Do you like getting rid of stuff or do you like saving things? I thrive on throwing things out. Give me a trash bag and I will make stuff disappear. No, don’t worry, I won’t just throw away perfectly good items (those I will make sure to give to someone who needs/wants it). I am…
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Here It Is…Our Favorites! 39 Kitchen Items We Find Indispensable
Want to know what the Between Carpools girls use often and love the most? This is the ultimate kitchen list. All of us have our favorite kitchen stuff. The items that don’t owe us any money. The ones we’d buy again in a heartbeat. These are them. The all-year-round favorites that we find invaluable. And…
Do You Know What’s in Your Freezer?
This “Outside the Freezer List” will make sure you know what’s in there…so you use it up! How many times do you find yourself rummaging through your freezer wondering if there is another vegetable soup, somewhere? “I know I had one more, somewhere” isn’t always good enough. Especially when you want said veggie soup to…
In the Age of Everything Wireless, Are You Drowning in Wires?
What to toss? And what to keep? Manage those wires, chargers, and cords and always find the ones you need. So you have lots of little wires/ chargers and cords hanging around and you have no idea how to control them? Here are a couple of quick ideas: • First toss the ones you know…
How Rebbetzin Kolodetsky Inspired Me to Daven Shacharis Every Day—Even on Purim Morning
Don’t have time to daven in the morning? Here’s how tefillah can save time…not take time A funny thing happened when I (almost) sat down to write this post. Because my usual davening slot got filled with sandwich-making, cucumber-peeling, and a trip to my son’s cheder down the block on this hectic erev Purim morning,…
Ready to Start Shopping for Clothing? Keep Track of What You Have and What You Need with This Chart.
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…
The Best Place to Keep Your Spices
Save time and never search for spices again. It’s not in your pantry (who wants to take a walk over there every time you’re by the stove)? It’s not in your cabinet (who hates fishing around there for that spice that’s hiding behind the tall ones in the front?) It’s in your drawer. When you…
Stuck Without a Ruler? Here’s How to Measure
Bet you didn’t realize that the solution to measuring without a ruler is right there in your wallet. You’re in a store, and you spot a really cute skirt on the final sale rack. It looks long enough, but you need to know for sure. And there’s no way you’re getting your daughter back here…
Listening Is a Dying Art. Let’s Revive It.
If you want to be a good friend, listen completely.“I never learned anything while I was talking.” —Larry King It’s one of my favorite quotes of all time and something I strive to remember, each and every day. Every person has a story to tell. A thought. A bit of advice. Every person and every…
How to Get Your Child to Organize THEIR OWN Briefcase or Looseleaf with the SPACE system
Is your child’s backpack filled with old homework and tests, with everything anywhere but the right folder? Try SPACE I’m really good at organizing my children’s briefcases. Toss the garbage, place the papers in the correct folder…but really, that’s not my job. I’d be doing a better job if I teach them how to be…
