For the past few weeks, my life has been all about unpacking and preparing for Passover. Well, the seders have passed. The house is 97% unpacked. And I was looking forward to finally getting my office all in place and getting back to my writing! I’m jonesing for my computer. Eager to get back to [...]
Why was that night different from all other nights? Because it was the first night I was able to host a dinner for 18 people and not stress about it! There was plenty of room in our house, the fridge amply held all the food, I had plenty of burners for cooking, and I could [...]
–The boy twisted his ankle today and sprained it while playing on his gymnastics mat. He had to hop to dinner. Lie on the couch. Moan. We did the RICE treatment, so I had him stick his leg on the arm of the sofa and put an ice pack on it. He got a couple [...]
We’ve got separation anxiety going on here. Serious, serious separation anxiety. The kind that keeps you up at night and leaves you in cold sweats. Because we are about a week away from the contractors being done. And leaving. Us. Me. No more, “Hey, I can’t quite reach that. Can you put in that light [...]
I’m unpacking. Can’t you tell? I’m doing the big push of just freakin’ emptying the boxes so I now have individual pieces of crap all over the house, but at least the boxes are noticeably dwindling. The kids have more toys than any of us know what to do with and I need to do [...]
My life revolves around routines. It’s what keeps me sane and organized. It’s what allows me to bake hamantaschen in time to give to Pie’s teachers, to bake hallah every Friday, to take classes here and there, to volunteer at the kindergarten and synagogue. It’s what keeps me up-to-date on this blog and on my [...]
Saturday, February 28, 2009
1) Figure out how to clean vomit out a mattress2) Figure out where to stash child who was going to have a playdate, but will now be moaning quietly in some corner of the house while we move.3) Load crap into van.4) Listen to sick child whine.5) Move furniture into house from apartment.6) Listen to [...]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Our friend with the pickup truck comes 8 a.m. Saturday. Our lease expires midnight Saturday. Oy vey! The packing commences… now!
I’ve baked my last hallot in this apartment (that’s the plural of hallah for you goyim out there). Tomorrow night will be my last Saturday night in this apartment. Sunday will be my last Sunday night in this apartment. We leave for Israel on Wednesday (and I have no compunctions writing this because there are [...]
I need a color for my office that will meld nicely with another color for the bedroom, because the spaces really lead into one another. My architect doesn’t like Bryant Gold. My husband doesn’t like Bryant Gold. My mother doesn’t like Bryant Gold. Adam likes kind of a dark gray-blue. My mom is a fan [...]