rlg said she would have a surprise for me at A&S tonight. Turns our to be a small jar of Za'atar!! She & Dieshi (sp?) made a stop at Penzeys Spices in Philly after the event on Saturday.

THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU!!!

When Mom would go to Brooklyn, she would stop at the Syrian groceries and pick up some staple items. One of which was a spice called Zahta. I use this to give an extra taste to all sorts of foods. This morning I noticed I was low on it ( Read more... )

backstory: Mom had mentioned to me the other day that she told my neice that we were doing Thanksgiving on Sunday since my brother would be in town. gee, let's not tell the person who is doing all the shopping & cooking. So I called Tori to double check, and yes, Mom had told her & Marty dinner would be Sunday ( Read more... )

Tonight I get to move Mom's bed out of her bedroom and put ?????? (someplace else in the house). We're getting a hospital bed delivered tomorrow morning for her. She's been sleeping (well, trying to sleep) in the easy chair in the living room, so I'm hoping this will help her. She just couldn't get comfortable in her bed. Part of me thinks I should ( Read more... )

I took off yesterday, calling it a 'mental health day.' My boss is out of the office since Wednesday, and I have vacation days I have to use, or lose ( Read more... )

Last nights meeting of the readers groups didn't go to well, sorta. No one esle showed up, so I spent soem quiet time reading alone in the bookstore. Oh, well, I needed the down time anyway ( Read more... )