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Shalom, Shalom Yall

For a good laugh that will make you pee your pants, please, please go to my roomie’s blog that depicts our adventures in a more detailed fashion: www.shalomshalomyall.blogspot.com Freaking hilarious. Plus…you get to see a picture of Ruti the tour guide. Shalom indeed. She’s made the trip worth the 3.6 million sheckles already… We are both going to try and post every day, but since I went to bed at

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Israel’s Branson

Day two in Israel. We met Ruti today. She’s our tour guide. My friend Nancy Jane got a great pic of Ruti because words just can’t describe this woman. She’s AMAZING and makes the trip. We’ve also all adopted a Jewish/New Jersey accent. It’s like buttah. If you ever have the chance to go to Caesarea, you should go. It’s absolutely beautiful! We sat in a real Roman Amphitheater that

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Shalom from Tel Aviv

Shalom and good evening worthy friends! I am sitting in the lobby of The City Hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel at this very moment. Just had a nice dinner of all white/yellow foods and it was good. I think hummus is going to save my life on this trip. Can’t say the same for all of the olives that keep following me wherever I go. Walked…that’s right…WALKED down to the

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So There I Was…Volume 3

Dreading HUET Class. Also known as: Helicopter Underwater Evacuation Training. Oh. I’m not joking. You would be dreading it too. Somehow, I’ve been on a few offshore rigs before and never once been asked if I am certified. Apparently, you can sign a waiver saying that if you helicopter goes down, you won’t hold anyone liable. But those days are over I hear, according to my boss. We had one

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One day…she’ll know the truth

Meet Alexandria. She’s the daughter of my dear friends Caroline and Michael. Bless their hearts, they are huge fans of the website and they thought it would be funny to send me pictures of Alexandria’s first taste of green beans. Here she is eyeing the dreadful thing. I’m sure her one-year-old brain is trying to comprehend why something so cheery and colorful could have such a scary texture. She takes

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