Frugal is here. Or maybe not?

While trying to achieve world domination through the blog, I find I spend a lot of time reading about other people's life. I read the news (which I have succeeded in avoiding for quite a while after we left Israel. In Israel everyone is news-crazy, mainly because there are always news, but after leaving Israel I managed to not read/listen/watch any news for a few years. Now I once again...

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A Job Interview

"What kind of support system do you have at home?" was the moment I realized that the first job interview I've had in over ten years is most definitely NOT going to end up in a job. Unfortunately it was five minutes in, right after "why don't you have a proper CV?" and before "where does your English comes from?" Yes. I had a job interview. I will say it again, really slow...

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Birthday Weekend

Birthdays have never been my forte. Not mine anyway. Funnily enough, it is the only day a year in which I get consumed by my what ifs and my regrets and my inadequacies. Imaginary and real ones. It is the only day a year in which I measure myself against an imaginary Other and always comes up short. This is the day in which I feel the world looking at me and going "You again? Let's see what...

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Just another immigrant

As I'm sure you all remember, my parents are here for a visit. They have been here for almost two weeks, and like in every visit, we spend most of our time talking. Every visit has a theme - money, kids, family matters, etc. (we are very big on themes here. Ron keeps asking me every few days if I already chose us a new theme song. I have given up and decided to really consider organising a...

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On Changes, Kellogg's, and iPads

Kellogg's changed Special K for the first time in 30 years, and to commemorate this moment they decided to have a celebration of change in the BritMums/Special K “How I’ve changed Linky challenge”, and have us look at how we've changed in the past 30 years. I usually don't really like this kind of competitions, even if they do give me the option to win an iPad, but I liked the...

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Ron is 8

Ron is 8. I have to repeat it because otherwise it doesn't sound real somehow. Ron is 8. I know a lot of people have older children and 8 doesn't seem like such a big number, but it is to me, because I now have an 8 years old, I have been a mum for 8 years. It's been 8 years since I last had a quiet cup of coffee at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Ron is 8. I can see the end of the childhood years closing...

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