Sunday, New Findings

We went to church this morning. Mom's alarm went off at 7:00 and she was awake by 7:05, which is pretty good, given that she is effectively deaf without her hearing aids. It was lightly snowing as we drove to church.

After we got home, I rebuilt the back step, to make it one continuous piece of plywood for both the dog door and the people door.

Also while we were in the garage, I asked Mom to take a look at the dresser which had been behind the chess men bottles (which we have now sold and shipped). Several of the drawers had magazines -- Reader's Digest, National Geographic, Smithsonian -- and I will try to give those away.

but several of the other drawers had previously undiscovered Jim Beam and Avon bottles.

Mom's house is listed in the Lane County Assessment & Taxation Property Information data base as being 1868 square feet. The obvious question is if it includes all the add-ons -- the Sun Room and the Office. Measuring things by hand, I come out with 1367 for the main house, 188 for the Sun Room and 297 for the office (including the computer room). This adds up to 1852. The difference is within measurement error, or could be the difference between inside versus outside measurements, but is close enough to say it is right.

I baked some date bars this evening. So good.