Channukah last year

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Car

Image
My father was somewhat of an eccentric and comfortable with it and I feel that it made me much more accepting of my own eccentricities. My father was with me when I bought my Hyundai Elantra  and I always appreciated his guidance. When he decided that he wanted a Hyundai Veloster, I got to go with him then too. In fact, my name was put down on it also because he got to use my military discount. Recently, my father's car has come to live with me in Texas. I decided, I don't know if it was for myself or my mother, that I wouldn't change anything he had done to it. And I am going to admit, he did quite a bit: There's also some raiders and a very large array on the driver side window. I think my dad had plans to put more anime ladies on the sides. I feel very blessed to now be the proud owner of the KOENKA license plate. Driving his car is bitter sweet. Everything about it reminds me of him and sometimes when I am on my traffic-filled drive home, I tear up think...
Read more

Les Miserables

There's always been a running joke for as long as I can remember that on Christmas, us Jews go to the movies and eat Chinese food. I don't know how or when my family actually started doing this together but we definitely did it. The first year Kevin and I got married, 2012, that Christmas we spent with my family. My dad was not a person who usually liked to drive far, he would rather people come to him, but this year he came to Camarillo and we all went to see Les Miserables. I can't remember what we did in 2013 (2014 Kevin and I spent Christmas in Michigan), but Les Miserables definitely stands out in my mind. I loved that movie and the music. Now sometimes I feel every sad song a little bit stronger. Empty chairs at empty tables.
Read more

My big fat greek wedding

So I recently found out that there is going to be a My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and it makes me happy. For your convenience: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3760922/ When the first one came out, I couldn't believe how much it was like my family. My Nona was still alive and it was something we all quite enjoyed when my father and I watched it together. We asked Nona to say Bundt cake and she said "Butt cake?" And it was hilarious! If you seen the movie you know her father asked her when she was going to get married and told her she was starting to get old at about 15. I had something like that once with my father, although not as extreme. At age 20 I hadn't had a boyfriend in a very long time and one day when we were on our way to my hockey game that Sunday my dad asked me "Rina, when are you going to get a boyfriend?" and it was so like that movie I couldn't help but make fun of him.
Read more