May 25 - 31

The end of month 5 already?? Where has time gone??

May 31, 2009: First dip in the pool!!! It was a bit breezy but I eventually braved the water for a full dunk! It was a nice break after 6 hours of hardcore packing....

May 30, 2009: After synagogue today I decided to pull out the Red Sox shirt for the first time this season - of course it was picture worthy! And even more it was artsy photo worthy.....

May 29, 2009: This is the Tarrytown Music Hall.  I was strolling around Main Street today before my chiropractor appointment and since after we move we won't be around this lovely river front street as often I wanted to take a picture of this gorgeous facade.

May 28, 2009: And so it begins.... I packed these 13 boxes in an hour (new record) the move is coming up and the packing frenzy is speeding up!

May 27, 2009: We saw 2 rabbits outside our shul on the way home today! They sat there while we rolled down the window and snapped pictures of them! I love rabbits and miss the days of having one as a pet.
May 26, 2009: The car got new breaks today, big yay! No more shaky stops on the highway.
May 25, 2009: Mom's food trial today! She got to try almond butter and it went well!! She has had it a few more times since and she is doing great. 

May 18 - 24

Okay, big catch up - I will be better, I hope at uploading this week!!

May 24, 2009: Mindy and Lisa got married!! It was so special to be there and they looked so happy and the afternoon was lovely. May they have many years of joy together!!

May 23, 2009:  Okay, no lie - this is the only picture I took today - crossing from Manhattan into the Bronx on the way out of the city where we were for services today - not my best - but at least I took a picture, right?

May 22, 2009: Shabbat Shalom.  What is important is the challah basket...under the cover is challah (gluten-free!) - It was the first shabbas in a very long time I have had challah - it was such a great way to start a special shabbas.

May 21, 2009: Hofsta hacking! If you look at the 2 hofsta in the foreground and the 2 after the steps you will see a progression of the hofsta hacking in my front yard by the local deer herd, yes deer, have been eating my plants!

May 20, 2009: This is the sanctuary of my shul.  I love how light and airy it is - the picture doesn't do it justice and it was getting dark out, too.  I was able to take this because we were at shul for the religious school end of year ceremony - otherwise it is Saturday and not possible!

May 19, 2009: That's a lot of miles!

May 18, 2009: Back in White Plains for the summer - and come June 10th I will be a full time White Plains resident.  My mom and I are moving from Tarrytown to WP.

May 11-17

A big catch up post! Enjoy!!

May 17, 2009: WAWA! I enjoyed my cup of Wawa coffee, all is right in the world, okay so no where near that, but you know what I mean if you know how amazing Wawa coffee is!

May 16, 2009: Last Sunday I watched Dan play baseball, today I got to hear his sister Isabel play in her violin recital. She was fabulous and is so talented.

May 15, 2009: I stayed with my dad in a hotel last night, see the footboard of my bed in the picture below! I always look for the bible, don't ask me why - I just do it! 

May 14, 2009: Meet my storage unit, and my stuff, have a nice summer stuff!

May 13, 2009: This was my 6th grade class (minus 2) - they were a great group and I will miss them next year, but will still see them I am sure!

May 12, 2009: I saw Star Trek, wow so good!!!

May 11, 2009: I was flipping through AU's 2008 yearbook that my roommate Jen bought and there I and the rest of the JSA board were!!

May 8-10

Enjoy!

May 10, 2009: I was out in VA today and went to Dan's little league game.  He and his team did amazingly and two seconds after I clicked this pic he hit the ball on a nice line drive! Go Colts!

May 9, 2009: My roommate, Jen, graduated today from AU, you don't receive your actual diploma but get a empty holder and this fancy clock and case. Wow, that will be me next year!!

May 8, 2009: I had a girls day with Robyn and Jen at a local nail spa and got a mani/pedi - this was right before the color went on, now my toes are a lovely shade of "cool in the pool" - got to love being pampered!

May 5-7

The first batch from summer vacation!

May 8, 2009: I went to the US Postal Museum today. It was quite informative! This picture was taken in the stamp exhibit - dance stamps how cool!

May 6, 2009: I spent a nice relaxing afternoon at Barnes and Noble. I had to get a GRE study book, ick and bought 'Water for Elephants' as a special treat, one night in and it is good!

May 5, 2009: Yummy!! I made a nice dinner to celebrate the end of junior year. A baked fillet of red snapper, a delicious artichoke, and sauteed spaghetti squash, yum yum yum!

May 1 - 4

Is it the 5h month of 2009 already? WOW!

May 4, 2009: First, note that on the first afternoon of my summer (yes!) vacation I am in socks (it's 57º out). Second it is the message of my socks (brandname actually) that I am conveying - no nonsense is my approach to summer vacation! Not sure what I mean by that, but I have time to figure it out!!

May 3, 2009: Sudoku dummy no longer! After years of working on the 240 puzzles in this book I finally finished the last of the diabolical ones! I think I have had this book since junior year of high school...

May 2, 2009: Thing 1 and thing 2 aka Tamar D. and Tamar SB - I co-teach with another Tamar and this is how we are referred to around the school (-:

May 1, 2009: I kicked the habit. I rid myself of the only food/drink I was consuming that contained corn syrup.  I for months justified my daily propel as being part of my hour plus workout so it was "okay" but after surviving Passover without it I realized that I could go cold turkey and give up the corn syrupy drink!

April 26 - 30

Wow the end of another month, wow!

April 30, 2009: So after 2 finals in 4.5 hours today I regressed and played with these little wind-up smiley faces.  And then decided to have a photo shoot with them in the natural sunlight coming in my window! It helped me smile that is for sure!

April 29, 2009: I was inducted into the Psi Chi honor society today.  It is a honor society for psychology majors who excel in their subjects - it was a very nice luncheon and a welcomed distraction from studying!

April 28, 2009: I was so tempted to blow off finals steam and blow this dandelion puff but then I saw how many more were around campus and felt bad for the grounds crews who would have to weed them!

April 27, 2009: What a mouthful! I thought when ordering the "veggie delight" roll I would get your standard one bite veggie roll...nope! It was so good though.

April 26, 2009: See the date at left....and this was at 8pm at night! The high for the day was 93!!! In April!? Yikes stripes! Thank goodness for the lack of humidity.

April 21-25

Enjoy the latest pictures from my "trip"

April 25, 2009: AU has so many gorgeous lavender plants, and many other amazing plants around campus.  This morning walking to the metro to head to work I saw the first lavender bud - not so aromatic yet, but I bet by next week it will be! 

April 24, 2009: I got an iced italian soda (i guess they only come iced, hm?) today before going into an extra credit thing and was surprised to see the above on the coat.  We (my family and me) have known that many plastic cups, etc are made with corn as a binding agent, which for my mom who is very allergic to corn - very nice to know that it is clear as day that she CANNOT drink from this cup!

April 23, 2009: I am a jury duty magnet! Seriously, this is the 4th time I have been called - first time in NY - and man they are much stricter on the whole postponing - in NJ, just mail a reason why - and maybe they will try again.  NY - you enter a date when you are available and you better show up then - or dun dun dun....

April 22, 2009: This picture was taken by a guest blogger - the little girl I shadowed all semester "C" she was looking at my camera and wanted to take a picture of her cuddlies - Lambie and Contour. 

April 21, 2009: Okay, so you cannot totally see it - so it is either a picture of the red random rash on my cheek - or a very odd picture or me (-:

April 17 - 20

Here is the latest!

April 20, 2009: Yom Hashoah began tonight and we had a ceremony and lit candles in honor of the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust.

April 19, 2009: JSA E-board 2009 at the kickoff of Holocaust Remembrance Week where we has a wonderful survivor come and share her story.

April 18, 2009: One of my religious school students during out You Be The Judge session that day. Despite his lounging he was very involved with the lesson!

April 17, 2009: A kid at the Child Development Center, where I intern, fell asleep like this - under the desk with her feet on the filing cabinet!

April 12 - 16

Half-way through another month, wow!

April 16, 2009: There's the sun! It was a gorgeous Spring day today with not a single cloud visible. I was hanging out on a bench on the quad before class and thought the AU and US flag looked quite picturesque. 

April 15, 2009: Today was the 11th anniversary of getting diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Defecit and the beginning of a long road of learning about who I was and how to still be a bumblebee flying in the air! I am flying but an air head - I made the sign I am holding and then took the picture and THEN realized it was mirror image OOPS!

April 14, 2009: April showers bring may flowers because it rains so hard, it floods and the pilgrims float ashore! It POURED for 2 days straight, we do need the rain, but did it have to be 45 degrees and rainy, in April!?

April 13, 2009: Mailing my taxes, Uncle Sam dipped into the pockets this year but it could have been worse right? I mean it would have been better if I received a check but guess not!

April 12, 2009: At our JSA board meeting we also celebrated Rachel's 20th birthday with 'yummy' Pesach cookies! She was very happy - the facial expression is a running JSA joke of pictures of her and food.