Me:
Home from Israel since Friday morning.
Overcoming jet lag. Watching cartoons with my kids.
Photo:
The Western Wall of the Herodian Temple in Jerusalem
(the only part remaining after its destruction in 78 A.D.)
The old man is an ultra-Orthodox Jew,
preparing to pray beside the Wall.

I haven’t forgotten y’all. I’ve got LOADS to write about.
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Next Week.

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And yet ANOTHER way for me to bring the conversation around to bodily functions. I swear, I didn’t even try this time.
So anyway, my fellow former Cali girl Wendy at Weight What? participated in a gr8 meme full of 8s. And since I’m totally l8 in getting a blog post out and, as f8 would [...]

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Last night Charlie flew to London. He got there safe. And those of us who remain at home are doing fine SO FAR. Wishing we could go too, and of course missing him. But before we know it, he’ll be back. And since taking a plane trip always involves a road trip, our adventure on [...]

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I don’t make a ton of verbal faux pas. But when I DO, they are earth-shattering. For months, anytime I thought of this one, I burst out laughing. It was either that or cry.
Originally posted on August 20, 2008:
We flew into London in October of 2005. I’d traveled a lot, but always to non-English-speaking countries. [...]

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Bet that title got your attention. Read on to see how accurate it is.
As you can see below, I’ve been “tagged” by Rachel for another fun meme:

So this time I’m supposed to write seven things others don’t know about me. Wow! Where do I begin?
Well, I’m already taking notes for my “100 Things List” in [...]

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So over the weekend I got some really kewl news: I’m getting a blog award!
My new bloggy friend Heidi emailed me yesterday to say that she loves my blog so much that she’s giving me some sort of prize…
I hope it’s chocolate.
Oh, I kid. As I’m sure you already know, a blog award is a [...]

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Yesterday I wrote about my addiction to language. And how before our trip to England, I drove Charlie crazy by obsessing over everything related to the British and their form of English.
Well, now it’s time for me to tell “the rest of the story.”
We flew into London in October of 2005. I’d traveled a lot, [...]

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