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So, how does one spend an entire summer? The obvious answer is making work . However, I like to do a few things at the same time. Being a new home owner has really been a lesson in patience and balance. Currently, I have to hang a piece that I am constructing for an exhibition that opens this weekend. In between getting that ready, I've been thinking of the other shows that are coming down the pipe - a group show featuring 88 artists at the Omaha Hot Shops, a Muny show being put on at the Bemis Underground, curated by a new friend and relatively new transplant to the city, Alice KIm......The thing that has been at the forefront and has demanded all my attention, though, is trying to lay down a new kitchen floor. I mean really, how hard can it be? I was soon to find out! Of couse, being an artist, I had a brilliant idea for it. I bought 5 boxes of vinyl tile, each a different color. I then cut each tile in half and would lay them down in a brick pattern. In my head, it was wonderful. Unfortunately, when you are laying things in a pattern, things have to line up correctly. If you are off slightly, you ruin the whole thing. Well, that's exactly what happened. I had lain 75% of it and it looked so awful, I ripped the entire thing out and tried it again. This time laying them in a much easier configuration. Sure there are still some mistakes, but for a first-timer, I'm pretty pleased.