Youssef

Sarah's boy, Youssef, is growing by leaps and bounds, and will clearly be a heartbreaker. Here is a link to a video of him showing off his language skills:

Home-made Mayonnaise

Bear with me as I recuperate. For now, here's yet another comment about mom and mayonnaise:

For as long as we lived in Cairo, mom made mayonnaise at home. Although local versions of mayonnaise were completely awful, mom claimed that she made the mayonnaise because purchasing mayonnaise at the prices there was a waste of money.

Is it just me, or was mom ever thrifty in anything else? There was of course, her preference for cheap (horrible) jeans. Otherwise, mom was just a big, generous spendthrift. My theory is that she made the mayonnaise so nobody could monitor exactly how much of it she ate!

Mom's mayonnaise was often very good, although she changed recipes often (did you know there were a lot of them?).

My Behavior on this Blog...

...has been nothing very special of late. I am both sick and overworked. Bear with me.

Love,

Jake/Osama

Beverly

I spoke to mom's friend Beverly today. It was an adventure finding her number, but I did manage to get through to her. I emailed Marty Rosenbluth who gave me her old phone number. I called that number and got Beverly's son Michael who gave the real number.

She is doing well, and seems to be in high spirits. It was good to talk to her. She sends her love to all of Linda's immediate and extended peeps, and promises to write something for and about mom to be put in this blog.

I will probably visit her at some point during the summer. I can't specify when I'll be in NC, but it will be during the summer. Who else of mom's friends should I see when I am in North Carolina?