Spending time with family

Rosh Hashonah came and went so fast i`m not sure what happened. I know that`s hard top believe since it was a three day yom tov, but what can I say. I really enjoyed being home with the family, we even had company. The wife made great food, davening I think went pretty OK. I have to say my favorite part was the first night when our company ate out, it was just the wife my three your old and myself, we absolutely loved it. For me there is no better way to spend my time than with the people I love most. I look forward to doing it again. So until the next time Gut Yom Tov.

Long Weekend

It`s been a long weekend which is not really over yet, since I am off from work today because of labor day. We were home for shabbos, which was nice since we were away for so many weeks, but we did eat out all meals, which we had a great time. We dodged Hurricane Earl, which was also cool. Sunday morning came and the wife wanted to start cooking for Rosh Hashonah, So we went to Monsey, did our shopping, came home took the kids out for a nice long walk, while the wife made challah and desserts. When she was done we decided to join the rest of my family in Lakewood for a swim/BBQ party. We all had a great time. On the way back my wife and I were talking about children and so on, I made a comment like I have in the past, that our second child, I only agreed to since she wanted it so badly, my deal was as soon as she finishes school, i`ll agree to it. I made a comment then, and last night that it`s only because I made a promise. The response I got last night was different than all the others. The wife started screaming that I had no right to do that , if I did`nt want than I should have spoken up, why did I not say anything. I look at it the opposite way, I did`nt want now, still wanted to wait, but you wanted so badly, so I was willing to do it. You never objected, and stopped with the birth control. You knew my opinions bud decided that since I agreed it was good enough for you. Why am I all of a sudden so wrong? Anybody else ever have these conversations? 

Hello Kitty Knapsack

I come home from work, and see that my wife had taken the kids to the mall(never a good idea to let them go by themselves), so my daughter shows me her pretty Hello Kitty knapsack she got for school, look Ta, it even comes with a Hello kitty lunch bag, and a Hello Kitty wallet. My wife turns to me and says don`t even ask how much? I asked her you could`nt control her that you had to spend $40.00 on that, it was`nt her, it was the guy in the kiosk that suckered me into it. I was not happy.

The night continued with a Delicious supper made the wife, and then she had a wedding in Monsey. Was very happy for her to go, she was supposed to meet alot of friends that she has not seen in a while. Since I was home myself with the kids I started out by giving the kids baths, putting them in the carriage and going for a 1 and a half hour walk. It was nice, every few minutes the older one(3 years old), got out and wanted to walk, we went to a park for a little bit, but there were way to many fly`s and bugs, so we had to leave. When we got home i was to lazy to walk all the way up to our third floor apartment, so just opted to hang out on the grass outside for a while. Kids had fun, it was nice.

We went upstairs, as soon as we walked in the door, I get a phone call from my wife, she did not sound right, I asked if everything is OK, she said yes, BUT, you can just imagine how fast my heart was beating. So what`s the but? I should not be driving at night by myself, She says, I`m so tired, and can`t keep my eyes opened, she promised to call me if she is to tired to drive home herself, don`t know what I would have done, but I`m sure I would have been able to make some sort of an arrangement.

Now it`s time to start with bed time, so thankfully  the kids were already in PJ`s so that worked out well. The older one went straight to bed. The younger(10 months)felt a little feverish, so gave her some Motrin, a bottle, and put her to bed as well. I sat down to finish up an episode of master chef, continued on to Americas Got Talent, and then was just fiddling around online, when I did a search for something, a certain video came up, which I should not have watched, it`s been a while now since I`ve been into this stuff, and was really proud that I stopped, but my yetzer hora just got to the better of me. I started watching for about two and a half minutes, but thankfully stopped, I shut down the computer went to the other room so I can Daven Mariv, and started cleaning up the apartment.

Thinking about it now, I`ve been so good for so long, I can`t believe I got back into it, especially in Elul. I hope it was a one time thing, and should not have this yetzer hora, again.

Anybody out there battle this battle as well, how do I overcome these tavous?

Overall I think it was a great night for everyone else, except my run in, and my daughter I think went to sleep the happiest of us all, with her Hello Kitty knapsack.