On November 24 Rafi and I moved in to a fellow Scrabbler's home in Jerusalem. She asked us to housesit and take care of her two cats and fish while she was in London with her family for almost three weeks. We we very excited about it because it would be a wonderful and welcome respite from our own apartment in Borochov. Wendy's apartment is located in Talbiyeh, situated in a great area close to everything. In the picture above, you can meet one of her cats, Chelsea - It was quite humorous to call a cat by my name!
This white kitty is Milky. She was a sweet older cat who loved to be pet!
We moved our bags and selves into Wendy's home and were so excited about the next almost three weeks! We had a real living room with couches, a plethora of great books, a dining room table, a full kitchen, two bathrooms, computers with unlimited internet, dvds, heat, and an overall cozy atmosphere!
The kitchen was wonderfully kosher and Wendy labeled everything for us so it was quite easy to get around. I was able to cook much more intricate meals here than in our own apartment. Here, we were able to use Wendy's four burner stove as well as the oven! In our own, we only have one burner and no oven :(
This is a snap of our bedroom during our stay - complete with a movie screening set-up! We watched so many movies! It was fantastic! We had been missing watching movies, especially in the evenings and nights when we had nothing to do. We were able to watch Shutter Island, Titanic, The Notebook, Antz, Failure to Launch (horrible movie!), Taken, The King's Speech, Jumanji, Inception, Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Salt, Bridesmaids, etc...
Our tasks while staying at Wendy's included cleaning out the litter box, feeding the kitties, feeding the fish, and watering the plants. The two cats definitely did eat a lot - just as we were told.
Rafi and I enjoyed many meals sitting at an actual table with - you've got it - actual chairs!! What a concept! At our own apartment, we can set up our tiny teetering desk as a meal table during dinner. When we do this, I sit on the edge of our bed as a seat while Rafi gets a chair on the other side (there is not enough room for us both to sit on chairs). During all other meals, we sit wherever we can - usually on the bed, as the bed is our couch as well.
The day we moved in was Thanksgiving Thursday so we decided that the next day we would create a Thanksgiving-themed Shabbat meal. Well, actually I created it, but Rafi's appetite sure helped! We went to the shuk and purchased turkey breast, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onion, and other goodies.
We set the table up Shabbat-style and joined in the American festivities a day late.
Yum! It sure looks like a good meal for two!
I made Thanksgiving themed cookies for dessert - cranberry oatmeal with cinnamon.
I baked the turkey breast, seasoned with olive oil, salt, rosemary, and thyme. Around the meat I tossed onion chunks as well as potatoes and carrots. I poured in a bit of chicken broth to keep it juicy and delicious, covered it with tin foil and popped it in.
For a side dish I cut up some sweet potatoes and green apples and threw them in a baking dish. I made a sauce by melting margarine (to make it parve to go with the meat), cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and sugar. I mixed it up and poured it over the potatoes, covered it and popped it in the oven with the turkey. It was a lovely and scrumptious meal! It was nice to be with each other, but we sure did miss our family back home.
On November 24 Rafi and I moved in to a fellow Scrabbler's home in Jerusalem. She asked us to housesit and take care of her two cats and fish while she was in London with her family for almost three weeks. We we very excited about it because it would be a wonderful and welcome respite from our own apartment in Borochov. Wendy's apartment is located in Talbiyeh, situated in a great area close to everything. In the picture above, you can meet one of her cats, Chelsea - It was quite humorous to call a cat by my name!
This white kitty is Milky. She was a sweet older cat who loved to be pet!
We moved our bags and selves into Wendy's home and were so excited about the next almost three weeks! We had a real living room with couches, a plethora of great books, a dining room table, a full kitchen, two bathrooms, computers with unlimited internet, dvds, heat, and an overall cozy atmosphere!
The kitchen was wonderfully kosher and Wendy labeled everything for us so it was quite easy to get around. I was able to cook much more intricate meals here than in our own apartment. Here, we were able to use Wendy's four burner stove as well as the oven! In our own, we only have one burner and no oven :(
This is a snap of our bedroom during our stay - complete with a movie screening set-up! We watched so many movies! It was fantastic! We had been missing watching movies, especially in the evenings and nights when we had nothing to do. We were able to watch Shutter Island, Titanic, The Notebook, Antz, Failure to Launch (horrible movie!), Taken, The King's Speech, Jumanji, Inception, Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Salt, Bridesmaids, etc...
Our tasks while staying at Wendy's included cleaning out the litter box, feeding the kitties, feeding the fish, and watering the plants. The two cats definitely did eat a lot - just as we were told.
Rafi and I enjoyed many meals sitting at an actual table with - you've got it - actual chairs!! What a concept! At our own apartment, we can set up our tiny teetering desk as a meal table during dinner. When we do this, I sit on the edge of our bed as a seat while Rafi gets a chair on the other side (there is not enough room for us both to sit on chairs). During all other meals, we sit wherever we can - usually on the bed, as the bed is our couch as well.
The day we moved in was Thanksgiving Thursday so we decided that the next day we would create a Thanksgiving-themed Shabbat meal. Well, actually I created it, but Rafi's appetite sure helped! We went to the shuk and purchased turkey breast, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onion, and other goodies.
We set the table up Shabbat-style and joined in the American festivities a day late.
Yum! It sure looks like a good meal for two!
I made Thanksgiving themed cookies for dessert - cranberry oatmeal with cinnamon.
I baked the turkey breast, seasoned with olive oil, salt, rosemary, and thyme. Around the meat I tossed onion chunks as well as potatoes and carrots. I poured in a bit of chicken broth to keep it juicy and delicious, covered it with tin foil and popped it in.
For a side dish I cut up some sweet potatoes and green apples and threw them in a baking dish. I made a sauce by melting margarine (to make it parve to go with the meat), cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and sugar. I mixed it up and poured it over the potatoes, covered it and popped it in the oven with the turkey. It was a lovely and scrumptious meal! It was nice to be with each other, but we sure did miss our family back home.
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