Wow – where’d a whole week (and more) go?! Oh yeah – tying knots, measuring strings, trying to get comfortable lying down, bouncing on my awesome yoga-ball and more or less just trying to stay awake long enough to get stuff done (not that all-that-much is actually getting accomplished – besides for this project anyway. Read More »

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a domestic goddess then I’ve found the perfect recipe…Picture this: Sitting in your tidy kitchen, on a comfortable chair, in a puddle of sunlight reading a great book while waiting for fluffy buttermilk pancakes on the griddle to be ready to flip at the leisurely hour of 9: 45am. Read More »

Day 2 of project-foam model-building. 3D computer model of the project 1.5 balls (out of 25) Here’s 1 side of 1 ball Prototype with ‘tiny’ balloons(the finished project will be held up with meter-wide balloons) Fancy little knots Trying to lay out the first row of 4-balls Work Station Today was relatively productive. I did a load of laundry. Read More »

Last Wednesday was very busy. I spent the day out with The Crazy Lady and Freddie. We shopped for ‘Little Things’ – we were very successful and had a whole lot of fun.Thursday was spent making chicken soup and watching Z work on the next project (due in about 2 weeks. Read More »

My plan for today was to stay in bed. I was almost successful but not quite…I actually ended up being relatively productive when all was said and done. Read More »

We spent Shabbos in The Sun House. It was a highly enjoyable weekend – as are all our weekends there. Just the little boys and the littler sister were Home but we still had a whole lot of fun. It was Grandma Iris’ 17th yartzheit and Yo’Abba davened mussaf (so I dragged myself up the hill to be able to hear it. Read More »

Yesterday I shlepped myself out of bed at 7: 30am, got dressed as quickly as I could and ran out to get my monthly bloodwork done. (They only draw blood between 7: 30am-9am and I’ve learned that the trick to getting in & out quickly is to get there before 8. Read More »

Birthday balloons for the birthday boy! Mini Birthday Cupcakes – funfetti of course – because if you’re going to make celebratory cupcakes, might as well make them FUN! George Sr. Read More »

Aaaaand I’m back! That was a highly enjoyable (though slightly exhausting) weekend. (It was probably just super-exhausting because it came at the end of a ridiculously busy and hectic week that seemed to last forever.) In any event – it was still an awesome fun Shabbos. Akiva & Emunah joined us (they came Thursday night. Read More »

The good news is that the apartment is all clean for Shabbos (a bazillion thanks to Z!)The bad news is that I only got about 2/3rds of the cooking done between Wednesday & Thursday…Ok – to the kitchen… Hoping to be done with everything by 12. Read More »

Holy wow – I love days when I get everything on my to-do list done!Garlic rice, potato knishes, matbucha, eggplant parmesan, lemonade (6 liters-worth), muffins, pasta salad…And I made awesomely delicious 1/4-cup-of-batter sized buttermilk pancakes for breakfast!Seriously – talk about a good day.Granted – I’m exhausted and it’s only 2: 50pm… Read More »

A photographic depiction of today’s adventures which began at 8am with us clearing everything away from under the window-frames. (Of course now that it’s ‘fixed’ – I’m wishing I had taken some ‘before’ shots just for comparison… Read More »

Turns out all you’ve got to do is ask…isn’t that right Z? Mmmm, ice cream, water and sometimes even pasta!Today has been quite productive. I managed to get 6 loads of laundry done. Read More »

Remember how yesterday I said we had sushi for dinner with Sara – well, that was actually only half of the story. What we actually did was rolled 26 rolls of the stuff for Renat’s bridal-shower (which is taking place as I type this which is why I’m finally allowed to talk about it. Read More »

Yesterday was pretty productive overall. I washed/folded all 4 loads of laundry and washed up most of the dishes. I also went out with Sara for a couple of hours. We went to the ‘spices store’, to the post office, to Mega and to the paper-good store. Read More »

Not quite sure where the last week has gone. Last Wednesday was spent attempting to straighten up the apartment. Read More »

It was boys-night last night so I dragged myself out of bed and cooked for them. For dinner I made garlic pita chips (cut pitot into 4 wedges then separate the tops/bottoms. Drizzle with olive oil, salt & garlic powder. Toast on a higher shelf in a 200C oven for 8-10 minutes. (Check them often or the thinner ones may end up crisping too much. Read More »

Last Thursday night turned into an impromptu ‘game night’ – and since it was post-fast I felt doubly-responsible to make a good dinner. Only catch was that the guys would be getting home at around 5: 30 and I had an appointment from 4-5. Read More »

Yesterday was a pretty laid-back kind of day aside from the whole 6: 30am wake-up so you can go get a long-winded blood-test done thing. As a reward for finally getting the blood-work done I stopped off at the fruit&veggie seller and bought myself 1/2 kilo of strawberries because the price was (finally) right. Read More »

Yay for my little corner of the blogosphere where I can publish my daily achievements and feel like I managed to accomplish something (aside from setting a new world record for most consecutive hours spent in bed watching tv… Read More »