Narda and I went to see the most charming Israeli flick last night, called USHPIZIN - in Hebrew it means literally holy guests. It is the "etherial" guests that we are supposed to invite to our sukkot (plural) over the holiday of Sukkot (noun).Here's the site for the movie: UshpizinGo see it if you can, … Continue reading Ushpizin

sperm. but the sperm we wanted wasn't available. it was local, it was no delivery charge, and it was at our favorite place in NYC. So we move on.Save 300 bucks.On the bright side, we are mailing our stuff off to Friends in Adoption today!

if you had $300.00, would you:A) Buy one vial of donor sperm for an insemorB) Buy $300.00 worth of lottery tickets?Narda and I had talked about trying some sperm in November and December (we can float about 300 bucks - so it'd be just ONE vial per month). She then had the idea of buying … Continue reading what would you do?

So now that we are in the official "two week wait form hell," there' snot much to report.I DID speak to our lovely social worker, and also kind of "came out" to her that we're sending our stuff off to Friends in Adoption. So that felt good to 'come clean." We still hope to adopt … Continue reading nothing much to report, but thanks for asking…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Happy Bug!, originally uploaded by josie's moms. Joy. Pure Joy - My friend josie - age 13 months!Should we all be so lucky to experience such pure, unabashed joy.You rock, Josie! 🙂

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } R0010301, originally uploaded by junku. Happy Birthday to my FAVORITE cat on Flickr (outside of our own beloved furballs, of course!)

So we were at Shul Tuesday night for Simchat Torah, and I'm sitting back in my chair, after dancing for a couple of hours, and granted, I was wearing a shirt that was a little too big, and I was slumped down in my chair a bit, so my tummy zone was a bit protruding....But … Continue reading It finally happened…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Quincy's FAVORITE new spot!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. This is Quincy's FAVE new spot - the white things on the floor are baseboard heaters, and there are holes in the back of the shelf … Continue reading Quincy’s FAVORITE new spot!

go to Google.type in the word: FAILURE (do NOT use quotes)Click on "I'm feeling lucky"

I dreampt I was pregnant, FINALLY. It was such a wonderful dream.I dreampt that I gave birth, breech, but I just reached down, and pulled him out, smacked his tushie, and he cried, and was all fine. I nursed him in a restaurant and somewhere else, I don't remember.But it was such a wonderful dream. … Continue reading dreams…