{"id":178,"date":"2026-04-18T23:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:51:04","slug":"a-bit-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"A Bit About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iusa_400x400.104616819_rhl1-e1776557367869.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>I\u2019m a retired <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States Navy<\/span><\/span> veteran, pancreatic cancer survivor, and lifelong maker who spends most of his time in the shop creating things\u2014and doing my best to stay out of my wife\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"711\">I\u2019ve never been good at throwing things out. If something looks reusable, I keep it and eventually turn it into something new. Most of my work is made from recycled or reclaimed materials\u2014fallen tree limbs, scrap wood, used plastics, and whatever else I can give a second life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"928\">Please visit my\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?page_id=148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eBay listings page<\/a><\/span> for some of my other creations, every item I sell is <strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"752\">handmade by me<\/strong> in my home workshop. No mass production, no two pieces exactly alike. You\u2019ll find small imperfections here and there\u2014that\u2019s part of the story and what makes each piece unique.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"928\">I truly appreciate every purchase as they help support this page and my DIY hobbies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"928\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a retired United States Navy veteran, pancreatic cancer survivor, and lifelong maker who spends most of his time in the shop creating things\u2014and doing my best to stay out of my wife\u2019s way. I\u2019ve never been good at throwing things out. If something looks reusable, I keep it and eventually turn it into something &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,54,48,55,51,53,57,56,49,58,52,47],"class_list":{"0":"post-178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-diy-artisan","9":"tag-eco-friendly-handmade","10":"tag-pancreatic-cancer-survivor","11":"tag-reclaimed-wood-crafts","12":"tag-recycled-materials-crafts","13":"tag-repurposed-materials","14":"tag-reuse-and-repurpose","15":"tag-scrap-material-art","16":"tag-small-shop-creator","17":"tag-sustainable-diy","18":"tag-upcycled-creations","19":"tag-us-navy-veteran-maker","20":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}