Tackling the house

We tackled a few house projects prior to heading up the street for a neighborhood party in the late afternoon. We have lots of neat new neighbors and plenty of fantastic longer-term ones, and that’s just a receipe for good times. I’m looking forward to...

Rolling up I-5

I rolled up I-5 and out to Hillsboro this morning to help Dennis move to a house in SE Portland. Matt, Ginger, and Maria also participated in this filling and unloading of the U-Haul truck, and fueled by some yummy donuts we made pretty good time in getting stuff...

Friends everywhere

Joe came down yesterday to help us remodel our upstairs bathroom, and you’ll forgive me if I’m unrestrained in my thanks and praise for the work he’s done. In short, he’s accomplished brilliant stuff. My own contributions are more marginal...

Stocks

Aquila closed up today at $3.95 so it looks like Monday’s $2.65/$2.68 bet may pay off. I didn’t have as much money to throw at the stock as I would have liked (I still don’t—I continue to find even $3.88 an absolute steal of deal), and given all...

Return

With Bernard and Liz riding with us, we returned to Salem yesterday to find our house still standing. By the grace and goodwill of Dad and our neighbor Fred, Erin’s garden looks to have pulled through the 100 degree days the area experienced in our absence....