He (Rabbi Tarfon) used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, neither are you at liberty to neglect it. Pirkei Avos 2:16 Today I had planned to go out on my biweekly shopping trip. I’m doing my best to keep my shopping (and, indeed, all my going out of the house)… Continue reading One Thing At A Time
Generally speaking, I avoid going to the store with both my kids. I usually do my grocery shopping in the morning when it’s just me and the baby, while Little Man is in school. I rarely go at night (read: alone), since I’m usually wiped and in no mood to go out of the house. … Continue reading Successful Grocery Shopping with Two Little Kids
Much thanks to today’s guest poster, Joan Oliver Emmer, who blogs about her life as a Trophy Wife at Body of Work. I was pleased to figure out a way to avoid the trauma of stepping on the scale at the doctor’s office the other day. While I’m not TERRIBLY unhappy with my weight, it’s not… Continue reading Guest Post: Necessity is the Mother
We lasted over two years with one car. If I needed to go anywhere, I would bundle up the baby and hoof it. I went to the library, the grocery store, the butcher, the bookstore, the health food shop, basically, everywhere. This arrangement worked out fairly well, except for a few notable occasions: Doctor’s appointments.… Continue reading The dream and the reality: our second car
So, the first several weeks we were married, I found that I was going to the grocery EVERY day. At first, it was fun. You know, go to the store, buy some food, go home, make some fancy meal for dinner, repeat. By the third week it was already getting tedious (or maybe I started… Continue reading the chochmah of shopping
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