Category: Good Times

I’m taking a visual journaling course, and two lines from the book recently gave me goosebumps:

So from the doorway, I knew I’d take the apartment. And that is what I did. I signed the lease and paid my first month’s rent and security deposit a few days later. And it was all mine on February 1.

I started looking for an apartment about two years ago, when I had to make a decision about whether or not to sign our shared lease for a third year. I ultimately decided against signing, and moved back to my parents’ house. I kept looking for an apartment, and for a while thought that maybe I’d look into buying. At …

Yesterday I went with my father to pick up a small dining set that I found on Craigslist for my apartment. The seller opened his garage door and there were the four chairs I had seen in the pictures, along with a cute round table. I thought the chairs looked so friendly, lined up in a row. They made me …

I was so touched by your feedback in response to my question last week. A few of you pointed out that while shidduchim itself might not be relevant to me (or you) in the future, this blog is about many other things, too. While shidduchim was the reason I started my blog in the first place, it’s evolved with me …

The Penderwicks book series.

I recently read a sweet book by Joanna Hurwitz about a young girl on the Lower East Side in 1910-11. This excerpt is a conversation between her and a friend about their wishes. I think it speaks for itself!

Hey, all. In January I posted a list of 20 goals-ish for the calendar year and in July I did a check-in. Here is the final assessment:

A list of what has helped make my year easier! What are yours?