Shmuli Wins Big at Magic Mountain

Shmuli went on a class trip to Magic Mountain today, and he certainly won big at the games. I never had much luck at amusement park games and always believed my failures were due to the games being rigged. Alas, I now can see that the games are not rigged, and that perhaps my personal failings were due to my unfortunate lack of talent in this area.

The Big Project: Our Remodel has Begun

We have finally started remodeling our house. We moved into a nearby apartment and eagerly await the completion of the project. As you can see from this picture, we are adding quite a bit of square footage. The two rooms that you see in the back (on the left and right) will soon be chopped down and new construction will be built in its place.

What is Happening to Our House???

Shmuli is peaking out the wall of our breakfast nook...

The front of our house will remain essentially the same. The pitch of the roof is so high that the addition of a second story will be almost undetectable from the front of the house. One of our goals in the remodel was to keep as much of the original character and charm as possible. Fortunately, it looks like we are able to make the remodel and square footage increase almost invisible from the street.