You’ve never heard of SBT? Nope, it’s not a new therapy! It’s Scheduled Boredom Time. Here’s why it’s important. Ask any Mom (or any kid!) out there, being bored is the worst! Polling the mothers, bored means annoying siblings, kvetching, and the dreaded, ‘There’s nothing to do!’ And polling the kids, bored is a feeling…
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Garlic and Wine Sauce Pasta with Salmon and Caper Berries
This dinner was created so we could eat caper berries – but they aren’t even necessary! I was having a salad at a restaurant in Israel when I came across something I’d never seen or tasted before. It tasted mostly like a caper, but it was like a caper on steroids! About the size of…
I’m Keeping My Baby at Home While I work
This time around, I will work with my baby next to me. Can it really work? I type these words as my baby sits beside me on the couch, nestled into my side as she fiddles with my empty coffee mug. I know my moments are numbered; as soon as she tires of trying to…
Elevate Any Dinner with This Simple Hack
This one easy hack takes your dinners from eh to eh-xciting. And only adds 2 more minutes of prep time. Bowls. Yup, just make it a bowl. Same dinner, same boring chicken, rice, roasted vegetable — but throw it in a bowl with any toppings you have on hand, and you’ll be counting down until…
New Launch! The Between Carpools Siddur
You’re traveling, or simply on-the-go. You need access to certain tefillos but don’t have a siddur with you. Now you can conveniently access the Between Carpools siddur here. The Between Carpools siddur is not meant for your daily davening or a replacement for an actual siddur. Rather, it’s for those other times and includes the…
How to Keep a Connection When You’re Apart All Week
Tips and tricks for wives to keep the connection strong, even when you only see your husband on the weekends. So, you’re up in the country for the summer! What does YOUR relationship sound like lately? Maybe something like this: Sunday: Bye, have a good week! Monday: Hi, how are – Yossi! Not in the…
No Lights, No Music! Our Favorite Shabbos-Friendly Toddler Toys
The ultimate roundup of toddler toys that won’t give you a headache, guaranteed! You know those toys you impulse buy because the toddler’s always kvetchy and this toy will be the one to solve all your problems? And then you open it, and it turns out that not only are your problems not solved, you’re…
Calling All Readers: We Want To Talk To You!
We want to get to know you in our new interview series: ‘Not-So-Everyday Woman.’ Get in on the fun, below! ‘Not-So-Everyday Woman’ started on one of our WhatsApp chats (isn’t that how everything starts?). We were thinking about starting an interview series, and were brainstorming about different niches or different angles we could take. And…
Crock-Pot Chicken and Potatoes
Because, some days, you need to leave your house knowing that dinner will be waiting for you when you walk through that door. Coming home, after being out working all day, to a cooked dinner, sounds like the solution to all problems. Right? If we could just nail dinner, we would be fine. And true,…
Where to Go & What to Do in Monsey, New York
You don’t have to go far to have a trip full of lots of activities and beautiful sights. Not always is an exotic destination the answer to vacation. Sometimes a change of scenery (literally and figuratively:) At times a light vacation or staycation is in order. As a Monsey native, I am privy to some…
