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Boi Kallah!

I realized last week that I needed to start my Shabbat prep a little earlier in the week. Well, I actually have BEEN realizing it more and more every week as we lose minutes on the daylight and next weekend...my goose will be cooked, literally, if I don't get it together a little better.

I took steps this week. Rabbi T wrote and asked if I wanted to learn Thursday evening for a bit and I declined for two reasons...one, he has plans after and needs to focus on them a little methinks and b) I need to get my Shabbat on!

This means planning the menu:

cole slaw - we make a vinaigrette version with splenda, scallions, rice noodles and craisins. Scrumptious.
pickled beets - my weakness
chumus and veggies - good choice, eh Benji?
steak of some sort...depends on what's on sale at kosher mart I suppose
my own challah stuffed with parve Israeli chocolate spread
Trader Joe's GF brownies and the fabulous apple-sour cherry crisp for dessert
a deli roll for Evan for Shabbos lunch (maybe two, the kid can put them DOWN) and a soup of some sort in the crock pot

I think that should keep us pretty happy until we head out for movie night at shul after havdallah to see "Praying with Lior".

Plus it will also mean my Friday afternoon can be pretty stress free. This is, provided, natch, that I get some work on the 5-7 page paper on the history of labor laws and movements pretty fleshed out tonight and then tomorrow after I am done with shab preps.

I don't MIND being efficient. As a contracts manager and general all around Batgirl, I thrive in that kind of situation. Making the Shabbat a wonderful, stress free experience for my family makes ME happy. Welcoming the Shabbat Bride...well, I love that feeling.

Boi Kallah!

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