Tisha B’av is a long day no matter what day of the week it falls out on. I knew that the day would be a long one. I had a schedule set up and we followed it pretty closely. I even surprised myself! This is what we ended up doing:…
Today I worked from home and as I was heading upstairs to bed I decided that there were a few items I was really loving at the moment that I wanted to share with you. These are things that make my life a little better… I think you’ll understand why…
Right before I sat down to type this I received an email from my son’s camp reminding me to tip his counselors for the first half of camp. Didn’t summer just begin?? How can it be almost half way over? Wow, does time fly. We don’t have any summer vacations…
I’m a huge fan of freezer cooking, but lately I feel like I’ve been having a hard time stocking my freezer. After putting some thought into this dilemma I’m facing, it seems like I can attribute this challenge to two constraints I have: time and money. I bet you could’ve…
On the first day of camp I did not bring my kids to camp. Am I a horrible mother? I’d like to think so but I won’t let myself. The week and a half between school and camp took a lot of planning, arranging and rearranging. I just couldn’t do…
Now that I’ve been bringing my lunches from home, I’ve been looking for new soup recipes. For a while I was bringing vegetable soup. Then I switched to zucchini soup, pumpkin bisque and then to lentil tomato soup. Now I’m making tomato barley soup. This soup was inspired by…
Camp started! Routine is back! Well, sorta. For some reason my kids have been going to bed super late, which isn’t good for our morning routing. Being that it’s summer, I’m taking a break and taking things as they come. I can’t get all uptight about small things. I’m not…
