on saturday, my mom & i went cherry picking in hood river, as it was the annual "cherry days" weekend. we picked for a couple hours in the morning at alice's orchards, which has dwarf cherry trees that made for easy easy picking. no ladders were required. we each got two buckets full. the pitting took me forever... i think about five hours to wash, pit, and slice each cherry in half. j went climbing in the columbia gorge on the washington state side with friends at ozone, a relatively new climbing area, for the whole day. when he got back, he started working on installing the shelves, but had trouble with the stud finders. for whatever reason, they weren't functioning, so finding where to drill took a long time. the project spilled into the next day, after a leisurely brunch with my parents & cousins s & d from seattle (who were in town via their bikes via STP, the annual seattle to portland bike ride) and required a second trip to home depot (and actually a third, with which jeff took the opportunity to try out a friend's road bike he's thinking of purchasing). we were more organized for the second trip, armed with an actual list, and purchased lots of things (and actually returned a bunch of items that had been sitting in the garage) for small projects around the house. (i can't wait to have the touch dimmer switch for the dining room - it will just be the highlight of the whole summer!!!) the shelves are now in place, and i think i like the setup even better than before. it's easier to access the filing cabinet & printer, and there's less clutter in the kitchen.
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Hm. so, if the dimmer switch is expected to be the highlight of the summer, does that mean I need to get it installed before the end of the summer?
am i the only one who wants to make a stud finder joke?
often finding the stud is just the beginning b/c they're not usually as good as they look at first! ;)
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