about its all Byoncee's fault

you may notice that i don't like losing. even if i now go an attend a golf match which i have never done, i will hate to lose. losing in many past games has not change my feeling on this.

I was invited to go to a casino special event- A trivia night.

I went with Genady and igor and as we entered the casino, Gena mentioned that you need ID if you win to collect and i checked and had no ID, people in front of us of ID screened, but i was not. should i be insulted? we passed the 1st check points, exited on the other end and got to the 2nd check point, once again no ID, but no check. 

we are sent to the dirty harry group. each group is a movie name. 

got a shrimp, skipped the Asparagus salmon and the chicken with mushrooms finger food and let the games begin.

10 questions and you can bet on the answers all in the categories of entertainments. there about 15 teams and for six questions- most gets get everything right. some of the questions i was clueless about , but there is enough knowledge in the group. questions like what Hitchcock ended with O, what song written by Ringo star was  sang by others in an 80's show.

things look good for the team and then question 7 comes to break the tie. in some 80's family sitcom what was the name of the daughter added later in the show. why is this even trivia?  . we didn't know and the questions got very hard all of  sudden. after the bonus round we were the 5th team not that far from first. now we had to gamble on points for the final questions- on female Grammy winners,, we figure that at least one team will get an answer so we must be the max and we do. which two female artists won 6 grammies in a single night. i am sure my friend google knows this unimportant questions but that was not allowed. Igor Knew Addle - - we debated  numerous vocalists and somehow Taylor swift was our false answer. this competition hd some nice prizes- had  we put Beyoncee's name , we would have finished 3rd and split 600$ , but ended with nothing. i continued to feel unlucky and donated 10$ to the slot machines.

lost again... but i gained valuable Grammy knowledge... and had a fun evening

 

p.s - see the Martian, interesting movie...

Tal at six months

Six months already....

time for a Tal report...

average hours of sleep- 3+7   - late evening nap, feeding followed by a 7 hours nap... except tonight when he was hungry at 3 am... and lots of short naps during the day, for him, i wish i had those naps..

Favorite toy- right fist, sometimes the left

Favorite activity- rolling over.

recent activity- attempts at crawling, he is doing the yoga upward dog.

favorite word- screech sound

Makes him laugh- diaper change, smile at him, make sounds to him, see Mattan play, well lots of things he laughs a lot

Favorite place to be- outdoors- the best way to relax him is just taking him outside, he automatically quiets and loves to nap there, even (or especially) in cold weather.

Tal is a big, he is up there in the percentage and wears 9 months closing.

he is super quiet. big brother wakes and cats across the street here about it, but Tal is unheard even in the same room.

he sleeps on his stomach, grabs everything around and likes to jump on the bouncer (a.k.a jail). he is unfortunately too big for the swing

new foods includes apple, pear, banana, sweet potatoes, still new with the solids

Tal just had his 1st stroller hike of 8.5 k- slept the whole way

that is it, he is getting more and more active so i am sure there will be exciting things in up comings months

enjoy photos of the prince

https://picasaweb.google.com/104769303678729727539/TalAtSixMonths?authuser=0&feat=directlink

on missing boat on the river and uber

Sometimes, on extremely rare occasions, my car gets a bit messy. the usual things you find in every car, extra diapers, wipes, zombie costume, a kid's dinosaur finger puppet, every day things. Alla's mission in life is for me to clean the car.

She devised a scheme for this very purpose.

A while back we heard of a concert with my niece Pauline, a gifted violinist and the band Styx. I heard styx and I agreed right away.  all i knew what that her orchestra is playing with the band. we arrived at the Q arena and the basketball court was transformed into a skating arena. the orchestra was already in place. 130 teenagers! i had no idea this group was this big. how do you get 5 people to play the cello? and good ones.

then some guys slides in and begin to explain what most of the audience knows, but clueless me. this Scott guy, a former Olympian skater, had cancer, was treated in the Cleveland clinic was cured and now for 16 years hold a benefit for the cancer institute. why not support it?, especially with Styx playing :).

Styx sang several of their greatest hits, the orchestra was playing with them and a group of world class skaters were doing their thing, skating, jumping, twirling, twisting and twice, even falling. some phenomenal moves and i was singing along most of the show.

The band mentioned that recently a 5th moon of Pluto was discovered and the band was invited to attend a NASA event where the Moon was named Styx..

One of the ice dancers was the main dancers son, age about 10 and he was making wee jumps on the ice. Alla commented that it is nice that he has a special skill and following his dad. I agreed and told her that this is why i will teach Mattan dungeons and dragons... alla had a mild stroke :)

Overall, a great show. the big screens were zoomed in on the dancing and occasionally the orchestra, but the camera was showing a section of violinists, but not Pauline. some people say the saw a glimpse of her for a seconds, we need a new director.

The only missing song was boat on the river

Before the show, the schemer told me that we need to drive people back to the show, but didn't tell me whom, then said that since she has 2 car sits and i have only one, it would be best to take my car, and since i am moving the car sits, i need to make room for these strangers from Uber. 

Now I had to evacuate 2 boxes of crucial material (see first paragraph) and 2 bags of empty water bottles.

The Uber strangers turned out to be Alla's sister and daughter and after the show were enjoyed a nice dinner at Pickwick and frolic.

Now i have to work hard to get my car in working messy order once more..

enjoy this nice clip of the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Qs8-BkiLw&index=217&list=PLR_Y9679to-jybWHO-JzpeUj4RSFkwJBz

cheers