tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post6034406490703192293..comments2023-09-25T02:17:01.787-07:00Comments on Bar Mitzvahzilla: Paper JamLinda Pressmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-2662001176126961852011-06-28T23:18:10.802-07:002011-06-28T23:18:10.802-07:00Ren, we had to say no to the summer camp challahs ...Ren, we had to say no to the summer camp challahs after we ended up with a freezer full of them from the school year! First I have to get perfect enough at doing Shabbat (I do it, but without a challah...), then I can go back on the challah assembly line!Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-82115648198674116792011-06-28T23:16:16.629-07:002011-06-28T23:16:16.629-07:00BLW, thanks for the warning. I'll start the ha...BLW, thanks for the warning. I'll start the hand therapy now!<br /><br />Michelle, One thing I can't complain about are the school forms (and I feel for you!) I know I'm lucky, but they're FILLED OUT when I get them and I'm only supposed to cross off what's not current information! This is probably to ease my way into signing up for another year of private school tuition!Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-62607735234910467062011-06-28T23:12:50.955-07:002011-06-28T23:12:50.955-07:00Jennifer, so funny! If I told the truth, they prob...Jennifer, so funny! If I told the truth, they probably wouldn't take my kids! (non stop bickering, can't play well with others...) But love the idea of a pre-schooler reading War and Peace!Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-17589935719360755722011-06-28T23:10:58.416-07:002011-06-28T23:10:58.416-07:00Maria, thanks so much about the book! I appreciate...Maria, thanks so much about the book! I appreciate it! That part of the book was hard to write, as you can imagine. I had spent so much of my life running from the Holocaust that the idea of sitting down and listening was unbelievable. But when I finally accepted that it was part of my story, I did it. :) Thanks again!Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-81530672892635508142011-06-28T23:08:07.161-07:002011-06-28T23:08:07.161-07:00Chris, no sleepaway camps for us either. I fantasi...Chris, no sleepaway camps for us either. I fantasize about it but the one experience? Not so great. Missed them like crazy - even the bickering! These are DAYCAMP forms!Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-57425478894744829212011-06-27T20:27:19.181-07:002011-06-27T20:27:19.181-07:00haha- My kids have been going to JCC camps and the...haha- My kids have been going to JCC camps and they go to Jewish Day school so the challah form made me laugh- The whole three activities your child enjoys cracks me up too- I know what i would put- if I could.Ren- Lady Of The Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440340751455712080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-48555472150411066552011-06-26T06:22:59.179-07:002011-06-26T06:22:59.179-07:00I hear you loud and clear, Sister. Every year my ...I hear you loud and clear, Sister. Every year my kids have gone to the same elementary school for all of their years, and every year they send the same stack of forms. Can't I write see previous year's? Here's the thing: I haven't moved, I haven't changed my home phone number, doctor, place of employment, had anymore children, etc., etc. Shouldn't there be a reward for being so darn stable? Oh,no there I am filling out the forms at midnight hunting down Jack's SS#, which hasn't changed either, in order to get it in so Jack isn't shamed in front of everyone for not bringing the forms back in time.Michelle Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463335476430230767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-85409048695856285152011-06-25T09:07:35.337-07:002011-06-25T09:07:35.337-07:00Just wait til college application time - or more p...Just wait til college application time - or more precisely, the process of applying for financial aid. Not only paperwork, but online forms, more forms, more forms...<br /><br />It all makes summer camp registration look like a piece of cake...BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-73869361972532314842011-06-24T13:37:07.895-07:002011-06-24T13:37:07.895-07:00Zoe's preschool paperwork last year was like t...Zoe's preschool paperwork last year was like that. It wanted to know about her siblings, he pets, the special words for things, her words for going potty, he favorite toys, her favorite activities... and at the time I was filling it out, she was only two and I was thinking, "Oh yeah.. she LOVES long walks on the beach, reading War and Peace, practicing her Latin and studying the constellations. She HATES, war, social injustice, big government and the whole cast of Jersey Shore." Damn. I am wishing I had written that now.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882744458676551462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-35347736399767482422011-06-24T09:17:39.844-07:002011-06-24T09:17:39.844-07:00We can't afford summer camp for the three kids...We can't afford summer camp for the three kids, but the beginning of school forms (times three) sucks rocks. It almost isn' worth it.<br /><br />By the way, just finished your book two days ago. What a beautiful read Linda. I especially liked the background history of your family's survival of the Holocaust. Although I am sure it was hard to live in that shadow throughout your life, there is some truly extraordinary about their survival and how it shaped how you and your sister's were raised. Thank you for such a powerful book!Mariahttp://momofthreeseekssanity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-42214982569713295612011-06-23T23:44:28.721-07:002011-06-23T23:44:28.721-07:00I am a little clingy. My oldest has been overnight...I am a little clingy. My oldest has been overnight to a camp once. lol. This year she will be going for three days and she is 18. It will also be the longest she has ever been away from home. My youngest may attend a church camp here shortly...maybe next year lol. Honestly, just be nutty and write personal exemption under immunizations...they will think y ou are a hippy, but it will save a ton of paperwork. lol.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708815560712267698noreply@blogger.com