Transformed

Dear Mommy,

Your house has been transformed. Quite transformed, even. Jackson informed everyone within earshot of this many times this weekend. For Kat, who must have looked particularly perplexed, he explained that "transformed means changed."

Gretch has really made the house her own and it looks great. You would love some parts of it and hate other parts. But it isn't your house anymore, so lish. She put the kitchen table in the basement and added another counter to the other side of the kitchen. She even bought one of those mix-a-lot things she has wanted forever. As you know, she was just waiting until she had a kitchen where no one would be messing with her stuff, and now she has it. We expect great things to be baked this Christmas. The new stoves and refrigerators were delivered in the complex and she got hers in black. You would have hated that. But then she has decorated (what a concept) the rest of the kitchen in bright primary colors and it looks very cool.

She moved the computer, stand and all, into her Jackson's bedroom. He, of course, thinks this is very cool. Even though we never even turned it on this past weekend. Speaking of Jackson, he is growing up and it was clearly evident at your Gretchen's house this weekend. On Saturday night we all ate dinner in the basement and then we played Michigan Rummy. He was happy to sit on my lap and play with me or run around with Lynn until she went to bed, and then he asked to lay down and watch a DVD. I explained that I would be downstairs playing a game and he was OK with that. And he really was. He choose Winged Migration and was asleep when Melody checked on him about a half-hour later. He is such a good boy.

After I got done winning the KQY and then played QKAu to win the game we went upstairs to watch Michael Phelps win his 8th gold medal in a single Olympics. You would have loved that. It was Aunt Rita, Kathy, Gretch, Gordon, Melody, Megan, and me and it was really fun to have everyone there for that historical moment. I am hating these Olympics because NBC is only putting on Beach Volleyball when I have a chance to watch. But since you have CBC you would have loved it, just as you have loved every Olympics before this.

Anyway, we missed you like crazy this weekend, but it is getting a little easier every time I go back.

Lollapalooza

This account makes me even happier that I didn't go to this one. Don't get me wrong, Pitchfork was fun, but this looks like Pitchfork on crack.

Notice that Lyle is wearing a hat; desperate for even that little bit of shade. Lyle never wears a hat. Never. It was just that hot.

http://mypage.iusb.edu/~lzynda/lollapalooza08.html