Sherah's blog

No sign of winter!!!

We are still in "summer", wearing shorts and t-shirts.  No sign of rain yet.  Maybe tomorrow, but I wouldn't bet on it.  Here there are really only two seasons summer and winter.  Summer seems to hang on for longer and longer each year.  It's nicer than the real summer though because it is cool enough to go outside and play.

One step closer...

I am moving more and more into the realm of being a full Israeli.  Today I finally went down to start the process of getting my Israeli driving license.  I have been putting it off for a very long time and I only have another half year before they make me to all the theory and driving lessons (28 at around $20 each lesson = mucho money!) to get the license.  Next step is to take a few lessons and the test.  Even without starting at the beginning it is an expensive venture.  I am just glad to be on the road to having my Israeli license in my hot little hand.  All this beaurocracy makes me nervous.  I was sick to my stomach the whole day yesterday.  I had nothing to worry about though - the woman at the licensing office was really nice and even took me (probably because of the kids) before the 4 other Americans waiting in line.  Herman went with me for moral support. 

Note - You used to be able to simply trade in your license for an Israeli one.  Now you have to take a few lessons and the test because the Russians who came to the country ruined it for the rest of us.  Turns out many of them bought their licenses without knowing how to drive.  Is there anything you can't buy in Russia???

Getting back to normal life

I'm trying out this whole blogging thing.  We'll see if I can keep up with it. 

Well, Herman is home... Yaheli and I are home... it's hot and humid! It's good to have our lives back. 

Herman was in Lebanon for 10 days.  Some days were harder than others, but overall he is doing well and very glad to be home and getting back to work.  The days that he was gone were some of the harder for me for many reasons.  The greatest thing that happened was that I was able to leave Herman in God's hands and trust that no matter what happened, it was in Gods will. 

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Here's a video of Yaheli from the first day we got back to our apartment, click on it to play.  She was so excited to be home and see all her toys again.  She is struggling now because she still isn't well and she is getting her 4 top teeth all in one shot.

So, that's it for my first test post...

Weird August???

Last night the weather man said that we are having a weird August.  It's been livable in terms of heat.  The first week I was back was hot and humid and misserable (and that was just the end of a two week heat wave they had in July).  Now the weather is tolerable (90's instead of 100's), so the weatherman called it a weird August.  Greece got downpours of rain, which is also very untypical for them.  I would love it if that rain would come our way, but I know it's unlikely.  We usually don't get rain until October or November.  It's funny because everywhere we have been this summer, there has been "unusual" weather.  We had the floods in Dallas, where it rained every day (except maybe 2) of the 6 weeks I was there.  Then there was 3 weeks of heat in Montana where tempuratures soared into the 90's and even reached 100.  The norm is low 80's in early July.  So, we have had our share of unusual weather this summer.  Here's to global warming!  I wonder what the future has in store for us. 

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings...

Well, I would be the fat lady in this case.  I am part of an ensemble called "Pausa" and we had a concert this past Tuesday which is why I haven't written much lately.  The concert went ok.  Not what I am used to in terms of being ready for a concert and preformance-wise, but it went ok.  This is the closest thing that I have to a picture that turned out. 

 

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Here are two of the songs we sang:

 

My Best Friend has returned!

Here he is:

 

Tums

My third trimester hardship has already shown up... heartburn.  It was bad at the end of my first pregnancy, but this time it has come with a vengeance.  I have had it off and on for the whole pregnancy, but in the past few weeks it's been constant.  It doesn't matter what I eat, Tums have to follow.  An old wives tale says that it means that the baby is hairy... we'll see if it's true in June!

Video Mixer

I am going to try and mix a vidoe of Yaheli's first year.  I started to play with an online video editor.  Here is the result.

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=56FE147C3B3E11DBB9CC1EE329CBD869

Two of the videos I already posted, so you have seen them before... ENJOY! 

More later

Walking

Yaheli started walking around the time that the war started here, but she decided that she didn't want to walk anymore about the time that Herman came home from the army.  FUNNY GIRL!  We have no idea why she went backwards... maybe because of all the changes going on around her... or the fact that she wanted to be Daddy's baby again... or her four front teeth started to come in and she was too occupied by the pain... or she just didn't want to.  The past couple of days she decided to start taking steps again, which is exciting all over again for me.  Here's a video of her walking from around a month ago...

 

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