We wanted a gas range. The new house came with electric. So we went shopping for your standard 30″ gas range, in white as that was cheapest, figuring we'd spend about $800 and spend more dollars to get the gas lines re-arranged. Then we heard through the social circle that …
Plan A was to borrow a friendofafriend's scaffold like rig, but we found it was otherwise occupied. Plan B was to configure the ladder in the extension position and lean it against the vault ceiling. Upon experimentation, we decided that might be a good way to put a hole in …
S and I had left the previous house with extra cans of paint, which we used in the Hobbit Hole, but haven't …
Just what every new homeowner likes to see upon getting the keys: the neighbors tree blew down, taking out a small chunk …
Italian phrase of the day: Buon Giorno Flying from Portland to Rome takes 14 hours, with a layover. Amanda is a seasoned …
For the month of September, there is a hillside in NE Portland that fills with picnickers every evening at sunset. The blankets …
Sandy Ridge Trail is named after the town of Sandy, Oregon, that sits below and west of the trail…or maybe it's named …
My honey and I tend to do a lot of activites apart, or in our own heads, but occasionally, we do go …
Woke to alarm (again? We’re on vacation!) and drove back into the park – the kiosk was unmanned at this hour. We …
Navigating across northern California would have been easier if we’d remembered the gazetteer, but we were trusting google…and then we found there …