wash, dry, fold

i’m having a crappy morning. james and the kids went to spend the day without me (per my request) and i’m trying to catch up on some important adult obligations.

i’m supposed to prepare an important document for the kindergarten moms. what better time than to add a little content to my blog.

went out last night. had only one glass of wine but as soon as we entered 13, my body remembered the traumatic over drinking from my birthday and I started feeling really bad. thankfully i didn’t end up in the bushes this time and made it home safely.

my theory, that if i hang out with friends thursday / friday, i’m much nicer to my kids on saturday has crumbled like a crumble. maybe I should have had a little more to drink last night.

here is some photos i took with my phone this week:

i’m really happy by the fact that i’ve managed to create a huge distraction from my birthday tomorrow.

instead of sitting and moping about the fact that i’m 36 (didn’t mind 35, but 36 is a bit disturbing), i’ve managed to book myself a performance at a very higly esteemed joint called the tzimmer.

I was feeling very sure of myself until about two hours ago when i decided i’m going to suck and my material is either old or lame. too late now. have to hope for the best.

here are the latest from my phone (camera shots are on flickr):

in the photos: french toast for breakfast, noah’s pallette, dry ice experiment and found object.

had an awsome day yesterday

woke up too early.

managed to rot in front of my laptop for about two hours, then went very slowly to shop for other people’s birthday presents and brought a ton of clothes to the tailor (something i’ve been planning to do for ages).

somewhere along the way yotam called and invited me to see daniel’s new project “three falling”.

the show was brilliant and it was followed by a awesome afternoon with the cast and friends.

i finally have a new phone that can take photos and videos (my last one couldnt) so here are some photos i took with it today:

in the photos: old jeans, jamming at danny’s, a robot that looks like he belongs to shiri on nahmani, bathing baby, upside down bedside plant and a fresh wound on k’s knee. did you ever see blood with such a magnificent color?

sitting here, in the middle of the night, after giving my one year old uri an empty bottle and seeing him act like the frustrated little bear cub that he is.

was checking my email cause that’s the normal thing to do after you get up to your baby at four am when i saw that a new comment has arrived on one of my older posts.

now, those of you with a keen eye will notice or might even remember (if you’re loyal) that i haven’t posted anything since february. i was too busy for my blog, what with having two kids and a life (and a twitter account).

the fact that i’ve just posted something new, does not imply, in any way, that i am more available for my blog these days. nothing could be further from the truth.

i wish they would like invent a new system that would allow me to have more time for my self. I’ll go to sleep at around midnight, which would be like SEVEN hours after the kids went to sleep, at eight pm. There is so much I’d like to do every evening and there just isn’t enough time.

anyway, the comment turned out to be spam (big surprise!) and I don’t plan to start posting here regularly again, but I suddenly felt like posting something.

this is me these days:

this is to let you know that i’m not writing this blog anymore. at least not any time soon. the last six months proved to me that i can’t handle two kids, a cat and a blog. i’ve come to the conclusion that something has got to go. i tried throwing the cat out, but she keeps coming back. so it has to be the blog that’s out.

i’ll try and come back after things settle down. after noah’s 5th birthday. after we move to a new place.

for those who miss me, you can follow me on twitter, friend me on facebook, or just email me: wdf at ellanovak dot com

limited edition scarves by german little red riding hood

via shiny squirrel

right now on my browser:

gourmet’s favorite cookies 1941-2008 (via nrg)

(via the talented marc johns‘ tweet)

time magazine all time 100 novels (via yotam)

Patz the cat from SHANIDAN.COM on Vimeo (via yotam)

yoobot (via twitter friend jamopo)

and the amazing freezebubbles (via boing boing)

two days ago, when noni came home from work he noticed pjuske was barely breathing.

he rushed her over to the animal hospital where the doctor determined the cancer had spread too much.

during the surgery she stopped breathing and noni had to decide whether the doctor should try and revive her. it was not an easy decision to make, but noni finally decided to let her go.

yesterday i accompanied him to bury little pjuske. we buried her between the cypress trees circling a field of yams.

pjuske originally belonged to my aunt, nina.

nine years ago nina got sick and had to go to the hospital for checkups. she asked me to watch over pjuske while she’s away.

nina never got better and pjuske stayed with me for a while. but we didn’t get along too well, so after a while she moved to my brother’s where she was much happier.

i know it’s naive, but we take comfort in believing that nina was waiting for her and that pjuske has finally returned home.

i like to credit the people who refer me places, but sadly i can’t remember how i got to malingering’s world which, in my opinion, is an excellent blog.

malingering testifies: i take the photos in a (futile) attempt to expose the ridiculous world around me.

in the post there’s trying and there’s trying too hard she writes:

hate to tell you this, but your baby doesn’t appreciate the effort you put into your makeup this morning. In fact I’m guessing it thinks you look a little trashy. That’s what it would say if it could talk. But babies can’t talk, they’re stupid.

link to malingering’s flickr photostream

yotam always sends me the best items.

i like them so much, i gave him a tag.

but it seems a tag is not enough. he deserves more.

he needs a designated space.

this is why i came up with a weekly post called “yotam’s post”. (brilliant. i know)

i said weekly, but i can’t really commit to that. maybe i’ll forget to post or not feel like it. maybe yotam will be too busy to send me stuff (or really stress out by this because i haven’t told him yet).

ok. here goes. sweet meats by lauren venell:

and a mind boggling animation by paul robertson: