Saturday, February 28, 2009
1) Figure out how to clean vomit out a mattress2) Figure out where to stash child who was going to have a playdate, but will now be moaning quietly in some corner of the house while we move.3) Load crap into van.4) Listen to sick child whine.5) Move furniture into house from apartment.6) Listen to [...]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Our friend with the pickup truck comes 8 a.m. Saturday. Our lease expires midnight Saturday. Oy vey! The packing commences… now!
Friday, February 20, 2009
And Pie? What about Pie on this trip? Let me tell you what we’ve learned about Pie: –Her legs break easily. But they heal quickly when ice cream is involved.–She (along with her brother) have discovered that, yes, chocolate pudding does actually qualify as a breakfast food in Israel, and have availed herself of one [...]
Friday, February 20, 2009
We ended up one of our days in a mall in Tel Aviv for lunch, primarily, I believe, because it’s one of the few locations in Israel with a kosher McDonald’s, which is apparently a big deal if you keep kosher, which we clearly do not. My son, the adventurous eater that he is, decided [...]
Friday, February 20, 2009
We have made it to Jerusalem. The final leg of our trip. And we are doing all the things one would expect to do in Jerusalem and a few you wouldn’t. Placed notes in the Kotel. Explored the City of David. Shopped. Sifted dirt in search of antiquities at an archaeological site. Visited Yad Vashem [...]
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Did you know that on Israeli Blogger, the username and password go from left to right? And they’re in Hebrew. But I digress. This post is clearly about the scariest thing I’ve ever done. And I’ve done a lot of stupid things. But the clear winner here is… I let my 5 year old rappel [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
On the flight to NYC:Doodles: What's this?He's holding up the airsickness bag.Me: Some people get sick on planes. That's for if someone has to throw up.Doodles peers in.Doodles: But, Mom, there's no throw up in here! And now we're sitting at JFK waiting to go through security again to board. We got here at about [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I had these visions. I’d write up a series of interesting, witty, and thought-provoking posts and schedule them to appear while I was gone. I was going to whip up fresh cookies to have on the flight for the kids. I was going to clean completely, take out the trash, pack up boxes, and have [...]
I’ve baked my last hallot in this apartment (that’s the plural of hallah for you goyim out there). Tomorrow night will be my last Saturday night in this apartment. Sunday will be my last Sunday night in this apartment. We leave for Israel on Wednesday (and I have no compunctions writing this because there are [...]