Between the Moments

I’m searching for an alternative to FlyLady. Here’s why I don’t like the FlyLady method: When I was signed up before, I received way too many emails. Even if I use filtering and put them in a folder, wading through them was too much work, frustrating, and intimidating. All of the acronyms and catch phrases [...]

I wanted to write a really great Yom Kippur post but can’t seem to get the words right. Instead, I’ll just write about Yom Kippur (imagine that!). Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement. It’s based on Leviticus 16:29-34 and Numbers 29:7-11. Here is the Leviticus portion, from the JPS Tanakh translation: And this [...]

I thought that we wouldn’t do much today, other than sit around and watch college football on TV but while I was napping this morning (yes, it was a difficult night with Audrey), my mom called and asked if we wanted to meet her and my dad for lunch. I called her back and after [...]

Part one of the Jewish High Holidays is done. Our Rosh Hashanah went well. It started at sunset on Friday and ended at sunset last night (Sunday). I did not end up making the buffalo wings because we had so much leftover food so I’ll probably make those tonight. The gruyere and Grannie Smith apple [...]

Nothing ever goes as planned, does it? I’ve been hard at work these past two days preparing everything for our Rosh Hashanah weekend menu. Of course, it wasn’t without drama. The apple challah didn’t rise. It’s been sitting on a warm burner on the oven for, oh, 3 hours now and it’s still a hard [...]

This recipe is from my mom’s sister, Maureen. We had it at many family dinners over the years. It’s one of my favorites. Molasses Cheese Bread (also called “Chunk of Cheese Bread”) In a pan on the stove, combine: 1 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup cornmeal 2 tsp. salt Bring to a boil and cook [...]

I was in an elevator today with a construction worker. He saw my Star of David necklace. This was our conversation: Him: Woah, is that a Star of David on your necklace? Me: Yep! Him: Oh, that’s the symbol for Jews, right? Me: Yep! Him: Does that mean that you’re Jewish? Me: Yep! Him: Wow, [...]

So far… Friday dinner Fish filet on bed of leeks Seven vegetable quinoa (the recipe says to use couscous but I’m substituting quinoa) Apple cheddar challah Some kind of dessert? Saturday lunch Deviled eggs Grilled cheese with gruyere and sliced Gala apples Saturday dinner Savory vegetable kugel Some kind of fancy green salad? Homemade chunky [...]

I’ve given out the link to this blog to a few people recently so I suppose I should actually be updating it regularly. Perhaps I should just set a goal to write a few days a week with commentary about what we’re doing? Yesterday, I attended a beautiful birth as a doula. It was great [...]

I thought that when I was a stay-at-home mom, I would have a ton of free time to do my own projects. I couldn’t understand how having a baby would take up so much time. You change a diaper, nurse her, give her some toys. What else is there? Even when I look back at [...]