Being a Mom on Tisha B’Av

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: …

3 Foods I’m Loving

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 …

Shabbos in One Hour: Summer Fun

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 …

Tomato Barley Soup

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 …

My Month in Review: June 2015

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 …