Today, for the first time in a very long time, I looked at my print-out of the LJ I kept while I was in Israel almost 10 years ago. It was really fun to read about my adventures ( Read more... )

I thought that I was chronologically challenged, but a search on google showed me that the term meant old or middle-aged. So I googled "chronologically impaired" and found that I fit right in to that group ( Read more... )

My computer was ill this morning. Fortunately, I have a resident computer genius who was able to revive and improve it. While Nadav fixed the computer, I went outside and planted one of the lilac bushes I bought. I also got rid of some weeds ( Read more... )

I realize that I haven't posted in a long time. That's because I was feeling very negative and just didn't want to record it ( Read more... )

Of course I didn't do what I should have done on Saturday evening, but somehow I survived. On Sunday morning I showered and collected all the stuff I needed for the Pomegranate meeting. I even left the house early so I would not be rushed in carrying all the stuff and setting myself up ( Read more... )

I slept well last night, but I woke up too early and I am tired even though I had my coffee. I have a lot of little things to do today--nothing dramatic. I may just go back to bed for a while and read.

On Thanksgiving Day, Nadav and I moved furniture in the attic. We are making room to bring up the counter top from the basement and make me a sewing corner. The moving involved my removing all the kids' books from the little bookcases and later replacing them after we had moved the bookcases to the opposite wall and stacked them. I consolidated ( Read more... )

I have been making a strong effort to get the chores done and to enjoy the feeling of having them done. I did it again today. I wrote up the deposit for Pom and then emailed the updated membership list to Aaron and wrote a check and prepared a hard copy list to mail to him. I packaged some of the beads for Amira and emailed her of my plans. ( Read more... )

In the New York Times Book Review from Sunday, November 13, 2011, Leah Price wrote an essay entitled "The Subconscious Shelf". She quoted Brillat-Savarin who said "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Price continued "You are also what you read--or, perhaps, what you own." Adele Davis used the phrase "You are what you eat" in ( Read more... )

Yesterday was busy and so was today, but I didn't have as good a list so I didn't get as much accomplished ( Read more... )