Sleep?

It's past 3:30 in the morning and I'm exhausted. Miriam and I have been up trying to get our packing done. Truth be told, we'd be nowhere near done if it weren't for all the work Miriam put into getting everything done in the last week. We should be able to scramble and finish it all up tomorrow - including getting a ton into storage.

I'd write more but I'm about to crash.

Delay of Game

So as it turns out, it looks like we won't be leaving this Sunday. Rather, we'll be steering away from Seattle on Monday. Packing things up has taken a slight bit longer than expected so hopefully we'll finish things up here on Sunday and leave the following day. Stay tuned for updates of course though...

In other news, Miriam and I went into the U-Village Apple Store today. My phone had been glitchy (read: unresponsive screen in parts and echoes in calls) for the last few months and I just hadn't taken it in until today. I walked out of the store with a new (or refurbished, but works as new) phone - even though I was out of warranty. Miram also left with a swapped out iPod touch because part of the exterior on her less-than-two-week-old device was coming apart.

(Side note -- isn't it funny that I wrote substantially more on our trip to the Apple Store than on what this blog supposedly has to do with?)

Sunday

Sunday.

This Sunday.

We're leaving Seattle on this Sunday.

I still don't think it's completely hit me yet.

Packing Everything Up ~ Part II

Wow!!!

Packing is hard. I have been working so much this week to finish up at work, now that I am not working all I want to do is sleep and knit, but we are leaving in just under a week, and there are things to deal with. How can two people who have lived somewhere for less than two months have so much stuff.

Yikes!! Looks like a weeks of late nights! Can't wait to finally be settled long term. Hurray for 10 months in Israel.

A New Hobby

A few months ago I decided I wanted to learn to crochet kippot, this turned out to be a ridiculous disaster. My kippot never reached the size beyond a half dollar, and so I gave that up. Since Brandon only wears the black velevet kippah this wasn't such a difficult decision.

But for the last two weeks I have had this overwhelming urge to learn to knit. Since i will be going back to school in Israel, not to mention the 16+ hour trip to get there, knitting seemed like an ideal new hobby.

So this weekend Brandon and I stopped by a Yarn store and picked up a beginners knitting book, a set of needles and a skein of yarn. In the12 hours since picking up my materials (about 4 hours of actual knitting on this scarf, I had to start over a few times, and correct a few stitches, as well as some learning/practice runs) I have knit about 8 inches of scarf. The scarf is about 6.5 inches wide and a beautiful deep pine green. Brandon says he is looking forward to wearing it when I finish, but I am suspicious, as the husband laws require him to say this. I hope to finish my scarf by the end of the week, and then I want to make the same style but with alternating colors. Stay tuned for pictures of the progress.

Packing Everything Up

The funny thing about packing is that it doesn't get any easier as you get older. You'd think all those times of throwing your favorite Game Boy games into a duffel for the weekend away would help prepare you for something in the future. But in fact - if anything, packing just gets harder because you end up having more things to pack.

Ah well.

We still have time to get things packed -- maybe we'll get started tomorrow... or maybe by the end of the week. I think I'm going to play some Nintendo first.

T-Minus Two Weeks

We are leaving Seattle in two weeks, and we decided we may as well make sure to launch our blog before we leave. Brandon's Hodgepodge has pretty much closed down and we are happy to be starting our new blog. Hopefully we will be able to keep you all updated with news, photos and videos, (Brandon says to stay tuned for thoughts on Barack Obama), while we are out of the country.

Hope you enjoy reading.