You spend all day making that arrangement. And then…ugh! Your flowers begin wilting before the second day of Yom Tov. What did you do wrong? What do I do immediately after bringing the flowers home? *Don’t remove the rubber band from the bouquet at first. *Cut your stems at an angle, 1-inch off the base…
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How to Get Your Wood Floors to Look Brand New
Have your floors suffered from years of scratches and abuse? No worries. My wood floors have seen a lot. They’ve been trampled throughout the years by lots of children, wheels of baby strollers, and heels of dozens of guests joining us to celebrate a simcha. We don’t remove our shoes or treat it delicately…and yet,…
How to Get Your Kids to Clean the Playroom
If you’ve ever heard lots of groans…or, quite frankly, simply see kids disappear when you tell them it’s time to clean the playroom, then you may find this technique absolutely useful and clever. When we moved into our home 5 years ago, one of the things I was most excited about was our playroom. Out…
6 Ways to Avoid a Bloated Belly
What foods are secretly causing that bloating? And what foods can combat it? Many woman has experienced that feeling that her belly is just a little too chubby for that gorgeous dress. Many have held their breath and sucked in their stomachs to look good for the camera, But what if you didn’t have to?…
Help Me BCP! How Do I Keep My House Perfectly Clean? Here’s Our Day-by-Day Task List for Each Day of the Week
Where to start? (Or what we’d probably prefer an answer to…where does it end?) A cleaning schedule can make it easier to keep up and keep your home pristine. This post launches a new service of Between Carpools called, “Help Me BCP!” If you have a quandary and think we can help, email or message…
Been Waiting for the Warm Weather to Get Outside? Here’s Your Chance with Our Beginner’s Guide to Running
The top ten things you need to know to get moving on your run today. Yes, it’s trendy and it seems like everyone out there is taking up running. But this is one trend that always works. It works for weight loss, it works for fitness, for mental health, for stress relief, and even for…
What Do You Do When Your Child Needs to Wear an Eye Patch?
The struggles, the bribes, the fights…it’s not easy to convince a child to keep one eye covered for hours. Here’s how we turned patch time into quality time. My son was 4 1/2 when his Morah suspected he doesn’t see well. It was the second week of school; I just called her to hear how…
Do You Do Hand-Me-Downs? Make Giving and Receiving Work for You
What do you do with clothing when no one will be wearing it soon? And how do you organize the hand-me-downs that you receive? I love hand-me-downs. My youngest is the smallest girl on my side of the family, but not on my husband’s. That means we get to receive AND to pass along lots…
Ten Ways to Recharge in Under 10 Minutes
Need to unwind but don’t have time? Here’s how to recharge QUICKLY. Our batteries are running pretty low and this tee shirt pretty much sums up how we feel. Mom life! Am I right? When you’re feeling like you’re participating in an endless marathon, take the time to recharge those batteries. Because you can’t take care…
What to do on Chol Hamoed? Presenting The Voice’s Trip Guide
Find fun things to do this Chol Hamoed in and near NJ The Voice of Lakewood presents a complete list of fun and family-oriented things to do and places to go this Chol Hamoed! Note that all travel times listed by each location are from Lakewood, NJ, which is about 1 ¼ hours from New…
