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 »

Last Thursday turned out to be a crazy busy day. I managed to cook most of Shabbos before going to sleep and was quite pleased with myself. (Read: grinning ear to ear when I passed out for the night from sheer exhaustion.)Friday morning was relatively relaxing. I woke up early and prepped everything for the quiche. Read More »

Busy morning. Menu for Shabbos is figured out. Z had a driving lesson. We went to Yesh and shopped as though the grocery stores are all shutting their doors forever. Unpacked all the groceries and reorganized the kitchen pantry. Reorganized the ‘food pantry’ in the guest-room. Lazy afternoon. Watched TV. ‘Window Shopping’ online. Read More »

Today was an exceptionally boring day – but strangely enough it flew by very quickly. It might have had something to do with going to sleep at 2am – or rather, getting into bed at 2am but not being able to fall asleep until almost 3… Read More »

I’m a little behind, I know. But truthfully speaking there’s not much to report. Z & I spent our first quiet Shabbat together at Home since Before Rosh Hashana. It was highly enjoyable. Sunday was boring. But today made up for it. Read More »