I have decided that I need to wean my daughter, I started mentioning this to her on and off and during the last two weeks have been trying to let her cut down at least on the post day care nursing session.

However, I’m on a dead line for which I can not elaborate at present, thus I needed to get her weaned.

So with a heavy heart since Sunday, June ( Read more... )

Let’s talk about spelling and Hebrew for a moment.

Hebrew has a number of letters that make similar sounds and therefore spelling mistakes can be easily made unless you memorise the word.

Such letters are:

Aleph (A) - Hay (H) and A’ayin (A’a) these can all make the Ah sound.

Kaf (C) and Koof (K) - Kaf makes two sounds one of them is like the K sound.

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I’m not really sure what to do about my journal, a part of me wants to retire it completely, another is keen on creating something with it that will generate traffic so that I could make some sort of income from it.

If I do decide to retire it, I simply must archive it first, since it does have a lot about my kids which I don’t have written down ( Read more... )

Very good Article.

Thanks to lizzparker  for posting about this.

"Dannette Lund had 2½-year-old Ruth Ann by Caesarean section but wanted a natural birth for her second child. Repeat C-sections have become standard for women who have had one, but Lund fought the trend and delivered Ellie naturally."
to read the full article
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/ ( Read more... )

I love Claudia Schiffer, I always have, and she’s quite simply, a real live barbi doll!!! And I say this with the highest respect as I don’t mean to belittle Barbi like people.

But frankly the photo that was recently posted of her, just does not do it for me.
see here:
http://www.vogue.de/articles/mode/mode-news/claudia-schiffer/2010/05/07/20812

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Have you ever heard of Radon gas?

It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as the decay product of radium. It is one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions and is considered to be a health hazard due to its radioactivity.

Radon gas from natural sources can accumulate in ( Read more... )

This was posted on Linked in, a few weeks ago and I decided to go:

Academicians citizens of Raanana or Hasharon area

You are invited to a first and unique Employment Fair offering:
• Direct meetings with potential employers
• A wide variety of jobs for senior or highly skilled candidates
• Options for retraining or career change
• Lectures and ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I brought DS in to work with me for a few hours, in order to take care of a number of urgent issues.

In my cubicle there are 4 family photos. One of both kids together, A4 in size. One of DS and I, ½ an A4 and another of identical size of DD…these were all printed at home using a color printer on regular paper. Additionally there is a ( Read more... )

One of the down sides, that there is no separation between religion and state is that you end up with a chauvinistic country. Like many other religions, the Jewish religion also delegates the woman to the more “traditional” role and lets the man play head honcho.

Mind you, I will admit, sometimes I hide behind those roles, they can be terribly ( Read more... )

Following a Science program I just watched, which was in Hebrew and spoke about how sitting could be bad for you, and how Standing is better then Sitting and Walking is better then Standing, I goggled this topic and found the following link for you ( Read more... )