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The Cleaning People Stole From Us – Plus Inevitable Thoughts on Human Nature

MomGrind — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:52 +0000

That morning, in addition to sweet, reliable M. and E. that usually clean our house, we had two male trainees in the house. They greeted me as I left the house to run a few errands. When I returned home, the house was clean and fragrant. I smiled to myself. It's so good to come back to a clean house! Later that night, we found out that my daughter's Nintendo DSi was missing. It wasn't in its designated basket in the living room, where I had put it that morning. It was nowhere in the house, and as we were frantically searching, I suddenly remembered the two strange men and there it was- the sudden realization that we are victims of theft.

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The Cleaning People Stole From Us – Plus Inevitable Thoughts on Human Nature

The One Request from School I Dread the Most

MomGrind — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:37 +0000

"Mom! I need an empty shoe box to bring to school tomorrow!" Oops.

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The One Request from School I Dread the Most

It’s a Small World, Sure. But Do You Like It This Way?

MomGrind — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:00:38 +0000

Years ago, when we still lived in Tel Aviv, my husband used to work for the European Marketing organization at his company. He traveled a lot, and always came back bearing all sorts of exciting food gifts. He used to bring me Pates de Fruits from France, sweet chewy marzipan from Austria and Germany, melt-in-your-mouth Teuscher Champagne pralines from Switzerland, flavorful Salami from Hungary, and pungent, salty Gorgonzola cheese from Italy.

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It’s a Small World, Sure. But Do You Like It This Way?

Personally? I Find Fall Depressing

MomGrind — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:00:33 +0000

Winter can be magnificent and powerful. Summer is fun. And spring - my favorite season - always fills me with excitement and with a sense of renewal. Fall? Not so much. I'm sure many of you love fall - it's a season of bounty, of giving thanks and of slowly going back inside after a long, hot summer. But fall, to me, is a little depressing. Its colors are boring! Summer is bright yellow and blue. Spring is green and pink and red and a thousand other colors. Winter is pure and frosty and white. But fall? Fall is brown. And gray. It feels to me like an end, not so much a beginning, and I don't particularly like the in-between weather.

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Personally? I Find Fall Depressing

And The “Most Unnecessary Product Award” Goes To…

MomGrind — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:13:22 +0000

I know, I know, bananas last longer when you hang them. This still seems like the kind of product that would hardly qualify as a "pantry essential," but maybe that's just me.

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Shiny Happy People (Stock Photography Rant)

MomGrind — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:01:05 +0000

Waiting in line at the UPS store, I couldn't help but notice the promotional posters on the walls, all featuring smiling, happy people in some type of an office setting. You know - the same setting that in real life sucks the life out of you and makes you want to die, but in the world of stock photography, people are always relaxed, happy and smiling. Which I find incredibly plasticky and annoying.

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Shiny Happy People (Stock Photography Rant)

I Saw The Rose. And I Smiled.

MomGrind — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:00:06 +0000

As I stood there in the kitchen, next to the sink, washing dishes, I glanced outside to the backyard. I was frowning, becuase a stray cat has been using our backyard as its litter box lately, and I find the need to clean after it extremely annoying. And then I saw it: a rose in full bloom, white and pristine and beautiful. And I smiled, becuase after a dreary winter, how can you not smile when you see something finally blooming in what is otherwise a rather grayish yard, still not fully recovered from the winter.