Dark... as it can get....

Well... if anyone comes up to me and tells me "may the new year be better than the last year" I am honestly going to smack them.


So lets see... the last year ended with the Bank denying me to raise my loan.. I really thought, that after that, it can only get better... but.. gosh I was sooo wrong...

Friday night (Rosh Ha'Shana Eve) I fell down the stairs and got bruised all over. Yup.. fun... I just love to lead a colorful life...

Sunday morning at 7 (Second Day of Rosh Ha'Shana) my Electric Plug Cuboard went on fire. So I had to sit in the dark that day. And guess what.. yup.. still sitting in the dark....

I guess I need to change all the security plugs... and.. as it is almost the end of the months... there is just not enough money on my bank account to get it all fixed. (Hmm.... what did the bank say, why they don't wanna give me a higher loan.... "you are a single woman with a secretarial income"... yup.. that I am)... So I guess.. I DESERVE to sit in the dark... just hope, I won't run out of candles.. THAT would really suck...


Now I ask you.. can it get any worse??? Yes of course, I was lucky... that I was at home when the fire broke out... yes I am lucky that no rocket has hit my house (so far)... yes I am lucky that my house wasn't flooded for years.... but still.. don't I deserve a bit of peace and quiet?


One day, when this is all over, I will for sure write a book... and I hope, I will be able to laugh about those "incidents" and say... yup.. life is tough.. but I am tougher!!! I will show the world, that a single girl can manage... even without the help of the bank.. and without light!!!!



The Upside of the story... I can't clean the house.. it's too dark to see the dirt.. LMAO>>> Hahahaha

And again... "welcome to Israel's Logic"

Alright, trying to get ready for my big House Project (Renovating and Selling), I am trying to do as much research as possible. Having Home Center close by, I'll just go and check out certain things next friday, but we also have ACE, which is at the other end of the city. Being a smart Blonde, or so I thought, I went online to check out the website. Surprise surprise, they have a nice website with NO prices what so ever.

Now, one could think, all the things must be for free then, but I do know better.... come on... "free" and "Jew" and "Israeli" don't go together.... So they actually want me to come over, so I buy not just the things I need, but much more.

I think this sucks. Having to renovate the house, takes too much time already, but running around to check prices, is even more of a headache.

So I guess, sorry ACE, but you won't get even one Shekel from me, if your so called "Customer Service" is "this good"...

Well I guess, for Israeli Standards it's quite good... after all, they do have a website... LMAO!!!

Purple Bra Day is next Friday! Lets fight Cancer! Livestrong!!!

In honor of women's history month and in memory of Erma Bombeck who lost her fight with cancer.

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck

(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed. I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute, look at it and really see it, live it and never give it back.

STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

IN MEMORY .. . . . ..


These are the colours that represent the different cancers.

All you are asked to do is keep this circulating, even if it's to one more person, in memory of anyone you know who has been struck by cancer.

A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.

Please Keep The Candle Going!

This one I do ask that you please send on. By sending this on, you will think and realize how you've been blessed, up until now.

This is a disease which affects all families... no one is exempt!

Friends visiting Tel Aviv

Ah... finally after not seeing Sam and Franziska for two years, they managed to visit Tel Aviv this summer for almost three weeks. Went out to the beach, nice restaurants and Franziska cooked. All in all, a lovely time and I honestly can't wait to come to Zurich to visit them.

Now I'm "alone" again in Tel Aviv.. buuhuu.. but Sam's Parents are coming back to Israel in about a week or so.... woohooo.. Swiss Thommy Mayo.... lol... and of course.. Swiss Chocolate...

Can't believe how fast the time is flying by when it seems only like yesterday, when I decided to move away from Israel and here I am.. still stock... (but not for too long... hopefully).

Anyways, life is good in summer in Tel Aviv and I do enjoy it quite a bit. I know that once I move, the "good life" will be over for some time, till the shop is doing well and I am used to "the new life". So here's to "hot summer in the city" of Tel Aviv.

Love you!

Ramadan in Yaffo

Alright, as you might be aware, it's Ramadan again and living in Yaffo means, you are in the middle of it.

So I will try to get some pics for ppl who have no clue, what Ramadan actually means... and how ppl "celebrate" it.

Maccabiah

So.. just before I leave Israel (when ever that might be.. ahem).. I am going to witness the 18th Maccabiah.... and guess what..

I am going to see

JASON LEZAK

swimming....

Woooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo...

yes.. THE guy who helped "my" Phelpsi win 8 Gold Medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008!...

soo excited...

Another weekend in Yaffo

Alright... this weekend should be busy.... People should be coming over to have a look at my things... woohooo... it's finally happening... you can not even imagine, how this feels. Pretty strange to be honest but great at the same time.

I really hope, that most big things are sold by the end of the week and that next week, I have someone who takes the Antiques. (I still have to get someone to check the value of the furniture).... Yeah.. I know... I am slow.. but .. it will happen next week, I promise.

So this weekend.. some selling.. laundry and some more cleaning.. and then I hope end of next week will be the time to get the animals ready for the "Pension".... well two cats need to get fixed before they go.. but that should all happen in the next two weeks. They all need their shots and then they are off to a super nice place in the north..

Check it out: http://www.dogfarm.co.il/

Gosh.. I already miss them... lol..

Anyways.. once the Zoo is gone.... there is no more "going back"... the renovations will start right away.... and as soon as this is done.. the house will be on the market. :) I can't believe it.. if I am lucky.. the house will be on the market before end of July 2009...

Keep your fingers crossed, that everything will work out smoothly... and that I am on my way to the USA for a long deserved trip and to finally start my future very very very soon. :)

Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder.. lol

For the last 5 years I had "wonderful" neighbors.... Horses, Goats, Chickens, Pigeons, Dogs and what ever else you can or cannot imagine in the middle of a city. One of the neighbors decided to occupy the premesis next to me and "build" his very own "Old Mac Donalds- Farm" Thingie.

Well, this is now over and the place is animal-empty. The first night, without all the noise was seriously terrible, I couldn't sleep. Lol.. don't laugh... I am honest.. it was sooo silent.. that it started to freak me out.

So it seems, that Old Mac Donalds was kicked out and the rightfull owner of that lot decided finally to build the house, he wanted to build 5 years ago. Well, I am not surprised, frankly now with the new Waterpipe and Plumbing Stystem they are doing all over the place and the street being done new too, he realizes, that now is the time to build and then make some money. Actually, and no, I am not mean, but I honestly hope, that he is a wee bit too late. lol... He let all of us suffer this "Zoo" for so long... so I do hope, that until he finished building the big "run" on Yaffo is over and he wants such a rediculous price, that he won't find a buyer.

Bitter? Me? Nope... I am the smart one. I am selling my house now... well .. he can't.. because there is no house.. too bad for him... good for me...

Thats how it should be in life... for once.. it seems.. I finally do one step backwards but TWO step forward... :)

Oh Israel...

Yup.. I am still here... damn.... but... things are moving... right now.. I am selling my stuff... work... and ENJOY THE SUMMER...

Yes... we finally have REAL summer.. warm 30C + ... and Sun, Beach and everything else I love about this time of the year. You know what.. I am sure going to miss Summer in Israel... when I think of the 18C in MD... yikes... maybe I should stay in Israel.. hahaha

The dogs wouldn't mind.. they love the beach... but then... in MD we'll be able to travel more.. and see more things.. I am sure.. once there.. we're going to be happy...


Anyway, another weekend... and I hope, I'll be busy. We shall see.

Wishing you a good Shabbos :)

Yaffo

Yesterday eve on my way home there was this amazing sunset... and of course, until I made it out of the bus, the sun was actually gone. But nevertheless, I did take some pictures on my way home toYaffo....:) Enjoy

The VIEW from my Office ;)

Ok.. you can get jealous now... ;) hahaha

I got a new Digi Cam

So I can finally make some pics... wooooooooohoooooooooooo.. So happy.... with my new pink Cam :)

Anyways.... I'll be updating my blog hopefully now more often due to the fact, that I can take pics of Israel..... and I better... after all, I hope and pray and of course believe, that this is my final year in Israel.. so I'd like as many memories with me as I can :)

Stay tuned.. ;)

Help the Animals in the south

Not only people suffer from the Rockets that rain down in the south... 

Non-profit organization AHAVA, the association for saving animals, put out a call Thursday for volunteers and funds to save hundreds of dogs and cats that have been abandoned in the South as residents flee their homes from the barrage of deadly rockets.

According to the AHAVA, more than 40 dogs and some 70 cats have already been rescued from the region, 3 of them in serious medical condition.

The association said that it desperately needs temporary homes for the animals, as well as families that are willing to adopt them. In addition, the organization needs donations of food and medicines and pet owners who are willing to donate their animal's blood.

Those interested in helping can leave a message at 09 958 88 33 or email animalsavers@gmail.com.