Paradise ponders, dented deck edition...   Well, that didn't take long!  Our formerly perfect redwood deck now has a nice little dent i...

Paradise ponders, pressure-washed cat house edition...   I made a run to Home Depot this morning to pick up the supplies I needed in order t...

Paradise ponders, baseboard matching edition...   It was slightly calmer here yesterday.  But only slightly. :) I did a walk-around insp...

Stop buying fruit yogurt!   There's something better, I've discovered.  Buy plain yogurt (I'm partial to Chobani, which comes in...

Paradise ponders, all trussed-up edition...   Our builders worked all day yesterday with a crew of four, and they got a lot done.  In the mo...

Let the destruction begin!   Our builders finished most of the interior trim work in the sun room and mud room, and started the last major...

Paradise ponders, explosive barn edition...   Well, our first snow is here.  We woke up this morning to three inches of the stuff.  It...

Paradise ponders, all trussed up edition...   Man, I was busy yesterday!  Since it was the last forecast day of nice weather for a while (an...

Things that slightly loony people wonder about...   I play a lot of Scrabble, both against other people and against the computer.  On an ave...

Paradise ponders, supermoon edition...   On Sunday evening and Monday morning, we had mostly cloud cover, so we didn't get to experience...

Paradise ponders...   Just finished a marathon paperwork session.  This sort of thing takes way more time than I'd like it too – but sh...

Paradise ponders...   Our local grocery store ( Macey's ) had fresh scallops this week, so I bought a pound and a half of them, and Debb...

Paradise ponders...   Somehow yesterday slipped by without me posting.  I don't know how that even happened! Last night I did somethin...

Paradise ponders...   Another busy day – this is starting to feel like a habit! I got the wiring all finished in our sun room, except that...

Betsy, RIP...   Our smooth-coat border collie, Race, was one of Betsy's puppies.  Betsy belonged to a breeder (Angie) in eastern Oregon,...

Paradise ponders...   Another busy day yesterday.  The roofing/siding guys are finished except for a piece of fascia and a little trim; they...

President-elect Trump...   Like so many others, we stayed up late last night to see the election results.  They were pretty much my worst-ca...

Paradise ponders...   Yesterday was an absolutely crazy day around here.  The roofer/siding guys showed up and worked all day; they're g...

Paradise ponders...   Well, all sorts of progress today!  I somehow muddled through a mess of contractors here today, despite having absolu...

Paradise ponders...   Today should be slightly more relaxing than yesterday's cable-mania wrestling match.  I've got to install an o...