Between the Moments

Rather than resolutions, I like to set measurable, finite goals. Here are my goals for 2011: Go to a meetup for something on Meetup.com Climb Mt. Pilchuck Try letterboxing Go to the Granite Falls Museum Go to the Seattle Art Museum Go to the Pacific Science Center Finish Audrey’s 1st year scrapbook Start and finish [...]

The menu for the first night is inspired by some British and Australian friends: Vegetarian Lentil and Red Pepper Loaf Yorkshire Puddings Onion Gravy Mrs. Cubbison’s Stuffing Australian Potato Scallops Raspberry Sufganiyot The menu for the last night is more in line with a traditional Hanukkah dinner: Mustard Maple Salmon (made with salmon caught by [...]

I’m not very good at this blogging thing. It’s odd because I used to post to LiveJournal multiple times a day but over the last few years, that greatly decreased and since moving over here, it’s become even less frequent. For dinner tonight, I made a Mexican casserole with layers of corn tortilla, black beans, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]