tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74722551474790019862024-09-02T07:26:23.902+03:00Still (a) woman after all these kidsRachel Inbarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06605780418673759318noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7472255147479001986.post-27752125245929175672013-03-07T12:40:00.001+02:002013-03-07T12:40:37.849+02:00

Just over 3 weeks ago, I went to get my yearly mammogram. I was in an out of there lickety-split, with a clean bill of health. I even had the parking spot that was closest to the breast clinic. And then, when I was backing out, I made a mistake. I didn't see a little bit of curb that was jutting into the middle of the street and although my wheels completely missed it, the bottom of my car didn't

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OK, so I'm far not-at-all-happy that my friend had to go through this, but I am very happy that my friend's last chemo treatment is this week - and I'm hoping that what this means is that from now she's going to start feeling better and stronger every day. As always, I tried to think of a way to celebrate the occasion - so I designed a t-shirt to give her. And since I got good feedback about

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You know those parents who are always bragging about their kids’ amazing achievements? Well, I sometimes (though not too often, I hope) find myself doing the same thing. But there’s one big difference. I recognize that although my kids can be great at some things (e.g., my 3-1/2 year-old has known all the letters of the alphabet for over 2 years and started reading words during the summer)

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Funniest experiences Rules: Fill in the following. Tag 4 friends to do the same. My funniest dreamRiding a goldfish under a rainbow... My funniest experience with a petMy parrot swore at my mother-in-law My funniest experience at a job interviewDude came in with his shirt on backwards! My funniest purchase100 cockroaches (don't ask) My funniest experience in high schoolHigh school wasn't funny!

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BloggingRules: Answer the following questions & tag 5 fellow bloggers to do the same. The blogging platform I use most is:BloggerOn a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the best) I rate it:8What I like about it is...That I know how to use it... well, except forWhat I hate about it is...Fixing the template is a disasterIf I could add any features I could, it/they would be...A template editor for

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I just created this new meme on sleeQo. You're tagged :-)Rules: We study, but then don't necessarily end up doing what we learned. Here's your chance to say why you think you're good at something that you do - either your job or one or more aspects of it - or something you do as a hobby. Did you have any formal study of this?No, but my printing and language studies are very relevant. Did you

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One personRules: Choose one person - either someone you know personally or you know of - and answer the following questions. Post the results on Facebook or on your blog & let people guess who it is. Is the person male or female?FemaleIs this person one of your facebook friends / famous / other?FamousWhat facial feature do you think of first when you think of this person?Nose, I guessWhat

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In case you've missed it, I'm promoting sleeQo, a new service that helps you create content for your blog. The more people who join, the easier it's going to be for us to target the memes (questionnaires) to what people want... We're still not ready for heavy traffic, but we need more than what we've got to get a feel for what people need.Anyway, what I'd really like from anyone who ever gets

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I remember way back, when I got married the first time (yes, it really was in 1989 - scary, I know) thinking about what makes the transition from being a child to being a grown up. One of the things I couldn't do then was just get in a car without planning exactly where I was going. Every turn stressed me out. (I'd gotten a license right before I turned 18, but was living in Israel alone, so I

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NegativeRules: Answer as honestly as you can. Tag 3 people. A smell I hateLentils cooking.Least favorite day of the week...and whyThursday, because it means it's almost Friday (but then when Friday comes, I remember all of its disadvantages...)TV shows I'll never watchAlmost all reality shows. Most sports. Political talk shows... I don't really like TV that much.Food I refuse to eatPineapple (

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Funniest experiences Rules: Fill in the following. Tag 4 friends to do the same. My funniest dreamI once dreamt I gave someone a wedding present that was a tablecloth & they found a spoon inside it. They later called to ask if the spoon had been used for dairy or meat (because they were keeping it). My funniest experience with a petCan't think of one at the moment. My funniest experience at a

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One of the things I've been doing is working with my amazingly talented brother, Ben, on a new meme site named sleeQo. It's a tool to help bloggers who get stuck without things to write about. It can give you a daily or weekly push in the right direction. You get to be the very first to see it (currently in what can only be called pre-beta...) Actually, this is the first test post :-)My

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My loyal readers who come back day-after-day to check why I haven't written anything new. It's probably because I'm either insanely busy, severely disorganized or a combination of the two. I kind of wonder if it's what people describe as ADD. Sometimes I feel like there's a seven-ring circus going on in my head (three rings I could handle, I mean, I do have 6 kids...) and everything's so

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I remember, when I was living in Shikunei HaElef  (Hebrew University dormitory) in Givat Ram (Jerusalem) back in 1986 just how quiet Shabbat was. I lived in the building of the observant girls. A total of 7 of the 20 rooms were occupied and I’d managed to get rid of my roommate by having her upgraded to the better dorms (the Kiryah – yes, I actually went and begged them to give her a

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As a child, Yom Kippur meant counting down the pages until the service would (finally) end. From the time I was 8, I was pretty serious about fasting – and that year, I made it through to the very end - only the service ended later than the fast and I ran out to the water fountain to get a drink (thinking I was about to die). I think that it was the same year that I was in a choir of 4 that

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Ever since we took Abigail to Kibbutz Gezer, where they had an activity that included making pita, I’ve been thinking that I’d like to make pita at home. I’ve done it once in the past and it came out great, but then I lost the recipe and couldn’t find another one that looked worth trying. Here are some of Abigail’s pictures – she really enjoyed it! They made sure to keep the kids safe – only

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Today, 13 years less 30 days (in the lunar calendar) - Matan was born. And today, on Lag Ba'Omer, he put on tefillin for the very first time. Me with Matan and Yirmi (and a head covering). And, believe me, it's just the way I'm standing... My dad with Matan, after shacharit, taking off the tefillin. After shul, most of us went for breakfast and I even gave a very short speech - now translated to

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Loved, loved, loved this...

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As I sit in my little kids’ room waiting for them to fall asleep, I sometimes wonder what they’ll remember of me when they’re older. Will they remember me sitting in their room, singing to them, often for a whole hour, with them setting up their own ‘playlists’? The songs I sang? Will they remember how I matched their clothes and set up outfits in the drawers so it would be easy to dress them in

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This past year, I've had the pleasure of holding Yirmi - a lot. Often I was nursing him, while other times he fell asleep curled up in my arms, so peacefully that I didn't want to put him down. I really don't believe you can spoil a baby by holding him too much (if so, all my kids are terribly spoiled). I like to imagine that I'm transferring the feeling of comfort and being loved that will stay

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I keep putting off writing this post. In fact, it's been so long that the issue came up again and reminded me that I am just not getting around to things.It started like this [ok, male audience, if you exist, you can stop reading][really, I mean it, close this window & come back again next time.]---I go to what we call the mikva - a ritual bath and every time I go, I remember going with my

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One of my sweet blogger friends, Bea (let me know if it's OK/possible to link to your blog) sent Yirmi a terrific surprise. I totally love it! I was amazed when he took it and started 'driving' it all over the house. He's never played that way with a car before. (We've now put it away so it will stay nice for when he'll enjoy it even more.)Thank you so, so much!!! It fits in perfectly with our

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Sesame Street often cracks me up. We have about 50 recorded episodes that we watch over and over (yes, I often end up watching them too). I loved this...I especially love the female monster - good voice ;-)

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Yes. One of my many gigs in the past few years. This time, Yirmi came along too.You never know to what kind of fame a job like this might lead...Ready for the picture*?............Tell me you're not jealous... *photo taken with permission of the supermarket chain and the store manager.

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So... I agreed to try to come up with something bright - a helpful tip (click on the title of this posting to find out why). [To skip to the tip, scroll almost to the bottom. I got completely carried away writing this post.]In my last post, I wrote about some of the things I do, but I didn't write how I got into user interface design or human computer interaction or whatever you want to call it

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