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Archive for January, 2008 - טבת / שבט תשס"ח

where are they now? part I - spike and katom

By penny • January 31, 2008 - כ"ה שבט תשס"ח • Category: tools

I mention so many things here.. does anyone ever wonder about them later?
Remember Spike?

Spike sometimes gets forgotten at home for a week or two at a time. Then the rubber thingee on the earbuds falls off and I use him diligently for two a few.. and then I forget again. I think if he [...]



it’s monday again?

By penny • January 28, 2008 - כ"ב שבט תשס"ח • Category: create

or already, or where the heck did the past week (month) go, or at least I have a whole week until it happens again?
Because it’ll be easier this way, I’m going to give a status update of each item on my current WIP sidebar and include pictures if they aren’t really really bad. [It wasn't [...]



on reading, writing, and math

By penny • January 27, 2008 - כ"א שבט תשס"ח • Category: books, write

I’ve only completed one book this past week, Sarah Swett’s Kids Weaving: Projects for Kids of All Ages. This is a most delightful book which brought back many childhood memories and the wish that it had been published twenty years earlier. The projects range from very simple paper weaving (but with a twist that was [...]



kitchen update

By penny • January 26, 2008 - כ' שבט תשס"ח • Category: food

The walls and ceiling are painted, we need to finish tearing up the old floor and lay the new. We need to paint the trim but can do that later if necessary.
I do miss having a counter and sink near the stove. The clutter in the apartment is definitely grating on E and I’ve retreated [...]



parshah yitro v’nach

By penny • January 25, 2008 - י"ט שבט תשס"ח • Category: judaism

This week we learn Parshah Yitro, Sh’mot (Exodus) 18:1-20:23 (chabad summary)
Hmm.. where or how to start in the parshah that includes Aseret HaDibrot (The Ten Commandments)?
I think the best thing to do is to link to two lists and let you think about the rest:
1) Seven Laws of Noach
2) Rambam’s - Sefer HaMitzvot - from: [...]



Fast Track

By penny • January 24, 2008 - י"ח שבט תשס"ח • Category: tools

What do you do when you discover that something, a very large something that means a lot to you, that you thought was due in “about a year” will be completed essentially seven weeks from today?
I had a few comments on a twit I wrote this morning that “the sound you heard last night? [...]