Esther & Adiel's Blog » Shtark http://adiel.com Building a Bayis Ne'eman Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 ITS A BOY!! http://adiel.com/2009/03/19/its-a-boy/ http://adiel.com/2009/03/19/its-a-boy/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:25:05 +0000 Esther http://adiel.com/2009/03/19/its-a-boy/ img_2724.JPGI can’t believe Adiel didnt post this yet…I guess Facebook and H.com take precedence over adiel.com!!

B”H our little prince was born Tuesday morning at 6:39.

We’re all doing well and are home.

Shalom zachar and Bris are in Far Rockaway, stay tuned for details!

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Not such an awesome pic but the only one with the three of us. Can you guess our theme?

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]]> http://adiel.com/2009/03/12/purim-2009/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Shaina Nechama! http://adiel.com/2009/01/12/happy-birthday-shaina-nechama/ http://adiel.com/2009/01/12/happy-birthday-shaina-nechama/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:23:43 +0000 Esther http://adiel.com/2009/01/12/happy-birthday-shaina-nechama/

Can you believe it’s been an entire (secular) year that Shaina Nechama entererd this world and brought our family so much joy. What an amazing year it’s been, sleepless nights and all. Thank You Hashem for this incredible Bracha you’ve given us, please continue to watch over our family and shine your good on us. And to you, our little Shaina’la, may you have many, many more happy years to come.  We love you!! Enjoy your birthday cupcake!

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Chanukah started off with a big BANG!

The Shabbos before was snowy but inside was warm with friendship  and fun at the Langsners, just a few minutes away in Bayswater. Besides for a nice midnight wake-up on Shabbos morning (Shaina thought it was so fun to wake up in the middle of the night), we had a great time shmoozing and eating. Motzai Shabbos I went out with Rochie to Target (so crowded you couldn’t get a cart) and bought some gifts and other essentials. Then we went to Coffee Bar and ate some yummy French Onion soup, fettuchini alfredo and chef salad. What fun it was to have girls night out, haven’t done that in forever!

Sunday was erev Chanukah. The day started with pouring rain, great reason to stay inside and do something differnet and chanukah-dik. What could I make to bring to the two parties that was somewhat differnet and original? Hmmm…a daring part of me said why not try to make sufganiyot! So, I googled an easy pareve recipe, and found this one which was actually for miniatures. Despite the fact that it was  somewhat of a patchke, I did it and it came out fantastic!! It was a hit at the parties and none were left. Lemme tell you, if I can do it ANYONE can and I actually got more than 50 mini-donuts.

In between waiting for the dough to rise, I polished and set up the menorah. We had to make the area baby-proof so we did a little rearranging with the rocking chair and cabinet. I also gave Shaina a bath and a nap so she’d be awake for all the parties. Adiel came home, lit chanukah licht and we all sang and sat and enjoyed watching the candles burn together. We also gave out presents, Adiel got me gorgeous earrings from Macys, I got him a wallet and we gave Shaina a little peoples car (actually something we got as a baby gift from cousin Devorah a few months back). She really played with it! She was also especially enamored by the dancing light. Thank you Hashem for giving me a wonderful family to enjoy this time with; the memories of wishful thinking chanukahs are very clear in my mind!

We finished getting dressed  up and off we went to Flatbush, where not one but TWO chanukah parties were taking place! First we stopped at the Langsners who never fail to invite us into their homes and lives as if we were family.  The first thing that hit me was their warm living room — they had a fire place going! How cozy and warm! They also had a gorgeous and delicious milchig spread, from baked ziti to three different types of latkes to coins, fruit and sufganiyot for desert. Shaina enjoyed the latkes a lot and looked all yummy and cute!  We stayed and atefor half hour and Mrs. Langsner (Bubby) even gave Shaina gift. How wonderful!

Then, it was off to the next party, the Price one at Aunt Suri and Uncle Meir. Even though it was 7:30, we got there before a bunch of cousins and sibs. At about 8 almost everyone was there. And was a party it was! Gorgeous display — everyone got their own cookie with their name on it as a name card, and the kids table had a coloring chanukah tablecloth! There were about 8 chafing dishes with different delicious fleishig dishes; different kinds of chicken, latkes, wontons, meat knishes, etc. Plus salads and homemade garlic bread! Wow, you could tell how hard she worked on it. It was one of the nicest family parties I can remember! In all, 6 of marrieds were there with spouse and kids, plus Moish, Yitzy and ‘the adults’, plus a cousin from the other  side. When did we all get so big, WE used to be the kids and now most of us are toting our own!? How cute that all the babies that we were pregnant with last year were crawling around in the corner together and the older ones were reuniting. Good food, music, lots of space (she did it upstairs in her ’simcha hall), loved ones together, shmoozing and laughing, lots of pictures taken (at one point we took Basy’s by mistake), what more could you want at a family Chanukah party? A fantastic game that Zevi and Chevi made up. I never saw such a cute thing – it  was Othello in teams done on a checkerboard with SANDWICH COOKIES as the pieces! How cute! The teams were divided up and everyone really got into it, from the little ones who had to answer what letters were on the dreidel, to the lumdish ones of how tall a Menorah could be, there was a question for all  levels and types. The game got somewhat derailed when the Koster kids started turning over whichever cookies they wanted to,  but everyone had a blast anyway and a chance to answer a question. Homemade sorbet for desert along with my yummy sufganiyot and there was even a minyan  for maariv! Shaina  ate more latkes, and thoroughly enjoyed her first night of Chanukah. THanks so much for all the hard work that all the party makers put into the wonderful enjoyable parties! Pics to come on Facebook soon. They’re just a pain to upload here, but maybe I’ll do a couple too.

Today and tomorrow are chilled out,  just nice dinners with the three of us.  Wed night we head to the LES for the UJC Chanukah Chagigah and more time with Bubby and the Kosters. We’ll be there till Motzai Shabbos IYH and look forward to doing some cool Chanukah stuff in the city on Thursday.

Happy Chanukah all!

]]> http://adiel.com/2008/12/22/happy-chanukah/feed/ 5 A Visit to the Shadchan http://adiel.com/2008/11/12/a-visit-to-the-shadchan/ http://adiel.com/2008/11/12/a-visit-to-the-shadchan/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:15:48 +0000 Adiel http://adiel.com/2008/11/12/a-visit-to-the-shadchan/ As I was driving to a customer in back Lawrence tonight, I was thinking of some of my single friends who are around my age (32) and what they’re up to etc. As I was letting my thoughts flow from one to another, I started thinking about Moshe Kanovsky. You may have heard of that name here before. He was a friend of mine who jumped from the Empire State Building on April 13, 2007. He had a very sad situation. Living alone, working as a lawyer which didn’t really interest him, away from a split home, no money, no love, and getting older each day. Imagine going to a job you don’t like, and then coming to an empty home all alone, and then looking at a bank account which is empty, and trying to figure out who your real friends are and why girls aren’t liking you. Moshe had it hard. Some people say he jumped because the medicine made him do it. Or that his depressed state kicked in some bipolar function and that he didn’t even know he was jumping…I say we have to fear the worst. Those might be the real reasons. But what if he jumped because there was no love in his life? What if it was because he hadn’t socialized with any family or friends for 3 days straight? no phone calls, no emails, no dates. As human beings, we need to feel loved and interact with our surroundings. We need to know that other people out there are thinking about us.

When I was single and living alone in a cold basement in Flatbush, I would be excited to get a *phone call*. Even if it was a customer. And to get invited for a meal on Shabbos? Whoa. it doesn’t cost them much to throw another potato in the kugel and leg of chicken in a pan of duck sauce (yum) – but it made me feel like wow. Do you know how good it feels to be the recipient of someones attention? Of course you do because you get it all the time. But do you also give it?

Being married for almost 2+1/2 years now, I must say it’s great to come home to someone who keeps the house ‘alive’ and says hello when she see’s you. My house is clean, the lights are on, dinner is ready, baby is sleeping (I come home late), and Esther asks me about my day.

Shouldn’t everyone get that?

So I drove over to my local shadchan who has been pestering me for my list of guys. We spent about an hour going over the list of 15 guys I gave her. They were all pretty solid guys. She said that she met at least 5 of them from other singles events. Some guys date for the sport of it. But the rest were a good catch. She wouldn’t take any of the names from the single girls list I had. Esther has a bunch of really good single friends and I know at least 3 girls that I’ve gone out with (some are older than myself) that are still on the market.

Anyway, I hope that none of these singles feel the pain that Moshe Kanovsky felt in his life. Maybe giving their names to a shadchan was wrong because now they’ll be solicited and pestered. Or maybe the pestering of a shadchan will give them drive to continue in their efforts to find love and grow their happiness.

There will be no more lonely people…..

BTW – You should be having guests at your Shabbos table every week! invite singles from both genders and let people naturally socialize. Even if you end up with one or two guests from the same gender, they’ll feel the happiness of being invited to your home/shabbos table. Don’t forget to call your family once a week!

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To celebrate her birthday, guess what Shaina started doing!?

She is officially creeping and crawling! Go Shaina and we  better watch out!

]]> http://adiel.com/2008/10/13/happy-9-months-shaina/feed/ 1 Challah for Shabbos and Rosh Hashana http://adiel.com/2008/09/26/challah-for-shabbos-and-rosh-hashana/ http://adiel.com/2008/09/26/challah-for-shabbos-and-rosh-hashana/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:10:07 +0000 Esther http://adiel.com/2008/09/26/challah-for-shabbos-and-rosh-hashana/ Adiel and I did a joint effort of making the dough (me), rolling it out (him), braiding it (me) and maknig the fancy woven round ones (both of us). Aren’t they gorgeous? The R”H ones have sugar on top instead of sesame seeds!

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After:

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