International Blog!

Well, photos to follow. Wasn't able to upload. It's going to make for a bland blog. Anyway, I'm in Israel, visiting family. It's strange not to be in Charlotte handling everything that needs to be handled, like my email blast that screwed up! I tried to send out an announcement about the release of the holiday issue of Cats & Dogs of Charlotte but I guess my Excel file was corrupted. It's frustrating to be so far away and not able to do much. On the other hand it will force me to relax and enjoy being with the family. I've been in Jerusalem since Sunday, so I've been hanging out with my parents and the Jerusalem side of the family. On Thursday we'll all meet at the Dead Sea for a weekend at a resort.

It's always strange to be back in a place that I left when I was 21. It always brings back a lot of mixed emotions. Israel has changed tremendously since 1977 when I left but there's a hardness that starts to make me hard and I don't like being that person. Of course there's a lot of wonderful things also. The people have become much more pet oriented now that there's a better economy. I saw an announcement for a dog breeders show up North where they said there would be about 1,000 participants. That's a lot of people by any standards. Maybe it's time to do a Cats & Dogs of Jerusalem! Then again, maybe not.

We're off for more adventures. More blog to follow.

Sara