Avivah's Blog

I’ve mentioned that I love to read, and generally have a pile that I’m in the middle of reading at any given time on various

The toilet in my kids’ bathroom hasn’t been working properly for several weeks, and it’s been annoying but manageable because there are other bathrooms they

First of all, several of you have emailed me and asked questions – please don’t think I’m ignoring you!  It’s just that I have limited

Late Thursday afternoon I saw something posted on Craig’s List, that someone had about a hundred boxes of stuff they were giving away, and were putting it

Here we go, another way to chop down your monthly costs, going where few dare to go!  Seriously, paper goods add up quickly, and most

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

I thought a friendly reminder about getting your taxes done now would be in order.  I know, I know, who wants to come to my

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

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

All clothing needs repair from time to time, regardless of your age and how careful you are.  But I have one child in particular who