Stopping to clean for JUST 2 seconds (just joking mommy)

As you can see from the title is that I have been working like a house elf (the understanders will understand)! Well, to tell you the truth, not really... But don't tell mommy! Today was my first day of Pesach vacation!! Doesn't that totally rock dudes (or dudets)?? Today I went to a BIG field trip with my youth group - Ariel (rocks) with my group - it's called Nitzanim (rocks even more) with the one and only ME (rocks the most)!!! My foot is SO SO sore!! The actual hike was very good! Everytime I had my English class the past month my friends and I would make a signal (like s.o.s).
I did once: "G.U.O.O.J" (get us out of jail [school]). So this time I am doing now: "I.A.B.O.O.M.G" (I am bored out of my guts), so guys, I mean dudes, I mean dudets, I mean crazy people, I mean punkies. AAAAAAHHHHHH! I don't know what I am doing! I meant that if you have any ideas for what to do (not including stuff that I am not alowed to do), tell me! I mean mua, I mean Adina. WOW! I am actually crazy!

What's new?

Well, purim was great! I gave out a lot of Mishloach manot, and got a lot of it too. Then we had lunch downstairs from our house with 3 more families. All the fathers got so drunk! They started dancing in front of everyone and yelling and it looked like they had lots of fun. The thing was that I was freaked out! Abba got so drunk that he just lye down on the middle of the road AND when I asked him what his password was for his computer - he told me! Than they day after it was Sara's English birthday! The day after that, Grandma Bette and Grandpa Paul came from America. I came home half an hour late form school (because of the stupid bus), but I was still just as happy to see them. They gave me the movie "Carissa stands strong" - an American girl movie. Thank you grandma and grandpa! Shabbos was pretty nice. A lot of Frisbee playing and hanging out. On Sunday and Monday I did not go to school because grandma and grandpa only came for 4 days. On Sunday we went to this little art store where you can make arts and crafts. I got a glass plate and I decorated. I am going to give it to Grandma Bette and Grandpa Paul, but since we left it at the little store because it was a little wet, I will send it a little late, with a little sorry. Then we came home and had home made pizza! After that Grandma and Grandpa took me out for some shopping - 2 tank-tops and 2 skirts. THANK YOU!!!! The next day we went to "Givaat HaTurmusim" - a gorgeous hill with tons of flowers and had a hike there - it was great! Then after a few hours grandma and grandpa took Yosha-bear and Ferri to get toys at the toy store. Yosha-bear got the Soccer game and Ferri got this toy sewing machine and accessories. Then we went to Pinati - a REALLY good Israeli restaurant! Grandma and Grandpa left the next morning - boo hoo hoo!
That is it for now! Ta ta!

pics

That is Sara and Yosha-bear and me, my bags I sewed for purim myself and a nice picture of the kotel - and I took them all myself (except for me)

News for free! News for free! Come to read it!

Right in a lot of times in the posts I tell you what "IN"? So this is what "in" - girls in my class are practicing to be grandmothers. Of course it is not being lazy! Okay, if you keep guessing it would still be not right. This is the answer: (get ready the trumpets and the trombones) Knitting!! I mean I just taught last week 2 girls how to knit! Isn't the wacky and groovy?
If we are talking about knitting - I am going to learn how to knit a hat!!! Mrs.Barbara Silverman which is a knitter right across the street is going to teach me! Ms.Adina Chava Hershberg will be knitting a hat for Ms.Sara Batshava Hershberg!!!!! The buyer for the knitter is Mrs.Rachel Hershberg!!!!
I have very bad news right now. Guess?! Whatever!!!! My school canceled my Chemistry class!!! It is so unfair!!!! I mean - I loved it!!!!
Nicki and Jason are coming this week - and I will miss school on Wednesday!! I am so excited!
Also, today I am going to a wedding to mommy's students! Also, there was a book sale at my library and I went last night. But since it was at night it was for "grown-ups" there was not much for the kids like me. I did get Ramona forever - a classic for 5 shekels which is 1.203255$.
Nothing else is really going on! Luv ya!!!
Adina

My cast is off!

I told you I will tell you what happens, so here it is:
I got the cast off yesterday by an electric round saw that sawed it, what was really funny about it is that it tickled! Then I took my first step, it was scary, my muscles on my right foot had gotten so small that you would not think that they were supposed to be for one person. When I walked my muscles were so sore! It still hurts, mommy and abba say that will have to take a couple of days till it stops hurting. I will not need anything! I do not need physical therapy, a brace - anything! YAY!!!
Also in the poll, 10 people voted for "What would you rather get as a present?" And the winner is... An amazing new book!!!!!!!
There is a new poll also.

I told you I will tell you!

Well, I did! I came home at 9:15pm last night with crutches (!) and those 15 minutes at the 9:15pm, Abba and I were trying to figure out the best way to hop up those 36 steps. Here is what happened: well, while we were waiting ( Abba and I ) in the waiting room Abba called this place were they save crutches, wheelchairs and so on. And guess what? They were out of crutches! There was one more place that could of had crutches, but it did not open till 8:30pm! So we went then, and if they did not have crutches we would have to go to Jarusalem! Well, thank god I do have crutches. A lot of people asked where it was broken. Well, finally last night the Doctor explained it to my father. While he was explaining he was pressing on my foot to know where it hurt the most, so I was in a lot of pain, so I did not exactly listen. Though I know that Abba knows! When all my friends sign there name on the cast I will take pics and put it on this blog. By the way Grandma Judy - my cast is brown, just joking! It is white, well I am happy about that because you can see what people wrote on the cast.

Doctor Call changes everything!

Hi!
Well, my doctor called this morning saying that in the end it IS a brake. So half an hour ago I came home from the orthopedist with a cast on. I will have the cast for 2 weeks, and if I see you, you are welcome to sign my cast! If you want, e-mail me , and I will right your name on the cast as if like you wrote it. I am getting crutches later tonight, and tomorrow I might be going back to school.
Love,
Adina

News... News??? News!!!

I am really sorry that I did not post on the blog for a while. Here is a couple of thing I would like you to know (or I need you to know, you choose):
1. I know there is no spaces between the lines on the posts, FYI I have been aware of it, and I am trying to solve it.
2. The Hershberg family finally got our computer back - thanks to Gramps!!! He figured out every thing. I guess it helps to be an artist sometimes. Because sometimes there are paintings that need a final touch, and artists somehow find out what the final touch should be, anyways, THANX!!!
3. Baruch Hashem, the war ended between Israel and Gaza, but I also think that Israel should still bomb Gaza after they have done to us. Well, also, I am not so nervous anymore. But those Arabs still get on my nerves.
4. Believe it or not, I fell on my foot on Shabbat, and I could not put any weight on my foot since then. I went to the Doctor Yesterday morning and he said that I have a sprained foot. He also said that if tomorrow it still hurts when I put my weight on my foot, I should get an X-ray done. That day I went to work with mommy with an ace bandage on my right foot and missed school. Boy, were everyone was so caring!!! When mommy and I came home I went on a Piggy-back ride on mommy's back on the stairs leading to my house. Today it till hurt, so I got an X-ray. Then mommy and I went back to the doctor, and he said that was NOT a brake, and boy, was I relieved! If your asking hoe I got up those stairs leading to my house (36 steps to be exact), here is the answer: I went again on a Piggy-Back ride on Abba this time. I guess there is a good side for everything because Dr.Benuck wrote a note for my Gym teacher that I can not do gym class for a week. I am SO happy! I really want to thank Mommy and Abba and Yosef and Ferri and Sara for being there for me the past few days! I really owe you guys!!!! If there is new news about my foot, don't worry - I will tell you!
5. In my school for 5th grade and 6th grade there is a special Science class for girls that are good in Science, and I got picked, and I am one of four girls that got picked. OUT of the 32 girls in my class. Guess what were learning??? CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!!! I love it!!! I am learning about acids, and I think it is amazing!!!
6. This year there is this thing for 5th graders that we do for a couple of weeks: we have swimming classes. We have them because some girls in my class do not know how to swim, but most of the girls know how to swim so they just practice. Fortunately I am in the Practicing kind and not in the learning how to swim kind.
7. On this Wednesday there is a Chinese Auction for charity, and I bought tickets with my own money!!! I hope I win something!!!
8. I did some research: That from Israel to Philadelphia is 9,321.74 kilometers!!! Also that Israel to Kansas city is 10,609.46 kilometers!!! Also that from Israel to Palo-Alto is 13,004.46 kilometers!!! Isn't that cool?

The end!
Thank you for letting me waste your time!

Some quotes from Google Reader

I thought these are amazing:
Russel Lynes - "Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it."
Dr.Thomas Fuller - "Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong."
Love,
Adina
p.s. Every couple of days check the Polls

I am scarrred steeff llleike crrrrazy.

As you can see I am an Isrraaeli, viff an akcent. Now if you pleaase, I have a british accent. Now pahhdon me, I am scaaaed stiff. Now like, and totally I am like totally an American. You know what is in season? Well, designing a different outfit for each person in the world. You know, when you think of lets say a British person you suddenly think of those soldiers with long furry hats? Well, It's tuns of fun!!! An American has a t-shirt saying I love NY, and some shorts. An israeli, is more different: You see, there is Charedim, Datyiim Leumim and Chilonim (all different kinds). So a Charedi is a man that has one of those long robe with furry SHORT hats. A dati Leumi is a girl with a 'Gush Katiff' shirt, and skirts to the knees and crocs. Okay, okay, okay, OKAY! I will not do it again. I always get overboard (well, I also get over-bored).
Okay, I also have not say proper Hello. (okay, now imagine that I say it one long breath -) Hello! How are you? I am good! I am happy that your good too! Whoa, okay, I am going to fast. Well, I am not that good. Don't ask me why!! Okay, Okay, it's about the war (duh). I am scared stiff... I mean, they put up signs in each class to go to this certan place when there is a siren when a bomb comes. That means that they are getting ready, which is NOT a good sign...
Now, they had a weight and height test at school, and the nurse did not say anything so I don't know if it is a good sign or a bad sign...
I got to do my homework! Guys, I am not having e-mails, Shame on you!!!
Love,
Adina

There is a new poll thingi

There is a poll on your left, I'm gonna be waiting!

By the way - new war coming!

Okay, how are you? Well, I have some stuff to tell -
- Happy 2009!!!!!!!!!! Well, get ready, my Bat-Mitzva is on 2010!!!!
- Thanks to Sue and John for the book 'Little Women" for Chanuka!
- Abba asked me if I would like to learn programming on the computer - sounds interesting!
- Saddest and last - the war between Israel and Gaza. Well, Hamas is being bombed like there is no tomorrow. I am very happy about that! But also, now also Gaza is bombing all over. I actually have a best-friend that moved from Beit-Shemesh (her name is Ashira Major) and she did not go to school because of the danger, and this place called Gadera is being bombed and it is like 7 minutes away of where Ashira lives ( it is called Yad-Binyamin ).
Also, now that I have done some research Beit shemesh is 40 kilometers from Gaza so there is NO way that the bombs will come to me.
Here is something funny - my friends are real Republicans in their soul and you know what they said the day after the elections? They were going on and on how Obama is bad for Israel. So a couple of days ago my friend which was the most Republican of them all said: "Well, now I don't think Obama is going to be so bad because he let us bomb Gaza."
Here is something funny that came from the war: Well, on Wednesday my English teacher did not come so we had a different teacher that which taught me 1st grade English (which is really funny!). So she talked about the war and she told us we need to write letters to the soldiers that are fighting. So one girl asked, "Should I write my name?" So my teacher said you should ,but if you don't want to, you can write, "A girl from Beit Shemesh in 5th grade." So another girl asked, "Should we write our phone numbers or addresses?" So my teacher said, "No. This is not a dating service." And I can tell you that everyone BURST out laughing!
That's it! There isn't any more!
Adina

Gain, Lose, Gain, Lose

I have some GREAT news!
I lost 2 1/2 pounds - I little but more than a kilo!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I can't complain but sometimes I still do"

Well, guess where that is from - no, of course not Cecilia Bartoli, I mean like - DAH! It is not Chaim Dovid the singer. I will give you a guess: it is from the song: "Life's been good to me so far", but still, you got to get the singer right (NOT the Singer sewing machine). Okay, Okay, Okay, it is (dam, ditidam, dam, dam, it's trumpets but I need to borrow one) the one and only Joe Walsh!!!!!
'it's NOT fair', 'your really mean', 'it's really not nice', 'you always give everything to my sibs and never to me', 'he only get 190 shekels for allowance and I get a half of a shekel'. Okay you got the point. Now, where I was? Well, oh right - I have gotten so far (get ready) 16 books for Chanuka!!! Here is the other thanks: Grandma Bette, Grandpa Paul, Grandma Bette, Grandpa Paul, Grandma Bette, Grandpa Paul!!! See, See, See? I can't complain but sometimes I still do (Waaaahhhhh, Waaahhhh) because you are here reading it!!!!!
Now, I have something to tell you, Judi Levine - we have an appointment on Monday, right? Grandma Bette and Grandpa Paul - How's your house and you? Grandpa Saul and Grandma Judy - How's you and your house? Nana and Gramps - Your darling grandchildren are happy your reading this. Meme and Jojo - Lets see how we are related: My uncle's wife is your daughter. Wow - that Wacky, or Groovy, or Cool, or Cool dude, or cool dudet! My uncles that I always forget your order or your names - (just bustin' your chops). Eliana, Amichai, Lev - you are too cute! Dara and Jake - When in the world are we going to see eachother? Okay, I will not do every person I know, but you get the idea.
By the way - No one is writing comments (another complaint)!

Happening - more, more, more. Too MUCH!!!!!

Okay, here is what picture is what. The picture that has 4 girls in it is from top to bottom, Left to right - Rina, Shira, Batsheva, and Tikva.
The cake is from the surprise party we made for the teacher when she came back with her sprained ankle. It says: Blessed healer of the sick (I would not say it, mommy told me. Ahm, ahm).
Sara looking back and just being CUTE!
That boy is my cousin Amichai, being adorable.
And Yosha Bear bringing out a birthday cake for my uncles Bentzi and Shuli.
Love,
Adina
P.s. I also wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for the presents you gave me! The books: "The tales of beetle the bard", the 2nd "Septimus Hip" book of the series, and "The tale of 2 wagons and other stories". Also, the watch which I am wearing right now and a jewelry box. THANKS to Grandma Judy, Grandpa Saul, Chana Chassia, Gedalia, meme, jojo, gramps, nana, mommy and abba.
This is a whisper messege. Don't worry - Grandma Bette and Grandpa Paul - I will bring you up, after all I am openning one of the presents tonight (got the messege? Hint: there is 2) Whoever figures it out will e-mail me I will give them a prize (I am not joking).

At last - Pics, and just some FUNKY stuff

English assignment at last!

Well, for Chanuka in English class each class got an assignment that each girl does. You give it in to the teacher and she picks the best one and it goes into the English newspaper that we get before chanuka. Our class was assigned to interview someone (not something, dah, I mean, would you think I am stupid enough). I did not know who, but mommy pointed out that she knows a famous author in israel - Mimi Zakon. So I called her and interviewed her. I gave it in on time, and guess what? No, mine did not get a F. No, I did not even get a C. Mine got into the newspaper! Here is the interview:

Interview with the author Mimi Zakon

By Adina Hershberg - 5th Grade

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1. Question: About how many books have you written so far?

Answer: I have written about 10 books, and I have also translated books from Hebrew into English, though Bakers Dozen and BY times books were my ideas, but I did not write them.

2. Question: Are you still an author?

Answer: Yes. There is a book of mine that is being published, and it will be in stores in the summer.

3. Question: Which book that you wrote you liked best, and why?

Answer: I liked best 'The Jerusalem diaries' - I wrote that a long time ago when I lived in America. I love it best because then my dream was to live there, and Jerusalem is very special to me.

4. Question: Which character or characters do you like best from your books and why?

Answer: I like the quintuplets best from baker's dozen, because I know how they feel - I have a twin (that lives in Beit-Shemesh). Even though it is not the same.

5. Question: Do you know any other others?

Answer: Yes, I do know a lot of authors.

6. Question: Which other books/authors do you like best?

Answer: Authors: In the not Jewish world: Jane Austin. In the Jewish world: Meir Origottasman

7. Question: Do you write 1 book at a time or you write a couple of books at a time?

Answer: I write 1 book at a time.

8. Question: What is the hardest part of being an author?

Answer: I love writing so it is not so hard. It is probably when the book is already published because if I look at it and I want to change it, I can't.

9. Question: How did you get interested in writing?

Answer: I have been reading a lot. I have been writing since 3rd grade.

10. Question: Where do you get your ideas?

Answer: First of all and most important - Hashem. I think 'what if' and that gives me the idea.

11. Question: Do you have any massage you would like to give the girls in me school?

Answer: Yes. Even though we have DVD and Internet and films, their is still time for many to sit down and read a book. The feeling can be so great for a girl or boy.

Thanks to Mrs.Zakon for your time!
The end! Happy Chanuka!

AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhh!

Do you know how much tests I had this year not including book reports and spelling tests? I had 12 tests!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhh! You know how much is planned? 2!!!!! I had a 'Bat Mitzva' amount of tests! You know how much I got back? 5! Isn't that Chutzpa? I did not even get a test back that I did on October 10th!

You want to hear something cool, I mean I think it is good for me: the past 7 weeks I have only lost weight! The rest I stayed the same! Don't even ask! I will NOT tell you what my weight is. Except the one and only Judi Levine! (Judi - DO NOT tell them!).

Another cool thing - This year in Hebrew class I have free writing time. Isn't that great? Now you will know where my writing comes from. Anyway, I am up to my 4th chapter. Don't worry, I also wrote a song, wrote another paragraph and a story. Also, I have EVERYTHING planned. I know exactly what is going to happen. I got about 3 million ideas from 3 billion different authors. For instance: I got an idea from J.K. Rowling - I already planned in advance, she did it too! I got an idea of riddles from another Israeli author. As you can see. I have some LIFE!

Love,
Adina