I'm trying something a lil' different. Quarantine has had me in a bit of a rut (cue the tears and moping that my husband has been dealing with lately). A few weeks ago, I decided to order a FabFitFun box to try to make myself feel better. I know, I know. Retail therapy is not … Continue reading FabFitFun Spring Review
Pregnancy is meant to be one of the happiest periods of your life. There's nothing like that feeling of growing a whole new human in your womb. It overpowers the nausea, sleepless nights and body pains that come with the magic. I am happy about this pregnancy. I've been waiting for this for a long … Continue reading Seasonal Affective Disorder and Pregnancy
Tah-dah! I'm pregnant. Knocked up. Bun is in THE oven (I don't even like bread though - we'll pretend it's a cassava flour challah or something). At the moment, I'm 11 weeks pregnant. I am so close to being out of the first trimester and into the safety of the second. Over the last few … Continue reading My First Post… On Pregnancy
I saw this at a bookstore in Auckland and it made me stop. It also made me giggle a little. Was the store implying that religion and happiness are one and the same? Were they just short on shelf space and had to consolidate? Religion is an interesting thing to me. Personally, I was raised … Continue reading On Judaism/Religion/Happiness
We have a scratch off map at home with all the countries we've been to, and I'm having a serious moral dilemma. Can I scratch off North Korea now that we've been to the DMZ?! When we were in Korea a few weeks ago, we booked a tour to go to the DMZ - the … Continue reading A Casual Day at the DMZ
Dear 5 year old Jeanette... It's okay that you don't look like everyone else in your classroom. One day, you'll appreciate the intricacies of who you are and where your family comes from. Dear 13 year old Jeanette... I know you feel like an outsider again, and maybe you are. It will pass and you … Continue reading Dear Me, Love Me
After our brief visit to Singapore, we moseyed on over to Seoul, South Korea. Going into this trip, I had an idea of what most of the places would be like, but Korea was an unknown for me. If you asked me what I knew about Korea, the most I could give you would be … Continue reading Discovering the Heart and S(e)oul of South Korea
