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The adventures of Jewish wife navigating through the wonderful world of married life with all the tsuris and nachas that comes with the territory, This one-time newlywed is taking off the "newlywed" label and firmly tacking on "married lady."

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Of Money and Men

Posted Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:53 PM

Since the last time I posted, I have started a new job, and my husband has lost his. Actually, he knows where it is, it is just that someone else now has it.He expects to have a new job next week. We've been doing all we can to find one. DH even sent

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A throwback you can throw back

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:37 PM

When the TV show Designing Women was at its heyday, there was an episode called “Working Mother” (Oct. 1, 1990) where new stay-at-home mom Charlene and 9-to-5 mom Mary Jo get into a fight that starts when Mary Jo comments that it must be nice to watch

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It's My Life

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:45 PM

I came across an article today in which Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger said that a woman who does not take her husband’s last name is keeping the home from being united: Advice to women from the chief rabbi: Married women should give up their maiden

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The Swing of Things

Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 1:05 PM

When “Desperate Housewives” aired its season finale last month, I thought my “guilty pleasure” television-watching days would have to be put on hiatus. I am a fan of “Big Brother,” which comes back on the air later this summer for three days a week, but

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The Best Nurse Ever

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:37 PM

There is a great truth about yours truly: I don’t get sick often, but when I do – watch out! My husband and I have been together for two and a half year and he had yet to see me ever become really ill. He got his chance last Sunday. I woke up at 2 a.m.

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Being the Mrs.

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:31 PM

Last night I was at a temple Sisterhood when a file folder was passed around, and if you owed money for ordering birthday and anniversary cards, you looked up your name and put a check in. When the envelope reached me, I pulled out my checkbook and searched

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My First Doily

Posted Sunday, January 06, 2008 4:53 PM

No, that isn't a typo. Today, I talked to my grandmother, who informed me that she bought me a doily to wear on my head when I go to services at the synagogue. Married Jewish women in Conservative and more religious services cover their heads. Some really

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About Shoshie

This Chicagoan turned California girl is all about making people smile -- and I love to plan things. For more about me, and how I'm making my way through Just Married life, Enjoy My Blog: Tales of a Jewish Newlywed.

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