Preparing for Rosh HaShanah doesn’t need to be stressful, when you can organize yourself and prioritize your time, the preparations and the holidays itself can be truly enjoyable! Sounds crazy? It’s not! Keep reading for my tips and lists to make your prep stress-free. Tip #1 Organization is KEY With just under two weeks to…
How often do you buy something forget you have it- go out and buy the same thing, AGAIN, and then find the original? Do you spend a fortune at the grocery store only to throw away food at the end of the week? Is your closet so packed full you can’t see what is in…
Tomorrow is National ‘Thank You Note’ Day. I know it seems like thank you notes are out of fashion (and maybe they are), but I feel they are still important for a number of reasons: Showing gratitude is important both for ourselves and to the person we are thanking. Thank you notes inform the giver…
It’s after Sukkot and here in Israel, that means that the rainy season is fast approaching. You know what that means- time to organize your coats, jackets, and rain gear! Here are some things you may need: ✔️ Rain jacket ✔️ Rain Hat ✔️ Rain Boots/shoe protectors ✔️ Umbrella ✔️ Winter Coat…
In doing research for my upcoming book I learned that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in a loss. Loss is more than just a miscarriage. Loss can be a stillbirth or even termination. Loss can be the death of an infant after birth and before their first birthday. While there is…
In my last post, I told you about some of the issues I have with the KonMarie method. In this post, I’d like to share with you my thoughts with the KonMarie method. This is not really a critique of the method; this has more to do with her lack of call to action. What happens…
Ever since I read Zero Waste Home about 5 years ago, my life has transformed. It helped spur me to start my personal organization business, (BalaganBeGone) and quit my job in graphic design. It also helped me reduce what I have and be more minimalist. (I plan to write more about this is a future post.) Being…
About a quarter of the way through my Pesach seder prep, and 21 hours to go… feels like progress. The kitchen was totally cleaned and made kosher for Pesach by last night and I have already started my cooking, for 19 people (and two babies). All the shopping is complete. How did this happen you ask? Well team work and organization.…
Pesach So after a lovely morning at the beach with my kids, because all we had left to clean for was literally the kitchen sink, we came home and of course started yelling at our kids to help us finish cleaning, they still had to tidy their rooms for one final vacuum, uggg, all that relaxation GONE. Since my kids are 9,…
Pesach is coming, my kids are on school vacation, I have some work, and there is cleaning, shopping, and cooking to be done. But I feel relaxed. We will have 20 people at our Pesach Seder, this seems like a lot of people, but is it? In my quest to make my life less cluttered, I have…