Everyday I learn something new living in Israel. Today was no different, but it involved the laundry. I asked Batchen to help me keep up with the kids laundry. It is a million degrees, so multiple showers each day means multiple loads of dirty laundry. The laundry here also takes much longer to do with […]
After Joshs orientation, I dropped Jim off for work and took advantage of the sitter to make my first road trip out of Tel Aviv to Ikea. It was my first time driving alone in Israel. Ikea was about a 20 minute drive from the apartment, so hoping it wouldn’t be too bad. It took […]
Our new babysitter Batchen (I’ve learned the English spelling) was watching the girls today so Jim and I could attend orientation at Josh’s new school. EMIS (Eastern Mediterranean International School) was having a meeting to explain the academics, philosophy, structure of the school and who to contact for information. When we arrived, Josh was no […]
Today was the day we met our neighbors across the hall at the apartment. I just got home on my bike with Mika and couldn’t get her buckle undone. It wasn’t fastened correctly and it was difficult to hold the bike up with her strapped in and maneuver the fastener. I rang my neighbors bell […]
Today was Sunday, a work day for Israelis and Jim. But, the girls do not have school. Most Israeli schools start the week on Sunday, but the girls are in a British school that goes Monday-Friday. This is something that will make life more complicated. We only have one full day each week when everyone […]
I started the day off at the gym and later we all went out to eat lunch. At lunch I began to receive several texts from a group message with families at our apartment building. We live in a small apartment building with 6 floors and 2 apartments on each floor. There is a mix […]
Today was a big day for us! We were going to move Josh into his new school at noon. I had a lot of mixed feelings about this. It was a good school, but I still was not happy about him being away at boarding school. Our extensive research to try to send him to […]
I headed to my newly joined gym for a run before we packed up Josh and left for the school. It was very crowded for a Saturday morning. I found a treadmill and started to program my run. I noticed right away there was an issue. The program was in HEBREW! Since most treadmills work […]
Today was our second Friday in Israel. I still can’t get used to Fridays being the weekend here. It was also the first day we could sleep in late and forget our laundry list of things we still needed to do. Many stores, restaurants and all schools close early for Shabbat. Today was also the […]
Today was the day we officially got our visas to live in Israel. We had spent weeks obtaining, preparing and mailing all our documents for the process. To apply for the visas we had to first get a new copy of our birth certificates and marriage license. The documents need to be issued within the […]