After buying almost $2500 worth of chemicals and equipment, we arrived at Elmer yesterday afternoon, ready to go.  What are we doing?  Exterior maintenance.  We've got log wash, stronger log wash, carpenter ant killer, stain, topcoat, deck finish, a grinder, sanding pads, foam backer rods, caulk, energy seal, log end sealer, a 26 ft folding ladder, a borrowed pressure washer, and a sprayer.  And five gallon buckets, and scrub brushes, and hopefully enough muscle power to outlast everything.  So yesterday we got used to the equipment and washed the south wall.  Kind of figured out what we're doing, and how to do it.  Today we got the other 3 walls washed.  And some of the railing scrubbed.  The rails and some of the east and south logs have a lot of UV damage, so we've got to remove some more finish from the last few rails and east facing logs tomorrow, do a bunch of sanding (with the grinder), and then hopefully we'll get to begin taping stuff off and spraying with bug killer/stain/UV blocker/top coat. 
Then we'll powerwash the deck and get it ready for a new stain/sealer.  And then if the gorge commission has approved our paint color (and there's no reason they shouldn't--it's from their palette) we'll paint the trim.  And chink the spaces around the window and door frames.  And then build a stairway and maybe install the slide and trim some weeds to create another parking space or two and and and...
I'm exhausted.