As the Bar Mitzvah approaches, tensions are mounting in the Mendell household. At the current rate, we should hit Defcom 5 in approximately 8 days. Interestingly, the tensions seem to be exclusively centered on one individual: Moi. If anything, this process has been a stark reminder that I live with three laid back dudes. Married [...]
With less than two weeks to go before Noah’s Bar Mitzvah, an unexpected fear has taken up shop in my head. There it lives, quiet most of the time, except for the six or seven three or four times each day when it whispers insidiously to me, preparing me for the worst. I’m not worried [...]
In an age when bloggers and social media users (including yours truly) are regularly calling out poor customer service in desperate attempts to right serious wrongs, I would like to take this opportunity to pay kudos to one company that likely secured my patronage for life. Here’s to Well Fargo Home Mortgage. It all began [...]
For those of you who missed last week’s announcement, I present to you our newest Friday feature — Snap! A picture from the week that was. I call this one: “Where I Spend 90 Percent of My Waking Life” or alternatively… ”Home Office” Share and Enjoy:
It was an easy enough prayer to recite. The blessing before and after a Torah reading is the first one you learn when you become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. It is essentially implanted into the brain of every 12 year old Jew and remains there for the rest of your life. Consider it the Hail Mary [...]
Earlier this week I went out of town for work. It was a longer trip by my standards; three nights away. As I packed on Sunday morning, I included a piece a jewelry I hadn’t worn in quite some time. Dave gave me this necklace for Mother’s Day years ago when the boys were quite [...]
For Sale: One bottle of liquid gratitude Product Description: One 3 oz. bottle of gratitude collected by yours truly last week coming home from the mall after buying oldest son his first “decent” cell phone. The kid was so happy the “thanks yous” and the “you are the best parents evers” were literally dripping from [...]
YOU don’t even know what it means! This assertion was directed at yours truly this past week after Noah cracked a “That’s what she said” one liner in response to a phrase I uttered innocently enough but placed in the wrong context could be considered inappropriate. The joke is a favorite on the TV show [...]
Happy Labor Day, MoB Readers! If your weekend weather was anything like the weather here, I hope you are spending today under blue skies, bright sunshine and low humidity. And of course you are all spending a good portion of today paying homage to the Pullman Strike of 1894 after which President Grover Cleveland made [...]
Warning: The following post contains gross generalizations and may not apply to every husband. In fact, it could possibly apply to some wives. If so, I would love to hear from you. The back-to-school season brings with it a litany of parental tasks, almost all menial but nonetheless important to complete. Like many women of [...]
