Samples Jeff made during class Now that the garage is done but we haven't moved all our stuff into it, we had a magic opportunity to...

Sharon finished making the pieces for her very first piece of furniture in woodworking class—a plant stand! She made it from douglas fir t...

Sharon has been enjoying her beginning woodworking class out at Franklin High School. She finished her first project tonight. It obviously h...

Jeff attended the fourth and final class in lead came stained glass. This week we started with soldering which goes much faster than when do...

After creating a good right-angled base we started building out our pattern with U-channels on the edge, and H-channel between pieces. We le...

Jeff's second week of lead came stained glass class covered cutting and grinding glass. After an overview of the tools and techniques we...

Jeff started his Leaded Glass Class yesterday! Here is a quick summary of the process they taught him for preparing the pattern. First he c...

Jeff and Sharon signed up for classes again this coming quarter. Only, this time we're taking some classes which will teach us some skil...

It's been a long time coming—three years actually—but Sharon finally finished her Paralegal degree. She doesn't recommend transferri...

At the beginning of the quarter, Sharon filled out an application to graduate from the paralegal program at Portland Community College. The...

Because he's found many of the Portland Community College (PCC) classes were often not what he was hoping for, Jeff decided this next qu...

Last night, Sharon finished up the last of her class lectures and now only has final exams remaining. Two of her classes have fully-take-hom...

I was surprised to look out the window this morning and see snow! The forecast was for rain this week; I guess they were wrong. I will not b...

This quarter just seemed to stretch on forever...but I'm finally done. My final this morning was pretty gruelling, but I think I did oka...

Today was one of those amazing days where I got more done in the morning before 11AM than I usually get done in the entire day. I wish I had...

While I am thrilled most of my teachers cancelled class this week, I am far less thrilled they also seemed to assign extra work over the bre...

We've had bucketloads of rain this week and the temperature has definitely cooled. Luckily, we had a break in the weather long enough fo...

Jeff decided to go visit Seattle this weekend. One of his team members from Intel (way back when) is getting married up there tomorrow and J...

Earlier this week, Jeff and I attended a free class in Portland offered by the East Multnomah Soil & Conservation District: Rain Gardens...

Good News! I don't have to drive down to California to pick up my new prosthetic. UPS delivered it today! I was planning to visit next w...