tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10618733720590854392024-02-18T22:10:10.231-08:00Dun Elsie DispatchesThe Hunt Family Blog - Ed, Amy, Lindsay and GraceEd Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-14255627630643379062015-05-11T12:53:00.001-07:002015-05-11T12:53:34.862-07:00New Deck for the Ship at Anchor <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a while now I've been wanting a new deck on the side of the house. A few years ago I dug down into the earth and made a gravel patio that was too small and too uneven to be of much use. Amy says she liked laying on the hot rocks in the sun, but otherwise, it just became a place to pile the various things that didn't get put away. It was too crowded to sit. You could cook on the grill, but you didn't want to spend any time out there with it.<br />
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Last year, when we first talked about the barn, we started talking about a deck as well. It was -- as we struggled to balance our money and time -- a pipe dream. Maybe in the future we'd have the time and money to build a decent deck. Maybe we'd get it done in the next five years -- before Lindsay graduates from high school.<br />
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Something got into me a few weeks ago and I was determined. We've had unusually warm dry weather this spring and winter and had occasion to spend time outside. We've gotten a lot done. Of course, whenever you do one project, that just gives you confidence -- and desire to do another.<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> is evil. It makes the world seem possible. Unlimited time and money captured with peak creativity. Great for ideas, but not-so-great if you have other things to be doing.<br />
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My basement is a mess, my tools need organizing, the garage is a mess. I have things to write and things to do. <br />
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So I checked books out from the library and made some calculations and dug in.<br />
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I decided to build a floating deck on concrete "handi-blocks" that hold pressure treated 2x6 wood in four 8x8 squares. The outer squares are cantilevered out over the slope using posts sunk into the ground. If the waters rise really high, it will work as a dock.<br />
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It is not perfectly square -- nothing I have ever constructed in my life has been perfectly square, but you don't notice anything now that it is all done. Years of building things slightly out of square despite my best efforts have left me with a knowledge of how to best hide what you just bodged up.<br />
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We're still deciding if we want a railing, or perhaps a privacy screen to block the wind that comes around the side of the house. We'll live with a little while and decide.<br />
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It is a fine and glorious thing to build something useful, to watch your whole family use it and to know that it will get used for years to come.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what I started with. Luckily the gravel made a good base for the handiblocks.<br /> Under the pea-gravel is packed leveled sand. </td></tr>
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It went fast. After the first weekend, I got enough down where I could take a break. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">If I'd wanted an 8x8 deck, this would have been a one day job.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The back 8x16 section went very quickly.<br /></td></tr>
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The front section was a little trickier. I wanted to hide a few little errors while making the deck look more finished. That required framing the first and last boards and then running the other boards perpendicular to the first section. <div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the pattern. </td></tr>
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<br />I also had a little help. Grace has her own tool belt and like being my helper. She came in handy while lining up the boards putting the spacer on one end while I lined up the other. It made things go a lot faster. She also got to screw down some boards, but said she'd rather hammer. <div>
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I also wanted to make a path and stair up to the deck so we aren't clambering on and off it. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did a little gravel work for a path out of the basement to the deck. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice place to relax after a hard day's work. </td></tr>
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I'm not sure what I'll do about railings. It looks nice open as it is, but I might want a little wind-break on the house side and some built in benches for seating and/or storage. Right now we'll use it as is. The biggest drawback -- it makes us want to upgrade our patio furniture. Oh well.<br /></div>
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Here are some photos of our house during the Christmas Tour of Historic Homes 2014. It was great to have so many nice people come in and share the warmth of Dun Elise. </div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">It all starts with a Finnish Christmas Concert at the historic Deep River Evangelical Lutheran Church on December 7th at 1:30 pm. Donations go the upkeep of this historic church. Following it is a Tour of Homes sponsored by the </span><a href="http://finnam.naselle.net/Finnam/Tervetuloa.html" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finnish-American Folk Festival</a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> Tickets are $5/person and can be purchased at the church, Hair Villa, Finn Ware, and Radio Shack. We also have maps and can take donations at the house if you want to start the tour from this end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our house is known as the Elsie Torpa place by locals. Amy grew up just across the fields always called it Elsie’s and remembered coming to visit and having cookies in the welcoming kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My last wood screw went in to the last board as the rain began to fall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There had been a steady drizzle, but now the dark ceiling opened up to a torrential downpour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I scrambled to put my tools away, slipping in the mud. It took me a few moments to realize that it was the very last screw in my pouch - the last 3.25 inch construction screw I had. It took still longer for me to get inside and out of my wet clothes, to stand at the window looking at the green gray fields and admire what I had accomplished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It still needed a coat of white stain on the last section, but that would come on a sunny day. My daughters love painting the white stain. I love good fences.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I never thought much about fences until we moved out West in 1978. I was Grace's age then and the forest hills and hidden fields seemed vast open wonderlands to me compared to the crowded suburbs of New Jersey. To be sure, we rambled through the wooded swamplands that backed up to our home there, but it nothing like 82 acres of field and forest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a great hill overlooking the whole property that we would climb in the last hours of a summer day with the night hawks already diving for prey. It was a grand thing to me then, to stand in an open field on the crest of a high hill, counting the white capped mountains as the pink fire of sunset painted the sky. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fences were barbed wire, which tears your shirt if you slide under it, and is too unsteady to climb over. Best to have a friend hold the wire for you, if you want to climb through. Still they seemed few and far between. We could ride our horses for miles without touching a road by simply finding the gates between properties, and making sure that we closed each gate we opened behind us. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I never liked barbed wire. It rips the flesh of spooked horses and his hard to see in the trees. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fences I loved were at Crosby Stables. White painted rails around the whole property including the arena where Jim Crosby trained his Tennessee Walkers. I remember the mint green barns and the ink-black <span style="line-height: 20px;">Schipperke dogs that Jim and Eunice used to keep. Little Tasmania devil dogs that would run and hop up to land on the rump a moving horse that never lost its stride. Jim was an Iowa man who landed out West with the railroad. We would ride over the hill to his place for 4H sometimes and he gave our family invaluable advice on horses when we were just starting out. Crosby Stables was like a microcosm of a Kentucky estate, four rail white fences cutting serenely through rolling hills. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">It is the fences of his idyll that I have tried to recreate here on my little patch of land. </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">When we moved in, 22 years ago. The house was in need of attention more than the property so it became our priority. </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> The borders of the land were blackberry bushes with barbed wire buried somewhere underneath. </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">When we had time and energy from our busy low-paying just out of college jobs, I hacked at the blackberries with a machete. Year by year cutting away at the invasive plant's empire of thorns. It was cathartic, but my desk job left me too weak to counter it's ever encroaching vines. It took years -- and eventually Hank's excavator -- to clear the last of it. It opened our property up so we could see the open fields beyond. We put in posts -- some dug with auger on the back of the tractor, other's dug by hand -- until finally the bright white-stained rails emerged. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just in time for little girls to clamber over them for walks out in the field. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">You see a good fence does more than just keep livestock in. It keeps animals -- and children -- safe. Lindsay and Grace love climbing the fences, or sitting on them and waving to grandpa as he goes by on the tractor. The white brings bright beauty in the dark gray of winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dug the post holes by hand. A good post hole digger will beat a week at the gym for building upper body muscles. There was a layer of gravel to go through too and some concrete from the old dairy barn that used to be nearby. At times, I was hands and knees pulling up rocks from the holes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course I never count right when it comes to how many boards I need, and that means another trip into town. No matter. There was a time when we could only afford to do a few sections of the fence at a time. </span></div>
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"So you can look at how far you've come," I tell her. "So you can see how much better you've made it by your hard work."</div>
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It was a frosty morning here at Dun Elsie. Just 25 degrees and sunny and beautiful.<br />Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-77749190186752777132013-08-08T23:02:00.001-07:002013-08-08T23:02:07.807-07:00Twenty<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArPpM4Z-O9NrR4d5Qfa2-sFrlXCdThhjJQVmd95oEj244vYXZ3D9L-BJ-TbvEyIhjiT440M-XiHp0Aeg82Wc30ZCM8ndcfVkg7R6w8E0JHdUYrOXkmazJzn0UwxqMb0ecfCVpOMiogbM/s640/blogger-image--410517349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArPpM4Z-O9NrR4d5Qfa2-sFrlXCdThhjJQVmd95oEj244vYXZ3D9L-BJ-TbvEyIhjiT440M-XiHp0Aeg82Wc30ZCM8ndcfVkg7R6w8E0JHdUYrOXkmazJzn0UwxqMb0ecfCVpOMiogbM/s640/blogger-image--410517349.jpg"></a></div>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-14188346548657938772013-03-25T11:03:00.001-07:002013-03-25T11:03:21.839-07:00Trying out an Instagram Feed<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the room that is behind our bedroom. It has been sealed off since the house was built. Not even ladybug or vermin sign in here. Can't wait to make this into a master bath. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another picture, the room is estimated to be about 12 x 6 but the roof angle is steep. There is a similar room on the other side of the house behind Lindsay's bedroom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tarpaper and insulation have made a huge difference in how warm the house stays even as the nights have gotten cooler. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad I didn't have to climb up there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished project. Looks great, now to paint the porch. </td></tr>
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Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0ROSBURG, WA 98643, USA46.297555 -123.645203346.2097895 -123.8031318 46.385320500000006 -123.48727480000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-48695852313375113722012-11-08T10:11:00.001-08:002012-11-08T10:16:48.947-08:00Before and After<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is a before and after picture. We've done a ton of work this spring and summer. We totally redesigned the driveway and I built the rock retaining wall. Add to that the siding and paint and insulation and as Amy says "it's like a whole new house!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HtfSYw_EH72y-J3VtZ-SeA3Q0cTIjGSl4Db23rT84EumFGBvau0313Zd5Fwq0BAw-zyvhyA-p5sfoPA9G_KQ6UCMSEumdrAWfKqVxEnPWRTlVNX2oT-wTEgXCoEEd2A3-veqHGr6lWw/s1600/IMG_1652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HtfSYw_EH72y-J3VtZ-SeA3Q0cTIjGSl4Db23rT84EumFGBvau0313Zd5Fwq0BAw-zyvhyA-p5sfoPA9G_KQ6UCMSEumdrAWfKqVxEnPWRTlVNX2oT-wTEgXCoEEd2A3-veqHGr6lWw/s200/IMG_1652.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzTDJtNDLEqSYYuHn1pTfme2FEzszsrbJ4apbnkNeWu_E6UX__SreulyZQOWWdDWg71_Sq3UrIKACHN3CezhBxHFoEarDbTXF3v3nwKQYWeww5kYx_MCdVGfuUIutVsHkJIBYOksvyd8/s1600/P1040481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzTDJtNDLEqSYYuHn1pTfme2FEzszsrbJ4apbnkNeWu_E6UX__SreulyZQOWWdDWg71_Sq3UrIKACHN3CezhBxHFoEarDbTXF3v3nwKQYWeww5kYx_MCdVGfuUIutVsHkJIBYOksvyd8/s200/P1040481.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>
Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-79501772622968164822012-10-24T19:54:00.001-07:002012-10-24T20:44:44.135-07:00New siding and insulation and paint!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkr9VMpBu5qe_Dj_edyBkJaFCDRVbFF1zTW5rqQgmBRbcVNcMRrQb57953SB-qcH4CgL0kB6S6xy3wpYRVpjKqDVMunMj4cL7Jf2MiR-5BURoAQ4qCWdiqds8yy86YpNJ_CDcB8lfXj4/s640/blogger-image-1304765781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkr9VMpBu5qe_Dj_edyBkJaFCDRVbFF1zTW5rqQgmBRbcVNcMRrQb57953SB-qcH4CgL0kB6S6xy3wpYRVpjKqDVMunMj4cL7Jf2MiR-5BURoAQ4qCWdiqds8yy86YpNJ_CDcB8lfXj4/s640/blogger-image-1304765781.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCT6ADvlYo3amck8UpoT1CTBmo2Kq1X79q2YpxDlnjzwyDjNy1nnbwFFw5gk6kcJ080MmRuzh2lJ2GZjLjV7eUlwbDj12OikyISeCyxfMMkypEG9rVjeBgWZMkFQA81j8Ha9S0bp0a0M/s640/blogger-image-1601967951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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No snow on the ground but plenty of Jack Frost. <br />
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<blockquote>Melt one stick butter (1/2 cup) in a heavy saucepan. Then add 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups granulated sugar and 3 tablespoons raw, unsweetened cocoa (I usually do heaping). Combine in saucepan over medium high heat. Here's the tricky part that has taken a lot of practice for me. When the mixture starts to boil in the middle of the pot but hasn't come to a full rolling boil, I set my timer for 3 minutes since I can't do seconds on my oven timer. Stir constantly and let it reach a full rolling boil. Remove from heat when the timer gets down to 30 seconds (2 min. 30 sec. boiling time total). Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 cup peanut butter (I usually just scoop out a huge spoonful's worth). Stir 'til combined then add 3 cups raw oatmeal. Quick cooking or old-fashioned both work just fine. Drop by spoonful onto foil or parchment paper and let cookies set. The boiling time is the trickiest part. Too short and you will end up with goopy, tar-like cookies that you have to eat with a spoon. Too long and they will be hard, dry and crumbly. Don't be surprised if it takes a few batches to get the consistency just right. Once you get the hang of it, they really are very quick and easy to make and I almost always have the ingredients on hand. ~Amy Hunt</blockquote>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-82321121091918431322010-06-28T10:44:00.000-07:002010-06-28T10:46:25.516-07:00Building the Pattio<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/BuildingThePattio?feat=blogger" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/TCgbkH9UxiE/AAAAAAAACKo/bZebKza7Zl0/s160-c/BuildingThePattio.jpg" width="400" /></a>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-35554696513084582882010-06-10T11:37:00.000-07:002010-06-10T11:37:15.730-07:00The Launch PadHere's the new launch pad at Dun Elsie. This is an area with our cell phones and a place to put anything we don't want to forget to take out the door with us when we go.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3o43-syWUry8TCCcOi_3N8WsePAQZ6hLE2CdPNJqkiL4iYvafow4KpskXZ9H9gPX1fjsrlagU8AVYVw2qHe8MOvACt4xpBiHGZhT-IP0Gl8Xqy2Q6GS_F4RQqYIZKtRpBQHAyz8LWEIQ/s1600/IMG_5285.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3o43-syWUry8TCCcOi_3N8WsePAQZ6hLE2CdPNJqkiL4iYvafow4KpskXZ9H9gPX1fjsrlagU8AVYVw2qHe8MOvACt4xpBiHGZhT-IP0Gl8Xqy2Q6GS_F4RQqYIZKtRpBQHAyz8LWEIQ/s400/IMG_5285.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>This is the culmination of a long term project that I've been working on for over a year. As you can see we have our cell phones on two <a href="http://www.palm.com/us/products/accessories/touchstone-technology.html">Touchstone wireless chargers</a> and our kitchen phone all in the same place. This way if something rings, you always go to the same place.<br />
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Also, cell reception is lousy in our house other than in the kitchen by this wall.<br />
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You walk in the door, put your phone down on the charger and it magnetically "sticks" and starts charging.<br />
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The launch pad itself is just a simple corner shelf with the power cords to the charging bases hidden in a tiny gap. The cords themselves go through a small hole drilled into the cabinet you see on the left, where they plug into a powerstrip.<br />
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The result is -- even up close you see no cords at all. Pretty nifty!<br />
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The power strip lives in the charging cabinet which I created to charge all of our electronic devices out of sight, without any visible tangle of cords.<br />
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I also have my watch and change catcher, as well as cases in the charger cabinet so that everything is centralized.<br />
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More information on the charger cabinet. I needed a pantry for our kitchen when we were fixing up our kitchen but all the ones I could find were too expensive or two feet deep. Instead I took three wall cabinets and attached them to the wall one on top of each other. At the base I installed four bun feet simply screwed into the base cabinet and finished with tounge oil. This cabinet works out great and actually cost less to construct that many of the pre-fab pantries. <br />
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The small middle cabinet was planned from the begining as a charger cabinet and has a hole cut into the back to allow access to the wall outlet before it was hung. Works great!<br />
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Click the pic below for the full gallery.<br /><table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/OurRoom?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/S6Jti3QSiKE/AAAAAAAABvk/2NsNGzbL4YY/s160-c/OurRoom.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/OurRoom?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Our Room</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-46900253371179720122010-02-19T22:44:00.000-08:002010-02-19T22:47:35.545-08:00Lindsay's BirthdayWe delayed Lindsay's birthday party by a few days to make sure we had a date where everyone could come. It worked out great at the Rosburg school. Instead of cake, Amy had the girls decorate cupcakes with frosting and candy. Our friend Mary brought her donky cart and gave rides and the girls decorated the room with streamers and used chalk to make a giant birthday card outside. Small group, low stress, beautiful sun, great day. (click through for full size pics) <table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/LindsayBirthday?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/S39upzQFZ3E/AAAAAAAABaQ/dcd87Y99fwo/s160-c/LindsayBirthday.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/LindsayBirthday?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">lindsay birthday</a></td></tr></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-39842229304186364102009-10-23T16:39:00.000-07:002009-10-23T16:44:44.055-07:00Lindsay's RoomThis pictures are late, but this is what Lindsay's room looks like. We still have a few final touches like trim and posters for the walls (we've ordered one of Paris of course, and Van Gough's Starry Night) and we're looking for a vanity/desk. The floor looks great and we're already planning on doing our room. Click below for more photos!<table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qDUZIFvgxYPnPJUNv4GDoA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7a9aZnQE9OKhwuk2rbZ2CI5REZx0s1-XvDcoJm3d2tZeuQbR3dJ1g2CvBjabLIt0IHK-afdXNc3-y1_YC5ZvbM6bWeR2vQVlo0oy2dbKU1BYKp8VPfnsuedMlnA1yfuRfMqEiXymi9w/s400/IMG_4111.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/LindsaySRoom?feat=embedwebsite">Lindsay's Room</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-45607945989150864022009-08-06T17:10:00.000-07:002009-08-06T17:15:19.067-07:00Graces New RoomTwo weeks ago, we caught a wild hare and decided that the girls needed separate rooms. We'd remake the toy room, the old nursery, into a room for Grace. It started out with just a couple cans of paint. Then we decided that this little room would be a great place to try out laminate flooring. The results are stunning ...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Bpqo_-DjodKsWEu05bNJRw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijnX3yqoZrKwQ3KP7lQV0GohK7DObjGoaWepFfHe1HdIl_J2S8tqxTPvo_gk9Mo77RWOeJVo8OShpndxVVqOb-zjHTX6jkFXKigEMTM4dRUFk_r2X2o-qT1Ept_dePsXqQjPvDstCFtaQ/s400/IMG_3756.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/GraceSNewRoomPartOne?feat=embedwebsite">Grace's New Room part one</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/J1MaMX0Olau5wZ9mX5u0VA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF3n-ysU3HGtEFOMxw-BEs2SoSs5RQYdnVu7JjTXco58ljR1gFR0aiqBH90gaRCW22SlM7tVY8WG3LplSyXsHrG4z8hR0DHgPjTBy0yz7f1xQZQQ9RAIs3R-vZFXG_V3ESZ5_km_WecI/s400/IMG_3755.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/GraceSNewRoomPartOne?feat=embedwebsite">Grace's New Room part one</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-53548851116626954982009-08-06T08:39:00.000-07:002009-08-06T08:43:24.344-07:00Moving Day for GraceToday's the big moving day for Grace. I'll start moving her furniture into her new room this morning while she's at playgroup. Will post pictures when all the furniture is in and arranged!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table style="text-align: center;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/js1UOdvzV3EuTF-QF4GH-g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHUQLd_Z46XnPd6F5hTR_9UCugoTBZUdryQAshOF3mgDhbEcRdTKkJQJsZqFhD8JiiuSh3HYvhkkDbkNcDHS4xjWrbw4ukXglcuCaKDdm9aZNux5qPTNy8NKB31Oce5NxJNAMTobdqcU/s144/IMG_3728.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/GraceSNewRoomPartOne?feat=embedwebsite">Grace's New Room part one</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-82297091171393516002009-07-27T16:18:00.000-07:002009-07-27T16:21:12.068-07:00Grace's New RoomAbout a week ago, we agreed that it was time to get the girls their own rooms. They go to bed at different times now, and Lindsay likes "alone time" to read before bedtime and during the day. So we decided to take the "toy room" which they never play in and remake it into Grace's room. Grace chose the colors and everyone pitched in. See the great pix of phase one below. Once Grace's room is done, it's Lindsay's turn.<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&noautoplay=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FNursEdRN%2Falbumid%2F5363237453371054305%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-75875217986043913712009-07-13T12:23:00.000-07:002009-07-13T12:36:17.478-07:00The Dalles and CherriesWay behind on my posts. Last weekend we took a trip down to The Dalles. Found Lindsay a new bike and picked Cherries with Aunt Mindy. <div><table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/TheDAllesInJuly?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/SltrW-FE2KE/AAAAAAAAA6Y/FwHQ70XlRZY/s160-c/TheDAllesInJuly.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/TheDAllesInJuly?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">The Dalles in July</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>It's the latest venture for us in what is turning out to be a busy summer. Here's the rundown on summer so far...We had a fun little <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/4th?feat=directlink">4th of July </a>at Dun Elsie in Grays River. Saw a Beaver Game in Portland went to Eastern Washington to for Emily's first birthday. Grace graduated from pre-school. Click through to view the whole gallery.<table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/NewAlbum7809102PM?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/SlT8KFvUrvE/AAAAAAAAAxU/kN8ytU1GkKI/s160-c/NewAlbum7809102PM.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/NewAlbum7809102PM?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">T</a>o the Portland Beavers Game</td></tr></tbody></table> <div><br /></div><table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/PascoAndEmilySFirstBirthday?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/Skja1RWNLDE/AAAAAAAAAqw/7j_PYoJ0gyY/s160-c/PascoAndEmilySFirstBirthday.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/PascoAndEmilySFirstBirthday?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Pasco and Emily's First Birthday</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/Westport?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/SjRnUtvWhBE/AAAAAAAAAmU/ykK3-91c20Q/s160-c/Westport.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/Westport?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Westport</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:194px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/GraudationDay?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NuLWHVyKTog/SiW-AK8xf2E/AAAAAAAAAkA/DeBLTb0TgKs/s160-c/GraudationDay.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px">Pre-School <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/GraudationDay?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Graudation Day!</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-52453315646665435302009-04-20T12:13:00.000-07:002009-04-20T12:21:01.514-07:00Visit to Meme'sHad a good visit to Mémé's in<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span>this weekend. The sun was out and we got watch Elliott play baseball, watched some dog romping and planted some flowers. Pics below. <div><div><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FNursEdRN%2Falbumid%2F5326818178843094785%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div></div>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-52609127418664728222009-04-11T15:26:00.000-07:002009-04-11T15:35:41.050-07:00New Dog at Dun ElsieWe were lucky enough to get a new dog this week. This dog's life reads like a movie script. He was born on th estreets of Thailand, lost and eye when he was hit by a car. Lost a leg and his tail when he was hit by a train (hencthe name) Brought back to health and to the US by a Vet on a medical mission trip. Finally adopted from <a href="http://www.mustlovedogsnw.com/">Must Love Dogs NW</a> to a nice little family in the country when cows and chickens and cat named Gus. He's a happy dog, poodle or poodle mix so he doesn't shed. Doesn't bark much (only at the cat). Loves to play tug of war with the girls. He's really the perfect dog for us. Might have to do something about the name, however. Amy sez it is cruel to name an animal after something that once ran it over. I'm thinking maybe we should call him Lucky..<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="400" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FNursEdRN%2Falbumid%2F5323563035358948993%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061873372059085439.post-75708610754777478732009-04-05T19:48:00.000-07:002009-04-05T19:53:44.938-07:00Spring cleaning<div style="text-align: left;">We've been on a mission to clean the house inside and out now that the weather is nicer. Grandpa Hank has an excavator that the girls call "Big Wall-E" after the movie. He offered to bring it over and tear out some sickly looking Rhodies and a Verbina in our front yard. He did that and more, clearing out a lot of the vinca that had taken over the back of the house and even knocking down a maple tree that was threatening to fall on the front yard. Now, I've got a lot of work to do to clean up all this brush, but Hank did in a few hours what would have taken me all summer. Thanks! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Click on the picture to see the whole album of photos.</div><table style="text-align: left;width: auto; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l1Bm9PyYTxvL5Q8nT73Djg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7WaOB8QMAoZKL_OrhMGu1Y86aGlmRYG0ObtREJmscuNUxYxQJDQXCQjEM8BpJABBBhBD4voWmGDBXioob5jEviTV35-xUK74ApEZfoEs2He4CnUwahVKLicKF21dbBDQIvKwoqcH2sY/s400/IMG_2450.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NursEdRN/SpringFirstAct?feat=embedwebsite">Spring .. first act</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Ed Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782557190034683718noreply@blogger.com0