I have been accused of being a homebody, and that's probably true. I do like to travel to see and do new things, but my favorite place to be is at home. I like to work in my shop and around our 40 acre property. I like making or repairing things.
I do everything from cutting firewood to building furniture. I repair antique furniture, mostly chairs and tables. I repair small engines from chainsaw and line trimmer size up to riding mower engines. I do woodwork and metalwork and nearly anything that breaks or needs to be built.
I'm not sure I know why I like working around home, but maybe it's because I was born at home. My Mom couldn't make it to the hospital, because my Dad had our only car. Luckily, my Grandma Hadley was a self-taught mid-wife, and we were living about 1/4 mile from her home. Neither home had a telephone and cell phones were about 40 years away, so Mom and Grandma dealt with the situation, and here I am. Somehow or another, they finally got word to the family doctor, in Nowata, and Doctor Flora stopped by hours or days later, depending on whose telling the story.
