Ancient coins

Mike and Jeff, two fellows from the ancient coin business I do some work for, invited me to tag along with their visit to an Egyptian exhibit at Willamette University’s Hallie Ford Museum of Art, so along with Mike’s wife Teresa and their son Tristan, Erin...

Baby update

We met with Gary Bernard, OM, one of the doctors at Kaiser, for Erin’s OB/GYN appointment. He graciously allowed us (well, mostly me) to pepper him with questions, and we liked what he had to say. Unfortunately Kaiser’s got four obstetrical doctors doing...

Upstairs bathroom

Dave and I worked on the bathroom this morning, starting with a visit to George Morlan Plumbing to purchase a Toto Supreme toilet and a Kohler shower head and sliding bar fixture. Boy it’s easy to drop lots of cash in a hurry. Now’s not the time to skimp,...

Tile and color

We met with Alicia of Color Tile this morning and reviewed plans for the bathroom remodel. It’ll be expensive—in the $2,000 range—but I have no doubt that the results will be a marked improvement on the previous bathroom walls, and it’s gotta be better...

Electrifying

Portland, Oregon Had the electrician out today to install a new light/bath fan combo unit in the upstairs bathroom and fix the long-standing bath fan problem in the downstairs bathroom. Let me tell you, those guys from Code Electric know their stuff. Not that...