oh CHOLENT.. my first MIL made the best Cholent... (a bean stew served mostly on sabbath afternoon for lunch)

kishka literaly means 'insides" or guts... it's NOT beachy. there is NO way to make it healthy as it's matzo meal (flour) and smaltz and onions fried up and stuffed into a membrane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaszanka

Stephanie I made COoing noises at your doggies pic! My coworkers think I'm wierd. . .And they're right!
Nessa I would have it post shabbos when I stayed with friends for the weekend
Color me Shabbos goy!
Mfit Feel better hon!

Gonnabe165, thanks for the great advice! I appreciate it very much. :)

Oh Pacergal, Reggie is precious!

Mfit4me, please get well soon. :)

Lady Nessa, I think I'll stay away from that Kishka! Interesting article though. Is the cholent beachy? I need to start incorporating more beans into my diet. I'll google it.

So I've yet to start my cleaning but I wanted to check my email and share a cute little story, it made me smile:

After Days Of our Lives, me and DS were laying on the bed while I finished my coffee. One of the black kittens jumps on the bed. I think I've mentioned before how much he loves them. He turned his head towards it, grabbed at it, and starts playing with it. It rolled on its back kicking its little feet and opening its little mouth but was gentle, it didn't try to bite or scratch. DS started laughing really hard and smiling... It in turn made ME smile. He loves them more than his inanimate toys. And the added benefit is, he learns to love animals at a very young age! One day I've gotta take a picture. I'm feeling like a very proud mommy right now.

Anyway, I've gotta go clean for real this time. :D Have a good rest of the afternoon and evening everyone!

Jewish haggis! :rofl: I cant stand it either.

Very annoyed as I just went to lay out my quilt top and am short two blocks. Grrrr! Next quilt top, I'll supply my own fabric so I have lots. This is going to be a challenge!

Good luck on the quilt!

MEL!! thats awesome!

Greetings Chickies, I am happy to say I met my Oct exercise goal (1500 minutes) and doubled my weight loss goal (lost 10) so I'm a HAPPY camper...lol

Happy1025... CONGRATULATIONS!!! Now that's some inspiring news! :D

Hcmacneil - thanks for asking..Nellie is doing fine and didn't require a visit to the vet...thank goodness!! I'm guessing she just twisted or popped something out of place because there was a very loud POP when she rolled over one time...and that seemed to do the trick.

Haven't had any of the meetups yet...I've been either not in the mood or worked till way too freakin late to even want to bother! Maybe later in the week!

Zeff - that place sounds adorable!!! And the landlord sounds pretty reasonable as well! Good luck!!!!

mmk...we put a deposit on the condo....I'm freaking out.....it's been awhile since I've written a check that big.

The landlord was also cool with us painting and is really big into woodworking, so he was mentioning all the things he could build for us if we wanted. He built the building by himself and only leases those three condos. He built a matching barnwood curio cabinet in the dining room for the people before us - and they left it ;) The paint in the dining room is from the tenants before us, and even though it's a rather nice color....it's rather sloppy, so I'll redo it. It's also a little too pink of a red color for my taste.

I mentioned having a wall length bookcase built and he told me to just let him know the dimensions.

They also have 3k s.f. of storage per tenant that we can use. Score.

Is it wrong to have cold feet? I'm so afraid of the unknown sometimes, even if it does really excite me.

Wow Zeff this place sounds great! :congrat:
How soon will you move?

Zeff, your storage is more than three times larger than my home! :rofl: :rofl:

Can I move in? ;)