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Last week we were too tired to do anything; we moved on Thursday, and the entire week leading up to the move was very stressful and busy. However, B"H! we made the move successfully, and spent that shabbat mostly at other people's places.
The house was livable -- that is, the contractors did get everything in place (e.g. toilets, electricity, etc.) in time for our move, but it was a close thing (adding to our stress). Some things weren't done in time. For example, our shower enclosure -- apparently there is a specialist whose only job it is, is to install these particular shower enclosures. Anyway, that got installed this past week.
If you look at the pictures from two weeks ago you will see what the kitchen looked like a week before it was finished. Here it is, finished, but before we moved in, and this is what it looks like right now. They did a right fine job, I think; though there are a few things they didn't do completely right. All in all, a complete remodel in three weeks is pretty amazing. If you want to know the names of my contractors, contact me and I'll give them to you.
We also got the clothes closets installed. Finally! We can hang our clothes up again -- it's been almost a year since we've done that. Our own fault of course, we could have got closets before -- but since we knew we were going to move "soon", we opted to wait.
This is the dining room (in Israel, it's called a "salon"). Taken today, after I spent a couple hours unpacking stuff and figuring out where to put it all. The bookcase-cum-china-cabinet is only a temporary thing until we figure out what we want to do. A real china cabinet (e.g. with doors that close) is needed here, since otherwise the glassware gets very dusty.
After all the contractors were done, this week, I went out and changed the locks on the doors. The guy at the hardware store told me it was very complex to change these kinds of locks, and they do the installation for an additional 70 shekels per lock. I declined his kind offer, and though it was indeed more difficult than changing the locks I'm more familiar with, it wasn't too bad - and I saved 140 shekels. That's real money, friends...
On Sunday we handed over the keys to the rental, and met at that time with the landlords as well as the new tenants. We feel sorry for the new guys, but there's not much we can do to help them out. I will say that leaving that house for the last time was one of the most uplifting experiences I've had, recently!
During the week there was a cornerstone-laying ceremony for a synagogue which is being built very close to our house. We went, and got to hear from lots of dignitaries (the Chief Rabbi of Israel, a Knesset member, our mayor and others). All in all it was an interesting experience. I'm curious how long it will be before this shul is operative, however. I would like something close by.
Sarah went back to the US for a vacation to see her friends, this past Thursday. She will be there for three weeks, and has plans to see all her friends. So her input will be missing for the next few weeks...
Shabbat shalom!
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