The Homeshuler has challenged some of the Jewish bloggers to tell everyone their favorite Jewish love song in honor of Tu B'Av. Tu B'Av is a relatively unknown "holiday" in the Jewish calendar. Coming fast on the heels of Tisha B'Av (the 9th of Av), Tu B'Av (the 15th of Av) is completely its opposite. It is a Jewish "love" day - young unmarried girls would dance in white dresses and sing in the vineyards of Jerusalem. Less than a week after the mournful day of Tisha B'Av, Tu B'Av offers a respite, a reminder that life goes on, that love goes on, that we must endure and continue to celebrate. It is a chance to be joyous and silly after weeks of preparation for mourning.
So...it's a perfect day for love songs.
I'm not great at the whole "what's your favorite song" question. It usually happens to be whatever I'm listening to! So I had do quite a bit of thinking.
First, I thought of the Song of Songs. After all, it is the most well-known, beautiful, ancient (Jewish) love song ever written. Here is a lovely rendition of Dodi Li....from my friend Marci's congregation! (With practically her whole family singing!) This was a totally random find, by the way, when I searched for versions of this song, which was sung at my wedding.
Then, I thought of Erev Shel Shoshanim, always a favorite.
Then, I totally cheated and saw Midianite Manna's post - a Broadway song! Good thinking!
This is one of my favorite love songs....written by Richard Rodgers, one of the greats...and, since he's Jewish, it qualifies for Amy's meme!
Whew. This was tough! What's your favorite love song?
Last year on Tu B'Av, I was celebrating my brother's Aliyah! Mazel tov on one year in Israel, little bro!
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
What's on Your Wish List?
I totally
TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.
1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?
- one morning to sleep in as late as i want and a whole day to laze around in bed
- a family vacation to a warm place
- a CSA membership for the summer
- a personal chef to cook all the CSA food (hey, a girl can dream, right?)
- one of these shirts
- this phone...or this one.
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?
When I went to college, a dear friend of my grandmother's knit me an afghan. I still have it, and I still treasure it. She remembered the colors of my Bat Mitzvah invitation and made it to match. What an amazing gift.
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?
I'd like to learn to knit and felt purses. I think they're so cool.
4. What was the best
I remember receiving a "boom box" the year I turned 8. It was a joint present for Chanukah and my birthday and I loved it. It brought music into my own room and I thought that was the greatest thing in the world.
5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?
My children really want for nothing...they've just had birthdays and our cup runneth over.
That said, Sam is into Ben10 gear, David into Legos and DS games, and Yael really wants this Dora dollhouse.
6. What is your favorite holiday food?
Sufganiyot. The chocolate-filled ones. Preferably hot and fresh and purchased in Mahane Yehuda. But since that won't happen, I'll be heading over to Mizrahi Grill for my sufganiyot this year.
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?
I'm thinking of doing some jars of cookie mix. Might make a nice gift...
8. What is your favorite holiday movie?
Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah
9. Favorite holiday song?
(okay, maybe not it's my very favorite, but I do love this one!!!!)
10. Favorite holiday pastime?
Playing dreidel and singing songs
Feel free to play along. The amazing prizes up for grabs can be found here. Thanks to TodaysMama for all of the fun. You have until December 13 to join in.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Jewish Mama Meme Maker
Oh thank you thank you, Home-shuler! I needed a post for today and yours is just perfect!
A Jewish Holiday Meme
One menorah, or several? Hillel or Shammai? (just kidding about that part)
We have several chanukiyot. It seems like every year the kids bring home one made from a block of wood and metal nuts. The candles don't fit into those metal things, honestly, people. I know they seem like a good idea. And then I have to figure it out for the whole week...cuz the kids really really want to use the ones they've made and how dare I pooh-pooh their bee-yoo-tee-ful creations!?
Do you buy your children gifts for every night of Chanukah?
We've decided not to give any gifts at all, beginning this year, for Chanukah. The kids will get gifts from grandparents and assorted other people. But not from us. We've decided to give all gifts at Purim instead. It's not only motivated by a desire to get out of the commercial ridiculousness of the season but also the reality that we have November and February birthdays. Enough is enough in gift-land!
Do you and your spouse/partner or any other adults in your life exchange gifts?
Not usually. I do have a birthday at the end of December and usually get a gift...
Special family chanukah traditions?
We eat latkes. We decorate the house. We set up a table in the living room with all the Chanukiyot. As the kids get older, I'm hopeful for some traditions that involve going out and doing for others. They go to bed awfully early now. We also take a "dreidel tag" which is a tradition at our congregation to buy gifts for kids in need through the Jewish Children's Bureau. I usually do a whole big Chanukah blog party too...giveaways and all that.
Latkes or sufganiyot? If latkes, sour cream or applesauce?
Both. Both.
The more the better, I always say! Last year I made my own baked sufganiyot.
Favorite chanukah book?
Potato Pancakes All Around by Marilyn Hirsh. I think it might be out of print but I love the peddler who teaches them to make potato latkes from a crust of bread. It's like a Chanukah stone soup!
Do you actually play dreidl? If so, what do you use for counters?
No, not really. But I vote for m-n-m's. Everything's better with m-n-m's.
What relationship, if any, do you have with Christmas and all things Christmas-y?
None.
If you're reading, you're tagged!
Day 12 of NaBloPoMo and I haven't missed one yet!
A Jewish Holiday Meme
One menorah, or several? Hillel or Shammai? (just kidding about that part)
We have several chanukiyot. It seems like every year the kids bring home one made from a block of wood and metal nuts. The candles don't fit into those metal things, honestly, people. I know they seem like a good idea. And then I have to figure it out for the whole week...cuz the kids really really want to use the ones they've made and how dare I pooh-pooh their bee-yoo-tee-ful creations!?
Do you buy your children gifts for every night of Chanukah?
We've decided not to give any gifts at all, beginning this year, for Chanukah. The kids will get gifts from grandparents and assorted other people. But not from us. We've decided to give all gifts at Purim instead. It's not only motivated by a desire to get out of the commercial ridiculousness of the season but also the reality that we have November and February birthdays. Enough is enough in gift-land!
Do you and your spouse/partner or any other adults in your life exchange gifts?
Not usually. I do have a birthday at the end of December and usually get a gift...
Special family chanukah traditions?
We eat latkes. We decorate the house. We set up a table in the living room with all the Chanukiyot. As the kids get older, I'm hopeful for some traditions that involve going out and doing for others. They go to bed awfully early now. We also take a "dreidel tag" which is a tradition at our congregation to buy gifts for kids in need through the Jewish Children's Bureau. I usually do a whole big Chanukah blog party too...giveaways and all that.
Latkes or sufganiyot? If latkes, sour cream or applesauce?
Both. Both.
The more the better, I always say! Last year I made my own baked sufganiyot.
Favorite chanukah book?
Potato Pancakes All Around by Marilyn Hirsh. I think it might be out of print but I love the peddler who teaches them to make potato latkes from a crust of bread. It's like a Chanukah stone soup!
Do you actually play dreidl? If so, what do you use for counters?
No, not really. But I vote for m-n-m's. Everything's better with m-n-m's.
What relationship, if any, do you have with Christmas and all things Christmas-y?
None.
If you're reading, you're tagged!
Day 12 of NaBloPoMo and I haven't missed one yet!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Who comes up with this stuff?
Someday I will figure out what starts a "meme" - like, do people sit around and think up this stuff!?
Reiza tagged me for this photo meme, and so here goes...
The rules are:
1. Open the 4th file where you store your photos
2. Pick the 4th picture
3. Explain the photo
4. Pass the challenge on to 4 other bloggers
(Leora did this too, by the way)
Anyway, this was a little complicated. I have a lot of folders. So I started by looking in my Pictures folder, and the fourth folder down actually happened to be "Family Pics" which is where I store almost all of my pictures. Score! Then I went down four, and it was 2007...and the fourth folder in there was Yael at 6 days old...and the fourth picture was a little naked tushy...which was not appropriate for this very family-friendly blog, not to mention that I have to draw a line somewhere! So I went back up a few levels and decided that I would go with the fourth folder in the current year's pictures (yes, I'm ridiculously organized about my photos), which happened to be from the end of January, a sunny day in the snow:
Pretty self-explanatory, isn't it...?
Also funny, because just last week I finally finished putting a Shutterfly album together that I began last Fall...Sukkot through Lag B'Omer...so I just recently looked at these pictures!
Okay, I know I'm supposed to tag 4 people but I'm so bad at that...so if you're reading, consider yourself tagged!
Oh my goodness, I just figured out who comes up with these memes - people who are trying to procrastinate on their holiday preparations!!! I knew it!!!
P.S. AND...there's still time to enter my Rosh haShanah Giveaway from Oh Nuts - you have until September 10th so go click over NOW!!!!
Reiza tagged me for this photo meme, and so here goes...
The rules are:
1. Open the 4th file where you store your photos
2. Pick the 4th picture
3. Explain the photo
4. Pass the challenge on to 4 other bloggers
(Leora did this too, by the way)
Anyway, this was a little complicated. I have a lot of folders. So I started by looking in my Pictures folder, and the fourth folder down actually happened to be "Family Pics" which is where I store almost all of my pictures. Score! Then I went down four, and it was 2007...and the fourth folder in there was Yael at 6 days old...and the fourth picture was a little naked tushy...which was not appropriate for this very family-friendly blog, not to mention that I have to draw a line somewhere! So I went back up a few levels and decided that I would go with the fourth folder in the current year's pictures (yes, I'm ridiculously organized about my photos), which happened to be from the end of January, a sunny day in the snow:
Pretty self-explanatory, isn't it...?
Also funny, because just last week I finally finished putting a Shutterfly album together that I began last Fall...Sukkot through Lag B'Omer...so I just recently looked at these pictures!
Okay, I know I'm supposed to tag 4 people but I'm so bad at that...so if you're reading, consider yourself tagged!
Oh my goodness, I just figured out who comes up with these memes - people who are trying to procrastinate on their holiday preparations!!! I knew it!!!
P.S. AND...there's still time to enter my Rosh haShanah Giveaway from Oh Nuts - you have until September 10th so go click over NOW!!!!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Jewish Mommy Meme - Community ROCKS
It's so great to find other Jewish moms blogging out there. The Homeshuler has created her own Jewish Mommy Meme and tagged me! So here goes...
1. Challah – home baked or bought?
I love to bake challah and I have some great recipes, but usually we eat the one that comes home from school with my preschoolers. It's a school fundraiser (I think) and it's easy. Easy is good right now. I do love a good home-baked challah...
2. Favorite shabbat meal:
My favorite meal is whatever I can prepare in advance for my family to eat while I'm getting ready or already at services. We have 6:30pm services each week and my kids are too young to make it. So I usually prepare dinner in advance and get it all ready to go, with directions for the completion of the preparation! One of our recent favorite meals are these Quorn cutlets....they are very yummy. (We are vegetarian in our house, so no chicken....)
3. Any creative shabbat rituals?
We have a tie-dyed challah cover....the kids wear their kippot and sing the brachot, usually with the Abba...when my oldest was really young, we decided that the only day for TV watching was Shabbat. While this may seem like a backwards plan for some of my more frum readers, it made sense to me. The idea of Shabbat is to set it apart and make it special. This was the point of the TV gig. (Side note, whenever he went to my parents, they'd let him watch TV all the time, coining the phrase "it's always Shabbat at Bubbie and Zeyde's.") This was a big problem when we visted my frum relatives and had to explain that on Shabbat they DON'T watch TV. But I think that's another post. Anyway, eventually he figured out that the TV works on other days and the whole Shabbat/TV thing ended. I have a lot of visions for great Shabbat ideas but in general I just find myself saying things like "dessert? sure, it's Shabbat..." and that seems to work.
4. Shul? With or without the kids? (yes, I know some of you are rabbis)
Usually for Tot Shabbat, which is just their speed. Plus they're at the synagogue all the time. I'm trying to get my oldest to services on a more regular basis - now that he can read English and Hebrew, I think it's important. For myself, obviously, I'm there a lot. A LOT.
5. Traditionally shomer shabbat? If not, what’s your definition/style?
Not "traditionally" but happily observant of Shabbat. At the moment my biggest Shabbat observance is no Facebook, no Twitter, and no blogging...but I do use the phone/drive/etc. I've always said that the idea of shomer, meaning "guard" is about making sure we're aware that it's Shabbat and making it special. See answers to the above question.
6. Favorite shabbat story/book
How Yussel Caught the Gefilte Fish.
Love it.
I probably have 20 other favorites. But this is the top of the list! (With my oldest, we read Shai's Shabbat Walk every week. But we've progressed...)
7. no seventh question – time to rest.
If you're a Jewish mommy and you read this blog, I tag you!
1. Challah – home baked or bought?
I love to bake challah and I have some great recipes, but usually we eat the one that comes home from school with my preschoolers. It's a school fundraiser (I think) and it's easy. Easy is good right now. I do love a good home-baked challah...
2. Favorite shabbat meal:
My favorite meal is whatever I can prepare in advance for my family to eat while I'm getting ready or already at services. We have 6:30pm services each week and my kids are too young to make it. So I usually prepare dinner in advance and get it all ready to go, with directions for the completion of the preparation! One of our recent favorite meals are these Quorn cutlets....they are very yummy. (We are vegetarian in our house, so no chicken....)
3. Any creative shabbat rituals?
We have a tie-dyed challah cover....the kids wear their kippot and sing the brachot, usually with the Abba...when my oldest was really young, we decided that the only day for TV watching was Shabbat. While this may seem like a backwards plan for some of my more frum readers, it made sense to me. The idea of Shabbat is to set it apart and make it special. This was the point of the TV gig. (Side note, whenever he went to my parents, they'd let him watch TV all the time, coining the phrase "it's always Shabbat at Bubbie and Zeyde's.") This was a big problem when we visted my frum relatives and had to explain that on Shabbat they DON'T watch TV. But I think that's another post. Anyway, eventually he figured out that the TV works on other days and the whole Shabbat/TV thing ended. I have a lot of visions for great Shabbat ideas but in general I just find myself saying things like "dessert? sure, it's Shabbat..." and that seems to work.
4. Shul? With or without the kids? (yes, I know some of you are rabbis)
Usually for Tot Shabbat, which is just their speed. Plus they're at the synagogue all the time. I'm trying to get my oldest to services on a more regular basis - now that he can read English and Hebrew, I think it's important. For myself, obviously, I'm there a lot. A LOT.
5. Traditionally shomer shabbat? If not, what’s your definition/style?
Not "traditionally" but happily observant of Shabbat. At the moment my biggest Shabbat observance is no Facebook, no Twitter, and no blogging...but I do use the phone/drive/etc. I've always said that the idea of shomer, meaning "guard" is about making sure we're aware that it's Shabbat and making it special. See answers to the above question.
6. Favorite shabbat story/book
How Yussel Caught the Gefilte Fish.
Love it.
I probably have 20 other favorites. But this is the top of the list! (With my oldest, we read Shai's Shabbat Walk every week. But we've progressed...)
7. no seventh question – time to rest.
If you're a Jewish mommy and you read this blog, I tag you!
(See how neatly I did that? I always leave someone out... :-) )
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
7 Posts about Me....
I've already done the 7 Things meme which is making its way around again....and I've been tagged by Leora and Ilana-Davita. Gosh, thanks guys!
Seriously, though, it's been a while so I guess I'll give it a shot...but with a twist. Here are 7 facts about me as illustrated by 7 of my favorite blog posts:
1. I love to read.
2. I attended rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.
3. Every summer, I go to camp. I'm such a lucky rabbi.
4. I'm starting to wonder if I need another hobby.
5. I really like to cook.
6. I don't eat meat. (but I do eat fish....so I'm not exactly a vegetarian. But I have made soup for the last two nights....yum.)
7. I started this blog on February 7, 2007. I've come far....
(Actually, doing this was pretty informative. I've always wanted to do a "Favorite posts" post, and I don't think this is really it. It was hard to classify the posts in relation to myself rather than just posts that I like. Also, I realize that I don't actually write blog posts about some of the real obsessions in my life right now like Facebook and Twitter...interesting.)
If you haven't been tagged (it seems that so many people have already gotten there first!), feel free to consider yourself tagged and play along.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll post my Grown-up Thanksgiving Seder. Just in time!
Seriously, though, it's been a while so I guess I'll give it a shot...but with a twist. Here are 7 facts about me as illustrated by 7 of my favorite blog posts:
1. I love to read.
2. I attended rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.
3. Every summer, I go to camp. I'm such a lucky rabbi.
4. I'm starting to wonder if I need another hobby.
5. I really like to cook.
6. I don't eat meat. (but I do eat fish....so I'm not exactly a vegetarian. But I have made soup for the last two nights....yum.)
7. I started this blog on February 7, 2007. I've come far....
(Actually, doing this was pretty informative. I've always wanted to do a "Favorite posts" post, and I don't think this is really it. It was hard to classify the posts in relation to myself rather than just posts that I like. Also, I realize that I don't actually write blog posts about some of the real obsessions in my life right now like Facebook and Twitter...interesting.)
If you haven't been tagged (it seems that so many people have already gotten there first!), feel free to consider yourself tagged and play along.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll post my Grown-up Thanksgiving Seder. Just in time!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
i am...and you?
a meme from Mama Zen
i am . . .
i am: thinking a lot about the High Holy Days
i think: the days go by too fast.
i know: that i'm not sleeping enough.
i want: a quiet space.
i have: a lot of organizing to do in my office.
i wish: there were more hours in the day.
i hate: feeling overwhelmed.
i miss: my friends who are far away.
i fear: losing myself.
i feel: everything.
i hear: beep beep beep.
i smell: the skunks that live in my neighborhood. (maybe under our porch!?)
i crave: caffeine.
i search: too often for my keys and find them in Yael's "purse."
i wonder: what people really think of me.
i regret: whenever i yell.
i love: to read.
i ache: when i read the newspaper.
i care: about making a difference.
i always: think too much.
i am not: as put together as i wish i was.
i believe: in the power of faith.
i dance: with my kids.
i sing: as often as i can.
i cry: when i need release.
i don't always: go to the gym.
i fight: against fighting.
i write: blog posts. in my head.
i win: scrabble.
i lose: my temper. probably too often.
i never: go to bed on time.
i confuse: outer calm with inner serenity.
i listen: less well than i should sometimes.
i can usually be found: in my car.
i am scared: of losing my grip.
i need: a day off!
i am happy about: just about everything.
And, you are?
Play along - whoever you are! Join me.
Come on, after my post this week in which I called you all out I think I know who my loyal readers are... Delurk and play along.
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Five Three (it's been a busy week) Places I've Been This Week:
Stuff on Stuff (watch for a post this week on this topic!)
Bento Supplies Ichiban Kan (Can I take a trip to CA just for this?)
The Story of a Sign (great video, go see it!)
From my del.icio.us (Are you in my network?)
Where have *you* been?
i am . . .
i am: thinking a lot about the High Holy Days
i think: the days go by too fast.
i know: that i'm not sleeping enough.
i want: a quiet space.
i have: a lot of organizing to do in my office.
i wish: there were more hours in the day.
i hate: feeling overwhelmed.
i miss: my friends who are far away.
i fear: losing myself.
i feel: everything.
i hear: beep beep beep.
i smell: the skunks that live in my neighborhood. (maybe under our porch!?)
i crave: caffeine.
i search: too often for my keys and find them in Yael's "purse."
i wonder: what people really think of me.
i regret: whenever i yell.
i love: to read.
i ache: when i read the newspaper.
i care: about making a difference.
i always: think too much.
i am not: as put together as i wish i was.
i believe: in the power of faith.
i dance: with my kids.
i sing: as often as i can.
i cry: when i need release.
i don't always: go to the gym.
i fight: against fighting.
i write: blog posts. in my head.
i win: scrabble.
i lose: my temper. probably too often.
i never: go to bed on time.
i confuse: outer calm with inner serenity.
i listen: less well than i should sometimes.
i can usually be found: in my car.
i am scared: of losing my grip.
i need: a day off!
i am happy about: just about everything.
And, you are?
Play along - whoever you are! Join me.
Come on, after my post this week in which I called you all out I think I know who my loyal readers are... Delurk and play along.
---
Stuff on Stuff (watch for a post this week on this topic!)
Bento Supplies Ichiban Kan (Can I take a trip to CA just for this?)
The Story of a Sign (great video, go see it!)
From my del.icio.us (Are you in my network?)
Where have *you* been?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Random Meme from FrumeSarah
You gotta do the memes when people say you're going to! (See number 22)
1. Do you like bleu cheese? You betcha! Love it. The Bleuer the better.
2. Have you ever smoked? Yuck. Nope.
3. Do you own a gun? Absolutely not.
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? Sorry, I don't like kool aid. But I like lemonade.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Not really.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? What do I *think* of them? I don't really think about them much. But LightLife has new chorizo soy "sausage" that is pretty good. My children like Hebrew National. Yes, that's right, my vegetarian children who have been introduced to kosher hot dogs. It's the only meat they eat, and not by my choice. That would be my husband.
7. Favorite Christmas movie? Brady Bunch Christmas special, the one where Carol Brady loses her voice. And then when they made a new version with them all grown up and Mike Brady gets caught in an architectural disaster (!?) and the whole family recalls that episode and sings the same song to get him to come out of the cavein.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Water and coffee.
9. Can you do push ups? No, not really. If I have to.
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My diamond ring.
12. Do you have A.D.D.? No.
13. What's one trait you hate about yourself? Can be too critical.
14. Middle name? Anna
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
1. Cutting and pasting this meme is driving me nuts. 2. Sam is not napping and I wish he would. 3. Chocolate.
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, coffee, diet coke
17. Current worry? Whether Sam will make it through the day if he doesn't nap.
18. Current hate right now? Stress.
19. Favorite place to be? Home
20. How did you bring in the New Year? quietly
21. Where would you like to go? Israel.
22. Name three people who will complete this?
anyone who wants to...
23. Do you own slippers? no, I like to go barefoot
24 What shirt are you wearing? Army t-shirt
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No, I like cotton sateen
26. Can you whistle? Yes
27. Favorite color? Purple
28. Would you be a pirate? No.
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever's currently in my head.
30. Favorite Girl's name? Yael
31. Favorite Boy's name? Samuel, David
32. What's in your pocket right now? no pockets...
34 Last thing that made you laugh? Sammy wandering around camp being cute
35. Worst injury you ever had? ankle sprain on the steps of HUC Jerusalem
36. Do you love where you live? Yes.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1
38. Who is your loudest friend? Hmm...I think I'm the loud friend.
39. Do you have any pets? Aren't three children enough?
40. Does someone have a crush on you? Not that I know of.
41. Your favorite book(s)? Anne of Green Gables, Harry Potter, Daniel Silva's books, pretty much anything (I'm a big fan of the Torah, too)
43. Favorite Sports Team? On Wisconsin!
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? No songs, thank you.
Feel free to do this. FrumeSarah sent it via email but I thought I'd put it out here...
1. Do you like bleu cheese? You betcha! Love it. The Bleuer the better.
2. Have you ever smoked? Yuck. Nope.
3. Do you own a gun? Absolutely not.
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? Sorry, I don't like kool aid. But I like lemonade.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Not really.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? What do I *think* of them? I don't really think about them much. But LightLife has new chorizo soy "sausage" that is pretty good. My children like Hebrew National. Yes, that's right, my vegetarian children who have been introduced to kosher hot dogs. It's the only meat they eat, and not by my choice. That would be my husband.
7. Favorite Christmas movie? Brady Bunch Christmas special, the one where Carol Brady loses her voice. And then when they made a new version with them all grown up and Mike Brady gets caught in an architectural disaster (!?) and the whole family recalls that episode and sings the same song to get him to come out of the cavein.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Water and coffee.
9. Can you do push ups? No, not really. If I have to.
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My diamond ring.
12. Do you have A.D.D.? No.
13. What's one trait you hate about yourself? Can be too critical.
14. Middle name? Anna
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
1. Cutting and pasting this meme is driving me nuts. 2. Sam is not napping and I wish he would. 3. Chocolate.
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, coffee, diet coke
17. Current worry? Whether Sam will make it through the day if he doesn't nap.
18. Current hate right now? Stress.
19. Favorite place to be? Home
20. How did you bring in the New Year? quietly
21. Where would you like to go? Israel.
22. Name three people who will complete this?
anyone who wants to...
23. Do you own slippers? no, I like to go barefoot
24 What shirt are you wearing? Army t-shirt
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No, I like cotton sateen
26. Can you whistle? Yes
27. Favorite color? Purple
28. Would you be a pirate? No.
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever's currently in my head.
30. Favorite Girl's name? Yael
31. Favorite Boy's name? Samuel, David
32. What's in your pocket right now? no pockets...
34 Last thing that made you laugh? Sammy wandering around camp being cute
35. Worst injury you ever had? ankle sprain on the steps of HUC Jerusalem
36. Do you love where you live? Yes.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1
38. Who is your loudest friend? Hmm...I think I'm the loud friend.
39. Do you have any pets? Aren't three children enough?
40. Does someone have a crush on you? Not that I know of.
41. Your favorite book(s)? Anne of Green Gables, Harry Potter, Daniel Silva's books, pretty much anything (I'm a big fan of the Torah, too)
43. Favorite Sports Team? On Wisconsin!
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? No songs, thank you.
Feel free to do this. FrumeSarah sent it via email but I thought I'd put it out here...
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Memes & Five Places....
Meme #1: From Auntie Liz...(she sent it on email)
You can only use one word and it's not as easy as you might think. Now copy or forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers.
1. Where is your cell phone? Counter
2. Where is your significant other? Here
3. Your hair? Curly
4. Your mother? Wise
5. Your father? Pal
6. Your favorite thing? Blog
7. Your dream last night? good
8. Your dream/goal? joy
9. The room you're in? playroom
10. Your fear? loss
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
12. Where were you last night? Ravinia
13. What you're not? Patient
14. Muffins? Yep.
15. One of your wish list items? DSLR (is that really one word?)
16. Where you grew up? Wisconsin
17. The last thing you did? Cook
18. What are you wearing? Comfy
19. Your TV? Nice.
20. Your pet? Children
21. Your computer? Laptop
22 Your life? Rockin'
23. Your mood? Calm
24. Missing someone? Harry
25. Your car? Hedwig
26. Something you're not wearing? Makeup
27. Your summer? Great.
28. Your favorite color? Purple
29. When is the last time you laughed? Lunch
30. Last time you cried? Movies
31. Who will resend this? Anyone!
(Feel free to play along....Consider yourself tagged!)
Meme #2: From Jendeis
This meme originated over an idea that was prompted by the book written by Larry Smith & Rachel Fershleiser, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. It's a compilation based on the story that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. His words were, "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn."
The Rules
1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it to your blog including a visual illustration if you would like.
3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
My six word memoir: "Blessings abound, it's not over yet!"
(Feel free to play along....Consider yourself tagged!)
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Five Places I've Been This Week
Sarah Silverman's Sister is a Rabbi!?
The Resume of the Future
Sustainable Shavuot Menu
ALA Recommended Reading List
Salmon and Feta Pasta...yum!
from my del.icio.us -- where have you been?
AND! Haveil Havalim is up over by Jack. It's wonderful, as usual...a great roundup of the week's Jewish blogosphere.
Chag Sameach!!!!!
(That means, Happy Shavuot!)
You can only use one word and it's not as easy as you might think. Now copy or forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers.
1. Where is your cell phone? Counter
2. Where is your significant other? Here
3. Your hair? Curly
4. Your mother? Wise
5. Your father? Pal
6. Your favorite thing? Blog
7. Your dream last night? good
8. Your dream/goal? joy
9. The room you're in? playroom
10. Your fear? loss
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
12. Where were you last night? Ravinia
13. What you're not? Patient
14. Muffins? Yep.
15. One of your wish list items? DSLR (is that really one word?)
16. Where you grew up? Wisconsin
17. The last thing you did? Cook
18. What are you wearing? Comfy
19. Your TV? Nice.
20. Your pet? Children
21. Your computer? Laptop
22 Your life? Rockin'
23. Your mood? Calm
24. Missing someone? Harry
25. Your car? Hedwig
26. Something you're not wearing? Makeup
27. Your summer? Great.
28. Your favorite color? Purple
29. When is the last time you laughed? Lunch
30. Last time you cried? Movies
31. Who will resend this? Anyone!
(Feel free to play along....Consider yourself tagged!)
Meme #2: From Jendeis
This meme originated over an idea that was prompted by the book written by Larry Smith & Rachel Fershleiser, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. It's a compilation based on the story that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. His words were, "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn."
The Rules
1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it to your blog including a visual illustration if you would like.
3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
My six word memoir: "Blessings abound, it's not over yet!"
(Feel free to play along....Consider yourself tagged!)
----
Five Places I've Been This Week
Sarah Silverman's Sister is a Rabbi!?
The Resume of the Future
Sustainable Shavuot Menu
ALA Recommended Reading List
Salmon and Feta Pasta...yum!
from my del.icio.us -- where have you been?
AND! Haveil Havalim is up over by Jack. It's wonderful, as usual...a great roundup of the week's Jewish blogosphere.
Chag Sameach!!!!!
(That means, Happy Shavuot!)
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Books you may have forgotten...
I do love books.
But this meme is pretty darn silly.
Still, I've now been tagged for it *twice*! So here goes...
The closest book is: Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace.
(Before you fall out of your chair laughing, let me tell you that this series of books, if you've never heard of them before, are awesome. I loved them when I was a kid and I'm now in the joyful process of sharing with my son. This is the third in the series, and the girls get older and the series even concludes with a
married Betsy, so it's not like some of those other books where the girls never grow up. AND its set in a small town in Minnesota so I always felt very close to home.)
Here are the rules:
* Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.
* Open the book to page 123.
* Find the 5th sentence.
* Post the next 3 sentences.
* Tag 5 people.
They saw a cloud of dust and heard the thud of hoofs. A team of glossy white horses flashed into view. They were driven by a coachman who wore a plug hat like a coachman in a parade. A glittering open carriage swayed along the narrow street. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib glimpsed a white beard...a black veil. Here were Mr. Meecham and his daughter!
(I might have given you a couple of extra sentences there...sorry.)
I'm not sure what the purpose of this meme is but I hope, in this case, that it inspires you to go out to your nearest library and check out the Betsy-Tacy books. They are great, the first one is short and they get progressively longer. Perfect for reading aloud to your kids (or reading yourself)!
While you're at it, also look at...
All of a Kind Family
The Melendy Quartet
The Hundred Dresses
Little House on the Prairie (who could forget these, but still)
and of course, my all-time, love it love it love it favorite:
Anne of Green Gables.
Okay...so I tag:
Amy, Carissa, FrumeSarah, Harry (might give him something to post on), and EzerK...
but if you want to play along, feel free. (And if I've tagged you and you don't wanna, I'm cool with that too. I must admit, I read all your blogs but can't remember if you guys have done this one.)
But this meme is pretty darn silly.
Still, I've now been tagged for it *twice*! So here goes...
The closest book is: Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace.
(Before you fall out of your chair laughing, let me tell you that this series of books, if you've never heard of them before, are awesome. I loved them when I was a kid and I'm now in the joyful process of sharing with my son. This is the third in the series, and the girls get older and the series even concludes with a
married Betsy, so it's not like some of those other books where the girls never grow up. AND its set in a small town in Minnesota so I always felt very close to home.)Here are the rules:
* Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.
* Open the book to page 123.
* Find the 5th sentence.
* Post the next 3 sentences.
* Tag 5 people.
They saw a cloud of dust and heard the thud of hoofs. A team of glossy white horses flashed into view. They were driven by a coachman who wore a plug hat like a coachman in a parade. A glittering open carriage swayed along the narrow street. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib glimpsed a white beard...a black veil. Here were Mr. Meecham and his daughter!
(I might have given you a couple of extra sentences there...sorry.)
I'm not sure what the purpose of this meme is but I hope, in this case, that it inspires you to go out to your nearest library and check out the Betsy-Tacy books. They are great, the first one is short and they get progressively longer. Perfect for reading aloud to your kids (or reading yourself)!
While you're at it, also look at...
All of a Kind Family
The Melendy Quartet
The Hundred Dresses
Little House on the Prairie (who could forget these, but still)
and of course, my all-time, love it love it love it favorite:
Anne of Green Gables.
Okay...so I tag:
Amy, Carissa, FrumeSarah, Harry (might give him something to post on), and EzerK...
but if you want to play along, feel free. (And if I've tagged you and you don't wanna, I'm cool with that too. I must admit, I read all your blogs but can't remember if you guys have done this one.)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Birthday Fun and Games
So Frume Sarah tagged me a while back for a meme of 7 things about me...but since it's my birthday tomorrow, I thought I'd respond with a little Thursday Thirteen...so here goes...with, of course, a birthday theme.
1. I really remember the birthday party (I think it was age 4) at home when we ate hot dogs and cake.
2. I have only been in school once on my birthday, during my year in Israel, and I was able to read Torah on my birthday. Just once. I've never brought a birthday treat to school on my birthday!
3. Even my Bat Mitzvah was not celebrated anywhere near my birthday because why have a party in Wisconsin in December if you don't have to? April was the way to go.
4. I have 3 kids but I was only pregnant on my birthday with one of them - the 3rd.
5. I actually have a friend whose birthday is the same day. And she has a twin. So that's three people that I know that share my birthday!
6. When I was young, I had birthday parties at the roller rink, the ice-skating rink, Hardee's, and Grounde Rounde. Then we switched for a while to New Year's Eve slumber parties (the middle school years) until one girl threw up at 3am and wanted to go home. Then the slumber parties took a hiatus.
7. The year I turned 8 I had a princess cake. The cake part looked like a big skirt and there was a barbie-ish doll stuck in the top but she had no legs. The reason I remember this so clearly is that it's also the year that my brother was born and he was only about 15 days old at that party. I remember him crying a lot.
8. One year I demanded a purple cake. My mom obliged but I remember that it was more lilac than purple.
9. The birthday before I got married, my then-fiancee bought me a Palm Pilot. It has changed my life! Digital organization rocks my world.
10. I have attended a wedding and a Bar Mitzvah on my birthday.
11. On my 18th birthday I went to Village Hall and registered to vote. I think they thought I was a big geek but it was a big deal to me!
12. On my 21st birthday, I did the requisite bar-hopping in Madison, Wisconsin. A friend insisted I lay down on a pool table so she could take a silly photograph of me doing something silly on my 21st birthday.
13. I have joked that I received a "directional upgrade" for my 30th birthday. I wonder what kind of upgrade I'll get for 31?
See more Thursday Thirteen here.
1. I really remember the birthday party (I think it was age 4) at home when we ate hot dogs and cake.
2. I have only been in school once on my birthday, during my year in Israel, and I was able to read Torah on my birthday. Just once. I've never brought a birthday treat to school on my birthday!
3. Even my Bat Mitzvah was not celebrated anywhere near my birthday because why have a party in Wisconsin in December if you don't have to? April was the way to go.
4. I have 3 kids but I was only pregnant on my birthday with one of them - the 3rd.
5. I actually have a friend whose birthday is the same day. And she has a twin. So that's three people that I know that share my birthday!
6. When I was young, I had birthday parties at the roller rink, the ice-skating rink, Hardee's, and Grounde Rounde. Then we switched for a while to New Year's Eve slumber parties (the middle school years) until one girl threw up at 3am and wanted to go home. Then the slumber parties took a hiatus.
7. The year I turned 8 I had a princess cake. The cake part looked like a big skirt and there was a barbie-ish doll stuck in the top but she had no legs. The reason I remember this so clearly is that it's also the year that my brother was born and he was only about 15 days old at that party. I remember him crying a lot.
8. One year I demanded a purple cake. My mom obliged but I remember that it was more lilac than purple.
9. The birthday before I got married, my then-fiancee bought me a Palm Pilot. It has changed my life! Digital organization rocks my world.
10. I have attended a wedding and a Bar Mitzvah on my birthday.
11. On my 18th birthday I went to Village Hall and registered to vote. I think they thought I was a big geek but it was a big deal to me!
12. On my 21st birthday, I did the requisite bar-hopping in Madison, Wisconsin. A friend insisted I lay down on a pool table so she could take a silly photograph of me doing something silly on my 21st birthday.
13. I have joked that I received a "directional upgrade" for my 30th birthday. I wonder what kind of upgrade I'll get for 31?
See more Thursday Thirteen here.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
8 is Enough.... & Five Places I've Been...
Oy...a long time ago (okay, I guess it was only a week ago), Mama Zen tagged me for the Crazy 8's meme...and since it's Sunday I thought I'd finally take on the challenge. So here goes...
8 Things I'm Passionate About:
1. My husband
2. My oldest child
3. My middle child
4. My youngest child
5. Judaism
6. Learning and Reading (I guess that's two!)
7. Finding and creating community
8. Making the world a better place
8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
1. Visit every continent
2. Grow a garden
3. Catch up on my reading list (yeah right)
4. Learn Spanish.
5. Hold grandchildren.
6. Learn to be a chef.
7. Write a book.
8. Open a b&b
8 Things I Say Regularly:
1. Period. End of Story. (my son told me recently that I say this all the time)
2. Whatever.
3. I just work here.
4. Send me an email.
5. Just Google it.
6. When do we eat?
7. Don't forget to breathe, in and out! (Name the movie -- I'll be super-impressed)
8. Drink more water.
8 Books I've Read Recently (or am reading now...)
1. The Attack
2. Matrimony
3. The Uprising
4. The Water Mirror (which, when I looked it up to make this link, I realized that the sequels are already available. Whoo hoo!)
5. Momma Zen
6. Triangle
7. The Kommandant's Girl
8. Measure of A Man
(It's amazing -- this one was really hard. I read a ton of books, I really wish I kept a journal. This is, by the way, a project that I want to start for my almost 6-year-old. We've only been reading chapter books for about 2 years, I think we could write a whole list. If we kept it up, when he's my age, he'd have a list of everything he has ever read. Ooh cool!)
8 Songs I Can Listen To Over and Over Again
I can't do this one. I can listen to almost anything over and over again. I am the dorky kind who never updates her ipod and just keeps listening to the same playlists over and over again!
8 Things that Attract Me To My Friends
1. Good sense of humor
2. Love of movies
3. Pop culture knowledge
4. Enjoy hanging out
5. Laugh at my jokes
6. Put up with my kids
7. Good conversationalists
8. A cute tush...oh wait, that was just my best friend (i.e. my husband)
8 Things I Learned in the Last Year
1. How much harder 3 is than 2.
2. How little sleep one can survive on.
3. How cool it is to have a girl.
4. How much change I can handle.
5. How much I've turned into a minivan-mom
6. How much I love my job.
7. Turning 30 just wasn't the big deal everyone said it would be.
8. How much fun blogging is!
8 People That IWant to Torture Think Should Also Do This Meme
Marci (Myriad Musings of Marci)
Helena (Thrice Blessed Momma)
Brad (Egel Nest)
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
SAHMmy says
Karen (Cheerio Road)
Elizabeth (The Whole Family)
Harry (my brother...think he'll play?)
In honor of the meme, here areFive Eight Places I've Been This Week!
Pumpkin Coffee Canister
Lack of Sleep = Cognitive Setbacks? (NY Times)
Holocaust Heroine Saved Children (Chicago Tribune)
Smart Mom Jewelry (ooh, I want one)
Photocard Mosaic
Monster Cookies
The Parent's Little List of Trust (from Cheerio Road)
The 12 Germiest Places in Your Life (ewwwww)
from my del.icio.us
Where have you been?
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Stay tuned for tomorrow's (big-ish) Give-away. I'm so excited for my first giveaway!
8 Things I'm Passionate About:
1. My husband
2. My oldest child
3. My middle child
4. My youngest child
5. Judaism
6. Learning and Reading (I guess that's two!)
7. Finding and creating community
8. Making the world a better place
8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
1. Visit every continent
2. Grow a garden
3. Catch up on my reading list (yeah right)
4. Learn Spanish.
5. Hold grandchildren.
6. Learn to be a chef.
7. Write a book.
8. Open a b&b
8 Things I Say Regularly:
1. Period. End of Story. (my son told me recently that I say this all the time)
2. Whatever.
3. I just work here.
4. Send me an email.
5. Just Google it.
6. When do we eat?
7. Don't forget to breathe, in and out! (Name the movie -- I'll be super-impressed)
8. Drink more water.
8 Books I've Read Recently (or am reading now...)
1. The Attack
2. Matrimony
3. The Uprising
4. The Water Mirror (which, when I looked it up to make this link, I realized that the sequels are already available. Whoo hoo!)
5. Momma Zen
6. Triangle
7. The Kommandant's Girl
8. Measure of A Man
(It's amazing -- this one was really hard. I read a ton of books, I really wish I kept a journal. This is, by the way, a project that I want to start for my almost 6-year-old. We've only been reading chapter books for about 2 years, I think we could write a whole list. If we kept it up, when he's my age, he'd have a list of everything he has ever read. Ooh cool!)
I can't do this one. I can listen to almost anything over and over again. I am the dorky kind who never updates her ipod and just keeps listening to the same playlists over and over again!
8 Things that Attract Me To My Friends
1. Good sense of humor
2. Love of movies
3. Pop culture knowledge
4. Enjoy hanging out
5. Laugh at my jokes
6. Put up with my kids
7. Good conversationalists
8. A cute tush...oh wait, that was just my best friend (i.e. my husband)
8 Things I Learned in the Last Year
1. How much harder 3 is than 2.
2. How little sleep one can survive on.
3. How cool it is to have a girl.
4. How much change I can handle.
5. How much I've turned into a minivan-mom
6. How much I love my job.
7. Turning 30 just wasn't the big deal everyone said it would be.
8. How much fun blogging is!
8 People That I
Marci (Myriad Musings of Marci)
Helena (Thrice Blessed Momma)
Brad (Egel Nest)
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
SAHMmy says
Karen (Cheerio Road)
Elizabeth (The Whole Family)
Harry (my brother...think he'll play?)
In honor of the meme, here are
Pumpkin Coffee Canister
Lack of Sleep = Cognitive Setbacks? (NY Times)
Holocaust Heroine Saved Children (Chicago Tribune)
Smart Mom Jewelry (ooh, I want one)
Photocard Mosaic
Monster Cookies
The Parent's Little List of Trust (from Cheerio Road)
The 12 Germiest Places in Your Life (ewwwww)
from my del.icio.us
Where have you been?
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Stay tuned for tomorrow's (big-ish) Give-away. I'm so excited for my first giveaway!
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