Sometimes I Forget How Far We Have Come

December 10, 2012

On Saturday, Michael had his last session with our reading tutor.  Our reading tutor who became so much more than a reading tutor.  She became a friend, and a confidante, and someone to bounce ideas off of.  Michael probably hasn’t really needed her for months now, but it took him moving up two reading levels [...]

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When The Hard Decisions Are The Right Ones

October 1, 2012

Last year I quit my synagogue. I know most of my readers aren’t Jewish, and a lot of you don’t really know everything that goes into joining a synagogue.  It is a multi-step EXPENSIVE process.  A lot of non-jews have called it “pay to pray” and I can understand where that idea comes from.  But [...]

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Weekend Update

September 15, 2012

Tomorrow is the last day to enter my Rodan + Fields giveaway. I wrote about my new favorite hair product over on the DC Moms.  Which is ironic, since I just majorly cut my hair and I can’t decide if I like it. I’m off to an amazing staycation at the Washing Court hotel (sponsored.) [...]

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Traditions

August 28, 2012

We don’t have a lot of “traditions” or customs in our family.  We still do Friday night Shabbat dinners.  We sit down to dinner almost every night as a family, but on Fridays we don’t rush through dinner, and Michael isn’t allowed to get up as soon as he is done.  We say the prayers [...]

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Hanukkah!

December 21, 2011

On Sunday we celebrated Hanukkah with my family.  Michael got a Happy Napper, to add to his collection of about 82 million pillow pets. (And yes, that is a lovely shot of my finger in that picture.) There was also the extensive collection of Harry Potter Legos, and about a million other toys. We started [...]

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Holiday Comforts

November 8, 2011

  This post is sponsored by Tempur-Pedic, the brand millions of owners trust to deliver their best night’s sleep every night. Enjoy our Buy 2, get 1 free pillow offer now and give the gift of custom comfort to someone you love. I have tried to be in denial about the holidays.  Every time I [...]

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5772

September 20, 2011

I keep thinking things will get better in 2012.  In 2012 the ants will be gone (I bought Terro today, thank you everyone), we may eventually know the status of Doug’s car (8 days and counting), he will be settled into his job, and life will calm down.  ”2012….2012,” I have repeated more than once, “may we [...]

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I Thank The Lord For The People I Have Found

May 26, 2011

I am the least religious person alive.  I may be Jewish, but I also married a non-Jew, and then I demanded my child be raised Jewish.  (This is so not the point of this post.)  So the "thanks the lord" is an "expression" as Michael likes to say. The point of this post is this. [...]

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Staycation

April 18, 2011

I took this week off of work, for the first time ever I took off just because Michael's school was closed.  I normally work through school breaks and put him in his after care program.  But truth is he hates that and I've gotten leave coming out of my ass and I need a break [...]

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Two Quick Things

April 16, 2011

I know, no one reads blogs on weekends but the weather sucks in DC, so what else are we doing? (I should be cleaning for Passover.  And exercising.) 1.  There is still time to enter my contest for a Scout bag.  I can not express how much I love these bags, and everyone who sees [...]

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