Don’t Leave Home Without It
You will probably all laugh at me, but number one on my packing list is an extension cord.
How To Get Your Children To Build Your Sukkah
Pick a day to start. We would love to begin on Motzaei Yom Kippur, but if your children are fasting, they might not be up to it, unless they drank coffee and are now all hyped up.
What Do We Do Now?
Maybe we don't have to lose that growth and unity that we have achieved, especially with the situation in Eretz Yisrael right now.
For The Hostess With The Mostess
Let’s face it, no matter how hard you try, sometimes a gift just misses the mark, and I confess this has happened to me more than once.
Pantry Proud
A coat of paint in a cheerful color or a roll or two of wallpaper can definitely inject a touch of style into your pantry.
Party, Party, Party!
Of course, before you even start the party, you will probably want to make sure that your house is guest-ready, which means tackling those unpleasant cleaning jobs that we all try our best to ignore.
Be Pesach Perfect, From Start To Finish
Not that I am in any way trying to rush Pesach out the door, but once it is time to get back to reality, it makes sense to streamline the turnover as much as possible.
How To Get Back Into School!
The best way to prepare your child for the best year possible is, of course, by preparing.
Mission Impossible? Staying Comfortable at 35,000 Feet
Twisting and turning miserably for five hours, all I could think about was how I was going to survive an upcoming trip to visit my daughter in Israel.
How To Get A Job In Any Economy
Oh, Chanukah! Chanukah, the festival of lights and the powerful story of the unlikely military victory of the Maccabees. One lesson we’re able to glean from the Maccabees is the importance of doing just a little bit more then you think you are capable of. As we all know, the Maccabees were quite aware that taking on the mighty Greek army was a suicide campaign. Yet, they succeeded.
How To Love Going To Work – Every Day
The thing about work is that it isn’t fun. If it were, it would be called play. Most people grumble about going to work, and look forward to their time-off – especially when it is paid. And yet, polls show that most people, given the choice, would prefer to work. It’s when we get to the office that we begin to moan and groan. What’s the point in that? If we spend the majority of our waking hours at work, we might as well enjoy it! Here are some ways we can accomplish that.
How To Turn A Mountain Into A Mole Hole
She wasn't talking about folding the regular loads of laundry, she was talking about huge plastic bins.
The Open Kitchen: Bursting With Flavor
The Open Kitchen is so appealing you practically want to eat the pages as you turn them.
Those Long Shabbos Afternoons
It’s interesting how small things change our perspective. Shabbos is always 25 hours, but with a longer afternoon, we call it a long Shabbos.
How To Plant A Garden
Gardening can be a healthy, wholesome activity for the whole family.
The Purim Theme
"OMG, it's so cute, you're so cute, everything is so cute."
Curing What Ails You: Naturally!
It may be sweater weather now, but sooner or later summer will be here, bringing abundant sunshine, swimming, barbeques and mosquitoes.
Battling The Diet Demons
Everyone has a weakness. For some people it is the inability to walk past a sales rack without dropping a few hundred dollars. For others, it’s the inability to keep their house organized.
How To Get Through Homework
In my house, I like to give my children a chance to unwind and eat dinner before homework.
How To Make Sheva Brochot
It’s easy to get excited and start hunting for the perfect shade of champagne tablecloth to match the exact color of the bridesmaid dresses, or to insist that each guest must have a wine glass, water glass and soda glass.
From Pesach Fear to Pesach Cheer
I polled my kids to find out what stood out in their minds, hoping that their recollections went beyond a cranky mommy who wasn’t always at her best.
Survivor: The Kitchen Edition
We survived the week so well that no one in my family ever realized they were living through my planned experiment.
The French Connection: Unique Headscarves From Overseas
Judith Levy is a gorgeous French-born woman with a flair for fashion and the written word (she’s an editor for French editions of Artscroll). At the start of her second marriage she found herself in a shaitel vs. tichel predicament very similar to mine.
Something Sweet: Simply Spectacular
A quick look at margarine-less chocolate chip cookies offers a good look at what Pascal and Overtime Cook are all about.
How To Keep Cool When The Days Are Hot!
This summer, why don't we try to do better and cool off without blowing our retirement fund?
How To Make A Bridal Shower
Of course, before you send out the invites, the bride must decide if she would like a registry or will be accepting whatever creative gifts the guests bring.
Design To Come Home To
So often, when it comes to furniture in a home with children, there is a tug of war between functionality and beauty. Either get the industrial strength dining chairs that are ugly but never stain, or the elegant chairs that will force you to exercise your vocal cords all the time. There are those, of course, who get the beautiful chairs and cover them with industrial strength plastic, but they're not fooling anyone. I personally prefer the happy children.
How To Have Emunah
He had no doubts, he had no questions; he had the most beautiful emunah p'shuta and perhaps, as a small reward, Zaidy was able to see the revelation of G-dliness in this world.
Obsessive And Proud
As the chat pinged back and forth, a few suggestions arose that seemed worthy of a spot in the obssessives hall of fame.