cool it

i posted here about the sharky tea infuser, but how cute are these sharky ice cubes? well i guess they are not cubes...

but you know what i mean!

and how about these frozen smiles?

that would get some laughs...

these would be fun for parties!

my friend dandi sent me the link. she found this via stumbleupon, have you heard of it? check it out here & get to stumbling! she sends me random shit everyday, it's seriously addicting to browse through the website =)

attention grabber

dekel and i are getting more & more antsy to fly to dallas (and amsterdam & mexico!) in two months and two weeks - yes, i am counting down- and we are thinking of all the little things we will want to buy for this travel adventure. like neck pillows, luggage tags, miniature toothbrush/paste, face wipes, lotions, etc...

but i found the perfect boarding pass/ passport holder so i can cross that one off my list =)

can you suggest any necessary items for traveling?

im thinking i will want to find a cross-body bag as well, to keep my hands free for suitcase carrying and hand holding. thiiiissss caught my attention & im sure it would get me stopped at the airport. just thought it was pretty funny (as long as there's really not a weapon in there!)

via

picture overload

i mentioned here, here & here that i had a few friends fly 6,969 miles to visit me and vacation, but i needed to wait to post pics on my blog until they uploaded them to facebook, as we used their cameras to document the moments. i wanted to share bits & pieces of our lovely two and a half weeks of fun. hope you enjoy!

picking molly & sammy up from the airport

 still burnt & peeling from this unfortunate event. i looked freaky!

watermelon & feta cheese

 double dinner date @ BBB

 molly & sammy

 best friends

 touring the bahai gardens in haifa

port of haifa

beachin' it

 haifa beach

 poker night!

 picnic spot

8th grade

beer run

 random camel in nazareth

 meat, anyone?

 dekel beach in eilat

 ice shots. better take 'em quick! they melt....

 molly's note for the wailing wall in jerusalem

 at a church in nazareth

@ the pub in tel adashim, where we live

 floating in the dead sea

 at a cabin near tiberias

 shot time with shanna!

the night before molly & sammy left back for dallas. dinner @ barbarosa

 tomato time. don't ask.

schwarma

 a token for their home

*sorry if that was a lot to swallow, but of course, i could not just pick out one or two or twenty photos.

have a happy weekend,
miyan

what makes you "you"

my sister, mirelle, sent this to me & it made my day.

it made me stop and think that all of those annoying fbi questions i ask all the time make me "me."

and my embarassing mistakes in hebrew aren't so bad, they make me "me."

and my loud, abnoxious laugh makes me "me."

what makes you "you?"

new sandals & such

going home in september means saving money now for the shopping i will be doing then. but on friday i met up with a friend at a mall in haifa to lunch & browse and i couldn't help myself to a couple items.

i needed new sandals baaaaddd, so picked up these gold ones from h&m and the leopard ones from zara. the seafoam green tee was $5 from a new store called bershka. they had other cute things, but i am limiting myself  =)  the necklace was a perfect match for my gold sandals and scooped it up for like $3.

dekels became an uncle for the second time two days ago. his sister gave birth to a beautiful, healthy little baby girl, maya. we went to visit her at the hospital and could not stop ooohing & aweing over the tinyness of her little fingers and lips.