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Getting Back into the Swing of Things (again)…

Adiel — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:43:18 +0000

This shabbos was spent by Esther’s mom in the Lower East Side. After all the hectic running around for the shalom, zachor, vacht nacht, bris, and the family’s general needs – we got to catch our breath. My MIL did all the footwork for shabbos, so all we had to do was show up and eat.
Shaina for some reason was not comfortable with her surroundings and did not ‘go gently into that good night’ when it was bedtime. But we came home tonight (motzei shabbos) and let her poof in her own bed.
Mommy and baby boy Yaakov are doing well.
I’m trying to figure out why the links on the right hand side of this blog don’t work….

Gut vuch!

Sorry We’ve been MIA

Esther — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:18:10 +0000

Anyone on Facebook can follow things we’re doing and look at pictures…but we hope to post again soon!

Â Have a good Shabbos:

I thought this was funny

Adiel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:56:26 +0000

enjoy!

Some updates:

Esther — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:30:28 +0000

First of all Shaina is 10 months old!! Unbelievable! She has one tooth on the bottom and more coming up soon. She LOVES to eat pretty much anything we give her, usually she has cereal and yogurt for breakfast, then a bottle, then veggies /fruit and a carb for lunch and also later for dinner. Carbs she likes are bread, pasta, rice cakes, cereal. She likes most veggies and fruit too. And cheese if she didn’t have a morning yogurt.

She is getting bigger and more delicious. Crawls all over babbling her head off and loves to play with toys. She loves the wires in our room and constantly makes it through obstacles to get there! She also gets insulted if we leave her in her crib and starts crying the minute we walk out!

We went too visit our friend Julie (and Adiel had to fix their computer) and her yummy kids Alex and Ezra. Shaina and Alex had fun noshing cheerios off the floor and do you know that Shaina loved their dog, Carlos (even though Mommy was a little scared of him)Â Here’s an adorable video of her making her way to touch Carlos (probably thinks he’s a big toy). You can skip to the end if it gets a little boring.

Thanksgiving we are going to be Shaina-less for the first time since she came into our family. Well overnight anyway. Bubby Price has so graciously offered to baby-sit so we are leaving her there early Thursday and spending the day in the city. Going to check out the parade, maybe a show and a few other nice things. And of course good food from yummy restaurants! We got an unbelievable deal on Priceline for the Millenium Broadway -Â only $115! That’s a third of the price for a pretty nice hotel in a great location. Anyway, we are quite excited though our hearts will definitley be with our baby.

Here’s a video of Shaina ‘driving’ in her new used car. Wish we could buy a used car for $5. Watch out – lady driver!

A Visit to the Shadchan

Adiel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:15:48 +0000

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!

Tonight guess what we are going to be having?

Esther — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:37:31 +0000

Shalom Bayis cholent. Yum . I love Fall / Winter Shabbosim, there’s something oh so cozy about them.

Help us decide!

Esther — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:46:01 +0000

Proofs (the email type) came in from Aharon’s wedding. They’re gorgeous! Over 1200 high quality pictures and nothing was left out. Anyway, there were 4 nice shots of the Lejbovitz family — help us decide which one is best.