YALDAH Magazine News

I cook and blog my way through The YALDAH Year Part 5!

2009-11-12T10:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

My break is over and I'm back to cooking and blogging through The YALDAH Year. Last night it was... Cheesecake Squares! I'll warn you about this one- it's messy and you may end up eating more graham crackers than you put in the cake because they're good. I hadn't had graham crackers for years when I made this so I was fascinated with what I've been missing out on. Back to the cooking... so much fun. Crumbled graham crackers all over the table... okay, no more about the graham crackers. Here are my pictures...

Above: The graham cracker crust

Above: Crust and filling next to each other

Above: My piece

What do you want me to make from The YALDAH Year for my next blog post? Be sure to comment and let me know.

Quick behind-the-scenes update... we had a Spring 2010 issue planning meeting on Sunday (can you believe that it's almost 2010? I remember 2000... I feel old...). Anyways, great meeting and we have mapped out the Spring Table of Contents and G-d willing Editorial Board assignments will go out in the next week or so. Winter 2009/2010 issue is coming together beautifully with everyone doing their jobs and we're hoping to get it to the printer really soon and then into your mailbox!

One more fun tidbit- http://www.theyaldahyear.com/ is up and there's a page, Reader Photos. Be sure to take photos when you make things from The YALDAH Year and send them in for us to put on the website.

Talk to you soon,

Emily

Long time no speak!

2009-11-07T18:28:00.000-08:00

Hi, everyone!

Wow I haven't posted in ages... or so it seems. Then again, you probably didn't miss me because you were having so much fun reading Emily's cook-and-blogs... (Don't worry - I'm also having fun reading them, so I figured I didn't need to post...)

Let's see... do we have a behind-the-scenes update for you today? Hmm... Thursday was the first official staff conference (which I missed because I was at my school's awesome retreat!) which was very good and productive (as I read afterwards). Tomorrow is our spring issue #23 planning meeting (crazy, right? The winter issue's not even finished being laid out yet...).

If you have any article ideas, please email me (nechama@yaldahmagazine.com) before Sunday November 8th at 2:15 NY time... so they can be considered.

Speaking of which, the winter issue is going along... we're trying to finish gathering everything (I guess I should go finish my article!) so we can get this off to the printer on time, which probably won't happen. But that's ok, it usually doesn't! I didn't say that... but you always get it, right? So that works.

I'm listening to Od Yishama on the album Kochvei Hashamayim by All Star. And there's a reason why. I'm listening to my "wedding" playlist, which I made this week when my cousin got engaged!! Mazel Tov :) Her name is Tamar Klein and his is Josh Hirsch. They're from Baltimore.

Hmm. Oh, I have a question for you. Do you read this blog? Please comment on this post if you do (which I'd assume you do if you see this) and you can tell me how often you read it, too. You can tell me what kinds of things you like us to write about... we really want to know! Thanks!

So what was I saying? Oh right, winter issue. Yeah - it's going to be really great! More new features (really cool ones, if I may say so myself).

Ok, so right now I have this much to do [holds hands as far apart as they'll go] so I really have to go and do it all. It's mostly homework, but lots is YALDAH too so you really want me to go do it, right?

Ok, ok...

Gut Voch

(have a good week)

-Nechama :)

P.S. something really cool: I won 3rd place - a $500 savings bond from an Agudath Israel of America essay contest. The topic was: "why you support school choice".

I cook and blog my way through The YALDAH Year Part 4!

2009-11-05T09:10:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

I told myself I wasn't going to make any more desserts this week, but I'll be honest- I couldn't resist the Marble Cake. So, I made it last night and even my very-picky-eater-little-brother loved it (and he doesn't like almost everything I make... I wonder if that says something about his tastes... or my baking... ;-)).

Above: Ready to go in the pan and be marbled

Above: Marbled and ready to go in the oven

Above: Done!

Above: My piece :-)

So now I have made Marble Cake, which I was always a little scared of doing, and it was lots of fun! What do you want me to make from The YALDAH Year now? Be sure to comment and let me know! Maybe I will take a break now, but it won't be very long; stay tuned for more cook and blogs!

Now I have to go look over the edits Penina made on my editorial and sort things out to see if I have any questions for our editorial meeting later. So much to do, so little time.

Talk to you soon!

Emily

I cook and blog my way through The YALDAH Year Part 3!

2009-11-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

This time I made... Date Nut Bars! Super delicious, really quick and easy to make and my whole family loved them!

Above: The batter, before it went in the oven

Above: The bars; out of the oven

Above: My bar!

Do you like my "cook and blog" posts? Should I continue them? If not, what would you like me to post about? Be sure to let me know in the comments section!

Quick behind-the-scenes update.... almost all the Editorial Board assignments are in and we're working hard to finish up the issue now. Can't wait!

Talk to you soon,
Emily

I cook and blog my way through The YALDAH Year Part 2!

2009-10-30T10:59:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I wanted to make cookies (I really love making cookies, of all kinds) so I looked at The YALDAH Year and chose the recipe for Snowball Cookies. They turned out great! Here are some pictures:

This photo is of me rolling the cookies in powdered sugar before they go in the oven

This photo is of the cookies before they went in the oven

Finished cookies!

I had so much fun making the Snowball Cookies and they really did look like snowballs when I was rolling them in powdered sugar. Have you made anything from The YALDAH Year? How did it turn out? Be sure to comment and let me know!

Good Shabbos,
Emily

Leah Larson on TV!

2009-10-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Not much time to post now, but I just wanted to give you the link to a TV show that Leah Larson was on "Liza with a Z"-- it's on the "In the Media" page on our website, so you may have already seen it. If not, here's the link:

http://www.yaldahmagazine.com/articles/article/4660415/132965.htm

Talk to you soon,
Emily

Hello from Israel!

2009-10-20T13:19:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't been able to update you lately but that's because I'm in Israel! I'll try to fit everything in a short little update. I'm in seminary in Tzfat and loving it! I love the classes, the programs, the friends...and of course just being in Israel! I don't have any 'official' job at YALDAH while I'm here, which is very weird for me. It's the first time in five years! But I'm still busy communicating with our staff members and making sure everything gets done. I have to say that our staff has been doing an incredible job, and already got the fall issue out while I was here. Every issue of YALDAH is a huge job, but the Fall issue even had 16 extra pages, and they managed beautifully!
I spent Sukkos in Yerushalayim with friends which was an incredible experience as well. I went jeeping, toured the Yerushalayim water tunnels, took a 6-hour tour of Yerushalayim, the Kotel tunnels, and of course spent a lot of time at the Kotel and the Old City. Some days I had free to daven and learn at the Kotel and explore the Old City. It was such an incredible place to be during Sukkos, with so many different types of Jews from all over the world gathered together.One of the benefits of running YALDAH is that I get to make friends all over the world. Israel is no exception! When I needed a place to stay for Sukkos I called up Editorial Board member Leah Turner and right away she was able to find me and my friends places to stay in her community. It was great to finally meet Leah in person!

Last week I also got to meet another previous YALDAH staff member - Talya Wasserman! Talya was on the first Editorial Board and was Editorial Board Coordinator for the second Editorial Board. Talya is also in Seminary in Israel, and it was such a treat to be able to meet up with her.

I'm so excited that the YALDAH Year is available and would love to hear your feedback. I can't wait for the other books to come out! I know the book websites aren't running yet, but stay tuned, they should be up any day now.

Hope to meet up with each and every one of you in Yerushalayim with Moshiach now!

Leah :-)

Hello from Israel!

Me & friends at the Kotel

Me & Talya Wasserman

Me & Leah Turner

Learning with friends in the Old City

A great sale!

I made the rugelach from The YALDAH year!

2009-10-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I got my YALDAH year on Friday morning and the rugelach picture looked so good in the picture that I decided to make them for Shabbos. Here are two pictures (the first one is from before they went into the oven and the second picture is of them when they're done.

I did half of them chocolate and half cinnamon and they were great- you should definitely make them and I hope you have as much fun making stuff from The YALDAH Year as I did!

Talk to you soon,
Emily

The YALDAH YEAR is here!!

2009-10-18T16:09:00.001-07:00

I can not believe that I am the first one to post about this.

Doesn't the picture speak for itself? The YALDAH Year is here!! Mazel Tov to YALDAH! We graduated from just a magazine to a magazine + a book! Wahoa!

Anyway, I don't know about anyone else, but I think this is very exciting news. Today is Sunday; my family received our copy of The YALDAH Year on Thursday. Friday, I brought it to school and my class passed it around (shhh...) during class, and everyone loved it. Remember that I'm in 11th grade.

So I think that's really cool. I'm listening to Lipa Schmeltzer's Halelu on his album "A Poshiter Yid".

Gotta go eat supper because it smells really good and I have to finish my homework before I go out to the grocery store with my father. Now, the reason I'm going is so I can drive there. You see, I'll tell you a secret. (Seriously, not many of my friends know this.) My road test is scheduled to be within the next month, and I'm finishing up my driving hours. My last behind-the-wheel with my instructor was today. I'm sooo excited! So you can daven for me.

Anyway, as I mentioned, gonna go eat supper.

Layla Tov (good night),

Nechama

So cold....

2009-10-13T18:28:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

As you may have guessed from the title, I'm freezing right now... I'm in a hotel lobby (long story- my family's living in a hotel right now because we had a flood and we're fixing our house) and it's freezing in here. I've just been editing articles for an hour so I'm taking a break to tell the world that my toes are cold... and my fingers... and my nose...

I don't know how busy grade 11 is (not 11th grade, Nechama), but I know grade 10 is the hardest so far. I've found out that I can't get away with reading in class anymore, not because my books will get confiscated but because I'm about to fail a math test, and fail spectacularly...

More about the magazine: I haven't gotten my fall one yet, which is so annoying, because I'm in a lot of the pictures and I hate pictures so I want to see just how awful I look, and also because I want to read it... on paper, not on a screen!

Gonna go now... the articles call... I may even be able to study for a bit if I finish.

G'nite, all,

Penina

Hey there!

2009-10-12T23:51:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone!

This will have to be a short post 'cause I have school tomorrow (well, I did today too but so what?).

I'm listening to a song from the CD called "English Classics". It's a bunch of English - you guessed it - classics from the years and it's great.

Well, let's see. What's happening here?

- I also got the fall issue and I'm having a blast showing it off to everybody!

- I'm waiting excitedly for everyone to start sending me their Editorial Board applications which are due on the last day of 2009!

- The winter issue is starting to gather speed as we start gathering articles and other things... make sure to send your answers to discussion, JustAsk, and stuff for Reader Gallery if you want them to be in this issue!

and by the way, in case you're wondering, I'd like to tell you that when they say that 11th grade is the worst... they're right. I mean, they say it's the hardest academically, but I'm going to say right now that it's the hardest busy-wise! I feel like I have no time for anything! (Don't look at the time on this post...)

So now you know my feelings on that. I'm back to school from Sukkos, as I mentioned. My younger siblings go back tomorrow and my brothers go back to Yeshiva on Thursday. I guess vacation is over. Next week is Rosh Chodesh Chesvan already. But don't worry, Cheshvan isn't that boring because it's my birthday!! Yay!

Ok, I guess I really should head off to bed.

Remember to appreciate elementary school and vacation while you have them (separately of course).

I must end off with telling you that Simchas Torah is amazing and I love it and the dancing and singing is sooo amazing! You see, at my shul, our Rabbi (R' Twerski of Milwaukee) has 2 Hakafos that he dances a special dance to a special niggun while all the men stand around singing and clapping... and then there's the regular dancing, and everyone is so happy... and it's soooooo cool!

K, the song changed - that means it's getting late.

Layla Tov!

(Good night ;))

I got the Fall issue today!

2009-10-05T12:55:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Yay! I got my Fall issue today and let me tell you: it is so amazing. As you know, it has 16 extra pages but also the paper is bigger and heavier, the colors are brighter and there's even more great content! It turned out so well... I can't wait for you all to get it. And when you do? Be sure to comment on this post and tell me what you think :-)

That's about it for now... the second YALDAH unity conference call is tomorrow, don't miss it!

Talk to you soon,
Emily

You'll be getting the Fall issue any day!

2009-09-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

The Fall issue has been sent out! You know what that means... that means you'll be getting it any day now, a few short weeks at most (or they may be long weeks since you'll be waiting with baited breath... right? Right?)

The Editorial Board girls have gotten their assignments, so soon Penina should be getting stuff for editing and then we'll be back here before we know it. That's what I love about magazine publishing. No matter what happens one issue, there's always the next. Before you know it, you're signing the printing waivers and approving proofs again. In the magazine world, there's no down time and there's nothing you won't get a chance to do again. How amazing is that?!

I can't write more now but I can't wait to hear what you think of the Fall issue- be sure to write to me at emily@yaldahmagazine.com and let me know!

Emily

100th post!!

2009-09-15T20:20:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone!

I totally did not think that I would be posting again before Rosh Hashana, but I have to get this in: This is the hundredth post on YALDAH's blog!! Ok, anyway, that's not the only reason I'm posting.

Here's my real reason: I can now testify that the fall issue really is at the printer because I put the bar code on the front of it! That is always the last, last step... well, then I saw a couple of last-second typos so we fixed those, and now it's on its way! BARUCH HASHEM! (thank G-d) Now we can focus on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, which are coming up really fast!

I'm currently listening to Shalsheles Junior's Modeh Ani to wake myself up to do all my homework now that I've finished working on YALDAH (just kidding, it was playing anyway). Shalsheles in general in awesome... who knows, maybe someday YALDAH will have an article about them?

So, anyhoo, make sure to tell us what you think of the fall issue! Feel free to email our editors: Emily @ emily@yaldahmagazine.com and Penina @ penina@yaldahmagazine.com if you have any questions or suggestions for future issues. Also, look out for, hopefully, a survey in the near future about different features in YALDAH so we can continue to bring you the best material out there for Jewish girls, by Jewish girls!

Ksiva V'Chasima Tova!

(good writing and sealing for the coming year)

Less than 1 week left!

2009-09-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

Shalom, Chaveirot, Ma Shlomchen?

(that's Hebrew for, "Hello, friends, how are you?")

My new obsession is that one sentence... I love talking in Hebrew! It is soo much fun! Well anyway that's not really why I'm posting... right?

I have to tell you what music I'm listening to before it changes because it is gorgeous... the singer is Shloime Kaufman, the album is EMES 2, and the

song is called... Me'ein Olam Haba! It's gorgeous... you should really listen to it! Remember to look for Shloime Kaufman in the MUSIC NOTES article coming up this issue!

Speaking of this issue, #21, the FALL 2009 issue, it is gorgeous, I must say. Well, that's one of the things that happens when your sister does the graphic design for a magazine: you get sneak peeks at everything every step of the way... and I must say I've been enjoying it quite a lot!! This issue is beautiful, and as you can see from the fact that it's up on the website, imy"H (im yirtzeh Hashem - please G-d) it will be arriving at your homes in the next couple of weeks!

Cheers for the Editorial Staff - for the first issue done while Leah was in Israel! (Well, the bulk of the logistics were done during that time, anyway!) I must say I'm very impressed with how smoothly everything flew even though Leah wasn't here. Obviously, it's because of the amazing

foundation she set when she set up our outstanding Editorial Staff... especially EMILY GORDIS, PENINA HARRISON, and MIRIAM SALTZMAN... round of applause!!

As we've all told you, the fall issue is chock full of brand new features and columns, and 16 exciting pages of material that were not there before! Let us know what you think on our guestbook or comment on this post!

As the fall issue is finished up, the WINTER ISSUE is beginning! Once again, we're stirring up the pot with amazing new features (which are still a secret at this point, sorry ;)) and great material to brighten up your dreary winter days... stay tuned for more info on the winter issue as we continue to work on it!

Remember, too that there is only less than 1 week left until Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish New Year... http://www.aish.com/h/hh/ - that's a link to some amazing articles about the basics and not so basics of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the Yomim Noraim, or Days of Awe.

I guess I should head off to bed because I have school tomorrow...

so Layla Tov (good night), and

I hope everybody has a

Ksiva Vachasima Tova

(good writing and sealing for the coming year)

Updates...

2009-09-03T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted- things have been pretty crazy around here! We're working hard to finish up the Fall 2009 issue and you should be getting it in the next several weeks G-d willing.

And now we're starting on the Winter issue! We're planning even more new, exciting features for the Winter issue since we have 16 extra pages to work with. Now that Leah Larson is in Israel, I've fully taken over my job and am working closely with Nechama and Penina to make sure everything runs smoothly. The YALDAH Year has gone to printer and will be on-sale very soon and the other books are being finished up as well. The Editorial Board is going to start work on their articles in the next week or so and soon we'll be editing those.

I have to run now and work on proofreading the Fall issue so talk to you soon- I'm looking forward to posting more often, now!

Hope you've had a good start to the school year!

Emily

Summer's drawing to a close...

2009-08-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody!

Don't know about you, but here in Milwaukee, the summer's drawing to a close. Well, not that I'm in Milwaukee. I'm in L.A. right now, but I'll be back in Milwaukee tomorrow night - and that really means that the summer is ending... I'll be home from my last trip :)

That's a smiley face because I'm really excited for school to start! I'm going to be in 11th grade - meaning that I'm halfway done with high school! This year at school is really exciting, and in general I love learning so that would be why I'm excited...

I'm currenly listening to a song called "Fifteen Synagogues" by Aaron Applebaum, on an album called Destiny.

Here at YALDAH we're starting off the winter issue and finishing up the fall issue - look out for more updates!!

As for the summer ending, my siblings in elementary and middle school start school this Thursday, and I start a week from Tuesday... so anyway here goes another year! Hatzlacha Rabba (lotsa success) to everybody starting school soon, whether home schooling or regular schooling :)

Anyway, gotta go pack 'cuz as I mentioned I'm going home tomorrow.

Nechama

I'm baaaack!

2009-08-20T19:39:00.000-07:00

After two weeks in the depths of non-Jewish Ontario, with one un-cordless phone smack in the middle of the kitchen and almost no internet access, where we ran out of bagels and pitas and had to make our own bread, I am back in the city, on my own couch, in my own room. Oh, bliss...
Sorry for that run-on sentence. I love the country, I would just wander there for hours, walking along the lake until my feet got tired and then dragging myself home. It's my favorite place in the whole world for short, concentrated periods of time, but I guess I'm just a city girl at heart. Or a bedroom girl. The lake's nice, the trees are nice, it's all nice... but I need my bed. My bed.
So... now that I'm back in the city, with all the computer access I need, I'm about to start working on the winter issue with Nechama. Is winter supposed to be capitalized? There was kind of a little messup with a picture I needed to send because I am computer illiterate almost incredible and my father and I were almost never in the same place at the same time (my grandparents' house) so he could send it to Leah... but it all worked out, and I can't wait for the fall issue. It's gonna be great.
G'nite all,
Penina

Speaking at Camp Pembroke

2009-08-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

Last night I spoke for the older division of Camp Pembroke, a Jewish girls overnight camp in Pembroke, MA. They were very enthusiastic about YALDAH with lots of questions afterwards, and we even found that three previous Editorial Board members were in camp!

Back from JGR!

2009-08-12T18:42:00.001-07:00

I got back on Sunday from an awesome, unbelievable, amazing, smashing, inspirational, crazy, fun, memorable, active, 3 weeks at Jewish Girls' Retreat! As always, I met lots of girls, had awesome counselors, learned a lot, lost a lot of sleep, and came home feeling recharged until the winter.
Still trying to get back into the swing of things around here in real life... Within the next few days, orders will be shipped and questions will be answered.
Going to go catch up on some sleep now. There's a link to pictures from camp on jewishgirlsretreat.net if you want to check them out.

Love, Chavie

Hi again...

2009-07-27T23:35:00.000-07:00

Hi, everybody!

It's been a while since I posted so here I am again. I got back from Florida last week and we had a blast. So I'm back home again in Milwaukee (and glad about it - I mean, Florida was great, but I like being home...).

FYI, I'm currently listening to Rabbi Mechanic of http://www.projectchazon.com ... a recording of when he came to my school this year. Anyway, it's really good (and it's 2 1/2 hours long!).

Here at YALDAH, we're trying to finish up the fall issue. Since everyone is at camp and doing their summer stuff, it's hard to meet deadlines and everything. Baruch Hashem (thank G-d) everything is starting to come together and getting a move on!

Also, remember - Tisha B'av (Ninth of Av) is in just 2 days (Wednesday night & Thursday) so make sure to be prepared, http://www.aish.com/h/9av/ is a great source... im yirtzeh Hashem (please G-d), Tisha B'av this year will be a celebration at the third Bais Hamikdash (Temple) in Yerushalayim! See you there!

So anyway, I'm gonna call it a day (er... maybe a night) and... I'll talk to you another day.

Have an inspirational and easy fast (if we end up not at the Bais Hamikdash yet)

Starting! For real!

2009-07-16T14:29:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

Last night I sat down and wrote the rough draft of my part of the editorial for the Fall issue. Excuse me while I freak out for a minute...

AAAAAAAHHH!

Better now. I can't believe I'm really starting...

Like Emily and Nechama I am having a great summer. I'm working in a Gan Israel and having a total blast... there are six more camp days left. I can't believe it. I was a counselor for two different groups of kids last year, but this is the first time I think I'm really going to miss every single one of my campers...

That's about all for now. =) More later.

Penina

Mosquitoes, Real Readers and a semi-spoiler...

2009-07-14T21:49:00.001-07:00

Hi, YALDAH readers!

I do love summer, like Nechama, though I'm not at all partial to the mosquitoes. But who is?

Anyways, I'm working hard while everyone else gets to chill out (just kidding!) and I'm editing the last few articles for the Fall 2009 issue. There's still some stuff left for me to do, but I'm almost done. Love that feeling of freedom!

I've been thinking about what I'd submit as a Real Reader, if I were to submit. What is my favorite thing about YALDAH? What is your favorite thing about YALDAH? I'll post mine next time- in the meantime, you post yours in the comments section, even if you've already submitted as a Real Reader. Can't wait to see what you have to say!

Lucky YALDAH staff members are off to Jewish Girls' Retreat... wish I could be there!

Let me just give you one semi-spoiler about the Fall issue: it's going to be the best yet, G-d willing!

Laila tov,
Emily

Ahhh... summer!

2009-07-11T21:17:00.001-07:00

Hi, everyone!

Don't you loooove summer? The sun, heat, mosquitoes, camp...

As of right now, I'm really enjoying it (surprise, surprise). I'm in Orlando, FL (!) with my sister. We're staying at some family friends' house, working in their factory, having some fun...

and spreading the word about YALDAH, of course! When I came home from the Shabbaton, I brought home a little stack of Real Reader posters. So, granted, I'm going to a new place, I bring a couple of posters. So, on Erev Shabbos, I gave them to my host, briefly told him what I do for YALDAH, and asked him if he could hang one or two up at shul.

So, of course, he told the Rabbi all about it! The Rabbi, apparently, thought it was very cool. Anyway, this morning (Shabbos), we got to shul, and of course, there on the front door, was hanging a Real Reader poster! (It's Rebecca, in case you're wondering.)

Ok, so yeah we went and davened. Then, as Chabad does, there was a whole sit-down Kiddush (something I'm not used to...) and the Rabbi went around introducing all of the guests. So, then he asked my hosts to introduce me and my sister. They did, and then the Rabbi asked if I wanted to talk about YALDAH.

I happen to be a little... not shy, but I don't like talking to a group of people, unprepared! So my hostess told everyone a little about it. Later, at the ladies' Shalosh Seudos, I ended up telling a couple of people about it, and I think I even got a subscriber (!!)

Well, so that's my excitement for the week.

I'm not listening to anything because a) it's the 3 weeks, so I can't listen to music, and b) this isn't my computer so I'm not gonna look through it for shiurim to listen to! In general, though, I like listening to Rabbi Shafier of http://www.theshmuz.com/. To find out more about the 3 weeks, go to http://www.aish.com/h/9av/

Have a great week and remember to enjoy the summer!

Nechama

Get back to work!

2009-07-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

This seems to happen to me very often:

I'm on the computer working on something when this little voice in my head says "Wow, this is fun! You really should get back to work..."

So in my mind I have a little self-discipline and decide, "yeah, time to get back to work."

And then I look at what I'm doing and hey, this is what I'm supposed to be doing! I'm designing the cover/reading an interview for Teen Talk/testing a craft/brainstorming article ideas/blogging... I am working!

Leah :-)