Almost Eden

If you are in Israel show your support by doing business with the following companies (to help combat the monetary losses incurred by our enemy's boycotts). Abadi Bakery Achiya olive oil Achva (halva & cookies) Adanim Tea Adir plastics… more »

I can't believe three months have already passed and I haven't told you all about our new home in Ra'anana. I do apologize for the delay and for the fact that this is going to be a long one! Work If you've been reading this blog for a while, yo… more »

My blog experienced a fatal shutdown last week, so I’m going to give you a quick update on the little things you missed... The closing on our house, closets arrived, shopping with Shoshana in Geula, the First International Jewish Blogger's Convention, Customs Paperwork, Backpack Shopping,and finally Shabbat! more »

Cashing our NBN grant check at Cheerfully Changed, Jerusalem Shopping and Visiting the Kotel (Western Wall) more »

Our washing machine was installed today! And the guy showed up ON TIME (with 15 minutes of the 6 hour window to spare)! In Israel you must have a technician connect the washer in order for the warranty to be valid. I now know the reason; the technician is also a salesperson who brings all sorts of nifty add-ons with him... more »

Monday, July 21st: We waited for the delivery man to bring us the HP M1522nf printer we ordered last Thursday – according to Oren at Logistic Laser it was supposed to be delivered last Thursday, if not then Sunday afternoon. Well we waited around all day Sunday and they didn’t show up. When I called to complain today, they told us it would be here before noon. The guy showed up at 2:10 PM and he knew nothing about picking up my cartridges for the printer I no longer have and exchanging them for the new ones. more »

Wednesday, July 16th: We had a 10 AM appointment at the Misrad HaKlita(the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption - MoIA) and hired Daniella Aaron to watch Yisrael so we wouldn’t have to listen to "this is SO boring", "do we HAVE to go to another place? Can’t we just go home?" etc. She is a great sitter – he loved her and we were very happy! We took the #175 bus to the Central Bus Station and then the #20 (I think) to King George St. and walked to Hillel St. to meet with Ina at Misrad HaKlita. Ina set up MoIA’s direct deposit of our sal klita (monthly financial benefit to help with living expenses until we have jobs) payments into our bank account, and advised us about ulpan and other benefits. It was the quickest, most pleasant appointment we've had with any government office (US or Israel) that I can recall. more »

Bezeq installed our land line and turned on the ADSL outside, but didn’t deliver the modem because we ordered our service through an olim special with 012 (Internet Service Provider). In Israel you either need Cable or Bezeq ADSL + an Internet Service Provider in order to get online service. After that we left on an adventure to Talpiot around Noon (via bus #175 to Central Bus Station and bus #20 to the Hadar Mall) where our friend Bella Hyman (who drove up from Efrat) showed us where to shop and translated for us. We purchased... more »