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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Genius Products That Will Make Your Closets Neater and Cleaner!
Inexpensive closet hacks It’s easy to have your closets organized when they are custom designed like this: Now that’s a closet! But if you are like most people, whose closets consist of simple shelves and drawers, here are a few little things that you can add that make a big difference. Cupboard Shelves such as…
Time Saving iPhone Apps That Help Me Manage My Life
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…
How to Stock Your Guest Room and Be the Best Host
All the things your guests would want but may be too shy to ask for. Nothing teaches you more about being a good host and how to stock your guest room than being a guest yourself. One Shabbos last winter, my family stayed in a beautiful basement that belonged to complete strangers. We had been…
5 Things I Always Have in My Freezer
Because life’s just smoother when dinner is as easy as preheating an oven. The saddest sight, for me, is an empty freezer. I rely on my freezer. It’s always there, bailing me out when I need it most. True, there’s the constant restocking to think of, but that becomes sort of a habit. Here are…