Moderation is a tool that is helpful in all aspects of life. But how do we achieve financial moderation for ourselves and our families? A good spending ratio is 50% on needs, 30% on wants, and 20% on savings. I was not the typical newly married woman – I was single for a few years…
Life Management
What Makes a Routine Actually Work?
Have you ever made a morning routine chart that worked wonders for a day (or two or three) and then totally stopped working? Me too. Why? The Novelty Effect When something is new, it feels good. Novelty triggers the release of dopamine, the feel-good motivation neurotransmitter. It’s like your brain gets a happy boost. As soon…
How to Use Whatsapp As Your Personal Reminder Space
There’s a lot of communicating going on in Whatsapp. But can you easily remember the things you need to follow up with later? WhatsApp is definitely the best messaging app there is, but often information gets lost in chats or groups, and it is hard to save information for future reference. This is especially true…
How to Get Away With Less Ironing
This simple trick can save you from hours of ironing. Want to know something strange about me? I enjoy doing laundry. When I’m not pressed for time, I find folding laundry relaxing. There’s something so satisfying about watching the neatly folded piles growing. Know what I really don’t enjoy? Ironing! It’s one of my least…
Help! My Child Won’t Taste Any New Food
It’s super helpful to understand why your children only want the same foods. It’s also great to have some useful tools for getting those picky kids to widen their palate. You can probably relate to this. You offer your child something new to taste and they tell you right away that it’s yucky, gross, and…
The Complete Guide to Making Your First Guest List
Never collected the names and addresses of all your friends and family before? Here’s how to get started and get it all organized. In this post, I’m going to focus on creating a bar mitzvah guest list for a few reasons: That’s the only type of guest list I have experience writing. For most people,…
No Cleaning Help? The Easy, Quick, and Practical Way to Clean the Bathroom
There may be some shortcuts involved, but at least the cleaning bathroom chore gets done! I don’t have cleaning help, I work and I have three little kids. And keeping a clean house does not come naturally to me. House work is not my thing. My goal is to make the cleaning work as easy…
How to Toilet Train Your Toddler
Practical tips and steps to make the process stress-free for both of you. I never thought I would write a post on toilet training. Before I start, while training has gone smoothly for most of my children, there was one time that it didn’t. That one child completely demoralized my confidence in my ability to…
Clever Elly and Between Carpools in a Great Success of Jewish Geography
Read about how a comment on a Between Carpools post is making a change in Israeli car safety! Late last summer, we shared a post from a mom who accidentally left her baby in the car. While that story ended well, B”H, she shared in the hopes of raising awareness amongst our readers of the…
Planning a Simcha? 10 Things Your Makeup Artist Wants You to Know
Is there a wedding coming up? Mazel tov! A makeup artist shares these helpful tips. Do you have a large family? Find out how many people your makeup artist is comfortable doing in one day, and don’t try to push in more. You don’t want to risk her being exhausted later in the day, or…