You ever wonder how you can be so busy, but feel like not much is getting done.  I have found a solution.  Write a list of the things in your life that are non-negotiable.  My list is simple; God, family and my need for intellectual stimulation.  What is on your list?  If whatever comes along doesn't fit in the parameters of your primary categories it is negotiable.  Now this blog fits under the third category.  I even figured out how to keep it current.  Instead of surfing Facebook, I can drop a quick note in here.  I call that time frugality.  Is frugality a word?  

Food frugality is high on my list right now too.  Meat is expensive and too much of it is not good for you. That said I am trying to do a 3/4 balance in my weekly dinner menu.  Three nights of the week we have meat with our meal and four nights a week dinner is vegetarian.  It's cheaper and enables my husband and I to stay in our current clothing size.  See it's a two for.  Less meat enables you to save on groceries and clothing.  Speaking of groceries, I promised a recipe the last time I was here. Hmmm.  Thursday is a vegetarian dinner night. Recipe and pics to come.

Good night folks.

It has been six weeks!  I can't believe how time flies.  During that time, I gained a son, prepped for a new year, took amazing courses on strengthening your marriage and church leadership, and if that weren't enough had a smidgen of time to plan the new home school year.  (If you were wondering where I had gone.)

I have three boys. The big guy is my biological son.  He's a teenager and will most likely be in a number of post concerning God's lessons to me about patience and understanding.  The middle guy joined us recently.  He is sweet as a button and smiles 85% of the day.  The littlest dude is our baby.  He's an infant going on 25. Last week he decided to teach me who was boss.  45 minutes of a tantrum later, I think I won, but he smiled devilishly at me when I finally picked him up. This guy is supposed to be premature;  special needs, my tukhus (That's yiddish for your hind parts.  You pick up a few words in my neck of the words.)

Speaking of yiddish, New Yorkers are preparing for school to start this year and with September comes the Jewish High Holy Days.  My family commemorate Rosh HaShana, Succos and Passover as biblical traditions so next week I too shall be cooking with millions of women around the world.  Rosh HaShana is my oldest favorite holiday, next to Christmas.  It's the Jewish New Year and it is all about sweetness.  Apples are dipped in honey. There is honey cake, lamb roasted with dry fruits, and challah (a Jewish bread) made with honey, raisins and cinnamon; just to name a few yummy dishes..  Everything is sweet in hopes of a sweet year.  I will post my favorite recipes next week and maybe a few picks of the food.

Since I have been gone so long, tomorrow I promise a little encouragement a yummy recipe and a lesson I learned in one of my classes.

Ta, ta!