Life with car
The car is definitely a positive in my life…I’ve been doing the pickups without a taxi and it feels good. Today was the first time I filled up the tank. We got the car with about 3/4 of a tank and I used about another half, and I think in the future I’ll fill it to a monetary amount, but I wanted to see what the cost for about a 3/4 of tank would be…well it was 250 shekels (click for current dollar conversion), Kind of scary eh? So you Americans out there…STOP COMPLAINING!
Anyway, where was I…oh yeah..car..right…
On Sunday, my first car commuting day, I heard an Israeli song that was released the year we were here studying (1998). Everyone commented on it because Iggy Waxman sings about Milwaukee. I thought her album was way to standard pop for me, but I enjoyed it on Sunday. (The two links are two different versions…live and somebody’s home video.)
And today I had the radio on an heard the same song both on the way in and the way out of work. It is a cute one–I like it. It makes me think of some of the more fun 80s music.
I’m afraid my knitting is going to suffer if I don’t ride the buses, but that might not be true, because during some of my more stuck moments, I managed to do a good 15-20 stitches. I only knit at red lights….and only if it is really a slow moving road.
In other news, big girl has an ear infection, middle one can’t get enough sleep (no nap at pre-K) and the baby is going through a growth spurt…same old, same old.
In my quest for correct context.
$72.00 for 3/4 of a tank of gas in a smallish car…YIKES.
Comment by Jay — September 17, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
The only reason I like train rides is all the free time to knit. I hate knitting in the car, which would be such a good idea with all the traffic around here..
Comment by Ayelet — September 21, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
So happy to have found your site…my daughter who is 19 has become a knitter because my mother has taught her the art. We have been looking for a shop here in Israel that carries good knitting supplies. We have been looking for DPN #5 or #6 needles and other supplies that don’t seem to be available here in jerusalem. I have gone to the store off of Aggripas and thery were not helpful AT ALL…Any suggetions. Becky just taught herself how to do the “real” cable stitch (as she put it. We have been making hats for the soilders up north and the DPN needles just make this so much eaisier. I want to start making hats for newborns. Are ther any programs at the hospitals that let you know their requirements. Thank you for your time.
Sharon
Comment by sharon laufer — December 29, 2008 @ 10:24 pm