Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Monday, September 5, 2016

Mortgage Monday: Labor Day Labor

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While I don’t have work today the ironic thing about this Labor Day is that there is work being done at the house. It seems as though ...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

The Last Words Of The Seder

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This was the first time we saw the Jaffe Gate in Jerusalem in June 2009.  The Passover holiday seems to have snuck up on me this year. ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Purim Hangover

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Given all that has happened over the past month and the reminders that I feel every morning, the joy of Purim was a welcomed respite f...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Good Enough For Today

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This is always an interesting time of year. It doesn’t really matter where you are or what you do for a living, you quickly find out wh...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

TMI Tuesday: Holiday Hangover

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Having spent the last week and a half at home with my wife, it was quite the change yesterday when we put our son in the car and had hi...
Friday, January 1, 2016

Firearms Friday: The First Resolution

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This will not be one of thee guns taken to the range! Of the many plans that I made for the past year (and the years prior) one of the ...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Reindeer Down!

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The Christmas decorations around town are quite festive and are pretty understated compared to those that I am used to encountering aro...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Time To Party: Part I

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Last weekend, after a long day at the lodge blood drive and only spending a couple of hours at home, I took a short walk through the wo...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

It’s Official, We’re Exotic Now!

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Maybe this is what we will put on the doors next year... One of the interesting things that we are finding in the new area where we hav...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Prayers, Candles, and Presents

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A couple of nights ago we started Hanukkah a little early. Over the last month we had bought a few too many toys for our son so we figu...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Holiday Shopping

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Because I haven’t had enough to do lately, I have also been looking around and taking care of some holiday shopping. In addition to the...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

A Different Thanksgiving

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There is a lot to be thankful for this year. Seems to be quite the clichéd way to begin this post but sometimes the truth is in the cli...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Trick, Treat, Or Video Game

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My wife and I are not ones that put stock in the Halloween holiday. It has actually proven to be more of an inconvenience than anything...
Monday, October 12, 2015

A Reason To Celebrate On Columbus Day

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For all the lessons that were drilled into my memory in school while growing up, Columbus Day is not something that I celebrate. Like m...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Questions And Prayers

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Yom Kippur , the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar, is also the most difficult for many of us. It is a time when we ask fo...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

A New Year, A New Perspective, A New Prayer

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I am both happy and sad to see this year come to a close and the next one begin. There have been some great times of celebration and a...
Monday, September 7, 2015

Resting Before The Labor

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This day is one that is interesting to think about as our families were built by men (and women) for whom this day was originally conce...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Our Family Was Here

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Family from all over showed up for the reunion.  I can’t say I have ever been one for big Independence Day celebrations. I have watche...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Lost Memorials

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Picture taken while searching for family in Leverington Cemetery... there shouldn't be any open spaces in a full cemetery.  Over t...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Embracing Gifts

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Today is a day that is especially significant for us not just as Jews but as new parents as well. Today we celebrate the giving of the ...