Category: General Life

New year, new planner! (and an update)

Rosh Hashanah is on its way (less than two weeks now!) and I’m getting myself into a routine now that the move is (kinda) done. The move? I haven’t posted about it, but we moved again – new country, continent, hemisphere even. In fact, what I always think of as the fall holidays (e.g. Rosh …

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Summer!

Summer 2020 is here! For those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least. After a kind of wonky spring, we were ready. And it was wonky, even for us homeschoolers. Yes, our schedules were certainly less rocked than many others, but we scheduled our outings and classes to meet the needs of various kids …

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The Balabusta’s Daily Organizer Review #2: The Pocket Edition

I’m always on the lookout for a great planner. Right now, I’m using a combination of electronic and paper, but at my heart, I really am a paper girl. I like to see it all clearly laid out! I reviewed the the Balabusta’s Daily Organizer desk edition previously, and one of my problems with it …

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Decluttering: why I’m doing it and my goal

I posted before about what this, but I thought I should explain more. If you want to declutter your home, maybe it will help you set a goal as well! First, the why (for me): We’ve been living in this big house in a different country for nearly 4 years. That means there is lots of …

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Decluttering – and a challenge?

A few weeks ago, on Facebook, I found out that some of you are interested in decluttering. How about you? I know I am! I’ve seen people doing a 500-thing challenge, or a X number of day challenge, or a number of other formats, but it seems like decluttering is something many of us are looking …

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Do you color?

I do. See? It’s something that is relaxing and kind of zen for me. When my kiddos are working peacefully, or we’re listening to an audiobook, or things are starting to feel a bit stressful, I can pull out my good colored pencils and take a few minutes to work on something for me. And …

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Timing everything (project)

I’ve been gone for a while, and I keep thinking of fantastic and involved posts…and not writing them. So I’m going to ease back in with some of the things that we’ve done lately. Do you ever give your kids a count that is actually completely inaccurate? I mean saying, “5 more minutes” and then …

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Getting back on track. Again.

I’ve written this post in my head several times, but here goes… Things have been quiet here lately because I haven’t really been feeling too organized. In the past year, I have had a baby, 6 hospitalizations, 1 ambulance ride, 2 international moves as the only adult, and then spent a lot of time helping …

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Top 5 posts of 2013 (and my favorites!)

It’s been a busy year! Here are the top 5 posts on OJH  in 2013. 1. AaBbCc busy bags tutorial. This one is a Pinterest favorite – and it’s really easy and fun for kids. I need to make some Hebrew ones, with script and cursive, or maybe Rashi – what do you think? 2. Next, …

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What I’m doing these days…

…is recovering. Yes, still. Or rather, again, and again. After my baby was born over Sukkot, I have been hospitalized four times, had my first ambulance ride, my first ever surgeries (yes, that’s plural), and had several other painful and uncomfortable procedures, all for pregnancy related “fun.” But now, I’ve been hospital free for over …

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