Day 1805 - happy new year!

End of the year inventory

Day 1805 - a good day in the store after a very lean week, actually a very lean month. It was twice as good considering the fact that it's the end of the calendar year and i was doing our inventory report, so every item sold goes off the list, or better yet, not making it into the list. I'm curious to see our inventory this year, to see how much we are down from last year. But no matter what the numbers show, we still have so much inventory. At the rate we are going right now, it will take months to get rid of it all. But, regardless, i am sending every little item tgat leaves tge store with my blessings and hope for many more such buyers.

Going to the market

Day 1804 - we decided to use Tuesday, our short day at the store to go to the local market to buy very fresh produce. I did it last week and the combination of freshness and better prices is a winning combination. and so, after two years of absence we made our apearance again. I started this on a small scale when I took the RE course. it was very close to the market so every day I bought few things and brought it home with me. But now we get there with the car later in the day and we can do our weekly shopping. It was a very enjoyable process and the results are just great. by now we already made a vegetable soup for the next few days and hada great dinner as well; all that before our regular closing time. I love Tuesdays!
I am thankful we have such a great market in our city, and I am thankful we finally understood we can use Tuesdays for shopping there instead of going to the grocery store and pay double for lesser produce.

Let it be light

Day 1803 - more than half of the light bulbs in our store are burned by now and it's pretty dim there. We kept telling ourselves that itsr befitting a mystic store. But the truth is that it's not and if we want to sell our ibventory it better be seen. And so yesterday we bought 10 light bulbs (all special and very expensive, of course) and today for two hours we were on the ladder replacing them. And now the store is well lighted and hopefully more attractive as well. It looks much better and I'm very happy with this project.

A rare complement

Day 1802 - I had to get an x—ray to my injured elbow today. The technician took my referral letter and burst in a very surprised voice "how old are you?". I said "almost 58", to which she replied "i woudn't give you 50!". A rare and funny conliment indeed, fluttering as well, if course. So who cares my elbow hurts so much now, or that I'm loosing funcionality of this arm with every passing day, but i look much younger than I am. Right? Wekk not so much, but that's a whole different story...

Day 1801 - hiking on a beautiful and warm winter day. The sky was blue, the sun bright and warm and the wild flowers and lush green weeds just everywhere. How very special. It was good enough to make ys ignore the demanding climb up mout beautitude. How lucky i am to live in this wonderful country and have a artner who likes to hike as much as i do.
A great way to celebrate Christmas day, for sure.

Day 1800 - bad news as my aunt fell and broke her femoral bone, just as my dad did almost twobyears ago. I hope she is mot heading in the same direction. A big trauma to an elderly person can be devastating. I guess we all humans thus mortal but when it gets personal it's difficult to keep that objectivity.
So we better enjoy every moment of good we have here on this planet, we really don't know when it's gonna end. When our time of suffering and disability might come.
Not a very happy moment, but a very sombering one for sure.

Day 1799 - I love milk chocolate, sadly it doesn't like me.

Day 1798 - slow days in the store but better than last month and our inventory keeps dropping. So all is good. And imr impatiently waiting for my license so i can start working. It should be here any day now.

A date night

Day 1797 - it's Tuesday, our short day atcwork sovwe oppted for a veryvspecial afternoon. We started with a restaurant we got good recommendations for and continued with a movie night. A very fun evening indeed.

Day 1796 -

Day 1795 - done with all forms design. Tomorrow it goes to print.
Step one — done.

Day 1794 - we woke up to a beautiful day afer a very rainy week. so after breakfast we headed to the beach  for a lovely stroll along the water. It was a sunny and warm day with gentle breeze and a very calm sea. So we stayed there until sunset and the cold that followed drove us into the car and back home. Luckily for us, because half an hour later thunders started to roll and within another half an hour it was a real thunder stom complete with lightinings and pouring rain. So a most beautiful day ended very wet and wintery again. I am so thankful we got to enjoy the few hours of calm in between.
I am thankful for a very restful weekend. I sure needed it after all my travels.

Day 1793 - a rainy friday, a perfect setting for a cozy night at home. I didn't even feel like getting all bundled up and go to the movie, as we originally planned. So much better staying here at the warmth of our borrow.

Day 1792 - a drive south to see my daughter and drive my mom to my sister. I got to meet my daughter's family again and spend a lovely afternoon in their house. Much fun.

Day 1791 - starting to preoare tge next chapter.

In recovery mode

Day 1790 — a lovely afternoon after yesterday's ordeal. It always amazes me how quickly our bodies recover. A day later and it's almost back to normal; a real blessing of course. So still a little tired but that was the only reminder. I am thankdul for that, it's difficult to see someone you love suffering.

Day 1789 - to be a couple means also to see each other through illness and health. And we keep doing that. Last time it was my elbow injury, this time it's him with a serious bout of vomiting and dizziness that took all day long. But it's part of the deal and the truth is that I'm happy it happend today and mot while I was abroad. 

En route

Day 1786 — on the airplane on my way back. No way of blogging in the air.

Day 1787 — landed almost at midnight and by tge time i made it home it was 2am. No blogging either.

Last day of my trip

Day 1785 —    my last night here. Tomorrow afternoon I'll start my trip back home. I'm glad to be back home butvsad to leave. It was an amazing trip and I'm so happy it evolved the way it did. I had a great time with my daughter's family, getting to know them better, after years we were apart. And I'll try to keep thid bond alive by being better about using Skype sobwe an be in each other's life a little more. Im sad to leave and notvsee them now for a.very long time. It's not easy living on two different continents and 22 flight hours away...
I m so thankful for this visit, it was just wonderful in every way.

Oopps, i forgot to blog

Day 1783 — i drove 6 hours to see my friend that i used to stay with while visiting. Now that my daughter moved to LA I have no reason to be there. But I wanted to see my friend, so here i am a long drive for a few hours that i could see her. And so at the end f a very long day I went ti sleep and forgot to blog...

Week days are different

Day 1782 - I renewed my driving license today almost ten months after it expired. I also rented a car for my drive up north tomorrow. So running some errands was part of my day but then i also cooked dinner, taking the load off my daughter's shoylders for one day and later both grandmas took the older girl to see a movie, a fun expedition. Week days are very different and more intense than weekends and i didn't want to be in the way so I stayed out for a few hours.
I'm so grateful for this unique opportunity to be here and get involved, to be part of their life for a week.

Holiday fun

Day 1781 - spending the day at home with the fam. doing Hannukah decorations and Christmas tree decorations (the latter is my first ever). wittnessing life on the fast lane, two kids at home, high demanding job and way too many things to do in the first few months of a new baby's life. So I helped where ever I could and tried to stay out of the way for the rest. it's interesting to see that from the sideline and not as the player, much easier I would say. I admire the way they handle it all and happy to be part of it for a few days. Tomorrow is back to the grinding stone - pre-school, work, classes. and I am going to try to take care of few things as well.
I am thankful for another day here. it will be so sad to leave in a few days. I wish I could do something about it, maybe to come more often. but it's expensive and the flight is grueling.  I don't know what to say, it's the price we all pay for this travel accross the ocean almost 30 years ago...

being a grandma

day 1780 - i'm a grandma for the past 4 1/2 years, but living on the other side of the globe and visiting here only once a year makes for a very virtual experience. but this time my granddaughter is much oder and she is very open and loving and sweet and it becomes a very different experience and a very heart warming one. I'm having a great time being with her and doing things with her and i'm learning the sweet sound of the word "safta" grandma in hebrew.
getting ready for christmas and hanukka - great time to visit.
I'm so thankful for the warm welcome i got here. I am thankful for quality time with my dranddaughter. i'm thankful for great hspitality. i'm just happy to be here.

Day 1779 - i was so tired after the lng flight that I just crushed at 8:00pm and totally forgot to blog. but' i'm here and well and so happy to see my daughter and her family.

About to take off

Day 1778 - in the airplan on my way to visit my oldest daughter and my granddaughters. It's been over a year since I last visited them. A long time indeed, too long of course but living on tge other side of the globe, my very busy schedule and the price of such tickets make it harder to do. I wish things were ifferent, that we ciuld all e on tge same side of the cean, but this is not the case and the best I can do is enjoy those precious moments we can spend together.

The end of my class

Day 1777 - CRM training today, one more lecture and imr done with the course. They still have two days to go but im flying tomorrow so I'll miss that. No biggy.

A mock presentation

Day 1776 - we had a mock seller's presentation today and sadly i didn't do it very well. But itsr all new to me and will take time to master. I know that persistance will win, and i can get better only by not being afraid to fail. So here ie am almost ready to face tge world and tey it for real. I am happy for tgis experience today, even if ie didn't do it well. I will have these kind of encounters and I'd better be ready fir that.