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This is a journal of what I see, what I think and what I feel.Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-71070084661945676982015-10-29T15:41:00.004+02:002015-10-29T15:42:48.777+02:00Family Sukkah Project 2015I realized this year that I've been labeling each year "Sukkot 20XX"... and it dawned on me that all I needed was the year. After all, it's not like we're doing the hand prints on a sukkah panel on Pesach, right?<br />
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This year, we were honored and thrilled to add a new hand print, from our newest grandson, Otniel. It was also fun to see how the hand prints have been growing on my two boys, and on our three year old grandson.<br />
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This year, we did the other half of the sky. It's above me, partially hidden by the schach.<br />
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To see all the previous years, have a look <a href="http://yeshasettler.blogspot.co.il/search/label/family%20sukkah%20project" target="_blank">right here</a>.Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-69805033389617068152015-04-19T15:20:00.000+03:002015-04-19T15:20:22.539+03:00Pesach Vacation PhotosWe decided that heading to the Negev would be a less crowded option for a family day trip. Plus my husband and I wanted to do some first-time astrophotography.<br />
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We first went to Talmei Yosef to a moshav there that's a farm. We got to pick purple, white, and orange carrots, a score of different types of cherry tomatoes, scotch bonnet hot peppers, and tiny cucumbers. They also have homing pigeons the kids got to release.<br />
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Afterwards we went to the Alpaca (and llama) farm, where were saw a shearing demo, we got to feed the llamas and alpacas, the boys rode a llama and a donkey, my daughter and I bought some knitted items made from alpaca wool, and we really had a nice time. The place was nicely kept, the people working there were so nice and courteous, and the place wasn't overly crowded.<br />
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Then we drove over the Ramon Crater for some astronomy and astrophotography.</div>
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Jupiter and Venus were of course bright in the night sky. Orion and the Big Dipper were easy to spot, as were the Pleiades. My husband and I tried our first attempt at dark sky photography, and it was not too bad for a first attempt.</div>
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The bright dot towards the bottom is Venus and the cluster of stars to her "2 o'clock" are the Pleiades.Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-27609283460662351842014-10-08T10:44:00.002+03:002014-10-08T10:44:38.514+03:00Family Sukkah Project 2014This year I was outvoted on extending the sky on the other half of the panel and we did two-handed 'butterflies' instead. It didn't help that I had bought tubes of new colors and took them out. I think once everyone saw the cranberry, bright yellow, and purple... well...<div>
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I noticed that this year, my two-year old grandson's hand prints were the same size as my youngest son's when he was 1 1/2. This is one of the special things about this project.</div>
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<a href="http://yeshasettler.blogspot.co.il/2010/09/our-sukkah.html" target="_blank">Sukkot, 2010 - Our first year doing this</a></div>
Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-56699749622242312222014-06-11T17:02:00.001+03:002014-06-11T17:02:39.529+03:00Arts and craftsThis is another photo post, but it's not about 52 Frames for a change :) This time is to show off a really cute Lag b'Omer-themed craft my 7 year old did in school.<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-34812063794330563602014-05-06T09:54:00.004+03:002014-05-06T09:55:30.840+03:00The viewThere's a method of photography called tilt-shift, where the photograph of a wide view (usually a city- or landscape) is made to look like it's actually a photograph of a miniature model. The process went from needing to use a specific type of camera, to needing a specific type of lens, to today, where thanks to digital photography, the effect can be 'faked' in photo editing programs.<br />
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A couple weeks ago, the theme for 52 Frames was "Focus" and I took the opportunity to try my hand at the photo editing process for tilt-shift. The view is taken on a pedestrian walkway in Petach Tikvah near Beilenson Hospital and it's looking towards Tel Aviv. (Click on it to get a better view).<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-82431395166262274762014-05-06T09:40:00.000+03:002014-05-06T09:40:52.157+03:00Another 52 Frames postI need to be better about posting the photos each week.<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-33944599042525944832014-03-17T08:41:00.000+02:002014-03-17T08:51:52.497+02:00Forgot a week!Last week's theme of "Hidden"<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-10905872831730304522014-03-17T08:34:00.000+02:002014-03-17T08:42:24.377+02:0052 Frames and to London, to LondonIn a few hours from now, my daughter and I are off for a week-long London vacation. It was prompted mostly by the fact that there will be a 52 Frames exhibit at a London gallery and we're having photos featured there/for sale.<br />
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This is our first time going to London and we're really excited.<br />
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Here is my submission for the theme "Home":<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-39444909324705118262014-02-25T12:44:00.003+02:002014-02-25T12:44:50.214+02:0052 FramesHere is my submission for the theme of "reflection":<br />
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And here is my submission for the theme of "action". The game is Settlers of Catan.<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-9924872969570135472014-02-10T20:25:00.003+02:002014-02-25T12:45:08.000+02:0052 Frames - Senses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-68949864376412874682014-02-06T07:36:00.000+02:002014-02-06T07:36:15.739+02:0052 Frames, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Black and White</div>
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These were several submissions of mine that I made over the past year. Gearing up for the new year!</div>
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Pigeons in Petach Tikvah</div>
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Nesher cement factory at sunset</div>
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Fish pond in Ariel</div>
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Bread at Shuk Machaneh Yehuda, Jerusalem</div>
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Fighting a wildfire in Ariel</div>
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Building new homes in Ariel</div>
<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-34330027944471734342013-11-21T10:57:00.001+02:002013-11-21T10:58:19.858+02:00Non-potato latkes<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some alternative recipes to try for Chanukah! (And these are all tried-and-true. One year I made a Greek-themed medieval Chanukah feast for our SCA group.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Onion Fritters</b><br />1/2 kg (aprox. 1 lb) onions finely diced<br />1/2 kg flour<br />Fresh spearmint<br />Oil for frying<br />Salt<br />Pepper<br />In a bowl, mix well the onions, spearmint, flour, salt and pepper. Add enough water to make a thick batter. Heat oil in a frying pan. Drop teaspoons of batter into the oil. Fry until golden brown. Drain the fritters well and serve hot.<br /><br /><b>Aubergine croquettes (Eggplant)</b><br />aubergines (enough to make at least 2 cups of aubergine pulp)<br />2 eggs<br />Bread crumb<br />1/2 cup grated cheese (kefalograviera or parmesan)<br />1 small onion, chopped<br />1/2 cup chopped parsley<br />Flour for coating<br />1 tspn baking powder<br />Salt<br />Pepper<br />Wash the aubergines and pierce them in several places. Boil them in salted water until tender. Drain them well, peel of their skin, remove seeds and mash them well until they become a pulp. Place in a bowl. Beat the eggs with a fork and mix with the pulp. Add the bread crumb, 1 tspn baking powder, chopped onion and parsley. Work the mixture until all ingredients are unified. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired. If the mixture is very soft and not thick enough add more bread crumb or some flour. Shape the mixture into croquettes or balls, dredge flour over them and fry until brown.<br />Tip: To soften the aubergines you can bake them for an hour in 190 C, if you prefer<br /><br /><b>Courgette balls (Zucchini)</b><br />1 kg (2.2 lbs) courgettes<br />1/2 tea cup grated cheese<br />200 gr grated feta cheese<br />3 eggs<br />spearmint<br />salt<br />pepper<br />flour for dredging<br />Olive oil for frying<br />Wash the courgettes and cut off their ends. Grate them and squeeze them to remove their liquid. Soak the bread crumbs and drain them. Beat the eggs. In a bowl mix the grated courgettes with the grated cheese, the grated feta cheese, the bread crumbs and the beaten eggs. Add salt, pepper and spearmint. Shape the mixture into balls. Flour the balls and fry them in olive oil until they take brown color.<br /><br /><br /><b>Santorinian Tomato Rissoles</b><br />* 500 gr. tomatoes, rinsed and dried<br />2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped (not grated)<br />1/4 teaspoon paprika<br />salt and black pepper<br />1 teacup fresh spearmint, finely chopped<br />2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped<br />1 tablespoon olive oil 150 grams self-raising flour<br />sunflower oil, for frying<br />Put the rinsed and dried tomatoes whole into a large bowl. Squeeze and manipulate them with the hands, until they turn into a pulpy substance. This is the only way to do it as you need the skins to give some substance. Next, mix all the ingredients together, apart from the flour. Add enough flour gradually to make a thickish but moist paste. You will probably not need all the flour. The mixture can now wait until it is time to be cooked and eaten. Put about 2.5 cm oil in a large frying pan. When the oil is hot, but not smoking, drop in tablespoons of the mixture and fry, turning the rissoles over once, until lightly golden all over. Serve immediately.<br /><br />*(I use peeled, whole, canned tomatoes and crush them between my fingers and just use more flour. I don't like the texture of the peel once the tomatoes are smashed).<br /><br /><b>Delicious yogurt dip to go with the above latkes</b><br />1/2 kilo (1 lb) strained yoghurt (I use a good quality goat yogurt)<br />1 cucumber<br />4 garlic cloves (more makes it with stronger taste)<br />salt<br />oil<br />vinegar<br />Grate the garlic and mix it with salt and vinegar. Peel the cucumber, grate it and squeeze it until all its water is removed. Put the yoghurt into a bowl and add the cucumber into it. Then mix the yoghurt with the mixture of grated garlic. Whiz the content until all the ingredients are well mixed. Add some oil. Yoghurt dip can be served in a normal temperature but it is rather preferred cold.<br />Variation: substitute chopped dill for the cucumber or garlic.</span></span>Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-79034006750689150012013-09-18T08:30:00.001+03:002013-10-03T08:29:37.591+03:00Family Sukkah ProjectBli Ayin Harah, we're now in our fourth year :)<br />
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This year we did orange flower hand prints to add to the mosaic.<br />
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For the time being, all I did was thinly slice apples with my mandolin and cook them in a bit of water, cinnamon, and sugar. Unfortunately cooking them muted the red peel of the apples, so I'm going to have to rethink that. Also, working with wet apple slices was kind of hit and miss.<br />
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I cut thin strips of ready-made puff pastry dough I defrosted (French pastry dough will work too) and then layered the slices of apple along the dough, with the peel on top, sticking over the dough. You want to make sure to overlap the slices.<br />
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You'll also want to make sure the dough is really cold. I kept it in the freezer while a assembled each rose.<br />
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Once they've been rolled, I put them on a cookie sheet covered in baking parchment, sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on top and baked it for about 10 minutes.<br />
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I think my next try, I'll bake it in a pie tin and put a simple syrup of honey, cinnamon and walnuts between the pieces...Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-38822378455750787682013-07-29T20:35:00.002+03:002013-07-29T20:35:50.470+03:00Meatball-stuffed garlic monkey bread<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666668891906738px; line-height: 15.989585876464844px; padding: 0px;">
It's a bit of a to-do because you have to make the dough, season the chopped meat, make the meatballs, wrap them in dough and make the marinara sauce.</div>
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Of course if you don't particularly care about buying processed foods and ready-made foods straight out of the freezer, I've seen the quick and easy version of this on Pinterest with: Buy some kind of frozen Pillsbury dough, buy frozen cocktail meatballs at Costco, and pop open a jar of your favorite sauce.</div>
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The dough I made for this is the onion rolls recipe from The Secret of Challah. Obviously the filling are meatballs instead of onions.</div>
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2 teaspoons salt</div>
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2 tablespoons oil</div>
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Mix together the dry ingredients. Then add the wet and knead for about 5 minutes, until all the ingredients are incorporated. Then cover the bowl and let it rise for about an hour or until it's doubled in size.</div>
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1/2 kilo (about 1 pound) of chopped meat (chicken, turkey, and lamb will do as well)</div>
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Spices - I used garlic powder, black pepper, and oregano</div>
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Mix and make into golfball-sized meatballs.</div>
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About 4 generous tablespoons of minced garlic</div>
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Take a piece of dough (a little bigger than a golfball size) and flatten it like you're making pizza. Wrap it around the meatball and pinch the ends closed. Place in a 9x13 baking dish.</div>
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Once the bottom is loosely filled (you want the dough to barely be touching), spoon some of the garlic mixture on top. Then add the next layer of dough balls. Pour the remaining garlic mixture over the top.</div>
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Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-53976199365500710932013-07-22T08:25:00.001+03:002013-07-22T08:25:06.499+03:00Some humorI'm part of a Facebook project called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fiftytwoframes" target="_blank">Fifty-two Frames</a> which is a year-long photography project. Each week is a different theme and you have to take the submitted photo within that week.<br />
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This past week's theme was anthropomorphism/personification. For those not familiar with the terms (and are too lazy to Google it), anthropomorphism is basically seeing humanity in objects or animals. If you click on the link for the Fifty-two Frames FB group, you'll be able to see the whole album and get a pretty good idea of what I mean.<br />
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My submission was a bit of a spoof on the home birth/water birth photos that tend to be popular these days. This is the photo I submitted:<br />
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And here are the rest of the photos in the 'home birth' series:<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-7471057991777798562013-07-03T12:32:00.000+03:002013-07-03T12:32:49.394+03:00Politics at prayerSo this whole Women of the Wall (WOW), Women for the Wall (W4W) bruhaha... the vitriol going back and forth is an embarrassing chillul Hashem in my opinion.<br />
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I don't completely agree with WOW, but I agree with W4W even less. Their 'my way is the only way' is arrogant to say the least.<br />
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One of the things that annoys me about W4W is they seem to be ignoring what they claim to be the main goal of their mission statement. (I underlined it for emphasis)<br />
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If their ultimate goal is to make a woman's experience to be as meaningful as possible and they will do 'whatever possible' to achieve experiencing this profound connection to God, then why does it seem the only thing they manage to do is try to prevent women from that experience?<br />
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The group will be protesting at their third Rosh Chodesh davening at the Kotel in a few days. I have yet to read anything about W4W talking to the various Kotel 'authorities' to advocate say, enlarging the women's section. Or finally moving that unsightly ramp up to Har haBayit. Or any number of things.. BEYOND trying to get WOW banned from the Kotel proper.Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-11211793550498657432013-06-28T14:00:00.000+03:002013-06-30T07:12:55.201+03:00Spiritual bakingThis was something I had written 5 years ago. Not sure what was stressing me out so badly around then though...<br />
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The sifting of the flour, adding the ingredients (although I don't take it as
far as some I've read about who sing and dance as they go, reciting Tehillim
and such), the mixing... I use this time to.. well, as Lt. Lenina Huxley said,
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Apparently more than I thought because as I looked down into this huge bowl of
dough I totally lost it. For about 5 minutes I stood there bawling my eyes out
as I released the stress of the past few weeks. When I finally calmed down
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I divided the dough into 6 parts, each one to be divided into strands for
braiding. The first one, as I rolled the strands, was dedicated to just
thanking HaKadosh Baruch Hu for everything. </div>
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The second was dedicated to asking Hashem to help people I know realize their
dream of becoming parents either for the first time or again. Two strands were
dedicated to two specific couples I know and the other two were dedicated to
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The third and fourth were dedicated to those who needed healing - physical,
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The fifth was dedicated to my children. </div>
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And the final one was for my husband and myself. </div>
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I wonder if it will taste different this week..."<br />
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This week instead of making six loaves, I made 4, and a batch of garlic knot monkey bread.<br />
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-73762770356736337312013-05-01T15:27:00.001+03:002013-05-01T15:27:32.407+03:00Going backIn December, a couple with four children moved to Ariel from Australia. The children were 9, 7, 4, and 3 (or thereabouts) and they moved just a few houses down from us. The 4-year old was placed in my 4-year old's pre-school class and we all became very fast, very good friends. We would often see one another at drop-off and more often than not, we'd meet at pick-up and lately, since the weather got nicer, we'd hang out at the nearby playground to let the kids let off steam.<br />
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The two 4-year olds, the 3-year old and another 3-year old Anglo have become near inseparable.<br />
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Which is why, when they told us of their decision to return to Australia, I was heartbroken. And I know my 4-year old is going to miss his best mates terribly.<br />
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I came up with this idea for a going away present for them: a t-shirt with the Ariel logo on it (readily available since kids need it for assembly) and then I had the Anglo kids who were closest friends with the Australian kids put their hand prints on the t-shirt in paint. Then I wrote their names in permanent marker. The plan is, once they get settled back in Australia, they'll frame it and hang it.<br />
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To the Chelom Family,</div>
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while you were only here for a little while, your leaving puts a big hole in our lives and in our hearts.</div>
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We hope you'll return one day soon, and until then, we wish you the best in Mazal, Simcha, and Bri'ut.</div>
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<br />Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-24101905963750074372012-12-16T13:57:00.000+02:002012-12-16T13:57:10.701+02:00Chinuch vs. Shalom BayitThis past Shabbat we had my daughter, son-in-law (SIL) and grandson over. When it came time to prepare the chanukoyot for lighting on Friday, my unmarried daughter and I saw that my SIL had prepared his incorrectly, so my daughter switched things around. When it came time to light, my SIL switched it back the way he had it and lit and then proceeded to tell up for the next 15 minutes that HIS way is correct, our's is wrong and that he had 4 different rabbis tell him his way is the way to do it.<br />
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Apparently he did the same thing last year when they spent Shabbat Chanukah with us and slept (and lit chanukiyah) by friends' of ours. And he did the same thing when he was over at my ex-husband's house.<br />
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My married daughter, I assume in an effort to keep the peace in her house, simply says that there are different ways to do it. And despite MULTIPLE people (and different people on different occasions) telling my SIL HE is doing it incorrectly, he insists he's doing it the right way and everyone else is wrong.<br />
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For the record, the proper way to set up and light a chanukiyah is facing you, start at the extreme right for day one. On day two, you prepare the two candles from extreme right to the left, but light from the left to the right. And you carry that pattern through the 8 days. My SIL does the exact opposite - starts preparing from the extreme left and goes to the right (I didn't see which direction he lights from).<br />
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So... where do I go from here? Their son is going to learn the right way and then get 'corrected' by his father... and we're talking fulfilling a Halachic obligation here. It's like putting Tefillin on wrong or hanging a mezzuzah wrong... if the execution isn't right, it's like you've never done it.Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-20124475701109863632012-11-19T15:10:00.001+02:002012-11-19T15:10:09.410+02:00Our bomb shelter<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a-_QSIJMcOo" width="420"></iframe>Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30093528.post-44862667111644345232012-10-17T17:09:00.001+02:002012-10-17T17:09:07.941+02:00Chewy granola bars<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a delicious somewhat healthy snack...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chewy granola bars</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 cup butter or margarine (oil also works quite well)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup brown sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 cup sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2 T. honey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 tsp PURE vanilla extract</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 egg</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup flour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tsp cinnamon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 tsp baking powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 tsp salt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/2 cup oats</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/4 cup crisp rice cereal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup chopped nuts*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup chocolate chips or raisins*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Add honey, vanilla, and egg. Mix well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Combine flour,cinnamon, baking powder and salt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gradually add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stir in oats, cereal, nuts, an chocolate chips. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Press into a greased 9x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until top is lightly browned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yield: 2 dozen bars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> * I use 2/3 cups chocolate chips, 2/3 cups chopped craisins and 2/3 cups almond slivers. Feel free to use whatever you want.</span></div>
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That smudge of green, third from the left is my grandson's 'hand print'.<br />
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Wonder what next year will bring?Pesky Settlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077745747562609723noreply@blogger.com1