DerBengel

Hi Everyone! I apologize for not responding sooner! I have had TONS of doctor appts, computer trouble, some online classes...I tried to sign in a few times and decided I will do it later. Well, it's much later, but here I am, finally. And, "Hallo Montserrat, wie bist du?" Ich habe Deutcherblut in meine Gene , aber ich bin Amerikanerin. Ich studiere Deutschsprache aber ich habe ein kleines Vokaular und ich habe viel Ärger mit der Grammatik! I can't seem to do Dativ or Genitiv too well and sometimes I forget to put my verb in after trying to get through all the other words or I put it in the wrong place. LOL My German teacher got a kick out of me one day, because she was bragging how you can make words all the time-which is very true. But I piped up and said, "AH! Erdbeerekurzekuchen!" She started laughing and then finally said, "I don't even think they have that over there!" So she realized be careful what you say, very quickly! I also have learned that the hard way...trying to tell a couple online friends I was back and I guess I called myself a back end, if you know what I mean. UGH! lol Yes, I have discovered the world of intarsia and that marquetry and have become very fascinated with it. I don't see that kind of work where I live. Not sure why. But I am not ready to jump there quite yet. I am still looking to master basic cutting and maybe make some gifts and if I can get creative and skilled, make a little (much needed) side money. Thanks for the warm welcome and I hate to say this, but I am going to be here very sporadically. I won a scholarship for an online nanodegree in front-end web development and it's going to last 3 months. I am working very hard on it, because out of 25,000 recipients, only 5,000 move on to a 2nd scholarship for an additional 9-month nanodegree. I reallllllllly want to be 1 of the 5,000! Not sure how, but I didn't even have notifications on for this thread, but I do now! :-)

I am a member of a router forum to learn more about techniques and finding my potential. I also have a scroll saw and have done very little with it. It's time I start learning the potential of this tool, as well!