happy anniverary

Do you have any idea of how many ways there are to say "I love you"? Well, first I want to send kisses and hugs to my wonderful husband, eddie. Today is our 31 st wedding anniversary! For those of you who don't know about our meeting: I was going to school in austin, he was in houston. I came in for the jewish holiday: rosh hashana. To make a long story short, he walked over to me during services, (i think he really wanted to meet my roomate), flirted, and won me over. Three months later we were engaged. Without sounding "corny", I knew the minute I saw him that he would be the one I was going to marry. When you know, you know. I was one of the lucky ones...to find my "besheret. " He is truly my soul mate. I love you, eddie.............................

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We also share our anniverary with several friends. Ginnie and Bruce F. Sharon and Allen M., Robyn and Adam B., and Jennifer and Gabe L. Good company.......................................................

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So to finish off, find your favorite way to say I love you..................................................................

Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou, Ek het jou lief
Albanian : Te dua Amharic : Afekrishalehou
Arabic : Ana Behibak (to a male) Ana Behibek (to a female)
Basc : Nere Maitea
Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern
Bengali : Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi
Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol : Namumutan ta ka
Bulgarian : Obicham te Cambodian : kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese : Ngo oi ney
Catalan : T'estim (mallorcan) ,T'estime (valencian), T'estimo (catalonian),T'estim molt (I love you a lot)
Chinese : Wo ie ni (Manderin, Cantonese)
Croatian : Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim (less common)
Czech : miluji te
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik hou van jou
Estonian : Mina armastan sind
Esperanto : Mi amas vin Persian (Farsi) : Tora dust midaram
Flemish : Ik zie oe geerne
Finnish : Mina" rakastan sinua
French : Je t'aime
Friesian : Ik bin fereale op dy Ik ha^ld fan dy (Most commonly used phrase) (the ^ is above the a)
Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort
German : Ich liebe Dich, I mog Di ganz arg!
(Suebian: South German dialekt.)
Greek : S' ayapo Gujarati(a dialect of India) "Tane Prem Karoo Choo"
Hausa : Ina sonki
Hebrew : aNEE oHEIVET oTKHA (female to male) aNEE oHEIV otAKH (male to female) Ani ohev at (man to woman) Ani ohevet atah (woman to man)
Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hokkien : Wa ai lu
Hopi : Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian : Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic : ?g elska ßig
Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu, Saya Cinta Kamu Aku tjinta padamu Saja kasih saudari
Italian : Ti amo
Irish : taim i' ngra leat
Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru
Kazakh : Men seny jaksy kuremyn
Kiswahili : Nakupenda
Korean : Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem
Latin : Te amo Vos amo
Lao : Khoi huk chau
Latvian : Es Tev milu
Lingala : Nalingi yo
Lithuanian: Ash miliu tave
Luo : Aheri
Madrid lingo : Me molas, tronca
Malay/Indonesian : Saya cintakan awak(awak=kamu=you) Aku sayang engkau (engkau=kamu=you)
Malay : Saya cintamu Saya saying
Maltese: Inhobbok! Mandarin : Wo ai ni
Mohawk : Konoronhkwa
Navajo : Ayor anosh'ni Ndebele : Niyakutanda
Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Pakistani : Muje se mu habbat hai
Persian : Tora dost daram
Pilipino : Mahal Kita Iniibig Kita
Polish : Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Portuguese : Eu te amo
Romanian : Te iu besc
Russian : Ya lyublyu tebya Ya vas lyublyu
Scot Gaelic : Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian : Volim te (most common), or Ja te volim" (less common)
Shona : Ndinokuda
Sioux : Techihhila
Slovak : lubim ta
Slovene : ljubim te (??????)
Spanish : Te amo
Swahili : Nakupenda
Swedish : Jag a"lskar dig
Swiss-German : Ch'ha di ga"rn
Tagalog : Mahal kita
Taiwanese : Gwa ai lee Tamil Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren
Thai : Phom Rak Khun Ch'an Rak Khun
Tunisian : Ha eh bak
Turkish : Seni seviyorum!
Urdu : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Vietnamese : Anh ye^u em (man to woman)

Africa

My blogger friend, Kelli, is in Africa. Wouldn't you know it, her luggage didn't make it yet. All those goodie bags that we made will hopefully catch up with her. In the meantime, she had seen some terribly sad sights: AIDS villages, where people are without medicine, waiting to die. Children are malnourished, not being cared for by the sick parents. Mothers cannot breatfeed because of the AIDS. So very sad. What can we do to help? Read more of her experience at: www.africankelli.com..............................................................................................................................
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On a different note, watch this amazing video on you tube. It's all about sticking together and saving a life. There is power in numbers.............................................................................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ethepunkboard%2Ecom%2Fforum%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D16646

Let's go grocery shopping

Can you believe these flowers are from my garden at the new house. Too bad I can't enjoy the inside as much as i do the outside. Only a few more months........................................................

Ok, so if you look at the bottom of my blog, there is a comment section. I know someone is looking at my blog, the numbers are growing. Please let me know if you're visiting and what you think....bloggers love comments.......................................................................................................

As usual, it rained today. Yes, I washed my car first. Actually, the lexus body shop washed it after they repaired my car. Then I stopped at Whole Foods and had an ego booster: I love when men try to pick me up! So what, he was only 63, but he looked much younger. Funny, the last time this happened, I was at Fiesta Supermarket. Grocery stores must be the pick-up place. Men don't care, I even had my wedding ring on. Whatever, I'm not interested, but love the compliments. Tomorrow I think I might need some eggs...

Raw is Rough

As many of you know, I have been experiencing raw recipes. The one thing that I procrastated with was the green smoothie. The color just didn't do it for me. So finally yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and try it. I was so surprised at how wonderful and filling it was. Here's the recipe:

Peachy-Spinach Smoothie (from www.rawfoodrightnow.com)

2 bananas
3-4 peaches
2 handfuls of fresh spinach (there was a bit of shredded carrots in the bag, which was great added crunch)
dash of salt
orange juice (about 1/2 cup-depending how thick you want it)

Just blend. I added ice cubes, it definately needed to be cold.

The other picture is another dessert recipe i tried. Again, fantastic...I served it Friday night for Shabbat and everyone liked it. Here's that recipe from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen. I changed the recipe a bit b/c i didn't have a vanilla bean and i used regular salt. You can view the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGjDagUWNg

Ani's Donut Holes

1 cup almonds (soaked overnight and then air dried)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup dried pineapple
1 cup pitted dates (remove pits and make sure there are no worms or eggs inside the dates!)
3 Tablespoons dried shredded coconut

2 Tablesppons dried shredded coconut to roll balls in

Soak almonds overnight to bring out the flavor. Then let them completely dry. You don't have to soak, the nuts will then be crunchier. Process the nuts till chopped. Separeately, process the pineapple till chopped. Then add in the rest of the ingredients and blend (but do not puree). Roll into balls. Then roll into coconut.

The problem with all of this raw food is that it can be rough on the tummy. I may have overdone it yesterday...first the smoothie, then a big salad with spinach/romaine/jicama/and mock salmon salad. (another great recipe). By 3:00 I had such a headache that I couldn't wait to go home and eat all the crap my body wanted. So all afternoon I kept eating to make the headache go away. Wouldn't you know it, the only thing that helped was a diet coke and advil. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I guess i shouldn't have eaten the 4 oreos, either!!! Maybe today I'll be better, now that the oreos are out of the house. So this is what i've learned: moderation is best. Try and eat more veggies, slowly. Don't try and go raw all at once. The body can't handle it.
Bon Apetite.

Cherished moments

It's not often that I get all of my boys home at the same time. With Josh off at the University of Arizona, Eric in Wimberly at Camp Young Judaea, Heather working at the Arboretum, Ileya traveling to some exotic country catching "intestinal worms", Adam off on fishing expositions, Dana and Philp in Scottsdale (or shopping at Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel), Eddie cutting down trees at the new house....the list goes on. I'm greatful that every once in a while all of us are in town, and can spend a meal together. Of course, it's also nice to have it out at the local tex mex with marguaritas! So where's Ileya in this picture...she was spending the evening with one of her best friends, smo. And who's the new girl in white? That's Alex, Josh's gorgeous girlfriend, who also goes to U of A. Josh and Alex came home for the weekend, now that finals are over. Yes, he once again made a 4.0.

shabbat shalom

Just do it

I always love fridays, not because I spend all afternoon in the kitchen preparing for shabbos. I love it because all of my kids come for dinner. Tonight will be extra special because my parents and eddie's mom is also coming. There is something about shabbat that brings the family unit together, recharging us all for the week to come. When I was growing up, every shabbat was spent at my grandparent's house. That's just what we did each week. My grandmother continued having shabbat until she had her stroke and went into a retirement home. Those weekly gatherings were not just a dinner...they were teaching us the value of family, friendships, and our judaism. I am proud to be carrying on this tradition, in memory of my grandma lil. I am also so very proud that my children want to come and when it is not possible for me to have dinner or i am out of town, they continue the tradition of shabbat on their own, all together.

Just do it....

Shabbat Shalom

Baby face

"I want wine now!!!!"

"Can I have seconds?"

I know, she's just the cutest thing!!! Check out those thighs. They have the greatest things for kids now, I love the little chair that lets her sit up. She looks a bit tipsy after drinking that whole goblet of wine.