Inside ASBEE Article

Thanks to Suri who gave me the idea to turn our email exchange with Sandra Silbermintz into this year's article. Click here to read the article. Or here for a pdf of the whole bulletin. My article is on page 5. We finally had the branches of the tree in the backyard that overhang over our sukkah cut down just in time for none of you to join us for sukkos. Now all you women's libbers can fulfill the mitzvah. Do you like the new look of the blog? If not just go into the dashboard & play around with it to change it. Have a happy & healthy year & a Ksiva Vachasima Tova to all Sambloggers.

99 and still working

I spoke to Aunt Ida yesterday. She said she is slowing down a bit only doing one thing a day. But she said she added teaching piano to someones child once a week. She also plays the piano and performs at a synagogue senior center on Fridays. I guess she had to take on the extra job because of the stock market. LOL! May we all live a ahppy and healthy life and learn from her.

Happy Birthday! 9/26

Happy 25th Birthday Scott!

(Call him at 215 815 4713)

My Week

For those of you who haven't heard, I have had an interesting week. On Sunday, I got a flat tire and on Wednesday I lost my cell phone riding public transportation. B"H both issues have been resolved. I should be getting a new cell phone today. I am excited for Shabbos and hope that everyone has a good one.

Here are our Pictures

Some family pics

A follow up to Esti's post..

Phoenix

Hi (I don't have to write it's Esti, Because I have my own profile now.) Anyways, we're in Phoenix now. Everyone is adorable and the house is very nice. On Friday we watched Chana and Dena at home, (Yossi and Malka were at school.) Shabbos we went to shoul and I met some new friends. Sunday was a very big day, first, we went to the Railroad park where there are trains for people to ride on, a carousel, and a beautiful sandy playground with sprinklers. Then, after that we went swimming and aba taught Yossi and Malka how to "swim". Then that night we went to dinner at the Pepper's. (A family in Phoenix.) And finally, on Monday after the kids came home from school we went to the duck pond for a minute until the kids got scared out of their minds, and I think we might go swimming but i'm not sure. Anyways, tonight we are heading back so for the rest of the day I think we are just going to be packing and cleaning.

Mitzvah

I just want to let you know what happened. On Friday afternoon I found a license plate on my corner. I took it and posted it on KGH shuls. Nobody claimed it but Sunday afternoon so I went tothe police precinct and asked to run the plate. They told me the last name and neighborhood. I looked up the person (from Lawrence) and called. The persons' son lives in KGH and the wife lost it Thursday night. He picked it up this morning saving him hours at the DMV and money. feels good.

Link to the pictures

https://picasaweb.google.com/105656498001570192589/SummerDriveToPhoenixAndBirthOfDenaTova?locked=true

Heres a link to the pictures also.

Finally.... Pictures

The first ASBEE BBQ Contest

 

Winner Ticket!

Thanks Doda for sending me my 1st winning lottery ticket for my 21st birthday. It won $2! I feel as luck as Aunt Helen.

Mazal Tov

From Drop Box

Welcome to the family Dena Tova.

Mazal tov to Yossi - the experienced big brother
Malka - mini me
Chana - keep smiling
and of course Suri and Yisroel

also all the Sambergs and Weiners

"The Help"? דער העלף

 

Yossi wrote his name all by himself. Aunt Esti taught him everything he knows.

 

Have a great year, Naomi. Esti has already squatted in your room.

update

HI GUYS!!!!!!!

I just spent my last 2 months in training, cause you always have to do chazara. It was a bit different then when i went through basic training and advanced training. This was kinda more of the real thing. Anyways these last 2 weeks which extremely hard and draining and tiring, and my body is just dead. The first of the 2 weeks, is called Tarpal, which stands for Targil Pluga, meaning Platoon drill. Our platoon is about 60-70 guys divided into 3 groups (machlaka would be the word in hebrew). It was from Sunday to Thursday of living in the wilderness with basically no sleep and only eating tuna and on occasion watermelon. Every night we did a bit of hiking with our heavy equipment and then we did a drill in morning and drill at night, during the day it's too hot to train so didn't do anything, but it's also impossible to sleep b/c the sun is literally on top of you and your body is filled with sweat and when you lie down all the leaves and grass and everything sticks to your arms and finding shade wasn't easy. For shabbos we were off and I went to Uncle Mordechai and Aunt Tzipporah which was nice cause it really gave me a recharge for the next week, which they call Shavua Milchama, also called Targad, standing for Targil of the G'dud, our G'dud which is called Nachshon consists of about 250 soldiers divided into 3 groups, 1.Palchod (that's where i am and they're the best) 2. Masayyat 3. Mivtzait... the difference between the 3 is their jobs during War. This week started on Tuesday till Thursday much shorter but much harder cause it's 2 days of actual war conditions (that's why they call it shavua milchama). The first night we literally were hiking all night long for hours and hours with our equipment and then daylight when we arrived we did this 2 hour drill on mountainS I was so so so tired and had trouble giving it my all, the day was more relaxing we were giving some tuna and a lot of cold water and then Wed night we started the hike again which was shorter and easier than first night and then Thurday morning we did a drill taking over a village which we did take over but a lot of people got injured (not for real). Then it wsas over 2 months of training and we had a nice lil TEKes Kravi with good food and tonight I had a wedding of someone in my unit, i think he's a bit crazy for getting married while he's in army but he is a tzaddik. Anyways next week we have a week of being in a nice hotel specially for soldiers on the beach since we just had an insanely hard 2 months and then after that, we go to Gush Etzion to guard the area. There was a bit of Baal Hagan but baruch hashem it all worked out. They had told us that our week of hotel and swimming pool is cancelled and instead of Gush Etzion we are going to some base near Eilat for the next few months and e/o was so upset cause Etzion is one of the more fun places to be in. But baruch Hashem we are not going down there.

The Boys