A Beautiful Beach Day

Today we went to the Manasquan Inlet Beach with another Homeschooling family. Perfect weather, picnic lunch , more surfing. Well, Griffin surfed- Riley and I made a handmade seining net with leftover tulle and a couple of long tomato stakes. We saw lots of little fish. Riley and a friend held down the net and I ran around in the water trying to chase the fish into the net -much to the amusement of pretty much everyone on the beach. I can not believe we didn't catch one fish - I think we need more professional equipment. We had a good time anyway . I'm not sure if we'll get any more beach days this season. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain and bring in more Fall-like weather.

Garage sale goodness

Saturday I went to a great Rummage sale, a thrift store and several garage sales. Here's just some of the goodies I scored. I collect little teacups to make flower arrangements in. I thought the vintage baby pattens I could use for cardmaking. The case with all the Dawn Dolls and dozens of outfits was only $4.00!!! I was very excited about them because I remember having them myself a loooong time ago. Mine didn't look so good - I gave them haircuts, etc. I wasn't sure if they would be worth anything- I just bought them on impulse. Well after getting home and checking on E-bay, I hit a gold mine! Probably won't post them for auction until next week- gives me some time to play with them ;0) !!

Henna Pictures

Last night I went to my friend Julie's house for a book discussion / party. The book was Eat , Pray , Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Julie asked everyone to bring a dish inspired by the Indian, Indonesian or Italian locations in the book. Instead of bringing food , I made up a double batch of henna and gave a Mehndi "tattoo" to anyone who wanted one. Most of the guests left with one! The middle picture-- Life / Death across the knuckles is Riley's choice. He wasn't at the party-I did him before I left.

Shout out to Suzy

My sister, Suzanne, who lives in California has requested a shout out. So - Hey there Suzy Q and Hi to Squeak and Daisy (her two cats) and a Hey to Conrad ,her fiance who she is going to Colorado to visit soon. And a big hello to her future brother and sister-in-law who they will be hanging out with. Have fun you guys!! Love you Suzanne!!
And that, my friends, is how to do a shout out. Anyone else want one? Just let me know.


Griffin has been working on a few new movies . Here's the latest-

The send off

Well, Sunday John went off to England. By himself. For a long time.
There was a nice late breakfast with all of us. Then Tim, Griffin
and Riley headed out to a Ren-Faire and Johnno and I ran a few
last minute errands. Johnno watched the Giants play and finished
his packing. I sewed up a rip in his jeans. He had a bowl of chili-
then it was time to go. His good friend, Chris, goes to N.J.I.T.
a school near the airport in Newark, so we gave him a ride. We
made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare and then he
was off. He wasn't able to e-mail right away, but we've heard
from him. His ride to the school wasn't there to meet him and he
had to deal with that. He forgot his pillow so he went out and bought
a new one. He's met two of his roommates, a boy from Pennsylvania
named Jack and a girl from Finland whose name he couldn't quite
catch.This is such a wonderful experience for him and he's doing so
well.We're very proud of him. He's got all kinds of plans for side trips.
Germany, France, Italy. It so exciting. Last night I checked ticket
prices for my visit and it's so expensive! The taxes and fees are almost
as much as the airfare! I was looking at mid-October-and that's only
four weeks away!! Maybe early November. I'm a pretty casual traveler.

More Rally Pictures

Me in front of the White House

Riley

John (right) and his friend Jim

Cindy Sheehan

Walking next to Cindy!!!

The Die in at the Capitol

Washington D.C. Sept. 15