Not In Jersey

notinjersey July 11, 2024

Israel Trip Part 3 – Yom Yerushalyim and Nova Memorial

When I left off last time, we had spent our first day at a hotel in Jerusalem. I had a wheelchair with me and was fully dependent on my family to get me around. Our first full day at the hotel was Yom Yerushalyim, a day that celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem after the 6 day war. That morning, my family went to a special prayer service at an overlook of the city, and when they got back at 10 am I was still sound asleep!

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notinjersey July 10, 2024

10 on the 10th – July

Today I’m linking up with Marsha for the 10 on the 10th link up. This month she has given us a prompt – 10 Special Summer Memories. I can probably list 10 memories from my childhood day camp – have I ever talked about that here? I loved it there and was thinking how amazing it would have been if it had been a sleepaway camp. It wasn’t, but it was still so much fun.

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notinjersey July 8, 2024

A Day In The Life, Summer Edition

Welcome to the Share Our Lives link up hosted by myself, Adrienne, Jen, Joanne, and Sarah! We are sharing our lives this year on the second Monday of each month, and this month’s prompt is a day in the life, summer edition. I know everyone loves a good day in the life post, but for one thing, my life is pretty boring, and for another, I decided to stop choosing a specific day to write about after something bad always seemed to happen on whatever day I’d choose! So this is just a run down of what a normal day in my life is like – right now.

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notinjersey July 5, 2024

What I Read In June 2024 Part 2

Today’s post covers the second half of the books I read in June 2024. I shared what I read in the first half of the month here. I shared my five star reads here. I actually do have two more 5 star reads to share here as well! The Amazon links to the books I’ve read are affiliate links and if you use them and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission. If you’ve read any of these books or are interested in them, I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

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notinjersey July 4, 2024

Israel Trip Part 2 – Surgery and Recovery

When I left off last time, I had left the hospital after breaking my ankle. It was Friday, and I was told to come back on Sunday for the surgery. We did get to spend Shabbat at my sister-in-law’s house along with our nephew and his wife and three girls. My pain level was so so, and I was not excited about having surgery and thus increasing that pain level!

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