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The Song That Sounds Sunny

Hevel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:58 +0000

I was going to keep this song for the Good Morning Song series, but this afternoon I just felt like I needed to share it. This song makes me smile, and makes me feel sunny even if it’s dark and rainy outside. Can I just say I love it?

There will be a real post tonight. Promise.

Good Morning Song February 22

Hevel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:08:03 +0000

Harel Skaat sings Adele. I love the original of this song, but Harel’s rendition kind of just makes my heart feel all kinds of emotions. That one part where he sings “Please Don’t Forget Me”? Yeah, that. I first heard this song shortly after his break up with Idan Roll….

Harel Skaat singing my favourite Adele song. I love it!

My Adorable, Curly Haired, Funny and Smart…

Hevel — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:50:47 +0000

…puppy just chewed my decent shoes to tiny little pieces. Tiny. Little. Pieces.

Then, today at work, I decided to take the stairs and twisted my ankle again. It’s not broken, but still an unpleasant experience.

I also broke my last Starbucks mug.

So how was your day?

Good Morning Song February 21

Hevel — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:41:03 +0000

A little cheer and sunshine with the Idan Raichel Project!

I want to do a give away

Hevel — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:18:02 +0000

What would you like to get?

A book? (I’m thinking this one.)
A Harel Skaat CD?
A Kfir Epstein CD?
An Idan Raichel Project CD?
A handmade doll or teddy bear?
A coupon for a name plaque like mine?
A handmade scrabble tile pendant especially for you?

Should this be a contest? A fundraiser? A random raffle?

Good Morning Song!

Hevel — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:44:00 +0000

Since Andi has really got addicted to Kfir Epstein (who doesn’t look like Cs.E.), here is a great little Kfir Epstein Harel Skaat moment.

Yes, I know, I have posted it before, but this is a song I really love from the new album. One of my 7 favourite songs from it!

A Missing Wheel

Hevel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:38:42 +0000

Having a large family means that everyone has their own responsibilities that make life easier. It might be picking up the Legos after playing, or separating light and dark colours for laundry (I gave up washing whites only with other whites a long time ago), or cooking dinner. There are chores that are either rotating or assigned ad hoc. And then there are things that we just got into the habit of doing a certain way… by a certain person. Like it’s usually Yonah, who takes Noa to her Sunday dance class.

Since Yonah is in Canada now, I took Noa today. I enjoyed watching her, and I could even go in the classroom, and sit on a comfy chair. It has perks when your brother teaches dance classes. I was thinking, “Gosh, I should do this more often,” and then it hit me: I will. Because while Yonah is coming home from Canada soon enough, he won’t be in Tel Aviv on Sunday evenings. He will be away in Haifa, only coming home for weekends. Our lives, as a big family, will change with his life change of going away to study. And we will miss him. Not only because of all the things he won’t be around to help me, far from that! We will miss him, because he has become a very integral part of the family.

We haven’t been all together all that long. Some of the older boys lived with us full time only for a few months, yet we miss them all week till they get to come home. And HOME they come. Every other Shabbat or so I have all the boys home. All the kids, teens, Bella and her son, often her boyfriend Kirill… and we are together and then everything feels normal.

Zalánnak

Hevel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:18:32 +0000

Kfir Epstein Picspam

Hevel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:14:33 +0000

Because Andi still thinks that Kfir Epstein looks like Hungarian singer Császár Előd (aka Shane 54), I needed to post proof that she is WRONG.

Shavua Tov, or Why I Don’t Like Sundays

Hevel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:40:47 +0000

It’s hard to live in a world where everyone pretty much agrees that Monday is the worst day of the week–except your corner of the world.

You see, the work week starts on Sunday and ends on Friday around noon in Israel. So as the night falls on the Shabbat, we start to wish everyone “Shavua tov”, or a good week to everyone, because our wekend is over for the next 5 and a half days. And then Sunday rolls around.

In Israel, Garfield hates either Monday or Sunday, depending on the translator. Well, I dislike Sundays.

I don’t like waking up my kids and get them ready for school, because the weekend was so short and they will be gone for five and a half days again. Sunday mornings are sleepy, Sunday mornings are cold cereal, Sunday mornings are back to the grind. The magic of the Shabbat is gone, and yeah, who likes the first day back to work?

There are two candle related ceremonies associated with the Shabbat. We light candles to usher in the Shabbat 18 minutes sunset on Friday, and then, at Havdala, we light a special candle at nightfall on Saturday during Havdala. These two ceremonies help us separate the sacred from the mundane, but the joy of the Shabbat carries over till bedtime on Saturdays. That’s one reason why Sunday is so undesirable. Or really, Sunday mornings are.

By the time the afternoon rolls around everyone in my family has discovered the joy that comes with otherwise not-so-fun things, like seeing friends at school or work, having all the shops open, normal television programing, and it no longer being Sunday morning.

Now my kids are at school, Kevin is at work. I finished cooking lunch/dinner. The American girls are running errands, and took the two youngest along, so they can stop by at the playground and let them roam and climb and jump and do what 3-year-olds like to do.

As a side note, I made yetserday’s breakfast again, with the minor change that I didn’t pre-cook my turkey bacon at all. It turned out a lot better, and I got the confirmation from Ágó that uncooked regular bacon works a lot better, too. And it was prettier as well. This is what Ágó made today:

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