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The guy standing on the right totally looks like my father might have in 1962!

It looks like cake decorating skills have skipped a generation in this household!

The Performer decided she wanted to learn how to decorate cakes. This is her first try.


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Well, at least two of the recipients of our "veggie" shalach manos were very happy. One family reports that it didn't make it out of the car, the kids ate it all while driving around :-) And the other told us that they just left it out on the counter all day, and it was empty before dinner. Because having healthy finger food out and available as ( Read more... )

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Some music to celebrate! Raise your glass :-)

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We listened during our hamantash bake!


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It seems that there is a game that is played on the school bus on the way home. It is guessing what will be for dinner that night. Or in other words, who's mother is the most predictable. The Performer is doing pretty well at this game ( Read more... )

While I am extremely lucky to be able to work at home on Fridays, they are still work days, so all that I gain the commuting time and my lunch break. I usually use the lunch break to put up food ( Read more... )

I'm going to have to work tomorrow and Wednesday, but we snuck in a little extended weekend winter break day tripping.

On Sunday I used this Groupon Deal that I snagged a while back. (Sorry, it's expired now!) Snow-tubing fun ensued. But it was the first weekend in the real season with snow, so the place was jammed. Still, most of the folks were ( Read more... )

Yesterday ended DH's Shloshim. The Rabbi we consulted opined that if the wife doesn't like the beard it can now come off. I looked my beloved straight in the eye and called him a "nerf herder".

I am a product of my era.

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