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When to stop having children?

Last week, I had an interesting conversation with my older kids (we have lots of interesting conversations, actually!), ages 10, 12.5, 14, and 15.5.  I

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The cost of eating kosher

So many times I hear people complain about the cost of eating kosher, and it’s true that kosher food tends to cost more.  But it’s not

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Piano recital

This afternoon we attended the first piano recital for any of our kids.  Three of our children are taking lessons from a talented neighbor –

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Weekly menu plan

Today is a busy day for all of the kids – the older four have been in and out (mostly out) all day.  Three kids

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Food shopping again

I had a productive day of food shopping today.  And yesterday I stocked up on six months’ worth of grape juice (thanks again, Debbie!), enough to

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Homemade fast food

When we got home from today’s shopping trip, it was already almost time for dinner. So while I directed everyone else in unpacking groceries, I asked

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Making mustard

Until last night, it never occurred to me that a person could make mustard.  It just seemed like one of those industrial kind of products that

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