Israeli Mom

The Tale of the CatRat in the IDF Base

IsraeliMom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:46:21 +0000

Looking at my title, it looks like some sophisticated moralistic fantasy tale is coming… but this is actually really is just a simple story that really did happen to me aeons ago, back when I was an officer in active duty in the IDF. Our base was situated in a nice green area of northern Tel [...]

Strange Animal Encounters

IsraeliMom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:05 +0000

I absolutely love animals. Mammals, birds, reptiles, you name it. Even insects (with the exception of roaches). My specialty is cats, and three felines indeed share our home. Left to my own devices, I’d also be keeping dogs, birds, fish, reptiles and a tarantula – but IsraeliDad drew the line at cats. A special treat is seeing animals [...]

If You’re a Webmaster or Want to Be One

IsraeliMom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:20 +0000

I’ve been keeping busy lately, producing new mini websites such as MiniDigitalCamera.net here, promoting stuff and launching a new webmasters blog here - http://b6s.net/ I guess rainy days make me extra productive! So, just a quick note to let you all know about the new blog The general plan is to keep all business/web publishing [...]

So Much Rain!

IsraeliMom — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:39:12 +0000

I guess some people prayed too hard for rain. So far, it’s been raining for over 24 hours here. Most of the time, it was pouring – not a lot of drizzle hours. Damage report for this household: 1 computer down. 1 leak in the kids bedroom. 1 very wet broom (was left outside for the night, by mistake). And… [...]

Politics Overload Alert

IsraeliMom — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:33 +0000

Happens to me every once in a while, and now is such a once. So, my apologies to those of you asking for my opinion via Twitter and Facebook. I need a timeout from political debate for a while… These topics are emotional, for all of us, and take up too much mental and emotional (shall [...]

Knitting and Crocheting – Winter, where art thou?

IsraeliMom — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:58:28 +0000

So, about three weeks ago, we’ve had some early rain. The whole country was celebrating and I got into a nice winter mood and pulled out my piles of wool and knitting gear. Since then, we’ve been going through two major heat waves (the second one these very days). No rain, hardly any cool days, not [...]

Ikea, My Love

IsraeliMom — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:02:40 +0000

Yeah, yeah, I know. The famous Swedish blood libel made some people in Israel call for a boycotting Ikea. Ummm, yeah, sure. Let me tell you, when I was there on Wednesday, people were parking on the pavements in their huge parking lot – and that’s on a regular week day, morning hours. I guess [...]

Gaza Style Zoology in Black and White

IsraeliMom — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:41:41 +0000

If you haven’t seen them yet, here are the famous zebras of the Gaza zoo: A recap, if you don’t want to watch the movie: Gaza has a small zoo. The zoo used to have two zebras, but alas both have starved to death (blame the Zionist opression here). The zoo can’t import new zebras (again, [...]

Threats from Lebanon Again

IsraeliMom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:13:13 +0000

I have always wondered about the root of the conflict between Lebanon and Israel. A tiny piece of land (Shaba farms) just doesn’t seem to justify the continuous bloodshed to me. Lebanon and Israel are actually a lot a like, and you’d think they’d get along well, but surprisingly this is a very hostile border. Well, [...]

The Secular Rosh Hashana

IsraeliMom — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:07:49 +0000

Someone has already messaged me privately on my cat forums to wish me a Happy New Jewish Year and mentioned that she looked at my blog and couldn’t find a good post where she could have added it as a comment. So… three days later, here’s my Rosh Hashana post! Following quite a few religious Jews [...]