Life sign

My husband has started blogging (Hebrew)! That means that I have to kick my own butt and kick some life in my own blog.

This summer a revolution started in Israel, protesting against a monopolized economy that has skyrocketed the living expenses to a degree where only the richest can get by without a struggle. Besides that, liberal democracy is in jeopardy, with rightist fear-mongering as the general discourse among the ones who rule the country.

Pita on a demonstration.

Her sweater is a word game:

"Yesh li pipi ve kaki" means "I need to pee and poo"

On the sweater instead it says "Yesh li Bibi ve kaki"... ;)

I was demonstrating this summer, so was my dog and so where our kids and their mother with boyfriend - all but my husband. I know that he has the heart in the right place, but I could not seem to break him out of his indifference. Maybe not indifference, but rather despair.

Then a few days ago he just told me "I want to start a blog!" and I helped him set it up and there are two posts so far and all of a sudden he is far more outspoken and engaged than he has been even in our private discussions. I look forward to more of his thoughts. For you non-Hebrews, there is always Google translate!

Me and Pita.

She is 8 months old and

I am 22 weeks pregnant in the picture.

Another thing that has been neglected on the blog is that we are expecting a baby. As of today I am 24 weeks pregnant with a boy. He will be born around the beginning of April, at home in a birthing pool accompanied by a midwife. That is of course a separate story all by itself and there will be more about it.

Now I have to tend to my husband who just came home from a 35 km run together with Pita. He is preparing for Tiberias marathon on the 12h of January. Pita can follow him on those long runs, but Barak cannot. He is not the athletic type... ;)