I decided to start keeping a list of kids books that we're really enjoying, so I can remember for future gifting-to-others, not to mention future library trips.

English Books
Dinosaur Kisses, by David Ezra Stein
Quiet Bunny's Many Colors, by Lisa McCue

Hebrew Booksלכי מפה מפלצת ירוקה- Ed Emberly, translated by someone else- probably great in ( Read more... )

I feel awkward resurrecting this journal just to write about a dead man, but since I didn't want to put it on my regular blog, and it is, indeed, quite personal, here it is, in case anyone reads it ( Read more... )

So we tried to book Greyhound tickets last week, for a short trip we're taking on Thursday, to go to Baltimore, to a wedding (a family friend of H's family). Everything was set- and then their website was messed up and wouldn't register my credit card. So we waited, wrote to customer service, and got a useless answer. I would have called, but it ( Read more... )

1. This is a gratitude- our new building is really a delight in its management. We were having an issue with our shower drain, and today Haggai called the super. He told H that had to get the key from the landlord, who wasn't in today, and so was going to come tomorrow to do it. However, we got home, and the drain had been replaced. After the ( Read more... )

I'd left a comment on a blog that I've been reading, a while ago. It turns out- as I found out on shabbos- that the author is in fact someone I go to shul with. That was pretty cool, but it gets better. She was really grateful for the comment I left- it was something really useful for her. Pretty nifty ( Read more... )

We're at my folks' house, about to go pick up a UHaul and drive back to NYC with assorted furniture (table, chairs, dresser, a bookcase, and assorted odds and ends). The move is progressing, although there is still a significant quantity of assorted Stuff at the old apartment- it's hitting that "well, we've done the bulk, but there's so much ( Read more... )

1. Hooping is starting to pay off- we were doing crunches and such, last night, and I could do far more than I used to be able to, and then I did a plank for a minute, and probably could have gone a bit longer- last summer, I was topping out between 45 seconds and a minute, and I was in worse shape for a good chunk of this last year. So even if ( Read more... )

1. A lovely, rather impromptu visit with my parents
2. being finally cool enough at night, even cool enough to cuddle
3. finding my kippah-pattern book, after much searching
4. our first wedding anniversary, last week
5. sharing books I've enjoyed with H

1. I have a job offer for a part-time, paid CPE internship. It isn't enough hours to be a "real" residency, but it's something serious, and will get me my 3 more units of CPE that I need (or well, that I need at a minimum) to get a real chaplaincy job. At worst, I'll need another unit, done separately... I still haven't heard from the one other ( Read more... )

I've also started a blog, about (just guess) head-covering, from a variety of perspectives.
Here's the link:
http://www.howtocover.blogspot.com

I'm hoping some of you might find it interesting.