( Started by wanting to buy an iMac and ended by wanting to choke somebody )

First, I went and bought a few sheets, as my cat tore three of the ones I had. Half of it was paid by the gift card I got from my company for the holidays, but half came out of pocket. But that was just the first swallow ( Read more... )

There's this storm that has been going on for a few days now. Awful winds - in some places up to 120km/h gusts. Heavy rains. Many places have been flooded - including the Herzeliya train station which is now more like a Gondola docking station (well, no gondolas around, but it looks the part). And several other train stations are basically under ( Read more... )

But apparently Murphy had other plans in mind ( Read more... )

( Why you shouldn't get gas in Israel )

I scheduled one of my Japanese-speaking meetings for yesterday. The reason I do them on Wednesday after a day of work is that during the basketball season I have games on Thursdays, and I do not miss (Euroleague) games. So I scheduled it for yesterday. There was good response, with 10-15 people RSVPing. Which meant I should make a pile of food ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Jewish custom is to fast, pray, and ask forgiveness on this day, but our own long-standing mother-daughter tradition is that I spend the day at her place, and we basically eat the traditional food of the "last meal before the fast" throughout the day. :-)

( Helping my mom with her new smartphone, ugh )

Wednesday: cleaning lady lets me know she is not coming. Knowing I have to have guests the next day, I start a quick clean-up - dust and Roomba in the living room. Cleaning of toilet. Quick wipe of kitchen floor. Past midnight. Sleep ( Read more... )

So, last week was the hottest this year, plus humidity, peaking on Thursday and Friday. Of course, that's exactly when I had planned my monthly Japanese meeting. I decided to do as little preparation in the kitchen as possible, because my kitchen is a veritable sauna. I served fruits, and crackers and stuff which people could dip in cheeses, dips ( Read more... )

Well, four out of five ain't bad, I guess.

• The exterminator was here again. And he wasn't too happy about it. He used a more concentrated poison this time, and said he sprayed it straight into the hole (where the nest is), so I hope it works this time.
• I went to the basketball club. It's hard to visualize the court exactly, but I believe I got an ( Read more... )