Avivah's Blog

Yesterday we had such a productive day of shopping fun!  So now I’m basically set for the next month.  I bought a lot of dairy

I’ve had a busy and productive day, and now even though it isn’t even 10 pm, I’m feeling pretty tired!  Most of the substantial work

Today is my birthday!  Aren’t birthdays wonderful?  I find that every year of life gets better and better.  Dh and I every year on our

With the weather getting cold, it’s time to start preparing for the seasonal onslaught of jackets, coats, mittens, gloves, hats, earmuffs, and more!  Every time

Last week I overheard two of my kids discussing their monthly chores.  Ds10 was doing the bathrooms for October and did a great job.  The

This past Shabbos I decided to make a simpler Shabbos menu than usual.  We didn’t have any guests planned, my oldest dd was away in

This morning my ds3 was taking food without permission and my dd9 went into the kitchen to stop him, when she suddenly called out in

I mentioned a few days ago several areas that I want to focus on growing this year, one of them being to not feel that

I  hope everyone had a meaningful Yom Kippur!  For us it was great – my older four kids spent all day at shul (except when