lately

It has been busy.. the boys had two days off for the New Jersey teachers convention and now they have the next four days of half days which I loath.. by the time they leave it's just time for them to come back again..

Many moons ago I had mentioned a powder room remodel.. I never got around to sharing the after pictures with you.. the bathroom is very narrow and taking decent pictures was such a challenge. 

the before

I hand painted the floor.. you can read about it here

A few of the poorly shot afters.. the bathroom shelves are still a little bare.. but I don't want to just go to Home Goods and buy a bunch of stuff.. we like it when the things in our home mean something.. have a story. The faucet we bought in Morocco. The frames on the wall are two of my own photographs.. Frustration and Laughing

The little glass bottle on the top shelf was bought in Venice as was the mask.. the little turtles we got in Mexico and the dried citrus wreath we found in Budapest. 

We have a great big tree in our backyard.. during the first two years in this house it would turn bright red in the fall.. during our second year when H wasn't a few months shy of turning one we gathered the leaves and had some fun.. I posted about it here, at the time we thought we would make this a yearly tradition.  The last few year the leaves seems to be falling before the they get a chance to turn red. But this year the tree is looking bright and beautiful.. and I am on a mission to take some great pictures again.. here's hoping mother nature cooperates.

Saturday we went to the Met Life Stadium to watch the Jets vs Giants game.. I don't care much about sports but being at a live event is something I am always up for.. it's a lot of fun whether you understand the sport of not (except for baseball.. been to a game once.. major snoozefest) My boys were rooting for the Giants... they lost.. but it was still a fun day.

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