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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This weekend was a celebration festival / I received mountains of attention / much love / good wishes from around the world / gifts / drinks / and wonderful meals. / </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">- Thursday 20:30 – dinner with my "Kusinot" (cousins) at Orna & Ella /<br />- Friday 8:30 – traditional family birthday morning / <br />- Friday 11:30 – massage at Coola /<br />– Friday 13:00 - lunch at Shalvata with my daughter / <br />- Friday 22:00 – friends come over and celebrate till dawn / <br />- Saturday 12:30 - brunch at Mamouchka's & Papouchka's. / </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #20124d;">At the end of this journey / I thank you all / my blog's readers / my friends / my parents / my family / especially Roni / Hagar / and Nimrod. / I could not have gone the distance without all of you cheering me on. / <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'Courier New';">♥ ♥ ♥ /</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Courier New;">Among the many gifts / I recieved this from my friend Sigal Eshel</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">A year ago / I started this blog to give meaning to passing time. / In order to reach as many readers as possible / I chose to write in English. / From the very beginning / Julie joined me as "my personal linguistic editor". / We met daily on Skype / for editing sessions. / Without </span><a href="http://my50countdown.blogspot.co.il/2011/11/338.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Julie</span></span></a><span style="color: #20124d;"> this project would not have taken shape. / My dearest friend / I thank you from the bottom of my heart. / This is indeed the greatest gift I could receive from you. / ♥ ♥ ♥ /</span></span></div>
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