tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post7917802032440638507..comments2007-07-16T00:51:52.977-04:00Juggling Frogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-72744544621272631552007-07-16T00:51:00.000-04:002007-07-16T00:51:00.000-04:00<B>Ayelet,</B><BR/><BR/>Wow! Thank you!!<BR/><BR/>I don't know anyone in Palm Beach, but I know for a fact that in another week, there will be at least ONE very cool person living there. <BR/><BR/>Unless, of course, you decide to turn that moving van around and come up here to Boston to live...<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with the move. Have a safe and uneventful trip. May you only know joy in the new home!Juggling Frogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-9598563268054953342007-07-16T00:39:00.000-04:002007-07-16T00:39:00.000-04:00Ugh, don't get me started on that stupidest of stupid movies - or movies destroying the books they're based on in general. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but I think you're totally cool and I think you should move to Palm Beach so you could be my friend. (I'm moving in about a week and don't know anyone there and am quite concerned that no people nearly half as cool as you live there. Gulp.)Ayelethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452707874685237517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-15559267423722473942007-07-15T11:14:00.000-04:002007-07-15T11:14:00.000-04:00Refua shelayma to Denis.<BR/><BR/>& thanks for the linkMiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067406973014144499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-34878872393498337722007-07-15T07:05:00.000-04:002007-07-15T07:05:00.000-04:00that breakfast sounds so yummy, i think i'll borrow it!Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067406973014144499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-16768365878609877712007-07-14T23:53:00.000-04:002007-07-14T23:53:00.000-04:00This is a favorite.<BR/>I did it ages ago and enjoy reading everybody else's.Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246929075812590204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-7785112555202153362007-07-13T12:33:00.000-04:002007-07-13T12:33:00.000-04:00Thanks, all!<BR/><BR/>(Amen, Doodlehead. I hope he hangs around to fix them for the next 120 years...)Juggling Frogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-73503709534847642662007-07-13T12:26:00.000-04:002007-07-13T12:26:00.000-04:00a refuah shlaima to denis. it sounds like he's hangin in there just to fix your machines one last time.doodleheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02188907904393459158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-89903721217076690072007-07-13T09:58:00.000-04:002007-07-13T09:58:00.000-04:00Great meme sounds like a cool household.socialworker/frustrated momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352262399235382201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-72865814560159470582007-07-13T09:57:00.000-04:002007-07-13T09:57:00.000-04:00Very interesting sounds like a cool house.socialworker/frustrated momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352262399235382201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-76189609356288632482007-07-13T09:50:00.000-04:002007-07-13T09:50:00.000-04:00My oldest child started preschool last fall, and I think I may have been one of the only parents to actually heed the teacher's request for recyclable items. <BR/><BR/>For me, it's a pleasure to see the school use this stuff, plus, it cuts down on the trash - between my downstairs neighbor and I, and the gaggle of little kids between us, there are always tons of milk cartons etc. in the recycling bin. <BR/><BR/>Thankfully the regular trash bin (and it's ever-replenishing stinky diaper stash) is picked up promptly every morning!RaggedyMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01022064984702182705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-48768188659709585472007-07-13T02:06:00.000-04:002007-07-13T02:06:00.000-04:00<B>Ayelet,</B><BR/><BR/>I loved <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCheaper-Dozen-Frank-B-Gilbreth%2Fdp%2F0060763132%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1184305624%26sr%3D1-1&tag=clkl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">the original (by Frank Gilbreth) version of "Cheaper by the Dozen"</A> and also the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBelles-Their-Toes-Frank-Gilbreth%2Fdp%2F0060598239%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1184305624%26sr%3D1-1&tag=clkl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">sequel, "Belles on Their Toes"</A>, too. <BR/><BR/>I didn't know them as a child. Only a couple of years ago, <A HREF="http://crunchygranolamom.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">CrunchyGranolaMom</A> ordered both of them from Amazon for me as a gift. I've loaned them out multiple times since (to both adults and children) and recommend both books frequently.<BR/><BR/>When the movie of the same title came out, I was so disappointed! Not only was it not even a tenth as clever or interesting, but the conclusion drawn (parents need to give kids the tools and opportunities to become independent, everything will be okay because kids are adaptable and resilient) in the book was turned upside-down in the movie! (Movie had the family giving up careers to coddle the kids...!)<BR/><BR/>My house has its laundry piles and paperwork backlogs. I'm just not fond of photographing them!<BR/><BR/>Don't forget, we make a weekly game out of "Find the Dining Room table" before shabbat dinner.<BR/><BR/>I try to keep the public rooms as clutter free and presentable, if only because it reduces my stress level. <BR/><BR/>Some of the kids are natural neatniks, some trash their rooms on a regular basis. <BR/><BR/>Often, when they ask for a privilege or a special art project, I tell them they can do it when all the kids rooms are clean. Depending on who's most motivated, sometimes they'll clean each others rooms to get the project or privilege. It may not be the fairest way to handle the mess, but it's expedient.Juggling Frogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2268585065649434701.post-72861662538772222572007-07-13T00:38:00.000-04:002007-07-13T00:38:00.000-04:00When I read your "efficiency" stuff, I'm always reminded of one of my favorite childhood reads: "Cheaper by the Dozen".<BR/><BR/>By the way, is your house usually incredibly neat? Does your desk really look like that in real life? Are your kids generally neat and organized? How 'bout your hubbie?Ayelethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452707874685237517noreply@blogger.com