Kinahurra

As Joan Rivers said, "I'm really more Jew-ish than Jewish."  But I grew up with the culture and sometimes I like the Yiddish expression for a thought more than the English one.  It just conjures up a different picture in my mind, I guess.

7 years, huh.....

So, what is a kinahurra?  For those of you who aren't well versed in Yiddish, it basically means that you shouldn't talk about something good that's happening to "avoid the evil eye".  It's often preceeded or followed by spitting to ward off the evil eye.  (I guess the evil eye's afraid of saliva...) (Oh, and for those of you who are going to Google to look it up, please understand that, like Hebrew, the word translates to lots of different spellings when it's transliterated into English.) 

I'm not generally superstitious.  I'm not saying that I walk under ladders or anything, but I'm not crazy about it. 


That said, because I'm looking for a house to move to in a couple of months, I'm trying not to talk about it.  I think I may have found a place.  I've made an offer and I'm on the last point of negotiation.  But I haven't sent pictures to my mom.  I haven't started decorating in my head (though I can't tell you how hard that is for me not to do). 

Because it's not a done deal until the papers are signed.  And it would be a kinahurra to do those things. 

It's KILLING me.  I hate waiting.  I really do. 

But I've lost too many houses in the 11th hour in my life.  And I don't want a kinahurra. 

So I wait.  And I go out looking at other houses on Saturday if we're not signed. 

Why?

Because it's a kinahurra if I don't. 

Get it?

Geez, I hope it's done soon.

Have a great weekend y'all!  See you Monday!

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