Art

I have a lot to post about: Leslie, Josh and Charlotte's visit, Charlie's braces, my recent decorating experiments... BUT I just found this awesome website and I have to share.

Jackson Pollack is one of my favorite painters. I love abstract expressionism. While I was surfing for ideas to create art I stumbled upon this awesome site.

Go there and make your own painting. Click the mouse to change colors as you scribble.

Amazing House Moment: right this second, Mitchell and Bishop are playing chess downstairs! THAT has never happened before. This is just another example of how the house has changed our lives. I was worried that we would interact less with more space, but the opposite is true.

Summer, Summer, Summer

You might think that summer would afford ample opportunity to blog, blog, blog. As you can see, that has not been the case. I apologize for the long delay between posts. There is so much to say, too much- so, "lemme sum up..."

We went to NJ, NYC, Long Island, the Poconos and Philly- all in one week. We've just about recovered. Seeing Charlotte, Josh, Leslie, Stephen and Ned was a blast, not to mention all the other relatives at the big B'nai Mitzvah. I was thrilled to be in New York City with Brad and the kids (and everybody else). We saw the former Lafer house in Long Island, and the amazing Torah covers made by Brad's mom and dad at their former Temple. And, we also stayed at both of Ned and Stephen's homes, which were cool in their own unique and totally different ways.

Mercedes is coming to town tomorrow and Leslie, Josh and Charlotte are coming next week.

School starts in 3 weeks.

On top of everything else we've been spending a lot of time at the pool and the library. I've been savoring the relaxed pace (well, somewhat relaxed) of summer at HOME.

I'm currently actually sewing new window treatments for the game room. I'll post pictures as soon as they are done. This is my first big project for the house.