Shabbos we spent with the Langsners…it was wonderful spending time with Rabbi and Mrs. and Pinny, Shaindy, Rochie and Shabsy. We were up till 1 Am shmoozing. Shabbos day we went to a kiddush of my cousin MIril’s baby girl. They live 10 blocks away, and we surprised everyone except my aunt. THe kiddush was fun and the meal was really nice, we saw a lot of cousins and other friends we hadn’t seen in a while. Best thing about a kiddush meal — very few speeches 
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Today, we went to Yossi S’s son’s bris in Passaic. Nice to have a simcha to start the morning and the week and nice to have a big brunch too . Then we went to visit Uncle Yehuda in the hospital, Columbia. Baruch Hashem he looks relatively well and is recovering nicely, and we had a wonderful time visitng with him. He really inspired us as he told us about the heart failure that was plauging him the past 5 years, and how it really got much worse over the last 1.5 years, and even more so over the last few months. According to him, he felt he had 3 months left to live!! B”H, he was able to get the heart transplant and the surgery was a success. It was amazing to hear about what was going through his mind as he was wheeled into surgery and then after when he b’h awoke. He still needs our tefillos as infections are very common and dangerous with a post-transplanted patient. Please keep Yehuda Aryeh ben Shaindel in your tefilos, he is still considered a ‘choleh sheyesh bo sakana’ until hearing otherwise.
Now, I’m putting together cooking and baking lists for Rosh Hashana as well as shopping, cleaning and ‘to do’ lists. Lists are more fun than real work . We’re IYH going to be home for the holiday, with very special company, Mommy and the boys. We’re splitting up cooking, and going out a couple of meals, but there’s still a lot that needs to be done. More on that to come soon…