Giveaway

Go to RAISING OLIVES and check out the giveaway they are having. This could be a fantastic way for one of you to announce something, help a local charity or celebrate a holiday etc. They are giving away a vinyl banner created by UPrinting The giveaway ends Monday at midnight. I hope you have a chance to enter!

Football!

So I've done something that I told myself I'd never do ... something that's forbidden in "my world." I've become a fan of a football team just because I think their uniform is pretty LOL Ok, it's not really "pretty" ... but it's purple ... I. can.not.resist.purple! LOL I still have my favorite teams ... the very same teams I've been a fan of my entire life ... & unfortunately for the Vikings, I'll bet on them (my other teams) if it comes down to games against them ... like this week when Vikings go against the 49ers .... 49ers have been one of my teams for as long as I can remember. It does look like the Vikings have started out pretty strong this season. I hope they do well ... and even if they don't ... the uniforms ROCK!!!

Shabbat Shalom, L'shanah tovah

I am blessed. I am so excited to celebrate this holiday. I had printed up blessings to say, both Hebrew & English. As I have gone over them in practice, I cry. I think about our menu, I cry. My heart is bursting with joy and peace and hope and love and thankfulness ... and I cry. For years I'd felt lost in traditional holidays and as I celebrate this Feast, I burst with an overwhelming sense of being "home." I'm not sure I can explain it ... but I can say that I've never felt like this before.

Our menu:

Fri dinner: apple slices with honey, challah, apple, honey chicken, Kibbutz salad, carrot tzimmies, layered apple cinnamon cake

Saturday

Breakfast: cold cereal, rice milk

Lunch: left overs

Dinner: cold cuts, pita pockets, lettuce, pasta salad, Jello parfait

Shabbat Shalom, L'shanah tovah

Harvest and Yom Teruah

My children are such a blessing!!! We are still harvesting veggies from our garden ... and my 10 year old son brought in a box full of his corn. Well ... he, my 12 year old daughter and 8 year old son are all sitting on the floor in the kitchen, in front of a box ... you guesses it ... they are all shucking corn. Oh wait ... now my 15 year old daughter & 2 year old son have joined the corn party LOL
Their goal is to get it all shucked and boiled so we can freeze it. Our corn is Ruby Red & tastes sweet. Once our corn is done, we'll move on tot he corn that our neighbors have given us. That's a yellow sweet corn & is absolutely delicious! Then we'll move in to making carrot cakes to freeze ... I'm thinking carrot cake muffins might be good too. We have zucchini breads & will be making more too. Tomorrow is our baking day. We're planning on baking more pizza dough, bread and cookies as well. YUMMMMM ... our house will smell so good tomorrow!

We're preparing our home & family for Yom Teruah. I am excited as this will be our first year celebrating this Holy Feast. I'll take pictures & post them soon.