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Preparing Your Child For College And The Finances Involved
This is a sponsored post. Preparing Your Child For College One in five college graduates say that they wish they studied harder in college, making it the highest ranking regret. Preparing your child for college can help get them into a good mindset so that they are truly ready for college, regardless of whether they’re…
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Dale Chihuly At The Tower Of David Citadel, Jerusalem
The Tower of David is now one of my favorite places in Old City Jerusalem, and while we missed his fabulous show at the museum in 2000, glass artist Dale Chihuly did leave a few items in the museum which I was delighted to see this past week. Now I'm regretting that I didn't make…
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The Tower Of David Citadel Museum, Jerusalem
This Passover we were given the last minute gift of a complimentary vacation rental apartment in the Old City of Jerusalem for the duration of the holiday, in exchange for hosting a single father and his two sons for the Passover seder and a few days after that. It is true, for some all the…
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Notes To Self Passover 2019 To Refer To Next Year……
All of my Passover pots and pans and kitchen items are now safely tucked away in their special large cabinet, and our kitchen is once again ready to receive leavened food items, though we are not in any big hurry as we happen to love matza, and still have quite a bit left to enjoy.…
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Splitting Of The Red Sea Diorama— A Reader’s Version!
One of the greatest pleasures of blogging is when readers actually use my instructions to make their own version of a project I've presented. So it is with very great pleasure that i present to you this fantastic version, submitted by Ilana Singer of Strasbourg, France, of my splitting of the Red Sea diorama, the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am writing this before Passover, in order to open the party at a time when I will be very very busy packing away all my Passover dishes and kitchen items, which is necessary before bringing any leavened products into the house. Passover…
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Craft Schooling Sunday Is Taking A Passover Vacation, See You Next Week!
Thanks so much for dropping by for Craft Schooling Sunday. I made a last minute decision to simply take a Passover break with the party as that means I can literally stay unplugged all Passover long, which is truly one way to make sure I'm not a slave to my blog or the internet, right?…
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Wishing You A Wonderful Passover!
At sundown on Friday night we will not only welcome the holy shabbos, we'll also welcome the amazing holiday of Passover! This year we will all be celebrating for eight days, as the last day of Passover in Israel is back to back with shabbat, so we will just keep eating matzo, as though it…
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Is Early Retirement A Feasible Dream For Parents Today?
This is a sponsored post. Is Early Retirement A Feasible Dream For Parents Today? Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. This common quote by Benjamin Franklin is used in many contexts from succeeding in your academic life to keeping your finances as a family in check and it often rings true. For many families…
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How To Make Simple Paper Pinwheels While Cleaning For Passover
At this point most folks have done the bulk of the necessary cleaning for Passover, (or maybe they are closing up their homes and heading to family or on vacation) and if not they are certainly not taking time to peek at my blog, as Passover starts on Friday night and there is soooo much…
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Ten Plagues Passover Seder Craft
I made these ten plagues placards for my kids for our seder eight whole years ago, and since they are still looking good (in the photos that is) I thought I'd pull them out of the archives to share them with you, as truly this a craft that will make memories for the kids (and…
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Passover Paper Craft For Kids: Four Cups Of Wine Paper Dolls!
With Passover coming up on Friday night, now is the time to keep the kids busy with fun crafts to celebrate Passover, or maybe even make some yourself? This Passover paper dolls craft in which the dolls are actually the four cups of wine was done by a group of boys during a weekly crafting…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here. With Passover in less than a week (starts Friday night) the pressure is on to get the house and most importantly, the kitchen, truly clean! The fridge is scoured as are any cabinets and counters that will be used for Passover and all…
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Crocheted Newborn Baby Bear Hat And Booties
Looking for a quick crocheted gift for a new baby? Look no further, this is it, simple and adorable and the kind of crochet project to whip up in numbers! These quick crocheted booties can be customized to your liking (I added the picot trim and later and ankle tie so they'll stay on) and…
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Crocheted Newborn Quick Baby Booties
Crocheted booties are the perfect little gift to show your love when a new baby graces your family, circle of friends, or community. (This would be a great charity pattern as well!) And once you've got the pattern down, you can surely crochet these in the car on the way to visit the newborn, or…
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Crocheted Newborn Baby Bear Hat
Sometimes crocheting a gift for a newborn baby just seems like the best way to show your love, and this newborn baby bear hat is the perfect little baby hat as it is quick and adorable! I fortunately had a project in progress that I unraveled in order to make this hat in the perfect…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday and wishing everyone a chodesh tov, a happy new month, as it is now the Jewish month of Nissan! Nissan means Spring, and it also means the pressure is on, with Passover in just two short weeks and soooooo much to do. Not one but TWO close neighbors are marrying…
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How To Make Origami Pinwheels While Spring Cleaning
Origami pinwheels, also referred to as origami windmills, are simple to make and a great way to make some spring decorations while also using up bits of scrapbooking or other paper you have hanging around collecting dust! I love making origami from wrapping paper, so that is game as well, as are recycled magazine pages…
