Thursday, October 20, 2011

Welcome (old and new) Readers!

Yes, I'm back.  A lot has happened in my 2 year blogging sabbatical.  I had one darling little girl in 2009, who you met back on Tavita's Purse.  Ariella is now 2 and as cute as can be!  She's very sweet-natured and loves to laugh. 

We were also very recently blessed with another little girl, Ilana!  She's 3 months old and completely the opposite of her sister.  We've had quite the last couple months experiencing what colic is really about.  But, thank God, the "colic cloud" (as I like to call it) is lifting and she's starting to laugh and smile her head off, while forgetting to scream for 3 hours straight as she was used to doing. 

So yes, I'm very busy as a stay at home wife and mommy these days.  However, I've been yearning to start blogging again for a few months but kept putting it off.  "Maybe when Ilana starts napping better..."  I would say.  Yeah, right.  I should have learned my lesson with Ariella.  If you start saying stuff like that, there's ALWAYS going to be an excuse. 

Well, yesterday as we were preparing for the celebration of the last night of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), I really wanted some whole wheat challah bread for the evening meal.  However, I had no idea how to get it.  You see, for the last five years of our marriage, I have not once made a challah from scratch.  As I look back now, I cannot believe this.  When I was a home-schooling high school girl, I would get all my school work done Monday-Thursday so that I could have Fridays off to prepare for Shabbat.  Every Friday I would make challah, clean the house, etc.  I would dream of the day I was married, so that I could make challah bread for my husband and our family.  However, once we got married, I kept putting it off.  "Maybe when I'm a stay at home mom..." I would say since I was working a full-time job outside the home. 

What had we been doing for the past 5 years for our Shabbat dinners? Cheating.  Yes, Publix bakery will sell you their frozen challah dough, already beautifully braided, which you can bake at home yourself.  It's delicious, seriously.  But not homemade.

So back to yesterday.  I suddenly decided to bite the bullet and make it.  Who cares if it's not the best in the world?  Just do it!

You should have seen Ariella's face light up with glee as I allowed her to make her own little challah as well.  And guess what?  It ended up being pretty good!  I used this recipe from Allrecipes.



This morning I thought, "Why am I procrastinating on the new blog?"  So here I am.  Just doing it.  It's not perfect, but I think I'll get back in the groove once I do it more often.  Welcome back Tavita's Purse readers!

2 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you're back! And your little girls are so cute! My little one is almost 15 months old, and running in circles around me most days. ;)

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  2. Welcome back! With 3 girls (5, 3 and 8 months) I've tried a few times but it seems it is not in the works for now. But then, I was doing it mostly for myself anyway, so that probably didn't help :). Anything you've written has been an encouragement to me, so I look forward to what you create for us!

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