Things I ponder this weekend, as I count down the days until Rosh HaShanah and insist upon not looking at my to do lists ...

- Why is it that when I am trying to clean up my house and rid my little space here of clutter, all I seem to be able to find are these twenty percent off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond, and yet when I find that I actually need to buy something from said store, not a single coupon is to be found?

- Why is it that children do not have the concept of hurrying when it is time to hurry, but are all set and ready to go on other occasions when you are not yet ready to go?

- Why is it if my husband seems to remember doing something that I asked him to do, that always means he didn't do it? How exactly does someone remember doing something they didn't do? (example - how can one think that one took out the garbage, if, indeed, it is still sitting in the middle of the kitchen?)

- Why is it that no matter how much time I have in my day, I never have enough time? When Shabbat starts late during the spring and summer, I find myself rushing just as much as I do for when it starts early during the late fall and winter months?

- Why is it that children are programmed with the desire to make the most noise possible? Anna came home with a paper shofar attached to a party noisemaker she had made at school, and proceeded to position herself as close to my ear as possible and see exactly how many nanoseconds it would take me each time to send her directly to her room?

- Why is it that my computer printer has decided to take the month off? I do not recall authorizing this vacaction.....