of actively conquering various D-I-Herselfer tasks, as well as working on job sites, my nails have never been so short as they are now so that my primary tool is my keyboard! Oooh! The irony of i..."

Tool Wars…Must We Really Fight About the COLOR??
"There is much ado about the color of tools these days. Pink tools being the hottest topic. First of all, I have to point out the glaring underlying fact here….WE ACTUALLY HAVE TOOLS MADE FOR WOMEN TO ARGUE OVER! I worked from 1978 to 2004 as a carpenter and there was no debate. Other than the ounce weight of my hammer, and whether or not I cou..."

When are We Gonna Have a Tool Sale on Mother’s Day?
"In all the years that I have been a vigorous consumer of tools, I have yet to see a sale for the female builder and do-it-herselfer. And - I think it is time for that phenomenon to be rectified. No longer to be relegated to shopping for the blowout tool sale of the year on Father’s Day where I am asked, “What other tools does he alre..."