Before I begin, I do want to acknowledge the unsubtle plagiarism of the title of this post, but it just encapsulated the feeling perfectly. I woke up yesterday completely on the wrong side of the bed. I could not, as my mother suggested, simply get back in and make sure to get out on the… Continue reading Rivki’s No-Good, Very Bad, Awful Day
We’ve done road trips for years. Multi-day ones, with a whole system to keep the kids occupied. We’ve always traveled during daylight hours, mainly. Until this past Saturday night. After spending the last days of the high holiday season with family in Cleveland, my husband’s work schedule combined with the time Shabbos ended meant that we… Continue reading A Light in the Darkness
The summer really is drawing to a close. My Facebook feed is full of pictures of the first day of school, talk of purchasing supplies and the arrival of uniforms. We successfully made it through Camp Mommy, took multiple road trips, added both a sandbox *and* a trampoline to our yard, and even found a… Continue reading Pushing the Boundaries
I’ve written about taking long, long road trips with my family. I’ve also written about my feelings on letting my kids watch DVDs (hint: I’m for it). But putting the two together is an entirely different creature. Maybe I’m just a little old school, fondly remembering the days when I would curl up with a… Continue reading Road Trips, Small Children, and no DVDs
We had a trip to Memphis (home of a certain Bubby) planned for over a month. Tickets had been purchased. Lists had been made. Supplies had been obtained. The date of said trip? Monday the 29th, the day Hurricane Sandy came ashore to the east coast. We live on the east coast. Flashback to the… Continue reading Escaping Hurricane Sandy
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