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...

Design

After a very pleasant night’s sleep, Joe, Carol, Erin, and I walked around Battle Ground to check out the new subdivisions and to examine some of the new houses being built. None of the model homes or offices were open, but we peeked inside several under...

Atop Mt. St. Helens

Battle Ground, Washington Erin and I headed up late last night for a stay at the marvelous five-star Hotel Kann in Battle Ground. Today, well, today Joe, Carol, and I climbed a mountain. (Erin wisely opted to hang out at Joe and Carol’s, grade papers, sleep, and...

Education

Battle Ground, Washington Whew. The two September ballot measures that had to pass to avoid any more cuts to education made it through by roughly 60-40 margins. That’s a bummer if you’re a smoker for one, and the conversion of an endowment fund into a...

Updates

Joe came down for some more work on the bathroom remodeling project. We’re making really good progress if I do say so myself. The outside needs a little more caulking and some paint. The inside, well, OK, there’s a fair ways yet to go on the inside, but...