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Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 6

2008-06-06T22:27:00.003-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 6

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 5

2008-05-30T18:37:00.002-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 5

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 4

2008-05-24T03:19:00.001-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 4.

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 3

2008-05-16T23:34:00.001-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 3

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 2

2008-05-08T17:36:00.002-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 2

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 1

2008-05-02T19:08:00.005-04:00

Grandma TV - Season 1, Episode 1

Stay tuned for Grandma TV

2008-04-23T13:47:00.007-04:00

Carlie was just here visiting me in Montreal, and he had a camera, with speaking and talking, and movement. Like for real movies. So he's helping me and we're going to have Grandma TV soon, it will be something new.

A movie about Iranian Jews

2008-03-24T21:22:00.000-04:00

There is a movie tomorrow night about the Iranian Jews, I'm going to go, I think. I'm not so interested, but I'll go. We didn't mix with them in Teheran. But i don't know, I'll go and see it and see what's happening. Sheila, this agent, she's a friend of Terry, she'll bring me back and Terry's going to drop me there. I told Terry I can drive, it's not too late, but the parking is bad.

Hag Purim

2008-03-24T20:54:00.004-04:00

For Purim night I went to the Sha'ar at 7:30 for the service. They read the megilah, and after the megilah we went downstairs for the party. There was Israeli music and clapping hands, hora, and there was a band. And the rabbi and the chazan, the clergy, they were wearing masks, I couldn't even recognize them. And on the table there was hot hamentashen and tangerines, and they were serving hamburger and hot dogs, and there was buffets with all kinds of salads, and cole slaw, pickles, and so much, you wouldn't believe it. They were serving the hamburgers and it smelled so good, with all the trimming. Everybody was saying, it smells so good, we can't wait to eat it. because we don't eat that at home.

The next day, around eleven, eleven thirty, something like that, the doorman called me, he said, "Madame, vous avez un cadeau (you have a gift)." And I was surprised, I went downstairs, I didn't know who from. I read the card, green card, it says, "for you, and Terry, and Harvey," and "200 happy Purim." It was from my friends, Barbara and Sasoon, they are very nice. Why 200? I don't know, I have to ask her. Terry says because there is two months of Adar this year, it's a leap year. There was a nice basket for Purim, with some fruits, orange and apples, hammentachen, mandel bread, and chocolate cookies, and an Israeli bottle of water, they call it Naya, and chocolate cookies, and chocolate, a round one. And a bag of tea, and it was wrapped nicely with a ribbon on it. Isn't that nice? I thanked them for that.

Back in Baghdad they would do that, it was a traditions, my grandmother would make sweets and nice things, and put it on a platter, and then she'd send someone to take it around to their friends. This is the tradition.

David is a nice boy.

2008-02-23T20:14:00.003-05:00

Carlie has a good friend in San Francisco, his name is David. David is a nice boy, he's nice to everyone, and he's humble. He's good to his parents and his friends. He's good to everyone.

Roxy is in Australia now

2008-02-23T20:12:00.001-05:00

Roxy is in Australia, she's there for a year. She rented an apartment and she's going to school, I don't know. I hope she comes back and gets settled. I hope she meets some people, but I don't like her to stay in Australia, too far. It's another world. Vera misses her a lot.

Single people.

2008-02-23T20:11:00.001-05:00

I don't know what the people are doing, single all around the world. Everybody is working and living on his own and not married, away from family, and making money. It didn't used to be like this.

The Academy Award

2008-02-23T19:38:00.002-05:00

The Academy Award is coming up, they're talking about it. Juno, I don't know. Another one they're talking about, a lot of fighting in it. Old Man Dying or something. They say it's nice but I wouldn't want to see a movie like that, too much fighting and violence.

I don't care about the movies but I like to look at their dresses and the setting and their parties, oh it's a lot of money. I like that.

Britney and the paparazzi

2008-02-10T21:49:00.000-05:00

Britney Spears, she's in trouble again and these paparazzi they follow her. She's in her car, and whenever it stops, she was caming back from the hospital and these paparqazzi photographers, as soon as the car stops they come. One from the front, two from the sides, eight of them all together. How do they do it? They watch her. They make money from her pictures. Is she really worth so much?

Keith Ledger

2008-02-10T21:42:00.000-05:00

I don't know him very well, but died from overdrugs. These people they get too famous, they get too rich, they don't know what they want, what they are. It's a pity. They say he was a good actor, and young.

Thank you for reading

2008-01-31T17:48:00.000-05:00

Thank you to everyone that reads this, it encourages me to write more. If you have time, i would like to hear from you also, what you do and what you like.

Florida for next year

2008-01-31T17:47:00.000-05:00

I have seen a place while I was in Ft Lauderdale, I met an agent and I asked her can you show me some places? This lady, this agent, she showed me few one bedrooms for next season. It's a one bedroom with a big walk in cubbard, they put another bed in it, so it's like another bedroom. And they have a couch that folds out, so you can sleep there too. It's nice, maybe I'll get it for next year. Who knows until next December though?

Good times in Florida

2008-01-31T17:42:00.000-05:00

I miss Florida and my friends and my sister and my brother there. I had a good time with them really. I miss being there in the evening. long days and you sit and you watch the ocean, and the air is so nice.

There was this hotel next to us and we sat there. they would have a barbecue. Every day, and one night they had this big animal they were roasting and the chef was slicing it and was saying, "you want a taste, you want a taste?" I said to Doreen, "look at this!" I asked the chef "what is this?" He said, "it's a pig." They had a pig roast. And Steve was there and he said, "oh you don't know this? many times i have had this pig roast." He said it's delicious. But i didn't want it.

Back in Montreal

2008-01-31T17:27:00.000-05:00

So now I'm in Montreal.

Stacy came to visit me from New York and Roxy came to visit before she goes to Australia. Such an exciting weekend we had. Stacy and Roxy and Brandon and his baby, and Harvey was here for dinner too. It was exciting, this weekend, we made sambusak! Sambusak with chick peas. For Lisa, Roxy took them to her in Chicago. Sambusak is like Indian samosa. Lisa called me and she said Jon liked the sambusak very much.

Tomorrow I go back to Montreal

2008-01-14T21:11:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow I go back to Montreal. I'm happy to go back, but I wish I could have stayed longer. I'm relaxed, I'm happy here, it's so relaxing. I call Doreen and she calls me maybe 3-4 times a day. We call each other, and we walk together every day. Anyway, I'll write from Montreal next time.

Politic

2008-01-14T21:10:00.000-05:00

When Steven was here, we were talking about politics and I asked him, "who are you going to vote for?" He said probably Obama. I liked him, but what do I know about American politics? I find Hillary Hilton is nice too. She's patriotic. Who is going to win? There is McCain, for the Republican, also. I don't know, I am not American and I don't care. What difference does it make to me?

Steven and Vivian were here

2008-01-14T20:55:00.000-05:00

Steven and Vivian were here, they came to visit Doreen and she invited me for dinner. Me and Haim. And we're talking, I don't know how it happened, Vivian said, "you know, Haninah has a blog and I read it," and Steven said, "I'm going to read it, I'm going to read it when I get back to New York." You know, he's very sociable, very friendly, he likes me so much. He drinks whiskey on the rock and he brought some for Haim. He asked me if I wanted and I said no. He said, "you don't drink anything?" Then he said, "you want hashish?" I said, "no, coke," and he said, "oh! I thought you meant Coca-cola but you mean cocaine!" And we were all laughing. Vivian is still very cute, she's pretty.

Ezy's birthday.

2008-01-06T18:14:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow is Ezy's birthday. Maybe he'll call me today, he usually calls me on Sunday. I'll wish him then.

Vivi and Steve are coming

2008-01-06T18:12:00.000-05:00

Doreen's daughter Vivi is coming with her husband Steve, they're staying with Doreen for three, four days. Doreen has a one bedroom like me, with a couch. They'll stay there and then they're going to to Hallandale, they have friends there. So I'm going to see them. Doreen is excited that Vivi is coming, she's preparing.

My friend came to visit from Montreal

2008-01-06T18:09:00.000-05:00

Today you don't know we had 70s and 80s, the past few days it's been cold and windy, very windy. But today people were swimming in the ocean.

I had a friend from Montreal, from the Y, she has a house in West Palm Beach, and she came to visit me and she put on her bathing suit and went in the ocean for half an hour. She said, "oh, that's so nice, I really appreciate it, you don't know how much I like this." She came with her husband with the car. They drove down from Montreal, then her husband is flying back up and leaving her the car, then he comes back down and picks her up.

We took the bus to Sawgrass

2008-01-06T17:50:00.000-05:00

I went with my sister Doreen, there is a place, Sawgrass, about an hour and a half we went by bus. We spent the whole day there and we ate there. They have a food court, they gave us samples. We met some Iraqi friends there, and we sat down we had food together there. Then we went shopping, a lot of shops. Like Gap, like Starbuck. And suits, ooohh, so many, so many. You walk about an hour you don't see it all. They have from the factory there. These developers, they opened this area and they put in this shopping center.

Sollie's daughter Roxanne is very sweet.

2007-12-22T19:29:00.000-05:00

Today I saw Roxanne, Sollie's daughter, she told me she's my friend on bookface and she reads this blog! I told her I'm so happy to have a friend like you. She's so sweet this Roxanne, sollie's daughter Roxanne.

Stacy and his friend were here.

2007-12-22T19:28:00.000-05:00

I spent time with Stacy and his friend, I had a wonderful time with them. He's very nice, very easy, and I made supper for them, I went to Miami Beach with them one night, Miami South Beach. And we walked that street of the restaurants, the waitresses they stand at the door and they try to attract you. We had dinner and they had pasta and i had piece of fish. i like the fresh air. and after dinner we went to have something sweet. We had sherbet, it was something sweet. We had pistachio flavor and chocolate.

The club next door.

2007-12-22T19:23:00.000-05:00

Right next door there is like a club, it's called the Ocean Manor, it's a public club. They have music and drinking, it's very nice. Lisa is going tonight with Jon, they want to go. It's outside, they have you know, outdoor, a shack, it's a nice place. They serve drinks and we can spend all day, and the pool is better than mine, what we have at my place. You can sit on the long chairs on the beach. I have some people there from our community, they're staying there for a while.

In the old days, the 60s and the 70s, we used to go, with Grandpa, and Haim, we'd stay there. And they would play the backgammon, laughing and joking and sitting in their bathing suits, everyone would go to the Ocean Manor. And they would bid on the backgammon, and drink, more and more money.

It's been a long time.

2007-12-22T19:02:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since I did my blog, it's because I'm in Florida, and I don't get the chance to work on the computer. But I'm having so much fun, really. I'm having a good time, I'm having a good company with Lisa and Jon and we went to see Haim, and we're going to watch the wedding movie, really we're having a good time. The weather is nice. Nice place and nice weather. Sollie is here with his three children, he came yesterday. They're having fun in the ocean, the weather is very mild, people are going to the pool, to the beach. Beautiful.

They have Chabad here

2007-12-02T13:41:00.000-05:00

Here they have Chabad. We were there at their synagogue across from us. We went one block. I said, "can I have a Jewish calendar?" He said "sure, yes. Tomorrow night we're having a hanukkah party are you coming?" I said "yes, of course." So we went and there was food, they have so much money, don't ask. You know who supports them? a lot of Iraqi people, they give them money.

I saw the rabbi from there yesterday and he was praying and praying. Vera said, "look at them, this is what they do, they pray and pray."

Florida

2007-12-02T13:31:00.000-05:00

So now I'm in Florida, I'm staying in the same place as last year, this time one bedroom, last year it was two bedrooms. Stacy is going to come with his friend, Andre. First he's going to Miaimi, I don't know where, he's staying in a hotel. Then he's coming to me. We have a pull out bed and a cot so they can both stay.

When we got to the apartment there was everything, a small refrigerator, and everything you want, but no phone. So Vera had the idea to buy a phone. So we went to Wallgreen and we got a phone. You know how much we paid? You'll never guess, it was so cheap. I told Carlie and he whistled, "whooooooo."

And Vera is eating is eating so much, she eats and she eats lots of fish. You know what kind of fish? Hallapie. Or tillapie. Something like that. It's a white fish, and thin. And she eats potato, and salad. She's eating all the time.

Russian ballet

2007-11-23T15:59:00.000-05:00

Nobody does ballet like these Russian people. They teach them. They are number one. They are the best at ballet. I think i have seen it in Iran once with Grandpa. I was amazed, they are amazing these ballerinas.

Justin's birthday

2007-11-23T15:53:00.000-05:00

Justin's Birthday is coming, the 27. He's the son of Ezy. The bum didn't call me, my son. Evey Sunday he calls me. Last Sunday he didn't call. Probably he's busy with Thanksgiving.

Melissa's engagement

2007-11-16T16:51:00.000-05:00

It's Melissa's engagement tomorrow night. She's the granddaughter of my friend Mavis. They're making a big deal about it. The other one, Caroline she got married, she had a little daughter and twin boys. So she's coming for her sister's engagement from Ottawa, and Mavis is happy, she'll be there for sure. Terry is supposed to pick me up and take me. There will probably be a belly dancer and this and that. So I'll let you know about the engagement.

We had a meeting in the building

2007-11-16T16:47:00.000-05:00

Last night we had a meeting in the building, for the condo, like. They discussed the elevator and the money and expenses, this and that. There are two people we want to vote for to be in the committee, because the one that was there before she's quitting, she's resigning. She was there four years. I'm wondering really who to vote for. There's one that was a social worker and she's very good and she's been places and this and that but she says she's not very good with numbers. And the other is a boy Stacy's age, he has a girlfriend, they live in the condo and he wants to be elected also. He says he works at Merrill Lynch and he knows numbers and he's economical so he can do very well for us. They have a manager, an accountant, and engineer, and another one that takes of everything that is broken in the building, the elevator, the heater, whatever. And there is an accountant. I think I might vote for the boy, I talked to him about the stocks. I think he's good, he's French Canadian and she's also French Canadian, the other one that wants to be elected. We also had wine and cheese and the meeting.

Happy Birthday to Carlie

2007-11-16T16:36:00.000-05:00

About Carlie's birthday, I'm all excited. I wish I was there to celebrate with him. I love him and I really miss him. He's funny and he makes me feel good. He's relaxed, he's good, and he's capable. he's very handy. He built a cupboard in his closet, I always remember it, how it was, and how it became.

Obama and Brad Pitt

2007-11-06T20:00:00.000-05:00

This Brad Pitt, he volunteered to help Obama in his campaign but they refused him. They're worried that Obama will look too Hollywood, because he has Clooney and I don't know who else. They don't want people to think he's stuck up.

I have seen Obama with Oprah. I have seen him with his wife. He's humble, he's nice. But I don't know, I'm not in it. No ones knows who is going to be president.

Seinfeld

2007-11-06T19:58:00.000-05:00

I don't know about this Seinfeld, he's in the newspaper, they were criticizing his movie with the bees. This critic in the Gazette says he wasted his time making this movie. I don't know, I didn't see it. But the newspaper is full of his picture and the bees. It's his voice that they used. A big picture of the the bees, one, two, three, four of them talking, dancing, I don't know.

I think he's a great comedian, I don't know about this movie, but I like his show, I used to like it. With his friends and the other one, Kramer. And the bald one was funny also. I don't remember all the names, but it was very funny.

Julie Lequin

2007-11-06T19:29:00.001-05:00

Julie Lequin is French Canadian and now she picked up the English and she studied in Los Angeles. It's a great thing and she's very smart. She is an artist, I have seen her in Montreal and she came to visit me. She's from a small town in Quebec and it's a great thing that she's doing. She made it on her own and her parents should be proud of her. And she's funny.

She makes very interesting videos. It's interesting to read her blog, it's nice and interesting to read it. I'm amazed really, she must be very bright, to pick up the English and go and study there. Culture, culture she picks up culture. Her parents should be proud of her.

I'm happy that she appreciates my blog and she likes it. If you want to see her blog it's here

Kebaaaaab

2007-10-30T01:51:00.001-04:00

I want a kebaaaaab when Carlie comes to Florida. Or maybe for a change I'll take him for a kebaaaaab. Maybe I'll make him one at home. OK.

I'm busy these days

2007-10-30T01:48:00.000-04:00

What was in Access Hollywood? There was Paris again, I don't know what she was doing. And Britney, Britney Spears. I don't know.

Well, I'm busy these days, I have things. I have telephone calls and I'm running around. I don't have time for Paris.

Stevie Wonder

2007-10-30T01:40:00.000-04:00

We had Stevie Wonder in Montreal. The audience was full and this and that. Everybody likes him here, I'm not so familiar with his songs, but I think he's good. They tell me he's good.

Roxy might come visit me in Florida

2007-10-30T01:34:00.000-04:00

Well I'm going to Florida, it's almost arranged. I got an apartment there for a few weeks. I think Roxy is arranging to come and them from there for a few days to go to Los Angeles. All her cousins will be there. I want her to come when Carlie or Stacy is there, she'll have more fun. I didn't speak to Roxy but I heard from Vera that she's planning to come and then go to Los Angeles.

I walked at Lisa's wedding

2007-10-16T16:27:00.000-04:00

Lisa just put up the pictures from her wedding on bookface. I was so proud to walk at Lisa's wedding, I didn't have in mind to walk, so I said I want to walk with Josh and Justin, this is a nice way to walk. And the lady told us how to walk like this, with flowers, so here is a picture from it. From bookface.

Lilo is still in rehab?

2007-10-16T16:23:00.000-04:00

What about Lilo, Lohan, she's still in the hostipal, in rehab? I don't know, such a nice good actress it seems, they drink, the poor things, they're addicted. Her and Paris. they don't know what to do with themselves. You know why? The money. It's bad for them. Big shots.

George Clooney had an accident on his motorcycle

2007-10-16T16:01:00.000-04:00

Look at George Clooney,he had an accident on his motorcycle. He was riding his motorcycle with his girlfriend, with his companion, and a car hit him. And he was in the hospital, and some of the workers they snooped in his charter, his chart. So
the hospital arrested all of the workers, there were 90 of them or something and they didn't pay them. And George Clooney, he said he didn't like that, that they punished them, even though they snooped, they should still pay them.

But he's out now and he started a movie, it seems. The girls are after him, he is older and he still can get a nice girl. But Carlie shouldn't go that long.

Roxy called me this morning

2007-10-04T19:27:00.000-04:00

This morning, early in the morning, who called me? Roxy. She's on her way to work. "Oh hi Gramma, how are you?" She's going to Chicago this weekend to Lisa. Darya is going to be there too. She works hard, Roxy. She works and she studies. And there is a long weekend, here it's Thanksgiving, in the US it's Columbus Day.

Poor Britney Spears

2007-10-04T19:25:00.000-04:00

She's lost, chaibi. They took her children, they didn't give her custody. They gave it to Kevin Federlee, her ex-husband. Is she crazy? I don't know. It's very hard to be without your children, they should let her have them sometimes. She started very young and she got popular very fast. It's no good. Now she's lost. Between her directors and the people that advise her.

Simchat Torah party

2007-10-04T19:21:00.001-04:00

They have a big party tonight at the Sha'ar for Simhat Torah but I'm not going, I don't like the hosa. For purim they do a big thing also. But this is life.

At the Spanish they dance and they get drunk, the rabbi, the cantor, and all the religious ones. They start with food, food, they pass around a lot of food. And they drink until they don't know what they are doing. And in Hampstead they go from Baily to Adath Torah. On the street they dance and they sing. And back in Baghdad? On the street. Yes. And they say it's a mitzvah. How do you like that?

A song in the sukkah

2007-10-04T18:39:00.001-04:00

The Iraqi people they sing a song in the sukkah, it goes "sukkah weh lulav..." like that. We used to hear it in Baghdad. Before the Sukkoth, they would sell the palms and the rest of the things on the street. They used to sell them like Christmas trees.

This new rabbi at the Spanish, he's from New York, it's the first year for him. When they were singing this song, he was looking around and laughing, he didn't know where they were reading from. He asked Abitan and Yacoob and Anwar, they brought small books between them that are special for the sukka, i don't know. After every verse they sing, "sukkah weh lulav."

I asked the rabbi, "how do you like it here?" He said "it's different but I love it."

In Baghdad they had the decorations and the drapes in the sukkah that were are all white and embroidered. Because it's summertime there and everything is white.

I'm going to ask Yacoob for one of the books, because I don't know the whole song.

Thank you to all the people who read my blog

2007-09-21T15:12:00.000-04:00

There have been over 1000 people on my blog! Now I'm popular. Maybe I should celebrate. Every thousand we should celebrate. All the people who read my blog I love you all.

I am in Canada and my blog is going up and my Canadian dollar is going up. What do think about that? Maybe we should celebrate.

Yom Kippur

2007-09-19T15:23:00.000-04:00

For the Kippur I will invite Haim to break the fast and I will make almond milk, and djraduk. Terry will be there and we will break the fast together. I have to prepare.

Rosh Hashannah

2007-09-19T15:03:00.000-04:00

Oh my gosh, Rosh Hashannah was so nice and I was so busy. All the brachoth, and Ezy's friend from school came. And he's gay and he brought his partner. And they adopted a son of 10 years old and Ezy said I want to see his son also. And they came and visited me before they went to the restaurant. He was very familiar to me and my husband and the whole family. He came over, him and his partner and the boy and a doggie, a little dog. And the dog started barking and the boy was running after him in the kitchen and around the house.

And we sat down and had some tea with them and the little boy. It seems a hard time to take care of him, it's hard. but they say it's nice and it made them happy. The boy is very nice.

So now they're roaming around now and having a vacation, they're going to California and they will visit Ezy in Portland.

Borax and the Cheese

2007-09-10T23:00:00.000-04:00

When I was with Carlie in San Francisco he showed me the DVD of Borax that was very funny with the cheese. He showed the guy in the supermarket the cheese and he said, "What is this" and the guy showed him all the cheese. He kept saying, "that's cheese, that's cheese." "And this one?" "That's also cheese." The poor guy, he couldn't get rid of him, he kept asking about the cheese. Then when I went to Stacy I told him I liked that one with the cheese and we watched it again. Then we saw it again with Roxy. "What is this? Is it wood?" "It's cheese."
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Montreal bagels

2007-09-09T17:46:00.000-04:00

In Montreal, they have bagels, people come to eat the bagels. Why are they so famous? People come here and they go to Moshe and they buy bagels. It's not such a big deal. I don't think they are fantastic, what's good about it? When they're hot they smell good. They taste good when they're fresh. I guess they're good.

We visited Stacy's friends in New York

2007-09-06T19:29:00.000-04:00

One night when I was in New York, the second night I came to Stacy he was invited to one of his friends, Jeet and Amarna, they are Indian. They live out of town a little bit, They were so hospitable. They served us so much food, it was very good, they made 5 or 6 kinds of food and the rice. And we brought them some wine, and we were all drinking it.

For desert, they served blueberries and strawberries and ice cream she served. And we were drinking wine all the time.

I asked her, "do you wear saris in the US?" She said she has a lot of them but she never wears them. She brought me a few she was showing me, so beautiful such nice fabrics. She put one on over the shoulder like the Indian ladies wear it. So beautiful. She showed me one that she bought for her daughter, so beautiful, she says she doesn't want it. And she said, "oh, that's your size," and she gave me one. And everyone said this is so beautiful and she said, "take it, take it, and i said no, it's too much." And she insisted, I told her, "thank you, thank you," and i kissed her. And then we had tea with cinnamon.

I almost lost my luggage in Montreal

2007-09-06T19:23:00.000-04:00

Coming back from New York, oh it was hectic. I was standing by the carousel at Dorval airport and all the luggages came from the States. And I checked my plane and the carousel number and it was the right one but my luggage wasn't there. So I went to the office, they sent me to the office and I was thinking Terry must be going around and around. But then I was in the office and they took my name and they said, "OK, we'll send it to you tomorrow." Then I was about to leave and there was a man there and he said, "wait a minute, is this yours?" It was my bag, so he gave it to me. So it wasn't too bad.

Drinking on the rocks

2007-09-05T12:06:00.000-04:00

When we were in New York, Stacy took me and Roxy to some nice hotels, to the bars. We went to the Continental and the Hudson Motel. We had a drink and there were nice chocolates, Lindt, so we had chocolate. I had two. We took the box of chocolate we took it back home.

I got some nuts for Stacy from the bar, but he didn't want them, I thought he wanted nuts with his drink but he didn't so I got them for him then we threw them out. When we were in Florida I told Stacy "you mustn't drink on the rock." I meant that you shouldn't drink on an empty stomach. Then Stacy corrected me that the rock is the ice! My brother-in-law Abraham Shamash used to drink a lot but he always used to have something with it, fava beans or something, you mustn't have it all alone.

Times Square

2007-09-05T11:54:00.000-04:00

We went out at night to Times Square, I called it Six Square, I don't know why. We passed by in the car when we drove around New York City. I liked Time Square, it was my first time there, I thought "it's a nice city, when they say this it's true - it's a nice city." It is the city that can't sleep.

In New York we went to the beach

2007-09-02T15:39:00.000-04:00

I visited Stacy in New York and Roxy was there. We went to the beach, it was beautiful. We walked, and I made a salad. We ate our sandwiches and some fruits, the waves were very srong, but the sun was strong and nice. But the most beautiful thing, the best was Roxy and Stacy, really.

Yoga Breathing

2007-08-28T20:40:00.000-04:00

This is how my teacher at the Y teaches us how to breathe. He says we inhale, we take a deep breath and then we exhale, we go down like this, back again, ten seconds. We were in the fresh air and I found it's a nice place to do it.

Santa Cruz

2007-08-25T02:00:00.000-04:00

We rented a car and we went to Santa Cruz. We drove few hours along the ocean and the road was pretty and there were eucalyptus trees. We went first to the boardwalk and there was sea lions and pelicans and lots of people walking. And we were talking on the cell phone with the family, with Josh and Stacy. We had a lovely time. Lovely really. with Carlie and Justin. I was so happy to be with Carlie and Justin. Long time I didn't spend time with Justin. At the end of the day we were tired. And I found the tokens in the arcade. But i was really tired and hungry. I wanted to have a bite. So I looked in my purse I had a Powerbar. And I gave Justin a small piece and I told him "this is your share." Then later we went and I ate fish and chips and Carlie had a salad and Justin had a sandwich.

Lisa's wedding

2007-08-21T19:35:00.000-04:00

It was a great day and we were all together at the dressing room, helping each other dressing up with our gowns and the make up artist and hairdresser and one was missing something and another need her dress shortened a little. And to fix the zipper at the back and elastic. We needed a lot of pins to fix some of the stuff that wasn't correct. Especially Lisa's dress, she had three people helping her. I felt just like in Hollywood, before they come to the red carpet sometimes they show us when they're getting ready. And they brought us sandwiches.

Everyone was telling each other: I said, "Terry does my dress look good? I don't feel the neckline is sitting properly." I was so puzzled with the V-neck. I didn't feel it looked properly.

Lisa looked very gorgeous with her makeup and her hair and her veil and we were all ready to go to the photographer. The lady that organized it told us to go to the photographer. It's a show, really. So here is a picture of Lisa. Isn't she beautiful. I am very proud of her. Of all my grandchildren, the six of them together, all of them are good looking.

All the things I do

2007-08-07T18:45:00.000-04:00

For a grandma like me, I have so many things. I know a lot of things. I do sewing, I do knitting, I go out, I do exercise, I do everyday exercise. I cook, I bake, I go with Roxy to the park and we do the seesaw, up and down. We drink, we were sampling the wine, and we liked one. Roxy said she'd buy it, she'll come back and buy it. I don't know if she went. I watch TV also.

All the people on this blog

2007-08-07T18:32:00.000-04:00

There have been more than 800 people that came to read my blog. Wowee! You know what's wowee? It means wolf. In Arabic we call it wowee. And in French renard. Thanks to you all that visit me and read my blog.

I read in the Gazette about this guy who was on bookface and he was complaining that he didn't have so many friends, they don't appreciate him. He doesn't get so many friends from the bookface. But he had 161 friends and all his classmates have more and he's upset about it. It's stupid, 161 is a lot of people. I think friend count of 161 is enough. Why is he complaining? He is only 17 years old.

Chocolate milk

2007-08-05T20:46:00.000-04:00

I drink chocolate milk and I sleep. I don't know why. Sometimes I wake up and I can't go back to sleep and I make a hot chocolate and then I go back to sleep. What do you think of that? Most of the time I sleep fine. Don't worry.

Visiting Carlie

2007-08-05T20:41:00.000-04:00

I'm going to visit Carlie in San Francisco. We'll go around. It will be a vacation. What will we do there? Looking around, fooling around, I don't know. Last time he took a me many places, very pretty places where we could see the bridge and the parks and the ocean. I love to travel. I don't worry about it. I have to pack for Toronto and for San Francisco. I'm set. I'm organized.

Francofolies

2007-08-05T20:34:00.000-04:00

Many people from the States were here for summertime. They closed Crescent Street for the weekend, it was full full of people dancing on the streets. They call it Francofolie. Who knows what goes on downtown? Terry and I we never go.

Deal or No Deal

2007-08-05T20:32:00.000-04:00

Howie Mandel was here for the Just for Laughs. He has this show, Deal or no Deal on the TV. My sister Doreen loves it. Once I was there visiting her in Great Neck and she said, let me watch, I love this show. I didn't get his jokes, I don't know. But it's a nice show.

They closed the Spectrum

2007-08-05T20:25:00.000-04:00

I was reading in the Gazette that there is a place where they used to make shows and bands and they are closing it and now everybody is talking about it. The Spectrum, I think it's called. They want to use the place for something else, so the people are missing it. They're talking about when they used to go there and go to bands. It opened in 1982 until 2007.

Laundry

2007-08-05T20:24:00.000-04:00

Sometimes I have few things to wash, the big things I give to Terry to wash. Usually just the sheets. The small things i do by hand in the sink.

I made jam

2007-08-05T20:21:00.000-04:00

I made a jam from peach and prunes. It turned out very good. mmmm, delicious. I can bring it to Carlie when I visit him in San Francisco. It's very good when you mix them up, the best is apricot, but we didn't have apricot this year. It was a bad year in Montreal for apricot.

The Simpsons Movie

2007-07-29T18:23:00.001-04:00

In the newspaper there was an ad, they were giving free tickets to the movie, the Simpsons movie. I think it might be a very funny, nice movie. It opened here the 27 of July. They are funny the Simpsons, sometimes I watch Homer and his wife and his children, Bart and Lisa and the baby. He has a pet pig and he had to run out of the house, there was a fire and his wife and his children ran out of the house and he went back for his pig. They were showing us a part of the movie. Carlie likes to go to movies, he goes to all the movies.

Roxy and me and Stacy in New York

2007-07-29T18:10:00.000-04:00

Stacy was talking to me, he said he's busy, as usual. He's busy of course. He said he took some time off in New York, I told him he's lucky that he has vacation. I asked him about Roxy if she's coming to New York to meet me in New York. He said he'd convince her, but he can't catch her. She had to run. She was with a patient. She's so busy. But if she comes to New York we'll have a nice time the three of us, Roxy and Stacy and me.

The pool party was very fun

2007-07-24T18:09:00.000-04:00

The pool party was a lot of fun. Everybody brought his food and I brought the egg patties. And the one that organized it, I think she's Egyptian, she said she loved it, everyone loved it. They had kebbah burrel and there was hot dogs in a red syrup with honey on it, they were eating them and they liked them very much. And the doorman was there, he brought a big piece of cheese.

I asked if anyone had a camera and a very nice lady from the building said, "yes, yes I'll take a picture of you, please, please stand up here and there, I'll take a picture." So here's a picture of me with everyone. I met many people that I didn't know before that live in the building. Now I see them in the elevator.

For desert there was cakes and cherries and watermelon and those Chinese fruits, the lychees. And salads. They brought many things. And a lot of wine, they brought a lot of wine.

Modern women

2007-07-17T17:30:00.000-04:00

When I was young a woman would only sleep with her husband. But modern women try many men before they get married. I think it's up to the woman, if she feels attractive and and she's attracted to the man, she can have as many as she wants. If she wants to, then it's OK. But you have to be careful of diseases and the pill is no good, it's bad for your system. But it's acceptable these days to have many partners. Some people they like to have relationships more than average they keep going and going and it's never enough. But it's not healthy to have children late in life. Carlie should choose one nice girl, but when he's ready. But he shouldn't wait too long, he'll get old and then they won't want him.

Pool party

2007-07-17T17:24:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow we have a pool party in the building. Pool party, you know, everyone brings his own dish and we eat by the pool. The fourth and the sixth floor they asked for something salty. And the other floors, something sweet. And they want $5 to pay the workers. I had to give them $5, I had only twenty, but they said they didn't have change, bring the money tomorrow. I made the egg patties for them and I'm going to the pool party I know all their names, the people who live in my building. They're going to participate.

Roxy is working very hard

2007-07-13T22:20:00.000-04:00

Roxy is working very hard, believe me. The other day she called me from the train, she was already on the train at 6 in the morning. So she called me and usually I'm awake then, but that night I couldn't fall asleep, I was tossing and turning. So when she called I was asleep, and she said, "oh, go back to sleep." So I put put down the phone and I closed my eyes, but I thought it was Vera that called. When I got up I called Vera, and I said, "why did you wake me up?" but she was still sleeping so I woke her up. Then I called Terry and she was sleeping too. So it was three of us that woke up from Roxy's call.

Flamenco music

2007-07-13T22:14:00.000-04:00

I want to download some songs of flamenco, Estrella Moriente. Or movienti, I think. And there is another one, Jose Merce. Or Mercel, I can't remember. You know after we finish the class there is this girl, I think she's Lebanese, she wanted to know the name of the song. She put it on her computer right away and she wrote it down for me and I'm going to download it. It's very hard this flamenco it takes a lot of energy, it's not like soft.

Josh played in Germany with his band.

2007-07-09T16:47:00.000-04:00

It's so nice to speak to Josh. He's delicious. I'm so proud of him. He played in a band and they went to Germany and played in front seven thousand people. All of a sudden he's such a big boy. He's a man! He's not a boy anymore. Look at him, he travels by himself. I'm proud of all my grandchildren. I am blessed. Look at them. Look at everyone.

The days are starting to get shorter

2007-07-03T20:23:00.000-04:00

The days are getting shorter I can already feel it. I hate it. I tell terry and she says what's the difference? She doesn't care about how long the day is. I like the sun and the heat in the summer. When the days get shorter I hate it. It's depressing. My friend Mavis hates it too, and so does Carlie. He hates it, even at his age.

Canada Day

2007-07-03T20:15:00.000-04:00

I was with Haim at the club for Canada Day. Haim invited me, he told me to come to his and he would drive me from there. Then when I came to his house and he said come in and we ate something and he gossiped. Then he drove me to the club. I brought Haim some sandwiches with egg patties and pickled mango. And I brought him some bingo cherries. He said they were very good. It was so nice the weather was good. I played some bridge, there was a group there and we sat in the sun. Then we were tired of playing and I went downstairs and there was a group sitting there and talking. Fuad S. was there and he told me to sit there with them and Naim S. was there. They are brothers. They were telling jokes, very silly jokes. Fuad said please sit down and have something, I said "no, no, no." He said please have something, so I said OK, I'll have tea. And they ordered tea and cookies oatmeal. So I sat and ate with them and then I said thank you. Wasn't that nice of him?

Going to the club

2007-07-01T18:06:00.000-04:00

Here in Montreal it turned colder today. Haim told me "do you want to come to the club?" because it's Canada Day, but I said no, it's too cold. But maybe I'll go tomorrow if the weather gets nicer. I don't like to go when it's cold and there's only playing cards upstairs. Tomorrow maybe I'll go and I'll miss the Y.

Fête Nationale

2007-06-27T20:09:00.000-04:00

For St-Jean Baptiste day they had the parade. It was very big, I have seen it on TV. They had people downtown more than any other parade. And there was a party right near Victoria, there is a big big park. And they made a huge big cake as big as my dining table. And they cut it and they gave everyone a piece. I never saw such a cake like this.

They had the pride parade in Toronto and other places

2007-06-25T14:42:00.000-04:00

They had the gay pride parade in Toronto and San Francisco and other places. They were marching and celebrating and there was one man in Toronto on a bicycle wearing no clothes with his shendoul was out, naked. In Montreal they do it next month.

There were always gay people, even in Baghdad. I remember my auntie had a maid and she used to dress up like a man with a man's jacket and she used to bring her girlfriend with her to sleep with her. We used to give them a room on the side of the house. They say it's about ten percent of the people in the world are gay, and I believe that. It used to be quiet, but now people talk about it. Anyways, people are accepting it, they are more familiar with it.

A ride with Haim to Toronto

2007-06-25T14:41:00.000-04:00

I asked Haim if we can go, Terry and I if we can get a lift in the car to Toronto for the wedding. He said he doesn't mind, but when do you want to go? I said Friday, he said yes, I want to go also on Friday. I'm going to be sharing a room with Terry, it's a big room. Have you seen it? It's a nice room with two big beds. We have a lot of time now, the wedding isn't for a few months.

Egg patties

2007-06-25T14:35:00.000-04:00

I made patties with eggs and parsley and green onions, it's delicious. I don't put too much oil, I do it on a slow fire, it doesn't take too much oil. And I put bread crumbs and salt and pepper. It's very nice.

Some people do it, the whole thing in the pan, and it makes one big one and you flip it and it's done. Then you cut it up into small pieces. Most of the work is in chopping the parsely. Sometimes I put a potato. Yes, it's nice.

Thanks to you for writing in

2007-06-24T18:28:00.000-04:00

I would like to thank everybody who answered and who liked my blog and appreciated it. Whoever wrote, I'm glad I could share things with you. It encourages and inspires me to continue writing about my life.

Whoever wrote in, if I see you, I'll buy you a ke-baaahb (in a NZ accent). I would like to see you all personally, really.

My dress for Lisa's wedding

2007-06-20T18:21:00.001-04:00

I have a nice dress for the wedding, I'm just doing few alterations on it to make it nice for the wedding. And I'm looking forward for Lisa she's coming to Montreal to renew her driver's license. I'm going to show her the dress, it will be very nice.

I don't like Dr. Phil

2007-06-20T18:14:00.001-04:00

Dr. Phil is really stupid. He fights with all his clients all the time.
"How come you said this and this and that to your wife? My producer told me you said this, and he said that." Oprah helped him to open up his talk show. He was her lawyer and once she said something about religion and they tried to sue her, and he helped her. Every tuesday he was on her show and now he has his own show. I don't watch that, he's really stupid. But he must be making tons of money.

A party for Paris

2007-06-20T18:03:00.000-04:00

Paris Hilton's parents are bargaining for a hotel to make a party for when she gets out of jail. A get out of jail party. How far can these celebrities go? How spoiled can they be? But now she says she's grown up and now she's not going to act stupid anymore. She's 26 and she says she's going to change. Can you imagine such a thing? A party for getting out of jail? In Los Vegas they're going to have it.

This blog

2007-06-15T21:31:00.000-04:00

You people who are reading this, tell me what's your opinion? Who are you? What do you think of a Grandma like this? Six grandchildren, God bless them. I should have been great grandmother, believe me. My grandchildren are of the age.

I went to the park with Roxy

2007-06-15T21:27:00.000-04:00

When I was in Toronto I went with Roxy to the park near Vera's house, a nice park, so quiet and nice. And we rode on all the rides. I went with Roxy on the see saw and it was so low to the ground, like for children, but we rode on it. And I went on the swing and Roxy pushed me and I said "no, no, no, not so high!" Then Roxy went on the slide and she said, "Grandma, catch me!" Really, it was such a nice day.

Christina and Paris and Angelina and Diana

2007-06-15T21:20:00.000-04:00

Christina Aguilera, she's pregnant. I heard it on Access Hollywood, they say she's pregnant. Weh aliha, she a real, I don't know. All these people Paris Hilton, I don't know who else, they are spoiled rotten. And Angelina and Bratt and the children swimming together, they children wear the same same bathing suit as the father. How many children do they have together, Angelina and Bratt? I don't know.

You know who I feel sorry for? Princess Diana. She was pretty and a princess and she had two children and they killed her. Poor thing, she was good.

Lisa is having a shower

2007-06-15T21:13:00.000-04:00

I was talking to Lisa, I didn't get her invitation yet. She sent the out of town people a bit earlier. They have a shower now. Vera said are you coming for the shower? I said, "Vera, I came for the engagement, and I came for Alvina's bar mitzvah, and I'm coming for wedding, what does she want from me?" I think they should stop this shower business.

Maybe they'll serve a ke-baaahb for the wedding. Ke-baaahb, in a New Zealand accent.

The liquor store

2007-06-13T16:39:00.000-04:00

I was in Toronto this weekend and I went for a walk with Roxy and we dropped in to a liquor store, the biggest liquor store in toronto. She said it was a train station, it used to be one. We drank, I don't know the names of the alcohol, but we had some samples. And it tasted very nice, it was some kind of wine, they were promoting it. Roxy said she'd buy a bottle for me. And they had cheese and crackers, I ate a few different kinds of cheese. And there was music, accordion and guitar. So they had music and cheese and wine. They had a contest also, we filled up two slips for a motorcycle, if I win it I will give it to Carlie. Terry will be upset if I give it to him. She took my email, they'll answer me with my email.

Julian

2007-06-13T16:32:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I took a class of stretch and afterward there was a class of flamenco and the name of the teacher's name Julian and he's from Mexico I think. He says you have to think about the music. It's a floordance, you're on the floor it's not like you're flying like a ballerina, you have to listen to the music. He says you have to imagine that you're in front of the toro, and he's coming to you and you have to scare him and go away from him. I join it once in a while just for fun. After the class people say, "are staying? are you staying for the flamenco?" But I just do it just for fun. I think I'm going to take it Tuesday, and I can eat my lunch, I take it with me, before the other class. He teaches on Sunday too but I can't go on Sunday I want to join a bridge club.

Bookface

2007-06-13T16:25:00.000-04:00

I heard yesterday big big article about bookface. A big page on the Gazette. This is where you go if you want friends, they're telling everybody it's on the computer and they're telling everybody how to get into it and how many people join everyday on it. They said some people don't want to talk about everything so you can write on the top "private." But not many people would like to be on it. In the article they say it's a good "social network." Ah, it's not bad if you read about other people. It is a kind of friends. I like it, yeah, but not everybody likes it. Terry wouldn't like it. I ask everybody, "are you on bookface? you can find me on bookface."

Alvina's bar-mitzwah

2007-06-05T16:00:00.000-04:00

I spoke to Chaim, he's going to bring me to Toronto for the bar-mitzwah of Alvina's son. It's going to be very religious, I'm sure it's going to be the men dancing hora together separately and the women dancing separately. And he's going to read the whole thing, not just haftorah and his part. And then when the sun goes down, it's going to be very late, after 8:30, he's going to do the havdallah.

I'm going to make some sandwiches for Chaim and for Naima for the way and I'm going to bring some fruit. And some wine for Alvina also, she invited me for dinner. I'll wrap it between the sandwiches. And Roxy and Lisa and John are invited. It will be fun with them.