Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for March, 2008

Gifts from my Mother

Posted in Family Dynamics, My life on March 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

When my family finally rousts themselves out of their beds, we will make French toast with the remainder of the 20 challahs and 12 dozen eggs we needed for last week’s Bat Mitzvah extravaganza.  I have a few moments to myself now and as I just received word that a present from my mother has [...]

Read Full Post »

Bat Mitzvah Decompression

Posted in Eco event, Friends: family you choose, Holy Shit!, Jewish life, Mind blowers on March 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »

It’s nearly impossible to believe it’s all over and occurred last weekend. I wish I could have stopped time for a while and just soaked it in; alas, I do not have that power.
The whole weekend was spectacular. For many Gentile (non-Jewish) attendees, this was Judaism 101: some had NEVER been inside a [...]

Read Full Post »

Apostrophe Fever

Posted in Bitching, words on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The lowly sweet potato may unlock America’s past
How the root vegetable found it’s way across the Pacific
I get incensed. I came across this gem on the TIMES ONLINE and had to vent.
Do they not have competent copyeditors?
Is this so bloody difficult?
Apparently, to some.
Feh!
So I emailed the editorial desk:
Dear Times Online:
I am writing this [...]

Read Full Post »

MENU!

Posted in Eco event, Food, My life on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m taking a moment from baking and writing my speech (which I will publish here at some LATER point!), to post the menu for Boo’s big night. The chef has gone to great pains to assemble an assortment of dishes that are from sources as local as possible, organic and fair trade as [...]

Read Full Post »

The Photographic Autobiography – Life in pictures Meme

Posted in My life on March 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I went over to Chili’s place to avoid doing something and ended up being inspired to have at this lovely little meme. This is the way it work:- Each of the questions below should be answered by a photo. – Type your answers into Photobucket or Google images – which I vastly prefer, and [...]

Read Full Post »

Ten Things Tuesday: Another Random Sampling

Posted in Eco event, Family Dynamics, Food, My life, Ten things Tuesday on March 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »

1. Today, my baby girl is THIRTEEN!
It seems like not nearly that long ago that Miss Boo was born in our apartment in Wallingford, WA. At 8.5 pounds, she was all pudge and ever since she could understand the words, has responded to “Squishyface.” Of course, she won’t do in PUBLIC, or when ANYONE [...]

Read Full Post »

Ten Things Tuesday: Stress Monkey Edition

Posted in Kids, Life with Dogs, My life, Teaching, Ten things Tuesday on March 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’ve been snowed under by lists. Although I should be correcting pretty horrific “research papers” I’ve really missed this space. In no particular order, witness symptoms and further evidence of  my stress monkeyedness.
1. Today, when asked to recite my SSN, I drew a complete blank. Nothing was moving in my cerebellum; I witnessed an eerie [...]

Read Full Post »

Ten Things Tuesday – Bat Mitzvahs

Posted in Eco event, Holy Shit!, Jewish life, Kids on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

As this EVENT looms large on my horizon, I am inspired to run and hide under my bed, and cozy up to the dust buffaloes I would undoubtedly find there, relics of my stress-induced failure to handle everything as much I usually do.
That aside a few days ago, my dear bloggy friend Grammar Snob asked [...]

Read Full Post »