Ahhh... Traditions.

[kippurbird]

This evening and night we got ready for Passover. There are many traditions in this family in regards to Passover.

The yearly fight about the Jelly. As in my father doesn't want it. I and my mother do. (We win)

Then there is the "This is only symbolic" talk that my mother gives when she does the cleaning of the counters and things like that. "If I was really cleaning it I would rinse it three times with boiling water, not once. This isn't really clean for Passover."

And of course there's the traditional Ewwwing of certain things, depending on the person it can be either Horseradish, Gefilte fish, Matzah Brie or any of a hundred different things.

And finally we have the Box Of Really Old Maccaroons That Sound Like Rocks When You Shake Them. Ever year we open up this box and look at its contents, several canisters of Maccaroons and an anceint box of Noodle mix, Marvel at the Age and then put it back in the garage never to see the light of day again until next year.

It's really kinda Strange.

But in a good way.

Comments

Funny!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I friended you just now. Was reading your journal - we have much in common, it seems. You mentioned autism in one of your posts, and I'm curious as to your relation to it. I have a 6 year old son who is autistic - well, PDD/NOS but it amounts to much the same thing at times.

And Terry Pratchett - probably the most brillant writer ever!

Re: Funny!

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

How do I know about Autism? What is my connection to it? Well there's a fairly good reason for it, it runs in my family. I have it, my mother has it, my brother has it, a couple of cousins have it (though they aren't offically diagnosed except one from my mom's generation and he's been locked up for most of his life. :( ) We're all high functioning or Asperger's Syndrome (or not at all) depending on which doctor you ask.

I'm glad you find my little ramblings amusing. It's always nice to have that sort of vindication that someone is relating to what you're going through and that they understand.

And yes, Terry Prachett is akin to godhood.