An empty field by my house
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
"Project Bug"
As I did not have the boys this long holiday weekend I got the "Project Bug". I decided to refinish my bathroom cabinets and paint my bathroom walls a new color. The old color was a light sea foam green and the cabinets were a light oak color. They looked awful and worn.{{see photo above}}
I started Friday and finished Tuesday. It is a long drawn out process, with stripping, drying, priming, drying, painting drying, (3 coats) then applying my 2 coats of polyurethane. This was my first time refinishing cabinets and I was a bit nervous, but it worked out amazingly. I am so happy with them. I love the colors; they turned out to accent beautifully.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Tomahawk Lake in Sparta, NJ
Last weekend, I took Brady and Andrew here for some fun in the sun. They have amazing water slides and a nice beach to play on. Brady and his buddy had fun on the slides, well we all did actually. Andrew even went on the kids slides in the roped off section for kids under 4 ft. tall. The coolest inter tube slide was 500 ft long. Pretty fun. All the slides go right into the lake. I even went down Geronimo, which is an 80 ft. drop, straight down. I was more scared than I think I have ever been, but after Brady went down it and survived, I had to do it. I loathe being afraid of things...so I made myself do it and I was so glad I did. I immediately got right back on! Drew loved the paddle boats with Ruthi. We got rained on; BIG surprise, but only about 1/2 hour. Not so bad.
4th of July Sparks
I didn't have my kid this year, which makes going to fireworks not quite as exciting, but I did it anyway. I had a nice bbq w friends at their house. Steve, who cooked is a professional caterer, and he made the most delicious ribs and a plethora of other side dishes. It was delicious. It started raining about 8:00ish, and lasted pretty much the whole night. Needless to say I got soaked at our park. They put on a great show as always, even with the rain! I missed my boys, but they had a nice time with their dad.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
A Typical Late Afternoon Rain in NJ
Every other day or so, we get pounded by serious rain. It lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. The sky gets dark, the winds pick up; sometimes we get rolling thunder as well. It is pretty awesome to see Mother Nature do her thang!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Andrew's 1st day at Goddard
Today was Drew's 1st day of summer camp. He was not thrilled at drop off, but after an hour or so I called to check on him as the director suggested, and he was doing great. He was interacting, and doing better. He ate most of his lunch, took a one hour nap and loved computer time. He played outside twice and the best part of the day was when I went to pick him up. Miss Meredith called to him as they were outside for playtime, and he came running full speed ahead to see me. That felt good. Wednesdays he has outside water play in the morning, then the usual routine throughout the day. Thursdays are his swim lesson days from 9:00-11:30, with rest of regular day to follow I hope he does ok there and cooperates nicely. He did great on his first full day of camp/school. Yay!!
Brady's Award Ceremony
This is the ceremony where Brady received his award for 6th grade Student of the Year. The other 5 kids are from the other local middle schools. It was a great night. I attended with Tina. Rex, his fiance, and the boys showed as well. We are so proud of you Brady.
Roosevelt Island Tramway June 21
As I’ve heard this is to be taken down by 2010, it is something I have wanted to do for a while now. Also wanted to see Roosevelt Island since it was mentioned in the movie Dark Water (2005) with Jennifer Connelly. After Liberty state park, we took the ferry to Manhattan and headed up to 59th & Lexington to find the tram. We ended up taking the F train to Roosevelt Island so we only rode the tram back to Manhattan. It was $2.00 each way, but we used our Metro cards. The view from the tram across the river was beautiful. I cannot wait to take the boys. I think Brady and Andrew will love it. For history see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/Roosevelt Island Tramway
#1 Tram car
#2 Tram over East River to Manhattan
#3 Looking Back @ Roosevelt Island
#4 Tram over NYC @ 250 ft. up
#5 Tram over NYC 60th & 2nd
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