Life Management

Ready to Start Shopping for Clothing? Keep Track of What You Have and What You Need with This Chart.

by | March 01, 2017 | 9 comment(s)

Because it’s lots of fun to make sure every girls’ outfit has a matching bow. It’s not as much fun to buy boys’ socks. But they all must be done anyway. One outfit down, and less than six weeks to go until Yom Tov. I better get moving. It was much easier when it was…

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Jewish Life on a Budget

by | December 28, 2016 | 6 comment(s)

How I stretch our dollars and always have everything I need. My husband is a rebbe and I run a playgroup; but as Jewish life (and kids) entails lots of necessities, I’ve learned how to stretch our dollars and budget. Hashem has been very good to me, and I don’t deprive myself. I do like…

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How to Stalk Your UPS Driver

by | December 21, 2016 | 2 comment(s)

Stuck home waiting for your UPS package? Now you can see exactly where that truck is. This morning, I was stuck in that annoying situation where I had to wait home as I was expecting a UPS delivery that required a signature. You know that trapped feeling where you can’t leave the house for a…

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How to Be Madly Organized This Yom Tov Season – FREE google sheets menu template

by | September 26, 2016 | 2 comment(s)

Stay cool under pressure. A customizable spreadsheet can help make prepping for Yom Tov easy. Free download! Excel (or Google Spreadsheets, to be more accurate) is the tool that makes my life work. I plan my weekly menus and shopping lists on spreadsheets and I organize my task lists on spreadsheets. All my projects, from…

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Time Saving iPhone Apps That Help Me Manage My Life

by | September 06, 2016 | 4 comment(s)

I bet you didn’t know about these cool time-saving apps Until I get the two additional hours per day I’ve been campaigning for, I have to make the most of every one I do have. Sometimes technology wastes our time—hello Facebook and YouTube!—and sometimes it saves us time. These are some of my favorite time-saving…

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