Musings on the three most important things in my life; my husband, my kids and my Little Yellow Notepad
“It’s my chair! I called the spinning chair first!” “No, it’s my soup chair!” “It’s my mandelin chair!” I’m staring from one kid to the other, trying to figure out what this all-out brawl is about. I didn’t know we had a spinning chair, a mandelin chair or a soup chair, whatever that means. They’re… Continue reading The Spinning Chair
Here’s the thing about systems - they don’t actually solve the problem. They don’t make the challenge go away. They do make you feel in control and they do make it easier to put into words what’s not working. But the system itself isn’t magic. It’s the people keeping (or not keeping) that system that… Continue reading The Sock Crisis
I can't help but wonder what my neighbors think is going on in my backyard. They hear things like, "No, don’t do that! It’s dangerous!” Or “Stop, someone is going to get hurt, that's dangerous!” Or sometimes the very short variation of ”That's dangerous, stop now!!” Are they wondering what type of explosives or machinery… Continue reading I wonder what the neighbors think
“It’s perfect weather to have your morning coffee outside,” my husband tells me when I come into the kitchen Sunday morning. And he’s right. Crisp low 60s, it’s quiet and still with the birds chirping. It’s my absolute favorite weather in general, and it’s perfect for sitting in my backyard and enjoying my morning caramel-macchiato… Continue reading Enjoying my morning coffee
It’s Erev Shabbos Chol Hamoed, I have a to do list that outnumbers the alphabet, my Housekeeper decided this was a great week to go on vacation (I do not think this was coincidental… I was also tempted to take the week off!) and I’m pausing … not just because I hold the monthly pictures… Continue reading Happy 6 months!
