new eyewear

September 5th, 2008

after many years, my eye exam came up with a different result. too bad it was for the worse. So, new prescription which also means new frames - ouch! However, I refused to go the bifocal route. I’ll just extend my arms when needed :)

So far, they are giving me a headache though far things do seem sharper and everything seems brighter. Maybe due to plastic instead of glass lens?

obviously I need my niece Rayzel to visit me

July 13th, 2008

here are a few more photos from the condo unit.

Wedding in Israel of my niece Henna Gittle

June 27th, 2008

Shimon Leibovitz took photos,

http://nhgwed.hub.io/

With Nissan approaching

April 3rd, 2008

Have a very Leggo Pesach :)

There are some places one should not even think of robbing

March 26th, 2008

http://view.break.com/473917

loose leaf veggies

February 28th, 2008

Past month or so, the fresh lettuce and flat spinach have been bug free. In fact, even dirt free almost. Only 1 small flying bug the past few weeks and not sure that it came from the lettuce.

the Lunar Eclipse

February 21st, 2008

Actually had a pretty good view, the clouds went away about 1/2 before the action.

Usually I have a good view of the Moon from the porch area, last night I went outside a few times to be in a darker area to watch.

I didn’t see the action from the start, I got to it after the Moon was in shadow (I misread the times - didn’t realize 7p was when shadow finished). The color seemed to me kind of dull orange , eventually turning to grey.  It was really neat watching the Moon get out of the shadow - the bright white getting larger and larger.

all my siblings and first cousins are now officially old :-)

January 27th, 2008

In case you have not heard,

Annie Fialkoff Rosen, who is the last of our generation, and Michael’s daughter Nechama got engaged last week. Rumor has it the wedding will be April 01 in Lakewood.

Maybe we can all crash at Tvi Hirsh & Rayzel’s :-)

Traveling Plans to East Coast

January 15th, 2008

I plan to head East at the beginning of Feb.

My only planned time in the NYC area is my layover times at Newark Airport traveling from Seattle to Norfolk on Friday (for Shabos) and on Monday upon my return from Baltimore (where i plan to be Sunday afternoon).

Mishnayis Learning List for 2007

October 22nd, 2007

As of Oct 29 , 6:39p Pacific Time here is what I have:

mesechta perakym who
> Baba Kama 1-5---> LY & Rayzel
> Baba Kama 6-10
---> LY & Rayzel
> Baba Meziya 1-5---> Eliezer
> Baba Meziya 6-10
---> Leiby
> Baba Basra 1-5
---> Chaim Ozer …done…
> Baba Basra 6-10
---> Chaim Ozer …done…
> Sanheidryn 1-3 ---> Eliyahu
> Sanheidryn 4-7
---> Eliyahu
> Sanheidryn 8-10
---> M.M.
> Makos
---> M.M.
> Shavoos 1-4
---> MosheDon
> Shavoos 5-8 ---> MosheDon
> Edyot 1-4 ---> Moshe Becker
> Edyot 5-8 ---> Moshe Becker
> Avoda Zara---> Sender
> Avos 1-3
---> Josh …done…
> Avos 4-6 ---> Tzvi Hirsh
> Hooryos
---> R.P. …done…

Date to finish is: night of Nov 29th