How is your Adar/Nissan work going?

A page from a 14th century German Haggadah

This can be a tense and stress-filled time, or it can be a joyful (OK, mostly joyful) preparation for freedom! As I am working through the less fun tasks, I find it is important to purposefully remind myself of that. Remember that your attitude sets the attitude for your family. What do you want it to be like?

During the month of Adar, I focus on taming the fridge and freezer beasts and preparing and celebrating Purim. That means making an inventory of what I have as well as making hamentashen and mishloach manot. But I also have started working on all of the intangible and easy to forget “stuff” that goes into Pesach (see more about my Passover planner HERE). In particular, I try to slowly buy the things we will use to spread out the expenses – and make sure the things I’ve ordered online get here in time!

Miscellaneous errands, purchases, etc:

  • Purchase clothing for each child and adult
  • Purchase new kippot and new pjs for the kids (our tradition, not one set in stone!)
  • Purchase 8 new kids’ books, one for each night of the holiday (again, our tradition.)
  • Purchase afikomen presents for two nights
  • Stocking up on disposable goods*: dishes, glasses, plasticware, napkins, toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, heavy duty aluminum foil, and foil pans (don’t want to run out at a crucial time, plus now you can hunt for bargains!)
  • Review stores of kiddie entertainment for seder (bag o’ plagues, costumes for reenactment, etc.)
  • Find kittel and suits for dry cleaning – now or later, but getting them together is a good step!
  • Start including an extra bottle (or two) of wine with weekly shopping (evening out the price over the next few weeks)
  • Watching for the Passover sales and buying loss leaders we will use–they are already starting some things!

*If you are looking to buy disposable/paper goods online and reasonably priced, you can try papergoods.com This site has low prices on the plastic plates we use, and we had a good experience ordering from them for the Tishrei holidays this year. They offer free shipping with orders over $49, and you can get $10 off your first order using my referral code: kwmaht639137hagtvg . (Thank you!)

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