Note: the photo upload function does not appear to be working, so I have public links for my photos.
With the voice of my DIL( who threatened me if I didn't come home) ringing in my ears, I got through security at Tulsa in about 15 minutes. I had a one hour layover in Dallas before going on to Los Angeles for dinner at Denny’s with my younger son and to enjoy the comforts of the Travelodge on Century Blvd. The next morning, I was off to LAX for my TSA pat-down (almost lost Miles the Bear at the El Al security check point before my TSA pat-down – He really is too cute!) and board El Al for 14.5 hours of people watching, eating and snoozing.
Miles the Bear Hamming it up at LAX
(Two of the girls in the newspaper are my granddaughters, Alyssa and Abby)
I only loaded 10 hours of music on the iPod and MP3 players. But I had some annoyingly heavy books, none of which were read during the flight. I felt like a sardine in a much smaller than average sardine can. First, I gave up my AISLE seat for a MIDDLE seat to a child so he could sit with his mother. (Rabbi, I think I should get Double Merit Points for this Good Deed!) And, the guy next to me in window seat just gave off the “I-Hate-You-And-Everyone-Related-To-You” vibe. The woman who had the aisle seat was very nice, though, and we coordinated toilet visits and water runs…LOL. At least we had in-flight personal video screens on the Boeing 777, so I could watch Hebrew movies with English subtitles – or English movies with Hebrew subtitles.
I landed safely in Tel Aviv at 2pm-ish on Friday. It was VERY awesome to have flight crew wishing everyone "Shabbat Shalom" as we disembarked. I lugged my 120 pounds of crap through the Ben Gurion Airport and out to the curb. I forgot to get a cell phone before leaving the airport, but a Rabbinic student from California let use her phone to text the landlord my expected arrival time. I rode the Sherut (Shuttle) to my rental apartment (WAY CUTE!).
Pictures of My Jerusalem Apartment
I needed to find food before everything closed for the Sabbath...Lucky me, the corner market was still open when I was finished with the landlord. I paid NIS180 ($60) for food for a couple of days. And did I mention the YUMMY vitamin water? I am SO GLAD I cannot read Modern Hebrew well enough to know how many calories are in the liter I drank today! Too bad I forgot the matches and couldn't actually LIGHT Shabbat candles...
Miles the Bear Ready for His First Shabbat in Jerusalem
Darn jet-lag! I couldn't sleep last even with a sleeping pill. So I finally got to sleep at 5:30AM, meaning I missed Shabbat services. So I left to walk to the Kotel at 10:30am, taking the "scenic route"... Mara's Map to the rescue! I meditated and people-watched for about an hour. It started cooling off and, without my watch OR cell phone, my stomach told me it was time to get back. I can always tell what time it is by the rumblings of my tummy…LOL
I "discovered", however, that pushing my way through the SEA of People in the Christian Quarter was not nearly as nice or Shabbasadik as meandering through the nearly deserted streets of the Jewish Quarter. (and the shops weren't open.) The hill going up to the Jaffa Gate was steep, so I liked walking down better.
And I got lost again. Mara's Map is awesome! I got back to my apartment at 3:30. Food and a 3 1/2 hour nap were heaven!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Journey Begins with Bumps...
Oh Man! I started the Pilgrimage.
I am reading the book, The Road Trip Pilgrim’s Guide by Dan Austin. If you have any questions about some odd phrase I use in the blog from this point forward, it is Dan’s fault, he writes well enough that I like his descriptors for taking a pilgrimage.
I left home with approximately 120 pounds of my nearest and dearest crap: clothes, books – religious and secular, gifts for “just-in-case-I-need-one, art supplies (acrylics & pastels), and electronics of all sorts – including my ghost hunting toys, teas and –a medicinal collection to rival Walgreens. Things I forgot: my Brita water bottle in the car (BRAND FRICKING NEW!), a blow dryer (so I will look like a female Einstein unless I buy another one) and Miles’ Kick-Ass, heavy-handled, amazing point-me-in-the-right-direction walking stick, placed by the FRONT DOOR so I wouldn’t forget it. I am most upset about the walking stick. I really wanted the walking stick with the compass in the handle since I am having this adventure without the benefit of GPS. Even with the amazing, awesome laminated street map of Jerusalem, I really wanted the cane. It was supposed to be like my “magic token”, a symbol of the walks that Miles and used to take together and a symbol of his presence. *sigh* I suppose I will have to like, engage the natives and occasionally ask directions. Lucky me, everyone WANTS to speak English in India and Israel…and I guess that, just like the hair dryer, can be replaced for this journey – at least for protection of The Pilgrim Princess (me).
The drive from Oswego to Tulsa Airport was uneventful, just quality time with my daughter-in-law, Cheryl. And check-in was good: $60 for the two humongous bags that just needed a teeny bit of re-sorting to balance them out so they were BOTH under the 50 pound limit.
Then the first challenge: an hour delay at the Dallas Airport. And the first real bumps: turbulence. Eh, it’s all over. At least I will have time with my younger son tonight in Los Angeles. City of Angels, how appropriately symbolic. Too bad my Rabbi is off at a Rabbinic conference in Vegas. I guess his “blessing” for my journey will need to be of the long-distance variety!
I decided not to bring a coat or even a sweater. Dan talks about “putting on the mantle of a Hero”, accepting that I can be a Hero, open myself up to being a source of blessing for others and allowing others to be a blessing to me. The ticket agent in Tulsa was just the first “angel” I met, letting me re-organize my bags, instead of just sucking more money out of me for the over-weight bag. And just like his journeys, I am on a sort-of Hero’s quest. In Judaism, we can perform acts of loving kindness, gemilut chassdim, in the merit of our loved ones who have died. And these acts are magnified, according to some rabbis, if they are performed in Israel. So this is my quest: to do as much good as I can in the next six weeks. And I do have a “bead” on a couple of places in Israel to begin. But, back to my Hero’s Mantle. I, instead of a coat, brought my very thin, but very warm sage green wrap that I bought during happier days at Sycamore Mineral Springs in San Luis Obispo. It is symbolic to me because: 1. Green is Miles’ favorite color and I use it as a “sign” of his approval and encouragement in my past travels; 2. It folds up to about the size of the Pilgrim Book; 3. It makes me feel very “Audrey Hepburn” kind of chic; 4. It reminds me of my friends in SLO; 5. It is just so frickin’ warm! I did bring a cheap fold up rain poncho and umbrella – just in case Someone tries to rain on my parade.
I also left my Dell laptop at home. I KNOW that I would be heartbroken if it was damaged, lost or stolen since it was the last tangible gift that Miles gave to me. We actually argued about getting it! My old Dell died an agonizingly slow death…it is sad when the hard drive loses its memory, ya know? He told me to buy a new laptop because he just couldn’t bear to see me in my chair without my computer, it was just not “natural”. And his instructions were very clear: get the biggest, fastest, bad-ass computer Dell makes and spend $2000. Of course, I spent half of that and still am way past pleased. The computer arrived on October 5th, 12 days before he passed away. I have a picture of us at Taj Palace in SLO that Cheryl took in July 2009 as the screen saver. The new laptop (wow, is it really 18 months old?!?!) is heavy and I want to blog as often as possible in the field, so to speak, so I bought a relatively inexpensive Netbook. Small, light-weight and Cheryl is waiting patiently for it to return so she can use it for note taking at school. It will be the last Heroic Act of the Pilgrimage, I suppose.
Dan’s definition of a pilgrimage: a trip, not unlike a vacation, but of importance that, hopefully will impact the pilgrim, the fellow travelers, and Secret Angels/Heroes encountered in the journey. A pilgrimage can be a “Eat, Pray, Love” adventure, but the most important ideal of the pilgrim must be to find oneself and be true to that ideal. It can also include: crying one’s eyes out at something so beautiful, crashing with locals, sleeping on the beach, guzzling local alcoholic refreshments, but ultimately finding that “grail of happiness”, truth to self. The path and the shrine may be the body of the pilgrimage, but the human interactions, according to Dan, is the human interactions. Lucky me, my friend Lisa will be with me for about half of the journey, possibly averting me causing any “international incidences”.
Funny thing, Dan writes that if you plan the pilgrimage, the right person will appear. When I asked my friend and travel agent, Rabbi Mark, to book the ticket, I had no plans of going with friends. I was going to make my way, solo, in a place I had never visited and just see what happened. Then, after I announced to my friends, Lisa called me and said that she, too, would be in Israel in April. I guess this must be the Pilgrim Magic of which Dan writes, when he says to “go forward and the Magic will ensure that you will never walk alone.”
Of course, I have Miles the Teddy Bear with me. I bought him in SLO just for THIS trip so that you don't just have picture of ME gawking stupidly. I am looking for the drivers for the camera so I can upload the pictures from LAX. Gotta run, El Al is boarding for Tel Aviv!
I am reading the book, The Road Trip Pilgrim’s Guide by Dan Austin. If you have any questions about some odd phrase I use in the blog from this point forward, it is Dan’s fault, he writes well enough that I like his descriptors for taking a pilgrimage.
I left home with approximately 120 pounds of my nearest and dearest crap: clothes, books – religious and secular, gifts for “just-in-case-I-need-one, art supplies (acrylics & pastels), and electronics of all sorts – including my ghost hunting toys, teas and –a medicinal collection to rival Walgreens. Things I forgot: my Brita water bottle in the car (BRAND FRICKING NEW!), a blow dryer (so I will look like a female Einstein unless I buy another one) and Miles’ Kick-Ass, heavy-handled, amazing point-me-in-the-right-direction walking stick, placed by the FRONT DOOR so I wouldn’t forget it. I am most upset about the walking stick. I really wanted the walking stick with the compass in the handle since I am having this adventure without the benefit of GPS. Even with the amazing, awesome laminated street map of Jerusalem, I really wanted the cane. It was supposed to be like my “magic token”, a symbol of the walks that Miles and used to take together and a symbol of his presence. *sigh* I suppose I will have to like, engage the natives and occasionally ask directions. Lucky me, everyone WANTS to speak English in India and Israel…and I guess that, just like the hair dryer, can be replaced for this journey – at least for protection of The Pilgrim Princess (me).
The drive from Oswego to Tulsa Airport was uneventful, just quality time with my daughter-in-law, Cheryl. And check-in was good: $60 for the two humongous bags that just needed a teeny bit of re-sorting to balance them out so they were BOTH under the 50 pound limit.
Then the first challenge: an hour delay at the Dallas Airport. And the first real bumps: turbulence. Eh, it’s all over. At least I will have time with my younger son tonight in Los Angeles. City of Angels, how appropriately symbolic. Too bad my Rabbi is off at a Rabbinic conference in Vegas. I guess his “blessing” for my journey will need to be of the long-distance variety!
I decided not to bring a coat or even a sweater. Dan talks about “putting on the mantle of a Hero”, accepting that I can be a Hero, open myself up to being a source of blessing for others and allowing others to be a blessing to me. The ticket agent in Tulsa was just the first “angel” I met, letting me re-organize my bags, instead of just sucking more money out of me for the over-weight bag. And just like his journeys, I am on a sort-of Hero’s quest. In Judaism, we can perform acts of loving kindness, gemilut chassdim, in the merit of our loved ones who have died. And these acts are magnified, according to some rabbis, if they are performed in Israel. So this is my quest: to do as much good as I can in the next six weeks. And I do have a “bead” on a couple of places in Israel to begin. But, back to my Hero’s Mantle. I, instead of a coat, brought my very thin, but very warm sage green wrap that I bought during happier days at Sycamore Mineral Springs in San Luis Obispo. It is symbolic to me because: 1. Green is Miles’ favorite color and I use it as a “sign” of his approval and encouragement in my past travels; 2. It folds up to about the size of the Pilgrim Book; 3. It makes me feel very “Audrey Hepburn” kind of chic; 4. It reminds me of my friends in SLO; 5. It is just so frickin’ warm! I did bring a cheap fold up rain poncho and umbrella – just in case Someone tries to rain on my parade.
I also left my Dell laptop at home. I KNOW that I would be heartbroken if it was damaged, lost or stolen since it was the last tangible gift that Miles gave to me. We actually argued about getting it! My old Dell died an agonizingly slow death…it is sad when the hard drive loses its memory, ya know? He told me to buy a new laptop because he just couldn’t bear to see me in my chair without my computer, it was just not “natural”. And his instructions were very clear: get the biggest, fastest, bad-ass computer Dell makes and spend $2000. Of course, I spent half of that and still am way past pleased. The computer arrived on October 5th, 12 days before he passed away. I have a picture of us at Taj Palace in SLO that Cheryl took in July 2009 as the screen saver. The new laptop (wow, is it really 18 months old?!?!) is heavy and I want to blog as often as possible in the field, so to speak, so I bought a relatively inexpensive Netbook. Small, light-weight and Cheryl is waiting patiently for it to return so she can use it for note taking at school. It will be the last Heroic Act of the Pilgrimage, I suppose.
Dan’s definition of a pilgrimage: a trip, not unlike a vacation, but of importance that, hopefully will impact the pilgrim, the fellow travelers, and Secret Angels/Heroes encountered in the journey. A pilgrimage can be a “Eat, Pray, Love” adventure, but the most important ideal of the pilgrim must be to find oneself and be true to that ideal. It can also include: crying one’s eyes out at something so beautiful, crashing with locals, sleeping on the beach, guzzling local alcoholic refreshments, but ultimately finding that “grail of happiness”, truth to self. The path and the shrine may be the body of the pilgrimage, but the human interactions, according to Dan, is the human interactions. Lucky me, my friend Lisa will be with me for about half of the journey, possibly averting me causing any “international incidences”.
Funny thing, Dan writes that if you plan the pilgrimage, the right person will appear. When I asked my friend and travel agent, Rabbi Mark, to book the ticket, I had no plans of going with friends. I was going to make my way, solo, in a place I had never visited and just see what happened. Then, after I announced to my friends, Lisa called me and said that she, too, would be in Israel in April. I guess this must be the Pilgrim Magic of which Dan writes, when he says to “go forward and the Magic will ensure that you will never walk alone.”
Of course, I have Miles the Teddy Bear with me. I bought him in SLO just for THIS trip so that you don't just have picture of ME gawking stupidly. I am looking for the drivers for the camera so I can upload the pictures from LAX. Gotta run, El Al is boarding for Tel Aviv!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Finally Getting ready for Israel and India!!!!
I just started thinking about what I want to do in Israel. I was going to start a rough daily plan on my computer so that I could write about it for my travel blog, since I am taking my laptop with me. I was planning on getting a throw-away cell at the airport in Israel for use in the city since the rates for my cell plan will be HORRENDOUS outside of the USA.
I leave Mar 30th and will land in Israel on April 1st in Tel Aviv about 4 hours before Shabbat. I know that it will probably take about 2 hours to get to Jerusalem, but then I will be needing to find food for Shabbat. I think I may need to buy something in Tel Aviv before I leave just in case I get delayed. I leave Israel for India on April 29th. Then I go back to Israel to be in Tel Aviv for 3 days on May 7th. Leave Tel Aviv for LA on May 11. Leave LA on May 15 for Tulsa to go home on May 15.
I'll be staying in Rechavia (Hapalmah St ) while I am in Jerusalem. I have a living room, washroom, bedroom and kitchenette. There is a pull out bed in the living room for guests...My friend from Redondo Beach will be in Israel from April 5-20, so she will be staying with me for 3 or 4 days. (She is visiting her son who signed up for the a year in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). If you are a praying person, please pray for her other son who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last month. They are 24 year old twins and the most adorable boys.
I meant to blog about the basketball season. My grandkids are very, very good at basketball. Last week, Cheryl was driving us, following the bus to the game. All of a sudden not one, but TWO BIG DEER leaped in front of the school bus! I was so made that I didn't have the camera -- it was a fabulous sight! One deer on one side of the bus in the air, the second deer on the other side of the bus in the air and a third deer standing around thinking --"okay, they both need to be taken out of the gene pool -- jumping in front of big yellow school buses!"
Oh and my first Tornado Warning -- totally left THAT out! My DIL had a heck of a time getting some of the grandkids in the house. They wanted to watch. Since my house didn't get blown to the Land of Oz (yeah, I know it's really just a back lot in Los Angeles), I didn't get any postcards...we are relatively safe here in SE Kansas. My son said that tornadoes tend to follow hwy 96 and run north east .....apparently they don't like to leave the main highways .....
I leave Mar 30th and will land in Israel on April 1st in Tel Aviv about 4 hours before Shabbat. I know that it will probably take about 2 hours to get to Jerusalem, but then I will be needing to find food for Shabbat. I think I may need to buy something in Tel Aviv before I leave just in case I get delayed. I leave Israel for India on April 29th. Then I go back to Israel to be in Tel Aviv for 3 days on May 7th. Leave Tel Aviv for LA on May 11. Leave LA on May 15 for Tulsa to go home on May 15.
I'll be staying in Rechavia (Hapalmah St ) while I am in Jerusalem. I have a living room, washroom, bedroom and kitchenette. There is a pull out bed in the living room for guests...My friend from Redondo Beach will be in Israel from April 5-20, so she will be staying with me for 3 or 4 days. (She is visiting her son who signed up for the a year in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). If you are a praying person, please pray for her other son who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last month. They are 24 year old twins and the most adorable boys.
I meant to blog about the basketball season. My grandkids are very, very good at basketball. Last week, Cheryl was driving us, following the bus to the game. All of a sudden not one, but TWO BIG DEER leaped in front of the school bus! I was so made that I didn't have the camera -- it was a fabulous sight! One deer on one side of the bus in the air, the second deer on the other side of the bus in the air and a third deer standing around thinking --"okay, they both need to be taken out of the gene pool -- jumping in front of big yellow school buses!"
Oh and my first Tornado Warning -- totally left THAT out! My DIL had a heck of a time getting some of the grandkids in the house. They wanted to watch. Since my house didn't get blown to the Land of Oz (yeah, I know it's really just a back lot in Los Angeles), I didn't get any postcards...we are relatively safe here in SE Kansas. My son said that tornadoes tend to follow hwy 96 and run north east .....apparently they don't like to leave the main highways .....
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sharing Shabbat with the Mennonite Church
Last week was super busy - I hardly had time to think! I spent most of last week getting the "front" of the house ready to have a Mennonite adult Bible study group share Shabbat evening with me. I got things organized (mostly) and put away (sort of), plus made challah (Sabbath bread), matzah ball soup, fish, Israeli salad. I petered out and just cut up fruit for dessert. It is nice that they came dressed in their sabbath clothes and that they are praying for more Jewish families to move here so we(I) can have a synagogue in town...LOL
I am still wiped out. And I still have the bedroom, study and exercise rooms to get organized. (Front = bathroom, kitchen, diningroom and livingroom).
Then One granddaughter spent Friday night with me, then she went home and two more came for Saturday night. I am exhausted.
Tomorrow will be busy with getting the visa application mailed off to Houston, and doing some financial organizing (closing a bank account - FEH on Bank of America!!!!) and - oh - I need clean underwear, so I suppose I need to do laundry.
I am still wiped out. And I still have the bedroom, study and exercise rooms to get organized. (Front = bathroom, kitchen, diningroom and livingroom).
Then One granddaughter spent Friday night with me, then she went home and two more came for Saturday night. I am exhausted.
Tomorrow will be busy with getting the visa application mailed off to Houston, and doing some financial organizing (closing a bank account - FEH on Bank of America!!!!) and - oh - I need clean underwear, so I suppose I need to do laundry.
Friday, December 24, 2010
OMG - Where Did the Month Go?
Well, I bought the house about a mile from my son's house at an auction for about 65% of it's assessed value. And have been working my fingers raw remodeling it. Three bedrooms, one bath, big kitchen, livingroom, attached garage and a little detached storage/workshop building with a nice size front and back yard.
Here are pictures of the house before I started working on it.
I have already removed the wallpaper in the livingroom and my bedroom. The carpets and padding has been removed from the entire house. I painted the livingroom a light taupe and replaced the carpet with medium oak laminate floors.
The room with the "duck" wallpaper now has mahogany laminate flooring. I did touch up the paint with the same taupe paint. I am leaving the wallpaper for the time being since I want to have a guest room that is useable, but removed the wall paper in the bedroom that will be mine. I have a light sage paint for the walls and the same mahogany flooring. I think it will match the floral bedding from our bedroom in SLO.I did buy a new bedroom set, but will be using the matress that Tuviya bought for our honeymoon. *sigh* I really wish he was here to share the rush from getting this house in order.
"Sailboat" wallpaper room is going to be the yoga/exercise and sewing room. I expect to have the floor done in there before I go to Florida to visit Laynee and Marina for the first week of January.
I am thinking that I will be working on the house until I leave for Israel and India. Rabbi set the ticket for the month of April.
Other adventures:
1. I found a group of paranormal investigators that are based about 25 miles away. They are planning a group investigation the first week of February. That should be interesting.
2. Looked into the synagogue in Joplin. They are Reform, but it is the only synagogue within the 50 mile radius of the house. They will start having services on Saturday mornings twice a month and have Friday night services every week. There is a Sisterhood that meets every month.
3. Shopping for "stuff" to make my house a home. The POD of stuff is in the garage. I am hoping the stupid, mutant crickets stay out of my stuff.
4. I have been cooking for the grandkids and my oldest granddaughter has lost about 7 pounds, good since she has been trying to lose weight. We found out that she has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and she is a little heavier than she needs to be.
Oh - and obviously I got over the bronchitis and sinus infections. I am taking allergy meds regularly now, especially with the cleaning and painting projects.
Off to go get "family pictures" done with Anil's little tribe.
Here are pictures of the house before I started working on it.
I have already removed the wallpaper in the livingroom and my bedroom. The carpets and padding has been removed from the entire house. I painted the livingroom a light taupe and replaced the carpet with medium oak laminate floors.
The room with the "duck" wallpaper now has mahogany laminate flooring. I did touch up the paint with the same taupe paint. I am leaving the wallpaper for the time being since I want to have a guest room that is useable, but removed the wall paper in the bedroom that will be mine. I have a light sage paint for the walls and the same mahogany flooring. I think it will match the floral bedding from our bedroom in SLO.I did buy a new bedroom set, but will be using the matress that Tuviya bought for our honeymoon. *sigh* I really wish he was here to share the rush from getting this house in order.
"Sailboat" wallpaper room is going to be the yoga/exercise and sewing room. I expect to have the floor done in there before I go to Florida to visit Laynee and Marina for the first week of January.
I am thinking that I will be working on the house until I leave for Israel and India. Rabbi set the ticket for the month of April.
Other adventures:
1. I found a group of paranormal investigators that are based about 25 miles away. They are planning a group investigation the first week of February. That should be interesting.
2. Looked into the synagogue in Joplin. They are Reform, but it is the only synagogue within the 50 mile radius of the house. They will start having services on Saturday mornings twice a month and have Friday night services every week. There is a Sisterhood that meets every month.
3. Shopping for "stuff" to make my house a home. The POD of stuff is in the garage. I am hoping the stupid, mutant crickets stay out of my stuff.
4. I have been cooking for the grandkids and my oldest granddaughter has lost about 7 pounds, good since she has been trying to lose weight. We found out that she has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and she is a little heavier than she needs to be.
Oh - and obviously I got over the bronchitis and sinus infections. I am taking allergy meds regularly now, especially with the cleaning and painting projects.
Off to go get "family pictures" done with Anil's little tribe.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Song of the Week - Light a Candle by Sarit Hadad
Lyrics with English translation:
NADLIK BEYACHAD NER (LIGHT A CANDLE)
Lif'amim nidmeh she'en tikvah
Vehakol nir'e kol kach afel velo yad'ua
Haprachim od lo parchu
bagan uvasadeh
Uva'erev rak maka haru'ach
Az bou venadlik beyachad ner, ner
(Translation: Some times it seems that there is no hope
And every thing looks so dark and unknown
The flowers have not yet blossomed
in the garden and in the field
In the evening only the wind blows
So come on and we will light a candle together)
Chorus:
Light a candle
Light a candle with me
A thousand candles in the dark
Will open our hearts
Lifamim nir'e shehamachar
Lo yavi po nechama labechi velatza'ar
Vehalayla ha'aroch nimshach bli havtacha
Veha'afela chada kata'ar
Az bou venadlik beyachad ner, ner
(Translation: Sometimes it seems that tomorrow
won't come to comfort the crying and the sorrow.
And the long night continues with no promise
And the darkness is as sharp as a blade
So come on and we will light a candle together)
Light a candle
Light a candle with me
A thousand candles in the dark
Will open our hearts
Light all the candles
Let's light the candles every where
Just look at me and take my hand
The heat of love will glow again
(Translation from Hebrew Songs database at hebrewsongs.com)
I HATE Nose Sprays!!!! Oh, and Happy Hanukkah!
Seasonal Holiday Alert for tonight night. Got the candles and chocolate gelt in Los Angeles, CA; books on fish hatchery (instead of gefilte fish) in Multonomah, OR; dreidels and stickers in Colorado Springs, CO; and Potatoes, eggs and Bisquick in Joplin, MO. Totally American Hanukkah coming up in Oswego, KS.
Just so everyone knows that I am NOT out partying and ignoring The Blog Followers, I have been to TWO clinics since I got to Kansas. Ugh! They both told me that the allergies are bad, and that I need to do prescription Nose Sprays, decongestants, inhailed steroids for asthma AND the ubiquitous saline sinus rinses. Oh, and for good measure, a Z-Pac and cough syrup with codeine. **GAG**
There is some good news, in spite of the TMI Health Update. I went to an auction with my son and daughter-in-law and bought a house. It should close escrow before this time next week. Anil saw the poster for the auction when we were walking around town. (He is diabetic and Thanksgiving was YAKKY for his blood sugar!) So we drove by the house. It is Light Green with a dark Green metal roof and trim, Tuviya's favorite color. We were able to look at the inside and saw that it is VERY cute. It was owned by an elderly widow who traveled A LOT, took pride in her home and moved to Oregon to be close to her kids. (Probably what people will say about me when I am 90+, LOL) It is 1170 sq feet, 3 BR, 1 BA with an attached garage, small detached workroom and large front and back yard. Perfect for my meditation path and veggie garden. The workroom will either be a yoga studio (there is a heater in it) or a classroom to teach the grandbabies Hebrew and "stuff". And I got it all for $33K. Hanukkah Present from my Honey...*S*
Pictures are Here...
All of the curtains stay (YEAH!) but the junk in the pictures was sold at the auction, so it should be pretty clean. There are a few small fixes that need done, like the carpet in the livingroom and bedroom needing pulled out since *obviously* my allergies have decided to be a problem here in TotoLand. The Central Heating worked really well, and I have been using my electric blankets here at the Haunted Hotel (my son's mansion - he has a timer on the tv and I woke up to the tv being on at 2am after I *know* I turned it off!)
I should have everything settled in so that I can visit friends in Tennessee and Florida at the end of the month for a couple weeks before the weather gets really bad here.
Off to make soup, latkes and hot chocolate for my grandbabies tonight for the first night of Hanukkah!
Just so everyone knows that I am NOT out partying and ignoring The Blog Followers, I have been to TWO clinics since I got to Kansas. Ugh! They both told me that the allergies are bad, and that I need to do prescription Nose Sprays, decongestants, inhailed steroids for asthma AND the ubiquitous saline sinus rinses. Oh, and for good measure, a Z-Pac and cough syrup with codeine. **GAG**
There is some good news, in spite of the TMI Health Update. I went to an auction with my son and daughter-in-law and bought a house. It should close escrow before this time next week. Anil saw the poster for the auction when we were walking around town. (He is diabetic and Thanksgiving was YAKKY for his blood sugar!) So we drove by the house. It is Light Green with a dark Green metal roof and trim, Tuviya's favorite color. We were able to look at the inside and saw that it is VERY cute. It was owned by an elderly widow who traveled A LOT, took pride in her home and moved to Oregon to be close to her kids. (Probably what people will say about me when I am 90+, LOL) It is 1170 sq feet, 3 BR, 1 BA with an attached garage, small detached workroom and large front and back yard. Perfect for my meditation path and veggie garden. The workroom will either be a yoga studio (there is a heater in it) or a classroom to teach the grandbabies Hebrew and "stuff". And I got it all for $33K. Hanukkah Present from my Honey...*S*
Pictures are Here...
All of the curtains stay (YEAH!) but the junk in the pictures was sold at the auction, so it should be pretty clean. There are a few small fixes that need done, like the carpet in the livingroom and bedroom needing pulled out since *obviously* my allergies have decided to be a problem here in TotoLand. The Central Heating worked really well, and I have been using my electric blankets here at the Haunted Hotel (my son's mansion - he has a timer on the tv and I woke up to the tv being on at 2am after I *know* I turned it off!)
I should have everything settled in so that I can visit friends in Tennessee and Florida at the end of the month for a couple weeks before the weather gets really bad here.
Off to make soup, latkes and hot chocolate for my grandbabies tonight for the first night of Hanukkah!
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