r u gonna make it thru today?

Check out these awesome pics and maybe find some words of wisdom along the way

http://www.scribd.com/doc/130102/beautiful-inspirational-quotes

I sent this link to a friend of mine who is going through a tough time. I have yet to hear back what she found most useful. I particularly like 13, 15, 9, 20 and 26 and the picture on 18, 25

Tell me what stikes you....

Oh, and Yael has learned some new words:
"Hi" said in just the right way with all kinds of inflection
"gehn" - it means "do it again" and is one of her favorites next to muh (which means more - drink, song, story, horsie, whaterver)
"book"
"bah" now means brother and grandPA too
Still can't get bubbe out, maybe we'll try 'Rie instead

wordlist

Once upon a time in a book or more likley an internet article somewhere, I read that toddlers are supposed to have as many verbals as their age (in months) Meaning that if Yael is lets say 18 months (for simplicity) then she should be able to say 18 meaningful words. Let's tally up shall we? First I'll make the numberd list then I'll try to fill it in.
1. Ba=ball
2. Ba= Abba (sometimes ah-ba comes out by accident
3. Ba=brother [ are we noticing the trend yet ]
4. Ba=grandpa (possibly pa?-arabs can't distinguish those vowels, try taking a cab from the American Consulate in East Jerusalem)
5. Ma= mommy {yoni's word for me was "e", a little confusing}
6. My=mine, a toddler favorite
7. Nah=No!-vigorous head shaking accompanying or sometimes not
8.Ma=more which can mean more drink, more food or another time to sing Hot Potato or the Itsy Bitsy Spider
9. Gehn=recently, this means again, as in throw me up in the air and catch me again
10. Da=dogs
11. Da=down in reference to the aforementioned dogs. these two are used simultaneously as one.
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So since I literally fell asleep in the middle of writing this post, it will have to wait for anther tinw

Stud or Dud?

Brenda wishes she were made of money, or at least that Jonathan’s money factory was a reality…

At least I only paid a reasonable $350 to find out that I could be pre-approved for a mortgage.
[Dad-I am INTENTIONALLY leaving out all the nitty-gritty details and being deliberately vague]
But I also paid another 270 and 231 for inspections to find out that there are active termite colony/ies and a million other “little” problems with our potential house Click here for the HAR listing
– money spent now so that at least I can make reasonably informed decisions in the future. I should be able to get my 1800 earnest money back – eventually - if we back out of the deal.

Stud or dud - you be the judge! Comments appreciated...

Also, all of the deposits for Jonathan and Yael's summer camp and for next year are due - some of which I thought I had already paid, but really hadn't...I still need to find the tuition money for this month and to cover the credit cards, and the ever-increasing cost of gas while I drive around all over looking at other houses so as to keep in the game. At least I know there will be money to cover the car note - I automatically deposit that money ahead of time!
Maybe I'll go back to riding the train for awhile.

And Jonathan was sent home AGAIN today! At least this time they sent home 10 out of 11 kids in his class. Guess its time for a haircut.