Adventures in Mama-Land

> Hello Jennifer, > > Thank you for letting us know about a less than euphoric experience you > had with one of our scoop shops. This information is very important in > helping us to ensure our high quality standards. > > You should receive your coupon as soon as we read your comments (real > people do look at all of this stuff!). > > Please do not hesitate to call us if you have any other questions. You can > reach our Consumer Affairs department at (802)846-1500, 9am - 5pm EST. > > We hope that all your future experiences with our scoop shops are as > euphoric as you anticipate and deserve!! > > Consumer Affairs > Ben & Jerry's > > Here is the information we received from you: > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On 4/29/08, you visited one of our scoop shops (238 Queen St W, Toronto) > in Toronto, ON at around 12:00 PM. > > Comment: > We showed up for Free Cone D...

Yesterday, Gavriel Zev waved back when I said goodnight to him. Today, he was playing a "hello / bye-bye" game with Sara on the swings downtown. Wow... there really is a little person inside that drooly brain of his. How utterly astonishing. You give birth to this squishy NOTHING, and just a few months later, "ba ba ba ba" and non-stop giggling. And now waving.

A few pictures from one of our MANY Pesach outings last week. Tuesday: Riverdale Farm - with Daddy, Elisheva Chaya, Abigail, Sara, Gavriel Zev, Naomi Rivka Wednesday: Zoo - with Mommy, Elisheva Chaya, Gavriel Zev, Naomi Rivka Thursday: Science Centre - with Ted, Yerachmiel Meir, Elisheva Chaya, Gavriel Zev, Naomi Rivka = ALL of us! (YM took the bus & met us there) Friday (yes, that's right: Friday): ROM - with Ted, Elisheva Chaya, Gavriel Zev, Naomi Rivka ... on the subway, before they went on strike (YM went with his class a few months ago, and didn't want to miss more school) Still recuperating, but I thought these were cute... and it's been far too long since I posted here. :-))) <3 J Supper! ~ topping off a day of CHOMETZ with... drumroll... Pizza we got fries & salad; nothing homemade this time Tomorrow, I may cook.

If a picture says 1000 words, here's a whole bunch of "words" about where we're holding... :-) Two more loads of laundry to fold (and YM just announced this evening that he hadn't put his clothes in yet - argh!)... and then I sleep!  Sara's coming tomorrow to help out because Naomi has morphed almost overnight into the "terrible-twos" monster she totally was not when she was two.  She basically runs around all day shouting "I want to boodoo-budda on his heady!"  And if I don't get the baby out of the way right that second, she does indeed.    <3 J

Plane tix booked to Calgary for the kids in August. OK, that sentence made no sense... must run & clean now. With the new camera, here's my first tedious garden update of > the year! This is the mini-perennial patch, just out front. The coleus I have nurtured all winter long are going > out there in the semi-shade when I have the leisure to dig up some > turf... > Will try to post pictures of the new Square Foot Gardens soon SOON! > G'nite! > > <3 J >

Well, garden stuff is coming up all over - but NO PICTURES still!  :-(((   Of the wintersown stuff, let's see... (from memory) ~ Poppy (several types) ~ Cleome ~ One Sweet pea ~ Amaranthus - yay!   A few others may be starting now that we FINALLY have decent weather; I'll update tomorrow.   Indoors... my biggest sprouting success ever:  under-2-day Wonder Broccoli.  I planted it in a mushroom tray on Wednesday night; they were up before Shabbos.  Weird; it was just two mixed-up, mouse-nibbled packs left over from last year.  I was really just testing the seed, and now I have to totally thin it out!   Tomatoes continue to thrive in the Lee Valley "windowsill" starter (though not on a windowsill as those are covered in coleus at the moment).   Growing nicely: ~ Teddy bear sunflowers ~ Lemon bee balm ~ Butterfly bush ~ Petunias - getting really thick & bushy now! ~ Peppers - yumm... ~ Some other stuff,...

She has a new job!  Maybe a couple!  Here's one of them:  St. John's Bakery ! Not kosher, but if that's not a necessity for you, schlep* over there to support her!!!   * (oooh... if you don't eat kosher, maybe you don't know what schlep is.  Here's the captioned version for the kosher-impaired:  "haul yourself" over there. :-))))   Feeling yucky tonight.  Better physically and I was going to sit down to write this article that's been hanging over my head but now I can't find the notepad I used to take notes at the inperson interview.  Aaaaargh.  Must be here somewhere but meanwhile.  AARGH!  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa... it's not just about the article but about the cause which I totally admire & support.  Waaaaaaaaah.  :-(((   Listening to Dr Laura on WJR from detroit is helping a bit.  At least I'm not dealing with an extramarital affair.  :-) ...