Month: August 2006

  • the Simpler life.

    Back to work in the morning. So hard to go back after all this ‘vacation’ of getting married. I feel it’s a bit of a fresh start for me there. I didn’t realize until after the wedding how much that stress had affected me at work these past few months. Let’s face it: I have…

  • Writing's on the wall.

    (JPost print edition, 18.8.06) “Sharon, wake up. Olmert’s in a coma.”

  • Back to normal.

    R: “Aright, don’t worry, everything’s back to normal.”E: “Why?”R: “They just reported about Gaza.”

  • Aw, how nechmad!

    So I was hesitant to register anywhere for wedding gifts because: a. I didn’t think there was anywhere to register in Israel, and b. I feel weird telling people where to get my gifts (I feel weird enough receiving them). Friends kept telling me to register, though, as a convenience for wedding guests and because…

  • Office involvement.

    My company made us a sheva brachot today at the office, which was very sweet of them. The tables were pretty and confetti-fied, and my boss compared guerrilla marketing tactics to newlywed life (hey, it works) and a coworker spoke about mezuzot and compromise. I am so often reminded how lucky I am in my…

  • Good advice from Home Center.

  • Letter to the extended fam.

    Hi everyone! I thought I’d give a mass update for those of you who weren’t here for the wedding… And I’m giving a ‘pre-thank you’ thanks for your good wishes, words of advice and generous gifts. After both families fully arrived 2 weeks ago, there was some planning and a bit of touring. Since me…

  • Get yer photos!

    Since, apparently, a picture is worth 1000 words, and I’m non-stop busy in the post weddingness, here are a crapload of pictures for perusal to describe events of the last week.Bridal ShowerBachlorette PartyWedding prep/David CitadelWeddingDead Sea with the CohensNostalgia with the GoldmansQuick tour of East JerusalemAussie Wedding Present

  • What-a-country!

    Only in Israel can you recieve as a wedding present spreadable body chocolate that is not only kosher, but Kosher Badatz, pareve, and for all year but Passover.

  • Here comes the…

  • Embarrassed.

    CEASEFIRE?!?!

  • Sneak preview…