( Photo not mine, but the only pic it would upload) Arggh what a long day! Up at 3 am to catch our oversized taxi that I had booked for 4 am to take us to JFK. We called Rabi when they were late, only to realize she had booked them for 4:30 am!!! And that there was a miscommunication and now 2 small taxis were on their way. I was nearly having conniptions, by the time they arrived. Turns out they don't even own a big taxi! We got there late, and when the l...

Today, getting up was a world of sooky lala hurt for me. The NYE party last night at Beso Bar went on till past 4 pm. I guess the patrons were loud and unruly, but we only heard the throbbing nightmare of the music droning on and on and on! It was so loud the whole house was vibrating and the items on the coffee table were bouncing around but I was too delirious with sleeplessness to get up and fix that. Without fail, the 7 year old who slept fantastically, b...

Today was rest day. Boy did we need it! To wake up with no agenda-bliss! I had a big load of laundry that needed attending to. I trudged it up to the local laundromat, and with a bit of assistance ( as usual for me, here) While I was waiting on that, I decided to look for a pharmacy. The 7 yr old was the third casualty of the wonky broken thermostat with the heating system. He accidentally gripped onto a hot pipe in the bathroom to steady himself so the in...

( Photo shown is not mine!!) We woke up a lot earlier than the older kids were excited about, as we planned to go into Tim Keller's Redeemer church in the city this morning. It was a couple train changeovers, but not too stressful. Such a cold day walking outside!!!! There was a lot of security getting in to the church. The service was a little more formal than I expected. One of the ushers told us that the trumpeters would be fantastic as, being in New Yor...

Well, we woke up to the world's most amazing pancakes cooking for us along with our first taste of scrapple ( yay!) the coffee was perfect! Sherrie and Mark just took car of us so very very well. They spoiled the kids with huge stockings just before we left. It was an awesome visit! Squashed back into the van, we sat back to experience several hours driving and then another couple courtesy of NYC traffic. It was reee-dicalus!!!! Our first glimpse of the Ne...